Do you often visit a neighbours town and you cannot find the items you need to complete social tasks in one place? This post will stop you being that neighbour and instead be able to create a house full of all the social items needed so you can become the best neighbour in simtown!
The house ideally needs to be at least 2 storys so you can add a firepole
Garden Items:
A pool with an inflatable pool toy and a diving board
A pool for your neighbours to clean (doesn’t have to be a dirty pool)
TIP: I think its best to have 2 pools, one clean and one dirty so if your neighbour is looking to swim they don’t have to clean the pool first
Poolside Recliner
Sleeping Bag
Garden Patch to plant:
TIP: again you could have two garden patches, one that they can use to plant and the other one with a sim eating plant that they can negotiate with it (grow lettuce until it turns into a sim eating plant)
Pets:
A Cat
A Dog and a Frisbee
Main Career and Hobby Items (these can be brought from the promotions r us store once they have been unlocked):
Auction Podium
Guitar
Easel
Telescope
Camera
Soccer Ball
Fashion Studio
Fire Hydrant
Mirror
Woodworking Bench
I’m not sure exactly how many of the hobbies appear in social tasks so I’ve only listed the most commonly asked for hobby items here but I would recommend you have all the hobby items you can in this one house. My house below is still a working progress, each time I unlock a new hobby I add that item to the house, some may not be needed to complete tasks but they will be helpful for neighbours completing time limited hobby events!
Haunted Items– for the ghost hunting hobby (these can be found in buy mode, look for the red ghost symbol!)
TIP: It is best to have 2 ovens, a normal one so your neighbours can bake items and the other one that is on fire (cook brownies until they cause a fire so your neighbours can extinguish it)
Also its great if you have some places in your town such as The Mall, Community Center, Campgrounds and Snow Park built!
What about a pet farm? When it was possible to have more than 2 pets in a house some players created pet farms which neighbours like to visit to find treasure from these pets quickly, it isn’t possible to make one anymore.
Once you have finished editing your house you will need to Save to the Cloud so your neighbours can see the changes you have made.
This house guide is going to show you the penthouse and 3 story apartments that can be built in downtown, where the hospital is located. There are currently four penthouse templates that can be built on 3 house lots (that you unlock once you have completed the Sims and the City Discovery Quest) and a 3 story luxury apartment (that you unlock if you complete the Downtown Developer Event in the time limit) in downtown.
There are currently four penthouse apartments and the 3 story apartments, click the links below to head straight to that part of this post:
Check out my House Tour video of these penthouses here:
3 Story Apartments
The price and time it takes to build a house increases with every house you build (this includes apartments)
How do I build 3 story apartments? You need to complete the Downtown Developer Event to get this option
How many 3 story apartments can I add? You can have one at a time, if you want to build a new apartment you will have to demolish or edit the existing one
Empty 3 Story Apartment- build an amazing 3 story apartment on this grid!
Once you complete the Downtown Developer Event (even if you don’t finish in the time limit you will be able to build the empty 3 story apartment
Part One:Unfurnished Studio, Furnished Townhouse, Family Home, 1 Story Mansion, Empty Lot, The Sanctuary, Dark Secret, Skater’s Dream Pad, Medieval Castle, Designer Home and Player Designed House
Part Two: Japanese Retreat, Sci Fi Shuttle, Neo Tokyo, Geek Heaven, Sim Cinema, Hallway House, Two Story Mansion and Scandinavian House
LEVEL UNLOCKS: 15 UNLOCKS: penthouse apartments TIME LIMIT: 7 days PRIZE: celeb fashion outfits
Once you have completed the Simtown Express Quest you will be able to find the director in the park to begin this quest to unlock penthouse apartments in the downtown area. If you complete this quest in the time limit you unlock the celebrity fashion outfits for your female adult sims, you can still complete this quest once the time limit is up to unlock the apartments but you won’t get the outfits
You cannot complete this quest at the same time as any other discovery quest
Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has
Send a sim to the park
Ask Miss Director what’s wrong- 30 seconds
Offer to help Miss Director- 12 seconds
Demonstrate touring ability- 1 minute 36 seconds (thinking man statue)
Watch simtown stars- 5 hours
Answer call from director- 48 seconds
Send 3 sims to the park
Request an autograph- 2 minutes
Offer Prim a tour- 7 hours 45 minutes
Present the thinking man- 1 minute 36 seconds
Tell a story of the park (I don’t think it matters which option you select so I went for the one with the shortest time!)- 10 hours 5 minutes
Send a sim home
Boast about a visitor (click on Prim, again I don’t think it matters which option you select so I went for the one with the shortest time!)- 13 hours 45 minutes
Celebrate simtown diversity- get 5 sims in one house
Take a selfie with prim- 2 minutes
Gossip with Prim- 1 hour 35 minutes
Place a decoration (buy from decoration section)
Confess plan for fame- 11 hours 45 minutes
Ask where to start- 2 minutes
Clean strange slime from fridge- 17 hours 30 minutes
Query random acts of kindness- 1 hour 35 minutes (click on Prim)
Order donuts- 8 hours (phone)
Give donuts to a stranger- sim needs to NOT be a friend or romance with that sim- 2 hours 25 minutes
How much does it cost to build a penthouse apartment? The cost varies depending on how many other houses you have already built
You also unlock new penthouse related items:
Faux Lawn and Wooden Panels (patio paving and balcony paving sections)
Glass Partition (decorations section)
Support Column (decorations section)
Flat roofing (roofing section)
Exposed Concrete (flooring section)
Modern Glass Panes (windows section)
Single and Double Penthouse Doors (doors section)
Exposed Brick, White Brick, Classic Brick, Warehouse Wall and Simple Concrete (walls section)
Contempo-Stair-y (stairs section)
Prize: Celebrity Fashion Outfits Where can I find them? In the wardrobe under outfits for female adult sims
Is it worth it? I don’t really like these outfits so I am not bothered about completing this in the time limit but you might really like them!
