If you’re a Sims player with a green thumb, then you might have asked yourself how to get a Cowplant in The Sims 4. Well, luckily you don’t have to ask yourself that for much longer, as we will be showing you exactly how to do that. And before too long, you will have plenty of these deadly, yet enduring plants to call your own.
The Laganaphyllis Simnovorii, also known as the Cowplant, is a plant that resembles a cross between a domesticated horned cattle and a Venus flytrap in real life. It can eat an entire Sim for dinner, only consumes meat, and has a cake that protrudes from its mouth when it becomes famished.
If this information hasn’t scared you off and you want to grow a few of these in your garden then let’s jump right into the details.
Ways to Get Cowplant Berries
The rare Cowplant Berry sprouts a Cowplant and is currently the only way to grow Cowplants around your home. There are several ways to obtain a Cowplant Berry in the game if you haven’t already. And below we’ve outlined the different ways you can get these rare Cowplant berries,
Cutting and Grafting to Sprout Cowplant Berries in The Sims 4
Cutting and grafting are Gardening skills that allow you to combine two plants to create a new species. These abilities become available after your Sim’s Gardening skill is upgraded to level 5.
Now you’ll be ready to graft your own Cowplant Berry. First, take a cutting from a Strawberry bush and a Snapdragon plant. Next, graft a Snapdragon piece onto the Strawberry to create a Dragon Fruit plant. Finally, graft another Snapdragon piece onto the Dragonfruit to create a Cowplant berry.
Ordering Cowplant Berry Seeds in The Sims 4
When your Sim reaches the highest Gardening skill level, you can buy rare seed packets by clicking on a garden and selecting the action bubble “purchase seeds,” or you can order them online using a computer.
Fishing for Cowplant Berries in The Sims 4
The best fishing location for catching a Cowplant berry is the Desert Bloom park in Oasis Spring. Magnolia Promenade is another great place to catch Cowplant berries in The Sims 4: Get to Work Expansion pack.
Digging for Treasure in The Sims 4
To begin digging for treasure, look for areas that resemble tilled soil or rocks with protruding crystals throughout your Sim’s neighborhood. If you’re lucky, you might come across a rare Cowplant berry. You can also do this while digging for other treasures to make your time more worthwhile.
Exploring Space to Find Cowplant Berries in The Sims 4
It may take some time for you to obtain a Cowplant berry using this method. This is because becoming an Astronaut is one of the most difficult goals to achieve. However, if you already have a Sim with an Astronaut career, you can try your luck finding a Cowplant berry by sending them on space exploration missions.
Completing the Trials of the Green Man scenario may or may not result in the acquisition of a Cowplant Berry. The chances of getting a Cowplant Berry by Space Exploration are random, just like fishing and digging for treasure.
How to Plant and Look After a Cowplant
Now that you know how to get the Cowplant Berries, you can begin planting them in your garden. For help on planting, check out our full guide on how to plant seeds in The Sims 4. This carnivorous plant can be planted anywhere in your garden, and it, like any other plant or pet, requires constant and careful attention.
The Cowplant will swallow your Sim if they get caught while the Cowplant is hungry. But if they escape, they can milk the Cowplant for moodlet milk. This beverage reflects how your Sim was feeling at the time they were swallowed. For a sim in a “Playful” mood, the plant will give the Essence of Playfulness and so on.
The Sim who was spat out will experience a Drained moodlet for two days. The effect can be removed by drinking that moodlet drink. It’s best to do so as soon as possible because getting caught by a plant with a Drained moodlet will likely result in death. In this case, another Sim can milk the plant to get the beverage from it.
Children, thankfully, will not be eaten by a Cowplant. To be safe, you can surround the Carnivorous plant with fences or simply feed it so it doesn’t go hungry. If you do not feed a Cowplant for several hours, it will die and turn into a Skeleton Cowplant.
And lastly, don’t forget you can name your new adorable and carnivorous plant, and have fun planting as many of them you as like now that you know how to get a Cowplant in The Sims 4. After that, you can do even more gardening:
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