The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing Horse Ranch Productivity in The Sims 4

The Sims 4 Horse Ranch expansion pack introduced a significant amount of animal gameplay. Certain elements from the base game, dating back to its initial release in 2014, are compatible with the features added in this pack.

Exclusive to the Horse Ranch expansion pack, manure can only be obtained from horses. However, players can utilize it to enhance one of the game's most popular skills. This guide provides an in-depth explanation of manure in The Sims 4, covering how to acquire it and its various uses.

How to Get Manure

Horses naturally deposit manure in their surroundings as they go about their daily activities. To gather this manure, players have two options: they can manually select it and choose for a Sim to add it to their inventory, or they can directly drag it onto their Sim's inventory using the cursor.

For players who have hired a Ranch Hand, they can instruct them to gather the manure, and the Ranch Hand will store it in the household inventory of the Sim.

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

Obtaining manure is effortless for players, as horses frequently produce it and it requires no expenditure to obtain. Consequently, anything derived from manure becomes pure profit for households. This aspect makes it an excellent strategy for both earning money and utilizing a natural fertilizer.

Selling Manure

There are three levels of manure quality: poor, normal, and outstanding. The quality of manure not only affects its price but also determines its effectiveness as a fertilizer. Gamers will frequently come across normal quality horse manure while poor quality horse manure will only be found when the horse is upset. On the other hand, outstanding quality horse manure is quite rare and can only be obtained when the horses are in a very good mood.

The price of manure increases with its quality. Horse manure of normal quality can be sold for 15 Simoleons, while outstanding quality manure can fetch 20 Simoleons. On the other hand, poor quality manure is valued at only 10 Simoleons.

Manure As a Fertilizer

Sims who own horses may choose to retain their manure for garden fertilization. As per the in-game notebook, it is not advisable to use poor quality manure as a fertilizer. However, normal quality manure is recommended, while outstanding quality manure is highly recommended.

After using horse manure fertilizer, players will immediately observe a remarkable improvement in the quality of both regular and excellent manure-treated plants. Notably, plants fertilized with excellent manure will reach their evolutionary stage sooner.

The Sims 4 is now accessible on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S platforms.