The Sims Freeplay- On the Case: Heir of Mystery Update

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Update available from 3rd March 2:30am UTC

The ‘On the Case’ series of updates in The Sims Freeplay will follow an unfolding mystery with each event you complete the closer you get to solving the mystery. There is also a major update explained at the end of this post, keep reading for more information.

NEW CRAFT CHALLENGE (previously called Live Event)

The Mystery in the Manor Craft Challenge (not available yet) will begin on 2nd March for 10 days, complete to unlock the Landgraab Estate house template (post coming soon!)

NEW & RETURNING INFLUENCE ISLAND EVENTS

RERUN- Influence Island Season 36 (not available yet) starts on the 2nd March for 5 days

Influence Island Season 80 (not available yet) starts on the 16th March for 5 days

Share big news interaction on phones

Car dealership: Red (S898,500) and Black (59SP) Sidecar Motorcycles

Star Ratings & Prices

0 Star Rating: Orange Jute Stripes Rug (S81,300) Green Jute Stripes Rug (7SP) Blush Tripod Floor Lamp (S69,400) White Tripod Floor Lamp (4SP) White Tropical Palm Fan (S88,200) Walnut Tropical Palm Fan (5SP)
1 Star Rating: Blue Birds of Paradise (S71,100) White Rattan Side Table (S61,900) Tan Travel Trunk Table (S82,800) White Travel Desk (S239,500) White Carved Palmette Sofa (S111,200) White Regency Filing Cabinet (S64,600) White Carved Buffet (S78,000) Black Vintage Telescope (S56,700) White Vintage Rotary Phone (S88,400) White Carved Palmette Double Sofa (S109,200) Terracotta Panelled Triple Box Window (S879,100)
2 Star Rating: White Birds of Paradise (7LP) Walnut Travel Desk (22SP) Walnut Carved Palmette Sofa (10LP) Walnut Vintage Rotary Phone (8LP) Walnut Carved Palmette Double Sofa (10LP) White Panelled Triple Box Window (100LP)
3 Star Rating: Walnut Rattan Side Table (3SP) Natural Travel Trunk Table (6SP) Walnut Regency Filing Cabinet (9SP) Walnut Carved Buffet (5SP) Silver Vintage Telescope (5SP)

RERUN- Influence Island Season 40 (not available yet) starts on the 30th March for 5 days

Influence Island Season 81 (not available yet) starts on the 13th April for 5 days

Makeup and hairstyles for all senior sims

2 tops, 2 bottoms and 2 shoes for feminine senior sims

Star Ratings & Prices:

0 Star Rating: Bright Estate Gravel (S500) Soft Estate Gravel (S600) Beige Estate Fence 1×1 (S62,800) Beige Estate Fence Corner (S66,500) Garnet Estate Fence 1×1 (6LP) Garnet Estate Fence Corner (5LP) Summer Estate Lily (S76,800) Fall Estate Lily (7LP) Beige Estate Fence 2×1 (S70,600) Beige Estate Fence 4×1 (S85,600) Garnet Estate Fence 2×1 (8LP) Garnet Estate Fence 4×1 (6LP) Beige Estate Entrance (S66,800) Garnet Estate Entrance (7LP)
1 Star Rating: Summer Estate Tall Ivy (S73,800) Summer Estate Ivy (S79,200) Summer Estate Sprouting Ivy (S81,000) Summer Estate Hanging Ivy (S92,700) Summer Estate Hedge 1×1 (S71,700) Summer Estate Hedge 2×1 (S73,900) Summer Estate Hedge Corner (S80,900) Summer Estate Curved Hedge (S82,600) Summer Hedge Curved Double (S67,500) Ivory Estate Pond (S57,600) Oak Estate Croquet Set (S49,200) Impersonating a Fallen Person (S64,400) Gilded Estate Bench (S45,000) Gilded Estate Gazebo (S665,500)
2 Star Rating: Fall Estate Tall Ivy (10LP) Fall Estate Ivy (10LP) Fall Estate Sprouting Ivy (7LP) Fall Estate Hanging Ivy (8LP) Fall Estate Curved Double (5LP) Fall Estate Hedge 1×1 (6LP) Fall Estate Curved Hedge (6LP) Fall Estate Hedge Corner (7LP) Fall Estate Hedge 2×1 (8LP) Limestone Estate Pond (8LP) Mahogany Estate Croquet Set (5LP) Evidence of a Public Snooze Disturbance (4LP) Brassy Estate Bench (4LP) Brassy Estate Gazebo (59LP)

