How to find the special Time Capsule in The Sims 4

The Blast from the Past event in The Sims 4 features a puzzling mystery involving various missing items from around town and some strange time-traveling shenanigans. To help Emit Relevart figure out what’s going on, you need to recover the special Time Capsule.

You’re not given much guidance for finding this item, so tracking it down can be pretty tricky. Locating this object is key for progressing through the event, so here’s how to find the special Time Capsule in The Sims 4.

Where is the Time Capsule in the Blast from the Past event in The Sims 4?

The Time Capsule doesn’t have one specific location where you can find it in The Sims 4. Instead, you can recover the Time Capsule from any rock collectible spot around any of the worlds you have installed. Plenty of collectible spots are scattered throughout just about every unique world, so you can find one around any of them to get to work unlocking this item.

If you’re having trouble locating a collectible spot, I recommend finding one around Willow Creek or Oasis Springs. Most worlds have collectible spots, but they’re far more abundant around these ones. You can find them just about anywhere in both areas, especially near parks and other outdoor areas. Magnolia Blossom Park and Desert Bloom Park are great places to check if you’re unsure where to start, even if you’ve changed the lot to something else since all collectible spots appear in the world around them.

Collectible spots vary in appearance depending on what’s inside of them, but they all have a tan colored base. Some are completely tan and easy to miss, some are tan with different colored gems sticking out of them, and some are tan with a fossil design. The best way to find them is to pause the game and scan all areas around the lot you’re visiting carefully. These spots sometimes take a bit to spawn, so if you aren’t seeing any, you may need to unpause and let time play for a bit to get them to appear.

How to get the Time Capsule in The Sims 4

Once you find a collectible spot, you can get the Time Capsule from it by clicking on it and selecting the “Dig for special Time Capsule” option. Most collectible spots have a few options available on them, so make sure you choose the one with a small Emit Relevart icon next to it.

Outside of this event, there is a different object you can sometimes find called a “Mysterious Time Capsule.” This is not the same item you need here and instead refers to a capsule that usually contains a MySims collectible or treasure map. Since it has a similar name, it can be a bit confusing when you’re working on this quest.

How to open the Time Capsule in The Sims 4

You can open the Time Capsule from your Sims personal inventory once you have it. Locate the Inventory tab, a container icon, in the bottom right corner between the Relationships and Simology tab.

Once you have your Inventory open, locate the Time Capsule in it. It’s a grey box and should have a golden star marker on it since you just found it. Click on it and select the “Open” option to discover what’s inside of it. Opening this item is crucial for progressing through the week one Blast from the Past event quests.

What’s inside the Time Capsule in The Sims 4?

The Time Capsule has an IOU note in it. You can find this item in your inventory and select the “Read IOU” option to progress to the next part of the event and work on unraveling the rest of the mystery. To find out what this means, you need to continue to the week two Blast from the Past event quests.

Plenty of other tricky quests are waiting to be solved in The Sims 4. Next, you might work on completing the Alice’s Sorrow quest, finding and meeting the wealthy weirdo, or tackling the Ring Bear quest.