The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Ballet

July 9, 2014March 23, 2020 weightlessmagic46 Comments

COMMUNITY CENTER – PRETEEN SIMS ONLY

Once you complete the Multi Story Renovations Quest your preteen sims will be able to practice ballet at the community center, this is different from other hobbies as you do not earn prizes for completing a collection as there isn’t a collection!

You complete this hobby by clicking on the record player or ballet barre on the right hand side of the downstairs of the community center, the options are:

Record player at the community center:

One Pirouette- 10 minutes
Quick Pirouette- 1 hour
Pirouettes- 6 hours
Extensive Pirouettes- 12 hours

Ballet Barre:

Stretch- 30 seconds

Or you can buy the record player from the preteen section of the home store for 10LP

Record player at home:

One Pirouette- 4 minutes
Quick Pirouette- 1 hour
Pirouettes- 9 hours
Extensive Pirouettes- 1 day

After the time has passed come back and they will have completed the action, an exclamation mark doesn’t above your sims head in this hobby and they will not find a collectible, you will just earn rewards each time your preteen sims level up in this hobby, once you reach 100% you will level up, there are 6 levels.

The table below shows the level up percentage for each option:

This may change in future updates

Record Player:

LEVEL	10 minutes	1 hour	6 hour	12 hour
1-2	2%	13%	83%	166%
2-3	1%	9%	55%	111%
3-4	1%	6%	41%	83%
4-5	–	5%	29%	60%
5-6	–	3%	18%	36%

Ballet Barre:

LEVEL	30 seconds
1-2	30%
2-3	20%
3-4	15%
4-5	10%
5-6	6%

The next table shows you the level up rewards for the first and future sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

LEVEL	TITLE	1st TIME LEVEL UP REWARDS	2nd+ TIMES LEVEL UP REWARD
1	All Left Feet (Pink and White Outfits)	–	–
2	Novice (Pink and White Outfits)	2 Ballet Posters	100 Town Value
3	Intermediate (White Outfits)	Lamp	250 Town Value
4	Advanced (White Outfits)	2 Wallpapers and Ballet Door	500 Town Value
5	Expert (Black Outfits)	Ballet Award	1,000 Town Value
6	Professional (Black Outfits)	Ballet Figurine	1,500 Town Value

Below you can see the prizes you unlock when your first preteen sim completes this hobby:

Reaching Level 2 unlocks Posters
Reaching Level 3 unlocks Lamp
Reaching Level 4 unlocks Wallpaper and Door
Reaching Level 5 unlocks Award
Reaching Level 6 unlocks Figurine

Why does this hobby not show up with a collection in the hobby tab?

This and Karate do not show up because you don’t unlock a collectible each time you complete the hobby, you only get the rewards shown above when you level up for the first time and the town value reward for further times you level up. You will receive no other rewards.

Confused about hobbies? Read my Hobbies Frequently Asked Questions post

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Related Hobby: Karate

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Karate

July 9, 2014March 23, 2020 weightlessmagic32 Comments

COMMUNITY CENTER – PRETEEN SIMS ONLY

Once you complete the Multi Story Renovations Quest your preteen sims will be able to practice karate at the community center, this is different from other hobbies as you do not earn prizes for completing a collection as there isn’t a collection!

You complete this hobby by clicking on the sparring dummy or wooden karate board on the left hand side of the downstairs of the community center, the options are:

Sparring Dummy:

One Punch- 10 minutes
Quick Duel- 1 hour
Karate Practice- 6 hours
Lengthy Battle- 12 hours

Wooden Karate Board:

Karate Chop!- 1 minute 30 seconds
Extended Session- 20 minutes

Or you can buy the sparring dummy from the preteen section of the home store for 10LP

The table below shows the level up percentage for each option:

This may change in future updates

Sparring Dummy:

LEVEL	10 minutes	1 hour	6 hour	12 hour
1-2	4%	27%	166%	250%
2-3	3%	20%	124%	250%
3-4	2%	13%	83%	166%
4-5	1%	10%	62%	125%
5-6	1%	6%	41%	83%

Wooden Board:

LEVEL	1 minute 30 seconds	20 minutes
1-2	10%	70%
2-3	7%	52%
3-4	5%	35%
4-5	3%	26%
5-6	2%	17%

The next table shows you the level up rewards for the first and future sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

