A key part of The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion Pack is the addition of holidays to the game. Each holiday that appears on your Sim’s calendar has set traditions, which are activities for your Sims to participate in.

The Harvestfest holiday, which happens during Fall in the game, includes four default traditions: Decorating, Thankful Spirit, Grand Meal, and Holiday Gnomes.

During the Harvestfest holiday, the gnomes will randomly spawn around your Sim’s lot. You have options on how you can interact with them, which can have positive and negative outcomes in your gameplay.

By clicking on the gnomes, you can Put in Inventory, View, Name, and Appease the Gnome. Clicking Appease the Gnome lets you give them a gift.

When a gnome gets a gift they like, a halo appears above their head and they’ll give you a gift in return. These gifts are usually packets of Seasonal Seeds which you’ll find scattered around your lot.

What happens if I don’t appease the gnomes?

There are a couple of ways you can anger the gnomes: by selecting Kick the Gnome when you click on the gnome, or gifting the gnome something they don’t like, as each gnome is appeased with a different gift.

When you have angered a gnome, fire will appear above its head, and appliances on your lot (like sinks and TVs) will suddenly break.

If your Sim chooses to Kick the Gnome, all the gnomes on the lot will get angry and cause even more chaos!

If you have an angry gnome, your Sim can Plead for Forgiveness. This doesn’t always work and can further anger the gnome resulting in your Sim getting struck by lightning. Don’t worry though, this zap isn’t fatal for your Sim — they will just look a little singed and be left with a Dazed moodlet for a while.

Here are some of the gifts you can give the gnomes. Some gnomes will accept more than one option from this list, and others are pickier:

• Coffee
• Fruitcake
• Future Cube
• Pie
• Salad
• Toy

These gifts don’t come from your Sim’s inventory, so you can select any from the menu. Be warned, some gnomes will only accept certain gifts and will be unhappy if gifted something they don’t like.

You can edit all holidays in The Sims 4 calendar and turn off the gnomes if you don’t want them to appear in your game.

1. Open the calendar in the bottom left of Live Mode.
2. Select the Harvestfest holiday on the calendar.
3. Click the edit icon on the left side of the calendar.
4. With the Harvestfest holiday now open you can change the traditions.
5. To delete an activity click the x on the top right of the icon. This will appear when you hover over the tradition.

You can remove the Holiday Gnomes or any other tradition this way. If you do, the gnomes will no longer spawn in your game.

To re-add the Holiday Gnomes tradition to a holiday, follow these steps:

1. Open the calendar in the bottom left of Live Mode.
2. Select the Harvestfest holiday on the calendar.
3. Click the edit icon on the left side of the calendar.
4. With the Harvestfest holiday now open you can change the traditions.
5. Select Holiday Gnomes from the list of options below the default traditions.

If you don’t want to remove the Holiday Gnomes tradition from the calendar, but also don’t want to have to appease the gnomes, you can sell them as they spawn by opening up Build Mode. They will still spawn in your game but you can delete and sell them to earn some Simoleons.

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