Reaper
A Sim using reaping powers
The Reaper career is an active career in The Sims 4: Life & Death. It allows Sims to help the Grim Reaper in reaping of souls as Grimterms by training their reaping and determining the cause of death of a Sim's ghost. Sims will able to enter the Netherworld by visiting the Netherworld Department of Death as a work site when not visiting Sims in the living world.
Career levels
 Reaper Career Levels
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| Description: "The time is nigh to don a robe and become a Reaper! As Grim's employee, you'll be able to climb his triangular ladder and gain rewards like Discussing Deathly Business and owning a Timeless Hourglass. Scry your way to the top and earn being Grim's Right Hand while unlocking a truly Grim-worthy outfit as you spread Death's Touch wherever you go." | ||
| Workplace: The N.W.D.D. (The Netherworld Department of Death) | ||
| 1) Grimtern | ||
| If learning the ins and outs of reaping wasn't enough, <Sim name> also has a quota to meet. Practice makes perfect, and perfect gets souls. It's hard to believe an intern is allowed to wield a scythe, but here <Sim name> is! | Wage: §25/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Attend an Active Work Day |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: None | Pension: §85/day | |
| 2) Restceptionist | ||
| Despite the name, this job does not involve naps. Other than the eternal one. There's no rest for the wicked and <Sim name> is going to need to become wicked good at picking up lost souls for Grim if a promotion is in <his/her/their> future! | Wage: §31/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 2 Thanatology Skill |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §254 | Pension: §106/day | |
| 3) Dust-to-Dust Buster | ||
| Grim might be cramping <Sim name>'s style, which is why the next promotion will be bittersweet. For now, <Sim name> needs to dust off any nerves and find the fun in reaping. But not too much fun, laughter is quite deadly. | Wage: §39/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 3 Thanatology Skill |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §380; Basic Reaper Uniform | Pension: §133/day | |
| 4) Collections Agent | ||
| Real Reapers don't stop for "No Soul-icitation" signs which means <Sim name> won't either. No need for Grim to verify, <Sim name> is there to collect...whether the Sim likes it or not. | Wage: §54/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 2 Fitness Skill; Reach Level 3 Charisma Skill |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §1,008 | Pension: §184/day | |
| 5) Soul Slayer | ||
| <Sim name> is becoming more masterful each day.<He/She/They>'ll want to keep a sharp mind and a sharp blade heading into <his/her/their> assignments. It's nothing crazy, no need to have a cow. | Wage: §77/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 4 Thanatology Skill; Release Souls |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §1,472 | Pension: §264/day | |
| 6) Spirit Expert (Extraction & Resolution) | ||
| <Sim name> peers into the watery realms of time and space, witnessing the murky fate of distant spirits. And then <Sim name> takes <his/her/their> lunch break. | Wage: §110/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 4 Charisma Skill; Write Reaping Manual |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §1,704 | Pension: §376/day | |
| 7) Nether-Tether | ||
| Being the bridge between realms can be a struggle, especially when quality checks are missed, the bridge gets a crack, and all Netherworld breaks loose. <Sim name> may have faced the dead, but ghosts gone rogue are another story. | Wage: §158/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 5:00 PM - 1:00 AM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 5 Thanatology Skill |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §1,896 | Pension: §541/day | |
| 8) D.N.R. (Death's Negotiation Reporter) | ||
| Repeat after Grim, "I do not negotiate except when I negotiate". Revival can be part of the job, but sometimes Sims just need to embrace that next chapter. <Sim name> will need to let go of emotional tethers to succeed in this Netherline. | Wage: §223/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 4 Fitness Skill; Reach Level 5 Charisma Skill |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §2,013; Grim Timeless Hourglass | Pension: §764/day | |
| 9) Graveling | ||
| <Sim name>'s been ferried across the river, deep in the depths of the Netherworld's innerworkings. The veil is thin as <Sim name> stands at the precipice of becoming a true Reaper. | Wage: §299/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Release Souls |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §2,311 | Pension: §897/day | |
| 10) Reaper | ||
| <Sim name> may not be Grim himself, but a true Reaper nonetheless! Slashing souls, reviving Sims, and closing tears to the Netherworld, <Sim name> has mastered it all. Having seen behind the veil, a bond has been solidified allowing <him/her/them> to walk hand in hand with Grim. | Wage: §421/hour | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | ||
| Ideal Mood: Focused | ||
| Promotion Tasks: None |
Daily Task: None | |
| Bonus: §2,666; Grand Grim Uniform; Grim's Right Hand Reward Trait | Pension: §1,010/day | |
Work days
There are multiple types of work days reapers can have:
- Death Determination - The usual job reapers will have, after scrying for their assignment at the department and travel, they will arrive at the scene and a randomly generated Sim will be dead on the ground, it's the reapers job to determine their cause of death and then reap their soul. Sometimes the Grim Reaper will be available for questions and help, and sometimes there could also be witnesses to the death you need to interview and console.
- The Choice or Emotional Reaping - A unique version where reapers will arrive on a scene and a pre-made Sim will be dead on the ground. The reaper will once again need to determine cause of death but for this job they will need to listen to the plea of a witness and the player themselves determines on if they want to revive or reap the soul of the Sim. This job can cause the death of a pre-made Sim from any of the existing worlds.
- Department Malfunction - When the reaper appears at their job, there is a chance they will arrive at the Netherworld Department in a chaotic state with multiple netherworld rifts, a mischievous ghost haunting, and the netherworld portal as well as scrying bowls will be broken. It's up to the working reaper to cleanup and repair the messes using their skills of handiness or even magic[TS4:ROM]
- Lost Soul Cleanup - After scrying for a location, one job could entail the reaper appearing on a lot where netherworld rifts and lost souls are abundant all over, as well as a mysterious plant called Grimbrosia sprouting. The reaper's job is to clean up the place and take the souls to deliver it back to the department and also cook a Grimbrosia meal with the plants.
- Haunting - Scrying assignment to a lot with hauntings by multiple active ghosts. You job is to expel the ghosts and close netherworld fissures you encounter on the lot. When returning to the office the souls must be released to the netherworld portal.
Gallery
A Sim working within the Reaper career
A Sim using reaping powers onto a portal in the Netherworld.
A Sim reaping another Sim's soul
Grim "showing" what's under his hood
Trivia
- Prior to Life & Death, reaping was a 10 level skill that only the Grim Reaper had maxed out. The skill could be accessed using cheats, but had no effect on gameplay, and was removed in an unknown patch. The reaper career can be seen as a reincarnation of that idea as it allows normal Sims to access the power of reaping.