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Sims 3 has always been a fan’s favorite, even after the launch of Sims 4. It has retained its charm with the many features that it offers, such as walking into any game world without interruptions.
However, we can’t deny that this version of the game has become old and outdated, so it’s time to spice things up by adding new Sims 3 mods.
This way, you can continue playing the game without worrying about it not being up to date or turning monotonous. Amazing, right? So what are you waiting for? Read this article to learn about all the mods that you might want to add to the game.
How to Download Mods for Sims 3?
Before you skip to the good part, it’s important to know the steps to download a mod.
- The first step is to download the FrameworkSetup.zip file
- Extract this file into the Sims 3 folder (Document > Electronic Arts > Sims 3)
- In the Sims 3 folder, there’d be a new “Mods” folder, and there you’d find an “Overrides and Packages” sub-folder where your mods would be downloaded.
Now you’re all ready to install new mods to your gameplay.
Best Sims 3 Mods
Here’s a list of the most recommended Sims 3 mods.
1. Ultra Plain Eyes
Some players just want plain old, natural eyes for their sims to look their best, and this mod does just that. The colour and light of the eyes improve 10x, unlike the ones that the EA offers.
2. Ultra Plain Faces
Like the previous mod, this one is all about natural face styles, which makes your sim look more realistic. In addition, their expression also improves a lot. So no need to worry about your sims looking cartoony and funny because of their facial features.
3. Zerbu’s Ultimate Career Mod
Sims 3 was the version that introduced the idea that your sim can work on particular lots, but you still had to get them to complete their tasks because it was part of the career expansion. But with this mod, your sim can work on a specific lot and do their tasks there as well.
For instance, if you’re a chef, then you can assign a lot to them for work and make them do activities there itself in their working hours. Now your sims won’t just disappear down a rabbit hole, and you can keep an eye on them.
4. More Traits for All Ages
You might be aware that there are only a limited number of traits that your sim can have, but not anymore. With this Sims 3 mod, your sims can gain more traits as they progress in the game.
For instance, when your sims age up, they’d acquire more characteristics without you having to do anything.
This would help your sim enhance their personality; however, ensure that you really want this mod or not because once you download this, there’s no going back. Even if you uninstall the mod, your sims would still have those traits, and you’d have to remove them manually.
5. No Intro Mod
Are you also annoyed by the long intro before the game? Well, you definitely need to download this mod to get rid of the game’s intro and jump right into action. So now, when you start the game, you can directly start playing instead of waiting for some time for the intro to end.
6. Traveler Mod
As the name suggests, this mod allows your sim to move from one town to another, but you could do that without this mod as well. However, this mod will enable you to shift without losing your game’s progress. It’s perfect for those who wish to maintain their sim’s legacy while they create a new one in a different location. But be careful with this mod because if it clashes with any other base game file, then it wouldn’t work.
7. Tagger
Sims 3 offers the most extensive map that you can access anytime. But it creates a lot of confusion in locating places, people, or houses. Therefore, this mod makes things much easier by allowing you to tag things on the map in a better way. You can even create custom tags, which wasn’t a feature with the base game. In addition, this mod is compatible with every other mod, so there are no worries about it clashing or causing an error with another module.
8. Woohooer
This mod is quite progressive when compared to the base game one because it allows your teenage sims to get pregnant. Even male sims can become pregnant, so basically, everything is allowed. You can try Cyber woohoo, professional services, register as a gigolo, and much more. This mod compliments the Kinky World add-on as well because it makes things more fun and realistic, so that you can use them both together. Your sim can improve their woohoo skills as well. You would need new clothes for your pregnant sims, though, as the base game offers limited options.
9. The Sims 1 Music
Get ready to be hit by nostalgia when you use this mod because it’d take you back to the good old times of The Sims first version. This mod enables you to remove the Sims 3 soundtrack and replace it with the music from the original game. Any simmer who had played the first version of The Sims would understand the value that this mod adds to the game.
10. Sims 3 Loading Screen Replacement
What if I told you that even the loading screens could have a fun touch to them? Believe me, this mod would be an excellent addition to the game because it incorporated new features of all the Sims 3 expansion packs and humorous messages to the loading screens. So now, waiting for your game to download would also become interesting.
