Your Sims can die from using the Research Machine at the University. To cause Death by Research Machine, have your Sim use the machine for a long period of time and contribute their own knowledge to it.
Contributing too much knowledge to the Research Machine can get your Sims killed.
Before that happens, your Sim will get Dazed. This moodlet indicates your Sim’s brain is getting overloaded.
Death by Research Machine occurs due to extreme mental draining. The machine scans your Sim’s brain to extract knowledge draining all the energy in the process.
If you read the object description for the Research Machine, you’ll notice there’s a note that warns about the possibility of experiencing premature death.
In other words, the game clearly warns you about the possibility of getting your Sims killed when using the Research Machine.
How to prevent Death by Research Machine
If you want to avoid Death by Research Machine in The Sims 4, cancel all the queued interactions with the machine. Stop any intellectual endeavors until the Dazed moodlet disappears.
If you continue using the machine, your Sim’s fate is sealed.
Well, if you’re curious to watch how this machine drains the life out of your Sim’s brain and body, here’s where you can find it.
Where can I find the Research Machine in The Sims 4?
You can find the Research Machine at the Laurel Library in Gibbs Hill.
If your Sim is studying at the Foxbury Institute, you can find a Research Machine in the commons on the second floor with all the other computers.
If your Sim is studying at the University of Britechester, you can use the Research Machines located at Darby’s Den.
How to use the Research Machine
You can use the Research Machine to level up your Sim’s Research and Debate skill and study for classes.
After reaching Level 6 of the Research and Debate skill, your Sims can contribute their own knowledge to the research machine.
As stated above, this is a potentially deadly activity.
Learn more about Sim Deaths
If watching your Sims die due to extreme mental draining doesn’t appeal to you, you can trigger death by starvation, electrocution, overexertion, meteorite, fire, Pufferfish, Cowplant, or drowning.
Other potentially deadly activities include drinking Beetle Juice, sniffing a Death Flower bouquet, rock climbing, relaxing in the sauna, using a vending machine, opening a Murphy Bed, or making a wish at the Wishing Well.
If you have Seasons, Sims can freeze to death, get heatstroke, or get struck by lightning.
The Sims 4 universe is full of angry flies, poisonous bugs, pets infected with Rabid Rodent Fever, and revengeful Mother Plants.
By the way, spellcasters can die of Magic Overload and vampires can burn to a crisp from sun exposure.
Emotional deaths such as Death by Anger, Laughter, and Embarrassment are also interesting options although they require a lot of work to trigger.
If your Sims live in the countryside, angry rabbits and chickens can attack and kill them.
If you want to get rid of teenagers, you’ve got two options: Death by Stink Capsule or Urban Myth.
Well, if your Sims have managed to escape all these dangers, they can’t escape Old Age.
Or maybe they can if you disable this feature.
Happy Simming!