NEW & RETURNING SIMCHASE EVENTS

SimChase Season 99: SimTown P.I.! (not available yet) starts on the 9th March for 9 days

NEW interactions: Gather Evidence, Sift through Records and Pin Down Suspects

Hairstyles and facial hair for all adult sims

2 tops, 2 bottoms, 2 socks, 2 shoes for masculine adult sims

Star Ratings & Prices:

0 Star Rating: Gilded Sleuth Table Lamp (S59,300) Brassy Sleuth Table Lamp (10LP) White Sleuth Door (S111,200) Mahogany Sleuth Door (12LP)
1 Star Rating: Oak Sleuth Filing Cabinet (S65,900) Brown Sleuth Case Notes (S58,000) Oak Sleuth Coat Rack (S56,200) Gilded Sleuth Stakeout Camera (S36,900) Neutral Sleuth Evidence Box (S62,800) Oak Sleuth Desk (S245,900) Oak Sleuth Pin Board (S46,400)
2 Star Rating: Mahogany Sleuth Filing Cabinet (10LP) Black Sleuth Case Notes (5LP) Mahogany Sleuth Coat Rack (7LP) Brassy Sleuth Stakeout Camera (4LP) Bright Sleuth Evidence Box (4LP) Mahogany Sleuth Desk (24LP) Mahogany Sleuth Pin Board (5LP)

SimChase Season 100: A Game of Crimes! (not available yet) starts on the 25th March for 9 days

Headwear and 2 sunglasses for all adult sims

2 dresses and 2 shoes for feminine adult sims

Star Ratings & Prices:

0 Star Rating: Mahogany Estate Boiserie Walls (S500) White Estate Boiserie Walls (S400) White Estate Secret Door (S81,500) White Estate Secret Double Door (S119,800) Mahogany Estate Secret Door (11LP) Mahogany Estate Secret Double Door (12LP)
1 Star Rating: White Estate Bookshelf (S81,100) Grand White Estate Bookshelf (S61,900) Oak Estate Drinks Cabinet (S106,400) Neutral Estate Seating (S127,000) Oak Estate Billiards (S123,300) Oak Estate Cue Rack (S56,200) Oak Estate Chess Table (S56,200) Oak Estate Darts (S73,100)
2 Star Rating: Mahogany Estate Bookshelf (10LP) Grand Mahogany Estate Bookshelf (7LP) Mahogany Estate Drinks Cabinet (10LP) Bright Estate Seating (14LP) Mahogany Estate Billiards (12LP) Mahogany Estate Cue Rack (7LP) Mahogany Estate Chess Table (6LP) Mahogany Estate Darts (4LP)

RERUN- SimChase Season 57 (not available yet) starts on the 9th April for 9 days

NEW PREGNANCY PRIZES

Complete the 9 day pregnancy event in the time limit and earn the baby bonus between 20th-28th March to unlock these prizes:

If you start the 9 day pregnancy event anytime during the time frame you have the chance of earning the maternity items in that pack if you complete the event in the time limit, for example if you start a pregnancy event on the 28th March and complete in the time limit you will earn the items above

You need to have completed the first pregnancy event in the A Bump-y Ride Quest before you can earn the maternity prizes

NEW PREMIUM PERKS

Two more seasons will be available this update, check out my post here for more information on Premium Perk events

Season 6: Available from 5th March for 7 days

Unfortunately I do not have all the in game screenshots from this event as it was not in the early access build, I will add these when the event begins.

