The Sims Freeplay- Downtown Developer Events

October 20, 2019July 28, 2025 weightlessmagic151 Comments

Early Access to Beta Provided by EA/ Firemonkeys (Presented by EA Creator Network) may differ from actual version

Collect resources to build 3 story high rise apartment blocks in the Downtown Developer Events (there are currently six available) Once you have completed the Simtown Express Discovery Quest you will be able to begin one of these events (you can only complete one at a time) but there is no rush, these events will be available whenever you are ready to start them

It doesn’t matter which event you are completing as they all work the same way, they just unlock a different apartment. I will colour code each event so you know if something is different. Downtown Developer 1 is in Yellow, Downtown Developer 2 is in Green, Downtown Developer 3 is in Blue, Downtown Developer 4 is in Red, Downtown Developer 5 is in Purple and Downtown Developer 6 is in Orange

The aim of these events is to collect all the Granite, Glass and Gold you need at different locations around Simtown, these resources are then used to build the luxury high rise apartment block (1), the onyx tower block (2), the oak avenue apartment (3), 74th street apartment (4), the contempo penthouse (5) or botanica penthouse (6). Firstly you need to go to Downtown (use the Simtown Express to get there) and you will find five development icons.

You can start the Downtown Developer events in any order and if you have completed a previous one you can skip the tutorial

Downtown Developer Event 1– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Downtown Developer Event 2– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Downtown Developer Event 3– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Downtown Developer Event 4– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Downtown Developer Event 5– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Downtown Developer Event 6– Click on this to get the option to demolish the buildings that are there:

Once demolished the event will begin and the first time limit will start, there are time limits in these events but there are different time limits for each stage, keep reading for more information on this

A lot of the images below are from the downtown developer 1 event but 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 work the same, the grand prize is the only thing that is different

You will then get tasks to complete, these will explain how this event works so make sure you read them:

Open downtown developer menu- click on the orange symbol next to the downtown developer task to get to this menu, the menu is where you can see your progress in this event:

At the top you will see all the stages to complete in this event, then you will see the permit you currently have and below you can see the current stage requirements, right now only granite is required to complete stage one but this screenshot below shows a later stage that requires more resources:

View major stage deadlines- if you go back to the menu, on the bar at the top you will see under stage 2 it says ‘3 days’ this means you have 3 days to fill the bar by collecting the resources to reach stage 2 to be on track in this event, if you don’t complete a stage in the time limit you will be forced to spend simoleons to progress in this event (I don’t know how many simoleons it will cost as it varies depending on what level you are on, so if you are on level 55 expect a high cost!)

The time limits for each stage are:

Reach stage 2– 3 days
Reach stage 4– 6 days
Reach stage 6– 6 days
Reach stage 9 (final stage)– 15 days

These stages above are major upgrades so the building site will change when you reach these milestones, you will also receive other rewards when you reach each of these stages:

Stage 2– 2LP, 2SP and 1 Glass (which can then be used in the next stage)
Stage 4– 5LP, 5SP and 1 Gold (which can then be used in the next stage)
Stage 6– 10LP, 10SP and 1 Gold (which can then be used in the next stage)
Stage 9/Grand Prize– Empty 3 Story Apartment Lot, S20,000, 20LP and 15SP

Go to the resource location- every 24 hours you will receive a new permit to collect a resource at a different location, go back to the menu to find where you need to go and you can click ‘visit’ on the location to go straight there:

The location will be different for you and it will only be places you have already unlocked so if you haven’t built downtown high school yet you won’t get a permit to go there

Assign a sim to an x- once at the location you need to find the 2 x spots, have a sim click on one of these and select Collect Shard- 3 hours 55 minutes:

GLITCH: sometimes after you have put your sims on to collect shards they won’t collect them when you return hours later, while they work on a fix- move the sims next to the x before you click on the x and make sure you see them starting the action before you close the game or go somewhere else in simtown. If you have missed out on the time limited prizes due to this issue please contact the makers to see if you can be compensated.

Only two sims can collect shards at one time and a shard does not make a full piece, depending on the resource you need to collect different amounts of shards to make one resource:

Granite– collect 2 shards to make 1 granite
Glass– collect 3 shards to make 1 glass
Gold– collect 4 shards to make 1 gold

You need to collect a full piece within 24 hours to be able to use that towards your next permit, if you only collect one shard then you will lose this

Review resource progress- click on the menu to check your progress, the current requirements show you how many resources you need to complete that stage:

If you want to skip with SP this is the best place to do it as it is more expensive if you skip from the task action itself or the permit section of the menu:

How many SP do I need to collect instantly?

