The Sims 4 Horse Ranch introduces 11 horse traits
The Sims 4 Horse Ranch introduces 11 horse traits that help determine a horse’s personality and impact gameplay. Understanding these traits and how they affect your horses is key to running a successful ranch. Horse traits affect training, bonding with sims and other horses, and the ease of building relationships. Training difficulty varies based on traits, with stubborn horses proving more challenging to train and raise, while some traits can make training in specific areas easier or more difficult, such as social or physical skills.
While traits are primarily meant to add layers of depth to gameplay, they also influence interactions between your horses and sims and other horses. Traits can affect friendship level, the development of the Temperament skill, and how horses behave around sims and other horses. Some traits can change a horse’s mood frequently, like the Fearful trait making them easily spooked and leaving them scared for a while.
The Sims 4 Horse Ranch traits list
You can check your horse’s traits by opening the horse’s profile from the Relationships tab. Adopted or rescued horses have their traits randomly assigned, while horses created in Create-a-Sim can be chosen with specific traits. Rescued horses are cheaper but often come with negative traits, making them harder to train. Paid horses give you more control over selecting traits for a more docile horse, but they cost a pretty penny. Here are all 11 traits in The Sims 4 Horse Ranch and what they do.
Aggressive
Aggressive horses are meaner than their docile counterparts, making them resistant to training. They excel in jumping and agility but are poor at learning social and physical skills.
Brave
Brave horses excel in jumping and agility, making them excellent for show competitions. They also learn training skills faster than normal. Brave horses are less afraid and require less reassurance from their owners. If a horse is fearless and brave, it can be difficult to build their temperament.
Defiant
Defiant horses have difficulty in training, especially in jumping and agility. They are also poor at learning social and physical skills, and their temperaments develop slowly.
Energetic
Energetic horses build physical skills faster but temperance slower. They enjoy the outdoors and become upset when kept indoors for too long, leading to a lower happiness rating.
Fearful
These horses are easily scared and require constant reassurance. They can learn training skills faster than normal, but they have a tough time in jumping and agility.
Free Spirit
Free Spirit horses prefer outdoor environments and become upset when kept indoors for too long. They are easy to befriend and train in temperament and do well in community jobs.
Friendly
Friendly horses are easy to befriend and learn fast. They also have faster decaying social needs and are fine being left alone if you must.
Independent
Independent horses have faster decaying social needs and are fine being left alone. They learn training skills faster than normal, but they are poor at jumping and agility.
Intelligent
Intelligent horses learn training skills faster than normal. They also have faster decaying social needs and are fine being left alone.
Mellow
The mellow horse is easy to build temperament skills but slower in gaining physical skills. They seek affection from sims and require more attention from them.
Needy
Sims who adopt the needy horse are required to give them more attention. They seek affection from sims and do well in community jobs.
Now that you know about all The Sims 4 Horse Ranch traits, you can select the perfect horse for you. If you’re more of a dog person, take a look at all the dog breeds in The Sims 4.
