LEVEL UNLOCKS: 26 UNLOCKS: automatic ageing, personalities & orbs TIME LIMIT: 5 days PRIZE: singing salmon
YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE IN STITCHES QUEST BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN THIS QUEST
Completing this quest unlocks automatic ageing so your sims can age and die as well as the ability to give your sims personalities and earn orbs to build new places; the pet park, arcade, beach and carnival. If you complete this quest in the 5 day time limit you will unlock the singing salmon which makes your sims inspired! You can still complete this quest once the time limit is up but you won’t get the singing salmon
How long does this quest take to complete?
Right now you can reverse your sims back to the beginning of their life stage for FREE so they don’t have to die if you don’t want them to!
Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has.
- Call a friend on a phone- 4 minutes
- Send invitations on a computer- 4 minutes
- Send 5 sims to snow park
- Tend the bar in the snow park (stay tending the bar for the next task)
- Order a cocktail at cabin (snow park)- 32 seconds (you can only do this task when someone is tending the bar)
- Ask Osiris about new inventions- 6 minutes 12 seconds
- Open the age controller (see steps 1 and 2 in the image below)
- Advance an adult sims age
- Send a sim to the park
- Examine the glowing orb- 1 day 20 minutes (can be found on the pier in the park)
- Give the orb to a senior (that sim will pass away during this quest)
- Open the life dreams menu (see image below)
- Choose a life dream
- Fulfil a life dream- you could get any one of these life dreams, I have included how to complete them (times may vary):
- I want to read Sci Fi books from a preteen bookshelf- 4 hours (Select Sci Fi from preteen bookshelf)
- I want to debunk theories of relativity while drinking tea- 13 hours 20 minutes (Select debunk theory of relativity on teapot)
- I want to write letters to sci fi celebrities on the computer- 7 hours 12 minutes (Letters to celebs option on computer)
- I want to get all Dr Whoozits memorabillia via the internet and send it to a museum- 11 hours 42 minutes (Select the option on a computer)
- I want to talk to tech support about computer systems on the phone- 4 hours 30 minutes (Select the option on the phone)
- I want to create an edible board game army by baking gingerbread sims- 6 hours (Bake Gingerbread on a stove)
- I want to read encyclopedias from bookshelfs- 3 hours (Select encyclopedia on a bookshelf)
- I want to argue with park statue constantly about the virtues of Dr Whoozits- 8 hours 20 minutes (Click on the thinking man statue in the park)
- I want to have many scientific breakthroughs in the bath- 9 minutes (Select the option on a bath)
- I want to strategize chess on a chessboard as often as possible-6 hours (Select the option on a chess board)
- I want to have marathon movie sessions on a TV- 8 hours (Select Movie Marathon on a TV)
- I want to tell a lot of sims all about Ms Vampire Slayer- 10 hours (requires another sim, select option)
- Have a senior ask Osiris for help- 5 minutes
- Tap on the beach, carnival, arcade or pet park on island
- Have a senior ask Osiris for help- 20 seconds
- Fulfil a life dream- (the same as you did before)
- Have a scientific breakthrough in the bath- 9 minutes
- Debunk theory of relativity while drinking tea- 10 hours 30 minutes
- Tend to garden- 1 hour (plant)
- Prepare family dinner- 6 hours (stove)
- Complete a cycle of life (goodbye senior sim!)
- Have 4 sims in one house
- Be nice to a sim- 1 minute
- Have a baby- 1 day (can be started early) (having a baby through the pregnancy event will complete this)
QUEST IS COMPLETE
Still confused with life dreams? Read my Frequently Asked Questions about Life Dreams post here and my Guide to Life Dreams and Orbs post here
How can I stop my sims dying? The Pausing a Sims Life post may help!
Personalities: Animal Fanatic, Entertainer, Geeky and Sporty
Places: Arcade, Beach, Carnival and Pet Park
Time Limited Prize: Singing Salmon
Is the prize worth it? Yes it really is worth it! It makes it so much easier to keep your sims in a good mood but you have to wait 30 minutes for it to recharge before you can use it again.
Where can I find it? In the decorations section
Cost? S1,500
Right now you can reverse your sims back to the beginning of their life stage for FREE so they don’t have to die if you don’t want them to!
What do I do now all the main quests are complete? There are loads of discovery quests to complete too and the game is updated frequently with loads of new content!
CLICK HERE FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST
Last updated April 2025
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I’m concerned about a note on your page here: “… you need to have space avaliable for 2 sims because the last task is to add a baby (for some reason the sim you sacrific is still counted) and you wont be able to if you have too many sims.” I’m full up on sims and have 2+ levels to go before I get one more slot. I have another 6 days to complete this quest. I’m just wondering what I can do to kill off a couple adult sims by the time I need to add the baby.
I have plenty of birthday cakes and LP – can I just age another sim into the afterlife in order to make room?
Since we’re here, like others, I’m feeling like there’s no point in playing anymore after this quest is over. I already feel like all of the skills are useless since the only one of value is cooking for LPs. But once we finish this quest, what are the challenges anymore? I’m working on the teen idol sign. Activating the island volcano will take another year or more. Where do we go from here?
Thanks!
I’m not sure whether the sim that dies still counts, but it did when I did this quest so you might be okay, but if it doesn’t let you add a new sim then you will have to delete an adult or two to add a baby, this post tells you how to delete a sim:
https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/the-sims-freeplay-deleting-a-sim/
Once you complete the life dreams quest you earn orbs by completing life dreams to build the carnival, pet park, arcade and beach so its quite a challenge to earn all the orbs to build those, and they unlock new hobbies.
How long does it take for a sim to age to the next generation automatically? Is it different for each generation?
Baby- 24 hours
Toddler- 3 days
Preteen- 5 days
Teenager- 7 days
Adult- 18 days
Senior- 10 days
This is only a rough guide though as they only age when they are doing an action so if you just left them doing nothing for a week they will still be at the same age
Can i start the “have a baby” early cause i only have 2 days left
yes
The sim that i turned old during the quest , can i change her back to an adult ? If so how because i mostly use her when im playing the sims. Thank you.
no you can’t, and she will have to move on and die in this quest
Do they have funerals
no they don’t
First of all thank u so much, your tips are fantastic. I would’ve given up on the game if it wasn’t for your advice. You’re the best. Here’s my question. Will all my sims begin to age and eventually die after the quest is completed? Is there a way to stop this if I don’t want them to grow up?
You’re welcome!
Thanks!
Yes they all will eventually age and die after this quest, there are a few ways to stop it, you can just leave your sims doing nothing, they won’t age then but you can’t really use them to play the game, you could reverse back to the start of their age with LPs, which is expensive, or you can use platinum orbs to pause a sims life infinitely but to make a platinum orb you need a sim to complete their life dreams to get a bronze, then another to get it to a silver, then another to get it to a gold and one more to make a platinum so it will cost you 4 sims to pause one.
Just started the quest!! will let you know if I get stuck! you are AMAZINGGGGGG!! so helpful 🙂
Thank you so much for this. I have just finished this quest and have managed to win all the timed prizes, except the magic mop, with your help.
You’re welcome!
How long does it take for the singing salmon to recharge?
30 minutes I think.
Because this is the last quest does your town delete and you have to begin a new one or do your all sims die?? Or do you just keep on with normal things after the quest.
No your town doesn’t delete, the game keeps going, you complete life dreams to earn orbs to build the beach, arcade, pet park and carnival and they update the game and add more quests so it doesn’t stop.
hi, can someone PLEASE answer this for me?
Someone told me that the sims are not going to grieve when seniors die anymore. That makes me so sad because my whole town is basically family with eachother!
It would be so sad that my sim would die and no one would notice or care.
Is this true that sims do not grieve anymore when someone dies?
Yes that is true, sorry!
I have a question that bothered me for a long time…. Is it worth it to complete this? Do I really want them to die? I don’t but otherwise I can’t build a lot of stuff that I want.. I’m not ready for this at all. But I really want those stores and new things to build. And does the grim reaper relly apear when they die?