11. The Sims 3 GPU Add On Support
You might have faced a hard time with GPUs because the game doesn’t use all of them when you first run the game. However, this module changes the list of GPUs to prevent you from doing so yourself. If the default Sims 3 list doesn’t feature a powerful GPU that you wanted, then be confident that this mod would improve your game’s performance.
12. Northeney
Sims 4 has several beautiful locations, such as Windenberg, due to the Sims 4; Get Together pack. However, now even you can have picturesque locations in Sims 3 with this mod, and Northeney is one such place. It looks like a traditional US coastal town with a lake, cozy houses, and a lighthouse.
13. Cronor
If you wish to visit a place surrounded by darkness, which has an eerie feeling to it, then Cronor is the place for you. But you’d need to download this mod to add this location into the game.
14. Build and Buy Mod
The build and buy mod isn’t quite organized, but this mod is an improved version of the previous mod. You’ll be able to browse the catalogue in a better way and get the accurate prices.
15. Children Can Care for Their Siblings
As we said earlier, Sims 3 lacks in some places because of its outdated version. Therefore, sims in this version are completely useless when it comes to taking care of their siblings. But this mod corrects that, and now your sims can handle the toddlers at home. This way, you won’t have to manage everything and rely on your sims to take care of your child when you aren’t around.
16. “No Stretch” Children Can Series
This is one of the most important mods because it allows your sims to do adult tasks without a lot of difficulties because of their height. They won’t look weird doing these tasks as this mod works according to their height. In addition, other tasks, such as interacting with the fireplace, are also available, unlike the base game.
17. Canning Station Overhaul
Say bye bye to the bugs in Grandma’s canning station because now it has excellent features, which would persuade you to get this mod. Each loaf of bread looks different depending on the jam used on it. It isn’t a huge change, but it’d definitely make a huge difference.
18. The Third Person Mod
Well, this mod is quite unique because, with this, you can actually view the game through your sim’s eyes. Imagine the shift in perspective! You’ll be able to use the WASD keys to move around, and since this mod is built from scratch, it doesn’t create issues. So now you can actually feel like being in a virtual game.
19. Retuned Attraction Mod
You might have noticed that some of the attributes of attraction feel unnatural. This happens because of the 1.42 patch in the game. For instance, a sim who absolutely hates athleticism is attracted to a sim with the athletic trait, which is unreal. So these small issues can be fixed easily after downloading this mod. For instance, it’d prevent sims from asking out the same person that rejected them again, giving it a realistic feel.
20. MissyHissy’s Job Center Mod
The Sims 3 already has a lot of jobs, but they aren’t as updated as we’d like them to be. So to get more career options, you must download this mod and then pursue the career you want to.
21. GROW – Progressive Aging
This is the most used mod because it solves a fundamental problem in the game, which is that sims grow up from toddlers to adults in a day. However, this mod slows that progression, and now your sims have time to grow as time passes, and even you can see them growing up. None of the transitions would go by in a jiffy.
22. Story Progression Mod
The story progression in the Sims 3 has always been an area of issue with the sims community because the story doesn’t progress in a natural and consistent way. This mod is here to change all that, though, because it changes the way sims interact with each other, the behaviour of the NPCs, etc. The development of the game would feel much more exciting. You would receive incessant notifications regarding the story’s progression, but you can disable that.
23. Master Controller
This is quite an underrated mod because players don’t understand its value until they use it. Master Controller manages all the NRAAS mods and makes the game more efficient. You can download this module for free, and even edit numerous things yourself in mod documentation. In simple words, this mod controls the “behind the scenes” aspect of the game and makes it quite essential.
24. Overwatch
Sims 3 is such a large game that it’s obvious that it’d come across bugs and other issues at times. Therefore, the Overwatch mod fixes these issues that arise with such big games involving numerous world building and their size. For instance, sometimes your sims get stuck at a place, and you have to fix that manually. But with this mod, the game frequently resets to avoid such complications. It’s a cleanse of your entire game system, in a way.
