The fourth part of the world famous life simulator “Sims” is gradually gaining more and more popularity thanks to add-ons that significantly expand the capabilities of users. You get a chance to go to university, learn new professions, go on vacation and so on.
However, now we will talk about something completely different - it is likely that you have already managed to hear about such a thing as secret places. In Sims 4, they are available in each of the four cities currently present in the game. If you want to get there, you will have to work hard, because each time you will need to not only find a specific point in the city, but also pass a kind of test, which is different for each of the secret places.
Is it worth it? Of course! After all, the secret places in “Sims 4” look simply fantastic, and to this is added the fact that you can find some rare items and materials that you won’t find in the standard world. Therefore, hurry up to get acquainted with how to get into these wonderful fabulous locations.
How to get to Sylvan Glades?
If you consider the secret places in "The Sims 4", then the most popular is Sylvan Glades. How to get there? To do this, you need to be in the city of Willow Creek - there you need to get to the territory of Creek Boar. This is a residential plot, so if it is busy, then you will have to make friends with the owner in order to freely visit his property and not have any problems with it.
When you have free access, you need to find a large tree, which is separate from the rest. That is your goal. Look at the tree several times - and then you will have the opportunity to water it.
Take advantage of this opportunity, and do it also 2-3 times, after which you can talk to this tree. Talk to him about its foliage or roots, and after a few conversations the appearance of the tree will change, a door will appear in it, which you have to enter. There you will find an adventure - a gamer will be described a story that will need to be developed independently, choosing further events. If you choose the right answer four times, you can be transported to Sylvanas Glades. What attracts the secret places in "Sims 4"?
What can you find there?
In the game Sims 4 secrets are encouraging that they are not only beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but also offer players a lot of useful things. When you find yourself in Sylvanas Glades, you will be surprised at how charming nature is there - you can spend a lot of time admiring the surrounding world. But when you relax enough and want to act, you can collect many different unique ingredients. There are many plants in abundance that are very difficult to find in the ordinary world, and here you can catch rare species of fish and frogs. In general, you will have something to do when you find yourself here.
However, do not forget to periodically return to the real world, because in a secret place there is no toilet and bathroom, and you won’t be able to eat there, because all the products that you find there will be unsuitable for instant consumption. Do not worry: opening the portal to this place once, you can return here at any time.
In Sims 4, secrets act on this principle, so you can easily move between the real world and fabulous places at any time as you wish.
The Lost Grotto
In the game Sims 4 mods can add more different secrets, but there are only four original secret places. And if you live in Oasis Springs, you can access the Lost Grotto. Where is the entrance there? The approach to the cave is available from two locations at once - from the Desert Flowers park or from a residential site of the Landgraab family.
Whichever option you choose, you need to look for the entrance to the cave, which turns out to be the beginning of a deep mine. But you can get there only if you break the door, for this you need to increase the level of mechanics of your sim to the maximum. After hacking and going through the adventure of choosing the right answers, you will find yourself in a new secret place, which allows you to understand that there are no mods needed in Sims 4 - the developers themselves tried to make the world a magnificent one.
What is in the Grotto?
Secret places in Sims 4 offer the player to enjoy a wonderful thematic atmosphere - in this case you find yourself in a real grotto, which simply shines with the brilliance of various minerals (you, by the way, can collect them). As in the previous case, you can catch rare species of fish and frogs, as well as collect unique herbs and plants that can be taken with you to the real world. This ends the secret locations that are available with the basic version of the game. No, you don’t need mods to launch the other two - you will need to have the Campaign add-ons and "Go to work!" respectively.
Hermit's Refuge
As you already understood, in “Sims 4” secret sites do not immediately become available in a complete set - you need to install additional content that adds new features, as well as new cities where there are secret points leading to mysterious places. In the city of Granite Falls, available in the Campaign! Expansion, you need to go to the Granite Falls forest. Find the waterfall there and go straight back from it until you see the strange thickets of shrubs that form a passage - this is the portal to a new secret place. Just go through the adventure - and you are already there!
Meeting with the hermit
Unlike the previous two secret places, here you will not only see beautiful landscapes, but also meet a new character - a hermit. You can learn a unique potion recipe from him, and also only in this location you will find the rarest species of mushrooms, catch a fish species not found anywhere else and find many rare insects.
Planet Sixim
This secret place is special - you will get access to it in a completely different way. You do not need to look for any specific points, your task is to achieve maximum progress either in rocket science or in the career of a scientist. All this you can do only if you have the add-on “To work!”. If you choose the first option, you can build a rocket and fly to another planet, if your choice falls on the second option, then you can create a wormhole in space with which you instantly get to Sixim.
Planet exploration
Siksim is a very interesting place, which is rich in unique plants found only here. You can also find here unique minerals - geodes, which are the new collection material in the game. Moreover, you have a chance to meet aliens with whom you can even make friends. You will learn that they have parties, but getting to them is not so easy - you have to choose the career of a scientist, and then there is a chance that you will be sent an invitation by which you can transfer to the party.
This is one of the advantages of a wormhole over a rocket. The second advantage is the fact that only one character can fly on a rocket on a Sixim, while all the Sims of your family can move there through a wormhole.