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?
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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
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
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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Doing the math and assuming the next task is started the second the previous one is complete, just shy of 7 full days are needed to complete this quest. Which means they are forcing us to spend LP if we want the prize. The prize sounds like it probably would be desirable and so I feel sorry for you ad those who missed out because of the hidden LP sink.
Well I missed out because it took me almost 6 days to save up to build the swim center which was the most annoying part! They do just do it so we spend real money buying LPs which is unfair
Hi, I realised that I wasn’t going to be able to complete the task in time as I was going on holiday, and the gift didn’t seem worth the hassle.
I still haven’t even started the task, two weeks later, as I’ve used this time to do other things with my sims- improve houses and save up money etcetera without having to worry about missing out on decent rewards. Personally I think that’s a good tactic- else you just have task after task it seems.
Good idea! 🙂
😦 I did not get the vollyball net, and finish in time wtf 😦
It’s not free, it’s costs 25LPs you will find it in the pool items section of the garden section
How much does it cost to build the swim center?
It varies depending on how many other buildings you have
How much did it cost for you to build the swimming center? And what level were you on? I’m still on the toddler quest but I was getting prepared for this quest. I’m on level 18 so I think it’s gonna be expensive. 😞
I can’t remember sorry, I think I was on level 16, I wouldn’t rush this quest though as the prize isn’t worth it
I agree and the prize when we complete the quest within the time is not worthed!!! You have to purchase the reward with ur lifepoints anyway, so completing the quest within time limit is not inspiring enough
What hidden LP Sink?
They basically mean that it costs so many LPs to buy the prize that you win so it’s isn’t really worth it
I just started this quest and the pool is going to take me 48 hours, meaning that for me i can’t finish in time without using lp’s. Not really that bothered about the prize anyway
Yeah the prize isn’t really worth it!
I have a question! My town value is $858,000 so my next reward is $900,000. I am supposed to build the swim center that will increase my town value past $1M. I dont want to miss the 2LP reward they give at $900k. Do you know if it will give me the reward for $900k and then the reward for going over $1M as well? I dont want the reward just for going over $1M i need both! Thanks!
You don’t get a reward every time, I don’t think you get one at 900k
You actually do get one at 900k…..
Okay, does it really matter?
Sure
How do I get this quest to start? I’ve already built the swim center. I’m on level 31. thanks
If you have already unlocked garden pools then you won’t get this quest
Oh ok thank you
Hm… when i click on my town value, It says my next reward is 2lp when i reach $900K. I was just hoping that I dont miss that 2lp bc if there is also a reward at $1M it might skip the reward… hope not. We’ll see, I will let you know.
Maybe the reward is at 900k then, I doubt you will miss the reward
The reward comes whenever you pass the town value. After that it just keeps going higher. So you would get one after you hit or get passed 900k. If you are way passed 900k then you would just go up to the next reward. They don’t expect you to get exactly 900k. So it’s just when you hit 900k or pass it. You will get both rewards. I know this because it’s the same thing that happened to me except it wasn’t because of the swim center it was from the new mansion I bought.
For me, the swimming center is going to take 42 hours, cost 150,000 and I need 10 people in my town. It’s really frustrating because I had the simoleons I needed but then I leveled up and now it takes longer, costs more and I need to add a person to my town.
I will definitely not make the deadline.
That is what happened to me, it took me almost 6 days to save up the money I needed!
I’m freaking out because in the process of getting the money I need, my XP has gone up significantly (I am on 84%) and I think that I might just level up before I have the money. Oh no..
Oh that’s annoying!
Would you believe that I accidentally bought the competition center instead of the swimming center? haha this is ridiculous
Oh no!
I had the same build time on my swim center, for a total task time in excess of seven days. As I type this, I have two hours left on the fake errands task, and three hours left on the quest time limit. If I’m going to make it, then I’ll have to spend something like 35-40 LP rushing tasks, depending on how much I exploit the fact that it takes 1 LP to rush something with 1 hour and 59 minutes left.
I’m not going to bother.
Wow this is looking like I’ll spend all of my LP to make the dealine since between sleep schedule and work schedule there was significant idle time between tasks. Is there any other way to get the volleyball pool set?
You will be able to buy it for real money if you don’t complete this quest in time, I don’t really know if it’s worth It though
This is my main concern at this point. Is it worth it? I’m going to hold out and see how many LPs I need to make the deadline if it is too much I’ll probably just go without and if it is worth it after all buy it with real money. It’s all a matter of what is more valuable to me the LP or the real money cost. Do you happen to know how much that is?
In real money it is quite expensive, it would cost me £3.99! I’m not sure it would be worth it!
Converting that to USD that would be over $6. I’m not sure it would be worth that either. I ended up spending like 26 LP to complete the tasks in time.
It’s such a lot of money! They are so money grabbing these days
And anyway when you do the teen idol quest you get teen idol mansion for free, and it comes with volleyball set in its pool so you can move it if you want, or just use it in the mansion!
Ok. So, i got 2lp for reaching the $1M mark. It skipped over rewarding me 2 lp for hitting the $900K mark though. I was hoping to get both rewards since the one building brought me over 2 different town value goals! Just fyi, you dont!! 🙂 i was about $30k from the $900k reward, should have added another small house!! Then i would have gotten both awards!! Oh well!
I’m sure the 2 LPs you got was from the 900k mark not the 1M.
I don’t really pay attention to when my next town value reward will be though, it’s just a nice surprise when I get one 😛
So if we don’t complete this. We can’t unlock the feature to build swimming pools right? This is a little depressing hahaha!
If you don’t complete in time you just won’t get the prize, you can still complete it after then to get the garden pools
Oh that is great! Thank you! 🙂
Can I do any of the “going swimmingly” tasks ahead of time to save time? Like start something early?
Not much really, you could try to find the medals from diving earlier?
It’s impossible to make the deadline if you dont buy lp’s. 😦
Yeah, I wouldn’t bother buying LPs to complete this quest in time
I had a stash of 50 LP from completing quests and tasks from the beginning until I was level 14 at which time I completed this quest. It costs a minimum of 19 or 20 LP. Because without any real life delays 6d 18h 39m are needed to complete the tasks not counting the time to get the 1st set of diving medals (took me about 20 minutes to do that). I can’t afford the LP to place the volleyball net on my lot atm to say if buying the LP is worth it but assuming you have the difference in LP already earned 15 LP costs just over $3 (USD). Which is based on conversion from the price above is cheaper than the over $6 (USD) to unlock it if you don’t complete the quest in time.
Thank you for your useful blogs. It has helped me so much :*
It only cost me 20,000 to build the swimming center. I wonder whether it is because of the new update or my level (12) :’O
No problem 🙂
Well I was on level 12, but I did say it varies.
Thx for the help and I finished the quest in time but it cost me 94lp 😦
No problem, oh dear 😦
One thing that I think is worth mentioning is the ‘◾Use vehicle in swim centre car park- 22hours 30 minutes’.
I’d speeded up a couple of tasks by this point using LP as I thought it would be nice to get the prize, however when I read the list above and realised just how many looooooong tasks there were in this mission and then saw the comment someone left about using LP to place the net after earning it, I just thought ‘sack that!’ so decided not to waste any more LP on speeding up steps. So far I’ve not spent any real money in the game, and I’m determined to keep it that way!! So, back to my original comment, the run fake errands step, this is a brilliant way to earn back all those LP’s you’ve used up to now!!! My sim on these fake errands is driving round town and every ten seconds he produces a bubble with a musical note in it, that when tapped gives you money. Dogs do the same thing in the garden digging up money for you and very occasionally an LP, however with this, in the space of an hour I’d gained 9 LP!! It is very labour intensive I admit, but far less so than watching the dogs, as the car produces a bubble every ten seconds like clockwork, and when you tap on the car, the game will follow it round and you just have to tap the bubbles every ten seconds 🙂
Good tip! 🙂 I didn’t have the patience to follow the car around for hours! 😛
how did u make your sim do fake tasks can u explain it to me
You need to click on the car in the carpark to get this option
Yes! I have bought the mansion earlier, and with the mansion came a luxury car (3 stars), and when I go drive with it I often get 2 or 3 lp’s in a 3 minute drive. So I usually just go for a drive while watching a tv show/movie or something, and seeing as you don’t really have to have much patience for this and just watch the tv show while tapping the bubbles, it’s reaaally easy to just get 50+ LP in just ONE day.
It only cost me 45000 for the swimming center an 16 hours
Okay
Whenever I use the slide for the quest it says the weather changed and the task could not be completed. I’ve sent the sim home and brought him back and it’s still saying it when I check on him. Any advice? Ty!
If you read the post you would have noticed that I did mention this. You need to either stay at the swim center for the amount of time or just skip it with LPs, if you close the game or leave the swim center it will come up with this message.
I’m at the slide starring at it right now. I haven’t used any lps either.i still have 2 days and 12hrs it took me a while to find the metals. Good thing is the center only cost me $20,000 and 16 hrs but one of the quick task happened while I was a sleep. What I want the most is the 2story mansion and I don’t know where to get it 😦
This post will show you when you can unlock extra story’s for your houses https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/the-sims-freeplay-main-quests/comment-page-1/ you have a few quests to complete before then
I’m about to start this quest and I’m wondering about something…. You said, “Use the slide- 3 hours 30 minutes (there is a glitch on this goal, so leave the swim center and go back, if you leave the pool screen and it says due to the weather change you can’t do that action, the only way around this is to stay on the screen for the whole time which is very annoying or skip it with LPs)”
Did you mean “so DON’T leave the swim center” instead of “leave the swim center”? Because then later you say to stay on the screen.. Confused.
No. I mean try it out first, use the slide then leave the swim center and see if the glitch is on your game, if its not you don’t need to skip it.
oh ok, thank you for all your help!
I can not get past the “collect 1st collection at the swimingpool” any ideas? I have collected the three medals and cot the price for that bud the next task dos not com up
Are you sure you have all three different medals? Go to the collections list to find out, if you have try diving again to see if it fixes it
I have them all and did get 750 xp as revard and still nothing, I put 4 sims divin a fev times fo 10 min each extra and gott all the medals a few tims extra, still it does not get it that Im don with this task
seems like a technical issue, I can’t really do anything about that, sorry. Maybe try contacting EA, see if they can do anything
;( need to use 23LPs to unlock the volleyball net. I tried my best to follow the quest on time for days.. And end up, I’m still 20 hours away from getting my volleyball net. Haiz. It’s definitely not worth deleting the game and redoing all the quests again. So tired of this whole cycle
😦 Yeah it’s really not worth it
I just got on level 12 and I don’t have this quest
You need to complete previous quests first
Yup, still stuck on the collection… I have four sims diving for the last twelve hours, and nothing.
Maybe you should contact EA see if they can sort it out
on sims i think what they could do is like have an ID like bakery story so then peaple can be freinds and give gifts to peaple like lp points and simleons a bit like bakery story i think that would be cool
You could have posted this here: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/the-sims-freeplay-what-we-want-to-see-in-future-updates/ 🙂
For the record, a volleyball net costs 25LP after it’s unlocked.
I keep forgetting to add that to the post! I have done it now though, thanks
it took me like 8 days just to save then, when I got the prize with real money after finishing it was so not worth it!!!! DO NOT BUY WITH REAL MONEY!!!!
Do you need to buy a cat to cuddle it at the swim center or is there a cat already there? Anyone, please reply as soon as possible. Thx!
There is a cat there
So it really is okay for me to not finish this quest in time? I just want the pools in my yard lol.
Yes it is, you will get the pools when you complete the quest even if it isnt in the time
For some reason i had only 3 days to complete this quest not 6. Why?
When did you do this quest? They may have changed it since you did it
Im doing the quest now
Strange, maybe it’s a glitch
Do we need to build the car park before we can complete the step involving the car? 😮 Thanks!
No! The car is in the car park at the swim center
I am so sad that cant do anything except waiting for these long tasks to be over :(( building the swim center took me days and 150000 sm :(( thank you for your blog. I really find it helpful. Now my sim is stuck hiding in the toilet. Hahahaa
I know, they do take forever! No problem, I’m glad i could help 🙂
im actually doing the cuddle cat quest.. but i cant do that because the bunny guy is blocking the way.. i cant get near the cat, what happend?? please answer thanks..
why is the bunny in the way? the bunny should be outside and the cat is next to the diving boards, try leaving the swim center and going back there
At least on my game… the bunny is just inside the doors (to the right of check in desk), and the cat was next to the orange door on the left hand side just past the diving boards.
Yeah, they aren’t difficult to find
I cant find all the 1st set of collectibles 😦
you just need to keep going, you will get them eventually
To complete the deadline, I’d have to stay up for the next 4 days. Its ridiculous how long certain things are. Hiding in the bathroom for a day and looking at the slide apprehensively for 16 hours? If a 24 LP volleyball set is doing all this, I think I’d rather go for a prize that’s worth it.
I know, its just not worth it!
Hi, I’m on this quest now and need about 100,000 simoleons (ridiculous amount of money), and I was wondering if u max out the xp bar by gaining money growing plants before you even save enough money will the quest disappear or anything?