25. Poses Mod
You can now make your sims try different poses, and have fun with this interaction. You can make them do a twerking pose or try out some pregnancy poses for your pregnant sim. This mod allows your sims to act naturally as per the situation. They could dance formally at an event, try out cute marriage poses, and so on.
26. Modern Home Designs Mod
When it comes to designing your home, you can be as creative and innovative as you want. However, this mod does offer some modern home suggestions that you could take a look at.
- Small Modern Beach House
- A Small Modern Home
- Modern Cliffside Home
- Modern Luxury
- BluKompressor’s Modern Townhome
- Modern Singleton
27. Sim Interactions Mod
Get ready to be flooded with numerous sim interactions that you can try, which might not be as efficient, but they surely add better options to the game, such as passion and romance, violence, humiliating interactions, and many more. If you want your sim to have a certain personality, then this mod can definitely help in that.
28. Japanese Culture Trait Mod
This mod adds excellent diversity to the game because now your sims can learn the traits of Japanese culture. Moreover, as they progress, they’d start bowing down when introducing themselves and sit in “seiza” style. More features are being worked upon in this mod, but it offers a unique trait to your sims.
29. Online Center Mod
Since technology has surrounded us in real life, why not allow our sims to experience the same as well? With this mod, the sims can use their smartphones, computers, tablets, etc., for online shopping, checking status reports, and so on.
30. Study Skills Online Mod
The sims don’t have Google or Wikipedia to teach themselves, but they do have this mod, which works in a similar way and all they have to do is use their PC, smartphone, etc. to study. This mod can only work if you download the Online Center Mods as well.
31. Stand Up Comedy Mod
If you’ve made up your mind that your sim should become a comedian, and all they think about is being a stand-up comedian, then this mod allows them to follow this dream by adding the necessary traits, skills, and a microphone for them to use. Isn’t that amazing?
32. Taxi and Subway Charge Mod
There was no point in buying a car in Sims 3 until this point. The Sims 3 taxi charge mod and subway charge mod allows your sim to earn money through their car. They can turn their cars into a taxi and earn money anywhere they go. You’d soon realize that the Sims world is full of rich sims who take a taxi even for a short distance.
33. TS3 Apartment Mod
If you’ve seen the famous sitcom “Friends” or any other such show, then you’d have wanted your sim to live in a similar condition at least once. Well, now it’s possible with this mod because numerous sims can live in the same lot, but you don’t have to manage all of them. It’d be like living in a university dorm.
34. Diseases, Dysentery and Dramatitis Mod
The Sims 3 has limited options when it comes to illnesses. A sim could only catch the flu if they have the Seasons expansion, but not anymore. Now sims can be afflicted with dysentery and other dramatitis due to this mod, making the game more real.
35. Minimum Wage Mod
If you don’t want your sim to earn money easily, and want to make things tough for them, then this should be your go-to mod because it changes the minimum wage to $8 or less and increases the working hours. The sims would also get only a 0.04% raise in their salary. There are several such new additions in this mod, so understand them all before downloading it.
36. Hair Mods
Like many other things, Sims 3 doesn’t offer a lot of options when it comes to haircuts. Hair affects your sim’s appearance in a huge way, so it’s never a bad option to have numerous haircuts to choose from. So download this mod right away.
37. Short Chain Fence Mod
Any decor in Sims 3 is incomplete without fences, but you might have noticed that no matter which sim you choose, they never fit in. Either they are too tall compared to the other things or shorter than them. But now you finally have the chance to get a short chain fence and forget about all these problems.
38. Modern Graveyard Mod
Ever heard of a modern graveyard? You can get one now for your plot to bury your sims. Simsgal2227 introduced this mod that offers gorgeous graveyards in which you’d want to bury your sims.
39. Animation Channel Mod
All anime lovers can now turn their sims into an anime fan as well by downloading this mod. It’d add an anime channel to your sim’s tv, and you and your sim can get entertained by watching episodes of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Porco Rosso.
40. Fix Your Car Mod
Some sims are quite interested in creating and designing their own car from scratch, but what if I told you that you could speed up this process? The Fixer Upper Car mod allows your sim to make a car out of junk in no time.
