My Sim kept receiving retirement prompts and I kept declining because she was nearly done with career and hobbies. One time I declined too fast and bam she’s retired, unable to contribute and I’m unable to undo a non confirm-button action.I kept the retired Sim because I figured she could mentor. After a couple days, she had an event pop up for relationship. Today the event icon is back with a mentoring option. All it gives is Good Upbringing boosts, so I don’t know yet that it’ll be worth doing.

"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?HelloThere 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:> @rosemow said:> missmerize 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.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?HelloIf 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.

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EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"IceyVampir;c-16434394" wrote:
Is it possible to never retire a sim?

It's impossible to never reach level 16...
Don't add new traits. If game asks to, choose no. If your sim already has four traits, then at one moment they'll announce they are ready to retire. Always click on Later button. The game will keep announcing that your sim is ready to retire every day if you play actively, so be careful not to click Retire button. Also, do not add new traits.
rosemow
Hero
7 years ago
"IceyVampir;c-16434394" wrote:
Is it possible to never retire a sim?

Hello
You could keep playing the sim without retiring them. You would need to keep ignoring the reminders that the game issues for the option to retire the sim.
IcetheGamerGirl
7 years ago
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> You could keep playing the sim without retiring them. You would need to keep ignoring the reminders that the game issues for the option to retire the sim.

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> Don't add new traits. If game asks to, choose no. If your sim already has four traits, then at one moment they'll announce they are ready to retire. Always click on Later button. The game will keep announcing that your sim is ready to retire every day if you play actively, so be careful not to click Retire button. Also, do not add new traits.

Thank you for the info! I can see how the notification can become annoying or to press it by accident.
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"MayaRose1138;c-16448394" wrote:
If I move a retired sim out without waiting for them to be kicked out by the game, will they still appear in the portrait's "previous generation" area?

Yes, they will appear in the family portrait in Previous generation section.
If you move them out in the family portrait, you can still socialize with them and they will still appear in the town. However, once it is time for them when the game forces them to move out, they'll just disappear with the stories related to them. The position in family portrait may change after that moment.
rosemow
Hero
7 years ago
"EnixZero;c-16466841" wrote:
I started the relationship story "Better Late than Never" with a retired sim character & now that sim & 2 others that I retired have greyed out socialize buttons. I was level 7 in that story-line but can't complete it cuz I can't interact with that sim anymore. Is there a reason why this happened?

Hello
After a few days, retired sims disappear from the game. They have a birthday cake icon above their head, and when the icon is pressed they say goodbye. You can then not socialise with them again.
BGH22
7 years ago
@danielscolbertfamily The family icon should appear over the retired sim's head. you should get the option to have regular interactions or mentor in a hobby. if you don't have the hobby option did your retired sim complete their hobby? you may not get this option if they did not complete their hobby story
BGH22
7 years ago
@bubblybunnie I do all my sims to level 10 so I can't answer you on early retirement. All the uncommon ones I have gotten were through retirement and not through heirloom tickets so far . I have gotten 3 uncommon from all the sims I have retired. The rest were either dups or higher level than I had before and more common.
orkhid22
7 years ago
Same thing happened to me. Completely put me off further playing
GeesePowers
7 years ago
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?
missmerize
7 years ago
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?