LEVEL UNLOCKS: 13 UNLOCKS: swim center & swimming pools for gardens TIME LIMIT: 2 days PRIZE: volleyball pool set
YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE QUEST FOR TODDLERS BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN THIS QUEST
Completing this quest unlocks the swim center and the ability to build swimming pools in your sims gardens! If you complete this quest in the time limit you will unlock the volleyball pool set. You can still complete this quest once the time limit is up to unlock swimming pools but you won’t get the volleyball net
How long does this quest take to complete?
STUCK? CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST
There are two versions of this quest, the first one should be correct for most players but if the goals aren’t the ones you have, click here to view version two
Version One
Times may vary depending on the star rating the item has.
- Build the swimming center- time and cost varies (need more money?)
- Send sim to swim center
- Admire the slide at the swim center- 4 seconds
- Look at diving board apprehensively- 1 minute
- Ask wumples for advice- 6 minutes (rabbit at door of swim center)
- Supervise in lifeguard chair (completes straight away)
- Use a diving board- 10 minutes
- Look at pool slide apprehensively- 10 hours 30 minutes
- Be nice to a sim- 1 minute
- Use the slide- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Splash a sim in the pool- 10 seconds
- Flip a sim in the pool- 4 seconds
- Chat to a sim while in the pool- 4 minutes
- Talk to wumples- 30 seconds
- Talk to wumples again- 3 minutes
- Use the slide- 2 hours 50 minutes
QUEST IS COMPLETE!
You can now complete the Diving hobby and add pools to your gardens! Click here to find out how!
Time Limited Prize: Volleyball Net
Is the prize worth it? Its nice to have but once you unlock the teen mansion you get a volleyball net in the pool anyway!
Where can I find it? In the pool items tab of the outdoor section.
Cost? S2,500
You unlock swimsuits after completing this quest, you need to build the costume and swim store then you will be able to buy them (these aren’t all of them!):
You also unlock the special pool items in the online store, the dolphin pool pack and the automatic pool cleaner, both of these can be purchased with real money:
Watch my step by step video of this quest here:
The next quest The Hidden Unicorn unlocks the showjumping hobby
Version Two
Time Limit- 6 days
Times may vary depending on the star rating the item has.
- Build the swimming center- time and cost varies (need more money?)
- Send a sim to the swim center
- Admire the slide at the swim center- 4 seconds
- Look at diving board apprehensively- 12 hours
- Ask wumples for advice- 8 hours 30 minutes (rabbit at door of swim center)
- Supervise in a lifeguard chair
- Use a diving board- 10 minutes
- Look at the pool slide apprehensively- 13 hours
- Be nice to a sim- 1 minute
- Use the slide- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Splash a sim in the pool- 10 seconds
- Flip a sim in a pool- 4 seconds
- Chat to a sim while in the pool- 4 minutes
- Talk to wumples- 10 minutes
- Talk to wumples again- 1 day
- Use the slide- 2 hours 50 minutes
QUEST IS COMPLETE!
The next quest The Hidden Unicorn unlocks the showjumping hobby
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST
please read before asking
I have missed this quest! Why can’t I start it yet?
You cannot miss main quests they have to be completed in order. You need to complete all previous quests (list can be found here) and reach level 13 before you can start this quest
Can I complete this quest even though I have passed level 13?
Yes, you just need to complete all previous quests then this quest will start automatically
Why are there two versions of this quest?
Some quests have two versions, as when the makers have updated the times for quests they haven’t updated them on all devices so some players still get the old times
I can’t afford the swim center, how can I earn more simoleons?
This post may help
Can I build the swim center before starting this quest?
No, you have to get the goal in this quest before you can start building it
How do I send my sim to the swim center?
Go to the swim center and click on the whistle next to a sim who isn’t busy on the simtracker, this post explains more about the simtracker
How long does supervise in a lifeguard chair take to complete?
