Knowledge

Knowledge

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Sims with the Knowledge Aspiration want to know everything there is to know about anything. Make sure they have the time to study and explore every nook and cranny. Their lives are a simple equation: the more Knowledge, the higher the Aspiration Meter, and the longer and brainier the life.

Knowledge is an Aspiration in The Sims 2. Knowledge Sims are full of curiosity and always want to learn more and more. This frequently shows up in wants to learn skills, but they also want to learn things that allow them to do things such as discover secret vacation lots.

Knowledge Sims' curiosity makes them relatively fearless. While other Sims fear things such as seeing ghosts, becoming an occult life state, and being abducted by aliens, Knowledge Sims often want these experiences. They may even want to get struck by lightning. They also like to encounter near-death experiences, such as being saved from death. Teenage Sims are eager to have good grades at school, and young adult Sims always want to be serious in their studies at college.

Version comparison

In the Windows and Mac OS X versions, the Sim will fear losing their creature status. Mac OS X has the same Wants and Fears as Windows with the exception of Wants and Fears introduced in FreeTime and Apartment Life since those 2 EPs were only released for Windows.

The Sims Stories has the same Wants as The Sims 2 except that Fears are not included.

Unlike their Windows/Mac counterparts, Knowledge Sims in The Sims 2 console versions don't fear losing their creature status, but the wants and fears are similar.

In The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable, having the Knowledge aspiration gives Sims Knowledge-only Perks and Knowledge Goals.

Aspiration Monikers

Level	Teen	Adult	Elder
Platinum	Young Genius	Savant Supreme	Senior Sage
Gold	Whiz Kid	Impressive Intellect	Wizened Wise One
High Green	Smarty Pants	Free Thinker	Mature Mastermind
Low Green	Solid Student	Brainstretcher	Well-Read Whitehair
Low Red	Addled Adolescent	Silly Goose	Decaying Dullard
Deep Red	Dense Dunce	Incredible Ignoramus	Senile Simpleton