LEVEL	TITLE	1st TIME LEVEL UP REWARDS	2nd+ TIMES LEVEL UP REWARD
1	Yellow Belt	–	–
2	Red Belt	2 Karate Posters	100 Town Value
3	Blue Belt	Lamp	250 Town Value
4	Purple Belt	2 Wallpapers and Karate Door	500 Town Value
5	Brown Belt	Karate Award	1,000 Town Value
6	Black Belt	Karate Figurine	1,500 Town Value

Below you can see the prizes you unlock when your first preteen sim completes this hobby:

Reaching Level 2 unlocks Posters
Reaching Level 3 unlocks Lamp
Reaching Level 4 unlocks Wallpaper and Door
Reaching Level 5 unlocks Award
Reaching Level 6 unlocks Figurine

Why does this hobby not show up with a collection in the hobby tab?

This and Ballet do not show up because you don’t unlock a collectible each time you complete the hobby, you only get the rewards shown above when you level up for the first time and the town value reward for further times you level up. You will receive no other rewards.

Confused about hobbies? Read my Hobbies Frequently Asked Questions post

Find all hobby posts here

Related Hobby: Ballet

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Bakery Story/ Restaurant Story- Tips for Completing Seasonal Quests

July 7, 2014February 1, 2015 weightlessmagic

I used to just post every seasonal quest as and when it appeared but I really don’t have the time to be doing that everytime there is a new one anymore and as they all roughly follow the same pattern I thought I would just create this guide to completing them in the time.

So with seasonal quests you get about a month (30 days) to get them completed in time to unlock the prize- usually a nice floor decoration.

After the rough list of the quests there are tips on how you can complete within the time limit!

This rough list of quests isn’t exact- the ovens aren’t called special oven 1 or 2, they have fancy names and the decorations are usually things like windows, lamps and plants.

Ask for items* -place varies depending on whether you are playing bakery or restaurant story

(x) is replaced by a number, so it may say serve (x) recipe 1 and mean serve 8 mochas

Buy (x) wallpaper and (x) flooring

Ask for (x) items*

Buy special oven 1

Serve (x) recipe 1

Ask for items*

Buy (x) chairs and (x) tables

Buy (x) decorations

Serve (x) recipe 2

Buy (x) counters

Visit (x) community members

Leave (x) tips

Buy (x) decorations

Serve (x) recipe 3

Buy (x) decorations

Buy special oven 2

Prepare and serve (x) recipe 1

Prepare and serve (x) recipe 2

Prepare and serve (x) recipe 3

How to complete in the time limit

You need money- lots of money! To be able to buy all the items you need and paying for the recipes
You need good time management- some early recipes only take an hour so you have got to be able to be on at a certain time otherwise the recipes will spoil
You need neighbours- to be able to send you the parts needed for the ovens and to send you the items you need
You need 3 or 4 of the first special oven- to be able to complete in time
You need at least 6 of the second special oven- to be able to complete in time

Hope this helps!

Thanks for reading!

The Sims Freeplay- Building, Deleting and Resizing Rooms

July 5, 2014September 2, 2020 weightlessmagic129 Comments

This is a guide to show you how to build, resize and delete rooms in the game. You firstly need to go to the house section of the home store and it will open on the first tab called rooms:

This gives you some instructions about how to build a room:

To build a room, hold and drag on the grass or anywhere within an existing house. A green room means it’s clear to build, red means that it cannot be built.

Drag on walls marked with a white highlight to resize existing rooms.

Building a Room – Building L-Shaped Rooms – Deleting a Room – Resizing a Room – FAQs

BUILDING A ROOM

Like the instructions say you need to hold and drag on the grass inside the grid, you cannot build a room outside of the grid. Once you have dragged and created a room you will see an image similar to the one below:

Click on the red cross to delete it or click the green tick to build it for the price shown on screen.

The room will appear red as shown below if you cannot build it there:

L-SHAPED ROOMS

Once you complete the L-Shaped Rooms Feature Quest you will be able to create L-Shaped Rooms!