The quest won’t disappear so don’t worry!
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How can i find the last medal in the task “find the first set of diving collectables” i can’t find the middle first row medal i have this task for 3 weeks already i did all the diving but i can’t find it help!!!
You just have to keep trying, some just take longer to find
Is it worth spending life points to skip one task in a weekly task? I haven’t finished the swimming pool task. I can’t build a swimming pool in my house to complete the weekly task.
How far away are you from completing the swimming quest? If a long way and you want to get future weekly tasks done soon then I would skip it
There is no way I can finish this quest on time. It says it will take me 2 days to build it..
It’s okay the prize isn’t worth it anyway 😛
Mission is… To go for a drive at swimming center with vehicle in swimming center parking lot. But there is No car in parking lot.
There should be a black vehicle in the car park of the swim center 🙂
Ive been given the all goes swimmingly as a weekly task. It says to add or build apool but I dont have the tab in the home store. And when I try to build the swimming centre it says I cant until I finish the all goes swimmingly task. So im a little confused and cant see what I can do…. help :s
So you have been given a weekly task to add a pool? You can’t do this until you have completed the all going swimmingly quest, then you can build pools in your gardens.
The weekly tasks arent specific to your game, if it gives you a task to do something you don’t have all you can do is skip it with LPs or just ignore it.
I found the first set of dives when I did the task of making a sim do a dive because I had three sims do dives. I clicked all the exclamation points when they finished and then it told me to find the first set when I already had. Now it won’t let me complete this task, even when I get all the dives over again. Help!!
Apparently if you get the next set it should complete the goal so just keep diving 🙂
Hi this hasn’t really got to do with the quest but it’s really bugging me. I want to buy swimsuits for my sims and I already have the costume and swim store, but it doesn’t seem to have a swimsuit tab.
Can someone tell me why??
have you completed the all going swimmingly quest? I think you need to do that first
How much does the swimming center cost on average? I know prices vary but I just want to know like how much did u have to pay for it? Thank You(:
Sorry I can’t remember exactly but I think it was about 100,000
Ok I’m new here and new to the game. I’m on level 13. My weekly task is to add or resize a swimming pool. I don’t seem to have that option anywhere to buy one. I thought maybe I had to build the swimming center, but when I go there, it says I need to finish the “It’s all going swimmingly” quest. Not sure if I’m missing something or if things are still coming or what??
You need to complete the all going swimmingly quest from level 13+ after completing all previous quests
I just wanted to start off by saying, I’m thankful I’ve found your blog, it’s been incredibly useful! I’m on this quest currently and once again am glad to have this as a reference. I’m not going to kill myself trying to complete it in time, in fact I may let it linger as others have done so I can build up money before the next quest. Other’s have noted the difference in cost/time, and I just wanted to chime in with mine, $200,000 to build the swimming center and 48 hours to complete, Level 17, 11 Sims. awful 😛
Hi! Thank you so much for your blog! It’s amazing! I do have a question though. Sorry if you have already answered it. If you don’t complete the task in time, can you still get pools in the backyard?
Thanks 🙂 Yes, once you complete the quest you get swimming pools
I have no clue how to find the medals.. Like what do I do? I don’t get it -.-
Click on the diving board and select one of the options, once the time is up you will get an exclamation mark over the sims head, click that and they will dive and give you a medal
Thank you soo much!
no problem 🙂
Ugh it took me 6 days to just get the money!!! I already got one more person A WEEK after the quest ran out of time! I’ve just been using this spare time to make my houses look better, improve families, and even get a good stash of money! The point is I think we should use this time for more important things not to worry over this one quest, its too long anyways.
I meant it is to long for the time that’s given
Yeah that is a good thing to do! I’m doing that on the quest for toddlers as it took forever to make the money for the pet store, so I’m saving up for future quests right now 😀
Smart! I have some savings, and I have renovated three houses, added some people, and started building the swim center. I’m glad that the next quest doesn’t really spend any money so you can just ” sit back “!
Will there ever be a time were you don’t have quests to do? But you can still make LPs? Like quests that don’t have time limits or special prizes.
Once you have completed the life dreams and legacies quest there are no more time quests (unless they update the game and add more) but there are still the weekly goals and neighbour goals, you can get LPs doing the weekly goals also by completing hobby collections and increasing your town value.
preparing for preteens has no time limit, nor does coming of age, or higher education
Thanks!
No problem 🙂