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There are plenty of spooky happenings around the world of Ravenwood inThe Sims 4: Life & Deathexpansion, and if you’ve moved into one of the pre-made lots on the house, then you’ve no doubt noticed that starter tarot deck in your living room.
There are 26 cards in the tarot deck, and while you’re able to do some basic readings with the deck you’ve got, there’s a whole society in Ravenwood trying to reassemble the scattered pieces of a legendary tarot deck. By exploring the world and doing favors for its most iconic residents, you’ll find new tarot cards.
Updated on August 02, 2025:Now that we’ve found every tarot card in The Sims 4: Life & Death, we’re back to update our guide with the remaining locations to help you finish completing the legendary Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Tarot Deck. We’ve also added some info on what happens once you’ve collected all 26, and how to get the very last card.
How Do Tarot Cards Work In The Sims 4: Life & Death?
One of the newcollectionsadded to The Sims 4’s already expansive list of collections, the tarot deck is one of the more labor-intensive to collect, since you’ll be obtaining cards in a variety of ways as you explore different aspects of the pack. Coming from plenty of sources -side quests, special interactions,and more - you’ve got your work cut out for you if you want to obtain all26 total tarot cardsin the deck.
As collections, you can view which tarot cards you’ve already obtained by clicking the diamond shape at the top of your Sim’s inventory to open the Household Collections menu.
Before you’re able to collect cards, though, you’ll need to be given the task of helping the Order of Lenore, an odd group trying to reassemble the legendary tarot card rumored to be scattered throughout Ravenwood. You cantrigger the search for the tarot cardsin The Sims 4: Life & Death byinvestigating the mysterious tome statuesin various Ravenwood neighborhoods.
After you’ve investigated one of these tomes, you’ll receive a pop-up welcoming you to the quest to reassemble this legendary tarot card deck. On the pop-up, you’ll seefour Simsnamed, and get used to them, since you’ll need totalk to each Sim listedon the pop-up to work on reassembling your tarot card deck.
If you don’t want to actually go through the collection process for the tarot card deck, you can instead opt to buy it from the Rewards Store for 8,000 satisfaction points.
How To Find Tarot Cards
Once you’ve begun these quests, you can find tarot cards in a number of different ways! The goal is tosee and do the majority of things added in the pack, and there’s quite a lot of them.
The primary way you’ll be finding them, at least at first and on purpose, is byaccepting errands for the Sims named on the tarot pop-up. Once you’ve formally been introduced to them, you’re able to invite them over or meet them out someplace for your next quest. These Sims make up theOrder of Lenore.
When you’re interacting with any of these Order of Lenore member Sims, you’ve got the option toask about tarot cards. You can also choose toaccept quests from these Simsfrom theActivities panel in the Friendly interactions menuthat lead you to receiving a tarot card in exchange.
But what about the remaining cards? You’ll find those fromchecking out the new additions in the pack. Life & Death is one of the richest expansions we’ve had in quite some time, and the team wants you to see it all! you’re able to find tarot cardsat festivals, from interacting with new items or landmarks, checking out crypts, talking to the crowsaround the world, and so much more.
If you’re interacting with something, and you see thetarot card symbol on an item’s interaction menu, your best bet will usually be to click it - you’re likely to earn a new card this way, or at the very least info on where to get a new tarot card. It’ll often ask your Sim toUse Intuitionto find new tarot cards.
How To Get Every Tarot Card
We’ve kept track of how we obtained every tarot card in The Sims 4: Life & Death expansion pack. This includes who you’ll need to talk to in order to start the quest, what you’ll need to do, and which tarot card you’ll add to your deck as you finish each quest. If you’re missing any of the cards below,hovering over them in the Household Collections tab provides a hint, often cryptically encoded. We’ve simplified it all for you in the table below.
Only the Sim that assembles the deck of tarot cards can use the Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Tarot Deck item. Unless they get it from the Rewards Store, each Sim who wants to use the tarot deck will need to assemble the collection themselves.
The Fool
“Grim Beginnings"quest from Nyon Specter.
Complete the “Grim Beginnings” quest for Nyon Specter as part of the Order of Lenore.
The Magician
“Petal for Your Thoughts"quest from Zelmira Gomes.
Complete the “Petal for Your Thoughts” quest for Zelmira Gomes as part of the Order of Lenore.
The High Spellcaster
Interacting with the Tarot Tome for the first time.
After being told about the Order of Lenore’s mission to reunite this tarot deck, you’ll get this card by default to start you on your journey.
