In 2021, EA announced a somewhat controversial type of new DLC: Kits. They’re small, relatively cheap item drops you can get for about the price of a coffee (yes, even in mid-2020s prices; at least pre-tariffs). Since then, more than 40 different Kits have dropped, highlighting all kinds of different things from 90s shellsuits through to sparkly carnaval garms and alt-gothic fashion.
What Are Kits?
Kits are selections of items that you can buy as bundles for The Sims 4. They used to be either Create-a-Sim content, like hair, clothes, and makeup, or Build/Buy Mode items for your Sim’s homes and businesses. These days, they tend to be a mixture of the two, giving you a wider variety of things to play with.
How Are Kits and Stuff Packs Different?
So, at face value, Kits and Stuff Packs seem pretty similar: they both boil down to bringing extra stuff for your Sims. They’re not quite the same, though. Kits don’t usually add extra gameplay, while Stuff Packs sometimes do. (Bust the Dust is a bit of an exception to this rule, but Maxis hasn’t really gone back to make more Kits like it, at least so far.)
In fact, since Kits launched, Stuff Packs have kind of moved on from being totally about the, well, Stuff, and often add extra gameplay mechanics alongside them. For example, the Crystal Creations Stuff Pack didn’t just add crystal-making furniture, it also added new craftables and collectables. Kits, on the other hand, are purely aesthetic at this point.
Arguably, Urban Homage was an early example of a Creator Kit, since Ebonix worked closely on it. Ebonix is an award-winning technologist who has worked extensively on improving representation and inclusivity in The Sims through Custom Content and EA collaborations. It was released before the Creator Kit branding launched, and so EA’s website has categorised it with the other Kits. But, for all intents and purposes, it was essentially a Creator Kit.
All Kits For The Sims 4
This is every Kitfor The Sims 4, excluding Creator Kits, along with a quick guide on what to expect from each of them:
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