You can buy kelp for 500 satisfaction in the rewards store. I had not even looked at the rewards list when I made this. I go through the content pretty methodically but should've checked. I go over the kelp, returning to normal, and the mermaid's powers in the mermaids guide I uploaded yesterday.

Never in my life have I realized Carl from Carl’s Sims Guide is a real person. Hello Carl.

Wish we had gotten a secret world instead of a rabbit hole. :/

You can make a mermaid vampire hybrid. I made a mermaid and vampire try for baby and when the boy turned into a teen he had the vampire thirst and energy bar with the mermaid hydration and tail! Super cool

a dolphin fetched me a death flower before. gotta love dolphins

Surfing is one feature I would have loved to see in this EP. Imagine watching your sims surfing on the waves. That would be so cool.

A very small but funny detail i've noticed is when your Mermaid-sim has a cat (idk for dogs yet?) they sometimes sniff at your sim when they are asleep and pop a fish speech bubble.

I love how the sims can fit an entire jetski in their inventory 😂

Carl has the best Sims4 video format there is. Concise, informative, hype-free, and without the neurotic social media style foolishness. And his website is a treasure trove of information.

I have used this guy's sims guide for years and it is always by far hands down the best guides I have ever come across. Thank You for all your hard work.

I miss the openness of sims 3. I feel like sims 4 is too constricted even with the cool changes you had more to do in the 3 dlcs

I just got this and my 2 hour play session felt like 5 minutes. It is extremely fun. Talking about fishing spots now actually *do* something... Will try to get that kelp again, but not now: it is scary how quickly the time passed playing this new expansion!

As a British person, the American pronunciation of 'buoy' triggers me greatly.

I thought I was gonna learn a lot of new things about Island Living, but the only thing I didn’t already know was that Sulani has a health system. That’s interesting to know.

I had no idea the little green leaf hearts were related to Sulani's health system, thanks for this!

I love the new fishing overhaul in Island Living! Especially the fish traps. My little outdoor loving Sim child goes all over the islands setting fish traps, he’s always happy!

My sims wouldn’t have survived without your career guides and such. Thank you for them all your other amazing information!

Whenever i need information straight to the point, i look for Carl. His blog is perfect. Thanks buddy

I'd like to learn more about the different types of festival events and the special interactions for the new part time jobs.

Mermaids cant snorkel. So of you go into the marine biology tree of the conservation career you have to go to the deep buoys and survey the ocean floor to get your daily task done. Took me too long to figure out >.

I did NOT know you had a yt. Thanks for your hard work!!!

Oh, hey Carl! I never realised you had a KZfaq channel, I've followed your blogs for many years. You were a godsend when I was trying to figure out the sims medieval.

If your sim has the child of the ocean trait, you can call a dolphin from wherever you in the water. Also that trait makes it so your sim feels tense or uncomfortable from eating fish or catching fish. So do not get the child of the ocean trait if you want your sim to eat or catch fish without them feeling bad about it.

Yes unfortunately you do need seasons to do the weather powers with the mermaids. I found that out as I don't have the seasons pack yet.

Hey I use your site all the time for sims cheats! I didn’t know you had a KZfaq channel. Great work!

Thank you so much for your guides, they’re so helpful! I’m a new player for this sims, I played years ago but things are new and different now. I really appreciate your help!

One day sims should make it so the fans can make a whole new expansion pack

Yes!! Thank you. This makes me think I need to go back and review all of your text writings again.

Great video. I love how concise your videos are. Keep up the great work!

get this somewhat to the top!!! you can see what's going on during scuba diving! once your sim is underwater scuba diving, click (shift + tab) , which is first person mode. to exit click the same keys as above

There's a treasure chest in the shipwreck lot that says something about diving to get the key, would you be able to a guide on that?

Awesome, as always! I enjoy getting my notifications. Just downloaded this pack. Can't wait to play and watch your videos.

Ah, I'd never seen anything about the island conservation or the new career, thank you for covering it!

Your videos are insanely informative l, love your style. I always come here when I get stuck or confused. Good thing I checked my subscriptions because I had no idea you uploaded ! 💚

Carl?! Never knew about your KZfaq but love your website and have been a frequent visitor there for years! Thanks for all your hard work over the years.

I enjoy reading the guide you have on your site (came in handy more then once) and now need to keep an eye out for the videos. One thing I did miss was the new hidden place to explore (that my sim will be heading to 😋). Ty for the extra info

Very helpful since I didn't know some of that. Like how the fish traps work, where to snorkel, and where to find the dolphins. And I also hope they fix that with the clear floor. Since I am going to use that for my outdoor seafood restaurant I am making. And it really doesn't look right with the stilt foundation. So thanks for the information.

thanks the tip about vacation home is fantastic was struggling but now i know

been waiting for this all day long :D

Thanks for the video! This will be helpful for when I finally get the expansion :D

Carl, you have saved my sims life i with your guides, omg.

Haven't bought the pack yet & this is already useful to know thank you

Hi Carl! Thanks for the video!

The clothing thing is now available in the base game.

For the price of the pack, they should have included an underwater world that you can go into. Better yet, make a place underwater unique to mermaids somehow. I bought island living and mermaids dont really have a lot of abilities besides looking pretty. Would be nice if they included some other features. Also, there are still some glitches in game, for ex: mermaid swims like a human at times, sims transport to different areas of my lot (I dont use cheats so its a glitch), and issues with parties in-game. Plus, there isn't a lot of public lots you can go to. They have two beaches and one bar. You can't even go to any of the beaches for a date at any time. That only leaves the bar, which isn't the most fun. It's a beautiful pack but they could have included so much more.

Thanks, Carl. You're a legend x

Thank you for sharing! It's great to get more info about the back other than info about mermaids!