Watch my step by step video of the quest here:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST
please read before asking
How do I start this discovery quest?
Once you have completed the simtown express quest you can find the director in the park to start this quest
Why can’t I do this discovery quest yet?
You cannot do more than one discovery quest at the same time, if you are currently on another one (the list can be found here) you will not be able to do this one until that one is completed
Can I do discovery quests at the same time as a main quest?
Yes you can
Do I have to do this quest?
If you don’t start the quest you don’t have to do it at all but if you have already started it you need to complete it before you can move on to the next quest
I haven’t started this quest yet, will it still be available when I want to do it?
Yes it will be, you can choose to start it whenever you like
Does it matter what option I choose for ‘tell a story of the park’?
No but I went for the one with the shortest time!
Does it matter what option I choose for ‘boast about a visitor’?
No but again I went for the one with the shortest time!
What do you mean when you say a goal can be started early?
Any goal that you can normally do can be started early because you will have access to it and any goal that you can’t normally do you will have to wait until you get the goal to be able to complete it
The tip with this method is to put the sim doing that action early in a different house that you cannot go to until you get that goal or it will not work
Help! I can’t give the donuts to a sim, why? You need to find two sims who are strangers to be able to give them the donuts, they can’t have interacted before
What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
You unlock celebrity fashion outfits
What happens if I don’t complete in the time limit, can I still finish this quest?
Yes you have to finish it to unlock the penthouse apartments before you can move onto the next quest
What do the penthouse apartments look like?
You can find all about them in this post
I didn’t complete in the time limit, can I restart the quest?
No, you cannot redo quests
Can I still get the prize if I don’t complete in the time limit?
No, the only way to get the limited time prizes is by completing the quest in the time limit
I don’t like this quest! Can I just skip it?
No, you have to complete this quest before you can move onto the next one now that you have started it, if you don’t start it you don’t have to do it
Some times are slightly different on my game, why is this?
Times may vary depending on the star rating of the item you are using, as the higher star rating an item has the quicker you will complete a goal
Some times are really off/ different goals show for me, why is this?
This will be because the quest has been updated recently, I try my best to keep these posts up to date but it is difficult as I cannot redo every quest each time the game is updated. If you notice any changes please let me know so I can update the post
LEVEL UNLOCKS: 13 UNLOCKS: super villain toddler outfits TIME LIMIT: 7 days PRIZE: outdoor cinema and bean bags
Once you have completed the Super Toddler Secret Mission Quest you will be able to find the super villain toddler in the park to start this quest with a toddler sim. If you complete this quest in the time limit you will unlock the outdoor cinema and bean bags. You can still complete this quest once the time is up to unlock the super villain toddler outfits but you won’t unlock the outdoor cinema or bean bags
You cannot complete this quest at the same time as any other discovery quest
Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has
Use a telescope (you can buy a telescope in the promotions r us store)- observe strange lights- 2 minutes
Splish splash in a bath- 4 minutes (you need a toddler and an adult to complete this task)
Have a toddler pretend to sleep- 9 hours 30 minutes (bed)
Send a toddler to the park
Boldly approach the hero- 2 minutes
Hide behind a bench- 4 minutes 30 seconds
Apologise to Mini Masterforce- 10 minutes
Accept mission- 10 hours 45 minutes
Tame the ducks of doom- 12 minutes (ducks in park)
Practice evil laugh- 14 hours 45 minutes
Ask about mission- 5 minutes
Sneak back home (use the house with the arrow button on the simtracker to send your toddler home)
Consult teddy bear- 9 hours 30 minutes (using tea set from the toddler section of the home store)
Catch toddler out of bed- 1 minute (have an adult select the interaction on a toddler)
Plot escape route with dollhouse- 12 hours 30 minutes (using dollhouse from the toddler section of the home store)
Return to the park (send your toddler back to the park)
Decline villainous scheme- 10 minutes
Send your toddler home
Give toddler a big hug- 11 hours 45 minutes (have an adult select the interaction on a toddler)
Demand peace cookies- 17 hours 45 minutes (have a toddler select the interaction on an adult)
Order cookies (phone)- 1 minute
Explain bedtime- 5 minutes (have an adult select the interaction on a toddler)
Ask about school- 15 hours 45 minutes (have a toddler select the interaction on an adult)
Hug Mini Masterforce- 1 day 45 minutes
QUEST IS COMPLETE!
