

In addition, the second form may be asked to fetch food or help them with chores. Socializing with the Imaginary Friend in either of these forms raises the Social motive in the same way with ordinary Sims. When the owner of an Imaginary Friend leaves their home lot, goes to sleep or asks to be left alone, the Imaginary Friend will revert to its original toy form until the owner returns to the lot or attempts to interact with it again. Sims with Imaginary Friends in this form can, however, see Imaginary Friends belonging to other Sims.

At this point, the Imaginary Friend will only be visible when its owner is selected and cannot be seen or interacted with by most other Sims, much like the Social Bunny or the Therapist in The Sims 2. The size of the Imaginary Friend in this second form will always correspond to that of its owner- it initially spawns as a child-sized NPC, and will grow larger on two more occasions after the owner reaches the Teen and Young Adult stages. If a toddler Sim plays with this initial toy form frequently and forms a sufficiently strong bond with it, the Imaginary Friend will transform into a living human-sized ragdoll-like creature with randomized traits once the toddler ages up into a child. If the original name is left unchanged and the Imaginary Friend is later made real, its gender will be random. Players may rename the toy at any time during this stage, and in the process determine its future gender should it be turned real by specifying whether the new name is a male or female one. There are twelve possible patterns in total.Īll Imaginary Friends will begin with randomly-generated names. Imaginary Friends in this form come in a variety of patterns, with either spots, stars, or stripes. If a birthday party is thrown for its owner, the Imaginary Friend will usually automatically appear alongside the rest of the household as they watch the owner age up. During this stage, the Imaginary Friend can occasionally be seen teleporting around its home lot and changing poses if left outside a Sim's inventory, much like Mysterious Mr. In its initial form, an Imaginary Friend serves as an inanimate soft toy for a baby or toddler, much like a Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear. Imaginary Friends will go through up to three different forms throughout their lifespan, starting out as toys and potentially ending their lives as beings similar to regular Sims.
