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Before the addition ofThe Sims 4: Seasons, there wasn’t much for your child Sims to do after school. Luckily, that’s all changed with the after-school activity of Scouts being added, so your young Sims can have something fun to do with friends instead of being stuck inside doing homework.
Joining the Scouts has plenty of benefits, including gaining skills your Sim will keep through their entire lifetime. With enough work and dedication, your Sim will have plenty of perks and bonuses to enjoy for their entire lives, along with plenty of pretty badges they’re able to show off to all of their friends.
Scouts Activity Overview
Scouts are an after-school activity that children and teenage Sims are able to join.There is no monetary rewardfor joining the Scouts, but you are able to gain skills like Creative, Fitness, and Fishing. It also is completely free to join the Scouts. Your Sims won’t need to pay an entry fee.
Any child or teen Sim is able to join the Scouts, as they are not divided by gender, like the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. Any other life stage is not able to be a Scout, though, and once your Sim ages out of the Scouts, they are not able to join again.
If you have the Parenthood Game Pack,your Sim can also gain different character valuesfrom joining the Scouts, such as manners and responsibility. The Scouts are a great way to gain levels in these attributes.
How To Join Scouts
Much like joining a career with your adult Sims, to join the Scouts all you need to do ishave your child or teen Sim open up their phone and chooseBusiness.From there, you can choose toJoin after school activityfor children orFind a jobfor teens. You can then choose Scout from the list.
This is similar to how adult Sims join careers. Once your Sim has joined the scouts,they can immediately begin to progresstowards earning badges and advancing through the ranks. The more badges they get, the higher they rank in the Scouts.
How To Rank Up In Scouts
These are all the available ranks in the Scouts, and how to advance to that rank:
Daily Tasks and Advancement Requirements
Saturday - Sunday 2 PM - 4 PM
As you can see, no matter your Sim’s rank in the Scouts,they will meet at the same time each week. None of the Scout’s activities interfere with your Sims going to school, so you can join them even if your Sim isn’t doing well in their studies.
All Badges And How To Earn Them
The only way to rank up in the Scouts is toearn badges. Badges are earned by completing various activities during your Sims free time, such as repairing items around the house or finding frogs outside. Almost any activity your Sim can do that’s positive will help progress them towards a badge.
You do need to perform the different activities multiple times in order to get a badge. This will help your Sim build their skills better, as opposed to getting it immediately upon completing the activity once.
There arenine badges your Sims can earnin total. Here’s all of them, along with the activities required to get them, and how many times you need to complete them:
Arts and Crafts
6
8
5
12
You can check your progress on how close you are to getting a badge at any time at theScouting Badge Board. You unlock this board as soon you join the Scouts, but you can always buy another one in Buy Mode underKids > Kids' Activities. The board is only 50 Simoleons to replace.
If your Sim is looking to get a head start on their skills, joining the Scouts is a great way to be rewarded for practicing things your Sim is likely already doing.
