Community Challenges are a weekly task that we all perform in order to reach a community target, once we reach the target we all unlock a prize! These were added to the game on the 21st May, the Spring Love Community Challenge contains 4 weeks of challenges, in this post I will explain how they work and how to complete them
The aim of Community Challenges is The Sims Freeplay team set a challenge on the Monday for everyone playing to complete before the following Sunday, so The Spring Love Community Challenge started on the 21st May and will end on the 27th May.
The community (everyone who plays) needs to complete the challenge in the time limit for everyone to receive a special reward, so we are all working together to unlock the prize, in The Spring Love Community Challenge we will all unlock the Harajuku Hair Pack if we purchase 5 million outfits from the mall
A pop up appears at the start of the week to show you what the reward is but you can also find out on The Sims Freeplay’s facebook and twitter pages if you miss the pop up
You will also be able to see the progress of the challenge in pop ups that appear when you open the game throughout the week but strangely you cannot see the progress any other way in the game
The Spring Community Challenge Week 1- Love Yourself: Purchase 5 million items in the mall
Prize: Harajuku Hair Pack
How do I complete this? If you have built the mall and some stores you can click on browse clothes on a wardrobe then click on the second tab which is store, from there you can find items to buy to contribute to this challenge. If we reach 5 million before the week ends on Sunday we will unlock the Harajuku Hair Pack
NOTE: You don’t have to purchase all 5 million yourself, everyone who plays is completing this
Spring Community Challenge Week 2- The Perfect Spring Date: Perform 3 million ‘be romantic’ actions in the restaurant or nightclub
Prize: Spring Romance Bundle and 1 key!
How do I complete this? Send two sims to the restaurant or nightclub and select a pink ‘be romantic- 1 minute’ interaction between the two sims
NOTE: You don’t have to do all 3 million interactions yourself, everyone who plays is completing this
We completed week 2’s challenge! You have 3 days to claim your prize from the online store for 1 simoleon:
What happens if I already have the prize? Unfortunately there are currently no other prizes so if you have the prize already you won’t receive anything
Do I still get the prize if I don’t participate? Yes, if we reach the goal but you don’t take part you can still get the prize
Where can I see the progress? The only way to see the progress is when the pop up appears throughout the week on day 3, 5 and 6, some people say they can see it on the billboard by the park on the town map but I can’t, I only see the pop up
Where do I get the prize? If we complete in the time limit you can find them in the online store
What do I think about this? The idea seems good but it definitely feels rushed, we all complained about the preteen boxes costing 4 keys each so we have been given this as some sort of apology! I think reducing the amount of keys needed would have been better (update- they have now done this so these boxes cost one key instead of 4, if you brought with 4 keys you will get 3 keys back!) It would be improved if we could see a progress bar on the game instead of waiting for pop ups to appear, I think if we could see how we are doing we would have more incentive to partake in it and more people would join in as I think some people might have missed this.
If you have any other questions about community challenges let me know and I will try and find out the answer for you!
Early Access to Beta Provided by EA/ Firemonkeys- may differ from actual version
THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER
ONCE THE 9 DAY TIME LIMIT IS UP YOU WILL HAVE 2 DAYS TO PURCHASE ANY PACKS YOU HAVE LEFT– you will not be able to collect anymore arts and crafts items or coins, you have to use the resources you have, if you don’t have enough resources all you can do is use social points to buy the requirements or wait until the event returns!
The Kids Party Live Event unlocks party items for preteen sims to enjoy, this event will be available between May 1st-4th for 9 days!
Live Events are very similar to a community event but this time you don’t need help from everyone who plays the sims freeplay to unlock the prizes, there are only personal prizes this time!
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
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!
NOTE: I completed this on the Early Access Beta so some information may be slightly different but I will update the post as I complete the 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 party event button in the corner of the screen)
Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Party Starter 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 10SPs or restock for 2 uses which will take 10 seconds this time
Buy the party starter pack (click on the party 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 party 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 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 9 which means you can use the station 9 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 10SPs
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 party 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.