Wants & Fears

Wants

(Child) Gets A+ Report Card (Child) Gets Scholarship (Child) Graduates (Child) Graduates with Honors (Child) is an Overachiever (Child) Makes Dean's List (Pet) Learns a Command (Pet) Learns to Come Here (Pet) Learns to Play Dead (Pet) Learns to Roll Over (Pet) Learns to Shake (Pet) Learns to Sit Up (Pet) Learns to Speak (Pet) Learns to Stay (Sim) Becomes a Warlock (Sim) Becomes a Witch (Sim) Goes to College (Sim) Howls (Sim) is a PlantSim (Sim) is a Vampire (Sim) is a Werewolf (Sim) is a Zombie (Sim) Meets Aliens (Sim) Summons Wolves (Stray) Joins Family Adopt a Child Appreciate (Sim) Ask for Homework Help Be a Personal Trainer Be a Vampire Be a Zombie Be BFF with (Sim) Be Saved From Death Be Struck by Lightning Be Tickled by (Sim) Be Tutor Become a Plantsim Become a Werewolf Become a Witch Bite (Sim) Bowl with (Sim) Buy a Bass Buy a Bird Cage Buy a Bookcase Buy a Bookcase Costing at Least §400 Buy a Bookcase Costing at Least §600 Buy a Bookcase Costing at Least §650 Buy a Bookcase Costing at Least §900 Buy a Compost Bin Buy a Drum Kit Buy a Fireplace Costing at Least §3,000 Buy a Garden Plot Buy a Green Energy Source Buy a Guitar Buy a Juicer Buy a Ladybug House Buy a Piano Buy a Recliner Buy a Robot Station Buy a Sprinkler Buy a Telescope Costing at Least §500 Buy a Telescope Costing at Least §2,000 Buy an Orchard Tree Cast a Good Spell Cast a Spell Cast an Evil Spell Cast Apello Cattus Amicus Cast Tempus Interruptus Catch a Blue Catfish Catch a Golden Trout Catch a Largemouth Bass Catch a Rainbow Trout Catch Butterflies Catch Fireflies Clean Cage Command (Pet) to Come Here Command (Pet) to Play Dead Command (Pet) to Roll Over Command (Pet) to Shake Command (Pet) to Sit Up Command (Pet) to Speak Command (Pet) to Stay Complete Freshman Year Complete Sophomore Year Complete Junior Year Counterfeit Simoleons Dance with (Sim) Declare the Mathematics Major Declare the Physics Major Do Assignment Do Homework Drink (Sim) Drink Tea Earn a Perfect Garden Score Entertain (Sim) Find Beach Treasure Flirt with (Sim) Freestyle for Tips Gain a Body Skill Point Gain a Charisma Skill Point Gain a Cleaning Skill Point Gain a Cooking Skill Point Gain a Creativity Skill Point Gain a Logic Skill Point Gain a Mechanical Skill Point Gain a Skill Point Get (Child) into Private School Get a Bronze Fishing Talent Badge Get a Bronze Gardening Talent Badge Get a Bronze Robotics Talent Badge Get a Gold Fishing Talent Badge Get a Gold Gardening Talent Badge Get a Gold Robotics Talent Badge Get a job in the Adventurer Career Get a job in the Education Career Get a job in the Gamer Career Get a job in the Intelligence Career Get a job in the Journalism Career Get a job in the Medicine Career Get a job in the Oceanography Career Get a job in the Science Career Get a job in the Slacker Career Get a Silver Fishing Talent Badge Get a Silver Gardening Talent Badge Get a Silver Robotics Talent Badge Get A+ Report Card Get Engaged to (Sim) Get Into Private School Get Joined to (Sim) Get Married to (Sim) Get Picture Taken with (Sim) Give Backrub to (Sim) Go Fishing Go on a Tour Go on Far East Vacation Go Steady with (Sim) Go Swimming Go to Class Go to College Graduate Graduate with Honors Groom Zen Garden Grow Plantbaby Harvest Good Produce Have 5 Best Friends Have a Baby Have Pillow Fight Help (Child) with Homework Help (Sim) with Assignments Hire a Maid Howl Hug (Sim) Hustle Pool Influence (Sim) to Clean Influence (Sim) to Garden Influence (Sim) to Serve a Meal Invite (Sim) Over Invite Bigfoot to Move In Join the Garden Club Kick (Sim)'s Tombstone Kiss (Sim) Learn Anger Management Learn Couples Counseling Learn Fire Prevention Learn How to Make Cereal Learn How to Make Chef Salad Learn How to Make Chili Con Carne Learn How to Make Fried Catfish