It will complete straightaway
Can you still get swimsuits if you don’t complete in time? If you can, where can you find them?
Yes you can, build the costume and swim store then you will find them in your wardrobe
What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
The volleyball pool set
What happens if I don’t complete in the time limit, can I still finish this quest?
Yes you have to finish it to be able to build swimming pools in your gardens before you can move onto the next quest
I didn’t complete in the time limit, can I restart the quest?
No, you cannot redo quests
Can I still get the prize if I don’t complete in the time limit?
No, the only way to get the limited time prizes is by completing the quest in the time limit
I don’t like this quest! Can I just skip it?
No, you have to complete this quest before you can move onto the next one
Some times are slightly different on my game, why is this?
Times may vary depending on the star rating of the item you are using, as the higher star rating an item has the quicker you will complete a goal
Some times are really off/ different goals show for me, why is this?
This will be because the quest has been updated recently, I try my best to keep these posts up to date but it is difficult as I cannot redo every quest each time the game is updated. If you notice any changes please let me know so I can update the post
The next quest The Hidden Unicorn unlocks the showjumping hobby
Last updated March 2020
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Thank you so much for posting this and leaving tips/tricks/comments along the way for everyone to use. You break it down perfectly and I use your blog as my go-to reference table! It’s literally saved my SimTown and made all of the quests so much easier for me to understand. Thank you so much for also posting step by step tasks with their pictures so I know what to expect after finishing just one task in the quest. You are too good to all of us! I thank you heaps and I appreciate it more than I could ever say! 🙂
You’re very welcome! I’m glad it helps 🙂
Hello! I’ve found out that you can get the limited time prize ( the volleyball net) from the highest level mystery box aswell. 🙂 I missed out on the prize and I am glad there’s still some chance I can get it
There is a chance you can earn all the prizes through mystery boxes, I don’t say this in the posts because the prizes are random so you may never earn them.
Can u get the swimsuits if u don’t complete the quest in time
yes
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Yes but you won’t get the volleyball pool set.
Hey your information really helps a lot tand i thankyou
but for some reason I seem to run out of money really fast
After I get finished with a quest
you’re welcome!
This post may help you make money: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/the-sims-freeplay-15-ways-to-make-money-and-lps/
Wait, how long does supervising in a lifeguard chair take? I didn’t see the time duration in your post Thanks. 😄😃😀 BTW, this blog is so helpful!
It should complete straight away
I’m glad it helps!
Can you start the ‘using the slide’ quests early?
No you can’t
do you know how long the special time is to get the volley ball pool net thx
it says in the post, 6 days.
Dose the volleyball net cost love or simolens? Thanks.
Ps love your website.
S2500
Thanks
I’ve seen a toddler slide in pics on the sims freeplay on Facebook where can I find this item??
sorry I don’t know what slide you are talking about
But mine keeps saying hobbies gate under construction what does that mean
go to the stable and click to finish building one of the arenas.
Heyy hiii..Just had a question to ask regarding this quest .
The time limit for my quest is showing only 2 days while in your post it’s mentioned 6 days. Do you know the reason behind this??
Thank u for your great help.
Yes, they have updated the quest since I posted this so there is a 2 day version now
Heyyyy hii..thank you so much for your great help.
Just to bring to your notice that the timings of the above quest has changed so hereby posting the new changes.
Time limit: 2 days
Build swim centre: varies
Send sim to swim centre
Admire slide: 4 seconds
Look at diving board : 1 min
Ask wumples for advice: 6 mins
Supervise in lifeguard chair
Use diving board: 10 mins
Look at pool slide: 10 hrs 30 mins
Be nice to a sim: 1 min
Use slide: 2 hrs 50 mins
Splash a sim: 10 secs
Flip a sim: 4 secs
Chat to a sim: 4 mins
Talk to wumples: 30 secs
Talk to wumples: 3 mins
Use slide: 2 hrs 50 mins
Hope this helps.
