Timeline Adventure Challenge – Gen 36 – Gen 40

By: IllusoryThrall

September 6, 2022

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Gen 26 – 30 | Gen 31 – 35 | Gen 36 – 39 | Gen 41 – 42

Updated: 1/16/25

Once you’re ready to play, grab a copy of my Timeline Adventure Challenge Tracking Spreadsheet to track your progress!

Note on Lots: I will be building pre-built lots and putting them on the gallery with the tag “#timelineadventure” as I work through the challenge myself. My sims Origin tag is IllusoryThrall, feel free to toss me a follow. I will link each generation’s pre-built lots in boxes like this on this page for each generation – so if you’re not a builder, you can still easily play this challenge. I will eventually get to building lots for all generations, but for now it’s just the first few generations that I have completed. All lots mentioned on these pages are CC-free and playable! Also, if you build a lot that qualifies as those two things and want it included in these lists, please just drop me a comment here or a message at IllusoryThrall on the sims forums, I will check it out and add it if it fits!

Gen 36: The Epidemic (2020s)

You grow up in a world with ready access to whatever you need, plenty of friends, and 2020 is just another year until the virus hits. Suddenly the world as you knew it is gone, changed probably forever by the ever-growing crisis. You feel like you desperately need to be on the front lines, making a difference in this new world of delivered food, virtual concerts, live stream gaming, and face masks. Somehow you manage to find someone for you and the two of you start a family, doing everything you can to keep them safe and healthy.

Town: Willow Creek (Sage Estates)

Lot Traits: Fast Internet, Private Dwelling, *your choice*

Lot Challenges: None

Holidays:

Spring: Easter – Give Flowers, Egg Hunt, Grand Meal, Flower Bunny
Summer: Fourth of July – Barbeque, Fireworks, Drinking, Party Spirit
Fall: Halloween – Remembrance, Spooky Spirit, Trick or Treat, Mischief Spirit
Winter: Christmas: Give Gifts, Grand Meal, Festive Lighting, Festive Spirit

Traits: Materialistic, Good, Dance Machine

Aspiration: Mansion Baron

Career: Doctor, Scientist, or Detective (your choice)

Gen 36 Goals:

This is a different sort of generation. You get to pick one of three “Active” careers to be maxed on your main sim. You can be a Doctor, a Scientist, or a Detective, and the choice is completely up to you. Pick one and master it.
Similarly, you also can pick any three skills to master from the whole list of skills as long as the fourth skill you max is Dance (which maxes at level 5).
(You also get to pick the third Lot Trait.)
Complete career on main sim.
Complete Mansion Baron Aspiration.
Your major goal this generation is to build a safe home for you and your family, with plenty of room, and all the amenities. This is your paradise away from the world.
Find a partner to share it with, and have at least one child.
I suggest getting a CC facemask for all your sims to wear outside the house for this generation.
Your heir’s traits will be: Cheerful, Generous, and Good; their Aspiration will be either Romantic Explorer, Paragon Partner, or Neighborhood Confidante.

Generation 36 Lots:

Gen 37: Repairing Relationships (2025s)

The Epidemic single-handedly ruined so many relationships over it’s course. Which only made you want to fix them all. You gravitate towards counseling, and settle easily into the relationship counselor role. Each person you meet is another soul who needs healing, and your mission is to heal them all, whether they’re your client or not. Unfortunately, something has to give … and in this case, it’s your own family life that suffers.

Town: Ciudad Enamorada (Nuevo Corazon)

Lot Traits: Singles Hangout, Penny Pixies, Gnomes

Lot Challenges: None

Holidays:

Spring: Easter – Give Flowers, Egg Hunt, Grand Meal, Flower Bunny
Summer: Fourth of July – Barbeque, Fireworks, Drinking, Party Spirit
Fall: Halloween – Remembrance, Spooky Spirit, Trick or Treat, Mischief Spirit
Winter: Christmas: Give Gifts, Grand Meal, Festive Lighting, Festive Spirit

Traits: Cheerful, Generous, Good

Aspirations: Romantic Explorer/ Paragon Partner/ Neighborhood Confidante

Career: Romantic Consultant (Relationship Counselor Branch)

Gen 37 Goals:

Complete Romantic Explorer Aspiration on main sim
Complete Paragon Partner Aspiration on main sim
Complete Neighborhood Confidante Aspiration on main sim
Master the Romance Skill (main sim)
Master the Charisma Skill (main sim)
Master the Logic Skill (main sim)
Fall in love and get married (although you do not need to STAY married!)
Have at least 5 children (not all need to be by the same partner!)
Once your lovey-dovey aspirations are complete (and they do not need to be completed all with the same partner!), ignore your partner in favor of your job.
Similarly, spend very little time with your children, and leave their care up to nannies or your current partner. However, all children MUST continue to live with you!
Your heir MUST be MALE and their traits will be Genius, Ambitious, and Self Assured; their aspiration will be Nerd Brain.

Generation 37 Lots:

Gen 38: The Future in Space (Near Future)

In the aftermath of the Epidemic, the weird new world is completely obsessed with technology. Artificial intelligence seems just around the corner, and as a child you begin your passion for looking to the stars. You have become obsessed with the idea of alien life. You want to be the first to discover it and bring it back to your world. Building a Rocket Ship of your own takes all your free time, and you get a permanent crick in your neck from always looking to the sky. When you finally make contact, and they show you how to get to their world, you suddenly don’t want to share it at all. This must be all yours and yours alone. You fall in love with an alien, and you eagerly start a family with them. Unfortunately, you did not understand the consequences of bringing forth such life, and now it seems it could be the catalyst that triggers the end of the world.