I would say it is worth it if you want to unlock the new places; carnival, pet park, arcade and beach and new hobbies but if you don’t want them to die, don’t complete this quest, you don’t have to do it to unlock the mall and build the stores. But if you don’t do this quest any quest that comes after it in future you won’t be able to do
And yes the grim reaper does appear to send them to the afterlife
Thanx for ur answer but I am going to do this quest because I really want those other places and the sunsetmall quest and the sorcerous thingy. Thanks for ur help 😉
You’re welcome, you can do the mall and book of spells quest without doing this quest though
Oh, thats nice but i still want that other stuff on the mysterious island😃😃
I know this I am daft but who is the Grim Reaper?
The grim reaper is death.
He only appears once senior sims are coming towards the end of their life, after you have completed the life dreams and legacies quest
Hi. Let me just say firstly that I am a huge fan of you! Here is my question- what does the age controller do and what do the two buttons on it in the picture do? Thanks
Thanks!
The age controller controls each sims age, the pause button stops them from ageing, you need a platinum orb to stop them ageing forever and the other button reverses or advances a sims age, so you can reverse to the start of that life stage or move onto the next one, these cost LPs unless they have completed their life dream for that stage then you can advance their age for free.
What is that pause sign? What does it do?
It pauses that sims life at that stage but you need to use a platinum orb to pause them at that stage forever.
Ok. Thank u very much😃😃
You’re welcome 🙂
how many days till your sims age up
Baby- 24 hours
Toddler- 3 days
Preteen- 5 days
Teenager- 7 days
Adult- 18 days
Senior- 10 days
What happens if all your sims die. Do you have to restart the game? PS your website has been so much help
No all your sims don’t die, you add new sims and earn orbs to build the beach, pet park, arcade and carnival
I’m glad it helps!
Hey dear, do you think it will be good if i dont complete this quest so my sims wont aged automatically?
I personally wasn’t sure about this quest but I did it anyway and I like that I have unlocked new places but I do still have a few sims that I leave around for a while doing nothing just because I don’t want them to die just yet, its a difficult question, if you don’t want to do it don’t but you can’t do any quests that come after this one in the future until it is done, but if you are getting bored of your sims it does make it more exciting.
Its indeed a difficult question whether or not to let them die. As aging automatically means the time spent gotta be more and in a rush since they age pretty fast. Lets hope sims create the option to not let them automatically soon.
It isn’t actually as rushed as you would think, these are all the times at each life stage:
Baby- 24 hours
Toddler- 3 days
Preteen- 5 days
Teenager- 7 days
Adult- 18 days
Senior- 10 days
But they last longer if they do shorter actions each day, so most of the time they manage to get through a hobby before the stage is over
Well I love some of my sims too but my plan is to just create my favourite ones over again!!
But i Dont want My sim to die!
Do i have to do this request?
you don’t have to but you won’t be able to do any quests that come after this one until this one is complete.
Can you please explain all this? What is happening to My sims and what Will happen next?
Your sims complete life dreams then will age and get a new life dream for each life stage, if you complete the life dream as a senior they will die and you will get an orb, if there life dream wasn’t complete they don’t get an orb. You can then make new sims, and upgrade the orb or start them with a new orb.
Try giving these posts a read, they might help:
https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/the-sims-freeplay-life-dreams-and-legacies-update-tips/
https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/the-sims-freeplay-guide-to-life-dreams-and-orbs/
My sim is currently debunking the theory over tea and I have 4 days left. I have no spaces left to add sims. I have 3 seniors. How can I complete the quest in time or is it impossible? Thanks
You will either have to wait until you level up to add a new sim or delete another sim so you have space.
Are you able to adjust the length of time the Sims spend in each generation?
you can reverse it by using LPs or pause with orbs but there isn’t a setting in the game to change the length of time, sorry!
Hi, what will I miss if I don’t do this quest?
Nice site BTW. Very helpful 🙂
your sims won’t automatically age but you won’t be able to complete any quests that come after it in the future
Thanks! I’m glad it helps
Hi I like my Sims and don’t want them to die. Could I ignore this quest and not do it or does it force me to?
You can just leave the quest in your goal tab and not complete it but you won’t be able to complete any of the quests that come after it in future.
Also you could do what I do and just remake that sim after they die… I did not want to do it at first but I did and it was worth it.
