Everything has got so expensive recently! When was the last time we could buy a live event prize for less than S10,000? We could when they were first added (French Romance Live Event) but recently the prices have skyrocketed! We do get one for free but that doesn’t mean we should then have to spend silly amounts to get another.
I know their logic behind this is if they bump up the prices then we will have to buy simoleons with real money- the problem is, it doesn’t work as it angers most players so we end up spending less money or even nothing on the game.
More Clutter Items
If you’ve watched some of my house tour videos on YouTube you know I love those kinds of items, they make a house look like a home- like someone actually lives there. They have started adding these types of items in live events which is great but we need more and they need to be available for everyone without completing events or quests and back to my first wish- they need to be affordable.
Subcategories in Categories
It is great that we have had loads of new events with lots of prizes but it has caused buy mode to become a bit of a mess! I spend more time scrolling through the catalogue rather than building. If we had subcategories, for example, in living room section we could have sofa, bookcases and coffee table tabs, we could easily find the item we wanted to use. Decorations is by far the worst tab, I’m not sure where every item would fit so we would probably need a miscellaneous tab too but we could have subcategories like paintings, mirrors, plants and table decorations to make building more enjoyable- spending 5 minutes scrolling to the end of a section to find a certain item really takes the fun out of it!
New Easier Events
I am so over live events, you know I have never really liked them, I put up with them because most of the prizes are gorgeous but I can never complete them on time! I used to set timers every 2 hours 30 minutes even when I slept but I gave up with that and stick to daytime now- it is meant to be a game after all, it is not much fun if you lose sleep over it! Even if they just reduced the amount of glassware needed or give us another glassware station that would really help.
As a long time player it is so boring having the same types of events constantly repeating. It may be easy for the developers to program live events and the dreaded SimChase but they aren’t interesting for the players to complete- collecting arts and craft items for 10 days straight every update and still not completing in time is really disheartening, no wonder lots of people have stopped playing!
We need new events and quests but they need to make them possible to complete in time- the makers should be testing these events themselves before they release them to make sure they are doable and then they would see that it’s impossible to complete events that require us to have more than 24 hours in a day!
When I saw the downtown developer event I was really excited to see something different but then I started it and my heart sank because again it is impossible! The glitches really don’t help but even without them they seem to have forgotten the golden rule again- there are only 24 hours in a day Firemonkeys!!
They just want us to buy social points to complete these and in my opinion that is wrong- for starters it’s wrong that we now have to skip so much with SP, probably because it is so easy to make LP by completing the cooking hobby but it’s harder to make SP so people are more likely to buy them. I have no problem with players spending money on the game, of course they need to make money and I buy items myself from the online store but most players spend money when they are enjoying the game- not when they are feeling pressured to do so. Money grabs don’t work- you don’t get players to spend money by making everything impossible to complete, it drives them away.
I think we need to go back to good old fashion quests, not the ones where you have to wait between days though like back to the wall!
Sell Multiples Button
We currently can sell one item at a time but it would save a lot of time if we could ‘sell all’ or select the amount we want to sell in case we wanted to keep a few and sell the rest.
Different Shaped Rooms
We can add door frames already to make it looks like it’s one room but it would be better if we could just build any shaped room. This seems to be one feature The Sims Mobile has already but strangely lacking from Freeplay.
I had no idea what to call this but I would like to be able to place items where I want and this isn’t always possible, some items can’t be placed on a wall if there is something on the floor in front of that wall and vice versa. They have improved this so we can now have doors next to walls but I think there is still a way to go, we still can’t place most items on walls directly next to doors but we can place the same item on top of some pictures which doesn’t make a lot of sense!
Remove SimChase
I couldn’t create a wishlist without this, SimChase is the worst addition to the game ever in my opinion. I’ve given the makers feedback about this but they just don’t seem to care. The fact that you are completing against a computer is the biggest issue for me, if we were playing against another player who also sleeps and has a life outside of the game it would be less one sided, the hours also don’t always add up (over 24 hours again!) and the paying tasks are too expensive.
Unfortunately the makers aren’t listening, they won’t even make significant changes to it so they need to just get rid of it. I don’t even bother trying to complete them, I know I won’t be able to so what is the point? I’m not the only one who feels this way, we would rather not complete something than waste money on something that they have purposely made impossible so how exactly does this method make them money?
I could probably go on forever with this list but I think I will stop there! My biggest hope is that they will start listening to us again, they used to be so good at changing things based on our feedback but it is like they don’t care anymore, since The Sims Mobile has come along it is like they have got themselves a shiny new toy and Freeplay has been left to gather dust, forgotten about. As long as they are taking our money they don’t care what we think and if they keep going like this they won’t be here in 2021.
What are your wishes for The Sims Freeplay this year?
The table below shows you everything you can grow on a garden patch. It includes the levels you unlock the seeds at, how much they cost from the garden patch or from the supermarket (you get a discount on most items if you buy from the supermarket) as well as how many simoleons and XP you earn from growing that item.
Remember if your sim is inspired (all their needs are fulfilled) they will earn more simoleons and XP when gardening
SEEDS &
LEVEL UNLOCK
TIME
COST
from garden patch
COST
from Supermarket
TOTAL SIMOLEONS EARNED
normal sims
TOTAL XP EARNED
normal sims
TOTAL SIMOLEONS EARNED
inspired sims
TOTAL XP EARNED
inspired sims
Bell Peppers
[Level 1]
30 seconds
Free
Free
S4
4XP
S4
4XP
Carrots
[Level 4]
5 minutes
S3
S3
S32
20XP
S48
28XP
Corn
[Level 4]
20 minutes
S11
S10
S100
100XP
S148
148XP
Lettuce*
[Level 13]
45 minutes
S22
S20
S620
240XP
S928
360XP
Watermelons
[Level 5]
1 hour
S22
S20
S172
120XP
S256
180XP
Chilli Pepper
[Level 31]
16 hours
S33
S30
S200
1,000XP
S300
1,500XP
Strawberries*
[Level 16]
1 day
S44
S40
S2,800
1,400XP
S4,200
2,100XP
Potatoes
[Level 12]
2 hours
S44
S40
S300
200XP
S448
300XP
Zucchini
[Level 18]
4 hours
S66
S60
S480
400XP
S720
600XP
Pumpkin
[Level 5]
1 day
S66
S60
S560
900XP
S840
1,348XP
Tomatoes*
[Level 8]
6 hours
S82
S75
S2,000
860XP
S3,000
1,288XP
Garlic
[Level 22]
8 hours
S93
S85
S260
1,300XP
S388
1,948XP
Beans
[Level 9]
9 hours
S115
S105
S840
620XP
S1,260
928XP
Eggplant*
[Level 24]
18 hours
S126
S115
S3,000
1,600XP
S4,500
2,400XP
Hamburger Plant
[Level 36]
18 hours
S132
S120
S800
1,860XP
S1,200
2,788XP
Onions
[Level 6]
7 hours
S137
S125
S800
600XP
S1,200
900XP
Spinach*
[Level 14]
1 day
1LP
1LP
S5,800
2,400XP
S8,700
3,600XP
24-Carot Carrot
[Level 21]
5 hours
2LP
2LP
S2,200
100XP
S3,300
148XP
Let me know if the levels need updating, I unlocked them all a long time ago!
*Plant at your own risk! Some seeds you can plant on the garden patch have a green monster triangle symbol on them, this means that they could turn into a sim eating plant instead of the plant. If this happens you will not earn the simoleons or XP you would have got if it didn’t turn into a sim eating plant and you will have to negotiate with it for 3 minutes before you can use the patch again. Although you can usually watch an advert now to get a reward rather than negotiating with it, but it isn’t the full amount and you don’t always get this option.
The 15th December is the 8th birthday of The Sims Freeplay! You may have already found the gift at the front of one of your sims houses, if not remember to open the gift to get a free fortune box to celebrate before the end of this update:
Christmas has arrived in simtown! Once you update The Sims Freeplay to the Lakehouse Christmas update you will receive a daily Christmas gift from the 6th-11th December this post shows you the prizes you unlock, the prizes are the same as previous years but I will update if the order has changed once I receive them:
Day 1: Free Xmas Door
Day 2: Free Xmas Oval Window
Day 3: Free Xmas Couch
Day 4: Free Wide Xmas Window
Day 5:Free Xmas Wallpaper
Day 6: Free Xmas Double Window
The Hearth of Stone 2019 Christmas Quest will begin on the 12th December, check out my post here to plan ahead and make sure you can complete in the 13 day time limit to unlock the Lakehouse!
Unlock sophisticated party themed items in this returning live event back from the 3rd December! This event is only here for 11 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. 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
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!
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 drinks button in the corner of the screen)
Here you will see you have collected enough items to unlock the Regal 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 10SPs or restock for 2 uses which will take 10 seconds this time
Buy the Regal Wall pack (click on the drinks 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 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 drinks 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.Bar Wall- requires 50 candles to buy
Ash Brown Square Panels- the first one is free, then they cost S2,000 each
2.Constructor Coins
3.Constructor Coins
4.Humble Hors D’oeures– Cheesy Tasting Platter and Fresh Oyster Platter
Cheesy Tasting Platter- requires 900 candles and 5 constructor coins to buy
decorations section, first one of each is free then they cost S20,000 each
They have updated this so your sims can now interact with these platters; on the cheese platter sims can delicate nibble for 4 minutes and gorge on snacks for 48 minutes, on the oyster platter sims can gulp oysters for 4 minutes and savour seafood for 48 minutes
Fresh Oyster Platter- requires 2,700 candles and 10 constructor coins to buy
decorations section, first one of each is free then they cost S15,000 each
Sims cannot interact with the platter
5.Pottery Station
6.Constructor Coins
7.Constructor Coins
8.Fabulous Foyers- Cozy Comforts and Classy Comforts
Cozy Comforts: requires 7,100 candles, 4,150 pottery and 45 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Gold and Black Coffee Tables- living room section, first one of each is free then Gold costs 15SP and Black costs S150,000
Lavish Black and Gold Dome Table Lamps- lighting section, first one of each is free then Black costs S65,000 and Gold costs 10LP
Classy Comforts: requires 10,700 candles, 6,200 pottery and 65 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Gold Floor Lamps- lighting section, first one of each is free then Black costs S150,000 and Gold costs 20SP
Lavish Black and Gold Buffet Tables- living room and dining room sections, first one of each is free then Black costs S280,000 and Gold costs 30LP
9.Jewelry Station
10.Constructor Coins
11.Social Points
12.Constructor Coins
13.Fancy Fittings- Partitions and Roof Lighting and Partitions and Coat Racks
Partitions and Roof Lighting: requires 9,360 pottery, 9,900 jewelry and 100 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Gold Cross Partitions- decorations section, the first one of each is free then Black costs S110,000 and Gold costs 15SP
Lavish Black and Gold Roof Lights- lighting section, the first one of each is free then Black costs S375,000 and Gold costs 12LP
Partitions and Coat Racks: requires 12,500 pottery, 13,000 jewelry and 130 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Red Mirror Partitions- decoration section, first one of each is free then Black costs S350,000 and Red costs 18SP
Modern Red and Black Coat Racks- decoration and living room sections, first one of each is free then Red costs 35LP and Black costs S160,000
14.Glassware Station
15.Constructor Coins
16.Social Points
17.Constructor Coins
18.Fancy Furniture- Relaxing Drinks and Sophisticated Seating
Relaxing Drinks: requires 15,500 pottery, 16,500 jewelry, 16,500 glassware and 165 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Red Double Sofas- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S210,000 and Red costs 20SP
Lavish Black and Gold Drinks Carts- decorations section, first one of each is free then Black costs S400,000 and Gold costs 40SP
The drinks carts can be used to wait for customer for 8 minutes so another sim can order ‘cupcake drink’
Sophisticated Seating: requires 16,500 pottery, 17,500 jewelry, 17,500 glassware and 175 constructor coins to buy Lavish Black and Red Triple Sofas- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S250,000 and Red costs 30SP
Lavish Black and Red Chaise Sofas- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S580,000 and Red costs 45SP
19.Constructor Coins
20.Social Points
21.Constructor Coins
22.Regal Receptions- Beautiful Benches and Social Seating
Beautiful Benches: requires 17,500 pottery, 18,500 jewelry, 18,500 glassware and 185 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Red Bar Stools- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S15,000 and Red costs 10SP
Lavish Black and Red Counters and Corner Counters- countertops section, first one of each is free then Black Counter costs S70,000, Black Corner costs S65,000, Red Counter costs 10LP and Red Corner costs 11SP
The Lavish counters (except corner counters) can be used to tend bar for 8 minutes so another sim can order ‘cupcake juice special’
Social Seating: requires 20,000 pottery, 21,000 jewelry, 21,000 glassware and 205 constructor coins to buy
Lavish Black and Red Drinks Seats- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S500,000 and Red costs 50LP
Two sims can use the drinks seats, one selects wait for partner and the second selects join partner for 8 minutes
Lavish Black and Red Long Counters- countertops section, first one of each is free then Black costs S70,000 and Red costs 10SP
The Lavish counters can be used to tend bar for 8 minutes so another sim can order ‘cupcake juice special’
Lavish Black and Gold Cutout Partitions- decorations section, first one of each is free then Black costs S155,000 and Gold costs 12SP
23.Constructor Coins
24.Social Points
25.Constructor Coins
26.Suave Socialite– You will only unlock this pack if you manage to buy all the other prize packs in the time limit (just unlocking them will not unlock this final pack, you need to spend your arts and crafts items to buy all the packs)
In this pack you will find:
4 outfits (dresses), 4 shoes and 8 hairstyles for female adult sims for free in the wardrobe
4 tops, 4 pants, 4 shoes and 8 hairstyles for male adult sims for free in the wardrobe
Black Gloss Floor- flooring section, first one is free then costs S7,000 each
Lavish Red and Black Drinks Bars- living room and countertops sections, first one of each is free then Black costs S880,000 and Red costs 85SP
Lavish Black and Gold Circular Fireplaces- living room section, first one of each is free then Black costs S1,480,000 and Gold costs 150LP
Take a tour of my Sophisticated Socialite Club here, made using the items from this event:
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 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:
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.
Reduce Prices
Different Shaped Rooms
The Girl Who Games 