1 Granite = 15 Social Points
1 Glass = 47 Social Points
1 Gold = 146 Social Points

The amounts above are roughly correct, it will be one or two SP out as you increase the amount of resources but it gives you some idea of how many you would need

Review the major stage timer- here you can see the next stage is locked:

If you miss one stage you can still catch up at the next stage as the time limit for the next stage does not start until you have completed the previous, for example, if you miss out on completing the 4th stage in the 6 day time limit once you have paid your simoleons to move on you will still get the full 6 day time limit to reach the 6th stage

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 1 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story Luxury Apartment that can be built on the high rise block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story to build your own apartment:

I warn you now, this building is hideous when complete! But the 3 story luxury apartment is very nice, if you don’t like it you can build the empty 3 story or even one of the original penthouse apartments

Take a tour of the 3 Story Luxury Apartment here:

Watch my walkthrough of this event here:

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 2 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story Onyx Towers that can be built on the onyx towers block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story onyx to build your own apartment:

Again this building is hideous when complete- unfortunately this time it is hideous inside and out! If you don’t like it you can build the empty 3 story or even one of the original penthouse apartments

I have no love for this build whatsoever- every single wall is black, including the exterior walls! Oh apart from the patches of green moss!! And the windows are tinted so no natural light is getting into this apartment. The gold door frames are probably so the sims can find the exits! After taking 30 days to complete this long and tedious event it would be great if the prize was at least worth the effort!

The best part of this completing this event in the time limit is you unlock some of the items in buy mode- I think we can all put them to better use than how they have been used in the apartment above!

Take a tour of the 3 Story Onyx Towers here:

Watch my walkthrough of this event here:

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 3 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story Oak Avenue Apartment that can be built on the high rise block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story oak avenue to build your own apartment:

This apartment is a huge improvement on the second one!

If you complete this event in the time limit you also unlock the grand bookcases and windows:

The bookcases are the size of two stories so you can create some amazing mezzanines with these!

Take a tour of the 3 Story Oak Avenue here:

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 4 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story 74th Street Apartment that can be built on the high rise block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story to build your own apartment:

This apartment is probably the one with the nicest exterior so far but it is very boring, spending 30 days completing this event to unlock this house that is mostly corridors seems like a waste of time:

If you complete this event on time you also unlock the stairs and doors. I really love these items, it seems like the only reason to complete this in the time limit is to unlock these rather than the house template:

Take a tour of the 3 Story 74th Street Apartment here:

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 5 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story Contempo Penthouse that can be built on the high rise block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story to build your own apartment:

This is my favourite apartment so far, the exterior and interior are a huge improvement on the previous 4 apartments!

If you complete this event in the time limit you also unlock juice bottle dividers and arbours:

Take a tour of the 3 Story Contempo Penthouse here:

If you complete the final stage of the Downtown Developer 6 in the 15 day time limit you will unlock the 3 Story Botanica Penthouse that can be built on the high rise block, you still unlock the apartment block if you don’t complete this event in the time limit, once complete you will be able to build the empty 3 story to build your own apartment:

The surrounding location for this penthouse is very similar to downtown developer 5’s grand prize. I love the natural touches to this house including living walls, green sofas and planters throughout.

If you complete in the time limit you also unlock cement railings and stairs and abstract water features:

Take a tour of the 3 Story Botanica Penthouse here:

Remember:

You need to have completed the Simtown Express Quest to unlock Downtown before you can start these events
You can only complete one downtown developer event at a time
These events are available forever so there is no rush to begin them but once you do start the first timer will begin, then it should take 30 days to complete
A new permit is issued every 24 hours

The location will be different for you and it will only be places you have already unlocked so you don’t have to build any new locations to find the resources
Only two sims can collect shards at once

A shard is not a whole resource, if you don’t collect a whole resource in 24 hours you will lose the shards you have collected:
- 2 Granite Shards= 1 Granite
- 3 Glass Shards= 1 Glass
- 4 Gold Shards= 1 Gold
The next major timer doesn’t start until the previous major milestone is complete
There are 9 stages to complete, completing each stage earns you rewards:
- Stage 1- 2LP
- Stage 2- Major upgrade, 2LP, 2SP and 1 Glass (which can then be used in the next stage)
- Stage 3- 5SP
- Stage 4- Major upgrade, 5LP, 5SP and 1 Gold (which can then be used in the next stage)
- Stage 5- 10SP
- Stage 6- Major upgrade, 10LP, 10SP and 1 Gold (which can then be used in the next stage)
- Stage 7- S10,000
- Stage 8- 15LP
- Stage 9/Final Stage- Empty 3 Story Apartment Lot, S20,000, 20LP and 15SP
How many resources do I need for each stage?

Below I have listed how many resources you will need for each stage, some stages carry over resources from previous stages and some resources are rewards for reaching certain stages so I have only included how many you will need to make for that stage but I have included the total above those stages, for example stage 1 and 2 requires 6 Granite in total, you make 1 in stage 1 and the other 5 in stage 2:

Stages 1 & 2- 6 Granite in total
- Stage 1- 1 Granite
- Stage 2- 5 Granite
Stages 3 & 4- 11 Granite and 8 Glass
- Stage 3- 7 Granite and 3 Glass
- Stage 4- 4 Granite and 4 Glass
Stages 5 & 6- 8 Granite, 5 Glass and 4 Gold
- Stage 5- 4 Granite, 2 Glass and 1 Gold
- Stage 6- 4 Granite, 3 Glass and 2 Gold
Stages 7, 8 & 9- 24 Granite, 16 Glass and 13 Gold
- Stage 7- 8 Granite, 6 Glass and 3 Gold
- Stage 8- 10 Granite, 7 Glass and 7 Gold
- Stage 9/ Final Stage- 6 Granite, 3 Glass and 2 Gold

If you earn enough resources before the 24 hours is over then you will have to wait for the rest of the 24 hours before you will get your next permit:

Want to see a walkthrough of event 1? Watch my video here
Want to see a walkthrough of event 2? Watch my video here

What do I think of these events? I was really upset when I saw they were adding another downtown developer event after all the feedback I have given them about the first. They haven’t even fixed the glitch on the first one yet so it bound to occur again in this second event too! This is another event where unless you can play all day then you won’t be able to complete it in the time limit, the fact you have to pay if you miss a time limit I think is ridiculous and it is bound to cost thousands of simoleons. I still am yet to play the first event properly on my own game- the horror stories I have heard have really put me off. At least 90% of the comments about this event are negative yet they still decided another one was the right thing to add, it really makes me wonder why I bother trying to give them feedback, they clearly want this game to fail.

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The Sims Freeplay- Simtown Health Spa Live Event

September 28, 2019July 28, 2025 weightlessmagic

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED

The simtown health spa event is back for 12 days from the 28th September, this time it is a live event instead of a community event which means that you will only earn the personal prizes, not the community prizes this time. You also will be collecting arts and craft items from the stations not gems from the deposits.

If you started it last time you will start from where you got to, if you completed it last time you won’t have to complete it again!

This event is only here for 12 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 Live Events (including tips!) HERE!

NOTE: if you did another Live Event 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! Please note that the prizes no longer cost gems, they cost arts and craft items- the pictures are from when this was a community event

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 flower event button in the corner of the screen)

Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Spa Robes pack! When you unlock each pack, before the items are available in your home store/wardrobe 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 10SPs or restock for 2 uses which will take 10 seconds this time

Buy the spa robes pack (click on the flower 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 planter 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 gems as well if you speed it up!

Stuck on these tasks? Watch my video here:

Arts and Crafts Stations

Candle Station costs:

1st- Free
2nd- S2,000
3rd- S4,000
4th- S10,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 250 Candles- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 360 Candles- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 455 Candles- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 510 Candles- 8 hours 30 minutes

Pottery Station costs:

1st- S5,000
2nd- S7,500
3rd- S10,000
4th- S15,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 375 Pottery- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 540 Pottery- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 680 Pottery- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 765 Pottery- 8 hours 30 minutes

Jewelry Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S15,000
3rd- S20,000

(maximum of 3)

Collect 565 Jewelry- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 810 Jewelry- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1025 Jewelry- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1150 Jewelry- 8 hours 30 minutes

Glassware Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S25,000

(maximum of 2)

Collect 620 Glass- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 890 Glass- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1125 Glass- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1260 Glass- 8 hours 30 minutes

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:

Restock 18 uses which happens instantly but will cost you 10SP
or
Restock 9 uses which will take you 2 hours 30 minutes but will be free

NOTE:

if you store the station you will lose all the stock so when you place it again you will need to restock
if you cancel making something using a station you will lose that stock so if you had one stock left and then you cancelled that action you would need to restock before you can create anymore arts and crafts items

Your Progress:

Click the flower 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 rewards

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 candles 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.

Prizes:

Please note that the prizes no longer cost gems, they cost arts and craft items- the pictures are from when this was a community event

The amount of constructor coins and social points you earn may be different this time, these amounts are from last time

1.Spa Robes

Requires 50 candles to buy

Find in the wardrobe under outfits and shoes for preteen, teen, adult and senior sims

2.3 Constructor Coins

3.3 Constructor Coins

4.Interior Decorations- Spa Rugs and Serenity Rains

Spa Rugs

Requires 900 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the rugs section, the first one of each is free, after that the round rugs cost S1,500 each and the lotus rugs cost S2,000 each, they are all 2×2

Serenity Rains

Requires 2,700 candles and 10 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the decorations section, the first one is free, after that they cost S7,550

5.Pottery Station

6.4 Constructor Coins

7.4 Constructor Coins

8.Rejuvenating Baths- Hot Springs and Mud Bath

Hot Springs

Requires 7,300 candles, 3,950 pottery and 45 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the outdoor furniture section- the first one is free after that they cost S8,500

Two sims can use the hot springs spa to relax for 8 minutes

Mud Bath
Requires 10,900 candles, 6,000 pottery and 65 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the bathroom section, the first one of both colours are free, after that they cost S14,250 each

They have the same options as a normal bath

9.Jewelry Station

10.5 Constructor Coins

11.5 Social Points

12.5 Constructor Coins

13.Main-Pedi- Manicure Station and Foot Spa

Manicure Station
Requires 8,935 pottery, 9,450 jewelry and 100 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the decorations section, the first one of both colours is free, after that they cost S4,500 each

This requires two sims to use, the first sim selects get manicure for 48 minutes and the second sim selects give manicure for 48 minutes

Foot Spa

Requires 12,000 pottery, 12,500 jewelry and 130 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the decorations section- the first one of both the colours are free after that they cost S5,500 each

This requires two sims to use, the first sim selects get pedicure for 48 minutes and the second sim selects give pedicure for 48 minutes

14.Glassware Station

15.7 Constructor Coins

16.5 Social Points

17.7 Constructor Coins

18.Stress Relief- Mud Mask Chair and Meditation Area

Mud Mask Chair
Requires 15,000 pottery, 15,500 jewelry, 15,500 glassware and 165 constructor coins to buy

Can be found in the decorations section, the first one is free, after that they cost S4,000 each

This requires two sims to use, the first sim selects the colour mud mask they want and a second sim selects apply mud mask for 48 minutes

Meditation Area

Requires 16,000 pottery, 17,000 jewerly, 17,000 glassware and 175 constructor coins to buy
Can be found in the decorations section, the first one is free, after that they cost S2,500 each

A sim can meditate using the mat for 24 minutes, 48 minutes or 2 hours 20 minutes

19.10 Constructor Coins

20.5 Social Points

21.10 Constructor Coins

22.Sauna and Massage- Massage Table and Sauna Supreme

Massage Table
Requires 17,000 pottery, 18,000 jewelry, 18,000 glassware and 185 constructor coins to buy

Includes Massage Tables, Spa Stands and Spa Partitions, these can be found in the decorations section and the first one of each is free after that they cost:

Massage Tables- S1,500, Spa Stands- S750, Spa Partitions- S2,250

The stands and partitions are just decorations but the massage table requires two sims to use, one sim selects get massage for 48 minutes and the second sim selects give massage, again for 48 minutes

Sauna Supreme
Requires 19,000 pottery, 20,000 jewelry, 20,000 glassware and 205 constructor coins to buy

This pack contains spa wallpaper, spa flooring, sauna bench, corner and seat as well as a sauna tub and hot rock steamer to make your own sauna room!

The wallpaper can be found in the walls section, the flooring can be found in the floors section and the rest of the items can be found in the decorations section, the first of each is free after that they cost:

Light Spa Wall- S50, Spa Flooring- S350, Hot Rock Steamer- S1,750, Sauna Seat- S2,750, Sauna Bench- S3,500, Sauna Corner- S5,000, Sauna Tub- S10,500

The hot rock steamer can be used to make steam and the seat and corner can be sat on, the bench can also be sat on and a sim can also lay on it. The tub has the same options as a normal bath but remember you will find it in the decorations section not bathroom section.

23.15 Constructor Coins

24.10 Social Points

25.10 Constructor Coins

26.Spa Template- you will not be able to get the spa template if you do not purchase all the prizes during the time limit

Purchase all of the prizes above using arts and craft items and coins to unlock the spa template which can be built on a standard or premium house lot, the first one is free (the time taken to build varies depending on how many houses you have already built) after that they cost simoleons and again the cost and time depends on how many houses you have already built

I built the spa on a premium ocean view lot because I felt it was too compacted on the standard, on the premium the sauna and meditation rooms are separate, on the standard they are very close or attached to the main building and there is no room for the hot tub

The template already contains the prizes that you have unlocked during the event so you don’t have to buy any extras for this and you still have your free ones to use in a different house

Premium

Standard

Watch my tour of the spa here:

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 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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The Sims Freeplay- Making 10,000 Simoleons in LESS THAN 2 HOURS!

September 27, 2019 weightlessmagic11 Comments

In this post I am going to explain how to easily make 10,000 simoleons in less than 2 hours! I was using 10 sims to do this so if you are using less sims it will take you longer to reach 10,000 but if you are using more sims it will take you less time!

Firstly make sure your sims are inspired (sparkling) to do this you need to fill up their bars by fulfilling all their needs, once they are inspired they will sparkle and earn more money when baking and gardening which is really important for this:

We are going to continuously grow carrots using 10 sims every 5 minutes. As you can see in the image above sims will earn S48 growing carrots when inspired compared to S32 normally (which including the S3 cost for growing them leaves your sims with S45 each time rather than S29)

This table shows exactly how much money I made from this method in just over an hour:

Minutes	Amount
0 (starting amount)	S140,875
5	S141,625
10	S142,175
15	S142,725
20	S143,275
25	S144,125
30	S144,775
35	S145,425
40	S146,375
45	S146,945
50	S147,395
55	S148,085
60 (1hr)	S148,655
65 (1h5m)	S149,465
70 (1h10m)	S150,275
75 (1h15m)	S150,965

I used this method while trying to complete the Multi Story Renovations Quest in the time limit, I only had S140,000 and I needed S150,000 to build the community center and after 1 hour 15 minutes I had enough money!

This is really easy to do when watching TV in the evening, you can put your sims onto grow carrots and then set a timer on your device for 5 minutes so you remember to go back onto the game regularly

Other money making tips:

Remember to upgrade your island monuments, you randomly get simoleon bonuses when gardening, baking and working when you upgrade The Riches of Terra
Lettuce is no longer as risky to grow as it used to be, it still may turn into a sim eating plant but you can usually now watch an advert to still get a reward rather than negotiating with it (it isn’t the full amount but I got S310 and 120XP each time I did this) this doesn’t work every time though (thanks Catharina for this tip!)

As well as being a great way to earn LP the cooking hobby earns you a lot of simoleons too! Read this post for more information
Want more ways to earn Simoleons? Find 15 ways in this post

What is your favourite way of making money in The Sims Freeplay? Let me know!

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The Sims Freeplay- Fine Dining Live Event

September 1, 2019July 28, 2025 weightlessmagic8 Comments

Early Access to Beta Provided by EA/ Firemonkeys (Presented by EA GameChangers) may differ from actual version

THIS EVENT IS OVER

Complete this brand new live event (starts 3rd September) to unlock new dining themed items and if you complete the whole event in the time limit you unlock the fine diner restaurant template. This event is only here for 9 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 Live Events (including tips!) HERE!

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 glasses button in the corner of the screen)

Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Wondrous Wall 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 Wondrous Wall pack (click on the glasses 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 drinks 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 SPs, you will get the bonus arts and craft items as well if you speed it up!

Stuck on these tasks? Watch my video here:

Arts and Crafts Stations

Candle Station costs:

1st- Free
2nd- S2,000
3rd- S4,000
4th- S10,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 250 Candles- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 360 Candles- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 455 Candles- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 510 Candles- 8 hours 30 minutes

Pottery Station costs:

1st- S5,000
2nd- S7,500
3rd- S10,000
4th- S15,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 375 Pottery- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 540 Pottery- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 680 Pottery- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 765 Pottery- 8 hours 30 minutes

Jewelry Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S15,000
3rd- S20,000

(maximum of 3)

Collect 565 Jewelry- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 810 Jewelry- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1025 Jewelry- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1150 Jewelry- 8 hours 30 minutes

Glassware Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S25,000

(maximum of 2)

Collect 620 Glass- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 890 Glass- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1125 Glass- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1260 Glass- 8 hours 30 minutes

Restocking

Restock 18 uses which happens instantly but will cost you 10SP
or
Restock 9 uses which will take you 2 hours 30 minutes but will be free

NOTE:

if you store the station you will lose all the stock so when you place it again you will need to restock
if you cancel making something using a station you will lose that stock so if you had one stock left and then you cancelled that action you would need to restock before you can create anymore arts and crafts items

Your Progress:

Click the glasses 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

Prizes:

The first one of each prize is free

1.Wondrous Wall– requires 50 candles to buy

Can be found in the walls section, the first one is free then costs S1,200

2.3 Constructor Coins

3.3 Constructor Coins

4.Fine Decorations- Red Carpet Treatment and On the Rocks

Red Carpet Treatment- requires 750 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy

Rugs Section: 2×2 Red Carpet (S25,000) 2×2 Red Corner (S35,000) 2×2 Black Carpet (5LP) 2×2 Black Corner (2SP)

Decorations/Fences Sections: Gold (S78,000) and Silver (4SP) Bollards

On the Rocks- requires 2,200 candles and 10 constructor coins to buy

Floors Section: Gray Slate Tile (S660)

Decorations Section: Gold (S85,000) and Rose Gold (12LP) Menus and Black (S88,000) and White (10LP) Ice Sculptures)

Sims can check menu and agonise over the choices

5.Pottery Station

6.4 Constructor Coins

7.4 Constructor Coins

8.Lights, Planter, Flower!- Flower and Power and Heater and Potted Plant

Flower and Power- requires 5,800 candles, 3,400 pottery and 35 constructor coins to buy

Lighting Section: Tall Copper (7SP) and Tall Black (S92,000) Lamps

Decorations/ Trees, Plants and Flowers Sections: Yellow (12LP) and Peach (S94,000) Flower Vases

Heater and Potted Plant- requires 8,700 candles, 5,100 pottery and 55 constructor coins to buy

Lighting/ Outdoor Decorations Sections: Silver (5SP) and Black (S90,000) Outdoor Heaters

Decorations/ Trees, Plants and Flowers Sections: Gray (S125,000) and White (20LP) Concrete Plants

9.Jewelry Station

10.5 Constructor Coins

11.2 Social Points

12.5 Constructor Coins

13.Fancy Furnishings- Flora and Fences and Contemporary Cloakroom

Flora and Fences- requires 7,660 pottery, 8,100 jewelry and 80 constructor coins to buy

Decorations/ Outdoor Decorations Sections: Round Gold (S140,000) and Round Silver (10SP) Trellis and Fine Black (S96,000) and Fine White (12LP) Partitions (Partitions can also be found in the Fences Section)

I really love the trellis! That is my favourite item in this live event

Contemporary Cloakroom- requires 10,250 pottery, 11,000 jewelry and 110 constructor coins to buy

Decorations Section: Gold (S220,000) and Rose Gold (25LP) Coat Racks and Fine Dark (S165,000) and Fine White (20LP) Receptions (the Receptions can also be found in the Living Room Section)

The coat racks work just like a wardrobe. Sims can tend the reception and another sim can select talk to reception, compliment staff and complain about service

14.Glassware Station

15.7 Constructor Coins

16.2 Social Points

17.7 Constructor Coins

18.Sofa, So Good- Sit Aside and So-fantastic

Sit Aside- requires 13,000 pottery, 13,500 jewelry, 13,500 glassware and 135 constructor coins to buy

Living Room Section: Fine White (S265,000) and Fine Gray (30LP) Triple Sofas and Fine White (S138,000) and Fine Black (16LP) Side Tables (Sofas can also be found in the Outdoor Furniture Section)

So-fantastic- requires 13,500 pottery, 14,500 jewelry, 14,500 glassware and 145 constructor coins to buy

Living Room Section: Fine White (S160,000) and Fine Gray (20LP) Seats, Fine White (S205,000) and Fine Gray (16SP) Sofas and Walnut (S170,000) and Whitewash (20LP) Coffee Tables (the Seats and Sofas can also be found in the Outdoor Furniture Section)

19.10 Constructor Coins

20.2 Social Points

21.10 Constructor Coins

22.Dinner and Drinks- Dinner is Served and Clink and Drink

Dinner is Served- requires 14,500 pottery, 15,500 jewelry, 15,500 glassware and 155 constructor coins to buy

Dining Room Section: Fine Gold (S38,000) and Fine Black (4LP) Chairs, Small Black (S210,000) and Small White (18SP) Tables and Large Black (S275,000) and Large White (22SP) Tables

Sims can enjoy a meal or enjoy a feast on both sized tables

Clink and Drink- requires 16,000 pottery, 17,000 jewelry, 17,000 glassware and 170 constructor coins to buy

Dining Room Section: Fine Black (S425,000) and Fine White (35SP) Buffets

Decorations Section: Fine Gold (S460,000) and Fine Silver (40SP) Drinks

Outdoor Decorations Section: Cream (S132,000) and Maroon (15LP) Curtain Arches

Sims can grab a fruit juice, relaxing beverage, fancy juice or sophisticated beverage from the buffet

One sim can wait for customers using the drink cart while another sim orders a cupcake drink

23.15 Constructor Coins

24.2 Social Points

25.15 Constructor Coins

26.Fine Diner- 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 standard or premium residence, the first one is free then they cost simoleons depending on how many houses you have already built. You can add up to 4 cars to this house lot!

