The Sims 4: How to Find the Secret Worlds (2024)

Since its 2014 release, The Sims 4 has been a massive hit that draws players in with its simple concept of controlling a Sim's life. It also keeps fans coming back to discover the secret worlds hiding within the game. To uncover these locations, players must persevere through seemingly ordinary tasks, like ranking up in a career or watering a tree, to catch a glimpse of new and beautiful worlds.

Longtime fans will know that The Sims franchise has always had hidden worlds to uncover. Players of the first game could visit a sleeping giant and gain magic beans after growing a beanstalk, and they could join secret clubs with unique hobby themes in the second. Since then, developer Maxis has included even more mysteries for fans of the game to find. Here's how to find the hidden worlds in Sim 4.

Updated on May 28, 2024 by Antonio Samson: The Sims 4 has a plethora of expansions that add new worlds and areas to the game. However, even in these new worlds, players can find hidden locations. These can be found by simply walking through a secret passage or answering a riddle correctly. This article was updated to provide more information and to meet CBR's editorial and formatting standards.

Discover Exclusive Fish at Sylvan Glade

Find Sylvan Glade Through Foundry Grove

The entrance to the secret world, Sylvan Glade, is located within the base game's Willow Creek world in the Foundry Cove neighborhood. When first interacting with the majestic tree entrance, players will only have limited options to interact with it.

After viewing, watering, and chatting enough times, the player can enter the tree, where they should select the correct responses (Follow the Sound, Travel Downstream, Enter the Mist, and Travel to Glade) to unlock the secret world. Inside, players can discover rare animals, such as the elusive treefish, an essential catch to complete the fishing collection.

Maximize Handiness to Find the Forgotten Grotto

Players Must Have the Right Words to Enter the Grotto

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Deep within the canyons of Oasis Springs lies the Forgotten Grotto, a hidden world with two entrances: one beyond Desert Bloom Park and the other past the Landgraab's Affluista Mansion. Accessing the secret site won't be easy -- players must max out their Sim's Handiness skill to break through the boarded-up entrances.

Then, they'll go on a text adventure where they must respond correctly (Take the Wide Path, Climb the Ladder, Step onto the Ledge) before advancing. Inside the Forgotten Grotto, players can find exquisite rocks and minerals and the batfish -- a fish that is exclusively found here.

Meet the Mysterious Character Living in the Hermit's House

The Granite Falls Forest Hides the Hermit's House

The Hermit's house is a hidden location added in the Outdoor Retreat Game Pack. It's located deep within the Granite Falls Forest, where players must navigate through the shrub hole by choosing the prompts "Step Forward," "Go Through the Web," "Ignore the Object," and "Approach the Sim."

Inside, players will discover a densely forested area where the hermit resides. This randomly generated NPC offers Sims the opportunity to learn the "Fungal Infusion Remedy" if they reach a high enough friendship level. In the surrounding area, players can uncover remarkable animals, such as the mountain lionfish and will-o-wisp insect, which are exclusive to this secret location.

Befriend Aliens While Traveling to the Far-off Planet Sixam

Become a Scientist to Explore Space

The distant planet of Sixam (added with the Get to Work expansion) can be visited after the players reach level 10 in the Scientist career or the Rocket Science skill. Players in the Scientist career will need to build and upgrade the Electroflux Wormhole Generator at the Invention Constructor.

Those pursuing the Rocket Science skill will need to upgrade a rocket ship with a wormhole generator. On Sixam, players can interact with aliens and collect otherworldly plants, unique crystals and metals (both can be broken down into a new element), and six new geodes.

Walk into the Portal to Enter a World of Magic

With the Realm of Magic DLC, players can access the hidden lot known as The Magic Realm. This can be accessed via a waterfall portal in Glimmerbrook or, for Spellcasters, by using Glimmerstone to teleport there. Once arriving at the secret world, players can talk to one of the three sages of magic to go on a quest to remove or gain magical abilities.

Players can also challenge other Spellcasters to a duel or gather magical herbs from the front of the greenhouse. There's a new location called Casters Alley, where an Astral Projection Vendor will sell the player various magical goods.

Reach Mt. Komorebi Peak in The Sims 4: Snowy Escape

Players Must Have a High Rock Climbing Skill to Reach the Top

Mt. Komorebi Peak is the secret lot in the Yukimatsu neighborhood that was included in the Snowy Escape Expansion Pack. Players must be at least a level six in the Rock Climbing skill, then plan a social event with at least one other Sim to gain access to the summit.

The group will meet at the Onsen Bathhouse, where they must reach four increasingly difficult checkpoints in a certain amount of time. After reaching the top, players are rewarded with a couple of different mountaineer traits, cosmetic items, and the ability to build on the lot.

Complete the Mural Next to Island Living's Cave of Sulani

Living's Cave Will Reward Players with Mermaid Kelp

The Sims 4: Island Living gives players access to a difficult-to-find cave near the Admiral's Wreckage on Mua Pel'am. Players can send their Sims into the cave, where they have random interactions and can receive up to 10 Mermaid Kelp at once (the item necessary to transform into the mystical sea creature) or other items. While players may not be able to see inside the cave, they will be treated to a mural near the entrance that changes as the Sim explores.

The Dreadhorse Caverns Allows Sims to Go on Quests

Start at the Canyon Crossing to Reach the Dreadhorse Caverns

The Horse Ranch expansion pack offers a hidden adventure in Dreadhorse Caverns. To find this secret cave, travel to Galloping Gulch in Chestnut Ridge. The easiest starting point is Canyon Crossing, the Goosman household lot.

Once there, face the front of the house and look down to the left behind it, near the riverbed. A path leading away from the river will lead into a cluster of trees. The entrance to Dreadhorse Caverns is hidden. Players can expect text-based mini games where their sims go on adventures and battle different enemies like bats and spiders.

The Sims 4

The Sims 4 is the latest life simulation game in The Sims franchise, with multiple expansion packs, game packs, stuff packs and kits to help players' control their sims lives.

Franchise

The Sims

Platform(s)

PS4 , Xbox One , PC

Released

September 2, 2014

Developer(s)

Maxis

Publisher(s)

Electronic Arts

Genre(s)

Simulation