Starting the Reaper career in The Sims 4 is as straightforward as any other job—players can initiate it by selecting Find a Job to access the career selection menu. Occasionally, however, the Grim Reaper himself may also call Sims to join the ranks of the Reapers. While there are no prerequisites to get started, the career’s darker nature makes it an ideal choice for Sims with the Macabre trait, as these Sims are naturally more inclined to work with the afterlife and will have less debuffs from being near death. Focused moodlet is also ideal when performing tasks.

Reaper Career Daily Tasks

As Sims progress through the Reaper career, their cases increase in complexity, requiring a variety of tasks before they can successfully collect souls and complete the on-site portion of their workday. At lower career levels, Sims might be assigned to collect just 1-2 souls per day, but as they advance, the number can rise to 4-5 souls (especially with certain emergencies which also allow Sims to skip the pre-travel tasks all together, such as the Cowplant Emergency, or Laughter Disaster), which is helpful for meeting Grim’s weekly soul quota. For each case, Sims will first need to identify the cause of death before they can officially reap the soul.

Depending on the circumstances, Sims might need to investigate items near the deceased to uncover clues or even interact with the witnesses. The tasks include:

• Determine Cause of Death (Click on the deceased Sim to “Investigate Cause of Death” a couple of times, before being able to Determine the Cause of Death”
• Speak To Witness (Click on any living Sim nearby)
• Investigate Items (Click on nearby items like chairs or tables)
• Collect Soul (Click on the deceased Sim)
• Ask For Review (Click the urn)
• Return Urn To Family (Click the urn)
• Soothe Witness (Click the nearby alive Sim, and find it under the Social Menu)
• Get To Know Witnesses (Click the nearby alive Sim, and find it under the Friendly Menu)
• Return To Office (Click on active Sim)

NOTE:
Players are able to choose between a few options when collecting a soul. The differences are for the most part for some animation variety, however they have different success rates. For example, reaping carefully will take a little longer but will always succeded, but other options have a chance of failing, which might actually cause Sims to take longer time.

In certain scenarios, players may be prompted to complete a task for the Plea Bargain. In these cases, the active Sim can either choose to accept the Plea (which will then require the reaper Sim to revive the deceased Sim by clicking on them, or otherwise they can reject the plea and reap the soul. While players can essentially choose either of the option, Reviving the Sim will mean they will not be able to collect a soul for the quota, which can make it more difficult to achieve. After choosing either of the options, Sims will be able to return to the office as usual.

Post-Reaping Tasks

There is still more stuff to do after returning from a successful reaping session. They are also quite straightforward, and players should aim to do as many of them as possible until they can get a Gold medal for the day. Other than that, the Sim can simply do any activities that may help them build skills, fill their needs, or release souls to the netherworld, or check the weekly quota for their progress. The tasks include:

• File Death Certificate (Click the PC. It’s recommended to prioritize this task over the others.)
• Analyse Death Trends (Click the PC)
• Order Office Supplies (Click the PC)
• Set Reaping Schedules (Click the Slablet)
• Socialize with Co-workers (Click any other Sim on the lot)

Once the working hours are over, players will be able to gain their Simoleons, and see the increase in their performance based on the medal they have obtained.

Reaper Career Emergency Tasks

From time to time, players might find themselves on an Emergency Task at the HQ, which means that they will be unable to be able to reap the souls for a day, but instead complete an entirely different set of tasks at a certain location or at the HQ.

Afterlife Emergency

In this instance, there is something wrong with the Netherworld Portal, and players will simply need to work on fixing it to complete the day. Tasks include: