There are many strange and unique plants you can grow in The Sims 4. Some of them are very rare, though, which means you may not have had the chance to experience them yet. Magic Beans are one such plant, as they're incredibly tough to obtain.
If you can collect them all, Magic Beans can bestow a special life state upon your Sim. There's a lot of work you need to get done before this happens, though, so here's how to get Magic Beans in The Sims 4.
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How to find Magic Beans in The Sims 4
To get Magic Beans, you need to have your Sim reach level 10 of the Gardening skill and purchase Rare Seed Packets. Magic Beans aren't a guaranteed drop from these packets, but there are several of them, which means you have a decent chance of acquiring one every time you open one.
Since there's no way to ensure you obtain one of these beans or a means to determine which one you get, collecting all of the available ones can be quite a tricky process. You do need all of the available Magic Beans to actually use them, though, so it's a quest you must complete if you're hoping to see what happens when you use them.
If you want to bypass honing the Gardening skill to the maximum level, you can also cheat to automatically acquire the Magic Beans you need. To do so, you need to:
- Enable cheats in The Sims 4.
- Type and enter "testing cheats on."
- Type and enter "bb.showhiddenobjects."
- Type and enter "bb.showliveeditobjects."
- Search for "Magic Bean" in Build/Buy mode to find all of the available beans.
- Purchase all six Magic Beans or only the ones you're missing.
All Magic Beans in The Sims 4
There are six unique Magic Beans you can collect in The Sims 4. All six are required if you want to activate their untapped powers and gain access to a special life state. Here are all of the beans you can find.
- Angry Magic Bean (Red)
- Confident Magic Bean (Light blue)
- Flirty Magic Bean (Pink)
- Playful Magic Bean (Purple)
- Sad Magic Bean (Dark blue)
- Uncomfortable Magic Bean (Orange)
There's a chance you may find any of these six beans anytime you open a Rare Seed Packet. Other crops you may acquire when opening one instead of a Magic Bean include Cowplant Berry, Dragon Fruit, Death Flower, Growfruit, Orchid, Pomegranate, Bird of Paradise, and Wolfsbane.
How to use Magic Beans in The Sims 4
To use Magic Beans, purchase a Magic PlantSim Stump from Build/Buy mode, then click on it to place each one inside. After this, water the tree and wait for it to grow. Unlike most other plants, this tree grows almost right away after you tend to it for the first time. Once the tree has grown, you can send your Sim inside by selecting the "Explore the Mystical Magic Bean Portal" option.
What do Magic Beans do in The Sims 4?
The Magic Beans grow into a special tree portal your Sim can explore to find the Forbidden Fruit of the PlantSim. Consuming this item temporarily turns your Sim into a PlantSim for a couple of days. This is a temporary occult state that only lasts for about five days, not a permanent one, so if you don't enjoy being one, it will quickly wear off.
Magic Beans have no additional purpose beyond this, so they're not all that useful unless you're trying to become one. They do sometimes pop up in special event missions, though, as is the case with the week four Nature’s Calling event quests.
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