The Sims 4 Nature's Calling event guide: What it is, how can you take part, and what are the rewards?
All of your Nature's Calling FAQs answered, including how to take part, the event duration, quest list and rewards!
Like previous log-in events for The Sims 4, Nature's Calling exists to kick off the game's latest content season. For Summer 2025, the overarching theme is getting back to nature and appreciating the great outdoors, with a healthy dose of fairytale magic thrown in for those of us who enjoy more fantastical elements mixed in with our life simulation.
Nature's Calling is, of course, also intended to tie in to the next expansion pack release, Enchanted by Nature, which is due to launch in early July. Helmed by the new event NPC Dahlia Fern — an incredibly cute green-skinned lady I'm already obsessed with – Nature's Calling will grant rewards regardless of whether you intend to invest in the new EP, but will feature some activities designed to whet your whistle for the new pack's themes.
To assist Dahlia in her mission to guide Simkind back to nature, your Sims can complete a series of quests, in exchange for which they'll receive rewards including time-limited items like cosmetics, traits, decor, and collectibles. Read on for an overview of every quest and reward in The Sims 4 Nature's Calling event, as well as key event dates and FAQs.
What is the Nature's Calling event in The Sims 4?
Nature's Calling is a limited-time event in The Sims 4, running from June 24th to August 5th, 2025. There have been several similar events run intermittently over the past year, but Nature's Calling is the first to contain a blend of log-in rewards – which you can claim just as long as you play the game at some point during that six-week period – and rewards that require you to engage with a series of limited-time quests.
The event will begin immediately upon loading The Sims 4 for the first time while it is active, and will last for six weeks. During this period it can be accessed any time by clicking the event widget (plumbob symbol) that appears in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
Nature's Calling content, including quests and associated rewards, will unlock for the first four Tuesdays of the event. It will then run for an additional three weeks once everything has become available, giving players time to finish all the quests and claim all the rewards. (All previously unlocked quests will be available to complete up until the event ends on August 5th, so there's no need to worry about starting late.)
Rewards of common in-game items like books and potions will be delivered to the inventory of whichever Sim is your active character when you claim them, as will the new Touch Grass Weekly magazine collectible. Conversely, rewards that grant new Build/Buy items and other event-exclusive goodies will be unlocked for all saves in your game going forward.
Nature's Calling event dates
Here are the key dates for the Nature's Calling event in The Sims 4:
- June 24th, 2025: The Nature's Calling event commences, log-in rewards and Week 1 quests unlocked.
- July 1st, 2025: Week 2 quests unlocked.
- July 8th, 2025: Week 3 quests unlocked.
- July 10th, 2025: The Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature expansion pack releases.
- July 15th, 2025: Week 4 quests unlocked.
- July 22nd, 2025: No new quests added; final two-week grace period begins.
- August 5th, 2025: The Nature's Calling event ends.
New weekly content is expected to unlock at 5pm BST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT on the dates stated. Note that with the exception of the launch of the new expansion pack, all of the key dates for this event fall on a Tuesday.
The Sims 4 Nature's Calling quests and task lists
By happy coincidence, VG247's humble Sims enthusiast is off enjoying some well-deserved R&R in nature herself right now – but I'll be back with a complete up-to-date Nature's Calling quest list in a few days, so don't worry, none of us are going to miss out on anything!
Nature's Calling item list
Completing tasks and quests as part of the Nature's Calling event garners Event Points that unlock rewards. Rewards can be unlocked as soon as the EP requirement for them has been reached, so there's no need to "spend" points to get rewards; it's all cumulative, and you can just claim everything that you've unlocked from the event page.
We don't currently know how many rewards there will be when bonus consumables are added in, but here are the 16 event-exclusive unlocks:
| Item Name | Type | Unlocks during… |
|---|---|---|
| Reclaimed Woodworking Table | BB: skill object | Instantly upon first log-in during the event |
| Odonata Glasses | CAS: accessory | Week 1 |
| Reclaimed Wood Wall | BB: wall decor | Week 1 |
| Touch Grass Weekly, Issue #1 | New event-exclusive collectible type | Week 1 |
| Reclaimed Wood Dining Chair woodworking recipe | Crafting recipe | Week 2 |
| Flowing Fronds Swimwear | CAS: clothing | Week 2 |
| Foraged Feast food recipe | Cooking recipe | Week 2 |
| Touch Grass Weekly, Issue #2 | New event-exclusive collectible type | Week 2 |
| Nature Soundscapes radio station | Music genre | Week 3 |
| Reclaimed Wood Dining Table woodworking recipe | Crafting recipe | Week 3 |
| Rings of Growth tattoo | CAS: tattoo | Week 3 |
| Touch Grass Weekly, Issue #3 | New event-exclusive collectible type | Week 3 |
| The Wooden Throne outhouse | BB: off-the-grid | Week 4 |
| Cove Stones decorative rocks | BB: landscaping | Week 4 |
| Trail Sandals | CAS: footwear | Week 4 |
| Touch Grass Weekly, Issue #4 | New event-exclusive collectible type | Week 4 |
Do I need to buy Sims 4 DLC to complete Nature's Calling quests?
EA have confirmed that owners of the following expansion packs will have extra optional quests to complete during the Nature's Calling event:
- Cats & Dogs
- Snowy Escape
- Horse Ranch
- Lovestruck
However, you do not need these expansion packs to complete the Nature's Calling event; these are optional side-quests – which, additionally, must be completed before the main quest they unlock alongside.
Completing the optional quests will award extra Event Points, effectively meaning that people who own all of the related expansion packs will have an overflow of points at the end of the event. It's a fun extra that lets you unlock a few rewards a little bit earlier and possibly grants some extra consumables, but players who only have access to the base game will still be able to earn all of the event rewards as long as they play every main quest.
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