The City Native Aspiration in The Sims 4 City Living Expansion Pack lets your Sim fully embrace life in San Myshuno. This step-by-step guide covers every milestone, from festivals and murals to maxing out the Singing Skill and living in an expensive apartment. Here’s how to unlock the coveted In the Know trait and complete this urban adventure.
1. Best Tips for Completing City Native Aspiration
This section provides essential tips for tackling the City Native Aspiration. These strategies help your Sim handle festivals, boost their Singing Skill, and prepare for the costly apartment requirement in San Myshuno.
- Live in an apartment: This is mandatory. Almost all residential lots in San Myshuno are apartments. Two aspiration tasks specifically require living in one.
- Choose Creative or Music Lover Traits: These traits keep your Sim Inspired, significantly improving Singing Skill progression.
- Start saving Simoleons: One final task requires an apartment valued at 100,000 Simoleons. Earn money through jobs, collectibles, or crafting.
- Work on Programming or Video Gaming Skills: Late-stage tasks involve winning contests requiring these skills. The Geek Trait helps boost these abilities.
You’ll need either the Video Gaming or Programming Skill for this Aspiration, so start working on it.
2. How to Complete Milestone 1 – Tourist
Milestone 1 introduces your Sim to San Myshuno by encouraging exploration, food stalls, and building social connections. It’s a simple start that sets up bigger challenges ahead.
How to Introduce Yourself in Three Neighborhoods
San Myshuno has four neighborhoods and a special park lot:
- Fashion District
- Spice Market
- Arts Center
- Uptown
- Myshuno Meadows
Visit any neighborhood, choose an unfamiliar Sim, and use any introduction. Repeat in two other different neighborhoods. All three Sims must be strangers before meeting.
A good way to start a new life in the city is by getting to know some of the locals.
How to Give an Apartment Key to a Friend
- Introduce yourself to a Sim.
- Use Friendly interactions until the green friendship bar is at least half full.
- Select the Give Apartment Key option.
If a Sim becomes bothersome after receiving the key, use the Revoke Apartment Key interaction, though it may lower your friendship level. You might also want to do this if fast forwarding time while your Sim is asleep or away doesn’t work as well.
At high enough Friendship, you can give another Sim a key to your apartment.
How to Order Food from a Stall in San Myshuno
- Find a food stall in any neighborhood or festival.
- Order food three times. It doesn’t matter which stalls or dishes you choose.
For variety, visit San Myshuno Meadows, which has multiple stalls in its courtyard.
There are lots of different food stalls providing different dishes.
3. How to Complete Milestone 2 – Inhabitant
This milestone introduces core city activities, from leveling your Singing Skill to enjoying unique festival features in San Myshuno.
How to Reach Level 3 Singing Skill
Your Sim can gain the Singing Skill by:
- Practice Singing: A self-interaction, also possible on microphones (purchase for 250 Simoleons in Build Mode). Practicing yields tips from other Sims and unlocks new songs as you level up.
- Use Karaoke Machines: Found at karaoke bars like Waterside Warble and Planet Honey Pop!. Planet Honey Pop! offers the Great Acoustics Lot Trait for faster skill gains.
- Sing and Play Instrument: Combine singing with Piano or Guitar for special performances.
- Sing in the Shower: A modest skill boost during Hygiene activities.
Practicing singing is the most consistent method for skill progression and income from tips.
The karaoke machine is good fun, but Practice Singing will earn your Sim tips.
How to Light Fireworks at the Humor and Hijinks Festival
The Humor and Hijinks Festival happens every other Monday evening in the Arts Center from 5 PM to midnight.
- Buy at least three fireworks from the festival’s Swag Stall.
- Place each firework in the world and choose Light.
- Ensure all fireworks are set off during the festival timeframe.
Fireworks bought at this festival cannot be used to complete the task elsewhere or outside festival hours.
Purchase fireworks at the stall, then light them up at the festival.
