Lifetime wish

The lifetime wish is part of a Sim's personality. The wish they choose must have something in common with the traits the Sim has. For example, a Sim with the Flirty trait can choose the Heartbreaker Lifetime Wish.

It is required for a young adult or older in Create a Sim. A Sim must choose a lifetime wish during the game when growing from teen to young adult. However, it is optional when they are a child or teen and excel at a certain skill. If a child or teen picks a Lifetime Wish, he/she will not need to pick one when they become a Young Adult.

Once a Sim has completed his/her Lifetime Wish, he/she will not be able to choose a new Lifetime Wish via the Change Lifetime Wish reward. If a sim uses the Change Lifetime Wish reward, the amount of Lifetime Happiness Points on the wish you change to is reduced by 10,000.

On The Sims 3 (console), there is a glitch that allows you to have any Lifetime Wish you want, regardless of Traits, on the Create a Sim screen by choosing a trait that inspires a certain Lifetime Wish (like choosing "Evil" for "The Emperor of Evil") and then, hitting Undo, allowing your Sim to get back the original trait they had without losing the Lifetime Wish they just chose.

Below is a complete list of the 48 lifetime wishes available in The Sims 3.

Sims with the Ambitious trait will gain 15% more lifetime happiness points (rounded to multiples of 500). For example, an Ambitious Sim with the Gold Digger lifetime wish will earn 23,000 points instead of 20,000.

Removed Lifetime Wishes
Here are a few lifetime wishes that didn't make it to the finished game.