Retirement and mentoring

"LoversHovel;c-16398662" wrote:
How's mentoring though? I had a Sim that was max at cooking. Does that sim teach the hobby or just provide the good upbriging trait?

Every day a mentoring event pops up. It can be done once a day. It shouldn't povide Good Upbringing trait as the elder will never be playable again. There are two types of mentoring events: Career mentoring (gives sim more career points) and Hobby mentoring (gives sim more hobby points). In total, you can do these about 5 days. When 5 days pass, the birthday cake icon will appear on the elder. Upon tapping on it, the elder will announce that they are ready to move out and to make good use of their heirloom. If you tap on Goodbye!, the elder will be gone forever. They cannot be called over and will be displayed under Previous Generation section in the family portrait.

"wendii;c-16398689" wrote:
How can I retire my sim?

Go through these steps:
1. Reach level 16.
2. Earn all 4 traits to your sim by doing the events.
3. Once all the traits are collected, do the events for the "fifth trait" (aka retirement).
4. At one moment, your sim will announce that they're ready to retire.
5. If you click on the button Later, you can do this from the traits panel. (That's why I called it the fifth trait, also because Good Upbringing trait won't show up in the traits panel)

Retired sims will become elders and unplayable. You can move them out from the family portrait.

@SkyOfTheTiger
After your sims retire you can play as another sim, whether it be a kid, husband/wife, or someone who has moved in. You also have the option to create a new sim.

"missmerize;c-16407035" wrote:
I have one adult who's ready to retire and one teenager. I guess I am just gonna wait until I hit 100% in my guitar hobby and when my girl Vivian becomes an adult before I retire. but are teens playable?

Hello
There aren’t teens in the game. Perhaps your child looks like a teen? The stages are baby, toddler, child and adult. A child isn’t playable. They need to become an adult to be playable.

"missmerize;c-16407083" wrote:
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> There aren’t teens in the game. Perhaps your child looks like a teen? The stages are baby, toddler, child and adult. A child isn’t playable. They need to become an adult to be playable.

wait, really?? so my Sim is already playable, then, I suppose. she looks super young though. had no idea they went straight from child to adult. thanks for the info!

You’re welcome :) You could add the sim to the second playable slot if you want both sims to be playable at the same time.

"BlueWizardRob;c-16430000" wrote:
Before I retire aSim, do I need to remove the Izzy’s creations they are wearing. If I retire them while wearing one will it be available to the next generation or will it be unusable?

Hello
If the sim retires wearing an Izzy creation, the rest of the sims will still be able to wear the creation. The retired sim will wear a copy of the creation.

"rosemow;c-16430232" wrote:


Hello
If the sim retires wearing an Izzy creation, the rest of the sims will still be able to wear the creation. The retired sim will wear a copy of the creation.

Thanks

"BlueWizardRob;c-16430264" wrote:

"rosemow;c-16430232" wrote:


Hello
If the sim retires wearing an Izzy creation, the rest of the sims will still be able to wear the creation. The retired sim will wear a copy of the creation.

Thanks

You’re welcome :)

"Copperhead;c-16432836" wrote:
Is there a way to retire my kids that are now adults without retiring my original SIMS?

Hello @Copperhead
If the adult kids are in the playable slots, and the game has given you the notification that they can be retired, then any of the playable sims can be retired in any order.

"Copperhead;c-16432836" wrote:
Is there a way to retire my kids that are now adults without retiring my original SIMS?

Don't do any events with your main sim. Do all the events with their children until they get all the four traits and announce they're ready to retire. Here's my guide:

"EgonVM;c-16398745" wrote:

Go through these steps to retire your sims:
1. Reach level 16.
2. Earn all 4 traits to your sim by doing the events.
3. Once all the traits are collected, do the events for the "fifth trait" (aka retirement).
4. At one moment, your sim will announce that they're ready to retire.
5. If you click on the button Later, you can do this from the traits panel. (That's why I called it the fifth trait, also because Good Upbringing trait won't show up in the traits panel)

Retired sims will become elders and unplayable. You can move them out from the family portrait.

Is it possible to never retire a sim?