You firstly need to create a room like normal as shown in the steps above then you will notice one of these two orange buttons now on the screen, click on the room renovator button to be able to create an l-shaped room and when you are done click the room button to create normal rooms:

I’m going to use the image below to explain how to create l-shaped rooms:

1.Build a room like you normally would

2.Click on the room renovator button

3.You will see yellow lines on some walls, these are the ones that can be extended, click and drag on these to make your l-shape

4.Click the green tick to confirm

5.Click on the room button to modify your l-shaped room (this allows you to drag that section to make it wider)

6.Click the green tick to confirm

DELETING A ROOM

Deleting a room is actually selling it as you will earn simoleons when you delete it. To delete a room you need to go to the rooms tab again, then you can click on a room and if it can be deleted it will look like the image below:

You can click the tick to keep the room or click the red simoleon to sell the room for the price that is shown next to the red simoleon button. All the items in the room will move to your inventory- apart from the wallpaper and flooring.

Not all rooms can be deleted, if it appears like the image below you can’t delete it:

L-shaped rooms can be deleted in the same way as normal rooms

Why can’t I delete a room?

The two main reasons are:

If you have a second or third floor you will be unable to delete a room when there is a room above it, you need to delete the room above first, which is why I cannot delete the room in the image above.
If there is a plate in the room you will need to get a sim to clean it up first before you will be able to delete the room.

RESIZING A ROOM

On the same tab you can resize any room that has a highlighted arrowed edge, it will look like the image below:

When you resize the room the options that appear are the same as building a room.

Why can’t I resize every room? If two rooms of different sizes are next to each other then you will not get the option to resize between the two rooms, rooms have to be the same size to resize them together.

For example, the lounge and kitchen can be resized to make one of them smaller and the other one bigger:

But the hallway and lounge cannot be resized because the hallway is longer than the lounge:

Frequently Asked Questions:

Can you add a room inside a room? No you cannot
Can you delete a wall? No, you can only delete the whole room
Can I join two rooms together to make one? You cannot delete walls but you could do this either by adding a door between the two rooms or deleting the rooms and building one big room in place
Why can’t I delete rooms on my ground floor? If you have a room above you will have to delete the room above first before you can delete rooms below
What is the smallest room you can build? 1×2
How much is the smallest room to build? S40
Can I move a house to a new lot? No you cannot
Can I move a room to a different part of the same lot? No you cannot, you would have to delete the room and build it where you wanted it
Why can’t some rooms be resized? If rooms are a different size then you will not be able to resize them, read the resizing section of this post for more information
Can I change the flooring/walls in half of the room? You will have to have the same flooring in the whole room but if you complete the Back to the Wall Quest you will be able to have different wallpaper on each wall
How do I add a second floor and stairs? Give this post a read!

Related Posts: Adding Patios and Adding Balconies and Adding Basements and Adding Mezzanines

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The Sims Freeplay- Guide to Completing Quests [FAQs & TIPS]

July 1, 2014September 1, 2020 weightlessmagic146 Comments

Quests are a main part of The Sims Freeplay, in this post I will explain the different types of quests and the frequently asked questions I get asked about them as well as some tips to completing them.

What types of tasks are there to complete?

Quests aren’t the only type of task in The Sims Freeplay, there are:

Weekly Tasks (complete all the weekly goals in the week to earn a key, keys can then be spent in the Mystery Box Shop on prizes!)
Main Quests (once you get to level 5 you will unlock the first of the main quests, these have to be completed in order)
Discovery Quests (discovery quests can be started by talking to different sims around simtown, click on the link to find out how to start each discovery quest)
Feature Quests (feature quests can be started by talking to Lee the mechanic at the nightclub but will cost simoleons or social points to begin)
Seasonal Quests (these are available for a limited time, find a list of them here)
Player Favourite Quests and Events (these are available for a limited time, find a list of them here)
Social Tasks (Social tasks have to be completed at a neighbours town once unlocked at level 7- complete these to earn social points to buy items)
Simtown Market (once you unlock profession careers you will be able to complete simtown market events to unlock prizes)
Time Limited Events (include hobby events, live events, SimChase, Downtown Developer and Influence Island, these are also available for a limited time, find a list of them here)
Pregnancy Events (if you complete all the support tasks and daily goals in a pregnancy event your baby sim will be born with the baby bonus, if you also complete a pregnancy event when a time limited prize is available you will earn that too)

To find out what goals, events and quests you currently have available go to the active tasks (goal) tab.

Where is the active tasks tab?