Thank you once again.
Thank you very much, I have added to the post as version 2 🙂
Hi, I do enjoy your posts. It helps me schedule my game and live my life! I am starting again and wanted to let you know there’s some changes to this quest.
Time limit is less than two days, I think. It took 12& 1/2 hours to build the swim center, now I’m staring at pool slide for 10& 1/2 hours. If they left getting advice for one day, I’m sunk. Looking at diving board apprehensively was cut to one minute and first time asking Wupples for advice is 6 minutes, 24 seconds. I don’t know about the rest.
I do differ on the value of a couple properties, though. Vacant lot isn’t worth it, I believe. The sanctuary is better because of all the trees. Also, cedar siding is nice. Connect the rooms together and it makes a real nice house. I added a second story to my old town and it makes for an impressive home. The beach house has nice furniture in the main house and can be remodeled as needed. Plus that luxury car is worth it. I noticed the car doesn’t make LPs like it did a year ago.
Well, that’s my two cents worth. Thank you for all you do. I hope EA compensates you for it! 😁
BTW how do I add new neighbors? I just have my old town and the one they give you. I can’t figure how to add people from your list. Or maybe you could add me to your list? Please? Thanks! ☺
I’m glad you enjoy them!
Thank you very much, I have updated the post 🙂
If you are playing on an android you have to add neighbours as friends on facebook to get them to show on your party boat, if you are playing on an apple product you can also add neighbours on game center, which is an app on your device, on there you can find your username: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/the-sims-freeplay-adding-neighbours/
But I can add you to the list if you would like, if you are adding by facebook it will be your link to your profile or your name, if you are adding on game center it will be your username you can find on the app 🙂
I have a query. You mentioned that I could still get a volleyball net in the teen mansion (after unlocking it). So if I don’t complete the quest in time, but as long as I unlock the teen mansion, am I able to place the volleyball net (from the teen mansion) in my other houses?
yes you will be able to do that
I put some of the furniture from the new house that I bought into my inventory, then after when i went into the inventory all the stuff was completely gone!
You aren’t the only one who has had this problem, it appears to be a glitch, I think you should contact EA to see if they can fix this for you as I am unable to fix technical issues, sorry!
Thank you for this helpful website you made.One question!How many people you mast have it to build the Swimming Center?
You’re welcome! The amount of sims needed as well as the cost varies as it depends on how many buildings you have already built as it increases each time
Hey so I wasn’t able to comment on the post of house templates so I’m asking from here, sorry. Would you recommend buying the renovators dream home or buying an empty plot to make it myself? Which is cheaper? Also, if I want to built most of the available homes, would it be cheaper to buy them from cheapest to most expensive or the other way around? Your blog is super helpful 🙂
Personally I would just but an empty plot because I like designing my own houses but the renovators dream is good if you just want to decorate instead of design yourself and it probably would be cheaper even though SPs but all the rooms and pool are already there.
Remember that for all the simoleon priced houses the price will go up each time you build a house so I would recommend building your favourite ones of those first as they will be cheaper, the LPs and SPs houses prices don’t change so it doesn’t matter when you build them
Thanks 🙂 I’m glad it helps!
I used to have this game, and somehow lost all my progress. Every quest I did was version one, but now they are all version two. Do you know why that would be?
This is because they have updated the game on your device to be the latest version which is version 2, some devices still have the old version as the changes haven’t been rolled out across all devices yet.
Is there a way for the sims to put on swimsuits for the it’s all going swimmingly quest or at all.
You need to complete the quest to unlock the change into swimwear option on the wardrobe
Is there any way that you can delete comments? I commented a while ago about needing a neighbor with a swim center and now I receive daily Game Center friend requests and it’s getting really obnoxious.
what is your game center username so I can find the comment to delete it
Hey there, just wanted to say that your blog is really god sent! By the way, I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem I’m facing now. I’d previously completed this quest (last year) and bought a piece of swimwear which is still in my wardrobe. I would now like to buy different ones but can’t seem to find any other swimwear in the store. Any idea why? Is this due to the recent update?
