New with the Lovestruck expansion pack forThe Sims 4is the ability to allow your Sims to be fully polyamorous without the need for mods or cheats. With the pack shaking up the foundations of how our Sims experience love and all its ins and outs, why not bring the game into the 2020s with this option?
While polyamory definitely isn’t for everyone in real life or in the game, it may just be for your Sim in the expansion pack! To help guide you on the polyamory path is the Paragon Partner aspiration in The Sims 4.
Paragon Partner Aspiration Guide
Paragon Partner Overview: Multiple Partners, Multiple Happy Relationships
Before in The Sims 4, you’d have to eithercheat the systemwith mods or cheat codes, or actually cheat on your partner if you wanted your Sims to be polyamorous, but with the Lovestruck expansion pack, you’ve finally got options that don’t leave you unintentionally breaking hearts! If everyone involved is cool with the setup, why not let your Sim check out a polyamorous lifestyle?
Unlike the Romantic Explorer aspiration, the second of two aspirations added with the pack, which seeks to explore the depths of finding and falling for one partner, the Paragon Partner aspiration instead seeks toguide your Sim to success with multiple partners at once. This is asingle-level aspirationthat acts as a tutorial on how to use the game’s new polyamory feature added with the expansion pack.
Not only does your Sim want to have multiple partners, they’d like everyone to whom they’re romantically or sexually connected to experiencehealthy, respectful relationships. That means open lines of communication, and checking in to ensure everyone is on the same page.
It’s a good way toexplore your Sim’s different Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs, too, since they’ll find themselves attracted to different Sims for different reasons. Set some preferences in CAS, and your Sim will feel a stronger attraction to other Sims with certain traits, adding to the Attraction metric in their relationships.
Whether your Sim is meeting others the old-fashioned way out and about in some ofCiudad Enamorada’s singles-specific localesorthey’re using Cupid’s Cornerto bring dating into the digital age, the goal here is to ultimatelymaintain multiple healthy relationships at oncewith the Paragon Partner aspiration.
You’ll needat least two partners at one timeto complete this aspiration, but it’s up to you if your Sim takes more partners than that.
Not into the traditional dating labels? The Sims 4: Lovestruck offers the chance tochange the label your Sim puts on their relationshipwith someone. You can even customize them, if nothing suits!
Traits To Use And Traits To Avoid
Along with the things that make you more charismatic on the whole,good traits to usefor a Sim with the Paragon Partner aspiration might be:
On the other hand, you’d do well to avoid the following traits for the Paragon Partner aspiration:
Overall, you’ll want your Sim to besocial and sociableon the whole, if they’re trying to win the hearts of the many with the Paragon Partner aspiration.
Paragon Partner
Discuss Romantic Boundaries.
Your Sim would like to open the lines of communication with someone they’re partnered with and clarify what they’re okay with before things go too far. Is this partner okay with your Sim being involved with other Sims in some way? Best to speak up before getting involved with anyone else.
Have two or more partners.
Have two or more Very Satisfied relationships.
If thingsaren’tquite working out, though, you’re able to alwayshead to Cupid’s Counselingfor more in-depth information about where you and your partner aren’t quite in synchrony. Fixing these problems andrepairing your relationships, if necessary, is tantamount to being a good partner.
Go on three dates with a partner Sim.
After your Sim has established a romantic or physical partnership with someone else, you’ll work toward completing this milestone by setting up and thengoing on a datewith them. This doesn’t have to be with the same partner to count toward completion - that’s the whole point of the aspiration!
Once your Sim hasfinished their final milestone goal, they’ll be rewarded with theAffection Aficionadotrait, which causes their Romantic Satisfaction in relationships to drain slower than normal - talk about being Self-Assured!
