List of generational challenges and their creators
Each name links to our rules page or to the creator's own page.
| Challenge | Creator | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Challenge | Pinstar, with Mystic | 10 generations of free play under succession laws, scored out of 100 |
| Legacy Challenge Lite | The same site | 10 generations under the same laws, with no scoring |
| Not So Berry | lilsimsie and alwaysimming | 10 generations, each with a color, three traits, an aspiration, a career and goals |
| Very Veggie Legacy | lilsimsie | 10 vegetable-themed generations with set traits, career, aspiration and goals, from a §0 start |
| Decades Challenge | ZombieCleo; current rules by CuteCoffeeGal | 13 decades and a bonus round, 1890s to 2020s, each with its own rules |
| Ultimate Decades | Morbid Gamer | 1300s to today, with era rules and dice rolls that decide who survives |
| History Challenge | Cloudseeker; maintained by SnowieSimmer | 10 eras, one per generation, from the Stone Age to Future Tech |
| 100 Baby Challenge | Snarky Witch (Sims 2 original: Amiisays) | As few generations as possible; each new matriarch keeps the baby count going |
| Disney Princess 10 Gen Challenge | MissPlaying | 10 generations, each with goals drawn from a different princess film, plus optional extra generations |
| Barbie Legacy Challenge | sims-himbo | 10 generations, each mastering a different career, plus optional extras; every heir is named Barbie |
| Occult Legacy Challenge | Asphodel Moon | 11 generations, each with an occult or supernatural theme and set traits, aspiration and career |
How the next generation takes over
The challenges differ most in how the next generation takes over:
- Legacy: you pick gender, bloodline and heir laws before you start, and they choose the heir for you.
- Not So Berry: no heir rule at all. Any child can carry the next color.
- Very Veggie: you choose the heir. The next generation begins once the current goals are done and the heir is a young adult.
- History Challenge: the next era starts when a child of the current era has a child. An optional Enduring Eras mode gives each era two generations.
- Decades: the calendar decides, not births. In CuteCoffeeGal's rules a decade is 20 Sim days.
- 100 Baby: when the matriarch becomes an elder, her youngest daughter takes over.
- Disney Princess: it follows the Legacy Challenge's 10-generation rules, with its own goals on top.
Which ones need packs
Check this before you commit to ten generations.
| Pack needs | Challenges |
|---|---|
| Base game is enough | Legacy, 100 Baby, History Challenge (its rules say only the base game is required) and Disney Princess (its thread says the same) |
| Base game edition written by the creator | Very Veggie Legacy and the Barbie Legacy |
| Needs packs as written | Not So Berry (content from Get to Work, City Living, Get Together, Parenthood and Spa Day), the original Barbie Legacy (its creator lists 8 packs) and the Occult Legacy (18 packs) |
| No pack list | Decades Challenge: written for any mix of packs, with complex aging meant for Discover University |
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FAQ
What is a generational challenge in The Sims 4?
A set of player-made rules for playing one family line across many generations, usually ten. Each generation's heir gets goals or restrictions, and you move on when the next heir takes over.
How many generations is a Sims 4 legacy challenge?
Ten in the Legacy Challenge, Not So Berry, Very Veggie, the Disney Princess 10 Gen Challenge and the Barbie Legacy. The History Challenge has ten eras, the Occult Legacy has 11 generations today, and the Decades Challenge runs on a calendar instead.
Which generational challenges work with only the base game?
The Legacy Challenge, the 100 Baby Challenge, the History Challenge and the Disney Princess 10 Gen Challenge. Very Veggie and the Barbie Legacy have base game editions written by their creators.