Arrived in parallel to the feelings, the lifestyles are an exclusiveness of the extension The Sims 4 Snowy Escape. They are unlocked by performing certain interactions and once unlocked, they influence the behavior of your characters.
As the description says, not all your actions will influence these new traits, a limited number each day will be taken into account. By looking at the screen, you can see which styles are blocked (you haven't done any action to unlock them), in progress (you have started to do actions unlocking this style) and unlocked.
| Lifestyle | How to unlock it? | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Sedentary | Perform low-energy activities, relax, sit down or have a low-energy career | Benefits by performing low energy activities / Prefers to perform these activities / Improved work performance in low energy careers / Degraded performance in high energy careers / Tense by performing energetic activities |
| Dynamics | Engage in energy-intensive sports or careers | Benefits from high energy activities / Prefers to do these activities / Improves work performance in high energy careers / Deteriorates performance in low energy careers / Dislikes low energy activities and becomes tense |
| Technophobe | Living without electricity or technologies, sabotaging and breaking appliances | Advantages related to broken appliances, land without electricity and off-grid / Prefers to avoid technologies / Can intentionally sabotage an object / Performance degradation in technology-related careers / Tense when using technologies |
| Technophile | Interact with technology or pursue a career in technology | Benefits by interacting with technology / Prefer to use electronic objects / Gain programming and rocketry skills / Interact "overcomputer" and "get excited about processing power" / Improved success when repairing / Improved performance in technology-related careers / Stretched on a field without electricity or touching technologies |
| Very close to his friends | Have between one and three friends and deepen existing relationships | Keeps good friends longer / Has trouble staying friends with sims with lower relationship levels / Prone to develop long-term feelings with friends / "Ask to be the confidant" interaction / Tense when no friends or when the circle of friends contains more than 4 sims |
| Sociable Sim | Have at least four friends | Easily keeps friends with a low level of relationship / Has trouble staying good friends / Benefits from interacting with at least three friends at a time or making a new friend / Less likely to develop long-term feelings / Greater need to be social / Tense when his or her group of friends contains |
| Homebody | Give priority to indoor activities | Benefits from indoor activities / Prefers to be indoors / Performance degradation in outdoor careers / Tense if spending too much time outdoors |
| Amateur of outdoor activities | Give priority to outdoor activities | Benefits from doing outdoor activities / Prefers to be outdoors / Improves performance in outdoor careers / Tends to be tense if spending too much time indoors |
| Junk food fanatic | Eat fast food, desserts and any unhealthy dish | Benefits from eating junk food / Prefers to eat junk food / May add sugar or bacon to dishes to make them junk food / Interaction "promotes the benefits of junk food" / Does not like to eat diet food and becomes tense when eating it |
| Dietetics enthusiast | Eat fruits, vegetables, health foods | Various benefits of eating diet food / Prefer to prepare diet food / Can "Prepare a diet meal" to create a healthy alternative to a recipe / Easier weight loss and fitness skill gain after eating a diet meal / Interaction "Praise diet food" / Unhappy after eating junk food |
| Single and happy | Avoiding serious romance and romantic media | Benefits of being single / Gain in competence while single / Less chance of developing romantic feelings / Improved work performance while single / Tense when starting a serious relationship |
| In search of love | Consult romantic media, seduce other sims | Advantages of being in a romantic relationship / Prefers romantic behavior and increases chances of success / Develops romantic feelings more easily / Enjoys romantic media / Improved work performance when in a relationship / Tense when single |
| Adrenaline seeker | Exploring dangerous places, going outside to make craps, having a dangerous career, seeking thrills | Benefits when thrill-seeking / Avoids boring conversations / Doesn't panic during a fire and finds it exciting / Improves job performance in dangerous careers / Interaction "Talking about a new adventure" and "Getting excited about thrill-seeking" / Can fight for the adrenaline rush if left too long without sensation / Gets bored doing mundane interactions / Held after a long time without an event |
| Great traveler | Go on vacation, visit secret, exotic destinations and seek new experiences | Benefits of going to another world or taking a vacation / Gain skills for all skills while on vacation / Improve work performance when returning from vacation / "Learn about home area" interaction / "Share travel stories" interaction / Bored after a long time without travel |
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| Workaholic | Getting promotions, working hard, completing daily tasks, not taking time off | Slower degradation of needs at work / Increased work performance gain / Difficulty keeping long-term relationships / "Going to work after hours" and "Asking the boss for a promotion" interaction / Additional benefits in career Dedicated employee / Tense when work tasks are neglected or unemployed |
The different lifestyles allow to unlock points of long-term rewardsThe same way as the aspirations.