You had my sub at the third "Things" 😂😂😂

3:17 I'm just checking my fish traps, with a giant smoldering lava boulder in the background. It's all good

Amazing as always

The only big mistakefor this pack, was not allow people who buy it. To use rest of beaches around sims worlds to swim.

You can use 500 satisfaction points to buy mermaid kelp also, I found out last night while testing some things. Great video as always!

Very helpful! Thanks!!!

When you snorkel, you can see under water! Just use the 1st person feature!! :)

Why nobody talks about the paintig next to the cave. When you explore the cave it becomes more complete.

Love your video maybe one on what styles available for each age and gender. What I am mainly looking forward to when this game downloads on my ps4 is the hairstyles for kids. Children finally get a mohawk haircut.

Salani is my favorite place to live on the sims. I love the water.

Great video!

there is a mural next to the cave. You can complete the mural by visiting the cave very frequently!

I see a lot of people complaining about this expantion, and yes, it could have bin better.. But I'm just so exited about all the stuff in this! I Really like it!

I miss houseboats sooo much. That was my favorite part of island paradise

When I bought sims 4 for my Xbox, island living came with the game and surprisingly it’s probably the pack I’ve messed around with the least on my Xbox (those beach combers are safe for now)

I look forward to your fising update. From my own limited gameplay, it seems to be more like TS3 fishing mechanics with the bait.

My favorite thing about sulani is the hidden trait sulani mana and it basically allows you to super speed up the evaluation of the plants. Not to mention you can also summon volcanic bombs which is the same animation the volcano lot trait. Disclosure the trait is also only accessible via birthed sims vrs created sims. Your sim has to give a in game birth not a cas born. This trait is super helpful and amazing. To also get this you have to have the spirits visit your home and you get the interactions high enough to add them to the family then use some cheeky cheats and make them human and have the woohoo for a baby and the legacy will begin. Your sims will have the elemental heritage trait sulani mana

You can also buy mermaids kelp with wims points (I think it’s 500)

It's so refreshing to hear a normal human being talk about a game instead of an actor payed to hype the game and such.

thanks so much!

I love sims but get bored really easily but island living and jungle adventure have me hooked

Great video as always, but I the Dolphins have come up to the deck on my Sims's home in the 50x50 lot. Granted my Sim did not get very far in befriending the dolphin but it happened and my Sim has not been to a buoy yet. The dolphin came up when my Sims had swam back after retrieving a float that had moved well away from the lot. After reading he other comments, I am going to work harder on getting a friendship with the dolphins. Thanks for all of the great information you have provided on the Sims.

First time I used the stilts to build....I wondered why there were so many lol. Just downloaded this today

thanks for info, please upload more infooo

In the end of the video: hit the like button... Me: silly, I already hit the like button before of the start

you're such an uncle, i love it ♥

You can also buy mermaid kelp with your satisfaction points the same way you buy mood potions

I didnt even know you could do that to the island!!! Gutted you cant see them snorkel tooo

Hands down best simmer right here folks

I don't know if anyone has commented this yet because the video is 2 years old but you do need seasons to control the weather. I just bought Island Living and cannot control the weather. Thank you for the video :)

I already knew a few of these

I think sims who master one of the business career tracks get a trait called investor. Even if they leave the career they get money each week from “investing.” This along with the discounted build/buy aspiration reward trait is a great way to make money without having to really do anything.

Thanks for the tips -- it's good to know what to look out for to do certain things! And to get a head's up on what bugs are currently plaguing the game. Mermaids sound a little -- um -- fishy right now? :p (Still want to make some, of course, but yeah.)

You can get mermaidic kelp I’m you’re reward benefits too Also first person with shift tab & you can see it all

Oh mah gawd. In seasons they reworked gardening now with update before the Island Living they reworked fishing. My favourite skills. I am only waiting for a bit of rework for the handyness (I dont remember the actual name) and then I can die happy.

I found that cave last night within the first couple of minutes of playing, completely by accident, lol

But! How do i open up the other hidden cave on the island...? The one that is light up by the volcano it seems... does it have a connection to the picture on the right of the other cave? Mine is almost filled up but it takes ages...

I use your site for cheats. Never knew you had a channel wtf

Carl, do you know if there will be a fix on mermaid genetics and if so when? I don’t want to buy the pack until that’s being worked on

we should really be able to surf on island living

The doctor porfession gives you a trait when you reach max level

Kelp can also be bought with aspiration points

He sounds so much like fender from Futurama

This is Carl ?! I’m living rn I though that he was just a blog

If you complet the doctor career you get a trait that makes it harder to get sick

If you get the island health high enough you get sea turtles nearby. It’s cool. Your aspirations give rewards. Like for Botanist you get to be fire proof and put out fires with no harm to you ever. The careers do give rewards although they are a bit odd. A four poster bed from the artist one. Some odd stuff in the Sims 4. Really need a computer without Microsoft 10 to play Sims 3 again. I miss it.

The first thing i thought about when i seen the dolphins was that old dead COD meme "advanced fish ai though"

Is it possible to make a tutorial about photography skill and where I can find those stilts?

Hi Carl, I’m wondering if there’s likely to be a mission similar to StrangerVille with Island living. The reason being, I moved my sim into shipwreck cove and there was a treasure chest hiding behind the walls with no door access to it. I could have teleported to open the chest but I’d rather play the game if there is a mission involved for getting there. Have u figured anything like this out yet?

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I know this is old but you do need Seasons for the weather effect as a mermaid.

Clothing optional isn’t from island living btw😁

I came to see if you had a tip to turn my sim back to normal because I found the mermaid kelp I the cave and I ate nothing know before hand what it does but I found it on your website because I was going to quit without saving it. So thank you.