Town: Oasis Springs (Skyward Palms)

Lot Traits: Homey, Science Lair, Good Schools

Lot Challenges: None

Holidays:

Spring: Easter – Give Flowers, Egg Hunt, Grand Meal, Flower Bunny
Summer: Fourth of July – Barbeque, Fireworks, Drinking, Party Spirit
Fall: Halloween – Remembrance, Spooky Spirit, Trick or Treat, Mischief Spirit
Winter: Christmas: Give Gifts, Grand Meal, Festive Lighting, Festive Spirit

Traits: Genius, Ambitious, Self-Assured

Aspiration: Nerd Brain

Career: Astronaut

Gen 38 Goals:

Complete Nerd Brain Aspiration on main sim.
Complete Astronaut career (either branch) on main sim.
Skills to be maxed: Fitness, Handiness, Rocket Science and Logic (on main sim)
Build and FULLY upgrade a Rocket Ship on your home lot.
Visit Sixam in your rocket, meet and fall in love with an alien.
Have at least one alien child from abduction (if possible). This child will be your heir. If you can’t get pregnant by abduction by the time the other goals are completed, then a part-alien can be heir instead.
Your heir must be at least part alien (and hopefully capable of disguising themselves), and their traits will be: Genius, Creative, Geek; and their aspiration is City Native.

Generation 38 Lots:

Gen 39: The Age of Automation (Future)

You are raised with a toe in both of your parents’ worlds. With an eye to the past, you realize you must find a way to automate more daily tasks and upgrade the world around you. Being partially not of this world, you struggle to fit in and you choose a high-population area to settle into in the hopes that your differences won’t be noticed. With hard work and dedication, artificial intelligence is soon right at your fingertips, and you become the change the world seems to need. As you study this new technology, you even find ways to upgrade yourself. You are now the future. You find a spouse, still carefully hiding what you are away from them. Despite the fact that you spend most of the time in your workshop, you find time to bring at least one child into the world, and you only let them in on your shared secret as they prepare to go out into the world as an adult.

Town: San Myshuno (Uptown)

Lot Traits: Fast Internet, Science Lair, Private Dwelling

Lot Challenges: None

Holidays:

Spring: Easter – Give Flowers, Egg Hunt, Grand Meal, Flower Bunny
Summer: Fourth of July – Barbeque, Fireworks, Drinking, Party Spirit
Fall: Halloween – Remembrance, Spooky Spirit, Trick or Treat, Mischief Spirit
Winter: Christmas: Give Gifts, Grand Meal, Festive Lighting, Festive Spirit

Traits: Genius, Creative, Geek

Aspiration: City Native

Career: Engineer

Gen 39 Goals:

Complete City Native Aspiration on your main sim.
Complete the Engineer career in either branch on your main sim.
Skills to be maxed: Robotics, Singing (on main sim)
Have a robotics station in your own home with one goal: making a Servo of your own to activate. Any other robots you choose to invent is up to you.
Stay in disguise form 100% of the time, (if you have the ability to make a disguise, that is). Avoid using alien powers, and try to keep your secret hidden. (If you are found out, it doesn’t break the challenge, but at least TRY to not let it happen.)
Marry a human sim, and have at least one child (who is also part alien, thanks to you).
(Whether or not the Servo you create moves to the next generation with your heir is also your choice.)
Your heir’s traits will be: Loner, Paranoid, Erratic; and their aspiration is StrangerVille Mystery.

Generation 39 Lots:

Gen 40: The End of the World

Right as your parent lets you in on the craziest secret you’ve ever heard of, your world crumbles. Not just because you find out you’re something you never wanted to be, but because the literal world is ending. Organized society has come crashing down for unknown reasons, and on top of this – you find out that those like you are being hunted. You carefully hide the part of you that is not of this world, quickly making yourself constantly paranoid. You are always looking over your shoulder, never knowing who might be following you. Anarchy reigns, and it’s a harsh world you find yourself lost in. Searching for yourself in and amongst the disaster, you endeavor to find out what exactly happened to the world. The question eventually becomes, can you save the world … and can you also save yourself in the process?

Town: Strangerville (Shady Acres)

Lot Traits: Fast internet, Penny pixies, Private Dwelling

Lot Challenges: Off The Grid (you will use generators and such for power and water)

Holidays: None. There is nothing to celebrate anymore.

Traits: Loner, Paranoid, Erratic

Aspiration: Strangerville Mystery

Career: None

Gen 40 Goals:

Complete the StrangerVille Mystery aspiration on main sim (or take it as far as you can before choosing to side with Mother and not save the world.)
Skills to be maxed: Programing, logic, Writing (on main sim)
You trust no one. Never get past “friends” in a relationship. (no “good” or “best” friends)
Solve the StrangerVille mystery.
Never marry and have no children.
Die at the hands of the Mother, side with the Mother, (OR) Save the world.
If you side with the Mother or die, the challenge ends now. (I highly encourage saving the world before going into Mother’s chamber, in other words.)
Only if you manage to (or choose to) save the world can you then adopt one baby, infant, or toddler (an orphaned survivor of the catastrophe) and raise them to adulthood to continue the legacy.
Become best friends with your child.
Also: If you brought the Servo, you can continue to take them with you.
Your heir’s traits will be: Maker, Green Fiend, Recycle Disciple; and their aspiration is Eco Innovator.