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Family gameplay has always been a core mechanics in the Sims series, and inThe Sims 4, you’re able to task your Sim with seeing to it that their child grows up as smoothly as possible. Even without the expansion and game packs that expand parenting, Sims want to see their child shine.
By mentoring your children, helping them with their homework, and being there for them throughout their lives, your Sim will be able to complete the Successful Lineage aspiration in The Sims 4. Focus on helping your child achieve, and you’ll complete this adoring aspiration in no time.
Successful Lineage Aspiration Overview
One of the family-centric aspirations included in The Sims 4base game, the Successful Lineage aspiration is focused onmaking sure your children thrivethroughout their lives.
By way ofmentoring Simswith the skills your Sim has mastered, helping witheducational tasks, and fosteringgood relationships, your Sim wants to see to itthat their child thrives.
Though similar to the Big Happy Family aspiration, the Successful Lineage aspiration is more focused onquality over quantity, so to speak.
For the Successful Lineage aspiration, youonly need to have one child, but your Sim is bound and determined tohelp their child succeedthroughout the course of their lives.
Helpful Traits
With so much family time ahead of Sims pursuing the Successful Lineage aspiration, they’d be well off with theFamily-Oriented trait.
This traitallows Sims to gain powerfulHappy moodlets from spending time with their family, and with so much of that ahead, why notdouble downand make your Sim enjoy it that much more?
The Family-Oriented trait makes your Sim quite apt towant to spend timeinteracting with their family members, making it a great way to rake in some extraSatisfaction Pointsalong the way, too.
Additionally, beingOutgoingis quite helpful, as the Successful Lineage aspiration is focused onpositive relationships and time with children.
You may also find some traction with theChildish trait, as this makes your Adult Sims quite keen on spending time with kids and participating in Child-oriented activities.
In general, you’ll want toavoid the Hates Children and Loner traits, as these will add an additional layer of challenge to an already lengthy aspiration.
Reward Trait: Vicarious
Once you’ve completed the final stage of the Successful Lineage aspiration in The Sims 4, your Sim will be given theVicarious trait.
This reward traitis a rather powerful one, as it meansyour Sim gains skill points in skills their children are building.
For example, if your Sim’s child continues their passion for all things smart and pursuesthe Logic skill, even if your own Sim has never even begun to build the Logic skill on their own, they’ll develop the Logic skill as their child does.
Every Milestone In The Successful Lineage Aspiration
Below, you’ll find all the info you need to complete each milestone of the Successful Lineage aspiration in The Sims 4.
Included in the table are not only each milestone and the tasks required to complete them, but helpful tips and hyperlinks to other guides on our site to help youalong the way.
When your Simbecomes a Young Adult, this task completes automatically.
Spend 1,000 Simoleons on Kid’s Stuff.
From the Build/Buy menu in the Kid’s Room tab, purchase at least 1,000 Simoleons worth of children’s items. This can be beds, toys, furniture, skill items, and more - basically, it encompasses building a child’s room at your Sim’s house.
Caregiver
Read to a Child for a Total of 2 Hours.
Have your Sim interact with any bookcase, choose a Children’s Book from the selection of titles, and select the “Read to Child” interaction. Your Sim’s child will join them for storytime, and this task may complete with just one book, depending on the length of the story. In all, they need to spend two hours reading to a child, but it doesn’t have to happen all at once.
Become a Parent.
you may go the traditional route ofTrying for Babywith another Sim, adopt a child over the phone or from the computer, or even have a Science Baby with yourself or a friend - your Sim just needs to be listed in the family tree as another Sim’s parent for this task.
Socialize with Your Child 10 Times.
Simple parenting interactions count for this milestone task, so you’ll likely complete it as you help your child on a daily basis. If not, spend some time chatting with them - this can be any interaction, allowing you tocustomize the relationshipsyou have with your children.
Trusted Mentor
Help a Child with Homework 3 Times.
Child and Teen Sims return from school each day with homework in their inventory that will need to be completed before the next schoolday, lest their grades suffer. Your Sim would like to help their child finish their homework, and can do so by
Have a Child Earn an A in High School.
When your Child Sim ages up into a Teen, they’ll begin to attend high school (and you can go with them, if you have theHigh School Yearsexpansion installed). While enrolled in high school, your Sim’s child needs to earn a grade of an A. This can be achieved by completing homework on time, finishing extra credit assignment projects early and carefully, and by studying hard while at school.
Have a Child MaxAny Skill.
There are four Child-specific skills in The Sims 4 -Creativity,Mental,Motor, andSocial- and your Sim wants to see their child reach Level Ten in any of the four Child skills. They can help them with skill-building by spending time with their children and accompanying them with the skill-specific hobbies and tasks their children will need to complete to build their skills.
Successful Lineage
Mentor Your Child 3 Times.
Your Sim canmentor another Simonce they’ve maxed a skill on their own. The skill they choose to mentor in doesn’t matter, but they’ll need to perform the action three individual times to complete the task.
Have a Child Complete an Aspiration.
While this can indeed stretch into adulthood if needed, there areseveral Child Aspirationsthat will mark this task as complete if a Child Sim completes their aspiration before aging into a Teen.
Have a Child or Grandchild Reach the Top of Their Career.
This is arguably the longest stretch goal in the Successful Lineage aspiration, as it requires not only that your Sim’s child ages at least into a Young Adult, but that they work diligently throughout their life to excel at work and reach Level Ten in their chosen career. Since promotions occur naturally roughly one to two times a week, depending on the Sim’s schedule and work ethic, this goal will take quite a bit of time unless you’re using cheats. Either way, when your Sim’s child hits the final level of their career, this task is marked as completed for your Sim.
The Successful Lineage aspiration does take a while to complete, but the power of familial bonds and the healthy socializing your Sim does along the way makes it all worthwhile.
