Repair Mastery: Breaking to Rebuild in Sims 4 Blast from the Past

The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event offers numerous rewards, but acquiring them presents challenges. One particularly tricky task involves breaking and repairing an object. This guide explains how.

Week 2's challenges require raising your Sim's Handiness skill to level 2 or higher. The subsequent task—repairing a broken object—proves problematic due to the game's lack of clear indication of broken items. The easiest solution is to deliberately break something.

While "pranking" an object works, it necessitates a specific Sim trait, adding unnecessary complexity. A simpler method involves repeatedly using an item until it breaks. The Ambassador toilet, being an inexpensive adult item, is ideal for this purpose. Repeated use (around a dozen times) will cause it to malfunction, fulfilling the broken object requirement. This can be done by your Sim or invited guests.

Repairing the broken item is straightforward once your Handiness skill reaches level 2. Simply select the "Repair" option on the broken object. This will take a few seconds, resolving the malfunction and completing the challenge.

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All Sims 4 Blast from the Past Week 2 Challenges:

Repairing a broken object is one of several Week 2 quests. The complete list includes:

• Echoes of Time Quests: Read the History of Time Travel at a Library; Experience the Past by Playing The Sims Archives vol. 2; Study a Historical Display at a Museum; Ask an Elder about the Shard; Research Shards of Time; Search Objects for Shards of Time (3); Show Emit the Shards of Time.
• Inventing the Past Quests: Read Theoretical Electronics at a Library; Collect Platinum; Collect Ironyum; Repair Something while Handiness Level 2 or Higher; Exercise Your Mind while Level 2 or Higher in Logic; Obtain an Electronic Upgrade Part; Build the Time Travel Component.

This concludes the guide on breaking and repairing objects within The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event.

The Sims 4 is currently available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.