The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event offers exciting rewards, but earning them requires tackling several challenges. One particularly tricky task involves breaking and repairing an object. This guide shows you how.

Week 2's challenge requires raising your Handiness skill to level 2 or higher, a relatively straightforward task. The difficulty lies in the second part: repairing a broken object. The game doesn't highlight broken items, so you'll need to create one yourself. While you can use the "prank" interaction, this requires a specific Sim trait, adding unnecessary complexity. A simpler method is to repeatedly use an item until it breaks.

The Ambassador toilet is an inexpensive option, making it more prone to breaking. Using it roughly a dozen times will cause it to malfunction, triggering the "broken object" status.

Once your Handiness skill reaches level 2, simply select the "Repair" option on the broken toilet. After a short time, the repair will be complete, resolving the Blast from the Past challenge.

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All The Sims 4 Blast From the Past Week 2 Challenges

Repairing a broken object is one of several quests in Week 2 of The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event. Here's the complete list:

• 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

And that's how to break and repair a broken object in The Sims 4's Blast from the Past event.

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