The other three car parking spaces need to be unlocked by purchasing with simoleons:

Additional Space One: S250,000
Additional Space Two: S750,000
Additional Space Three: S1,500,000

Once you purchase an additional space you will be able to add another car but you need to have more than one adult/senior sim living in this house to add more than one car otherwise it will just switch their car to the new one you have just brought. For example if you wanted 3 cars in this house you need 3 adult or senior sims living in this house.

The restaurant is the same on both the standard and premium, the only thing that differs is the patio area is bigger on the premium residence, although you only get two more tables even though there is a lot more room!

I don’t really see the point in building this on a house lot, it seems a waste of room when you could build a house instead as we already have a restaurant in Simtown!

Watch my tour of this house here:

Constructor Coins

You earn constructor coins by:

Personal Progress prizes

Completing Daily Goals

Coin Plant Patches

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:

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 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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The Sims Freeplay- Backyard Beautification Live Event

August 7, 2019July 28, 2025 weightlessmagic2 Comments

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED

The Backyard Beautification Live Event is back again for 9 days on the 7th August, complete in the 9 day time limit to unlock furniture, decor and planters for your sims gardens! If you completed this event last time it was available you will not get it again, if you started it last time but didn’t complete it you will start from where you got to last time, for example if you only had one prize pack left to buy you will only have to collect enough resources to buy that prize pack to complete the event.

Check out my Guide to Completing Live Events (including tips!) HERE!

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 planter event button in the corner of the screen)

Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Plantable Rose Starter Kit! 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!

Buy the Plantable Rose Starter Kit pack (click on the planter 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 drinks 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!

Stuck on these tasks? Watch my video here:

Arts and Crafts Stations

Candle Station costs:

1st- Free
2nd- S2,000
3rd- S4,000
4th- S10,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 250 Candles- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 360 Candles- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 455 Candles- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 510 Candles- 8 hours 30 minutes

Pottery Station costs:

1st- S5,000
2nd- S7,500
3rd- S10,000
4th- S15,000

(maximum of 4)

Collect 375 Pottery- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 540 Pottery- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 680 Pottery- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 765 Pottery- 8 hours 30 minutes

Jewelry Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S15,000
3rd- S20,000

(maximum of 3)

Collect 565 Jewelry- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 810 Jewelry- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1025 Jewelry- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1150 Jewelry- 8 hours 30 minutes

Glassware Station costs:

1st- S7,500
2nd- S25,000

(maximum of 2)

Collect 620 Glass- 2 hours 30 minutes
Collect 890 Glass- 4 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1125 Glass- 6 hours 30 minutes
Collect 1260 Glass- 8 hours 30 minutes

Restocking

Restock 18 uses which happens instantly but will cost you 10SP
or
Restock 9 uses which will take you 2 hours 30 minutes but will be free

NOTE:

if you store the station you will lose all the stock so when you place it again you will need to restock
if you cancel making something using a station you will lose that stock so if you had one stock left and then you cancelled that action you would need to restock before you can create anymore arts and crafts items

Your Progress:

Click the planter 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

Prizes:

(please let me know if the amount of resources needed has changed)

1.Plantable Rose Starter Kit– requires 50 candles to buy

Planters: Blue Short Concrete Single (S2,000)

Plantable Tall Red (S6,000) Yellow (S6,000) and Pink (1SP)

Unsure how to use planters? Check out this video

2.Constructor Coins

3.Constructor Coins

4.Serene Seating- Relaxing Benches with Designer Fences and Entertainment Benches with Designer Fences

Relaxing Benches with Designer Fences- requires 1,050 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Decorations: Black Waves Feature Wall (1SP)

Outdoor Furniture: Blue (S25,000) and Black (S25,000) Concrete One Seaters

Blue (S30,000) and Black (S30,000) Concrete Corners

Entertainment Benches with Designer Fences– requires 3,100 candles and 20 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Decorations: White Waves Feature Wall (1SP)

Outdoor Furniture: Blue (S35,000) and Black (S35,000) Concrete Two Seaters

Blue (S37,000) and Black (S37,000) Concrete Three Seaters

5.Pottery Station

6.Constructor Coins

7.Constructor Coins

8.Outdoor Counters- Outdoor Counter Set and Outdoor Fridge and Storage

Outdoor Counter Set– requires 9,400 candles, 7,200 pottery and 65 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Furniture: Blue Concrete Left (S15,000) Right (S15,000) and Corner (S30,000)

Black Concrete Left (1SP) Right (1SP) and Corner (S30,000)

Outdoor Fridge and Storage– requires 12,500 candles, 9,600 pottery and 85 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Furniture: Blue Fridge (2LP) and Cabinet (S15,000)

Black Fridge (2LP) and Cabinet (4LP)

9.Jewelry Station

10.Constructor Coins

11.Social Points

12.Constructor Coins

13. Fenced Off- Vertical Fences and Horizontal Fences

Vertical Fences- requires 13,565 pottery, 14,350 jewelry and 125 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Decorations: Red Wood Vertical Single (S1,000) Double (S1,500) Quad (S2,000) and Corner (S2,500)

Pine Wood Vertical Single (S1,000) Double (S1,500) Quad (S2,000) and Corner (S2,500)

Horizontal Fences– requires 14,250 pottery, 15,000 jewelry and 130 constructor coins to buy

Outdoor Decorations: Red Wood Horizontal Single (S1,000) Double (S1,500) Quad (S2,000) and Corner (S2,500)

Pine Wood Horizontal Single (S1,000) Double (S1,500) Quad (S2,000) and Corner (S2,500)

How to attach fences to walls:

14.Glassware Station

15.Constructor Coins

16.Social Points

17.Constructor Coins

18.Planter Perfectionist- Tall Planters and Plantables and Short Planters and Plantables

Tall Planters and Plantables– requires 15,000 pottery, 16,000 jewelry, 16,000 glassware and 135 constructor coins to buy

Planters: Black Tall Concrete Single (S5,000) Double (S6,250) 2×2 (S7,500) Triple (S8,000) Quad (S9,000) Corner (S10,000)

Blue Tall Concrete Single (1LP) 2×2 (2LP) Double (1SP) Triple (1SP) Quad (3SP) Corner (3SP)

Plantable Round Hedge (S500) Maple Tree (S4,000) Green Hat Gnomes (S6,000) Red Hat Gnomes (8LP) Bird Bath (5SP) Ball Sculpture (9SP) Duck (1LP) Sundial (5SP)

Short Planters and Plantables– requires 17,000 pottery, 17,500 jewelry, 17,500 glassware and 150 constructor coins to buy

Planters: Black Short Concrete Single (1LP) Double (S3,000) Triple (S4,500) Quad (S6,000) 2×2 (S4,000) Corner (S9,000)

Blue Short Concrete Double (1SP) Triple (1SP) Quad (1LP) 2×2 (1LP) Corner (1LP)

Plantable Dark Green Grass (S500) Light Green Grass (S500) Red Grass (S500) Clematis (S3,000) Yucca (S3,000) Bamboo (S4,000) Tall White Rose (1SP) Rings Sculpture (S5,000) Box Sculpture (S7,000)

19.Constructor Coins

20.Social Points

21.Constructor Coins

22. Designer Backyard

You will only unlock the designer backyard if you manage to buy all the other prizes in the time limit, the first one built is free after that they will cost simoleons.

What is the difference between the standard and premium residence? The house is exactly the same, the only difference is the garden:

Personally I don’t like this house template, if you want to unlock items from some previous events then you can find loads of them in this house but I think I will just be building my own! This house is also the same as the Brilliant Backyard house template so if you completed that live event you already have this house, the only thing that is different is the garden.

Outdoor Decorations: Silver Waves Feature Wall (S3,000)

Black (S3,000) White (S3,000) and Silver (S3,000) Celtic Knot Feature Walls

Black (S25,000) and Blue (5SP) Concrete Fountains

Outdoor Furniture: Black (S20,000) and Blue (3SP) Concrete BBQs

Black (S70,000) and Blue (20SP) Concrete Pizza Ovens

Countertops: Black (S70,000) and Blue (10LP) Concrete Bars

Balcony and Patio Paving: Dark Brown Wood Deck (S90)

Beige (S50) Dark Grey (S50) Large Stones

Grey (S60) and Beige (S60) Slate Cement

Dark Grey (S90) and Beige (S90) Slate Matte

Pool Paving: Dark Brown Wood Deck (S80)

Beige (S90) Dark Grey (S90) Large Stones

Grey (S95) and Beige (S95) Slate Cement

Dark Grey (S105) and Beige (S105) Slate Matte

Unsure how to use your new planters? Click here to watch my video!

Check out my Garden Tour here!

Constructor Coins

You earn constructor coins by:

Personal Progress prizes

Completing Daily Goals

Coin Plant Patches

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:

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 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!