Sims 4 Cottage Living introduced a very handy feature called Village Errands. As its name suggests, you can run all kinds of errands for the villagers and get to know them better.
How to start and run an errand in Sims 4
To start an errand in Cottage Living, walk up to one of the Henford-on-Bagley villagers and introduce yourself to them. Use the “Offer Help with Errands” interaction when it becomes available. Select the errand you want to run for them.
As you run more errands for the villagers and interact with them more often, you’ll unlock new errands. Don’t be afraid to use additional friendly interactions after completing an errand.
Be friendly and helpful. This will tell your fellow villagers they can rely on you for new errands.
The errands that you run for them help you earn some cash, discover new features, and obtain various collectibles. They can also help you meet wild animals and new villagers.
As EA explains:
If you’re in a helpful mood, you may also help Sims with village errands and learn more about their backgrounds, interests, and what they do around town! Or just for the good rewards, if that’s your bag.
Running errands for the locals may include speaking to gnomes, or spying on strangers to learn more about their romantic lives.
Talking about the eccentricities of living in a small village!
What do you get from running errands in Sims 4?
Don’t expect to get a lot of Simoleons for running errands for villagers. Actually, the resources and upgrade parts that you can earn (crop seeds, animal feed, Fox-Be-Gone alarms) are more valuable than money.
For example, after successfully completing an errand, you can unlock many useful Livestock Upgrade Parts. You can then use those items to upgrade your chicken coop and cow shed.
Installing Fox-Be-Gone alarms is a really good idea.
Foxes will not only steal the eggs from your coop, but they’ll also kill your chickens. Make sure to install those fox alarms and keep your chickens safe from harm.
Keep in mind that you cannot have more than three errands active at any given time. If you’re on the same wavelength with your neighbor, you can run all three errands from the same villager.
Or you can do three errands from three different villagers.
Let’s talk about who you can run errands for, and what type of errands you can expect to get.
Who can I run errands for in Sims 4 Cottage Living?
There are seven Cottage Living NPCs that need help with errands.
You can only run errands for NPCs, meaning the non-playable characters that have special roles in the game. This means that you can run errands for
Lavina Chopra, the mayor of Henford-on-Bagley, her son Rahul Chopra,
Agnes and Agatha Crumplebottom, Kim Goldbloom, Sara Scott, and Michael Bell.
Each NPC asks you to run a set of errands for them. However, not all of the errands are available at each given moment. If an NPC has no errands for you, come back later.
By the way, only one of your Sims can be working on a certain errand at any given time.
Most of the errands are not repeatable. Here’s what kind of errands each NPC will ask to help them with.
Errands for Lavina Chopra
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- An assortment of berries
- Llama wool
- Animal treats
Tasks
- Catch a fish in Old New Henford’s Lake
Your Sim needs level 2 of the Fishing skill to successfully catch fish. - Browse the garden or grocery shop in Finchwick
Go to the Finchwick Townsquare, select the market stalls, and open up the menu. - Ask the grocery deliverer about their dreams
Find Rahul Chopra and use the Ask about Dreams interaction. - Discuss the grocery deliverer’s dreams with the mayor
Tell Lavina about Rahul’s dreams. - Find the lake in the middle of the Old New Henford neighborhood
Errands for Rahul Chopra
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- Postcards
- Livestock upgrade part
- Grocery delivery coupon
Tasks
- Take a photo outside of Henford-on-Bagley
Travel anywhere outside Henford-on-Bagley and simply take a photo. - Give the photo to the grocery deliverer
Use the Give Photo interaction on Rahul. - Chat about mayor with grocery deliverer
Use the Chat About the Mayor friendly social interaction. - Make a cross-stitch
Place a Make it Sew Cross-stitch Kit on the lot, and start a cross-stitch hoop. - Deliver the cross-stitch to the mayor
Give the cross-stitch hoop to the mayor. - Convey mayor’s feelings to the grocery deliverer
Tell Rahul that his mother is supportive of his dreams. - Give a chocolate pie to the grocery deliverer
Reach cooking skill level 5, bake a chocolate pie, and give it to Rahul. - Give a chocoberry to the grocery deliverer
Buy some Chocoberries from the grocery shop or the garden shop in Finchwick. Give one to Rahul.
Errands for Agnes Crumplebottom
The first round of errands for Agnes
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- Grow-fast fertilizer
- Cross-stitch pattern
Tasks
- Another useless tourist
“What’s this? Who are you? What do you want from me? Oh, you want to help? We’ll see about that.” Agnes doesn’t trust strangers, but that should not come as a surprise. - Plant a pumpkin
Purchase oversized pumpkin seeds, and plant them in a garden patch. - Scold grocery owner
Find Kim Goldbloom at the grocery shop and scold her on Agnes’ behalf. - Bring some milk to Agnes Crumplebottom
Buy some milk at the grocery shop or harvest your cow’s milk. Give a bottle to Agnes by clicking on her and using the Deliver Milk interaction. - Not so useless?
“Well, maybe you aren’t so useless after all. If you really want to prove yourself, I’ve got some even bigger errands for you to do. And don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
The second round of errands for Agnes
Agnes Crumplebottom has more errands for you. Here’s what she wants you to do on her behalf in the second round of errands.
