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The Sims Medieval
For trait systems in other games, see Trait.

Traits are a feature from The Sims 3 that are also in The Sims Medieval. In The Sims Medieval, a player can select two traits and one Fatal Flaw for each hero Sim. During certain quests a Hero Sim will have the opportunity of replacing their Fatal Flaw with a Legendary Trait.

The Sims Medieval traits[]

List of Traits Traits Fatal Flaws Legendary Traits
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The Sims Medieval

Ico traits lg adventurous
Adventurous
Ico traits lg bloodthirsty
Bloodthirsty
Ico traits lg famous
Famous
Ico traits lg chivalrous
Chivalrous
Ico traits lg compulsivegambler
Compulsive Gambler
Ico traits lg fashionista
Guild Connections
Ico traits lg creativecook
Creative Cook
Ico traits lg coward
Cowardly
Ico traits lg herculean
Herculean
Ico traits lg workaholic
Dedicated
Ico traits lg cruel
Cruel
Ico traits lg tycoon
Industrious
Ico traits lg earthy
Earthy
Ico traits lg drunkard
Drunkard
Ico traits lg naturalleader
Natural Leader
Ico traits lg eloquent
Eloquent
Ico traits lg fool
Fool
Ico traits lg patient
Patient
Ico traits lg evil
Evil
Ico traits lg glutton
Glutton
Ico traits lg seductive
Seductive
Ico traits lg excitable
Excitable
Ico traits lg arrogant
Hubris
Ico traits lg satiated
Satiated
Ico traits lg friendly
Friendly
Ico traits lg insecure
Insecure
Ico traits lg constitutionstrong
Strong Constitution
Ico traits lg funloving
Fun-Loving
Ico traits lg sleepdisorder
Insomniac
Ico traits lg wise
Wise
Ico traits lg good
Good
Ico traits lg loose
Licentious
Ico traits lg greedy
Greedy
Ico traits lg misanthrope
Misanthrope
Ico traits lg haggler
Haggler
Ico traits lg grumpy
Morose
Ico traits lg hopefulorphan
Hopeful Orphan
Ico traits lg puny
Puny
Ico traits lg jokester
Jokester
Ico traits lg vulgar
Uncouth
Ico traits lg lovesfamily
Loves Family
Ico traits lg constitutionweak
Weak Constitution
Ico traits lg scholarly
Scholarly
Ico traits lg solitary
Solitary
Ico traits lg unkempt
Unkempt
Ico traits lg narcissist
Vain
Ico traits lg whaleateparents
Whale Ate My Parents
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Pirates and Nobles

Call of the sea
Call of the Sea
Guild Enemy
Guild Enemy
Trait TSM Dread Pirate
Dread Pirate
Entitled
Entitled
52 total 23 traits 18 traits 11 traits

Legendary Trait[]

Legendary Traits are given to Sims when they have reached a certain level and replace the Sim's Fatal Flaw. Additionally, they can be achieved by completing certain Quests. They have more benefits than regular traits.

Quests that Give Legendary Traits[]

  • Fountain of Legend (Everyone, Except Monarch)
  • Fishermans Challenge (Anyone with the Whale Ate My Parents trait, catch a whale)
  • War Games/Chivalrous Challenge (Lvl +5 Knight, Defeat the Black Knight)
  • Seven Mechanical arts (Blacksmith, Forge the Badge of the Seven Mechanical Arts)
  • Invasion!
  • Dragon of [Kingdom's name]
  • The Philosopher's stone (Lvl +5 Wizard, Blacksmith)

List of Legendary Traits[]

Fatal Flaw[]

Fatal Flaws are the negative traits Sims possess in The Sims Medieval. Sims cannot be perfect as every one of them must have one Fatal Flaw. Fatal Flaws, however, can be replaced with a Legendary Trait by doing some special quests, such as "Fountain of Legend."

Flaw Types[]

Fatal Flaws come in different types. These are social, motive, behavior, and physical Flaws. Some are worse than others. Bloodthirsty is worse than Drunkard, for example. There are more comparisons that could be made, but here's the list of Flaws:

Social Flaws
Motive Flaws
Behavior Flaws
Physical Flaws

How to manage flaws[]

Some Fatal Flaws, such as Drunkard, can simply be managed by taking a drink, for example. Some others, such as Uncouth, have direct impact to the hero Sims. It might be difficult to socialize with other Sims. Some fatal flaws are disadvantageous for certain heroes. For instance, Puny knight, spy, or monarch will decrease their chance of winning duels.

There is at least one instance in which it is possible to effectively "cheat" the Fatal Flaw system: the Insomniac Fatal Flaw need never have any negative effect if given to the Wizard character. Since the wizard gains energy by meditating rather than by sleeping, and during meditation they are not subject to the "Sleepless" buff that will disrupt a sufferer's sleep for at least a couple of hours every night, the negative effects of the flaw on the character can potentially be staved off indefinitely. Note that the wizard can sleep in a bed like other characters for the well rested buff, in which case an insomniac wizard would risk the sleepless buff like any other hero with that flaw, but there's no actual need for them to do so, and indeed the Wizard's Tower doesn't even have a bed in it when you first play.

Player notes[]

  • Fatal Flaws that can't be "satisfied" and give random and constant negative buffs are by far the worst ones to handle, such as Hubris and Morose. For example, Hubris sometimes can give a -40 buff for 3 hours, which can make quest performance drop drastically.
  • The ones that mess with motives, as Insomniac, Glutton and Weak Constitution, are also quite difficult to handle. The one major exception to this is if your wizard is an insomniac, as they have the ability to meditate to bring up their energy level.
  • Fool seems the most harmless Fatal Flaw. It randomly drops the action queue for the Hero Sim, and that can be noticed easily.
  • Of the Flaws that have to be "satisfied", Drunkard is the easiest manage, and has a silver lining. While the players want to avoid the debuff, doing so gives the Sim a buff. The players can avoid the negative entirely by keeping the Sim "Buzzed" (+10, 1 drink) or "Tipsy" (+20, ~2 drinks). Unless the Sim is consistently a Happy Drunk, try not to push them past Tipsy to enjoy the greatest benefit. This is easiest with a keg/cask in a private room, so guests don't drink all the booze. Bards drink at the tavern for free.
  • Choosing the Insomniac trait for the Wizard allows the player to essentially bypass the Fatal Flaw feature for that character, since Wizards do not have to sleep, and so can avoid the negative "unable to sleep" buff.
  • Unselected Fatal Flaws are shown to conflict with the selected Fatal Flaw in the tooltip when one is already selected for a Sim. This is presumably how the game prevents players from selecting multiple Fatal Flaws on a technical level, by simply making each one conflict with all other Fatal Flaws.
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