I’ve nearly finished the quest but does the pause button mean you can pause your sims from aging because it dosnt let me press it yet ? Xx
Yes you can, you can’t press it until you finish the quest and you have to use orbs to pause a sims age.
How can I go back and complete quest I did not finish
you can’t miss a quest, you have to complete quests in order
In the picture in this post, what is the thinking bubble with a star inside? What does it do?
that is the tab where all the life dreams for your sims can be seen.
Is there anything after the LD&L quest? Do your toddlers babies etc, all die? CUZ they all have the timer.and if your sims die are you able to add more? Please reply! Love ur blog
Yes you build the carnival, pet park, beach and arcade using orbs you earn from your sims completing life dreams
All sims will eventually die, they age from babies to toddlers to preteens to teens to adults to seniors then they will die.
Once a sim has died to can add another to replace them.
Thanks!
As I understand this when this quest is completed the sims will age unless you choose to not let them do “anything”. Can anyone ellaborate on what you can and cant do to “preserv” (stop) a few fav sims and not have them age while the rest does? If you for example choose to use some sims just to grow crops for money, will that age them? One thing that will suck with ageing is that they lose theire level in the hobbies they mastered, so the competitions will be difficult to participate in. Can you even do hobbies without it aging them, (would be good to keep one fully skilled in each hobby for the competitions).
Any action you do increases your sims timer, small actions don’t increase it by much, for example, a baby will last for a day so if you just hibernated they would be ready to age after that action was complete but if they did the 4 hour go to sleep option they would be able to do that action 6 times before they were ready to age
So no, you can’t even do a hobby without ageing unfortunately
It says I have to find osiris. Where is he?
I think he is at the park or the snow park
How does aging affect the teen idol? I’m still playing all these instruments over and over to be able to get the sim town sign and unlock the teen idol mansion. Will that still be available when my teen idol ages to an adult?
When your teen ages to an adult you can make a new teen the teen idol
“Send invitations on a computer” is now 6hrs 30min with a three star computer. Thought you should know. You have a great blog. 😃
Thanks, I’ve updated it now!
Thanks 🙂
Osiris is in the snow park, at least he was for me 🙂
I would like to know if I can add you as a neighbor or if you can add me.
Sorry I have no space left on my game center or facebook to add anymore neighbours
Okay maybe this is ridiculous, but how the heck do I fulfill my sim’s life Dream?! It’s to debunk the theory of relativity while drinking tea, but that task takes 10 hours and 40 mins. The post says 6 hours and 24 mins so I know I’m not supposed to actually do that yet, I just don’t know what I need to do. Thanks!
Yes that is the right task, they have probably just changed the time since I have done the quest.
But no matter how long I do the task the percentage never fills. It seems like I’m doing something wrong.
You may need to contact EA about that issue then, there isn’t anything I can do to fix it, sorry!
Hey, so i’ve been playing this game for about 6 months now and as far as i can remember this has always been the last quest in my queue. when i complete this are more quests going to show up or will i be waiting for ea to add more? Your site has been so helpful ^_^
This quest may stay as the last one in your queue, all recent quests have been discovery quests which you can do whether you have completed your current quest or not but sometimes they do add new quests that should appear earlier in the game but will appear for you in the queue after the life dreams quest.
I’m glad it helps
Hey! I just wanted to let you know: I have just finished this quest, and in the Windows Phone, the task “Have a senior grow watermelons – 1 hour” was actually “Have a senior grow pumpkins – 24hours”… I was bummed, but, thanks tou your tips, I already had the gingerbread Sims ready and the baby, so I managed to get my singing salmon anyway 😀
Windows Phone is pretty outdated (at least comparing with Android, I play on both devices). For example: there’s only geeky and sporty personalities, and places like the restaurant, the mall, the pet salon, the pet park don’t exist, no possibility to build them. Also the party boat is just a piece of decoration, like the lighthouse. So there’s the possibility that this task was different for me because the game is outdated.
Also thanks for keeping this blog always up to date, it helps me so much, I wouldn’t be able to finish quests in time without spending LPs if it wasn’t for your blog. I also use to read the comments of your posts when I have doubts, and I see how patient you are with people, even though they often ask questions that have been answered already, you’re always so patient and nice, I respect that.
