Gift giving

Gift giving

Gift giving in The Sims 4: Seasons.

Gift giving is a social interaction included in The Sims, The Sims 2: Seasons, The Sims 3: Generations, The Sims 3: Seasons, The Sims 4: Seasons, The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff, The Sims 4: High School Years, and The Sims 4: Lovestruck.

The Sims[]

In The Sims, Sims with a good relationship with another Sim can purchase a gift for them as a positive social interaction. The Sim will purchase a gift box on the spot for §15 and then present it to the recipient. The gift box will not actually contain anything, and the player cannot choose to gift any specific object to the Sim.

Gift giving was expanded on in The Sims: Hot Date. In order to give a gift from Hot Date onwards, a Sim must have an object in their inventory that can be given to another Sim, such as a diamond ring or flowers. The recipient will either accept the gift, boosting the relationship, or smash it, causing a large drop in the relationship, and destroying the item.

Relationship changes from gifts[]

Gift	Price	Daily Relationship	Lifetime Relationship
Preserves	Free (homemade)	+4	+1
Garden Gnome	Free (homemade)	+4	+1
Gargoyle	Free (homemade)	+4	+1
Lollipop	§25	+2	0
Landgraab Nutcracker	§35	+2	+1
Yellow Rose	§50	+3	+1
Patrick the Pachyderm	§88	+3	+3
Chocolates	§100	+4	+2
Unicorn by Fran Tassie	§115	+4	+3
The Sims	§150	+4	+1
Red Roses	§200	+3	+3
Teddy Bear	§200	+6	+3
Necklace	§500	+10	+5
Diamond Ring	§1000	+20	+10

The Sims 2: Seasons[]

The Sims 2: Seasons reintroduces this feature, but allows Sims to gift almost every object in the game, so long as the object in question appears in their inventories. The only known item that cannot be given as a gift is a gravestone. The recipient will accept or reject the gift based on the value of the item, and their relationship with the gift giver. Sims with lower relationship will only accept high-value gifts, while extremely high relationship scores will guarantee that even the most worthless object will be happily received. Sims are more likely to want to give a gift during winter.

The Sims 3[]

The feature of giving gifts is reintroduced in The Sims 3: Generations. This involves giving gifts from the Sim or family's inventory. Sims are more likely to accept if they have a high relationship. The response of the Sim receiving the gift will always be positive, regardless of the value of the item. Sims can also give flowers as a romantic interaction for §40. Sims can purchase the flowers from the grocery or directly from the interaction, though the grocery might give discounts which will cut down the price.

The Sims 3: Seasons[]

Bunch o' Gifts

Game	The Sims 3: Seasons
Buyability	No
Price in game	§250
Object type(s)	Special
Size	2x2
Number of uses	Circa 5~20

In The Sims 3: Seasons, Sims can also receive gifts during a Gift Giving party. A gift pile rug will automatically be placed by the game at the start of the party (if there is space), and guests will add gift boxes to it as they arrive. The hosts can then call everyone together to receive a gift from the pile.

The gift pile cannot be acquired through any other means without game mods, so if the game fails to auto-place the pile, it will automatically relegate the party from being a Gift Giving Party to a regular party.

Known possible party gifts[]

Based on "GiftPileGifts" in GameplayData.package:

SimLife Goggles
XS 4258p Laptop from Landgraab Industries
Maxoid Simulator 2 1/2
Guitar
Chess table
Easel
The Shrinkomatic Fishbowl
Bicycle
Umbrella
Coffeemaker
Snow Cone Machine
Flamingo
Unique Snowflakes Mirror
No Snooze! Alarm Clock
Rolling Leaf Floor Lamp
Mistletoe
Candle
Three-Ply Tushy Tissue from Plumbrite
Coal
Table lamps: Strings of Shell Light, "LightingTableClubContemporary", "LightingTableColonial", "LightingTableCountry", "lightingTableFlowersHappy", "LightingTableLampFun"
Paintings: Frosty Waves, Fishing Scene, "paintingSeasonButterfly"
Sculptures: Leaf Shelter, "sculptureFloorSeasonVaseGlass", "sculptureGlobe"
"StereoCheapContemporary"
Small decors: Mia the Mermaid, "sculptureTableGiftRainbowLight", "sculptureTableGiftUgly", "SculptureVaseContemporary", "SculptureVaseModern", "scupltureWallSeasonMirrorDiamond2x1"
"gardenGnome"
Teddy bear (Child Sims only)
Dollhouse (Child Sims only)
Toy oven (Child Sims only)
Busey Bee Bouncing Bobble (Child Sims only)

TheSims3.com gifting[]

A feature added in Patch 38 allows 2 players who are logged on in-game with TheSims3.com accounts to send certain inventory items as gifts between the players' savefiles.

The Sims 4[]

Gift giving is reintroduced in The Sims 4: Seasons. Sims can gift any item from their inventory or just Simoleons. The receiving Sim may reject the gift depending on its quality, their relationship with the gifting Sim, and the type of gift giving interaction used. Sims can give either a friendly gift, a funny gift, a romantic gift or a mean gift. Gifts can also be received from gift piles that are purchasable in build mode. With Parenthood installed, gift giving from a child or teen Sim will increase their empathy character value.

Any holiday with Father Winter as a tradition will have him show up at around 8 P.M. to hand out gifts to every non-NPC Sim on a lot. Sims deemed to be on his "naughty list" will receive a lump of coal, a Future Cube, or pet poop^[TS4:C&D] instead of a normal gift. He will also add gifts to certain holiday trees and gift piles, and he can be directly asked for a gift.

A limited form of gift giving exists in The Sims 4: Nifty Knitting Stuff and The Sims 4: High School Years where knittables that are created by Sims or fashion outfits that are able to be listed on Trendi (which are mainly created on special clothing racks at a thrift store) can be gifted to other Sims. The receiving Sim has a small chance of rejecting the gifted knittable or outfit if the relationship with the gifting Sim is too low.

In The Sims 4: Lovestruck, Sims can romantically gift other Sims flowers as well as shareable snacks.

TS4:C&D