In a lot of cultures, family means everything. InThe Sims 4: Vampires game pack, a darker version of this sentiment exists as your Sim can strive towards becoming the head of a family of vampires. Rather than focusing on becoming the ultimate vampire, the vampire family aspiration prioritises the conversion of normal Sims into your vampiric retinue.

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If you want your vampire Sim to be the leader of an undying troupe, raising and guiding their vampire offspring to be powerful entities in their own right, then read on. We’ll show you all that you need to know to make a great vampire family and unlock the unique I Am The Master reward trait.

The Vampire Family Aspiration Overview

This aspiration isthe easiest to achieve out of the three added by The Sims 4:Vampiresgame pack, with simple tasks and stages dedicatedto becoming a vampire, progressing through vampire ranks, and creating vampire offspring.

Your vampire Sim will be spending a lot of timelevelling up their vampire lore skill, as well as gaining experience points towards attaining various ranks and titles towardsbecoming a Master vampire.

A Sim Being Turned Into Vampire in The Sims 4

There arefour stages in the aspiration, each containing betweenone and three tasks that must be completedbefore moving on to the next stage.

The stages progress as follows:

A couple of tasks in this aspiration will require your Sim to make friends with other Sims. Consider taking theoutgoingtrait to speed up the process, and avoid traits such asloner.

When your vampire Sim completes all stages of the vampire family aspiration, they will be awarded with the uniqueI Am The Masterreward trait.

The Vampire Transition Conversation With Vlad in The Sims 4

By transforming Sims into vampire descendants and actively leading their progression as vampires, your vampire Sim gainscomplete dominance over their vampire kin, resulting in uncontested authority within the family.All attempts at using mind control powers on your vampire offspring will succeed.

What You Need To Do

Become a vampire

You can choose tostart as a vampire under the occult Sims submenu in CAS, or ask an existing vampire to turn your Sim into one after making friends with them.

A vampire Sim looking quite aggressive in The Sims 4

You can also have a baby Sim be born as a vampire if both parents are vampires, or a chance to become one if only one parent is. This is a better option if you wish to tackle this aspiration in an existing playthrough instead of creating a new game or household.

Become a Minor Vampire

Level up the vampire lore skill toaccumulate enough vampire experience pointsto become a Minor Vampire

Purchase the Vampire Creation power

After attaining Minor Vampire rank, you’ll be able to purchase this power

How To Level Up The Vampire Lore Skill

There are a plethora of ways for your vampire Sim to level up their vampire lore skill, however,the easiest way when starting out is through learning vampire secrets via a computer.

Once you reach level two, you can purchase vampire tomes from a computer to delve deeper into the occult arts. Reading these tomes becomes aslightly faster way to gain levels in the vampire lore skill.

A family of vampires in The Sims 4

After reaching level three in the vampire lore skill, your vampire Sim willno longer be able to use the computer to research vampire secrets and level up. You must purchase and read vampire tomes to continue levelling up the skill.

You will accumulate power points as your vampire Sim studies, andthese can be spent on purchasing and upgrading their vampiric powers.

The matriarch of the vampire family showing off her powers in The Sims 4.

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Convert five Sims into fully-grown vampires

Requires thevampire creationpower from the previous stage. Enter the vampire submenu after selecting another Sim and your vampire Sim will have the option toconvert to vampire. You can also befriend each Sim and politely offer them the opportunity to turn into a vampire via theoffer-to-turnoption. Regardless of the route you decide to take, Sims will transition into vampire Sims two to three days after being bitten.

Train three offspring

Once yourvictimsfledgling family members become vampires, they will be regarded asvampire offspring.To complete this objective, enter the vampire submenu and select theoffer vampirictrainingoption.

Become a Prime Vampire

Continue earning vampire experience points by performing vampire tasks such as:

Be good friends with five vampire offspring

Keep performingfriendly interactions with five of your vampire offspringto progress friendship level togood friends.

Become a Master Vampire

Continue earning vampire experience points by performing vampire tasks.You can also visit other vampire Sims who rank higher than your own and ask to receive training.

Once you complete all tasks in the last stage of this aspiration,you will be granted the I Am The Master trait as a rewardfor tackling all the objectives. Have fun using your mind control powers on your vampire offspring.

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