This post will explain all about the mall, the clean up, how to unlock the shops and using the mall.
Map of the Mall
GROUND FLOOR:
SECOND FLOOR:
This map will show you where each area is in the mall, below in building the mall you will see the requirements needed for each part.
a= escalators
b= toilets
There are 32 shops in total, in the shops section you will see what you can buy from each of these shops and how to unlock them.
GROUND FLOOR
You firstly need to build the mall, then you need to complete The Sunset Mall Quest before you can start cleaning and building the ground floor interior.
You can have 10 sims in the mall at one time, so the more sims you use the quicker the clean up will be! The total time stated on this post would be if you used just one sim.
REQUIREMENTS: complete the sunset mall quest
Area 1- Entrance
- Clean up trash- 30 minutes x1 = 30 minutes
- Paint walls- 45 minutes x2 = 1 hour 30 minutes
- Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x3 = 4 hours 30 minutes
- Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x2 = 11 hours
Total time= 17 hours 30 minutes
Area 2- Fashion Walk (Shops on right hand side including the catwalk)
REQUIREMENTS: complete the sunset mall quest and clean area 1 of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 2 hours S15,000
- Clean up trash- 30 minutes x3 = 1 hour 30 minutes
- Paint walls- 45 minutes x3 = 2 hours 15 minutes
- Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x3 = 4 hours 30 minutes
- Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x2 = 11 hours
- Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x4 = 42 hours
Total time=57 hours 15 minutes
Modelling Catwalk- unlocks catwalk hobby
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S20,000
Area 3- Style Promenade (back of mall, left hand side)
REQUIREMENTS: build 5 mall shops and clean area 2 of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 3 hours S25,000
- Clean up trash- 30 minutes x3 = 1 hour 30 minutes
- Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x3 = 4 hours 30 minutes
- Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x3 = 16 hours 30 minutes
- Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x3 = 31 hours 30 minutes
Total time= 54 hours
Area 4- Back Lot (back, middle and front left)
REQUIREMENTS: build 8 mall shops and clean area 3 of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 4 hours S25,000
- Clean up trash- 30 minutes x3 = 1 hour 30 minutes
- Paint walls- 45 minutes x2 = 1 hour 30 minutes
- Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x4 = 6 hours
- Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x3 = 16 hours 30 minutes
- Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x3 = 31 hours 30 minutes
Total time= 57 hours
Area 5- Strut Avenue (back right hand side and bowling alley)
REQUIREMENTS: build 8 mall shops and clean area 4 of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 5 hours S50,000
- Clean up trash- 30 minutes x2 = 1 hour
- Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x3 = 4 hours 30 minutes
- Repair tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x1 = 5 hours 30 minutes
- Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x6 = 63 hours
Total time= 74 hours
Bowling alley– unlocks the bowling hobby
REQUIREMENTS: complete the catwalk model hobby to unlock
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S100,000
Ground Floor Shops
1- All Sizes– adults
Build Time & Cost: 1 hour S1,000
2- Plumbob’s- (shop already built when you open the mall)
3- Casual Clothing– adult female (complete first row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S90,000
4- Wumple Zone– toddlers (complete first row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S100,000
5- No Small Feet– adult male (complete second row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 3 hours S75,000
6- Growing Up!– preteens (complete second row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S110,000
7- Shoulder Pad– adult female business wear (complete third row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S110,000
8- Heel Yr Sole– adult female shoes (complete third row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S90,000
9- Style For Men– adult male (complete third row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 10 hours S125,000
10- Zip It– teen male (complete third row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 10 hours S90,000
11- Leap– teen female shoes (complete fourth row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 1 day S100,000
12- Seniors Clothing– seniors (complete fourth row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S110,000
13- Simmer (Fun Fashion)– teen female (complete fourth row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 1 day S80,000
14- Sport and Skate– teen male shoes (complete fourth row of catwalk model hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S70,000
15- Dreams– teen female (complete second row of bowling hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 20 hours S80,000
16- Classy Clothing– adult female (complete fourth row of bowling hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S125,000
Pickle Sauce Burger Bar
REQUIREMENTS: complete the sunset mall quest in the time limit
To unlock the burger bar you have to complete the Sunset Mall Quest in the time limit, you can’t get the burger bar if you don’t complete the quest in time- you need to go up a floor (using the upstairs arrow button) to get the option to build the pickle bar, if you can’t see the button you need to have a sim go to the mall. Click on a bench on the left side upstairs as if you want that sim to “rest from shopping.” The icon should appear now.
The burger bar is located on the top left level of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 15 hours S1,000
What can you do with the bar?
