This looks so familiar, and I pondered why for a solid ten minutes.
I mean, I certainly don’t have personal experience with prehistoric sleeping conditions. And I’ve never seen anything else like this in the game before.
And then it hit me: this is just like the sleeping bags in Skyrim!
Just thought I’d point that out for my fellow multi-fandom gamer nerds.
The prehistoric era obviously goes a lot farther back, but it’s not unreasonable to think a furry animal hide made a good bed before mattresses.
This one sure does look fuzzy and soft – the texture is fantastic!
Frankly, it’s a step up from some of the cheap beds we already have. So who could complain?
Given the choice between this and that air mattress from Outdoor Retreat… a furry mat seems more comfy.
The best part is that it’s functional, so you won’t have to do any kind of complicated maneuvering to get your Sim to pass out in just the right spot – this is an actual bed.
They can sit and sleep on it the same way as any of the others.
There are whole jobs focused on finding, digging up, and preserving what our prehistoric ancestors left behind.
Artifacts didn’t always start out as artifacts, though.
At one point, they were just tools, same as we have. Maybe a few thousand years from now somebody will discover a T-fal skillet and hang that in a museum.
That’ll be as crazy to them then as cooking with clay pots is to us now.
Trippy stuff, man.
With this set, you’ll have plenty of other items to make your caveman home or camp, whichever the case may be, look a lot less bare.
There are hanging pots as well as a decorative pot you can set anywhere, plus a clay jug, and even a mortar & pestle.
Everything comes with a variety of really fun and appropriate swatches, even a Zelda one!
Somehow it fits right in with the prehistoric stuff.
If you plan to do any long-term playing or storytelling, your Sims will definitely need more than just a campsite – even if that feels the most authentic.
It may take a bit of work, but you could build a convincing cave-like structure, which will be made easier with natural wall coverings like these.
There are six fantastic swatches of different rocky textures here.
Some are smooth and worn, like they were washed out by water millions of years ago, and some look rough and are just asking for carvings and paintings.
Okay, there’s a lot to get into here, but first we have to talk about those baby cradles! OMG!
It’s too adorable, my heart can’t take it.
Sims 4 babies aren’t always fun to have in the household, but they are always cute.
Putting them in a stone age cradle is just next level.
And yes, in case you’re wondering, they’re functional!
Both the tree and stone cradles can be used just like the base game bassinet – which would look terribly out of place in prehistoric times – you just need a mod, which this creator handily links you to.
Next, there’s a tree that your Sim kids can use like monkey bars! Little Tarzans can build their motor skills that way.
And lastly, the kiddos can also play with twigs and sticks, just like the good ol’ days.
There’s a stone toy as well as a new pile of… stuff that functions as a dollhouse.
It comes in 6 swatches, including plenty of dirt and sand mounds.
Little cave babies weren’t wearing tiny Levi jeans and sneakers like today.
They got fur.
Just like the grown-ups.
These defaults will replace the gendered onesies babies currently wear – boys and girls alike will have a furry onesie.
Or if you’d like your cave family to be au naturel, there is a “no fur” option as well. Which I’m presuming will leave your Sim’s baby as naked as the day they were born… also known as one to three days ago.
You can’t really be a caveman without a cave, now can you?
I mean, it’s really just a catch-all term for prehistoric people, but you’ve got to utilize a cave at least sometimes.
This is another amazing and functional object courtesy of Historical Sims Life, who also made the above Rock Shelter and Sleeping Underlay, amongst other things.
If this structure looks familiar, you’re not crazy, it has been around.
It’s originally from The Sims 3, then was converted for use in The Sims 2, and now it’s available for the current installment.
Who knew caves would be so sought after?
But the best part is that this works just like a tent!
So your Sim can actually sleep and chill in a cave, as any prehistoric Sim should.
There are several different textures and colors for you to choose from, so heck, make a whole camp if you want.
A lean-to, something that’s mostly just part of survival knowledge today, was an everyday thing millions of years ago.
And it’s exactly what it sounds like: a shady, sheltered place to lean into while you rest from a hard day of hunting and fishing and all of that other caveman stuff.
And like many other items on this list, it incorporates fur.
But the creator didn’t just throw any animal print on there. She actually put thought into this!
There are 4 swatches geared towards a warmer climate, and 5 for northern climates.
This is some awesome attention to detail, and really makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Oasis Springs would probably be more suited for big cat prints, while wolf and bear prints seem more appropriate for Brindleton Bay.
Of course, you’re welcome to just choose whichever swatch you think is nicest, too.
When you spend your life living totally off the land and doing everything by hand, and getting in fights along the way, your body is bound to start telling the story.
These scars will depict your Sim’s hard living perfectly.
They come as a tattoo and will load up a Sim’s torso with some rough, gnarly reminders of their battles.
Even though the creator made them with a shark fight in mind for their own personal play, these will still work for plenty of other scenarios you could apply to your Sim… with a little imagination.
Maybe your Sim tangled with a bear before turning its pelt into a lean-to, or perhaps they did indeed get attacked by a shark.
They could’ve just tripped and fell down a hill, too.
But that’s probably not the story they would tell people.
With this two-for-one set, you’ll get the last items you’ll need that have not been listed yet:
Huts and dinosaur bones.
Now I know humans and dinosaurs never walked the earth at the same time, and whether or not that’s implied here is up to you.
But it’s sure fun to think about, isn’t it?
I wish there were dinosaurs around right now.
And either way, It’ll still be fun to have some signs of our favorite giant reptiles in The Sims, and it’ll definitely add a more wild & rugged appearance to the terrain.
There’s also a new hut, with a sort of patchwork exterior and tusk entryway, that comes in 8 variations.