This can be found at the bottom left corner of the screen, it will say something like 3 active tasks, this means you have 3 different goals, events or quests to be completed, if you click on this it will open and show you all of the available goals:

If it says ‘limited time prize available’ this means you need to complete it in the time shown, for example with the An Alien Concept: Weather Machines Quest the time limit is 2 days, complete in the time limit to unlock winter clothes for your sims, if you don’t manage to complete in the 2 day time limit you can still complete main and discovery quests once the time limit is up, you just won’t get the time limited prize:

Can I complete all goals once the time limit is up and still get the prize?

Main Quests– no, once the time limit is up you will still need to complete the quest before you can move onto the next main quest that is waiting in your queue but you will not get the time limited prize if you don’t complete in the time limit
Discovery Quests– no, once the time limit is up you will still need to complete the quest before you can move onto the next discovery quest but you will not get the time limited prize if you don’t complete in the time limit
Feature Quests– there is no time limit for these but they are a lot shorter than normal quests
Weekly Tasks– once the week is up a new week will begin giving you another chance to earn the keys to buy the mystery boxes
Social Tasks– there is no time limit on social tasks
Seasonal Quests– no, once the time limit is up the quest will end and you will have to wait for the seasonal quest to return before you can try and complete it
Player Favourite Quests and Events- no, once the time limit is up the quest/event will end and you will have to wait for the quest/event to return before you can try and complete it
Time Limited Events– no, once the time limit is up the event will end and you will have to wait for the event to return before you can try and complete it
Pregnancy Events- no, once the time limit is up you will miss out on the baby bonus and any time limited prizes but the baby will still be born
Simtown Market– no, once the time limit is up you will have to wait for the next simtown market to try and earn the next prize, they usually repeat the prizes so if you didn’t manage to get it the first time you can try again in the future

It says there are quests waiting in the queue, what does that mean?

These are quests that will appear as soon as you finish the previous quest goals, for example at level 7 you receive the Money Grows on Trees Quest and it will say the Love is in the Air Quest is in the queue as that is also unlocked at level 7. Once the Money Grows on Trees Quest is complete, the Love is in the Air Quest will begin straight away:

It also works if you are behind in completing quests, if you are on level 17 but are still on the Alien Concept: Weather Machines Quest (which unlocks at level 16) it will tell you that the Multi Story Renovations Quest is in the queue. The number in the green square under the current quest goal tells you how many quests are in your queue so for me it is 2:

Read more about the Quest Queue here

I’m on level 12 and the toddler quest hasn’t appeared yet, what’s wrong?

Nothing is wrong, you are probably still on a previous quest. You need to complete all main quests in the order they appear, it says it unlocks at level 12 but cannot be started until quests that unlock at lower levels have been completed, you will probably see that it says A Quest for Toddlers is in the queue.

The order of the quests can be found in this post, you can’t skip quests and all goals have to be completed before moving onto the next quest.

What does the orange LP symbol next to the weekly tasks and social tasks mean?

This means that the goal can be skipped for 10LP, you cannot do this with normal quest goals.

I can’t find an item I need at a neighbours house, what do I do?

You could skip the goal for 10LP or add another neighbour via the neighbours needed page

I struggle to complete quests within the time limit, how do you do it? [TIPS]

Start goals early– A lot of the quests contain goals that you can start early, if it is a task you can usually do, for example reading the big book of stuff in the Raiders of the Lost Artifacts Quest. This goal can be started while still on the Mysterious Island Quest so the quest can be done in a few hours instead of taking 20 hours or more! This also works for all baking and gardening goals. This post explains Starting Goals Early in more detail.
Speed up tasks with LP– Lifestyle points are actually quite easy to make by completing the cooking hobby, you earn 5LP each time you complete the hobby (after the first time in which you earn chopping boards). This post explains how this works in more detail. Once you have the LP click on the sim completing the task you want to speed up and click on the orange LP button:

TIP: You need an LP to speed up for each full hour the action will take so if the action will take 2 hours 30 minutes this will cost you 2LP to speed up but if you wait until the timer reaches 1 hour 59 minutes it will only cost you 1LP

Plan ahead– if you take a look at all my quest posts here you can plan ahead to know exactly what tasks are coming and how long you have left
Set timers– it is easy to lose track of time so if you set a timer on your phone for when the task will complete you will be able to finish it as quickly as possible
Use 3 star items (if possible)- 3 star items give you the shortest amount of time to complete a task