Toddlers, preteens, teens, adults and seniors can have burgers (wait for burger- 1 hour) have a sim serve at the bar (10 hours) so that sim can have a burger- 10 minutes
Preteens, teens, adults and seniors can have a milkshake for one but teens can also have a milkshake for two (both teens select milkshake for two option at same table) if you want them to have a milkshake you again need a sim serving and then 2 sims sitting at one table as they share the milkshake.
Juice Bar
REQUIREMENTS: complete the bowling hobby
The juice bar is your prize for completing the bowling hobby for the first time- you need to go up a floor (using the upstairs arrow button) to get the option to build the juice bar, if you can’t see the button you need to have a sim go to the mall. Click on a bench on the left side upstairs as if you want that sim to “rest from shopping.” The button should appear now.
The juice bar is located on the top right level of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 15 hours S50,000
What can you do with the juice bar?
You can have a sim mix juice for 10 hours and teen, adult and senior sims can sit at the table and wait for drink order for 10 minutes, they will then take 8 minutes to drink it. (toddlers can’t)
Teens can sit at the stools and hang out for 10 minutes
SECOND FLOOR
REQUIREMENTS: complete the sunset mall quest
You firstly need to build the ground floor, then you need to build the escalator near the burger bar to unlock the Pretty Little Planters Quest, once complete you can build the second floor interior:
Build Time & Cost: 1 hour S15,000
You can have 10 sims in the mall at one time, so the more sims you use the quicker the clean up will be! The total time stated on this post would be if you used just one sim.
You can start on area one as soon as you have completed the quest
Area 1
REQUIREMENTS: complete the pretty little planters quest
Clean up trash- 30 minutes
Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes
Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x2 = 11 hours
Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x3 = 31 hours 30 minutes
Total time= 44 hours 30 minutes
Area 2- Hangout Central (and Makeup Artist hobby)
REQUIREMENTS: build 4 mall shops on the second floor
Build Time & Cost: 3 hours S25,000
Clean up trash- 30 minutes
Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x2 = 3 hours
Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x2 = 11 hours
Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x3 = 31 hours 30 minutes
Total time= 46 hours
Make up Kiosk– unlocks the make up artist hobby
REQUIREMENTS: clean area 2 on the second floor
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S10,000
Area 3- Memory Lane
REQUIREMENTS: build 8 mall shops on the second floor of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 4 hours S25,000
Area 4- Cinema Court (and Fashion Hunter hobby)
REQUIREMENTS: build 12 mall shops on the second floor
Build Time & Cost: 5 hours S28,000
Clean up trash- 30 minutes
Clean up trash- 1 hour 30 minutes x2 = 3 hours
Repair broken tiles- 5 hours 30 minutes x3 = 16 hours 30 minutes
Unpack boxes- 10 hours 30 minutes x3 = 31 hours 30 minutes
Total time= 51 hours 30 minutes
Fashion Hunter Bargain Center– unlocks the fashion hunter hobby
REQUIREMENTS: clean area 4 on the second floor of the mall
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S15,000
Second Floor Shops
17- Fash n Dash– seniors
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S60,000
18- Little Mischief– babies and toddlers
Build Time & Cost: 4 hours S80,000
19- Lookbook– adult female
Build Time & Cost: 1 hour S10,000
20- The Business– adult male
Build Time & Cost: 1 hour S50,000
21- Y.O.L.O Wear Fine Threads– adult male (complete first row of make up artist hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S110,000
22- Bang!Bang! Salon– adult and teen female hair and makeup (complete second row of make up artist hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 1 day S150,000
23- Everybody Skirts– teen female (complete third row of make up artist hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S135,000
24- Scene and Heard– teen male (complete fourth row of make up artist hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S110,000
25- Legit– teen male
Build Time & Cost: 12 hours S132,000
26- Mandolin’s Boutique– adult and teen female
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S96,000
27- Kthxbai!– teen female
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S96,000
28- Electric Kapow– teen male
Build Time & Cost: 8 hours S108,000
29- Tuck’s– adult male (complete first row of fashion hunter hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S180,000
30- Friday Night– adult and teen female (complete second row of fashion hunter hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 1 day S225,000
31- Jack and Jill– preteens (complete third row of fashion hunter hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 16 hours S140,000
32- Summer to Winter– adult female (complete fourth row of fashion hunter hobby to unlock)
Build Time & Cost: 1 day S150,000
Photobooth
REQUIREMENTS: build Memory Lane to unlock the photobooth.