Rewards
- 300 Simoleons
- Cross-stitch pattern
- Cowplant berry
- Super grow-fast fertilizer
Tasks
- Harvest a homegrown pumpkin
Harvest the pumpkin from the Another Useless Tourist errand. - Deliver a pumpkin to Agnes Crumplebottom
Find Agnes and deliver the pumpkin to her. - Deliver a cross-stitch to Agnes Crumplebottom
Make a cross-stitch hoop and deliver it to Agnes. - Deliver another cross-stitch to Agnes Crumplebottom
Repeat the previous step, she really likes your hoops. - Deliver llama wool of a specific color to Agnes Crumplebottom
Get a llama and shear them for their wool. Give them special animal treats before shearing to change the wool color. - Deliver a jar of mayonnaise to Agnes Crumplebottom
Reach cooking skill level 3 prepare your own jar of mayonnaise. Use the canning ability to get the job done. - Do I gnome you?
“Oh, what’s this? A fresh face? Always lovely to see someone new around the village. Can you be a dear and help me out with some things? I’ve heard that there’s some juicy gossip around but I’ve only got two ears. Can you find a gnome who knows some things, and some Sims who don’t know what they’re missing?”
Errands for Agatha Crumplebottom
The first round of errands for Agatha
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- Decorative gnome
- Oversized crop seeds
Tasks
- Talk to a gnome
Click on any gnome statue and select the Talk to interaction. - Report gnome gossip to Agatha Crumplebottom
Walk up to Agatha and use the Report Gnome Gossip social interaction. - Deliver a dessert to Agatha Crumplebottom
Prepare a homemade dessert or buy one and bring it to Agatha. - Find two single Sims
Walk up to random Sims and ask them if they’re single. - Report on single Sims to Agatha Crumplebottom
Return to Agatha and use the Report on Single Sims interaction.
The second round of errands for Agatha
Agatha has some extra matchmaking tasks for you.
Rewards
- 300 Simoleons
- Decorative gnome
- Flirty potion
- Super vitality fertilizer
Tasks
- Offer Roses to 2 Single Sims
Find two single Sims and give them the roses. - Encourage one Sim who received a rose to flirt with the other Sim
Click on one of the Sims and encourage them to flirt with each other. - Buy Extra Seeds from Agatha Crumplebottom
Click on Agatha and use the Buy Extra Seeds interaction. - Sell 3 harvestable seeds to other Sims
Use the Sell Seeds To interaction to sell the seeds you just bought from Agatha to other Sims. - Buy Extra Plants from Agatha Crumplebottom
Buy another batch of seeds to sell. - Sell 4 harvestables to other Sims
Click on random Sims and sell them the crops. - Celebrate with Agatha Crumplebottom
Celebrate selling a few crops and playing matchmaker with a few strangers. - Too busy
“It’s lovely to see a new face around these parts, but I’m just too busy right now to make a proper introduction of myself. If you have got the time and mind to be a help, would you be a dear and grab some of those grocery orders?”
Errands for Kim Goldbloom
Rewards
Tasks
- Collect 4 grocery orders
Use the Collect Grocery Order interaction, and ask other Sims if they need groceries. - Relay grocery orders to the grocery owner
Go back to Kim and tell her more about the grocery orders you got from other Sims. - Deliver a dozen white eggs to the grocery owner
Collect 12 white eggs from your hens and give them to her. - Deliver single serving of food to Kim Goldbloom
Cook a single serving of any type of meal or buy a meal at the bar. - Deliver rose to the creature keeper
The creature keeper lives in the Bramblewoods neighborhood. - Give Creature Keeper’s regards to grocery shop owner
Michael Bell will give you a few mushrooms after you give him the rose. Go back to Kim, and give her the regards of the creature keeper. Keep the mushrooms, you’ll need them later. - Signature drink
“My pub’s been rather successful, but I’m always looking for the next big thing. I think I have a lead on a new and exciting drink we could offer here – and only here! But running the pub keeps me busy and I could use a little help. What do you think? Would you like to help make some mixology magic happen?“
Errands for Sara Scott
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- Drink recipe
- Some cooking ingredients
- Freshly prepared meal
Tasks
- Deliver a blueberry, a raspberry, and a chocoberry to the pub owner
To learn where you can find berries, see Cottage Living: Where to find blueberries and raspberries. - Order and drink a Bagley Berry Fizz sampler
- Deliver a charming mushroom and a verdant mushroom to the pub owner
Get the mushrooms and give them to Sara. - Order and drink a Verdant and Funk sampler
- Tell the pub owner which drink to serve
Pick your favorite drink and enjoy it. - Mushroom madness
“Do you like mushrooms? I love them! There are some really good ones out in these woods and I could use some help foraging them. You seem like a lover of the natural world that surrounds us. Why don’t you stick around and I can show you some of what I know?”
Errands for Michael Bell
Rewards
- 175 Simoleons
- An assortment of produce
- Flowers
- Mushrooms
- Fertilizer
- Piece of animal clothing that you can use to dress up your animals.
Tasks
- Deliver 3 chocoberries to the creature keeper
Buy chocoberries at the garden and grocery shop market stalls and give them to the creature keeper. - Deliver 6 spicy mushrooms to the creature keeper
Forage around the Bramblewoods, and harvest the mushrooms. - Eat mushroom mash
Your Sim will get a Dazed buff for the next 4 hours after eating the mash. - Talk to a flock of birds while mashed
Search for a dead tree with small birds around it, and use the Talk to (and Really Listen) interaction. - Admit hearing the birds to the creature keeper
Are you ready for more errands? Each NPC has many extra repeatable errands they need help with.
Good luck exploring those errands!
Enjoy the countryside life!
Last updated in August 2022.