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Knowledge is an Aspiration in The Sims 2. Knowledge Sims are full of curiosity and always want to learn more and more. This frequently shows up in wants to learn skills, but they also want to learn things that allow them to do things such as discover secret vacation lots^[TS2:BV].

Knowledge Sims' curiosity makes them relatively fearless. While other Sims fear things such as seeing ghosts, becoming a creature, and being abducted by aliens, Knowledge Sims often want these experiences. They may even want to get struck by lightning^[TS2:S][1] They also like to encounter near-death experiences, such as defeating the Grim Reaper or being saved from death. Teenage Sims are eager to have good grades at school, and young adult Sims always want to be serious in their studies at college^[TS2:U].

Contents 1 Version comparison 2 Aspiration Monikers 3 Wants & Fears 3.1 Wants 3.2 Fears 4 Lifetime Wants 5 Aspiration Desperation 6 FreeTime Aspiration Benefits 7 Career Paths 8 Premade Sims With Aspiration 9 Tips & Tricks 10 Notes

Version comparisonEdit

In the Windows and Mac OS X versions, the Sim will fear losing their creature status. Mac OS X has the same Wants and Fears as Windows with the exception of Wants and Fears introduced in FreeTime and Apartment Life since those 2 EPs were only released for Windows.

The Sims Stories has the same Wants as The Sims 2 except that Fears are not included.

Unlike their Windows/Mac counterparts, Knowledge Sims in The Sims 2 console versions don't fear losing their creature status, but the wants and fears are similar.

In The Sims 2 for PlayStation Portable, having the Knowledge aspiration gives Sims Knowledge-only Perks and Knowledge Goals.

Aspiration MonikersEdit

Level	Teen	Adult	Elder
Platinum	Young Genius	Savant Supreme	Senior Sage
Gold	Whiz Kid	Impressive Intellect	Wizened Wise One
High Green	Smarty Pants	Free Thinker	Mature Mastermind
Low Green	Solid Student	Brainstretcher	Well-Read Whitehair
Low Red	Addled Adolescent	Silly Goose	Decaying Dullard
Deep Red	Dense Dunce	Incredible Ignoramus	Senile Simpleton

Wants & FearsEdit

WantsEdit

Get A+ on report card Get into private school Go to college[TS2:U] Get scholarship[TS2:U] Make Dean's List[TS2:U] Graduate with honors[TS2:U] Do assignment[TS2:U] Go to class[TS2:U] Write term paper[TS2:U] Buy telescope Buy a bookcase Buy a telescope costing at least §2,000 Buy a bookcase costing... Get abducted by aliens

Sim meets aliens Gain a skill point Reach skill level... Gain a ... skill point Become a ... Maximize all skill points Buy a ... station See a ghost Be saved from death Get a job in the ... career Reach talent badge level ...[TS2:OFB] Meet Bigfoot[TS2:BV] Be Struck by Lightning[TS2:S]

FearsEdit

Don't go to college[TS2:U] Get rejected from private school Get D on report card Miss the school bus

Get on academic probation[TS2:U] Get kicked out of college[TS2:U] Lose a skill point Get cured from...

Lifetime WantsEdit

Become Chief of Staff Become Criminal Mastermind Become Mad Scientist Max out 7 Skills Become Education Minister[TS2:S] Become Game Designer[TS2:S]

Become Space Pirate[TS2:S] Become Media Magnate[TS2:S] Become City Planner[TS2:FT] Become Hand of Poseidon[TS2:FT] Become Prestidigitator[TS2:FT] Become World Class Ballet Dancer[TS2:FT]

Aspiration DesperationEdit

When the aspiration bar is at high red for a long time, the Sim will pull out and talk to a volleyball with a face and mortarboard on it, pretending it is "Professor von Ball".

FreeTime Aspiration BenefitsEdit

Main article: Aspiration benefits#Knowledge

Level 1 - Slower Social and Fun Motive Decay

Level 2 - Impart Knowledge

Level 3 - Eureka!

Level 4 - Summon Aliens

Career PathsEdit

Science Medicine Criminal Education[TS2:S] Gamer[TS2:S] Journalism[TS2:S]

Adventurer[TS2:S] Dance[TS2:S] Entertainment[TS2:FT] Intelligence[TS2:FT] Architecture[TS2:FT] Oceanography[TS2:FT]

Premade Sims With AspirationEdit

For a complete list, see Category:Knowledge Sims.

Tips & TricksEdit

• Knowledge Sims make good love matches for Family Sims, as they will usually want to get married and have at least one child.
• Knowledge Sims are also the only Sims who do not fear becoming a special being (Vampire, Werewolf, etc). In fact, it can be used to boost their aspiration, curing it when it is no longer a fear to be cured. The want to become a special being is probably due to the fact that they want to know more about them, and what better way to learn about them than by being one?

NotesEdit

1. ↑ With FreeTime, Sims who have Knowledge as a secondary aspiration may still fear these things, and may even want and fear them at the same time.

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