Have you built the costume and swim store to access all the swimwear?
Yes, I have. Isn’t it the one next to the pet store? Previously I could see other costumes as well but now they’re missing. The swimwear tab is also gone 😦
No that is the hair salon, the costume and swim stores location can be found on this post: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/the-sims-freeplay-town-map/
Oh dear! How silly of me! And all along I thought that was the costume and swim store cos I’d been changing my sims’ outfits there. Thank you!
That isn’t silly at all, at least its all sorted now!
Hi I built a pool in a sims yard did all of the stuff needed. Added a Dolphin toy and have tried to ride it to complete that part. I can ride it but it doesn’t give me the completed task. Is there something I’m not doing right. It says ride into the sunset, so do I need to ride at sunset? If so what time zone do I use? I live on the west coast. I’ve tried other tasks that say do something at midnight and they don’t work either. It must be EST? Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope to hear from you very soon. PST – LOL
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY – LaVonne
Firstly the time zone is your time zone but the time of the day you do this goal is not important for this. The task isn’t working because there is a glitch where the game isn’t recognising the goal as being complete. There isn’t much you can do really, you could contact EA to let them know that there is a glitch with this goal so they can fix it for you and others or you could skip the goal with 10LPs
Sorry I couldn’t be more help!
How can you earn enough money apart from buying packages?
This post may help you: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/the-sims-freeplay-15-ways-to-make-money-and-lps/
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS ALL GOING SWIMMINGLY
please read the post and these questions before asking
I have missed this quest! Why can’t I start it yet?
You cannot miss main quests they have to be completed in order. You need to complete all previous quests (list can be found here) and reach level 13 before you can start this quest
Can I complete this quest even though I am passed level 13?
Yes, you just need to complete all previous quests then this quest will start automatically
Why are there two versions of this quest?
Some quests have two versions, as when the makers have updated the times for quests they haven’t updated them on all devices so some players still get the old times
I can’t afford the swim center, how can I earn more simoleons?
This post may help
Can I build the swim center before starting this quest?
No, you have to get the goal in this quest before you can start building it
How do I send my sim to the swim center?
Go to the swim center and click on the whistle next to a sim who isn’t busy on the simtracker, this post explains more about the simtracker
How long does supervise in a lifeguard chair take to complete?
It will complete straightaway
Can you still get swimsuits if you don’t complete in time? If you can, where can you find them?
Yes you can, build the costume and swim store then you will find them in your wardrobe
What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
The volleyball pool set
What happens if I don’t complete in the time limit, can I still finish this quest?
Yes you have to finish it to be able to build swimming pools in your gardens before you can move onto the next quest
I didn’t complete in the time limit, can I restart the quest?
No, you cannot redo quests
Can I still get the prize if I don’t complete in the time limit?
No, the only way to get the limited time prizes is by completing the quest in the time limit
I don’t like this quest! Can I just skip it?
No, you have to complete this quest before you can move onto the next one
Some times are slightly different on my game, why is this?
Times may vary depending on the star rating of the item you are using, as the higher star rating an item has the quicker you will complete a goal
Some times are really off/ different goals show for me, why is this?
This will be because the quest has been updated recently, I try my best to keep these posts up to date but it is difficult as I cannot redo every quest each time the game is updated. If you notice any changes please let me know so I can update the post
Can I build the swimming center before starting this quest? Btw, thank you very much for this! It’s been a great help. 🙂
No, you have to get the goal in this quest before you can start building it
You’re welcome, I’m glad it helps!
