What Is the Not So Berry Challenge in The Sims 4? Explained

Are you a Sims fan but still have doubts about what the Not So Berry Challenge is in The Sims 4? This challenge, created by Youtuber Lilsimsie, brings a lot of activity to the daily life of your Sims. It’s a long challenge, as it set goals for 10 generations. But it will be a challenge to keep you entertained and engaged in the game if you stick to the rules, that is. In this guide, we show you everything you should keep in mind.

The Sims 4’s Not So Berry Challenge Guide

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Not So Berry Challenge General Rules

The goal of the challenge is to get through 10 generations of “Berry Sims” while sticking to the rules. Here are some general rules all Not So Berry challenges must adhere to:

In the Not So Berry Challenge, each Sim is associated with a specific color that represents their generation.
Each in their hair, the style of their clothing, and makeup.
The Sim’s spouses do not have to adhere to any specific color requirement and can be freely customized by the player.
To fulfill each objective, you can use money cheats like Motherlode, but not excessively.
The life expectancy setting for your Sims must always remain standard.

Not So Berry Challenge Gen by Gen

Besides those general rules, each generation has a specific set of guidelines and rules. You must follow each of them to complete The Sims 4 Not So Berry Challenge successfully.

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Generation	Color	Overall Concept	Traits	Career & Aspiration	Challenge Rules
1	Mint	Your Sim will become a scientist who’s in love with their career. They will achieve a luxurious life, providing for themselves and their family. While no one’s looking, they will enjoy life with their friends and play the buffoon for a while.	Bonus: Dastardly Jealous Materialistic Vegetarian	Aspiration: Chief of Mischief Career: Scientist	Successful career. Collect all the Elements collection. Complete the Chief of Mischief aspiration. Master the Logic and Mischief skills.
2	Rose	As a child, adopt a spoiled attitude and keep your imagination alive, even as an adult. Focus on your career, possibly becoming obsessive, although this may hinder your personal commitments and relationships. However, don’t neglect your child; love and care for them, even if you are not given an innate maternal instinct.	Bonus: Alluring Hot-Headed Romantic Snob	Aspiration: Serial Romantic Career: Politician	Accept marriage as an elder. Be a great politician. Finish the serial romantic aspiration. Give your partner a hard time at the altar, and stand them up. Have only one child, Master the Charisma skill.
3	Yellow	As a child, you spend a lot of time alone, without the support of your parents, imagining space. Fulfill your dream, and do everything you need to do as a grown-up to get to Sixam.	Bonus: Quick Learner Ambitious Clumsy Loner	Aspiration: Nerd Brain Career: Astronaut	Become an astronaut Enter the Oasis Springs. Complete nerd brain aspiration. Make your space rocket and go to Sixam. Master your Handiness skill. Only maintain a relationship with your Generation 1 grandfather until he dies. Become an expert in rocket science.
4	Grey	As a child, you feel you are different from the rest of your family, you only thought about going out to play sports and basketball, and they were in the lab all day. You are very good at sports, and you love to sing. But your goal is to become a professional athlete. And to be there for your kids all the time your parents weren’t there for you.	Bonus: High Metabolism Active Slob Music Lover	Aspiration: Bodybuilder Career: Athlete	Be an expert in your athletic skills. Become the children’s best friend. Be the best at raising your children. Every Sunday, enjoy a movie night with your family. Fail in 3 love relationships. Complete the bodybuilding aspiration. Have an excellent athletic career. Master your singing skills
5	Plum	You have exceptional skills in everything you set your mind to, so allow yourself to enjoy a career as a doctor for much of your adult life and then pursue your dream of becoming a professional dancer. Although you’ve been a bit hesitant, it’s time to embark on a career as an entertainer and unleash your passion.	Bonus: Quick Learner Dance Machine Genius Noncommittal	Aspiration: Renaissance Sim Career: Fast Food Employee Doctor Entertainer	Complete the Renaissance Sim aspiration. Live in 3 different worlds. Marry a sim, divorce, and remarry the same sim. Master three skills, one of which must be dancing. You must reach at least level 8 in 6 skills.
6	Orange	You are a rebellious family member who grew up in a tumultuous environment. You have always wanted to cause disturbances but are not very adept at being mischievous. You are passionate about baking and spend most of your free time indulging in sweets. Your favorite pastime is infiltrating your neighbors’ homes and enjoying their food.	Bonus: Dastardly Evil Glutton Self-Assured	Aspiration: Public Enemy Career: Criminal	Be a pastry expert. Become a professional in the career of a criminal. Claim to Be Criminal Mastermind Interaction. Emphasize being evil even if no one believes in you. Complete the public enemy aspiration. Live in an apartment categorized as a lot, Master your charisma. Use TLC during your young adulthood, Your children should be twins.
7	Pink	You work a nine-to-five schedule and take care of your work more than anything else. However, your absolute dream is to write, specifically romance novels. But you cannot give up your financial stability with a steady job to pursue your dream. Your humble childhood marks you, and you prefer to make do with what you have. However, you finally decide to pursue your dreams when you become an adult. You are romantic but not flirtatious, and you have not been lucky in love.	Bonus: Muser Creative Neat Unflirty	Aspiration: Bestselling Author Career: Business	Complete the bestselling author aspiration. Finish your postcard collection. Master the skill of wellness. Pursue your writing dreams. Take too much care of your garden.
8	Peach	You take your mother’s advice and pursue your dreams no matter what it takes. You’re a detective by day and a successful comedian by night.	Bonus: Gregarious Foodie Goofball Lazy	Aspiration: Joke Star Career: Detective	Master the skill of comedy. Become a great gourmet chef. Learn to play an instrument. Be an outstanding professional detective. Marry a co-worker. Live in a world different from the Generation 5 heir’s childhood.
9	Green	You hack a tech company and then work for them. Always do your job, but mostly go out, party, have fun, and meet people. But remember, when it’s time to work, do your duties.	Bonus: Quick Learner Cheerful Geek Squeamish	Aspiration: Computer Whiz Career: Tech Guru	Be a mixologist. Become the best technology guru. Complete the Computer Genius Aspiration. Go to every party you are invited to. Have 5 best friends. Have 5 sims who don’t want to know anything about you. You are an expert in video games and programming.
10	Blue	You have an ideal life, a great family, and a wife who loves you. But you are not satisfied, and you cheat on your wife. That guilt weighs on you, and you regret it. You can’t go on with that pain, so you dedicate all your time to caring for and loving your children. You turn your marriage into the best, although you never tell your wife the truth.	Bonus: Domestic Family-Oriented Gloomy Perfectionist	Aspiration: Super Parent Career: Critic	Adopt a child to enlarge your family. Be a great critic. Be an expert in photography. Cheat on your wife. Complete the aspiration of being a super father. Get a young boyfriend with a high school classmate, and stay with him all your life. Master cooking and parenting.