Have you ventured over to that enormous old estate in Ravenwood, the new world inThe Sims 4: Life & Death? There’s a creepy old well out back amid the trees, the Well of Longing and Regret, if your Sim is feeling brave enough to go check it out.
Just don’t mind Edith, the ghost child whose soul lingers near the well. She’s horrifying at first, but your Sim will need to befriend her if you’re pursuing the Alice’s Sorrow quest, since she’s the final child you’ll need to find. Befriending Edith can be pretty scary, but it’s not impossible!
Who Is Edith?
If you’ve begun theAlice’s Sorrow quest lineoverat the Guardian Treeby asking the mourning mother about her loss, then you’ve already been on the hunt tohelp Alice find out what happened to the children left behindwhen she died. Deimos was in a Crypt, Freddy’s at the playground, and Ann’s laid to rest in Whistling Glen, but where is the final child, Edith?
If you haven’t been over to theWell of Longing and Regretyet, then get ready to get scared, because you’ll find it just off the lot of theOld Ravenwood Estatein the Crow’s Crossing neighborhood of Ravenwood, the world added in the Life & Death expansion. You can see the well on the map before you head over, to help orient yourself.
When you go over to the well, though, you’ll notice aghost of a child Simthat lingers near the placewhere she drowned. This is Edith, the final of the four children you need to find for Alice, but completing her portion of the quest is no easy feat -Edith terrifies your Sim, and they’ll often run from her. You’ve even got the amusing option when interacting with Edith toNope!on out of that whole situation.
For the curious, you can find the grave of Edith Basu toward the bog near the Well of Longing and Regret - sometimes, she’ll even go hang out near it instead of the Well. Reading her epitaph describes her as a Playful child when the moon isn’t full, a “true moon child.”
But if you want to finish Alice’s Sorrow, you’ll need to be brave andcontinue trying to communicate with Edithuntil she seems receptive to your attempts. You do need to be delicate with her, however, because Edith can and will swing back toward being unwilling to communicate if you fail too many times in a row.
To befriend Edith, you’ll need to treat her like any other Sim,being kind to her in conversationsand gaining her trust. Your ultimate goal here is theMark of Edith, which you canask Edith for once you’ve befriended her. Not only does this give you better luck at the Well, but you’ll also be able to complete the Alice’s Sorrow quest at the Guardian Tree.
What Does The Well Of Longing And Regret Do?
Whether or not you’ve dealt with Edit, you canvisit the Well anytime to make a wish. This will always costone Simoleon, and you can ask the Well of Longing and Regret for a number of different things, which we’ve detailed below.
Just beware thatluck can go either way on the wishes you makeat the Well of Longing and Regret. As Edith explains when you ask her about the Well, it’ll either provide “a dream or a nightmare,” which means you’ll eitherget exactly what you wish for, which is denoted with ablue light from the Well, or theexact oppositeof what you asked for, indicated by ared light from within. Wish at your own risk!
You’ll need towait a bit between wishes, which encourages you to visit often if you’re trying to press your luck. If the moodlet from your previous wish
Negative Chance
A Long Life
Slides back progress in your current life stage, making your Sim live longer in their current life stage.
Immediately makes it your Sim’s birthday, aging them up to the next life stage.
Moderate performance loss in your current career level.
The Courage to Face Edith
Easier time communicating with Edith, and the ability to use Unnerving Stare on other Sims.
Needs decay faster for 6 hours.
Luck in Love
Very Flirty moodlet to give better luck at Romantic socials for 6 hours.
Embarassed moodlet to make Romantic socials more difficult for 3 hours.
Lose some Simoleons from the household fund, subctracted immediately.
Skill Gains
Moderate skill gain on a random skill, including ones your Sim doesn’t have already.
Moderate boost to your Sim’s current fame level.
Moderate decrease in your Sim’s current fame level.
- It seems you need to already be working on becoming famous to wish for Fame. We visited with a Sim that had no fame experience, and they weren’t able to wish for fame.
If you have the Mark of Edith when you make your wish, then you’ll have significantly better luck wishing at the Well of Longing and Regret. Once you’ve befriended Edith and earned her Mark, wishing will become much easier with your new ethereal friend nearby to sway your fate.
Additionally, once you’ve begun your search forthe 26 tarot cardsin the Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Tarot Deck by investigating the Tarot Tome not far from the Well of Longing and Regret and initiating the Order of Lenore quest line, you canuse your intuition on the Well of Longing and Regretfor a chance to receive a few of the tarot cards needed for the deck.
Finally, ghost Sims can use the Well of Longing and Regret toreset their Ghost Mastery abilities, if you’d like to redistribute the points they’ve been earning.
