- Create in CAS one Sim, and two horses. One stallion and one mare. This pair of horses will produce as many foals as they can. Then they will pass the torch onto one of their offspring to continue. The offspring’s mate may be bought/rescued in-game but not created in CAS. You may take as many generations as you wish to accomplish this ultimate goal of birthing 50 foals in game. [Optional strategies for this can be seen below.]
- The starting funds are up for you to decide.
– you can take a loan to give yourself more.
– you can start with what you have after being made in CAS
– you can delete everything and start with nothing. - You may choose to sell or give away each foal after it ages up into adulthood. Make sure it grows up first.
- Your Sim can be any age with any traits. But YA is suggested so they can live longer and take care of all the horses/foals that will come to be under their care. Yes, other Sims may join your household through in-game methods. I recommend raising an heir and making this a generational family ranch challenge. If you only wish to use one Sim, life extensions for your Sim (not horses) are allowed.
- Your Sim and any other sims may NOT choose a career. Their main job is to care for their growing ranch. They are allowed to collect, garden, paint, fish, and compete for extra simoleons if desired.
- You may sell or use produce from the other non-horse farm animals if you choose to buy and care for them. You will have extra work if you do but if you are up for the extra challenge that will bring, go for it! [Goat Milk, Sheep Wool, Bee Honey]
- You may choose whichever lot you wish for your Ranch. You may also move your ranch location if you wish to downsize or expand. I suggest staying in Chestnut Ridge world for this challenge.
- Yes, your Sim may have other pets besides horses if you wish.
- *See Optional Side Challenge #3 for optional goal.
- Yes, you may go to Edit World and create more households for the town (with or without animals/horses). Do not add Sims or future pets to your active household in Edit Household (except to fix a horrible glitch). Instead use in-game methods to add Sims or animals only.
- Yes, you may hire ranch hands & other employees as you wish.
- You can use life extending means in-game for your Sim (but not horses) so they can still be around to care for them. OR
- You can opt to pass your founder’s torch to the next generation by getting married and having an heir the old fashioned way. Try for baby after getting married OR adoption. No science babies in this wild west. If your Sim were to give birth to a baby from an alien abduction pregnancy, it is still your child, right? So, they can still be eligible for the heir if you wish. But wow, think of the story rumors in that town for a while.
The following are Alternative Challenge Strategies that you might like to try. Or you can create your own. The ultimate goal is to birth 50 foals in-game. Have fun!
The Power of Two – Create two mares (and one stallion) instead of one. The second mare can also be created in CAS or purchased/rescued in-game. Each mare will have the goal to produce 25 foals for a combined total of 50. [ Will need to playtest to see if life extensions are possible for horses. You might need to turn off animal aging to make this possible. ]
Five Mares – Use five mares (not stallions). Each mare must produce 10 foals. All the mares may use the same stallions for breeding, but each mare may only use each stallion once. The first mare must be created in CAS along with your founding Sim. The other four mares may be rescued, bought, or born into the household. (They do NOT have to be producing foals at the same time. You can use the ‘next generation’ card for choosing your mares if you wish.) All other rules of the challenge will apply.
Generational Trio – Create in CAS one Sim, and three horses. One stallion and two mares. This trio of horses will produce as many foals as they can. Then they will pass the torch onto one of their sons (colt/stallion) or two of their daughters (filly/mare) to carry on. The offspring’s’ mates may be bought/rescued in-game but not created in CAS. 50 foals are still the goal but you may use only a dedicated trio each generation to achieve it. You may take as many generations as you wish to accomplish this ultimate goal. Have fun!
Through the One Comes Many – Create one Sim and one Mare/Stallion in CAS to begin. Each foal should have a different sire (father). Or dam (mother) if your horse is male. Your Mare/Stallion’s ultimate goal is to have 50 foals.
For those that use Stallions as their Founding horse, the mare that is impregnated must belong to the household at the time of birth. You can sell her afterwards if you wish. But that means bottle-feeding the foal.
Rescue Me – For a harder strategy, use only rescued horses for your starting pair and all future mates. Rescues are cheaper but have more bad traits to deal with.
Optional Side Challenges
These are optional and for those that want a harder challenge (and more points). Like 50 foals is not hard enough!
- Complete the Championship Rider aspiration.
- Get 1st place in the Ultimate Horse Championship with two different horses.
- You must have your Sim get married and raise at least two children to teenagers.
- Your Sim must purchase and care for at least one of every animal listed until they die of old age: Cow, Llama, Chicken, Goat, Sheep
Points
- +1 – Each foal born on your ranch and raised to adult
- +1 – Each Rescue horse (any age) you give a forever home to until their natural death.
- +1 – Each horse you can get to place (1st, 2nd or 3rd) in the Ultimate Horse championship competition.
- +1 – Each Sim you can get to Level 10 horse riding skill.
- +10 – Each Optional Side Challenge (listed above) completed.
- -10 – Each animal taken or dying from neglect.
- -5 – Each horse that runs away.
- +1 – A runaway horse returns.
Sims 2, 3 and 4 Challenges 