Prizes:
1.Party Starter- requires 50 candles to buy
Dining room: Aqua Birthday Table Short (S10,000)
2.Constructor Coins
3.Constructor Coins
4.Party Food- Party Snack Pack and Comfort Food Pack
Party Snack Pack- requires 1,050 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy
Decorations and Kitchen: Party Fries (S11,000) and Party Pizzas (2LP)
Decorations: Party Milkshakes (2SP)
Your sims can eat and drink for 5 minutes
Comfort Food Pack- requires 3,100 candles and 20 constructor coins to buy
Decorations and Kitchen: Hot Dogs (S12,000) Party Cupcakes (S13,000) and Party Burgers (2LP)
Your sims can eat for 5 minutes
5.Pottery Station
6.Constructor Coins
7.Constructor Coins
8.Party Decorations- Birthday Preparations and House Decorations
Birthday Preparations- requires 9,400 candles, 7,200 pottery and 65 constructor coins to buy
Decorations: Vibrant Party Bags (S13,000) Boxes (S13,000) and Words (S15,000)
Pastel Party Bags (2LP) Boxes (2LP) and Words (3SP)
House Decorations- requires 12,500 candles, 9,600 pottery and 85 constructor coins to buy
Decorations: Red (S16,000) and Purple (3LP) Candy Jars
Blue (S20,000) and Aqua (4LP) Shop Poster
Blue (S21,000) and Aqua (4LP) Ice Cream Poster
9.Jewelry Station
10.Constructor Coins
11.Social Points
12.Constructor Coins
13.Tables and Games- Pinata Pack and Pin the Tail Pack
Pinata Pack- requires 13,565 pottery, 14,350 jewelry and 125 constructor coins to buy
Dining Room: Blue (S23,000) and Aqua (4LP) Birthday Tables Medium
Decorations: Vibrant (S12,000) and Pastel (2LP) Refreshments
Outdoor Decorations: Ice Cream Pinata (30LP)
Pin the Tail Pack- requires 14,250 pottery, 15,000 jewelry and 130 constructor coins to buy
Dining Room: Blue Birthday Table Short (S15,000)
Decorations: Vibrant (S20,000) and Pastel (3SP) Balloons
Preteen: Pin the Tail on the Donkey (25SP)
Preteens can play pin the tail on the donkey for 4 minutes 30 seconds while other sims cheer them on!
14.Glassware Station
15.Constructor Coins
16.Social Points
17.Constructor Coins
18.Celebration Set- Cakes and Drones and Party Tables
Cakes and Drones- requires 15,000 pottery, 16,000 jewelry, 16,000 glassware and 135 constructor coins to buy
Decorations: Birthday Presents (5SP)
Spearmint Green (S25,000) and Pink (4LP) Party Cakes
Outdoor Decorations: Drone (35LP)
Sims can open the birthday presents and blow out candles and eat the cake. Sims can fly the drone for 4 minutes
Party Tables- 17,000 pottery, 17,500 jewelry, 17,500 glassware and 150 constructor coins to buy
Dining Room: Vibrant Party Table Short (S30,000) Medium (S35,000) and Large (S40,000)
Pastel Party Table Short (5LP) Medium (5SP) and Large (6SP)
Sims can sit and eat at the tables for 4 minutes
19.Constructor Coins
20.Social Points
21.Constructor Coins
22.Perfect Party House Template
You will only unlock the perfect party house 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
You also unlock the ice cream bouncy castle when you claim this template, it will cost 50SP and can be found in the outdoor decorations section, only one sim can use the bouncy castle at a time
What is the difference between the standard and premium residence? The kitchen/dining room is larger on the premium residence and there is a balcony at the back of the house. The party items in the standard are the vibrant ones whereas the pastel ones are in the premium house.
There is also a bigger garden on the premium residence but it does look a bit of a mess!
Perfect Party House Tour Video:
Constructor Coins
You earn constructor coins by:
Personal Progress prizes
Completing Daily Goals
Coin Plant Patches
Earning Construtor 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 LPs, I can then turn the LPs into SPs using the social point plant on a normal garden patch- this was when it cost 5LPs- the social point plant now costs 20LPs 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:
Personally I don’t really see the point in seeing this now, it definitely wasn’t an 18% chance before of getting the 3 different ones as that it what I got the most! We will have to wait and see if they have made changes to the spin plant for this new event!
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.
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.
To unlock it click on the sea voyage boat from level 12 and click buy on the magical rainforest, there is also the tropical romance island but that is covered in another post.
Once you unlock it you can access the island but you will still need to pay to unlock everything in the rainforest
NOTE: if you already unlocked the rainforest and some of the places on it you will only have to buy the ones you didn’t manage to unlock during the event.
The cost to build each area may be different for everyone
Crackling Campfire
Costs S100,000 and takes 10 minutes to build
Once built you can have one sim serenade another!
Tiny Tea Time
Costs S120,000 and takes 1 hour to build
Once built two sims can have a tiny tea party!
Leaky Leaf Canoe
Costs S197,000 and takes 2 hours to build
Once built one or two sims can take a trip in the leaf canoe!
Giant Forest Slide
Costs S262,500 and takes 4 hours to build
Once built a sim can slide into the lake!
