Today The Girl Who Games has been running for 12 years! The fact players still visit this site after all this time amazes me, it has had over 100 million hits to date!!
Personally the past year has been fairly uneventful- although still busy as I am still working full time while doing my degree but next year will be more exciting as I am getting married in July!
Thank you everyone for being around for another year 💛
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Starts 28th October
Complete this brand new craft challenge (new name for live events) which starts on 28th October to unlock Gothic themed items and if you complete the whole event in the time limit you unlock the Goth Family Manor house template. This event is only here for 10 days and the aim of it is to collect enough arts and crafts items from the arts and crafts stations (found in the event tab of buy mode) to unlock all the items in this event.
Check out my Guide to Completing Craft Challenges [Live Events] (including tips!) HERE!
NOTE: if you did another Craft Challenge then you will find your arts and crafts stations in your inventory (or in the house you left them at) you will only be able to use the candle ones until you unlock the other stations in this event
Can’t find your arts and crafts stations? Click on the craft station in your event tab to get the option to find your station, it will take you to the house where your stations can be found!
Want to skip the tasks list? Click here to head straight to the prizes!
Place a crafting station (find the candle station in the events tab of buy mode (or your inventory)- you can only buy 4)
Make some arts and crafts items (click on the candle station to make)- 23 seconds
This takes you to the prize progress tab (you can get to it by clicking on the button in the corner of the screen)
Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Gloomy Weather pack. When you unlock each pack, before the items are available in your home store you need to purchase them with the arts and crafts items you make- this goal is coming up!
Restock a crafting station (when the stock runs out you will have to restock before you can make anymore arts and crafts items)- You can restock instantly for 18 uses for 10SP or restock for 2 uses which will take 10 seconds this time
Buy the Gloomy Weather pack (click on the event button, scroll down and click purchase- this will cost you 50 candles)
Use a coin flower patch (buy the coin flower patch from the event tab and select the spin plant option)
Check the daily goals (click on the event button and find the daily goals tab- claim the ones you can!)
Remember to claim your rewards each day!
Collect bonuses (while collecting after a certain amount of time you will see the arts and crafts item appear above that sims head, click to collect the bonus item!)
Continue collecting arts and crafts items- this is the last step but the event is not over, keep collecting the arts and crafts to unlock everything!
If you want to speed up a collecting arts and crafts action it will cost you SP, you will get the bonus arts and craft items as well if you speed it up!
Craft Challenge Prizes:
Arts and Crafts Stations
Candle Station costs:
1st- Free
2nd- S2,000
3rd- S4,000
4th- S10,000
(maximum of 4)
Pottery Station costs:
1st- S5,000
2nd- S7,500
3rd- S10,000
4th- S15,000
(maximum of 4)
Jewelry Station costs:
1st- S7,500
2nd- S15,000
3rd- S20,000
(maximum of 3)
Glassware Station costs:
1st- S7,500
2nd- S25,000
(maximum of 2)
Happy (inspired) sims will collect arts and crafts items quicker:
Sad sims will take longer to collect arts and crafts items:
Restocking
Each station (apart from the first candle one) comes with a stock of 7 which means you can use the station 7 times before it needs to be restocked (if you got your stations out of your inventory they will all need restocking first (apart from the first candle one) When you need to restock you will have two options:
NOTE:
Your Progress:
Click the event button in the top corner of your game to see your progress
Daily Goals
Check on the first tab every day because if you complete all the daily goals you will get additional constructor coins
NOTE: remember to click CLAIM once you have completed a daily goal to collect the reward and remember to claim your free constructor coins and free items each day!
Prize Progress
The prize progress is how far you have got on this event, the more arts and crafts items you make the more prizes you will unlock
NOTE: the bar at the top of the personal progress tab shows you how close you are to unlocking an item, the more arts and crafts items you collect the more the bar will fill up. Once you have unlocked an item on the bar at the top you will be able to use the arts and crafts items you have collected and constructor coins to purchase that pack which you will then be able to find in the home store.
1.Gloomy Weather– costs 50 candles to buy
Exterior Walls- Tan (S600) and Navy (S700) Gothic Sidings
2.3 Constructor Coins
3.3 Constructor Coins
4.Graveyard Shift- The Gravest Yard and Beyond the Fence
The Gravest Yard– requires 1,200 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy
Fences- Nocturne (S38,000) and Thyme (6LP) Gothic Singles
Nocturne (S58,900) and Thyme (4LP) Gothic Corners
Beyond the Fence– requires 3,600 candles and 25 constructor coins to buy
Fences- Nocturne (S52,000) and Thyme (8LP) Gothic Doubles
Nocturne (S79,300) and Thyme (7LP) Gothic Quads
5.Pottery Station
6.4 Constructor Coins
7.4 Constructor Coins
8.Laid to Rest- Turning in the Grave and Paying Respects
Turning in the Grave– requires 10,900 candles, 8,500 pottery and 80 constructor coins to buy
Outdoor Decorations- Nocturne (S64,900) and Thyme (3LP) Memorial Pillars
Sims can place flowers, mourn and clean at the pillar, once they have placed flowers you will get the option to tidy which removes the flowers
Paying Respects– requires 14,500 candles, 11,300 pottery and 105 constructor coins to buy
Outdoor decorations- Nocturne (S45,100) and Thyme (8LP) Grave Markers
Same options as the memorial pillars
9.Jewelry Station
10.5 Constructor Coins
11.2 Social Points
12.5 Constructor Coins
13.Cross the Threshold- My Chamber Door and Upon the Mantel
My Chamber Door– requires 16,075 pottery, 17,000 jewelry and 150 constructor coins to buy
Doors- Nocturne (S86,500) and Thyme (8LP) Gothic Double Doors
Upon the Mantel– requires 17,000 pottery, 18,000 jewelry and 160 constructor coins to buy
Living room and Chimneys and Fireplaces- Nocturne (S161,700) and Thyme (18LP) Gothic Fireplaces
These fireplaces are free standing so do not have to be placed against a wall
14.Glassware Station
15.7 Constructor Coins
16.2 Social Points
17.7 Constructor Coins
18.Gothic Revival- Window to the Soul and Wisteria Hysteria
Window to the Soul– requires 18,000 pottery, 19,000 jewelry, 19,000 glassware and 165 constructor coins to buy
Windows- Nocturne (S79,600) and Thyme (7LP) Gothic Singles
Nocturne (S103,800) and Thyme (8LP) Gothic Doubles
Wisteria Hysteria– requires 20,000 pottery, 21,000 jewelry, 21,000 glassware and 185 constructor coins to buy
Trees, plants and flowers- Nocturne (S75,000) and Thyme (11LP) Wisterias
Fences- Nocturne (S98,000) and Thyme (9LP) Gothic Gates
19.10 Constructor Coins
20.2 Social Points
21.10 Constructor Coins
22.Goth Family Manor- you can only claim this pack if you have purchased all the other packs in this live event
This house can be built on a standard and premium residence, the first one is free then they cost simoleons depending on how many houses you have already built.
The premium has a large front garden with a shed and a bigger basement but the rest of the house is the same as the standard
You also unlock:
Pets: Nocturne (S91,400) and Thyme (10LP) Python Penthouses
Living room: Nocturne (S104,400) and Thyme (8LP) Oracle Tables
Outdoor decorations: Nocturne (S105,900) and Thyme (8LP) Gothic Greenhouses
On the tables one sim selects do a reading and the second sim selects find out fortune.
Sims can play with the python
Constructor Coins
You earn constructor coins by:
Personal Progress prizes
Completing Daily Goals
Coin Plant Patches
Earning Constructor Coins? Previously on these events I used social points on the Mega Spin Plant to win constructor points. I earn social points by completing the cooking hobby and earning LP, I can then turn the LP into SP using the social point plant on a normal garden patch- this was when it cost 5LP- the social point plant now costs 20LP so you may want to try the option below first instead:
Or you can use 450 candles for the Spin Plant (a good way to use up any spare candles) which will also earn you constructor coins but the amounts are less than they are from the Mega Spin Plant
What is the minimum and maximum amount of coins you can earn on the mega spin plant? The minimum is 10 and the maximum is 500
Now on the coin flower patch you can see the chances of getting the different combinations on each spin plant, click on the green i button to see:
Laura Craft? You may have noticed at the front of one of your houses there is a board with a bubble of a person holding arts and crafts items above it, this is Laura Craft, you can buy her for real money to help you complete the event. When you buy her, you select the item you want her to make from the options: 200 candles, 300 pottery, 450 jewelry or 500 glassware (the amounts seem to differ for most of you and I have no idea why that is!) (you will unlock all the options once you have unlocked all the stations) and you will be able to collect them after 2 hours.
Do I think she is worth it? They have improved Laura Craft a lot since the first event (although it would be great if she made constructor coins) she used to be able to collect every 8 hours, they have now changed this to 2 hours so she is more useful now so if you are struggling then you may want to splash out and give her a try but remember you will only get her for this event, you will have to buy her again to use her for a live event in the future. I personally don’t ever buy her, if I don’t manage to earn enough items or coins in the time limit I just wait until the next time the event is available!
If I brought Laura Craft in the last event do I get her for free or do I have to buy her again? You have to buy her again for this event.
Check out my Guide to Completing Craft Challenges [Live Events] (including tips!) HERE!
If I don’t complete this event this time will I have to start from the beginning when it returns? No, you will start from where you got to this time!
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Time to travel in the latest Sims Freeplay update, keep reading for more information
NEW CRAFT CHALLENGE (previously called Live Event)
The Haunting of Goth House Craft Challenge (not available yet) will begin on 28th October for 10 days, complete to unlock the Goth Family Manor template
NEW INFLUENCE ISLAND EVENTS
Influence Island Season 72: No Country for Outlaws! (not available yet) starts on the 14th October for 5 days
Start a squabble is an interaction between 2 sims
The grand prize includes S450,000, 100LP and the Sandy Saloon house template
This house is exactly the same layout as the Stately Saloon house template unlocked in the Stately Saloon Craft Challenge, the only difference is the items are a different colour
Watch my Sandy Saloon House Tour here
Star Ratings & Prices:
Influence Island Season 73: A Haunt to Remember! (not available yet) starts on the 23rd October for 5 days
Common Prizes: Makeup for adult, teen and preteen sims, earrings for preteen sims, witch hats for teenage sims, clown noses for adult sims and 2 bribes
Rare Prizes: 1 outfit and matching shoes each for preteen feminine sims, teenage sims and adult sims (no outfit for preteen masculine sims)
Grand Prizes: Same outfits and shoes as the rare prizes but in 3 different colours and random glasses for teenage sims (not sure why they are part of this pack!)
Influence Island Season 74: The Rent Race! (not available yet) starts on the 1st November for 5 days
Rare prize includes 15LP and 15SP
Grand prize includes hairstyles for adult and teenage sims, 75SP, 35LP and S50,000
Star Ratings & Prices:
Influence Island Season 75: Grim’s Ghastly Goods! (not available yet) starts on the 10th November for 10 days
Common prize includes 2 bribes
Outfits, bottoms, shoes and facial hair for masculine adult sims
Hairstyles and earbuds for all adult sims
Star Ratings & Prices:
NEW & RETURNING SIMCHASE EVENTS
SimChase Season 93: The Ringtail Diner! (not available yet) starts on the 14th October for 9 days
Outfits, stockings and shoes for feminine adult sims
Earrings and hairstyles for all adult sims
Investigate noise interaction on dumpsters
2 free each counters, corner counters and stools
Star Ratings & Prices:
RERUN- SimChase Season 43: Wanderlust Wrangle! (not available yet) starts on the 26th October for 9 days
SimChase Season 94: Greasy Deals! (not available yet) starts on the 9th November for 9 days
Outfits, bottoms and shoes for masculine adult sims
Star Ratings & Prices:
Returning event?
What else is new?
You can find them in the new bunny button on the middle left of the screen:
There are 9 tasks to complete each day with tasks such as ‘log in’, ‘fulfill 1 community market order’ and ‘fall asleep in the bath’:
Completing each task will earn 1000 XP (and sometimes you also earn a bonus 100 XP)
If you complete all 9 tasks you will earn mystery keys and more XPs (the amount varies depending on which day you are on) If you complete all 9 tasks every day you will increase your streak and earn more rewards.
If you miss a day you will go back to Day 1, a new day starts at 10am local time
Keys can be spent on mystery boxes, which can now be found in the online store, there are also a few new boxes available for a short amount of time:
Gap Year: Roads Less Traveled Update 🚗👻 [Events & Prizes]:
NEW FEATURE: Daily Tasks ✅:
Sandy Saloon HT [Influence Island 72 Prize]:
Craft Challenge videos are coming soon!
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Starts 12th September
Complete this brand new craft challenge (new name for live events) which starts on 12th September to unlock items to build a university and if you complete the whole event in the time limit you unlock the Duketon University house template. This event is only here for 10 days and the aim of it is to collect enough arts and crafts items from the arts and crafts stations (found in the event tab of buy mode) to unlock all the items in this event.
Check out my Guide to Completing Craft Challenges [Live Events] (including tips!) HERE!
NOTE: if you did another Craft Challenge then you will find your arts and crafts stations in your inventory (or in the house you left them at) you will only be able to use the candle ones until you unlock the other stations in this event
Can’t find your arts and crafts stations? Click on the craft station in your event tab to get the option to find your station, it will take you to the house where your stations can be found!
Want to skip the tasks list? Click here to head straight to the prizes!
Place a crafting station (find the candle station in the events tab of buy mode (or your inventory)- you can only buy 4)
Make some arts and crafts items (click on the candle station to make)- 23 seconds
This takes you to the prize progress tab (you can get to it by clicking on the button in the corner of the screen)
Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Raise Your Flag pack. When you unlock each pack, before the items are available in your home store you need to purchase them with the arts and crafts items you make- this goal is coming up!
Restock a crafting station (when the stock runs out you will have to restock before you can make anymore arts and crafts items)- You can restock instantly for 18 uses for 10SP or restock for 2 uses which will take 10 seconds this time
Buy the Raise Your Flag pack (click on the event button, scroll down and click purchase- this will cost you 50 candles)
Use a coin flower patch (buy the coin flower patch from the event tab and select the spin plant option)
Check the daily goals (click on the event button and find the daily goals tab- claim the ones you can!)
Remember to claim your rewards each day!
Collect bonuses (while collecting after a certain amount of time you will see the arts and crafts item appear above that sims head, click to collect the bonus item!)
Continue collecting arts and crafts items- this is the last step but the event is not over, keep collecting the arts and crafts to unlock everything!
If you want to speed up a collecting arts and crafts action it will cost you SP, you will get the bonus arts and craft items as well if you speed it up!
Craft Challenge Prizes:
Arts and Crafts Stations
Candle Station costs:
1st- Free
2nd- S2,000
3rd- S4,000
4th- S10,000
(maximum of 4)
Pottery Station costs:
1st- S5,000
2nd- S7,500
3rd- S10,000
4th- S15,000
(maximum of 4)
Jewelry Station costs:
1st- S7,500
2nd- S15,000
3rd- S20,000
(maximum of 3)
Glassware Station costs:
1st- S7,500
2nd- S25,000
(maximum of 2)
Happy (inspired) sims will collect arts and crafts items quicker:
Sad sims will take longer to collect arts and crafts items:
Restocking
Each station (apart from the first candle one) comes with a stock of 7 which means you can use the station 7 times before it needs to be restocked (if you got your stations out of your inventory they will all need restocking first (apart from the first candle one) When you need to restock you will have two options:
NOTE:
Your Progress:
Click the event button in the top corner of your game to see your progress
Daily Goals
Check on the first tab every day because if you complete all the daily goals you will get additional constructor coins
NOTE: remember to click CLAIM once you have completed a daily goal to collect the reward and remember to claim your free constructor coins and free items each day!
