Re: Plant Sim Challenge 2018
by Player_jp5s5eavOriginal Post
@Floymin, we don't really know either! That was an event where Jasmine Holiday showed up in your game for a short time and helped you with that challenge. But, since there is a Jasmine Holiday event (Boost Week) going on right now, I doubt there would be one in time for this Easter! 
Also, they didn't re-run the Day of the Dead challenge last Halloween from the year before, so it is doubtful they would run the Easter challenge again this year.
It is possible that they could redo these challenges next year, but there are no grantees.
However, there is a way to get the items from these challenges using a cheat! 
Go into the Build/Buy Mode. Bring up the Cheat Box by pressing at the same time "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "C". Then in the box type "bb.showhiddenobjects" and then press "Enter". (Don't forget to type the period after bb)!
Then go into the "Search Objects by Room" selection and click on the dinning room icon (an icon of a table). Then on the table there is a picture that looks like a bowl of fruit; click on that (it is called "Misc. Decorations". Then scroll through the items listed until you find the Easter eggs (or any other collectible you want). The Easter eggs won't be all listed together, so you will have to look through all the items in this category to be sure you got them all. You can also find all the sugar skulls from the Day of the Dead challenge, as well as any rocks, frogs, elements, etc.!
So, while you won't have the fun of having your Sims search for these items while playing the game, at least you can still have these items in your Sims' homes! 
If you have anymore questions, please ask! Happy Simming! 
@Floymin, excellent question! I'm not sure about the Plant Sim since I was able to complete that challenge, and so I never used the cheat to get the eggs. I could always test it out for you, or you can test it if you wish. There also might be a way to use another cheat to get a PlantSim, but I would have to do some research to be sure. 
I want to say I thought I remembered someone saying they did this, but I can't be sure.
As for the Sugar Skulls, even though my computer had problems during this challenge and I missed it, I still keep forgetting to get all the skulls myself 
I'm not even sure what happened during the challenge if you completed it! 
I think I remember someone saying that you don't get the special item, but since all special non-career items are supposed to be unlocked this way, I would think you could still get that item, as long as you can find it in Build/Buy Mode with that cheat running. (By the way there is another separate cheat to get all the items for leveling up in the different careers. Bring up the cheat box like before and type "bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement" and press "Enter" )
I will try to see if I can find out that information for you! 
(Edited for my crummy spelling! )
Edited again for update: I checked my game and you need the career reward unlock cheat that I gave you above ("bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement" ) to get the Magic PlantSim Stump to put the crystal/seed pod things into in order to make your Sim become a PlantSim. But the crystal/seed pods are found in the "bb.showhiddenhobjects" cheat. I still don't know if by cheating a magic stump with the crystal/seed pods will make the special tree grow that you enter to get the forbidden fruit that you need to eat to become a PlantSim works or not. I will test this for you.
Likewise, I found the sugar skull case with the bb.ingoregameplayunlocksentitlement cheat and the sugar skulls are unlocked with the bb.showhiddenobjects cheat. The display case for the sugar skulls said that this will enable you to honor the dead and allow new interactions with the Grim Reaper. This will be harder for me to test since I will have to kill a Sim on my lot in order to get the Grim Reaper. But I will see what I can find out!
I completed the Plant Sim challenge, and there was never a way to get your sim to become a permannent plant sim. What it did was that it gave you the possibility travel through the magical tree, giving you a forbidden fruit.
Now, instead of eating it, you plant the forbidden fruit so that you can have a forbidden fruit tree in your garden. Then your sim could eat a fruit, become a Plant Sim for 5 days, eat another fruit, etc, for as long as you want. But you will always reverse after 5 days
But as long as you take care of the tree you'll have unlimited forbidden fruits
@CMeki, Thanks for adding that info! 
@Floymin, yes, I agree that it is very odd. I had never tried using the career unlock cheat for the Challenge items before -- I just knew that you could get the items this way. That said, since I totally missed the Day of the Dead Challenge due to a broken computer, I am thankful that I can put all the sugar skulls in my Sims' homes with this cheat. I would have completed the challenge if I had access to my computer during this time. Certain things were beyond my control.
I guess it is good for people who can't play The Sims 4 as often as they like. Maybe certain challenges happen during times when they are super busy with work stuff. Maybe they have to spend time in the hospital or care for someone who is very ill during a challenge and therefore can't play. And I can only imagine being a teen and getting grounded from the computer while a challenge like this is running! 
In theory these items should not be available through a cheat, but in reality, for cases like these, I'm rather thankful that they are! 
The funny thing is that people who play TS4 on a console like PS4 or Xbox still see these items even though the console version didn't exist when these challenges were running! I do not know if they have access to the same cheats PC players do. If they don't then the pictures of those items just sit there taunting them! 
Now, about the items you unlock with these 2 cheat codes: I tested the items required for the PlantSim challenge and they do work just like they did when the challenge was running!
I also tested the Sugar Skulls and the Sugar Skull Display Case with these cheats. (I'm not sure, but I think the special item you got when you found all the sugar skulls during the challenge was the display case. You need to put the skulls in this case to activate the special interactions with the Grim Reaper.) They appeared to work like the description said (smoke came from them and my Sim), but without the Grim Reaper on my lot, I can't be sure if the special interactions are available with items gained by cheating! 
I'll have to kill off a Sim to test this out though, so it will take me a bit longer to test this.
The Easter Eggs unlocked a giant plush Easter Bunny (like the Unicorn, Teddy Bear, Dragon, Dinosaur, etc.) that your children can hug and play with. But since you can just use the cheat to unlock the Easter Bunny, you don't really need to unlock the eggs, unless you just want them for decoration!
Hope this helps! Happy Simming!
@Player_jp5s5eav, ideally I also like the challenge of actually doing the event, but in the case of the sugar skulls, I was unable to. This was beyond my control. Its not like I got lazy about it and said "what's the point ? I'll just use the cheat." 
So while I'd much rather do the event, but for me in this one instance it was impossible. Once I knew that I could still get the items I was lacking, I felt relieved -- relieved enough to not even bother using the cheat to get the items (until @Floymin asked about it and if the interactions would be available as well.) For me, just knowing that I had access to the items was enough. But even if a person were to not bother doing the challenge and just use the cheat because they didn't feel like doing the challenge, I'm not going to judge them on that since it doesn't hurt anyone and isn't against the law. It's their game, after all! As for me, I will always do the challenge events because I think they are fun -- kind of like a scavenger hunt, which I've always loved!
Also, I really love your idea of being able to call Jasmine Holiday up and be able to do any challenge at any time! That would be ideal! The only events it wouldn't be good for are the Boost Weeks, like what we have running right now, because there is nothing to collect.
@FloyminI was able to test the sugar skulls and their display case out with a dead Sim and the Grim Reaper on the lot! It works, even with the cheats! For my Sim there were timed interactions (like there are if you have Movie Hangout how you have limited timed interactions to discuss the movie you saw.) The ones available to my Sim were "Discuss Afterlife", "Complain About Spirits", & "Enthuse About Sugar Skulls". The Sim who honored the dead by using the sugar skull case filled with all 10 skulls will also change to wear face paint and be able to build friendship with the Grim Reaper really quickly! I think if my Sim had been even better friends with the deceased, they would have been able to plead for a resurrection, but my Sim was just a friend, and not a good friend of the deceased.
I hope this information is useful! Happy Simming!
