The Sims 4 is away with the fairies in new Enchanted by Nature expansion

The Sims 4 is striding purposefully into the verdant splendour of summer with a new nature-loving expansion, which also happens to mark the return of fairies as a playable Sim-type.

In fact, for all its talk of the natural world, EA’s Enchanted by Nature expansion reveal suggests fairies – last seen in The Sims 3’s 2012 Supernatural expansion – are very much the focus this time around. Mother Nature, it seems, is recruiting Sims to swell her fairy ranks, and players that opt to heed her call will find their Sims graced with abilities enabling them to nurture plants, manipulate objects, change the moods of others, and more.

A wide range of wings, skin tones, ears, teeth, head accessories, glowing tattoos, and more are promised so players can create the fairy that suits their whims, and once that’s taken care of, they’ve the option of following two distinct fairy paths. Harmonious Fairies are all about helping others find health and balance, while Discordant Fairy are the chaos gremlins of the fairy world, flitting around and making life just a little more more difficult for other Sims with their mischief.

Regardless of the path they choose, players will need to be mindful of their fairy Sim’s specific needs: rather than food, fairies are sustained on the emotions of others, so you’ll be hoovering up all sorts of feelings to avoid Emotional Starvation. On the upside, you get a special fairy WooHoo to impress the neighbours with, so there’s that.