Learn How to Make Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Learn How to Make Hamburgers Learn How to Make Hot Dogs Learn How to Make Lobster Thermidor Learn How to Make Lunch Meat Sandwiches Learn How to Make Mac and Cheese Learn How to Make Omelettes Learn How to Make Pancakes Learn How to Make Pork Chops Learn How to Make Ribs Learn How to Make Salmon Learn How to Make Spaghetti Learn How to Make Stuffed Bass Learn How to Make Stuffed Golden Trout Learn How to Make Stuffed Rainbow Trout Learn How to Make Toaster Pastry Learn How to Make Turkey Learn How to Make TV Dinner Learn Hula Dance Learn Lifelong Happiness Learn Local Gesture Learn New Massage Learn Physiology Learn Slap Dance Learn to Breakdance Learn to Teleport Make A Wish Make a Zombie Make Dean's List Make Juice Make Out with (Sim) Marry a Robot Master Fire Dance Master Tai Chi Maximize a Skill Maximize All Skills Meet Aliens Meet Bigfoot Meet the Aliens 5 Times Offer (Pet) for Adoption Perform Music for Tips Plant a Seed Play Bass Play Cards with (Sim) Play Chess Play Darts Play Drums Play Guitar Play Mahjong Play Piano Play Pinball Play Video Game Play with (Pet) Play With (Sim) Public WooHoo with (Sim) Purchase a Robot Quit Job Reach Body Level 1 Reach Body Level 1 for Major Reach Body Level 5 Reach Charisma Level 1 Reach Charisma Level 1 for Major Reach Charisma Level 2 Reach Charisma Level 3 Reach Charisma Level 4 Reach Charisma Level 5 Reach Charisma Level 6 Reach Charisma Level 7 Reach Charisma Level 8 Reach Charisma Level 9 Reach Cleaning Level 1 Reach Cleaning Level 1 for Major Reach Cleaning Level 2 Reach Cleaning Level 3 Reach Cleaning Level 4 Reach Cleaning Level 5 Reach Cleaning Level 6 Reach Cleaning Level 7 Reach Cleaning Level 8 Reach Cleaning Level 9 Reach Cooking Level 1 Reach Cooking Level 1 for Major Reach Cooking Level 2 Reach Cooking Level 3 Reach Cooking Level 4 Reach Cooking Level 5 Reach Cooking Level 6 Reach Cooking Level 7 Reach Cooking Level 8 Reach Cooking Level 9 Reach Creativity Level 1 Reach Creativity Level 1 for Major Reach Creativity Level 2 Reach Creativity Level 3 Reach Creativity Level 4 Reach Creativity Level 5 Reach Creativity Level 6 Reach Creativity Level 7 Reach Creativity Level 8 Reach Creativity Level 9 Reach Logic Level 1 Reach Logic Level 1 for Major Reach Logic Level 5 Reach Maximum Magic Skill Reach Maximum Virtuousness Reach Maximum Wickedness Reach Mechanical Level 1 Reach Mechanical Level 1 for Major Reach Mechanical Level 5 Reach Top of Adventurer Career Reach Top of Education Career Reach Top of Gamer Career Reach Top of Journalism Career Reach Top of Science Career Read (Child) to Sleep Receive Bigfoot Hug Relative Meets Aliens Repair Resurrect (Sim) Ride ElectroDanceSphere See a Ghost See Hail See Rain See the Ghost of (Enemy) See the Ghost of (Sim) See Wolf Sell a Great Novel Sell a Masterpiece Serve Food Slow Dance with (Sim) Smash (Sim)'s Urn Stargaze with Telescope Stay Home from Work Study about Parenting Talk to (Sim) Talk to Bird Teach (Sim) Potty Training Teach (Sim) to Talk Teach (Sim) to Walk Teach Bird to Talk Teach Nursery Rhyme Tell Dirty Joke to (Sim) Tell Joke to (Sim) Throw a Toga Party Throw a Wedding Party Throw an Anniversary Party Tickle (Sim) Toss Coin Turn (Sim) into Werewolf Visit (Sim) Win a Game Against (Sim) Win the Bain-Gordon Communications Fellowship Win the Bui Engineering Award Win the Extraterrestrial Reparations Grant Win the Hogan Award for Athletics Win the [sic] Kim Prize for Hygienics Win the London Culinary Arts Scholarship Win the Quigley Visual Arts Stipend Win the SimCity Scholar's Grant Win the Undead Educational Scholarship Win the Will Wright Genius Grant WooHoo with (Sim) WooHoo with Robot Work as Barista Work as Bartender Work in Cafeteria Write Term Paper

Fears

(Child) Drops Out (Child) Gets D Report Card (Child) Gets Expelled (Child) Gets On Academic Probation (Child) Rejected from Private School (Sim) is Cured of Being a Warlock (Sim) is Cured of Being a Witch (Sim) is Cured of Lycanthropy (Sim) is Cured of PlantSimism (Sim) is Cured of Vampirism Be Bludgeoned by Hail Be Booed Be Cured of Lycanthropy Be Cured of PlantSimism Be Cured of Witchery Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Photo Together Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Slow Dance Be Rejected by (Sim) for a Vampire Bite Be Rejected for a Backrub by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Dance by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Flirt by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Hug by (Sim) Be Rejected for a Pillow Fight Be Rejected for a Tickle by (Sim) Be Rejected for an Invitation by (Sim) Be Rejected for Appreciate by (Sim) Be Rejected for Entertain by (Sim) Be Rejected for Play with by (Pet) Be Rejected for Playing With by (Sim) Be Uneducated Break Up with (Spouse) Burn Food Cast a Good Spell

