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How To Break & Repair a Broken Object in The Sims 4 Blast From the Past Event

Author : Caleb Feb 27,2025

The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event offers numerous rewards, but acquiring them presents challenges. One particularly tricky task involves breaking and repairing an object. This guide explains how.

The Ambassador toilet, shown as an example of a breakable object for the Sims 4 Blast from the Past event.

Week 2's challenge requires raising your Sim's Handiness skill to level 2 or higher and then repairing a broken object. The difficulty lies in identifying a broken item. Instead of searching, intentionally break something. While the "prank" interaction works, it requires a specific Sim trait. A simpler method is to repeatedly use an item until it breaks.

The Ambassador toilet is an inexpensive option. Using it approximately a dozen times will cause it to malfunction, thus fulfilling the "broken object" requirement. This can be done by your Sim or invited guests.

Repairing the broken object is straightforward. With Handiness at level 2 or above, select the "Repair" interaction on the broken item. After a short time, the repair is complete, resolving the Blast from the Past challenge.

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Complete List of Sims 4 Blast from the Past Week 2 Challenges:

Echoes of Time Quests:

  • Read the History of Time Travel at a Library
  • Experience the Past by Playing The Sims Archives vol. 2
  • Study a Historical Display at a Museum
  • Ask an Elder about the Shard
  • Research Shards of Time
  • Search Objects for Shards of Time (3)
  • Show Emit the Shards of Time

Inventing the Past Quests:

  • Read Theoretical Electronics at a Library
  • Collect Platinum
  • Collect Ironyum
  • Repair Something while Handiness Level 2 or Higher
  • Exercise Your Mind while Level 2 or Higher in Logic
  • Obtain an Electronic Upgrade Part
  • Build the Time Travel Component

This concludes the guide on breaking and repairing objects in The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event.

The Sims 4 is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

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