The Sims 4 Horse Ranch expansion pack added quite a lot of animal gameplay. Some of the features added with this pack are compatible with base game elements that have been around since the game was first launched back in 2014.
Manure is exclusive to the Horse Ranch expansion pack since players can only obtain it from horses, but players can use it to complement one of the most popular skills in the game. This guide will explain everything players need to know about manure in The Sims 4, including how to obtain it and all of its uses.
How to Get Manure
Horses will leave behind piles of manure around their home lots as they go about their daily lives. To collect manure, players can either select it and have a Sim add it to their inventory, or they can also drag it directly onto their Sim's inventory with the cursor.
Players that have hired a Ranch Hand can order them to collect manure, and they will store it in the Sim's household inventory.
Manure will appear on the lot quite frequently, but gamers that want to collect more of it will have to get more horses so it spawns more often.
How to Use Manure
Players don't have to make an effort to get manure since horses leave them around pretty regularly, and they don't have to spend any money to acquire it either. So, anything that comes from it is just easy profit for the household - this is why it's a great money-making strategy as well as a natural fertilizer.
There are three manure qualities: poor, normal, and outstanding. The quality of the manure influences its price value as well as its usefulness as a fertilizer. Normal quality horse manure is the one that gamers will be collecting more regularly. Poor quality horse manure will only appear when the horse is in a negative mood, and outstanding quality horse manure will appear when horses are in a very good mood, but it is quite rare.
Selling Manure
The higher the quality of the manure, the higher its price will be. Normal quality horse manure is worth 15 Simoleons, while outstanding quality manure will sell for 20 Simoleons, and poor quality manure is only worth 10 Simoleons.
Manure As a Fertilizer
Sims that own horses might want to keep their manure in order to fertilize their garden. According to the in-game notebook, poor quality manure is not recommended to use as a fertilizer, but normal quality manure is recommended and outstanding quality manure is very recommended.
Once the player uses the horse manure fertilizer, they will notice that normal and outstanding manure will immediately significantly improve the quality of the plant. However, the plant fertilized with outstanding manure will be ready to be evolved first.
The Sims 4 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