Prize Progress
The prize progress is how far you have got on this event, the more arts and crafts items you make the more prizes you will unlock
NOTE: the bar at the top of the personal progress tab shows you how close you are to unlocking an item, the more arts and crafts items you collect the more the bar will fill up. Once you have unlocked an item on the bar at the top you will be able to use the arts and crafts items you have collected and constructor coins to purchase that pack which you will then be able to find in the home store.
1.Raise Your Flag– costs 50 candles to buy
Decorations: Quale (S75,200) and Duketon (5SP) College Pennants
2.3 Constructor Coins
3.3 Constructor Coins
4.Silent Study Sesh- From Cram to Glam and Read the Room
From Cram to Glam– requires 1,200 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy
Living Room: Quale (S168,210) and Duketon (18LP) Library Desks
Read the Room– requires 3,600 candles and 25 constructor coins to buy
Living Room: Quale (S93,000) and Duketon (10LP) Library Walls
Quale (S111,120) and Duketon (10LP) Library Wall and Ladders
5.Pottery Station
6.4 Constructor Coins
7.4 Constructor Coins
8.Top of the Glass- Gothic Glaze and Courage & Conviction
Gothic Glaze– requires 10,900 candles, 8,500 pottery and 80 constructor coins to buy
Windows: Quale (S96,500) and Duketon (7SP) College Windows
Quale (S110,700) and Duketon (7SP) College Double Windows
Courage & Conviction– requires 14,500 candles, 11,300 pottery and 105 constructor coins to buy
Decorations: Quale (S87,800) and Duketon (5LP) College Lecterns
New interaction: Fumble notes- 15 minutes
9.Jewelry Station
10.5 Constructor Coins
11.2 Social Points
12.5 Constructor Coins
13.Academic Architecture- Grading on a Curve and Honor Roll Alcove
Grading on a Curve– requires 16,075 pottery, 17,000 jewelry and 150 constructor coins to buy
Doors: Quale (S149,760) and Duketon (14SP) College Archways
Honor Roll Alcove– requires 17,000 pottery, 18,000 jewelry and 160 constructor coins to buy
Bay Windows: Quale (S850,400) and Duketon (84SP) College Bays
14.Glassware Station
15.7 Constructor Coins
16.2 Social Points
17.7 Constructor Coins
18.Font of Knowledge- Fountains of Youth and Prep for Success
Fountains of Youth– requires 18,000 pottery, 19,000 jewelry, 19,000 glassware and 165 constructor coins to buy
Outdoor Decorations: Quale (S224,000) and Duketon (24LP) College Fountains
Prep for Success– requires 20,000 pottery, 21,000 jewelry, 21,000 glassware and 185 constructor coins to buy
2 tops, 2 bottoms and 2 shoes for masculine adult sims and 2 earrings for all adult sims
19.10 Constructor Coins
20.2 Social Points
21.10 Constructor Coins
22.Duketon University- you can only claim this pack if you have purchased all the other packs in this live event
This house can be found under the driveway homes tab and built on a premium residence, the first one is free then they cost simoleons depending on how many houses you have already built.
The university contains 3 buildings, the middle one contains the library, another building contains offices and classrooms and the last building contains the cafe and dining hall.
