To gather all the tarot cards in The Sims 4: Life and Death, you’ll need to tackle a variety of tasks, or you can simply choose to buy them. While your Sim can easily access a basic tarot deck, you also have the option to create the Lady Ravendancer Tarot Deck, which features 26 unique cards. This special deck allows you to not only conduct readings like the basic deck but also perform exclusive actions, such as summoning Lady Ravendancer Goth herself.
Creating this deck entails completing a series of specific tasks. Some tasks may be repeated for multiple cards, increasing your chances of collecting different ones. Other tasks might require you to complete several steps before receiving a tarot card as a reward. Fortunately, we’ve put together a straightforward guide to help you build your tarot card deck in The Sims 4: Life and Death.
Collecting tarot cards is just one of the exciting new activities in Life and Death, alongside tasks such as learning how to write a will or discovering the secrets of the Guardian Tree.
How to Get Tarot Cards in The Sims 4
To acquire a basic tarot deck, just go to Buy Mode and purchase it under the Activities and Skills tab, where you’ll find Bibbity-Basic’s Tarot Deck. Alternatively, you can search for it directly.
To obtain the special Lady Ravendancer Tarot Deck, you’ll need to complete various tasks, as detailed below. You can also buy this tarot deck for 8,000 points in the Rewards Store, but why not enjoy the game instead?
Collecting All 26 Tarot Cards in Life and Death
Your journey begins by locating a Tarot Tome, an ornate book on a pedestal. These tomes can be found in all neighborhoods within Ravenwood. Select a Tarot Tome and choose the "What’s This?" option to initiate your tarot card journey and learn about the Order of Lenore.
The Order of Lenore consists of four characters: Ekade Aether, known as the Widowed Father; Esther Gomes, the Ghost Host; Zelmira Gomes, who is Death Obsessed; and Nyon Specter, the Grim Enthusiast. Each member has two favors you must complete to collect two unique tarot cards. Keep in mind that your Sim can only manage two favors at any given time.
While the initial tasks are relatively straightforward, the favors from the Order of Lenore can become more complex. Here’s a summary of all 26 tarot cards in The Sims 4: Life and Death and how to collect them:
- High Spellcaster: Automatically received at the start of your collection.
- Cups: Explore any crypt in Ravenwood (may require several attempts).
- Coins: Same as above.
- Wands: Same as above.
- Swords: Same as above.
- Star: Use intuition at the Guardian Tree in Mourningvale.
- Justice: Same as above.
- The Empress: Use intuition at the Baleful Bog in Mourningvale.
- Evil: Use intuition at the Well of Longing and Regret (may take a few attempts).
- Tower: Same as above.
- Wheel of Fortune: Use intuition at Edith’s grave, located south of the Well of Longing and Regret. Alternatively, use intuition on Specter graves in the center of Crow’s Crossing.
- Suspension: Same as Wheel of Fortune.
- Hermit: Purchase from the Mysterious Merchant, Waylon Warez, for 200 Simoleons. If he’s out of stock, check back later.
- Chariot: Same as above.
- The World: Interact with a crow, either one on a perch in Crow’s Crossing or by purchasing the Grim Standard Ascendant Crow in Build Mode.
- Temperance: Seek catharsis from a Specter at the playground in Crow’s Crossing. Your Sim should be in a bad mood for this to work.
- The Moon: Dig in a dirt patch at the Moon Revelry Festival, which runs from 7:20 PM to 11:20 PM daily in Whispering Glen.
- The Advocate: Speak to Nyon Specter, the Grim Enthusiast, and assist with favors. For this task, read the epitaphs of the entire Specter family in Crow’s Crossing. Purchase four souls from Waylon Warez and report back to Nyon.
-
The Fool: Another assignment from Nyon that involves the Grim Reaper. You can find him at work by joining the Life and Death Reaper career or in Mourningvale. Speak to him and deliver a gnome from Nyon, then report back.
- The Lovers: Converse with Ekade Aether in Whispering Glen or at the Moon Revelry Festival and complete the Unfinished Boo-siness favor. Attend Afterlife Anonymous and discuss unfinished business with three ghosts. This happens on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6 PM to 11 PM or on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 AM to 4 PM in Mourningvale, then report back to Ekade.
- The Emperor: Finish the Small Things favor for Ekade by finding frogs in a fountain during the Ravenwood Family Day event held in Crow’s Crossing every Saturday from 12 PM to 8 PM. After that, purchase any toy in Buy Mode, place it in your Sim’s inventory, and give it to Ekade.
- Judgment: Visit Esther Gomes, the Ghost Host, in Mourningvale. She can also be found during the Afterlife Anonymous event. To complete the Cake Baked Lies favor for her, check on Percival The Patient, a ghost plant in Mourningvale. Feed it, go home, bake a cake, take a slice, and then deliver the slice to Esther.
- Strength: For Esther’s Essence-Tials favor, acquire Ghost Essence from Waylon Warez. If your Sim is developing their Ghost Mastery skill, they can also earn essence through good or bad actions. Report back to Esther once you have it.
- The Magician: Visit Zelmira Gomes, the Death Obsessed niece of Esther, who can be found in Whispering Glen or at the Thinned Festiveil at the tarot booth on Wednesdays between 10 AM and 6 PM. Complete her Petal For Your Thoughts favor by reading a Thanatology book and acquiring a Death Flower by purchasing a Starter Flower Seeds pack and opening it in a graveyard. Return to Zelmira with the flower.
- The Sun: Help Zelmira with her We All Fall Down favor. Speak to a ghost, visit a graveyard for a memorial display, take a photo, and report back to Zelmira.
- Death: The final card is earned only after collecting the previous 25. Select the pack in your inventory and summon Grim. He will arrive and present you with the Death card.
Where to View Tarot Cards
To check your tarot card collection, simply go to your Sim’s inventory. Click on the diamond icon in the top right corner to access your Household Collections, where you can view all your tarot cards and summon Grim for the last card.
Lady Ravendancer Tarot Deck Rewards
Once you’ve obtained Lady Ravendancer’s tarot deck, you’ll gain access to an additional interaction not found with the basic deck. From the interaction menu, select Meditative Divination to unlock the following abilities that will enhance your Sim’s mood:
- Affirmation Healing
- Divine Slumber
- Summon Lady Ravendancer Goth
How to Perform a Tarot Reading in Life and Death
First, make sure your Sim has a tarot deck in their inventory. Then, select a Sim, and you will see options to “Draw Daily Reading” or "Draw Nightly Reading" depending on the time of day. You can charge your fellow Sim 30 Simoleons for this, or you can choose to do it for free.
If you’re looking for more game recommendations, check out our list of 10 games similar to The Sims 4.