How to Use a Bubble Blower
Bubble blowers appear at various San Myshuno festivals or can be purchased in Build Mode. To complete the task:
- Find a bubble blower at a festival or buy one in Build Mode (requires a dining chair attached).
- Use the Sit and Try interaction.
Changing bubble flavors has no effect on task completion.
You can’t tell how your Sim will react to a bubble blower until they try it.
4. How to Complete Milestone 3 – City Expert
This stage immerses your Sim in city life through protests, murals, and romantic moments at festivals.
How to Donate to a Protest
Protests occur daily in various neighborhoods but are not marked on the calendar. To complete this task:
- Locate a protest crowd with Sims holding placards.
- Select a Sim in the group and choose Donate under the Friendly menu.
For help locating a protest, use this schedule for locations and times.
Spare 100 Simoleons to donate to a protestor.
How to Kiss Someone at the Romance Festival
The Romance Festival takes place every other Saturday in the Fashion District from 5 PM to midnight. To increase your chances:
- Drink Sakura Tea to become Flirty.
- Use festival-specific social interactions.
- Target Sims with an existing friendship level.
Any romantic interaction containing the word “kiss” counts toward this task, including Kiss Hands, Blow Kiss, or Attempt Mistletoe Kiss (requires The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion Pack).
Sims in a Flirty Mood may have more success with romantic socials.
How to Complete a Mural at the Arts Center
At Casbah Gallery in the Arts Center, your Sim can paint murals:
- Select a mural spot and choose a mural type (avoid graffiti).
- Let your Sim work uninterrupted until the mural is complete. This may take several in-game hours.
Other Sims may join in and help speed up the process.
Look out for blue outlined rectangular spots on walls and floors to paint a mural.
5. How to Complete Milestone 4 – City Native
The final milestone includes mastering the Singing Skill, winning a contest at GeekCon, and securing a luxurious apartment.
How to Master the Singing Skill
Continue using Practice Singing or karaoke machines until your Sim reaches Level 10. Your Sim can participate in karaoke contests at Planet Honey Pop! or Waterside Warble every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 8 PM to 11 PM.
The karaoke contest winner receives 500 Simoleons and a positive moodlet. Only one song can be performed per contest.
Keep singing at any chance you get and eventually you’ll max out the Singing Skill.
How to Win a Contest at GeekCon
GeekCon occurs every other Tuesday in the Fashion District from 10 AM to 5 PM. Two contests are available:
- Ultimate Gaming Test: Requires Video Gaming Skill. Participate at gaming motion mats.
- Hackathon: Requires Programming Skill. Participate at computers. Results are announced around 3 PM.
Each contest can only be attempted once per festival. High skill levels increase your chances of winning.
Highly-skilled Sims in Programming have a much better chance of winning the Hackathon.
How to Live in an Apartment Worth 100,000 Simoleons
This task is challenging without significant funds. Your Sim needs an apartment with a total value of at least 100,000 Simoleons. You can achieve this by:
- Moving into an already expensive apartment like the Torendi Tower Penthouse or 1010 Alto Apartments.
- Purchasing high-value items such as luxury beds, electronics, kitchen appliances, and artwork.
- Using the cheat motherlode to add 50,000 Simoleons each time if you prefer shortcuts.
Check your apartment’s current value in the aspiration panel.
Items such as this high-range refrigerator will really bump up an apartment’s value.
6. Reward Trait – In the Know
Upon completing all milestones, your Sim earns the In the Know trait. This powerful perk allows purchases from any market stall in San Myshuno at significantly discounted prices, either through Haggle or Buddy Order interactions.
Discounted market stall purchases are a plus for residents of San Myshuno.
City Native Aspiration FAQ – The Sims 4
Can I use cheats to complete the aspiration?
Which apartment should I choose to reach 100,000 Simoleons quickly?
Is there a specific time protests happen?
Can my Sim fail the Romance Festival kiss task?
Are festival times always the same in every save?
Do murals require high Painting Skill?
Do I have to win both GeekCon contests?