Season 7: Available from 28th March for 7 days

Spend SP to unlock rewards- 42, 98, 174, 276, 414 and 600

Milestone Prize 1– 15 Cupcakes and 1 hairstyle for adult sims

Milestone Prize 2– 15 Hobby Lucky Spins and 1 headwear for adult sims

Milestone Prize 3– 3 SimChase Tokens, 2 Mystery Keys, 1 hairstyle for adult sims and 1 headwear for adult sims

Milestone Prize 4– 25 Cupcakes and 1 hairstyle for adult sims

Milestone Prize 5– 20 Hobby Lucky Spins, 1 hairstyle for adult sims and 1 headwear for adult sims

Milestone Prize 6– 4 Mystery Keys, 1 hairstyle for adult sims and 2 headwear for adult sims

Returning events?

The Fresh Fruiternity Craft Challenge (not available yet) will return on 18th March for 10 days, complete to unlock the Fruit Fruiternity house template

The Glamorous Getaway Craft Challenge (not available yet) will be back on 3rd April for 10 days, complete to unlock the Glamorous Getaway house template

The HANS On Quest (not available yet) will be returning on 10th April for 7 days, complete to unlock the Home Automation Network System and dishwashers

What else is new?

The Paperboy will be giving double rewards between 14th-18th March and triple rewards between 3rd-7th April.
You will be able to claim 4 different outfits for your feminine adult sims (and earrings for your masculine adult sims), these are only available for a limited time and can be claimed for free from your inbox from 7am UTC.
- 1st: 3rd-6th March
- 2nd: 6th-8th March
- 3rd: 8th-10th March
- 4th: 10th-12th March

The Livin’ Large Expansion brings major changes to The Sims Freeplay in this update, including:
- 10 new levels (65-75)
- 7 new sims (unlocked at levels 17, 40, 66, 68,70, 72 and 75)
- Store upgrades (from level 15)

Store upgrades

You will notice when you open the game star ratings on all buildings with the ability to upgrade 10 of the stores from star rating 1 to 3:

The stores you can upgrade are:

Pet Store
Children’s Store
Promotions ‘r’ Us
Baby ‘n’ Bumps
Pet Salon
Salon
Costume and Swim Store
Car Dealer
Sorcerous Supplies
Supermarket

You will firstly complete a tutorial with Nancy Landgraab by clicking on the Pet Store.

You will now get the options to upgrade or enter store (enter store allows you to shop like normal)

Clicking upgrade brings up a screen with 10 upgrades. Once you have completed 5 upgrades you will reach 2 stars and once you have completed all 10 upgrades you will reach 3 stars for that store.

To upgrade you need upgrade tools (Blueprints, Fuses and Hard Hats) which you get by completing Landgraab Exec requests at the Community Market

Once you have completed a request you need to complete 4 normal community market requests before you will get another from the Landgraab Exec.

As well as the resources upgrades will cost simoleons. There is also a time stated, this is how long the upgrade will take to complete

You need to complete 1 row at a time so upgrades in row 1 must be completed before the second row unlocks but they can be completed in any order in that row. For example, the image below shows that we can complete 3 upgrades in this row and they can be completed in any order but we won’t be able to move on to the next row until these 3 upgrades are all complete:

Upgrades can be previewed before so you can check all upgrades before deciding where you want to focus your resources first BUT you need to complete 8 stores to 2 star before you can complete the final upgrade for any store.

You also need to reach 2 star to complete a level up goal for each of the last 10 levels (65-75)

There are some great upgrades available, for example, you can unlock Catty Cakes with a Pet Store upgrade and they will live at the Community Market and find resources you need to complete customer requests, you will also be able to have up to 16 pets living in one house if you complete all Pet Store and Pet Salon upgrades and some Sorcerous Supplies store updates include spells that clean up pee, vomit and dirty dishes instantly! Other upgrades include new items unlocked, new interactions between sims and making it easy to find certain hobby items.