You also unlock:
2 tops, 2 bottoms and 2 shoes for feminine adult sims
2 pairs of glasses, 2 makeup styles and 6 hairstyles for all adult sims
Constructor Coins
You earn constructor coins by:
Personal Progress prizes
Completing Daily Goals
Coin Plant Patches
Earning Constructor Coins? Previously on these events I used social points on the Mega Spin Plant to win constructor points. I earn social points by completing the cooking hobby and earning LP, I can then turn the LP into SP using the social point plant on a normal garden patch- this was when it cost 5LP- the social point plant now costs 20LP so you may want to try the option below first instead:
Or you can use 450 candles for the Spin Plant (a good way to use up any spare candles) which will also earn you constructor coins but the amounts are less than they are from the Mega Spin Plant
What is the minimum and maximum amount of coins you can earn on the mega spin plant? The minimum is 10 and the maximum is 500
Now on the coin flower patch you can see the chances of getting the different combinations on each spin plant, click on the green i button to see:
Laura Craft? You may have noticed at the front of one of your houses there is a board with a bubble of a person holding arts and crafts items above it, this is Laura Craft, you can buy her for real money to help you complete the event. When you buy her, you select the item you want her to make from the options: 200 candles, 300 pottery, 450 jewelry or 500 glassware (the amounts seem to differ for most of you and I have no idea why that is!) (you will unlock all the options once you have unlocked all the stations) and you will be able to collect them after 2 hours.
Do I think she is worth it? They have improved Laura Craft a lot since the first event (although it would be great if she made constructor coins) she used to be able to collect every 8 hours, they have now changed this to 2 hours so she is more useful now so if you are struggling then you may want to splash out and give her a try but remember you will only get her for this event, you will have to buy her again to use her for a live event in the future. I personally don’t ever buy her, if I don’t manage to earn enough items or coins in the time limit I just wait until the next time the event is available!
If I brought Laura Craft in the last event do I get her for free or do I have to buy her again? You have to buy her again for this event.
Check out my Guide to Completing Craft Challenges [Live Events] (including tips!) HERE!
If I don’t complete this event this time will I have to start from the beginning when it returns? No, you will start from where you got to this time!
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Update available from 1st September 10:30 pm UTC
Summer is over and it is time to head back to work and school in the latest Sims Freeplay update, keep reading for more information.
NEW CRAFT CHALLENGE (previously called Live Event)
The Seems Like School Spirit Craft Challenge (no longer available) will begin on 12th September for 10 days, complete to unlock the Duketon University template
NEW & RETURNING INFLUENCE ISLAND EVENTS
Influence Island Season 70: The Highest Highrise! (no longer available) starts on the 1st September for 5 days
2 outfits and 2 shoes for masculine adult sims
Star Ratings & Prices:
RERUN- Influence Island Season 27: Travel Bedroom and Laundry! (no longer available) starts on the 11th September for 5 days
Influence Island Season 71: Dilly-Dally Daycare! (available now) starts on the 28th September for 10 days
2 outfits and 6 hairstyles each for infant and toddler sims
1 Bribe
Star Ratings & Prices:
NEW SIMCHASE EVENTS
SimChase Season 91: Office Buzz! (no longer available) starts on the 1st September for 9 days
2 tops, 2 trousers and 2 shoes for masculine adult sims and 2 glasses for all adult sims
Star Ratings & Prices:
SimChase Season 92: Clutter Cleanout! (available now) starts on the 21st September for 9 days
This SimChase contains all prizes from Season 54 as well as 4 new prizes, if you have completed Season 54 you will get one free of each buy mode item and 12 social points instead of the hairstyles.
Hairstyles for senior, teen and preteen sims
Star Ratings & Prices:
NEW PREGNANCY PRIZES
Complete the 9 day pregnancy event in the time limit and earn the baby bonus between 17th September- 4th October 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 4th October 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
Returning events?
The Cafe Grande Craft Challenge (available now) will be returning on 30th September for 10 days, complete the event to unlock cafe themed items and the Cafe Grande template
The Oh So Ombre Hair Hobby Event (not available yet) will be back on 6th October for 7 days, complete the fashion designer hobby to unlock all the hairstyles for your adult sims.
What else is new?
You will be able to claim 4 different blazers for your feminine adult sims, these are only available for 2 days each and can be claimed for free from your inbox.
Summer Vacation: Back to Reality Update Sept – Oct 2025 [Events & Prizes]:
Seems Like School Spirit Craft Challenge Prizes:
Duketon University Tour:
Delightful Daycare Center Tour [Influence Island 71 Items]:
‘Shopping and Coffee’ Tour ☕🛍️:
The Girl Who Games 