Flower Petal Swing
Costs S238,000 and takes 6 hours to build
Once built your sims can swing or snuggle
Spider Web Bounce
Costs S254,000 and takes 8 hours to build
Once built a sim can enjoy a bounce!
Ladybug Friends
Costs S397,500 and takes 9 hours to build
Fairy Circle Field
Costs S438,500 and takes 9 hours to build
Once built two sims can have a fairy dance!
Magical Wings
Costs S438,500 and takes 9 hours to build
The cost to build each area may be different for everyone
Want a tour of the Magical Rainforest? Check out my video here:
To unlock it click on the sea voyage boat from level 12 and click buy on the tropical romance island, there is also the magical rainforest but that is covered in another post.
Once you unlock it you can access the island but you will still need to pay to unlock everything on the island
NOTE: if you already unlocked the island and some of the places on it you will only have to buy the ones you didn’t manage to unlock during the event.
The cost to build each area may be different for everyone
Hidden Hammock
Costs S200,000 and takes 10 minutes to build
Coastal Dining
Costs S225,000 and takes 1 hour to build
Unlocks the ocean view table and beach fire
Sun Bath Beach
Costs S275,000 and takes 2 hours to build
Unlocks the sun loungers, jogging station to go for a run on the beach and the ocean to go for a swim!
Beach Volleyball
Costs S395,000 and takes 4 hours to build
Suncoast Bar
Costs S342,000 and takes 6 hours to build
Mermaid Reef
Costs S462,500 and takes 8 hours to build
Wedding Coast Venue
Costs S571,500 and takes 9 hours to build
How do you get your sims married here?
1. Your sims can already be married and still use the ceremony to get remarried or your two sims need to be engaged with the option to get married in the interactions between those two sims
2. Have your guests seated- select watch ceremony on the chairs
3. You will need someone to officiate the wedding, have this sim click on the wedding arbour and select the option to officiate wedding
4. Get the first sim into position, have this sim select wait for partner on the wedding arbour
5. Time to get married! Have the second sim select get married on the wedding arbour
6. A pop up will appear asking what how you want your sims to live in when they are married if they aren’t already married (this is the sims last name they will take)
7.They will walk down the aisle, stare into each others eyes for a few minutes, kiss and will be married!
8. If your sims weren’t already married a pop up will appear to say they are now married- you can remarry them again and again here (as long as its to the same sim!)
Sea View Bungalow
Costs S650,500 and takes 9 hours to build
The cost to build each area may be different for everyone
Clean up island– around the island you will see exclamation bubbles, click on these to clean up the island:
Large rock pile- 12 hours 30 minutes x5
Tree Stump- 10 hours 30 minutes x5
Small Rock Pile- 8 hours 30 minutes x5
Thistles- 4 hours 30 minutes x5
Weeds- 1 hour 30 minutes x5
Want a tour of the Tropical Romance Island? Check out my video here:
Once you complete the DIY Homes: All Mezzed Up Discovery Quest you will be able to add mezzanine floors to your houses! Mezzanine floors are partly open floors or indoor balconies, this post will walk you through how to add, resize and delete them.
1.Firstly you need to have rooms in your house to be able to add a mezzanine to, you need to have a room below the room which you want to build a mezzanine. I added a basement, a room on the ground floor and a room on the second floor:
2.Go to the house section and find the mezzanine tab:
3.Click on it, the tab says:
To build a mezzanine, touch and drag anywhere WITHIN a room. Ensure there is a room BELOW the room which you want to build the mezzanine. Green means the mezzanine can be built white red means it can’t.
4.Drag in a room to place the mezzanine
Click the green tick to place it there, click the red cross if you want to try again:
5.I built two mezzanines, one on my ground floor and one on my second floor, to build one on the ground floor you need to have a basement (click here for my adding basements guide!)
NOTE: There must be a room below where you want to place the mezzanine but you cannot place one between rooms
The white dotted line shows you where the rooms are located below, you cannot place a mezzanine over these lines:
You can only place up to these lines:
What is the cheapest mezzanine?A 2×1 mezzanine will cost S4,800
Adding Railings to a Mezzanine
Once you have built the mezzanine you can change the railings by going to the railings section and clicking on the mezzanine you want to change:
Resizing a Mezzanine
If you want to resize the mezzanine, go to the mezzanine tab and drag the white arrows on your existing mezzanine, click the green tick to accept the changes or the cross to go back to your original mezzanine.
Deleting a Mezzanine
Go back to the mezzanine tab and click on the one you want to delete, click the red simoleon button to sell that mezzanine:
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