Hi,I have completed this quest so I have a garden pool. Recently it is always green and my sims won’t swim in it. I have been cleaning it but it just stays green. It’s very annoying as I spent a lot of simoleons on it and now I can’t use it. Is there something else that I need to do to make it blue again? Love your blog by the way😀😀😀
Try having several sims clean it at once, this usually helps
Thanks!
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You’re welcome 🙂
Can I not take this quest immediately after the ‘Quest for Toddlers’? I still have to save up for the swimming center =(
If you are on or past level 13 it will start straight away unfortunately.
This post may help you earn some simoleons: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/the-sims-freeplay-15-ways-to-make-money-and-lps/
I completed the quest on time, built a pool in one of the houses and placed the volley net, but cannot have two sims play even if they are both in the pool on opposite sides of the net. I get a message which says a sim must first invite the second sim for a swim, but I dont get this option when clicking on them. Is the pool too little, maybe? Does a game require a minimum size? Thanks in advance for your help!
I am not sure what the problem is, sorry! It may be that your pool is too small but I don’t know for sure. Do you have steps to the pool? Are both sims in the pool?
Hello, thanks for your reply. My pool is 6 squares length x 4 squares width, there are two steps on the short sides. Since the volley net is 4 squares long, I had to place on the longer side, so that there is one single row of space on one side of it, two rows on the opposite side.
I am afraid this size is too little. The only way I found to have my sims playing volley is, have one sim on each side of the volley net, click on one of them to sttart the game, then I receive a message like “Not so fast tiger! you must invite another sim to join the game first”, then I click on the second sim for “partecipating”, and the game starts,
Is this okay, or it’s since the pool is too little?
Maybe you need two rows on either to be able to have a game? I would only be guessing but I can’t think of another reason why it wouldn’t work, sorry!
I can’t afford the swim center. How can I get in app purchases?
This post may help if you need to earn some simoleons: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/the-sims-freeplay-15-ways-to-make-money-and-lps/
You can access in app purchases through the purple shopping cart symbol as explained in this post: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/the-sims-freeplay-online-store/ but I would recommend giving the other post about how to earn money a read first as it is possible to earn money without buying it.
Were are the swim suits I can’t find them in the wordrob can you pleas help me find them your blogs are very good thanks
Swimming costumes can be found in the store once you have built the costume and swim store.
Thanks!
Can younger aged sims (preteens, teens) swim? Do they have swim clothes of their own. No need to answer this. It’s not important, but if u want to…
Yes they can swim and once you complete this quest and build the costume and sim store you will be able to find swimming costumes for them.
I am doing the quest, and I don’t have a pool, will I get a pool when the quest is complete?
You have to complete the quest first and then you can build pools in your gardens.
Hi is it preteens and above to go in pools? I can’t remember
A toddler can go into a pool but you need a teenage sim or above in the pool and then select the option on them using the toddler to play in the pool, they just bounce them about for a few seconds.
Hellooo👋🏼
I’m just a bit confused about the limited time prize. Because in the game it says I will get the volleyball net if I complete the quest before time limit. And here you mentioned that I will get the volleyball pool set as the limited time prize!
So which one of them is actually the limited time prize?
And when you say volleyball pool set, is it bought by simoleons or real money from store?
Thanks a lot👍🏼
The vollyball net is the time limited prize, you unlock the ability to build pools and pool items by completing the quest even if you don’t finish in the time limit.
But you can find a vollyball net in the teen idol house once you unlock that but it’s only one net, you cannot buy anymore if you don’t complete this one in time.
How do you combine pools like you have in the last picture?
You can see how to do that in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pnu-nfYAHY&t=2s
I wish the swim center only costs 20k! Mine is 100k! I had to forgo the special gift because I didn’t have nearly enough simoleons to pay for it.
At this point, I’m just not completing any quests, and only making money.
If I don’t finish it on time, what will I get? Swimming pool stuff be unlocked, but not free / get nothing?
You will still unlock the swim center and swimming pools, the only thing you don’t get if you don’t complete in the time limit is the volleyball set.