A sim can use the photobooth on their own for 5 or 10 minutes or with a friend for 10 minutes:
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S48,000
Wumples Play Center
REQUIREMENTS: complete the pretty little planters quest
When you complete the Pretty Little Planters quest you unlock the wumples play center for toddlers! They can play on the tree swing, tree slide and use the octopus see-saw:
Build Time & Cost: 12 hours S20,000
Cinema
REQUIREMENTS: complete the Fashion Hunters hobby to unlock the cinema
Going to the cinema takes 3 hours 30 minutes and costs simoleons:
- Single Ticket-S20
- Movie and Soda- S35
- Movie and Popcorn- S50
- Movie Date Ticket- S40 (one sim selects this option then the other sim clicks on that sim in the seat and select join movie date)
Build Time & Cost: 12 hours S100,000
Indoor Skydiving Center
REQUIREMENTS: complete the fashion hunter hobby in the time limit
If you complete the Fashion Hunters hobby in the time limit you will unlock the skydiving center.
You can do a solo sky dive for 10 minutes or two sims can do a tandem sky dive for 20 minutes:
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S10,000
Coin Fountain
REQUIREMENTS: complete the makeup artist hobby
Once you complete the makeup artist hobby you will be able to build the coin fountain.
Build Time & Cost: 6 hours S10,000
Buying Clothes
You can buy clothes in 3 ways:
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- Click on the blue symbol in the entrance way to the mall as shown in the image below:
2. Select the store tab in the wardrobe:
3.Visit the costume and swim store or hair salon
It says NEW next to clothes you have recently unlocked in the store or brought in the wardrobe:
When you buy a new item it is then available in your wardrobe for as many sims as you want (who are of the same gender and life stage) to use at the same time, instead of having to buy the item for each sim like you previously had to.
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How do you send a Sim to the second floor? I can’t even see the second floor. Im on the part where I have to investigate a store on the second floor
If you are on that goal you have already been to the second floor, use the escalator to get upstairs and up buttons on the side of your screen to see the upstairs: https://thegirlwhogames.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/the-sims-freeplay-pretty-little-planters-quest/
What age sims can go in the cinema? Can teens go on a date there?
Teens can go to the cinema, I cannot remember if they can go on a date there though, I completed this one my game that I lost so I don’t have the cinema at the moment to find out.
Can I just build the juice bar and the movie theater but none of the shops?
No, firstly you need to build stores to unlock the bowling hobby to be able to complete the hobby to build the juice bar and you need to build 8 stores to unlock memory lane to be able to build the cinema.
do the upstairs shops count as “mall shops” to unlock mall area 3? I completed pretty little planters and the catwalking hobby and am trying to get to the bowling alley hobby but im worried the upstairs shops wont count and im wasting my money
I believe you have to build downstairs shops to unlock that area, I don’t know for sure but you do have to build upstairs shops to unlock upstairs areas so I’m guessing it is the same for downstairs!
Hello. I can’t build the mall tell I finish the pretty little planters. Please help!
I have heard of a few people having this issue. If the game was working correctly it would let you build the mall and then start the sunset mall quest but it seems there is a glitch where it is telling you to complete the pretty little planters quest that you cannot access until you have completed the sunset mall quest. I would recommend that you contact EA about this issue as I am unable to fix technical issues and hopefully they will be able to sort this out.
For some reason I have this quest but havent built the mall, now its saying I can not build the mall without completing the quest. And this is stoping me from doing other quests.
I have heard of a few people having this issue. If the game was working correctly it would let you build the mall and then start the sunset mall quest but it seems there is a glitch where it is telling you to complete the pretty little planters quest that you cannot access until you have completed the sunset mall quest. I would recommend that you contact EA about this issue as I am unable to fix technical issues and hopefully they will be able to sort this out.
Hi I’m having a problem.. I’m completing the bowling hobby currently to get the juice bar and have unlocked all the shops downstairs. I wish to gain access to the hangout area upstairs but I have to build 4 shops and only 2 are available. Will more become available once I buy the two already there? Thanks.
If you look at the picture in the post of the mall, stores 17,18,19,20 are all in the first area of the mall upstairs, these need to be built before you can unlock the hangout area.
I just finished the pretty little planters and wanted to build the make up kiosk, but I dont see bubbles to clean the trash. Do I need to build 4 stores on the 2nd floor first?
Yes, you need to build 4 stores then you can build the hangout central area, then you will need to clean that area to be able to build the makeup kiosk.
I can’t Build the back loft,
And I have 14 shops and I cleared 3
It doesn’t have a ✔️At the 8 shops
So you have built 14 shops? Or just unlocked them?
