If you’re looking for dragons in The Sims, you’ll have to look past the meager option in The Sims 4 and head back into The Sims 3. Released in 2013, Dragon Valley adds a new fantasy world to the life simulation game. It’s a medieval-inspired neighborhood with lore and legacy, where dragons abound. There have been dragons in most Sims games except The Sims 2, but The Sims 3’s Dragon Valley world built off the myth of the creatures in a way that past and present games have not.

Dragon Valley has a backstory: Though the dragons are now little pets you can wear on your arm, their larger counterparts were once a menace to the land. The town is still recovering from the massacre, but adult dragons haven’t been seen in years. Thanks to a scientific discovery by a new family, the O’Connells, the dragons of Dragon Valley stay small — and are now just mildly mischievous instead of outright destructive. The elven families that call Dragon Valley home are wary of the dragons, causing a dispute between new and old: “Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes,” the elven........

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