Cast an Evil Spell Catch (Spouse) Cheating Catch a Boot Cure Vampirism Declare the Drama Major Declare the Psychology Major Earn a Low Garden Score Fire! Get D Report Card Get Fined Get Left at the Altar by (Sim) Get On Academic Probation Get Rejected for a Kiss by (Sim) Get Rejected for Engagement by (Sim) Get Rejected for Making Out by (Sim) Get Rejected for WooHoo by (Sim) Get Rejected from Private School Get Shocked Get Sick Get Thrown off ElectroDanceSphere Go to Work Have 4 Children Have a Bad Conversation with (Sim) Have a Party Lose a Game Against (Sim) Lose a Skill Point Miss Schoolbus Rejected for Going Steady with (Sim) See a Ghost See Vermin! Sell a Lousy Painting Sell a Pulp Novel Tell Bad Joke to (Sim)

Lifetime Wants

Become Chief of Staff Become Criminal Mastermind Become Mad Scientist Max out 7 Skills Become Ecological Guru (deprecated) Become Cult Leader (deprecated) Become Education Minister Become Game Designer Become Space Pirate

Become Media Magnate Become City Planner Become Hand of Poseidon Become Prestidigitator Become World Class Ballet Dancer Become Head of SCIA Become Game President Have 6 Children Abducted by Aliens (deprecated)

Aspiration Desperation

Learn from Prof. von Ball

When in aspiration desperation, a Sim will pull out a volleyball with a crudely drawn face and mortarboard on it, named "Professor von Ball", and pretend to learn from it.

FreeTime Aspiration Benefits

Level 1 - Slower Social and Fun Motive Decay

Level 2 - Impart Knowledge

Level 3 - Eureka!

Level 4 - Summon Aliens

Career Paths

Base game

• Criminal
• Medicine
• Science
• Slacker

The Sims 2: University

• Natural scientist (deprecated)
• Paranormal (deprecated)

The Sims 2: Seasons

• Adventurer
• Education
• Gamer
• Journalism

The Sims 2: FreeTime

• Architecture
• Dance
• Entertainment
• Intelligence
• Oceanography

The Sims Life Stories

• Game development

Majors

• Mathematics
• Physics

Pre-made Sims With Aspiration

For a complete list, see Category:Knowledge Sims.

Tips & Tricks

• Knowledge Sims make good love matches for Family Sims, as they will usually want to get married and have at least one child, most importantly they will usually roll wants of teaching their children their toddler skills, teaching them how to study, or even getting them into Private School.
• Knowledge Sims often make good love matches for Fortune Sims, as they are both ambitious and their wants don't clash very easily. While they don't have very strong chemistry, they are at least compatible, as long as their zodiac signs, turn-ons, and turn-offs don't clash.
• Knowledge Sims tend to get on pretty badly with Romance or Pleasure Sims, as they don't have much in common.
• Despite not having much in common, Knowledge Sims often can have fairly good chemistry with Romance Sims. Even without FreeTime, a Knowledge Sim can attract a Romance Sim and vice versa. They can often have double-bolt attraction and get along fairly well if Nightlife is installed and they are able to date.
• Knowledge and Romance aspirations can be an interesting combination, and if one partner is Romance/Knowledge with the other Knowledge/Romance, they will get along very well.
• Knowledge Sims are also the only Sims who do not fear becoming a special being (Vampire, Werewolf, etc.). In fact, it can be used to boost their aspiration, curing it when it is no longer a fear to be cured. The want to become a special being is probably due to the fact that they want to know more about them, and what better way to learn about them than by being one?
• Townies and NPCs with the zodiac sign of Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces generally have this aspiration.
• The only Knowledge lifetime want that is not related to reaching level 10 of a career is maxing out all 7 skills.
• If a Sim has Knowledge as a secondary aspiration, they will get positive memories from encountering near death experiences.