The Sims 4: Life & Death

One of the most interesting features of The Sims 4‘s new Life & Death expansion is the Reaper career, which functions very differently from other jobs in the game. This supernatural profession can be assigned to Sims to create spiritual guides who lead souls into the afterlife. However, there are many other tasks tied to the Reaper career that must be completed, making it a complex path to follow.

It’s worth noting that any Sim that becomes a Reaper doesn’t become the literal Grim Reaper in The Sims 4. The main soul collector simply needs help with their job, allowing other Sims to get hired as sidekick Reapers until they are promoted. The Reaper role is an active career, meaning you can have a Sim do this job alone or follow them around as they complete tasks for it.

How To Join The Reaper Career

Don’t Worry, You Don’t Need To Die First

Becoming a Reaper is much easier than you’d expect, as you only need to find the profession from the “Find a Job” menu where a Sim can find many other career paths. Although you don’t need to have any specific traits to qualify for the job, being a Reaper always puts a Sim close to death. This means that some Sims with certain skills are more suited to becoming a Reaper than others.

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Sims with the Macabre quality are already set up to become good Undertakers or Reapers in the Life & Death expansion of The Sims 4. Some skills a Sim can focus on to be even better for the Reaper job are:

• Thanatology
• Charisma
• Fitness
• Writing

You can start the Reaper career as something called a “Grimtern” within The Netherworld Department of Death (NDD) that hires you for the position. During this process, you will get trained on how to go through a Reaper’s day-to-day, which involves doing some tasks you have probably never seen before.

All Reaper Tasks & How To Complete Them

Find Souls And Help Them Move On

From the NDD headquarters, you’ll have to learn how to reap souls during assignments determined by the Scry Bowl within the afterlife area. The Scry Bowl tells you whether there is a person who has died recently. As a Reaper, it is your job to study a target of reaping, reap them successfully, and then carefully extract their soul so it can move on.

Reapers are not concerned with rebirth in The Sims 4, only the death of a fellow Sim. A typical day as a Reaper might present you with the following tasks:

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Other tasks you may run into are Afterlife Emergencies, which could range from repairing the Scry Bowl to closing more Netherworld Fissures than usual. Rarer assignments like recalibrating Grim’s Slablet, ordering Office Supplies for NDD’s computers, or expelling Mischievous Ghosts are all tasks that you may also have to complete as a Reaper in training.

The most important part of a Reaper’s job is to collect enough souls to fulfill your Soul Quota at the end of a limited time. One of the realistic parts of The Sims 4 is how every job has clear goals, including the unorthodox Reapers. If you meet your Soul Quota, which you can check at any time from a NDD computer, you may be given some rewards from the Grim Reaper’s Box-o-Fun(eral).

Get Paid More For Your Afterlife Efforts

There are 10 levels to the Reaper job, with a Sim only being called a Reaper when they get the final promotion. Every position within the NDD has different hours and pay for a Sim, adjusting how you can approach the career at different points. You have to complete or meet various requirements to get promoted, but some stages of progression may take longer than others.

Here are all the promotion levels for the Reaper career in The Sims 4, as well as their individual hours and how much a Sim gets paid:

All Reaper Career Rewards

Make Sure To Hit Your Quota

Rewards tied to the Reaper career revolve around your usual Soul Quota of 25 souls per week. This goal can be met by you and your fellow Reaper at NDD, earning you extra rewards if you manage to surpass your quota before time runs out. Failing to meet your Soul Quota will negatively impact your Sim’s Reaper performance and prevent them from gaining any reward for that week.

You can reach bronze, silver, or gold tiers as a Reaper to gain better rewards, similar to other jobs in The Sims 4. However, you can also get rewards from your promotions, giving you interesting cosmetics to use. These promotional rewards include:

• Dust-to-Dust Buster – Basic Reaper Uniform
• Death’s Negotiation Reporter (D.N.R.) – Timeless Hourglass Household Inventory
• Reaper – Grand Reaper Uniform, Grim’s Right Hand Reward Trait

Staying diligent will help you make quota consistently, earning you tons of free rewards every week from your Reaper Sim. Although the Reaper career in The Sims 4 may be demanding, the benefits from such a soul-draining job in the Life & Death expansion are certainly worth the effort.

The Sims 4 Life & Death Expansion Pack

Base Game

The Sims 4

Released

October 31, 2024

Developer(s)

Maxis

Publisher(s)

Electronic Arts

Genre

Life Simulation , Adventure , Simulation

ESRB

Teen // Crude Humor, Game Experience May Change During Online Play, Sexual Themes, Violence

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