Best Mods for Free Version of The Sims 4 in 2022
The Sims 4 going free to play (with optional micropayments) is the perfect moment to remind everyone of the numerous, fine mods this game received throughout the years.
The Sims 4 went free-to-play! Base game can now be downloaded for free, while add-ons still come with their price tags. However, there are completely genuine ways to improve the game and expand its content without spending a dime. You can do it with mods.
Best mods for The Sims 4
- MC Command Center
- WonderfulWhims – improved relationships
- Mortem, in sims' time of dying
- Have Some Personality Please! Better conversations and interactions
- More personality traits
- More interactions
- Explore Mode, i.e. trips and coaching
MC Command Center
MC Command Center is a multifunction tool that allows you to easily change any aspect of the game. The project unlocks a multitude of commands, ranging from simple cheats, through defining relationships between sims, to editing the appearances and names at any time.
WonderfulWhims – improved relationships
WonderfulWhims is one of the most important mods for this game – it extends and diversifies the relationships between sims. With this mod, each character has their own style and preferences. This is also grounds for generating events in the game.
The project also expands the personality mechanics, adding archetypes and new special interactions, and allows fake personalities to confuse other characters.
Mortem, in sims' time of dying
The mod introduces a realistic death system, along with everything that death entails. The sims die just like in real life, rather than at the hand of the Reaper. Deaths are confirmed by a doctor, and then you need to organize a funeral.
It also introduces funeral homes with tons of new content and options. Sims can be buried or cremated. There are also many new objects, e.g. cemetery decorations, customizable tombstones, or urns.
Private healthcare
The authors of Mortem have developed a few other, notable modifications, the most interesting of which is Private Practice. We list it as a bonus, because it requires the Get to Work mod).
Private Practice thoroughly overhauls and expands the health mechanics. It introduces health insurance, pharmaceuticals, opticians and plastic surgeons.
Have Some Personality Please! Better conversations and interactions
One of the problems with The Sims 4 is that conversations are about nothing. This mod fixes it. Thanks to it, the dialogues between sims become much more interesting – they can have a simple chat about the weather, or spend a long time on lively discussions.
The mod also increases the frequency of various interactions between characters (such as teasing unpopular people or having a snowball fight) and greatly expands the romancing mechanisms, thanks to which the sims have to work a lot before winning the hearts of other heroes. Instead of a simple kiss, sims require compliments, gifts, and flirting.
More personality traits
A popular category of mods are those adding new personality traits to sims. The best of them are:
- New Emotion and Traits – 10 additional personality traits related to emotional state of the sims (e.g. stoic, arrogant, or dreamer). Each of these traits provides unique stat modifiers and additional interactions.
- 15 More Traits! – a similar modification with ten additional features, such as gamer, or guitarist.
More interactions
Another popular category of mods are those that introduce additional types of interaction for sims. If that sounds interesting to you, we recommend the following:
- Custom Drinks Interactions – offers interactions related to alcoholic beverages, including the ability to create many new types of alcoholic beverages.
- Custom Food Interactions – this project, in turn, adds food-related interactions, which also includes quite a few new dishes.
Explore Mode, i.e. trips and coaching
Finally, a mention of Explore Mode. The project allows you to send sims to various places. They can go on holidays, coaching delegations and camps (e.g. in photography or guitar) or to a casino.
Want more mods? We've got them!
These were just a few of the most important projects that you can start your The Sims 4 modding adventure with. If you want to dig deeper into the subject, we recommend our comprehensive guide to the most interesting mods for this game:
