Sims can dine together, or visit areas together. Just make sure you are in the same lot as the sim you want to go out with. Also they can reject your offer, but if your friends they usually accept the invitation.
so 1. go to the same lot as the sim. 2. go to the overhead map and click on a location. 3. it will give you the option “go here with…” 4. select the sim from the list and you’re done
I wanted to ask you something else too (A)
if I play with a different household and i go back later to my first household..all the things from my sims inventory and fridge, like fishes veggies the collector, are gone..is this a bug or is it normal??
First I know that many people have had this happen, so yes it is “normal”. It’s the reason I don’t switch households. Instead I just start a new game, but I realize that’s not everyones cup of tea. I’ve also heard that entire SIMS disappear, so be careful, make backups, etc.
As to whether or not it is an actual bug, I think it is. There are apparently mods out there that can “fix” these issues, but as I said I’ve never needed to use it so I can’t say that it would work for sure.
heyy, your guide really helped, thanks!! But i was wondering, i found a rainbow gem worth about $600. should i get it cut or keep as is? thanks in advance!!
wow Amanda, that sounds like a good gem to get! I’m sorry I don’t have any detailed info on gems at this time. I’ll definitely do some…research and see what I can find. Thanks for the question, I’ll update whenever I get more info on gems.
If you have reached level 10 in several skills, and recieved your “selected” life time reward, when you purchase the “change lifetime reward” will you recieve your new reward on skills already achieved?
I had hoped this would work as well Maggie, but unfortunately it does not. Once you achieve your lifetime goal, it is permanent and you can no longer change it. Honestly I’m not sure why they did it this way because it would certainly make it easier to score lifetime points in multiple areas.
Short answer is you can only change it Before you earn the reward, and once you earn it is locked in and the option to purchase a new one disappears.
Thanks for the gardening guide. Very thorough and lots of great information I didn’t know about.
You mentioned completing the three challenges in order to get the Omni plant. Well, my Sim completed the first challenge and was able to plant cheese and eggs. She got up to the level of Great cheese and eggs, then I switched households and played another family for a couple days. When I came back to the first Sim, she could no longer plant cheese and eggs, even though she was still able to harvest the cheese/egg plants that had still been growing in her garden. Why did she loose the ability to plant cheese/eggs? How can I get it back? Right now she is at level 10 gardening. No more Bistro opportunities have shown up either. Help!
Pamhamlet, I’m so sorry you lost that ability! Well this is a bug with switching households, and it’s why I NEVER switch houses. You can lose entire sims this way, yikes!
As far as I know there are no fixes for this problem (and other problems caused by the dreaded household switch)
You’re only hope is to look for a save file from before you switched. If you look in the Documents/EA/Sims3/Saves, you may have a file from before. AND if not they even were generous and created a .backup extension for you automatically!
Make sure Sims3 is not playing. Change the .backup savegame file (from before you switched houses … hope you got it…) to “.sims3″ Start the game up again, load, and hopefully it works. Good Luck!
Thanks for your reply, wiremanart. I will keep that in mind in the future, but I think I have played and saved way beyond the point in the game that I could ever go back and get the previous state of that household again.
I sure hope a future patch takes account of this and fixes this bug. Once the ability is gained, it should remain. Otherwise, no Omni plants for me, I guess. I switch houses too often.
hi, im just here to ask something about cooking. i have looked around, but what i want is not here. my sim lately gets wishes to do with cooking her friends’ favorite food to do them a nioce thing… i have no idea how to find out which is the other sims’ favorite food. is there a way of knowing that?
Hey cleopatra – great question! I have actually been getting some of the moodlets/wishes info together (like what type of cooking effects moods, etc.) and this part of it.
But to answer your question all you have to do is use the “get to know” and “talk about food” talking options. Keep chatting to them and their favorite things pop up in a bubble above their head, so you have to pay attention. I don’t think it is ever listed unless you actually control the sim. Let me know if you find anything else
Hey Megan, the current age is set to zero, you can never reverse your sim to a previous age (even with a cheat it will mess up your game). Sorry took a while to answer, I missed your post.
How can i turn “Old Friend” to “Best Friend”? I searched this subject a lot and the answers always the same.
“Just keep chatting with him/her…”
Did you have any idea?
Not too sure about old friends. It always seems like they stay old friends no matter what… The easiest way to make friends is with a *hint* lifetime purchase though.
I’m pretty sure that “Old Friend” comes after “Best Friend” on the scale. If it is that way, you likely wouldn’t want to go backwards from “Old Friend” to “Best Friend”.
Hi
I was wondering how to get back the special plants i planted before we moved house. Dad planted them all, died and the daughters took over the garden. They moved and everything but the plants moved to the new place.
Hi, I found your gardening guide through google ( was searching on how to get life fruit) and I found it helpful. But I have a question about the green thumb trait.
One of my sims has level 10 gardening and I used the mid life crisis reward to change his traits so that he is a great fisherman and gardener, meaning I gave him the green thumb trait along with others.
When I select a dead plant the only option is view and to discard all dead plants, I don’t have an option to revive it. Can you explain how I would revive them?
Also something else, do you know if it is possible to revive ghosts that have died of old age? With the science opportunity, I already have gotten that and revived a sim that died in a fire, but can the same be done for ghosts of old age?
Can ghost sims die from things like fire, shock, drowning, ect?
I don’t know if I’ll get an email with response, but I’ll check back in a few days. My email is whyme123wewe at yahoo.
1 – see the green thumb trait list at beginning of the gardening guide
2 – once ghosts die they are completely dead, no reviving them after that.
3 – can ghost sims die from unnatural causes? I honestly don’t know. my sims are kind of immortal right now, so I haven’t really tested a lot of the death stuff (ghost babies, how to kill a sim, etc.)
Oh and I have another question, more of a suggestion. Do you think you could add the small pictures that display over the unknown seeds once they have changed from sprout? I have a few money tree sprouts, and the little picture that shows up when you highlight it clearly shows a money tree. It would greatly help in identifying the “special” unknown seeds early on.
Yup, that is one way to tell what the unknown plant will be somewhat ahead of time, but only works for the money tree. I’ll get around to adding that eventually, but I have a couple more guides to format and add first.
Actually that point makes me wish they had more variety in plant types – then you’d know for sure what the other sprouts were going to be as well.
Hey! Me again! I’ve got something you can add to any guide that you mention skill books.
There are three volumes of skill books. If I recall, there are cooking, logic, gardening, handiness and charisma. You start with volume 1 of a book, depending on your traits. EX, if you have the cooking trait, you’ll start with volume 1 of the cooking book.
You can read the books to level up, but the books are only useful for so long.
Volume 1: 1-3
Volume 2: 4-7
Volume 3: 7-10
You need to buy the next volume when you try to read it again and the option is grayed out. It is useful to buy all of the skill books when you can aford them, because everyone can use them.
Thanks Wkw427- I was thinking of the best way to add the books to the guide and they will probably have their own section. I’ll try to mention them in the specific guides, but books will have an entire page for themselves.
I’ve had several sims die, and i’ve noticed several different tombstones. What dictates the shape of the tombstone (i.e. flat slab, traditional, or obelisk)?
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I’ve found that it’s based on your lifetime achievements. I think if you have earned 75,000 in happiness points you get a small grave, and 150,000 for the larger tombstone. Just found this out today actually.
Your kinda right there if you dont achieve your lifetime wish you get a slab tombstone is you achieve it and spend over 50,000 lifetime point you get the original tombstone and for the large tombstone you have to achieve your lifetime wish and spend 150,000 lifetime points.
Hey.. I was wondering what rewards you get for reaching lvl 10 in each career.. or.. if there are any (except the Cooking career from which you get a “fancy fridge”)
Hi butterflygazer
I appreciate you commenting, if you don’t comment I would never know you! So firstly, thanks for the compliment.
Second, the best way to get triplets is by getting the fertility treatment (10.000 lifetime points). Even then it’s not 100%, so simultaneously listen to kids music on the radio, whilst watching the kids show on tv. A lot of work, but it will slightly increases your chances of beating the octuplets lady, haha.
I really appreciate your guide on gardening- it really helped me out!
Now, I was wondering- do you have a complete list of the “Gems” and “Metals”? I have found all the space rocks but cannot find the final 20% of the gems or metals. I have the collector helper thing, and on more than one occasion, I have gone through the ENTIRE town and collected every rock/gem/metal highlighted, and still haven’t found them all.. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!
Nevermind.. I just decided to spend 3 straight (Sim) days collecting rocks and finally found them all!! However, I still thank you for the great guide!
Thanks! I haven’t delved into all the death stuff just yet. I know that you can revive family members for sure, but at a certain point ghosts are no longer revive-able (after their second death) So I am unsure if you can bring them back using ambrosia. For family members you can use the science facility (pretty sure this is an opportunity-only) but as for other families I do not know for sure. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, I’m slowly working on a death guide, lol.
Thanks! I haven’t delved into all the death stuff just yet. I know that you can revive family members for sure, but at a certain point ghosts are no longer revive-able (after their second death) So I am unsure if you can bring them back using ambrosia at the graveyard. For family members you can use the science facility (pretty sure this is an opportunity-only) but as for other families I do not know for sure. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, I’m slowly working on a death guide, lol.
How do you sell your gems, just click “delete”, or is there another way, like when you go to the grocery store and have the option to sell fruits and veggies? I haven’t done much collecting yet, so this might be an incredibly stupid question, lol!
Hi G,
you sell them in the inventory panel, just drag them over to the simolean sign on the left. This is how I sell everything else especially food because it saves a trip to the store.
Jimmy, It’s not as simple as just putting your avatar in the game. You would have to redesign everything in the 3D sims face to fit yours. The best option is to use create-a-sim and make it look like you as much as you possibly can. If you are having trouble, a good way is to send a headshot to people that play the game and ask them to make you as well. I would attempt it
I have reached level 10 of my gardening skills. You mentioned of the three challenges to get the Omni plant. Well, I accidentally refused the first challenge! My question, is, will the same challenge come to me on a later time? I really want to plant the Omni plant! Please help! Thanks!
Hi Siva, The omni plant challenge is difficult to get. The recent patch should fix this problem, but if you haven’t updated it could take years (sim years) to get the challenge opportunity again. I suggest updating to the most recent patch and see if that helps. Also make sure you have planted everything that you can possibly plant as this will ensure that you are ready for the “bonus” challenges. Let me know when you receive the challenge opportunities – it will be a phone call so ALWAYS answer!
I have a sims who has mastered all her culinary skills and have learnt all the recipes. But her skills journal still states that her recipe percentage is 68%. I went to buy all the recipes and she can’t read any of them anymore.
Hi Angel, That really sounds like a bug to me. There are only two ways to unlock recipes, one is by gaining skill levels, and the other is by buying them from the bookstore. There may however, be special recipes that you can earn from working as a chef, but as far as I know they only gave you recipes that you could buy. So I’m really not sure what is going on with your game. Try to double check again, maybe post a screenshot or two of the recipes you have learned, because I would like to compare them to my own. Thanks for the question!
My Sim is currently on level 10 of the Athletic career. If he quits his job, and then decides to go back later, will he start back at level 1? (Obviously I’m hoping he will go straight back to level 10, but I’m too scared to try it..)
Also, I was reading the section about becoming a partner of/owning local businesses. Is there a difference? I noticed that the price is different, but not the weekly payments. If my Sims become a partner, can they decide to buy the business outright at a later date? Lastly, if my Sim has partial/full ownership and they die, will the ownership be transferred to their kids or significant other (if they have them)?
hi again dlgrow, Yes when you partner you only make 50% of the full price. Once you are a partner you can buyout at a later date, but remember to do it before Sunday so you don’t have to wait a whole week for a paycheck! When a sim dies, ALL their assets are transfered to the spouse or sons/daughters. I am not sure what happens if they aren’t related, but as long as you have people in the same household I believe it will go to them as well…. good question, let me know if you find anything out on that.
If you quit your job, and come back to it there is a ratio used I think that determines what level you will be re-hired at so if you are level ten it puts you a little below that if you quit and start that job back at a later date (it may also be dependant on your skills, i.e. if you lose athletic skills it may drop you on the payscale). If you have any data please share
Alright, so if I’m currently partnered with the hospital and making $6000/week, when I buy it out I will be making $12000/week from it?
Also, I first heard that you start back at level one and that’s the end of it. But the more popular response seems to be like what you say. I may end up trying it and reporting back…
thats correct dlegrow, you will double your profit. I think I may have included how many weeks it takes to make your investment back, but basically the sooner you buyout the better. Please let me know about the job thing, I will give the credit and add it to the Job Section when I get around to all these updates. Cheers.
First of all, this is probably the most helpful site I’ve found so far. I apologize if this has been answered, but here’s my question. Once a harvested plant is in my inventory, will it go bad/decrease in value? Thanks for the awesome tips!
hi rachael. To answer your question no, plants never go bad if left in your inventory. Birthday cakes will spoil however and food doesn’t last long either. Generally speaking everything in the game decreases in value by a certain % everyday, except for paintings you create, they increase in value. Rocks and gems do not go up or down. Good question!
I want to share a few things that you are free to use in your guides if you like.
After installing the latest update (1.4) there are some improvments! The omni-plant challenges are in fact easier to get after the update . I had one of the sims in my family complete all three challenges and then started growing some omniplants. They really are great, I feed them angelfish that I then use as fertilizers on other plants; that way I don´t have to spend so much time fishing.
When I later moved my family to a new house my sim still had the level 10 gardening skill (before the update there was a bug regarding the gardening skill being lost or decreased) and could still plant omniplants and order the omniplant seeds from his new mailbox.
Another sim in my household then mastered the gardening skill, and even though she never planted anything, she started getting the omniplant challenges. So it seems you don´t have to go crazy planting every single plant to get this challenge! Also, when completing the challenges, I sent her to the restaurant delivering crops that another sim in the household had grown, and that worked.
Another important thing to know is that you don´t have to answer the phone to get this challenge. It works like all the other challenges in the game – if you don´t answer the phone the challenge box will still show up on your screen.
Regarding moving to a new house I wanted you all to know that everything in the sims personal inventory and the family inventory came with me – nothing disappeared.
If you take your furniture with you when moving, and you bring a fridge to a house that already has a fridge, the fridge inventory is the same in both fridges. So I deleted one of the fridges and everything was still in the one I kept.
The only bug I experiensed when moving was that my magic gnome lost his “magic” and no longer moves around my house, which is too bad. I hope they fix this in the next update.
Regarding seeds I did an experiment to see if the special seeds show up at the same location after you´ve picked them up – but they don´t.
Also, it is said in the game that once you´ve found a seed in the wild and planted it, you recognize this seed in the wild – this isn´t true for the special seeds, with the exception of the money three seed.
I´m unsure if this is a bug or not, but I don´t find it that disturbing since there are only 4 different special seeds that are kept “unknown”.
I second a lot of the things you wrote, except for the moving house part. This is a well known bug that anything you leave behind (when you return) you will risk losing. The original move is fine, it’s the moving back part where things go wrong. Thanks for your contribution.
Hi, I couldn’t find where to leave a question, so I hope this works. Sometimes my sim will get the want to grow her own ingredients in the garden to make a meal. When I hover over the want it tells me to look up “yum” in the Sim dictionary to find the ingredients. But I can’t find the dictionary or anything like that in my game. And I must be the only on because no one else has a question like mine. I’ve looked. Please help!!!
Thank You!!!
I have a few things to share and a couple questions.
When you put a fish in a fish bowl, you have to feed it or it will die. You do not have to feed insects you catch. Any idea how often you have to feed your fish? It seems like you have to do it every day. I had a couple setbacks on my Perfect Private Aquarium challenge because my first Perfect fish died. I’m not sure if you have to keep them alive to complete the challenge.
A little random, but if you have a Neat sim and have him/her perform the Clean House activity, they will clean everything except a kid’s potty chair. Nasty.
I’ve discovered a few things about adopting, parenting, and same-sex partners.
* I was unable to do anything to determine a baby’s gender. I sent my pregnant sim to the doctor and read every book I could find that sounded like it pertained to pregnancy, but nothing happened. Supposedly doctors can give medical advice that helps you determine the baby’s gender. Also, eating apples supposedly made a boy more likely and watermelon a girl more likely, but I read that the patch removed that capability.
* When you adopt, you can choose the gender and age range but not its starting traits. The two traits a baby comes with seem to be random. Also, in my experience, adopted babies will only have 4 traits when they grow up, instead of the regular 5 they would have otherwise. I’m not sure if a natural-born baby always gets 5 or can sometimes only get 4.
* Same-sex couples have all of the same capabilities as opposite-sex couples except they (obviously) cannot have a baby together. They can only adopt. But they can propose, marry, move in together, perform all Romantic activities (except Try For Baby), and adopt a baby together.
* If playing a same-sex couple, one of the partners is designated as the “mother” role for specific game-playing purposes. This partner gets maternity leave (even if a man) and has to hold the baby during its birthday transition. The “father” role cannot hold the baby. I am not sure what determines which one takes on this role, but it seems to be the order they are displayed in. The sim on top is the “father”, the one below is the “mother”.
Yougoboss, the moodlet manager is hit or miss, which is why I made the mod that fixes it to always work. Basically if you have a negative mood it fills it up to positive. Sometimes it doesn’t work and gives you total negative mood and you pass out, which I think is lame.
And it was able to help me a lot in learning about gardening. Although, recently I have encountered some kind of glitch or something. Whenever I play something.. for example.. “outstanding” bell peppers.. it’s turning into an “outstanding” bell pepper plant rather than a “perfect” bell pepper plant, the next status up. I’ve been gardening a lot, and I’m pretty certain that whenever you plant a seed or fruit/veggie that it’s the next status up that it was planted. It also says this in your guide. I removed all mods I had in the game, and I tried many different things.. I tried planting the fruit/veggies with other sims.. nothing seems to be working. They’re staying the same status when planted. Am I just make a silly mistake or overlooking something?
For the gem cut guide the heart shape is only obtained after you find all the gems not by getting 5 of each cut. Also why do you only have 4 career pathways instead of them all.
Jak I’m not sure about that – when I played it was 5 of each cut. I only have a few pathways due to the time it takes to create guides. I’ve had to devote my time towards providing for my family. Thanks for the Q.
Hello… I have a bit of a question and a suggestion to those who want to gain skills faster (I’m a Sims 3 addict so this site is AMAZING to me) The suggestion is: Library, If gaining a skill and you go to the library to read, you’ll gain it much faster than you would compared to learning it at home. My question is however, is there a way to make ghost babies? I saw it on the tutorial but never could figure out how to do it. And if there are ghost babies and they grow up, do they get any special abilities/problems? Like they can’t grow up, or they can’t die?
Hi Olivia. The reason I don’t suggest libraries is because some skills require you actually doing them. For instance when cooking you gain skills you cannot gain through reading, but you should also know that you can simply watch tv on the couch and gain skills (just turn the corresponding channel and your skills will grow!) The main reason I don’t suggest it though is that you can “profit” from doing the actual skill itself. Like when fishing, you are catching fish and can sell them rather than simply reading the book (which you will have to do anyway to gain certain bait skills)
Ghost babies, from what I understand, are simply created by chance when you have woo-hoo’d a dead person. I also think that one of the partners has to be alive to have a chance at it. Ghosts are no different than any sim. They have needs that need to be met and a new lifespan that will run out, but when they die, they die for good and cannot be brought back. However you may try feeding them ambrosia (guide is on here) and I’m not sure if they come back to life, or live forever as a ghost…Death is not something I tested extensively as I barely had enough time to report on the living activities. Again this is my understanding, feel free to test it out yourself (some things may have even changed since I last played) Good luck and please post your results!
i’m not sure if you can. I don’t remember there being an option to slow dance, this may have changed if you got the new expansion, but i don’t have it so I’m unsure. If you find the answer please share it here
I know a way that you can get lifetime points fast.
Kelsey I edited your post because it contains cheats. I do not approve of cheats, only mods here. The reason is because there are thousands of cheat sites that have this info and I prefer to keep my site about strategy. I feel it makes the game more fun, especially a game like this where the process, not the result, makes the game come alive. Respectfully, Ron.
Your website is really helpful, but I can’t find much about the perfect plant. My sim is up to level 7 in gardening, she loves the outdoors, and she is a green thumb. She has been taking good care of her garden(she waters, weeds, and harvests her plants), but she is not able to grow a perfect plant. Am I just being impatient, or will other methods of gardening create a perfect plant? Also, will using a different type of watering method affect the plant quality(such as watering plants with a watering can versus watering them with the sprinkle)?
Thank you!
Using the sprinkler/watercan have equal results. So I use sprinkler out of convenience (you never have to worry about watering) and it saves your sim an extra action that they would have to do manually which saves you time!
First of all, please disregard my previous question about the growing time of a death flower. Next, I was wondering you can get fire plants(if thats what they’re called), money trees, and other special plant seeds. Also, I’m confused about the whole generation thing. After my plants die, you can only dispose them and there are no seeds left to replant them. Does the next generation plant only work for certain types of plants? Could you explain this process to me? But I have a few more questions (sorry.) Can you fertilize death flower bushes? If so, why can’t I fertilize my death plant? Another thing, going back to generations of plants, can seeds drop off of vines and bushes or just trees?
THANKS SO MUCH AND SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU SO MUCH!
hi there!
First the generations work in a ladder-type format. You start with “normal” seeds or plants (and occasionally worse ). When the plant reproduces the offspring will be one generation higher, in this instance it will be “good”. So you plant the PLANT, lol – I think this was where your confusion came from. When that plant harvests it’s fruit will be “very good” and so on. By replanting your produce you will obtain higher generations all the way up to perfect.
For special seeds you need to roam about the world. It is timestaking. Remember to only grab “special” seeds. Even rare ones can be bought from the store and will be good quality instead of a “normal” seed quality so it’s not necessary to grab them if you plan to buy them from the store. The best spots to look are along paths and by the science facility, and in open areas, so honestly anywhere. The only seeds you will find that come from produce are money tree seeds, they are rare but you might get 1-2 seeds dropped a week from 5-10 trees.
I believe you can fertilize any plant, including the death plant. The benefits are it will harvest quicker and possibly even give better fruit (i.e. very good instead of good). However death plants do not have better qualities. The reason is they are only good for one thing (keeping death from killing you when you die), that is all. If you fertilize with a death plant, the plant u just fertilized is dead, sorry. And if you cook anything with a death flower and eat it, u guessed it, dead sim.
You are not bothering me!!! I made this site for this very reason, I enjoy answering all questions. I don’t always have the answers, but I can at least get you going in the right direction. Happy New Sim Year
Thanks so much for all your help! My sim wants to plant a flame fruit bush, but I don’t know where to find them! I have checked the supermarket, looked around town for seeds, and even went to the bookstore! Where are flame fruit bushes?
P.S. My sim is level 8 in gardening and level 7 in cooking(I thought that this would possibly help)
Thanks and have a Happy New Year!
Hey Sims3
they are special seeds. Just plant every single special seed you find and eventually you will get some flame fruits. Once you have them keep replanting to get more and more. They are pretty good value, but mostly they just look cool in the garden at night.
Yes, it’s the only way you’ll know if it’s special because all the seeds look the same.
Once they start growing however, when they are sprouts, you may be able to tell if it will be a money tree, because the icon is different from the bushes
Thanks!
I have one more question!
My sister’s sim was given the option to host a funeral, but it was just like a regular party! Can you have a real funeral?
I really doubt it. It must have been one of the changes in an update, and I’m guessing not a lot of thought went into it other than changing a few codes to allow the party to happen.
Hi Ricky
Were your plants growing before? If yes, then you’ve changed something >>
Have you added any mods or updated recently? If yes, then it’s likely the cause of the issue.
The only time I’ve seen this happen on my own is when i was doing some hardcore modding to make plants grow faster. Once mods were removed everything worked fine again. Send an update when you have them growing again.
Hi Ali,
Unfortunately no you will not. You have to earn your way up through the careers. If you take your old job back though I think you start off high, but not at the top. Also you can’t have a job after you retire, I’ve tried to work that system and well, it didn’t work. Have fun!
Also my Omni plant isn’t allowing me to feed anything into it. Is it because i used a cheat code and my sim doesn’t have the gardening skill maxed out? Thanks in advance
what do u have to do on after you’ve moved for it to register you’ve all ready moved cos ive been in this house 4 8 days and it still says im in the middle of a move
Hi Kissy,
Hmm I never had that problem myself, but I’ve heard people have it. You hopefully have a backup from before the move, otherwise you are out of luck. If you do, use the backup and try “Merge Household” instead of “Move In”. I generally don’t move my sims because it seems to cause this and other issues with inventory. I have found no other solution so I hope it works for you!
I have another question! Is it possible for teenage sims to have babies? I think there was a cheat for it, but I’m not sure what it was. Having a teenager with a baby will make the game more fun and will enhance the sims3 experience, so I would appreciate it if you could let me know. Thanks so much!!!
This hack is the only way you can do that. The reason it’s left out is because the game makers need to be socially responsible and teenage pregnancy falls into that category. I’m sure you know that, but I haven’t said it on this site, so there ya go. There are a couple more mods available dealing with pregnancy options if you look for them, happy baby making
Thanks so much! I have another 2 questions though! Can sims murder each other? And, what do the white ghosts mean(is there a specific way these sims died?) Thanks
Hi again. Technically you can kill another sim, but it’s more of you doing it than another sim (i.e. trapping them in the pool, setting the house on fire and removing the door). I’m not sure what the colors mean for ghosts. In the past it was said that a drowning was blue, death by fire was red, etc. I’m not 100% on any of that, but feel free to test. Have fun!
I have sims three and I cannot take a sims from riverview to sunny vally or vice versa. I am using riverview and my sims should be able to make ambrosia but the only death fish I know of are in sunny vally. should the sims be able to travel to the other town if so how or what do I need to do. Also it would be fun to be able to buy and fix houses thensell without moving out of the house you love do you think that will ever be possible.
Hi virginia. First of all the deathfish can be found on the island by the graveyard in riverview, just search a little and you will find the location, that should solve your problem. I still do not advise moving sims, and even if you did it would delete all of your accomplishments and rewards. Good luck I hope I helped.
This is not a question but a comment… I saw that you ranked the garden plants from the lowest quality to the highest with “normal” as the lowest quality. Well… my sim explored the catacombs and found an “unknown special plant” or something similar… Now when I planted it it did not say the quality. But when it has grown to “Mature,” it was the “Horrifying quality!” I never thought that was possible ha ha. Well, better go and get my shovel
-Lisa
Haha Lisa, thats awesome. I’m not sure if I listed the bad ones, but it’s something like horrible, terrible, atrocious. I’m not sure exactly because honestly I don’t see much difference. thanks for posting
I found the Death fish in the river near the graveyard. I did not think they would be in the river thanks but the minute I had the death fish and the life fruit the option to make the ambrosia disapeared do you know why?
Hi Virginia,
Make sure you have both the deathfish and life fruit in your sims inventory when you go to cook the ambrosia. There is an option at the bottom of your cook list like “other” or “more” click that and you should have the ambrosia listed as a food you can cook. Let me know if that doesn’t work
Hi mehrsa. The great thing about the sims is you can create any character you want and make them however you want them to, the limits are next to none.
It is possible to kill sims by starving them to death or by trapping them in areas. Murder isn’t exactly something most people strive for, so the creators wisely left it out of the game.
Hi Austin
You can retire from a job and earn something like 300-400 a week as retirement pay. However if you decide to take a different job you will no longer get that wage. I’m not sure what else you can get from jobs, if it’s different cars, clothing, then no I don’t think you get to keep those but I’m not 100% on that.
I am having a problem with . . . . . . . (lol) I’m not sure.
I have maxed out my Sim in Gardening, Fishing and Cooking. I have the Deathfish, the Life fruit and the Ambrosia recipe but the game refuses to give me the option to make Ambrosia.
I have 3 Sims – a Mother and her 2 kids that are ghosts that I want to bring back to life and can’t.
Hi Jerry. You aren’t the first person to ask this question, Ive heard many times so I’m now leaning toward the “could be a bug” side. When you get a lot of recipes they can’t all be shown at once, you have to find the button that will show more recipes in the popup and it should be in the second list. That should work, if not it could be something I’m not thinking of. Good luck!
My first family never had a problem getting to make Ambrosia. It popped up as an option but I never had them make it since I didn’t know what it did – and there were no ghosts in the house.
This house has 3 ghosts and I can’t get the Ambrosia option to pop up. LOL – Glitch. . . . . . maybe!! EA being evil? Possibly!!
Jerry. Wow, I’m really getting this question a lot lately. I think it has to do with who is cooking the ambrosia. It has to be the sim who has learned the skills. Also I’m not sure if a ghost can cook the ambrosia, I think they have to be alive. Also there are a few different ways a ghost lives. It can “haunt” you, or you can bring it back to “life” as a ghost, but it won’t be fully alive. Yeah kinda confusing. I may go back and refresh my memory on this because I get one of these questions every few days about the ambrosia option not being available. Let me know if you get it to work and how so I can update here. Thanks for the Q!
i have been playing the game for a while and occationally when i try to fish it wont let me. It doesnt come back either… i was wondering if there is anyone else that this has happened too because it doesnt always happen to all my sims just the ones im doing really good on.
Hi Charlene. I haven’t had this bug, but it is a bug that many people have reported. Try taking all the seeds out of your sims inventory and planting them or move to another sims inventory. The cause of the bug isn’t really known but it could be related to a foreign friend visiting (if you have WA installed). Either way let me know if you have success!
So i reached lvl 10 on the Fire Fighter Profression. Got the Bell and the Firetruck. So i was adding onto my house and deleted the wall the bell was on and i was wondering if there is anyway to get it back :\. its not in Inventory so idk wtf to do
what happens if you dont send your teen to school and they fail? because my friend told me that in ambitions if your teen sim hanqs out w/ the wrong crowd they become a hooker or something like that. so is that true?
One time when I started to play all my furniture disappeared, and now I can’t get it back! My sim is still there, sleeping on an invisible bed! What should I do? Please help!
OK, I have a question to ask here. I have the two recent expansions installed plus the High-End Loft stuff pack installed as well. I noticed that when I used the collection helper in my game, no insects, seeds and rocks can be found in the 3 towns of Sims 3!! Why is this so?
Playing the Sims 3 without the expansion packs shows that the insects, seeds and rocks are scattered around the town but when the 2 expansions are installed, they disappeared from the towns! Only the fish remained! Although the insects, seeds and rocks can be found in the World Adventures play area, they are nowhere to be found in the towns! Why is this so? Did EA change this with the expansion packs???
Besides the fact that you need to learn martial arts to fight off the mummies, when you come in contact with a mummy how do you make your sims fight? Is it automatically done or do you need to click something in order for it to work?
It’s automatic, once the mummy is within a certain range he will engage your sim. The martial arts just gives you a higher chance of beating up the mummy, be careful don’t get cursed.
why don’t my fish grow up from normal quality to perfect, i gives them food everyday in the fishbowls. Will they have better quality if i tend them in pond?
can i have more than 1 fish in 1 pond?
June 16, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’ll be adding pictures to the Gardening Guide soon. I’m also working on a Cooking Guide next.
June 22, 2009 at 10:58 am
Hey wire,
I wanted to know if sims can go on dates??
ciaoo
June 22, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Sims can dine together, or visit areas together. Just make sure you are in the same lot as the sim you want to go out with. Also they can reject your offer, but if your friends they usually accept the invitation.
so 1. go to the same lot as the sim. 2. go to the overhead map and click on a location. 3. it will give you the option “go here with…” 4. select the sim from the list and you’re done
June 22, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Oow okee..but it’s not really a date date like the sims 2 nightlife..
but thanks tough
June 22, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I wanted to ask you something else too (A)
if I play with a different household and i go back later to my first household..all the things from my sims inventory and fridge, like fishes veggies the collector, are gone..is this a bug or is it normal??
June 23, 2009 at 12:26 am
First I know that many people have had this happen, so yes it is “normal”. It’s the reason I don’t switch households. Instead I just start a new game, but I realize that’s not everyones cup of tea. I’ve also heard that entire SIMS disappear, so be careful, make backups, etc.
As to whether or not it is an actual bug, I think it is. There are apparently mods out there that can “fix” these issues, but as I said I’ve never needed to use it so I can’t say that it would work for sure.
June 25, 2009 at 10:52 pm
heyy, your guide really helped, thanks!! But i was wondering, i found a rainbow gem worth about $600. should i get it cut or keep as is? thanks in advance!!
June 26, 2009 at 3:06 pm
wow Amanda, that sounds like a good gem to get! I’m sorry I don’t have any detailed info on gems at this time. I’ll definitely do some…research and see what I can find. Thanks for the question, I’ll update whenever I get more info on gems.
June 26, 2009 at 11:53 am
If you have reached level 10 in several skills, and recieved your “selected” life time reward, when you purchase the “change lifetime reward” will you recieve your new reward on skills already achieved?
June 26, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I had hoped this would work as well Maggie, but unfortunately it does not. Once you achieve your lifetime goal, it is permanent and you can no longer change it. Honestly I’m not sure why they did it this way because it would certainly make it easier to score lifetime points in multiple areas.
Short answer is you can only change it Before you earn the reward, and once you earn it is locked in and the option to purchase a new one disappears.
June 26, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Thanks for the gardening guide. Very thorough and lots of great information I didn’t know about.
You mentioned completing the three challenges in order to get the Omni plant. Well, my Sim completed the first challenge and was able to plant cheese and eggs. She got up to the level of Great cheese and eggs, then I switched households and played another family for a couple days. When I came back to the first Sim, she could no longer plant cheese and eggs, even though she was still able to harvest the cheese/egg plants that had still been growing in her garden. Why did she loose the ability to plant cheese/eggs? How can I get it back? Right now she is at level 10 gardening. No more Bistro opportunities have shown up either. Help!
June 27, 2009 at 2:39 am
Pamhamlet, I’m so sorry you lost that ability! Well this is a bug with switching households, and it’s why I NEVER switch houses. You can lose entire sims this way, yikes!
As far as I know there are no fixes for this problem (and other problems caused by the dreaded household switch)
You’re only hope is to look for a save file from before you switched. If you look in the Documents/EA/Sims3/Saves, you may have a file from before. AND if not they even were generous and created a .backup extension for you automatically!
Make sure Sims3 is not playing. Change the .backup savegame file (from before you switched houses … hope you got it…) to “.sims3″ Start the game up again, load, and hopefully it works. Good Luck!
June 28, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Thanks for your reply, wiremanart. I will keep that in mind in the future, but I think I have played and saved way beyond the point in the game that I could ever go back and get the previous state of that household again.
I sure hope a future patch takes account of this and fixes this bug. Once the ability is gained, it should remain. Otherwise, no Omni plants for me, I guess. I switch houses too often.
June 28, 2009 at 5:52 am
hi, im just here to ask something about cooking. i have looked around, but what i want is not here. my sim lately gets wishes to do with cooking her friends’ favorite food to do them a nioce thing… i have no idea how to find out which is the other sims’ favorite food. is there a way of knowing that?
June 28, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Hey cleopatra – great question! I have actually been getting some of the moodlets/wishes info together (like what type of cooking effects moods, etc.) and this part of it.
But to answer your question all you have to do is use the “get to know” and “talk about food” talking options. Keep chatting to them and their favorite things pop up in a bubble above their head, so you have to pay attention. I don’t think it is ever listed unless you actually control the sim. Let me know if you find anything else
June 28, 2009 at 2:59 pm
thanx..! that colector’s thigy is sure very useful…=P
June 29, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I read what u said about ambrosia, and u said that it will re-set a sims timeline to zero, but will it restart aging or stay at zero?
July 3, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Hey Megan, the current age is set to zero, you can never reverse your sim to a previous age (even with a cheat it will mess up your game). Sorry took a while to answer, I missed your post.
July 3, 2009 at 6:48 am
How can i turn “Old Friend” to “Best Friend”? I searched this subject a lot and the answers always the same.
“Just keep chatting with him/her…”
Did you have any idea?
July 3, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Not too sure about old friends. It always seems like they stay old friends no matter what… The easiest way to make friends is with a *hint* lifetime purchase though.
August 23, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I’m pretty sure that “Old Friend” comes after “Best Friend” on the scale. If it is that way, you likely wouldn’t want to go backwards from “Old Friend” to “Best Friend”.
July 4, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Hi
I was wondering how to get back the special plants i planted before we moved house. Dad planted them all, died and the daughters took over the garden. They moved and everything but the plants moved to the new place.
how can i get them again. thanks janine
July 5, 2009 at 2:15 am
Hi, I found your gardening guide through google ( was searching on how to get life fruit) and I found it helpful. But I have a question about the green thumb trait.
One of my sims has level 10 gardening and I used the mid life crisis reward to change his traits so that he is a great fisherman and gardener, meaning I gave him the green thumb trait along with others.
When I select a dead plant the only option is view and to discard all dead plants, I don’t have an option to revive it. Can you explain how I would revive them?
Also something else, do you know if it is possible to revive ghosts that have died of old age? With the science opportunity, I already have gotten that and revived a sim that died in a fire, but can the same be done for ghosts of old age?
Can ghost sims die from things like fire, shock, drowning, ect?
I don’t know if I’ll get an email with response, but I’ll check back in a few days. My email is whyme123wewe at yahoo.
July 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm
hey wkw427, lots of great q’s
1 – see the green thumb trait list at beginning of the gardening guide
2 – once ghosts die they are completely dead, no reviving them after that.
3 – can ghost sims die from unnatural causes? I honestly don’t know. my sims are kind of immortal right now, so I haven’t really tested a lot of the death stuff (ghost babies, how to kill a sim, etc.)
July 5, 2009 at 2:17 am
Oh and I have another question, more of a suggestion. Do you think you could add the small pictures that display over the unknown seeds once they have changed from sprout? I have a few money tree sprouts, and the little picture that shows up when you highlight it clearly shows a money tree. It would greatly help in identifying the “special” unknown seeds early on.
July 6, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Yup, that is one way to tell what the unknown plant will be somewhat ahead of time, but only works for the money tree. I’ll get around to adding that eventually, but I have a couple more guides to format and add first.
Actually that point makes me wish they had more variety in plant types – then you’d know for sure what the other sprouts were going to be as well.
July 5, 2009 at 2:38 am
Hey! Me again! I’ve got something you can add to any guide that you mention skill books.
There are three volumes of skill books. If I recall, there are cooking, logic, gardening, handiness and charisma. You start with volume 1 of a book, depending on your traits. EX, if you have the cooking trait, you’ll start with volume 1 of the cooking book.
You can read the books to level up, but the books are only useful for so long.
Volume 1: 1-3
Volume 2: 4-7
Volume 3: 7-10
You need to buy the next volume when you try to read it again and the option is grayed out. It is useful to buy all of the skill books when you can aford them, because everyone can use them.
July 6, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Thanks Wkw427- I was thinking of the best way to add the books to the guide and they will probably have their own section. I’ll try to mention them in the specific guides, but books will have an entire page for themselves.
July 7, 2009 at 5:20 am
I’ve had several sims die, and i’ve noticed several different tombstones. What dictates the shape of the tombstone (i.e. flat slab, traditional, or obelisk)?
July 9, 2009 at 6:01 am
tanner
I’ve found that it’s based on your lifetime achievements. I think if you have earned 75,000 in happiness points you get a small grave, and 150,000 for the larger tombstone. Just found this out today actually.
October 21, 2009 at 7:50 am
Your kinda right there if you dont achieve your lifetime wish you get a slab tombstone is you achieve it and spend over 50,000 lifetime point you get the original tombstone and for the large tombstone you have to achieve your lifetime wish and spend 150,000 lifetime points.
October 21, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I was actually going off of the games core files, perhaps they’ve changed or I may have modded the values…
July 8, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Hey.. I was wondering what rewards you get for reaching lvl 10 in each career.. or.. if there are any (except the Cooking career from which you get a “fancy fridge”)
July 9, 2009 at 6:02 am
I’m currently getting the career path guide together and have posted a few. It will list all the rewards, pay, and requirements of each job.
July 9, 2009 at 5:08 am
Are you going to post how sims 3 has twins or triplets?
I love this site. Thank you!
July 9, 2009 at 6:06 am
Hi butterflygazer
I appreciate you commenting, if you don’t comment I would never know you! So firstly, thanks for the compliment.
Second, the best way to get triplets is by getting the fertility treatment (10.000 lifetime points). Even then it’s not 100%, so simultaneously listen to kids music on the radio, whilst watching the kids show on tv. A lot of work, but it will slightly increases your chances of beating the octuplets lady, haha.
July 21, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I really appreciate your guide on gardening- it really helped me out!
Now, I was wondering- do you have a complete list of the “Gems” and “Metals”? I have found all the space rocks but cannot find the final 20% of the gems or metals. I have the collector helper thing, and on more than one occasion, I have gone through the ENTIRE town and collected every rock/gem/metal highlighted, and still haven’t found them all.. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!
July 22, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Nevermind.. I just decided to spend 3 straight (Sim) days collecting rocks and finally found them all!! However, I still thank you for the great guide!
July 23, 2009 at 2:04 am
Sorry I’m late Kat I’ve been kinda busy – I have the entire guide written, I am just about to add the screens and post it tonight
July 22, 2009 at 7:36 pm
You rock big time!!!!! thank youuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DDDDDD
July 23, 2009 at 2:05 am
haha, nice to hear from you ichigo! I appreciate the kind words
July 27, 2009 at 10:21 am
Hey, I love your guides. good work:)
I have a question for you, can i revive a ghost i met at the graveyard?
July 30, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Hi Hana,
Thanks! I haven’t delved into all the death stuff just yet. I know that you can revive family members for sure, but at a certain point ghosts are no longer revive-able (after their second death) So I am unsure if you can bring them back using ambrosia. For family members you can use the science facility (pretty sure this is an opportunity-only) but as for other families I do not know for sure. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, I’m slowly working on a death guide, lol.
July 30, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Hi Hana,
Thanks! I haven’t delved into all the death stuff just yet. I know that you can revive family members for sure, but at a certain point ghosts are no longer revive-able (after their second death) So I am unsure if you can bring them back using ambrosia at the graveyard. For family members you can use the science facility (pretty sure this is an opportunity-only) but as for other families I do not know for sure. Sorry I couldn’t be more help, I’m slowly working on a death guide, lol.
July 30, 2009 at 8:40 am
Hi!
How do you sell your gems, just click “delete”, or is there another way, like when you go to the grocery store and have the option to sell fruits and veggies? I haven’t done much collecting yet, so this might be an incredibly stupid question, lol!
-G
July 30, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Hi G,
you sell them in the inventory panel, just drag them over to the simolean sign on the left. This is how I sell everything else especially food because it saves a trip to the store.
August 4, 2009 at 8:19 am
how do you put a picture of yourself onto the sims 3 so it can make you
August 4, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Jimmy, It’s not as simple as just putting your avatar in the game. You would have to redesign everything in the 3D sims face to fit yours. The best option is to use create-a-sim and make it look like you as much as you possibly can. If you are having trouble, a good way is to send a headshot to people that play the game and ask them to make you as well. I would attempt it
August 7, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I have reached level 10 of my gardening skills. You mentioned of the three challenges to get the Omni plant. Well, I accidentally refused the first challenge! My question, is, will the same challenge come to me on a later time? I really want to plant the Omni plant! Please help! Thanks!
August 8, 2009 at 10:15 am
Hi Siva, The omni plant challenge is difficult to get. The recent patch should fix this problem, but if you haven’t updated it could take years (sim years) to get the challenge opportunity again. I suggest updating to the most recent patch and see if that helps. Also make sure you have planted everything that you can possibly plant as this will ensure that you are ready for the “bonus” challenges. Let me know when you receive the challenge opportunities – it will be a phone call so ALWAYS answer!
August 9, 2009 at 10:05 am
Hi,
I have a sims who has mastered all her culinary skills and have learnt all the recipes. But her skills journal still states that her recipe percentage is 68%. I went to buy all the recipes and she can’t read any of them anymore.
Can you please help?
Thanks!
August 9, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Hi Angel, That really sounds like a bug to me. There are only two ways to unlock recipes, one is by gaining skill levels, and the other is by buying them from the bookstore. There may however, be special recipes that you can earn from working as a chef, but as far as I know they only gave you recipes that you could buy. So I’m really not sure what is going on with your game. Try to double check again, maybe post a screenshot or two of the recipes you have learned, because I would like to compare them to my own. Thanks for the question!
August 23, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Hey,
My Sim is currently on level 10 of the Athletic career. If he quits his job, and then decides to go back later, will he start back at level 1? (Obviously I’m hoping he will go straight back to level 10, but I’m too scared to try it..)
August 23, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Also, I was reading the section about becoming a partner of/owning local businesses. Is there a difference? I noticed that the price is different, but not the weekly payments. If my Sims become a partner, can they decide to buy the business outright at a later date? Lastly, if my Sim has partial/full ownership and they die, will the ownership be transferred to their kids or significant other (if they have them)?
Thanks a bunch for your help!!
August 25, 2009 at 1:07 pm
hi again dlgrow, Yes when you partner you only make 50% of the full price. Once you are a partner you can buyout at a later date, but remember to do it before Sunday so you don’t have to wait a whole week for a paycheck! When a sim dies, ALL their assets are transfered to the spouse or sons/daughters. I am not sure what happens if they aren’t related, but as long as you have people in the same household I believe it will go to them as well…. good question, let me know if you find anything out on that.
August 25, 2009 at 1:04 pm
If you quit your job, and come back to it there is a ratio used I think that determines what level you will be re-hired at so if you are level ten it puts you a little below that if you quit and start that job back at a later date (it may also be dependant on your skills, i.e. if you lose athletic skills it may drop you on the payscale). If you have any data please share
August 25, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Alright, so if I’m currently partnered with the hospital and making $6000/week, when I buy it out I will be making $12000/week from it?
Also, I first heard that you start back at level one and that’s the end of it. But the more popular response seems to be like what you say. I may end up trying it and reporting back…
Thanks for your help!
August 26, 2009 at 3:04 am
thats correct dlegrow, you will double your profit. I think I may have included how many weeks it takes to make your investment back, but basically the sooner you buyout the better. Please let me know about the job thing, I will give the credit and add it to the Job Section when I get around to all these updates. Cheers.
September 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
First of all, this is probably the most helpful site I’ve found so far. I apologize if this has been answered, but here’s my question. Once a harvested plant is in my inventory, will it go bad/decrease in value? Thanks for the awesome tips!
September 2, 2009 at 1:41 pm
hi rachael. To answer your question no, plants never go bad if left in your inventory. Birthday cakes will spoil however and food doesn’t last long either. Generally speaking everything in the game decreases in value by a certain % everyday, except for paintings you create, they increase in value. Rocks and gems do not go up or down. Good question!
September 4, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Hi!
Thanks for a great guide, I found it very useful!
I want to share a few things that you are free to use in your guides if you like.
After installing the latest update (1.4) there are some improvments! The omni-plant challenges are in fact easier to get after the update . I had one of the sims in my family complete all three challenges and then started growing some omniplants. They really are great, I feed them angelfish that I then use as fertilizers on other plants; that way I don´t have to spend so much time fishing.
When I later moved my family to a new house my sim still had the level 10 gardening skill (before the update there was a bug regarding the gardening skill being lost or decreased) and could still plant omniplants and order the omniplant seeds from his new mailbox.
Another sim in my household then mastered the gardening skill, and even though she never planted anything, she started getting the omniplant challenges. So it seems you don´t have to go crazy planting every single plant to get this challenge! Also, when completing the challenges, I sent her to the restaurant delivering crops that another sim in the household had grown, and that worked.
Another important thing to know is that you don´t have to answer the phone to get this challenge. It works like all the other challenges in the game – if you don´t answer the phone the challenge box will still show up on your screen.
Regarding moving to a new house I wanted you all to know that everything in the sims personal inventory and the family inventory came with me – nothing disappeared.
If you take your furniture with you when moving, and you bring a fridge to a house that already has a fridge, the fridge inventory is the same in both fridges. So I deleted one of the fridges and everything was still in the one I kept.
The only bug I experiensed when moving was that my magic gnome lost his “magic” and no longer moves around my house, which is too bad. I hope they fix this in the next update.
Regarding seeds I did an experiment to see if the special seeds show up at the same location after you´ve picked them up – but they don´t.
Also, it is said in the game that once you´ve found a seed in the wild and planted it, you recognize this seed in the wild – this isn´t true for the special seeds, with the exception of the money three seed.
I´m unsure if this is a bug or not, but I don´t find it that disturbing since there are only 4 different special seeds that are kept “unknown”.
Hope this information is useful!
September 13, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hi Adora,
I second a lot of the things you wrote, except for the moving house part. This is a well known bug that anything you leave behind (when you return) you will risk losing. The original move is fine, it’s the moving back part where things go wrong. Thanks for your contribution.
September 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Hi, I couldn’t find where to leave a question, so I hope this works. Sometimes my sim will get the want to grow her own ingredients in the garden to make a meal. When I hover over the want it tells me to look up “yum” in the Sim dictionary to find the ingredients. But I can’t find the dictionary or anything like that in my game. And I must be the only on because no one else has a question like mine. I’ve looked. Please help!!!
Thank You!!!
September 13, 2009 at 1:17 pm
you only need to check your cooking “skill guide” all the ingredients for the recipes you have learned and read will be there.
September 22, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I have a few things to share and a couple questions.
When you put a fish in a fish bowl, you have to feed it or it will die. You do not have to feed insects you catch. Any idea how often you have to feed your fish? It seems like you have to do it every day. I had a couple setbacks on my Perfect Private Aquarium challenge because my first Perfect fish died. I’m not sure if you have to keep them alive to complete the challenge.
A little random, but if you have a Neat sim and have him/her perform the Clean House activity, they will clean everything except a kid’s potty chair. Nasty.
I’ve discovered a few things about adopting, parenting, and same-sex partners.
* I was unable to do anything to determine a baby’s gender. I sent my pregnant sim to the doctor and read every book I could find that sounded like it pertained to pregnancy, but nothing happened. Supposedly doctors can give medical advice that helps you determine the baby’s gender. Also, eating apples supposedly made a boy more likely and watermelon a girl more likely, but I read that the patch removed that capability.
* When you adopt, you can choose the gender and age range but not its starting traits. The two traits a baby comes with seem to be random. Also, in my experience, adopted babies will only have 4 traits when they grow up, instead of the regular 5 they would have otherwise. I’m not sure if a natural-born baby always gets 5 or can sometimes only get 4.
* Same-sex couples have all of the same capabilities as opposite-sex couples except they (obviously) cannot have a baby together. They can only adopt. But they can propose, marry, move in together, perform all Romantic activities (except Try For Baby), and adopt a baby together.
* If playing a same-sex couple, one of the partners is designated as the “mother” role for specific game-playing purposes. This partner gets maternity leave (even if a man) and has to hold the baby during its birthday transition. The “father” role cannot hold the baby. I am not sure what determines which one takes on this role, but it seems to be the order they are displayed in. The sim on top is the “father”, the one below is the “mother”.
September 29, 2009 at 12:17 am
Hello,
I don’t understand how to use the moodlet manager in the game?
September 30, 2009 at 12:40 am
Yougoboss, the moodlet manager is hit or miss, which is why I made the mod that fixes it to always work. Basically if you have a negative mood it fills it up to positive. Sometimes it doesn’t work and gives you total negative mood and you pass out, which I think is lame.
October 4, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I was reading the guide here: http://sims3guide.wordpress.com/category/skill-set-strategies/gardening/
And it was able to help me a lot in learning about gardening. Although, recently I have encountered some kind of glitch or something. Whenever I play something.. for example.. “outstanding” bell peppers.. it’s turning into an “outstanding” bell pepper plant rather than a “perfect” bell pepper plant, the next status up. I’ve been gardening a lot, and I’m pretty certain that whenever you plant a seed or fruit/veggie that it’s the next status up that it was planted. It also says this in your guide. I removed all mods I had in the game, and I tried many different things.. I tried planting the fruit/veggies with other sims.. nothing seems to be working. They’re staying the same status when planted. Am I just make a silly mistake or overlooking something?
Please help!
Thanks,
x Jess
October 21, 2009 at 7:42 am
For the gem cut guide the heart shape is only obtained after you find all the gems not by getting 5 of each cut. Also why do you only have 4 career pathways instead of them all.
October 21, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Jak I’m not sure about that – when I played it was 5 of each cut. I only have a few pathways due to the time it takes to create guides. I’ve had to devote my time towards providing for my family. Thanks for the Q.
November 26, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Hello… I have a bit of a question and a suggestion to those who want to gain skills faster (I’m a Sims 3 addict so this site is AMAZING to me) The suggestion is: Library, If gaining a skill and you go to the library to read, you’ll gain it much faster than you would compared to learning it at home. My question is however, is there a way to make ghost babies? I saw it on the tutorial but never could figure out how to do it. And if there are ghost babies and they grow up, do they get any special abilities/problems? Like they can’t grow up, or they can’t die?
November 27, 2009 at 5:07 am
Hi Olivia. The reason I don’t suggest libraries is because some skills require you actually doing them. For instance when cooking you gain skills you cannot gain through reading, but you should also know that you can simply watch tv on the couch and gain skills (just turn the corresponding channel and your skills will grow!) The main reason I don’t suggest it though is that you can “profit” from doing the actual skill itself. Like when fishing, you are catching fish and can sell them rather than simply reading the book (which you will have to do anyway to gain certain bait skills)
Ghost babies, from what I understand, are simply created by chance when you have woo-hoo’d a dead person. I also think that one of the partners has to be alive to have a chance at it. Ghosts are no different than any sim. They have needs that need to be met and a new lifespan that will run out, but when they die, they die for good and cannot be brought back. However you may try feeding them ambrosia (guide is on here) and I’m not sure if they come back to life, or live forever as a ghost…Death is not something I tested extensively as I barely had enough time to report on the living activities. Again this is my understanding, feel free to test it out yourself (some things may have even changed since I last played) Good luck and please post your results!
December 25, 2009 at 4:26 pm
How can you slow dance in sims 3?
December 27, 2009 at 10:41 pm
i’m not sure if you can. I don’t remember there being an option to slow dance, this may have changed if you got the new expansion, but i don’t have it so I’m unsure. If you find the answer please share it here
December 28, 2009 at 12:41 am
Kelsey I edited your post because it contains cheats. I do not approve of cheats, only mods here. The reason is because there are thousands of cheat sites that have this info and I prefer to keep my site about strategy. I feel it makes the game more fun, especially a game like this where the process, not the result, makes the game come alive. Respectfully, Ron.
December 28, 2009 at 12:42 am
I’m so confused. my testingcheatsenabled true cheat isnt working! can someone help me plz.
January 2, 2010 at 12:52 am
what do u do when you type in the cheat?
December 31, 2009 at 2:08 am
Your website is really helpful, but I can’t find much about the perfect plant. My sim is up to level 7 in gardening, she loves the outdoors, and she is a green thumb. She has been taking good care of her garden(she waters, weeds, and harvests her plants), but she is not able to grow a perfect plant. Am I just being impatient, or will other methods of gardening create a perfect plant? Also, will using a different type of watering method affect the plant quality(such as watering plants with a watering can versus watering them with the sprinkle)?
Thank you!
January 1, 2010 at 1:21 am
Using the sprinkler/watercan have equal results. So I use sprinkler out of convenience (you never have to worry about watering) and it saves your sim an extra action that they would have to do manually which saves you time!
December 31, 2009 at 5:01 am
First of all, please disregard my previous question about the growing time of a death flower. Next, I was wondering you can get fire plants(if thats what they’re called), money trees, and other special plant seeds. Also, I’m confused about the whole generation thing. After my plants die, you can only dispose them and there are no seeds left to replant them. Does the next generation plant only work for certain types of plants? Could you explain this process to me? But I have a few more questions (sorry.) Can you fertilize death flower bushes? If so, why can’t I fertilize my death plant? Another thing, going back to generations of plants, can seeds drop off of vines and bushes or just trees?
THANKS SO MUCH AND SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU SO MUCH!
January 1, 2010 at 1:19 am
hi there!
). When the plant reproduces the offspring will be one generation higher, in this instance it will be “good”. So you plant the PLANT, lol – I think this was where your confusion came from. When that plant harvests it’s fruit will be “very good” and so on. By replanting your produce you will obtain higher generations all the way up to perfect.
First the generations work in a ladder-type format. You start with “normal” seeds or plants (and occasionally worse
For special seeds you need to roam about the world. It is timestaking. Remember to only grab “special” seeds. Even rare ones can be bought from the store and will be good quality instead of a “normal” seed quality so it’s not necessary to grab them if you plan to buy them from the store. The best spots to look are along paths and by the science facility, and in open areas, so honestly anywhere. The only seeds you will find that come from produce are money tree seeds, they are rare but you might get 1-2 seeds dropped a week from 5-10 trees.
I believe you can fertilize any plant, including the death plant. The benefits are it will harvest quicker and possibly even give better fruit (i.e. very good instead of good). However death plants do not have better qualities. The reason is they are only good for one thing (keeping death from killing you when you die), that is all. If you fertilize with a death plant, the plant u just fertilized is dead, sorry. And if you cook anything with a death flower and eat it, u guessed it, dead sim.
You are not bothering me!!! I made this site for this very reason, I enjoy answering all questions. I don’t always have the answers, but I can at least get you going in the right direction. Happy New Sim Year
January 1, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Thanks so much for all your help! My sim wants to plant a flame fruit bush, but I don’t know where to find them! I have checked the supermarket, looked around town for seeds, and even went to the bookstore! Where are flame fruit bushes?
P.S. My sim is level 8 in gardening and level 7 in cooking(I thought that this would possibly help)
Thanks and have a Happy New Year!
January 2, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Hey Sims3
they are special seeds. Just plant every single special seed you find and eventually you will get some flame fruits. Once you have them keep replanting to get more and more. They are pretty good value, but mostly they just look cool in the garden at night.
January 3, 2010 at 1:58 am
Will it say if the seed quality is special? Usually it just says if its rare or not.
January 4, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Yes, it’s the only way you’ll know if it’s special because all the seeds look the same.
Once they start growing however, when they are sprouts, you may be able to tell if it will be a money tree, because the icon is different from the bushes
January 3, 2010 at 1:55 am
Thanks!
I have one more question!
My sister’s sim was given the option to host a funeral, but it was just like a regular party! Can you have a real funeral?
January 4, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I really doubt it. It must have been one of the changes in an update, and I’m guessing not a lot of thought went into it other than changing a few codes to allow the party to happen.
January 16, 2010 at 2:49 pm
How come my plants arn’t growing in sims 3???!!!!!!!
January 16, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Hi Ricky
Were your plants growing before? If yes, then you’ve changed something >>
Have you added any mods or updated recently? If yes, then it’s likely the cause of the issue.
The only time I’ve seen this happen on my own is when i was doing some hardcore modding to make plants grow faster. Once mods were removed everything worked fine again. Send an update when you have them growing again.
January 17, 2010 at 3:15 pm
This is only happening with my special plants,uncommon plants, and rare plants for some reason……
January 19, 2010 at 3:46 am
Sorry Ricky I’m not sure what else could be causing that issue
January 19, 2010 at 2:54 am
I reached the top of my career track and if I quit and do something else will I still be at the top of my old job?
January 19, 2010 at 3:46 am
Hi Ali,
Unfortunately no you will not. You have to earn your way up through the careers. If you take your old job back though I think you start off high, but not at the top. Also you can’t have a job after you retire, I’ve tried to work that system and well, it didn’t work. Have fun!
January 24, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Are you going to make a World Adventures Guide?
January 24, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Also my Omni plant isn’t allowing me to feed anything into it. Is it because i used a cheat code and my sim doesn’t have the gardening skill maxed out? Thanks in advance
January 30, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Who is Clark Sauer and where can i find him ?
January 30, 2010 at 6:54 pm
MaaMut, I honestly am not sure what you are talking about, haha. If it’s the addon expansion I don’t have that yet, so sorry I can’t help.
February 5, 2010 at 9:02 am
what do u have to do on after you’ve moved for it to register you’ve all ready moved cos ive been in this house 4 8 days and it still says im in the middle of a move
February 5, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Hi Kissy,
Hmm I never had that problem myself, but I’ve heard people have it. You hopefully have a backup from before the move, otherwise you are out of luck. If you do, use the backup and try “Merge Household” instead of “Move In”. I generally don’t move my sims because it seems to cause this and other issues with inventory. I have found no other solution so I hope it works for you!
February 10, 2010 at 1:15 am
I have another question! Is it possible for teenage sims to have babies? I think there was a cheat for it, but I’m not sure what it was. Having a teenager with a baby will make the game more fun and will enhance the sims3 experience, so I would appreciate it if you could let me know. Thanks so much!!!
February 10, 2010 at 3:42 am
This hack is the only way you can do that. The reason it’s left out is because the game makers need to be socially responsible and teenage pregnancy falls into that category. I’m sure you know that, but I haven’t said it on this site, so there ya go. There are a couple more mods available dealing with pregnancy options if you look for them, happy baby making
February 15, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Thanks so much! I have another 2 questions though! Can sims murder each other? And, what do the white ghosts mean(is there a specific way these sims died?) Thanks
February 15, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Hi again. Technically you can kill another sim, but it’s more of you doing it than another sim (i.e. trapping them in the pool, setting the house on fire and removing the door). I’m not sure what the colors mean for ghosts. In the past it was said that a drowning was blue, death by fire was red, etc. I’m not 100% on any of that, but feel free to test. Have fun!
February 11, 2010 at 2:55 am
I have sims three and I cannot take a sims from riverview to sunny vally or vice versa. I am using riverview and my sims should be able to make ambrosia but the only death fish I know of are in sunny vally. should the sims be able to travel to the other town if so how or what do I need to do. Also it would be fun to be able to buy and fix houses thensell without moving out of the house you love do you think that will ever be possible.
February 11, 2010 at 6:05 am
Hi virginia. First of all the deathfish can be found on the island by the graveyard in riverview, just search a little and you will find the location, that should solve your problem. I still do not advise moving sims, and even if you did it would delete all of your accomplishments and rewards. Good luck I hope I helped.
February 13, 2010 at 11:42 pm
This is not a question but a comment… I saw that you ranked the garden plants from the lowest quality to the highest with “normal” as the lowest quality. Well… my sim explored the catacombs and found an “unknown special plant” or something similar… Now when I planted it it did not say the quality. But when it has grown to “Mature,” it was the “Horrifying quality!” I never thought that was possible ha ha. Well, better go and get my shovel
-Lisa
February 14, 2010 at 12:13 am
Haha Lisa, thats awesome. I’m not sure if I listed the bad ones, but it’s something like horrible, terrible, atrocious. I’m not sure exactly because honestly I don’t see much difference. thanks for posting
February 18, 2010 at 1:46 am
I found the Death fish in the river near the graveyard. I did not think they would be in the river thanks but the minute I had the death fish and the life fruit the option to make the ambrosia disapeared do you know why?
February 18, 2010 at 3:32 am
Hi Virginia,
Make sure you have both the deathfish and life fruit in your sims inventory when you go to cook the ambrosia. There is an option at the bottom of your cook list like “other” or “more” click that and you should have the ambrosia listed as a food you can cook. Let me know if that doesn’t work
March 19, 2010 at 7:59 pm
how we can have better live?
how we can kill people in sims? it is esay?
March 20, 2010 at 2:09 am
Hi mehrsa. The great thing about the sims is you can create any character you want and make them however you want them to, the limits are next to none.
It is possible to kill sims by starving them to death or by trapping them in areas. Murder isn’t exactly something most people strive for, so the creators wisely left it out of the game.
March 28, 2010 at 6:04 pm
When you quit a job when you are the highest rank in it do you still get to keep what you earned from it?
March 29, 2010 at 2:31 am
Hi Austin
You can retire from a job and earn something like 300-400 a week as retirement pay. However if you decide to take a different job you will no longer get that wage. I’m not sure what else you can get from jobs, if it’s different cars, clothing, then no I don’t think you get to keep those but I’m not 100% on that.
April 3, 2010 at 10:42 am
I am having a problem with . . . . . . . (lol) I’m not sure.
I have maxed out my Sim in Gardening, Fishing and Cooking. I have the Deathfish, the Life fruit and the Ambrosia recipe but the game refuses to give me the option to make Ambrosia.
I have 3 Sims – a Mother and her 2 kids that are ghosts that I want to bring back to life and can’t.
Am I missing a step? Or what am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
April 3, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Hi Jerry. You aren’t the first person to ask this question, Ive heard many times so I’m now leaning toward the “could be a bug” side. When you get a lot of recipes they can’t all be shown at once, you have to find the button that will show more recipes in the popup and it should be in the second list. That should work, if not it could be something I’m not thinking of. Good luck!
April 5, 2010 at 3:17 am
Thanks Wire,
My first family never had a problem getting to make Ambrosia. It popped up as an option but I never had them make it since I didn’t know what it did – and there were no ghosts in the house.
This house has 3 ghosts and I can’t get the Ambrosia option to pop up. LOL – Glitch. . . . . . maybe!! EA being evil? Possibly!!
Anyway, thanks for the answer.
April 5, 2010 at 4:52 am
Jerry. Wow, I’m really getting this question a lot lately. I think it has to do with who is cooking the ambrosia. It has to be the sim who has learned the skills. Also I’m not sure if a ghost can cook the ambrosia, I think they have to be alive. Also there are a few different ways a ghost lives. It can “haunt” you, or you can bring it back to “life” as a ghost, but it won’t be fully alive. Yeah kinda confusing. I may go back and refresh my memory on this because I get one of these questions every few days about the ambrosia option not being available. Let me know if you get it to work and how so I can update here. Thanks for the Q!
April 25, 2010 at 2:29 pm
i was wondering how you can play sims 3 in small screen becuse i would like to play sims 3 and talk to my friends on msn at the same time
April 26, 2010 at 1:50 am
Hi shantell, go to options and uncheck the box by the screen resolution, that should enable you to have windowed mode.
May 28, 2010 at 5:59 pm
i have been playing the game for a while and occationally when i try to fish it wont let me. It doesnt come back either… i was wondering if there is anyone else that this has happened too because it doesnt always happen to all my sims just the ones im doing really good on.
May 30, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Hi Charlene. I haven’t had this bug, but it is a bug that many people have reported. Try taking all the seeds out of your sims inventory and planting them or move to another sims inventory. The cause of the bug isn’t really known but it could be related to a foreign friend visiting (if you have WA installed). Either way let me know if you have success!
May 28, 2010 at 6:00 pm
oh and this site is awsome by the way lol its the best ive been on and has really helped me without ever cheating
May 30, 2010 at 9:10 pm
thanks, I appreciate it!
June 17, 2010 at 8:51 am
So i reached lvl 10 on the Fire Fighter Profression. Got the Bell and the Firetruck. So i was adding onto my house and deleted the wall the bell was on and i was wondering if there is anyway to get it back :\. its not in Inventory so idk wtf to do
June 25, 2010 at 10:23 pm
what happens if you dont send your teen to school and they fail? because my friend told me that in ambitions if your teen sim hanqs out w/ the wrong crowd they become a hooker or something like that. so is that true?
July 19, 2010 at 10:22 pm
wtf can someone reply!! please
June 28, 2010 at 2:56 pm
One time when I started to play all my furniture disappeared, and now I can’t get it back! My sim is still there, sleeping on an invisible bed! What should I do? Please help!
July 3, 2010 at 9:32 pm
I have a question about the ambrosia. I know it means you can’t die of old age, but what about electrocution(ect.)?
July 23, 2010 at 4:11 pm
OK, I have a question to ask here. I have the two recent expansions installed plus the High-End Loft stuff pack installed as well. I noticed that when I used the collection helper in my game, no insects, seeds and rocks can be found in the 3 towns of Sims 3!! Why is this so?
Playing the Sims 3 without the expansion packs shows that the insects, seeds and rocks are scattered around the town but when the 2 expansions are installed, they disappeared from the towns! Only the fish remained! Although the insects, seeds and rocks can be found in the World Adventures play area, they are nowhere to be found in the towns! Why is this so? Did EA change this with the expansion packs???
Is this a bug??? Did you experience this?
July 24, 2010 at 6:35 am
My sim has a love interest who already has a partner. They have a kid together and he wants to marry her. How do I make her break up with her partner?
August 24, 2010 at 3:25 am
Besides the fact that you need to learn martial arts to fight off the mummies, when you come in contact with a mummy how do you make your sims fight? Is it automatically done or do you need to click something in order for it to work?
September 8, 2010 at 7:46 pm
It’s automatic, once the mummy is within a certain range he will engage your sim. The martial arts just gives you a higher chance of beating up the mummy, be careful don’t get cursed.
May 1, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Where can I find rock?
August 2, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Can you put for toddler if they be bad you can spank the toddler
August 2, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Hi
Can put if your toddler is being bad can your sim spank the toddler
For the iPad
October 14, 2011 at 5:37 pm
what is the code to enter sims 3???????????????????????
December 22, 2011 at 5:01 am
why don’t my fish grow up from normal quality to perfect, i gives them food everyday in the fishbowls. Will they have better quality if i tend them in pond?
can i have more than 1 fish in 1 pond?
February 21, 2012 at 3:19 pm
my computer got wiped a few months ago and every since it wont let me download my sims which had been working fine on my computer before?
March 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm
I get that sims have to die so that the younger generation can take over, but why then make a solution to restore them? :’
May 27, 2012 at 2:32 am
can i reddit my avatars name on sims 3 ?