41. Private Room Door Mod
If your sims are very particular about their privacy and can’t imagine sharing their space with someone else, then use this mod which would keep other sims away from your sim’s personal space, like their home. Only the sim with the key can enter the room. No more worry about thieves or unwanted guests.
42. Factory Service Worker Mod
Your sim can now hire a factory service worker to create gizmos and other gadgets. But it’s essential that your sim should know how to make it first because after they create a gadget, only then would the worker be able to replicate it for $125 per day, and it’d be added to your sim’s inventory.
43. Change at Home After Work Mod
Once your sims return home from work, they don’t change into their normal clothes, but when they shower, that’s when they change into everyday clothes. It’s a minor issue, but this mod can fix that. With this mod, as soon as your sim comes home from work, they’d change into normal clothes, even if they have to leave for work again.
44. Choose Coffee Mod
You can now let your sims drink the coffee that you want them to from the numerous options that this mod offers, such as latte, chai, cappuccino, and so on. You can even go into detail as to choose which milk, flavor, or topping they want in it. The ingredients also affect your sim’s moodlet.
45. Slow or No Relationship Decay Mod
One of the most annoying aspects of Sims 3 is that it sets unrealistic relationship expectations, so if you don’t talk to your best friend for some time, your friendship will end. But this mod corrects that by allowing you to set the duration before the relationship starts to decay, like a week, 20 days, 416,666,666 days, and so on.
46. Home Spa Mod
A relaxing spa sounds really good, right? Your sim can get this facility at home now instead of having to go somewhere. It offers a mud bath and a spa where no one can disturb your peace.
47. Improved Writing Mod
Your novelist sim can now write their novel quickly because of this mod. It’d increase the pages written per minute, better selling probabilities, and fewer chances of it being a flop. However, don’t assume that your writing career would make you rich due to this mod, but it’ll improve your odds.
48. More Sims in Club Mod
Clubs and pubs have always been seen as full of people, dancing and enjoying themselves, but in Sims 3, these places are quite empty. However, this mod allows you to add people to the clubs and pubs whenever your sim enters. You can control the number of people that are in these places along with your sim.
49. Zoom-In CAS Camera
Sims 3 offers excellent features, such as individual body parts, Create-a-Style colour wheel, etc., but it’s difficult to use them when you can’t even see your sim’s face clearly. Shimrod101 introduced this mod to allow players to zoom-in on their character’s face and clearly view the changes they are making. It also makes applying accessories, colours or patterns on clothes as well.
50. No or Fewer Automatic Memories
The addition of memories in the Generations expansion pack is a huge upgrade, and they are added to the lifelong scrapbook. But there’s one issue with this feature, which is that every memory is documented in it, even going to the park. So this mod is here to help you with that. You can choose whether to have no memories at all or have a few of them that document only the milestones of your sim’s life. There’s another downloadable custom tool that enables you to choose which memories you want your sim to have automatically.
51. CAS Overhaul
The clothing in the game is quite unrealistic because everything has a shiny touch to it. However, Caversims has come up with this mod that replaces every single clothing item from every pack and from the Sims 3 store as well.
52. Blue Skies and Sunshine Lighting Mod
The locations in the game are gorgeous, but the lighting in love mode doesn’t do justice to it. Therefore, this mod by brntwaffles makes the Sims 3 worlds look brighter, clearer, and more beautiful. In addition, this mod doesn’t just work with outdoor scenes but indoors as well. Moreover, your sim’s features are also enhanced because of it.
53. Moar Interactions
This mod by Buzzler adds new interactions and improves some existing ones. Even though the majority of the interactions are social, it also upgrades the functionality of community lots, allows sims to buy ingredients from restaurants, work part-time or overtime, etc. But remember that whenever you want to uninstall this mod, none of the sims should be using these interactions.
Conclusion
These are all the Sims 3 mods that are worth downloading if you want to upgrade your gameplay because, let’s admit it, even though Sims 3 has been every simmer’s favorite version, there are times when it needs new features to maintain its importance. There are hundreds of such mods that you can add, but this list consists of the must have mods that would definitely make a difference.
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