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How to become a Vampire in The Sims 4

Assuming that you didn't purchase the Vampires game pack just to play with those three pre-made characters forever, you're eventually going to want to make some vampires of your own. There are a few ways to go about this, but there's only one method incorporated into ordinary gameplay.

There's a pretty strong consensus out there that, to turn into a vampire, you need to be bitten by a vampire. The Sims 4 is not out to rewrite the rulebook on this one. This is why Vladislaus and the Vatores are so important: you need a vampire in order to make more vampires.

It will come as a relief to many players to learn that not every Sim who gets bitten by a vampire for feeding purposes gets turned into a vampire themselves - otherwise Vlad's out-of-control hunting habits would rapidly go from an occasional annoyance to a nightmare of overpopulation.

On the other hand, it's equally good to know that becoming a vampire isn't especially hard: all you need is a vampire as an acquaintance. If Vlad doesn't come calling of his own volition, you can visit either of the pre-existing vampire households in Forgotten Hollow and introduce yourself.

After that, initiating the bite is as easy as making chit-chat. Seriously: the vampires of The Sims 4 are curiously eager to share their blessing/curse with the world, and all you need is to be Acquaintances and have a moderate Friendly relationship value with them to unlock the 'Ask to Turn' interaction.

Not all vampires are able to turn other Sims: in order for your request to be successful, the vampire needs to have invested some of their Power Points into unlocking the 'Vampire Creation' power (which becomes available once they attain the rank of Minor Vampire). Fortuitously, all three pre-made vampires come with this power already available to them.

Note: In a rare departure from many portrayals of vampires in popular culture, The Sims 4 does not consider the vampiric embrace to be in any sense romantic. Thus, vampire Sims can turn their own mortal relatives (e.g. parents, siblings, and offspring); and Young Adult/Adult/Elder vampires can turn Teens, and vice versa.

Younger Sims must wait until they are Teens to become vampires. This applies to using the 'Ask to Turn' interaction, but also to the more traditionally conceived offspring of vampire parents, whose powers (if they inherit them) will lie dormant until that time.

In the likely event that your request is accepted, your Sim's vampiric sponsor will take a drink from their neck, before offering their own wrist in reciprocation. This little ritual begins the process of turning your Sim into a vampire, but the effects aren't immediate.

After exchanging plasma with the vampire, your soon-to-be undead Sim will gain the 'Strangely Hungry' moodlet boosting the Uncomfortable emotion, and which has a hidden duration. Their hunger need will decay at an increased rate, but ordinary Sim food will have a decreased effect.

As additional reminders, the Sim sports two discreet puncture holes in their neck, and will occasionally groan and clutch at their stomach as an eerie supernatural light emits from their body.

Around 12 in-game hours later the moodlet will expire and be replaced by a stronger Uncomfortable moodlet, 'Disgusted by Food'.

A Sim in this condition can still consume ordinary food, but the increased decay and decreased gains will be even more pronounced, and they might take longer to eat as they struggle against the suddenly unpleasant sensation.

Another 12 hours or so in-game and 'Disgusted by Food' will give way to 'Appetite Lost'. Once again, the negative effects are stronger, but now the Sim will be lucky if they can keep that human food down at all: eating anything will make them nauseated, which carries a risk of vomiting.

One final 12-hour hour stretch later, during which your Sim is somewhat unavoidably miserable, and you'll receive a pop-up notification informing you that your Sim is transforming into a vampire.

That weird purple glow that's been hanging around them on and off will intensify, actually lifting them up in the air, before turning into spinning strands of black smoke that surround them. A moment later, your Sim lands back on the floor a fully-fledged vampire - complete with the new 'Strange Thirst' moodlet. You can probably guess what it is they're thirsting after.

You'll also get your first peek at their randomly generated Dark Form - which, if you're familiar with the infamous randomised fashion choices of The Sims 4's NPCs, probably isn't the suave look you were hoping for.

Luckily, you can edit your vampire Sim's appearance (including both their clothing and a bunch of vampire-exclusive cosmetics like supernatural eye and skin colours, vampire teeth, and skin details) by using the 'Change Sim' interaction on a dresser or mirror.

After that, you should probably think about spending the modest handful of Vampire Power Points your Sim gained when they turned, as well as finding them their first drink. From then on, it's up to your vampire Sim to seize the night in whatever way best pleases them.