The Empress
The Baleful Bog
Use your intuition on the Baleful Bog in the Mourningvale neighborhood of Ravenwood, where you can temporarily become a ghost.
The Emperor
“All the Small Things"quest from Ekade Aether.
Complete the “All the Small Things” quest for Ekade Aether as part of the Order of Lenore.
The Advocate
“Macabre Mysteries"quest from Nyon Specter
Complete the “Macabre Mysteries” quest for Nyon Specter as part of the Order of Lenore.
The Lovers
“Unfinished Boo-siness"quest from Ekade Aether.
Complete the “Unfinished Boo-siness” quest for Ekade Aether as part of the Order of Lenore.
Strength
“Essence-tials"quest from Esther Gomes.
Complete the “Essence-tials” quest for Esther Gomes as part of the Order of Lenore.
The Hermit
The Mysterious Merchant
Occasionally,Waylon Warez the Mysterious Merchantwill sell the Hermit and Chariot tarot cards when you select to “Purchase Warez” from him.
Justice
The Guardian Tree
Use Intuition when interacting with the Guardian Tree, which is within the ruins in the Mourningvale neighborhood.
Wheel of Fortune
Rigger Mortis' gravestone.
Use your intuition on the gravestone of Ichabod Specter and Rigger Mortis in the Specter family plot outside their home in Crow’s Crossing. You may stumble on these one doing the “Macabre Mysteries” quest for Nyon Specter.
Temperance
The specter at the bell tower.
Go to the bell tower in Mourningvale and ring the bell. A little blue specter will spawn and offer consolation from negative feelings, so seek consolation if your Sim is in a bad mood and you’ll receive this card.
Evil
The Well
The well in question can be found just south of the Old Ravenwood Estate in Crow’s Crossing, down by the water amid the trees. you’re able to also make wishes for Simoleons here.
The Star
The Moon
The Moon Revelry Festival
Every full moon, you’ll be notified of the Moon Revelry Festival happening in the Whispering Glen neighborhood of Ravenwood by the large statue. Dig in the dirt patches around the festival area to locate this card.
The Sun
“We All Fall Down"quest from Zelmira Gomez.
Complete the “We All Fall Down” quest for Zelmira Gomes as part of the Order of Lenore.
Judgment
“Cake Baked Lies"quest from Esther Gomes.
Complete the “Cake Baked Lies” quest for Esther Gomes as part of the Order of Lenore.
The World
Grim Ascendant Crow
We got this card by putting the crow in our house and talking to it for the first time.
Coins
Any crypt.
While exploring the crypt, you’ll sometimes pull a chance card asking if you’d like to remove a brick and see what’s behind a wall. You’ll find the Coins card in one of these chance pop-ups.
Cups
While exploring a crypt, you might bump into a snarling creature in the dark. If you have food in your pocket, you can offer it a snack when this chance card appears, and doing so will reward you with the Cups tarot card.
Swords
While exploring a crypt, you may get a chance card asking if you want to loot a sarcophagus or move along. You have a chance of pulling the Swords card when rummaging through the sarcophagus, though your Sim will be left with a negative moodlet.
Any crypt
Caster’s Alley(Realm of Magic)
Not only can you find the Wands tarot card on your crypt explorations by rummaging in Waylon’s box of loot, but you can also purchase it fromthe wand shop in Caster’s Alleyif you’re playing with the Realm of Magic pack installed.
Death
The Grim Reaper
After you’ve got all 25 other tarot cards registered in your collection, click the deck in your inventory to “Summon Death.” Grim will arrive and give you the Death card to finish the collection.
The card names have been slightly altered from the traditional tarot deck, and The Sims 4 cards feature plenty of characters you’ll recognize if you’ve been playing the game for a while. If you’re a fan of the design of a particular card, you can buy theRavenwood’s Pride Tarot Printin theWall Decorationsmenu in Build/Buy - you can choose any of the 26 tarot cards in The Sims 4: Life & Death to hang on the wall!
What Happens When You Get Every Tarot Card?
After you’ve “Summoned Death” and got your final tarot card from Grim, congratulations - you’ve finished your tarot card collection in The Sims 4: Life & Death! By interacting with your tarot card deck, you’ll be able to do a number of unique things after completing the whole collection. With Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Tarot Card deck, under a menu labeledMeditative Divination, you may:
If you don’t want this deck to get lost after your Sim passes away, you can always make it an heirloom and leave it to someone inyour Sim’s personalized willand decide where it goes after your Sim has passed on.