Congrats for the great work! :*
Yes, my posts are updated for the latest version of the game as that is what the majority of people have, sorry about that! I know windows phones are no longer updated so quests are slightly different and some things are missing from the game
You’re welcome 🙂
Thank you so much!
Can having a baby be started early?
yes
Will the sim I age in this quest necessarily be the same that will die? can I use a senior sim that I had aged before instead?
The sim that you age in this quest is the one that dies.
What is the pause thing will it pause my sim of aging
It will pause your sims age completely with a platinum orb
This pause thing how long can you pause the age?
Bronze orbs- 3 days
Silver orbs- 7 days
Gold orbs- 16 days
Platinum orbs- forever
If you only have one platinum orb will it only work for the one sim that got it or will it work for all the sims you have
Yes an orb will only work for one sim, you will need a platinum orb for each sim to keep them all from ageing
Hello, i wanted to ask you if one of my sims died, and if i replaced him with a new sim it will be an infant or what?:) and i have an opinion i wanted to share about this game! Or this update specially, they shouldn’t have done this 😦 i mean they could have gave us the opportunity to choose who dies i dunno if u agree with me or not!
In this quest it will be a baby that replaces them but you can decide, it can be an adult or a baby, it doesn’t matter
A lot of people feel the same, I think it would be nice if we could choose but I have got used to it now
About the singing salmon, will it appear in the store even though I do the quest when time is up
no, you can’t get it if you don’t complete the quest in the time limit.
Does the grim reaper come to collect your sins when they die?
Yes, he sends them into the afterlife.
Do you have to build the snow park to do the quest?
You need the snow park for the senior quest which is before this one
Your first fulfill a life dream task is for 6 hours and 30 minutes. Is it the same for all the life dreams available? I picked the “I want to get all Dr. Whoozits memorabilia via the internet…” and it’s for 10 hours and 30 minutes. The other choices were wanting to bake gingerbread sims and something about Ms. Vampire. Do you know if the other choices would have been shorter than mine or are all of them the same?
No all life dreams take a different amount of time
1.To fullfill the life dream, what should i choose? Cause here i got 3 options, so i choose to argue with park statue then my senior need to argue with it for 9hr
2. If the only one of sims who’s at 6lv on one hobbies died, will the hobbies restart from the start (all the level box are closed again like it never been touch) or not?
Sorry if my english is bad and sorry to annoy you by asking so many questio, thank you so much
1.You need to click on the statue in the park to argue with it
2. No, it will stay unlocked
Thank you
Just started this quest. You wonderfully explained I need platinum orbs to keep sims alive! Once my sims die, do I need a birthday cake to replace them? Say I lose five sims at once, can they all replaced simultaneously? Last question I promise 🙂 how much does it cost to replace dead sims?
No you don’t need birthday cakes to replace them, just click on an empty house and select add sim to add an adult straight away for free, and yes you can add 5 new ones one after the other or you can add a baby by placing the crib in the house of a married couple, this will cost either simoleons or LPs and will take a day, you can’t add another sim until the baby has arrived
I noticed my comment is still awaiting moderation. I guess that’s ok.
Ij just wanted to make one update to a question that was asked. The question was, well the sum I age, be the sum that has to die. It doesn’t have to be. If you have more than one senior at the time of the quest, the one that does is whichever one you give the orb to.
Thanks for your site!
If u are not having your sims doing anything, will they not age?
no they won’t because there timer only increases when they do actions.
Godd its so disheartening to see your sims die. is there no way i can keep them all? I’m attached to all of them. the’re like a family. I never thought a game would do this to me. EA should just remove this quest, its better to delete the game out of boredom instead of due to death of your sims.
all you can really do is just don’t do this quest, stop on the quilting quest to keep your sims from dying
Hi!
I think I can get over the loss of my dear sims, but what about pets? Do they age? I love my cat….
don’t worry pets don’t age or die
Do sims start aging as soon as you start this quest? Like should I not finish the quest before this one if I don’t want them to die?
Yes they do
Yes, stay on the previous quest if you don’t want your sims to age and die.