With the release of the hotly-anticipated Businesses & Hobbies expansion pack for The Sims 4 your Sims can now run the business of their dreams, or take up a myriad of different hobbies to occupy themselves and boost their wellbeing. But while there are 76 activities in the base expansion pack (when combined with those from The Sims 4), there’s a whole lot when you look at the expansion pack activities from other releases!
So, that’s what we’re going to be looking at today; Here’s what expansion pack activities you can use in Businesses & Hobbies, categorised by which pack they come from.
The Major Stuff
Listed below are all the activities from each major expansion pack!
- Get Together: Bake, Use Science Objects, Use Alien Powers, DJ, Play Arcade Machine, Play Foosball, Play in Closet and Use the Jump Platform.
- City Living: Sing, Play Basketball, Use Bubble Blower and Give Speech.
- Cats and Dogs: Play with Pets.
- Seasons: Go Skating, Flower Arranging, Summer Activities, Winter Activities, Fall Activities and Spring Activities.
- Get Famous: Acting Routines, Produce New Track and Record Video.
- Island Living: Use Water Vehicles, Conservation Activities.
- Discover University: Play Soccer, Build Robots, Debate and Do Research.
- Eco Lifestyle: Fabricate Objects.
- Cottage Living: Cross-Stitch, Care for Animals.
- High School Years: Play Football Toss, Cheerlead, Prank.
- Growing Together: Play Simbles, Put Puzzles Together.
- Horse Ranch: Make Nectar, Drink Nectar.
- For Rent: Play Hopscotch, Play Marvels.
- Lovestruck: Play Who’s Up Party Games, Wear Costumes from Costume Trunk.
The Not-so-Big Stuff
What follows is everything else, from Game Packs and Stuff Packs, that you can use in Businesses & Hobbies!
- Outdoor Retreat: Play Horseshoes, Roar.
- Spa Day: Do Spa Activities, Do Yoga, Meditate.
- Vampires: Play Pipe Organ, Drink Plasma, Use Vampire Powers.
- Realm of Magic: Use Cauldron, Cast Spells.
- Werewolves: Moon Bathe.
- Movie Hangout: Eat Popcorn, Watch Movies on TV.
- Romantic Garden: Play in Park Fountains.
- Kids Room: Battle with Voidcritters, Perform Puppet Shows.
- Backyard: Use Lawn Water Slide.
- Bowling Night: Go Bowling.
- Laundry Day: Do Laundry.
- Nifty Knitting: Knitting.
- Crystal Creations: Do Gemology.
Consumer Rights
Of course the main part of the “business” element of Businesses & Hobbies is the fact that you need to set customer rules. And with this (very dense list of) activities available, you’ll be able to do everything from things as simple as Dance, to All Things Grilled Cheese; meaning, theoretically you could open a dance club that also serves grilled cheese sandwiches, you mad genius you.
The huge number of available customer rules mean that, while the above examples provided by Maxis and the The Sims Team themselves is impressively diverse, the only limit is your imagination; especially with that roughly two million possible combinations touted in their pre-launch livestream.
