If you want to focus on farming in The Sims 4 Cottage Living, make sure to buy a few cows and llamas. Cows can make you a lot of money thanks to the milk they give you. But let’s also talk about llamas, these cute animals that will provide your Sims will wool for cross-stitching.
How do you get llamas in The Sims 4?
To obtain a llama, first, you need to buy an Animal Shed. Then click on the Animal shed and purchase a llama.
Each shed can house only one llama. If you want to obtain more llamas, you need to buy more sheds.
Alternatively, you can also buy a lot that already has an Animal Shed on it.
There are two types of llamas that you can choose from white or beige. Obviously, white llamas give you white wool while beige llamas give you beige wool.
You can change your llama’s wool color by giving them various treats.
How to keep your llamas healthy and happy
Make sure to clean the shed at least once a day. Llamas will go into their sheds on their own at 6 PM and come back out at 6 AM in the morning.
If the shed is dirty or needs more feed, your llamas will be grumpy.
Regularly stock the shed with animal feed.
To make your task easier, upgrade your sheds as to require less maintenance. Install an auto-feeder that automatically restocks the feed.
To upgrade your animal sheds, you need Livestock Upgrade Parts. You can get these parts by running errands for the villagers.
Hover over your llamas with your mouse cursor and check their Happiness, Hygiene, and Hunger level. You’ll also learn when to expect to receive wool from your animal.
Make sure to socialize with your llamas as often as possible. Hug them, pet them, talk to them, and offer them treats to build your relationship with them.
Keep in mind that your llamas may not always be receptive to being sheared.
They may occasionally bite the clippers out of your hands and toss them, or even spit in your Sim’s face.
Llamas keep foxes at bay
Llamas help protect rabbits and chickens from wild foxes as they will spit to keep them at bay. Foxes can’t wait to get their claws on those delicious chickens and bunnies.
What to do with your llama’s wool
You can shear your llamas’ wool and use it for cross-stitching, or offer it to wild animals as a gift. Additionally, you can also give the wool to the Creature Caretaker in exchange for animal clothes.
You can also sell the wool at the Finchwick Fair.
Trade your llamas
If caring for your llamas becomes a burden, you can trade them for Simoleons, various ingredients and treats, as well as meat.
Before you make the decision to get rid of a llama, it’s important to be certain because once you trade it away, it cannot be retrieved.
It will be permanently gone from your game.
If you want to get another llama, you will need to click on an empty shed once again to purchase a new one.
How can llamas die in The Sims 4?
Llamas can only pass away due to old age in The Sims 4. When the lifespan settings are set to normal, llamas typically live for about 30 to 40 days before they naturally reach the end of their lives.
What do you think about llamas? Do you like them or do you prefer to take care of other animals? Let me know in the comments below.
If you want to learn more about Cottage Living, check out the guides below:
- Sims 4 Cottage Living: How to build ponds
- Cottage Living: Canning has never been this fun
- Sims 4 Cottage Living: Groceries are back
This guide was updated in June 2023.