Hi there! Just wondering if it is normal for a mall shop to say it will take a certain time to build but then take much longer? So I just clicked on a shop, it said it would take 8 hr and 90,000 simoleons. I clicked yes to build it and the construction icon appeared saying it had 23hr 59min left to go! Do you know if that is normal or a glitch? Thanks for such an awesome blog.
Sounds like a glitch to me, if this keeps happening I would suggest you contact support to see if they can fix this issue. You’re welcome!
Thanks for replying, I had a feeling it might be a glitch. Unfortunately since the last update, I can’t get the game to even open so I have had to send a ticket to support for that. Haven’t had a response yet so all I can do is wait and see. Thanks again for your help.
Have you been back on the app store and downloaded the hotfix? My game wouldn’t let me in earlier so I went to the app store and saw another version to download and that seems to have fixed the issue.
Thanks again for your help. I did download the hotfix when it came out and from then on my game wouldn’t work. As I mentioned, I put in a support ticket, but they have not provided any help. I save my game every day to the cloud (after reading about your experience!), so I ended up uninstalling the game and re-installing then restoring my save data. Unfortunately this still hasn’t fixed the problem and my game continually just stops working and when I can get it to work it is really glitchy. I am having to un-install and re-install constantly just to get some game play always uploading my data to the cloud so that I don’t lose too much and then repeating the un-install/re-install process over again. I also have plenty of storage still on my phone, so that shouldn’t be a problem either. *sigh* Takes a lot of the fun out of playing and I am now hanging out for the next update hoping it will fix the problem. Thanks again for your suggestion, much appreciate.
Oh that is really annoying, I really hope the next update fixes these issues for you, its definitely no fun when the game doesn’t work properly!
This is just amazing!!!♥️
Thanks! 🙂
How many life points would you suggest to finish the fashion hunter?
100? 1000? A million?
I need a goal of i end up spending what I have.
By the way… Thank you!! You’ve been a godsend and helped me get through so many quests.
Every time I start one i check out your site so I can get it all done.
I would save at least 100, hopefully that will be enough but it is hard to know for sure!
You’re welcome!
Can you win Coins From The Coin Fountain?
No you cannot unfortunately.
Hi! For the event coming up on the sleepwear, if I understand correctly you mentioned not to start building the mall yet? Is that correct?
No, you will need the mall to be able to complete this hobby event, it says on the post not to bother if the event has already started as you have to complete the discovery quest first and then build the catwalk model hobby area so it would take longer than the time limit for the hobby event but you might be able to start the sleepwear event if you start building it now!
Hi, I’m finished the Pretty Little Planters quest but I still can’t see the clean up options. I’ve already built the first 3 stores (Little Mischief, Fash N Dash, The Buisness).
Can you build hangout central or does it say you need to clean up first?
Do any of these stores feature a braid for women?
The only shop that contains hairstyles is Bang!Bang! Salon and there aren’t any in there.
What happens with the skydiving center location if you do NOT finish the fashion hunter quest within the time limit? Do you PFY simoleons? Or does it become something else?
It will just be an empty space.
Thank you!
And I just realized my typo: “PFY”. Should say “pay”.
It would be nice to have a pay penalty rather than nothing at all. The task completion items are very skewed to The same few 😫.
I did, however, find I can have 6 sims going at the same time: 5 in my town and 1 in the neighbor’s.
Are there any wedding dresses you can purchase in the mall?
No wedding dresses aren’t available in the mall.
Hi! Thank you so much for everything you do! You’ve helped so many of us optimize our ability to play this game, and we are all so grateful!
I have a question about the cost of building the shops in the mall. Does each shop count as a separate business in Simtown? If it’s going to cost me 300,000 to build the mall, will the first shop cost 325,000 and all subsequent shops cost 350,000? Or are the prices in this post what the shops actually cost? Usually in your posts, you have a caveat about the price and time it takes to build a location varying upon how many other Houses/Businesses/Places one has in their town, but does the same principle apply here? Or is the Mall an exception?
Thanks! All best
You’re very welcome! The costs of the shops doesn’t increase like other businesses, I’ve recently completed the ground floor on my second game so all those prices in this post should be accurate, I will update the second floor prices when I unlock them.
Where can I get other wedding dresses and .tuxedo’s with bow ties?
The Wedding Belles Live Event returns often and includes wedding dresses and tuxedos: https://thegirlwhogames.blog/2023/02/19/the-sims-freeplay-wedding-belles-live-event-2/