Once you complete this quest you will find the super villain costumes in the wardrobe under outfits for your toddler sims to wear:
Prize: Outdoor Cinema and Bean Bags
Where can I find them? Bean bags can be found in the living room and preteen section and the outdoor cinema can be found in the outdoor decorations section
Cost? First one of each is free, after that the bean bags cost S750 each and the outdoor cinema costs S30,000 each
Is it worth it? Definitely! Who doesn’t want a TV for your sims to watch in the garden?!
Watch my step by step video of this quest here:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST
please read before asking
How do I start this discovery quest?
You need to complete the Super Toddler Secret Mission Quest first and then you can find the super villain toddler in the park to start this quest
Do you need a toddler for this quest?
Yes you do
Why can’t I do this discovery quest yet?
You cannot do more than one discovery quest at the same time, if you are currently on another one (the list can be found here) you will not be able to do this one until that one is completed
Can I do discovery quests at the same time as a main quest?
Yes you can
Do I have to do this quest?
If you don’t start the quest you don’t have to do it at all but if you have already started it you need to complete it before you can move on to the next quest
I haven’t started this quest yet, will it still be available when I want to do it?
Yes it will be, you can choose to start it whenever you like
Do I need to buy a telescope to observe the strange lights?
Yes you cannot complete this without a telescope in your town
It says I need an adult to splish splash in the bath, why?
An adult is needed to supervise the toddler while they are in the bath
Where do I buy the teddy bear from?
You can find the tea set in the toddler section of buy mode to complete this task
What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
An outdoor cinema and bean bags
What happens if I don’t complete in the time limit, can I still finish this quest?
Yes you have to finish it to unlock the costumes before you can move onto the next quest
I didn’t complete in the time limit, can I restart the quest?
No, you cannot redo quests
Can I still get the prize if I don’t complete in the time limit?
No, the only way to get the limited time prizes is by completing the quest in the time limit
I don’t like this quest! Can I just skip it?
No, you have to complete this quest before you can move onto the next one now that you have started it, if you don’t start it you don’t have to do it
Some times are slightly different on my game, why is this?
Times may vary depending on the star rating of the item you are using, as the higher star rating an item has the quicker you will complete a goal
Some times are really off/ different goals show for me, why is this?
This will be because the quest has been updated recently, I try my best to keep these posts up to date but it is difficult as I cannot redo every quest each time the game is updated. If you notice any changes please let me know so I can update the post
This has been a much requested post, it has just taken me a while to get all the information collected for it! This post shows how much it costs to build each business and the time it takes as these factors increase each time you build a business.
NOTE: the amount of sims needed has been removed as you no longer need to have a certain amount of sims to build a business
BUSINESSES BUILT SO FAR
TIME
COST (SIMOLEONS)
0
4 minutes
500
1
4 hours
1,000
2
8 hours
7,500
3
12 hours
7,500
4
1 day
15,000
5
1 day 6 hours
20,000
6
1 day 12 hours
100,000
7
1 day 18 hours
150,000
8
1 day 20 hours
200,000
9
2 days
250,000
10
2 days 6 hours
275,000
11
2 days 12 hours
300,000
12
2 days 18 hours
325,000
13
2 days 18 hours
350,000
14
2 days 18 hours
500,000
15
2 days 18 hours
700,000
16
2 days 18 hours
850,000
17
2 days 18 hours
900,000
18
2 days 18 hours
950,000
19
2 days 18 hours
1,000,000
20
2 days 18 hours
2,000,000
21
2 days 18 hours
3,000,000
22
2 days 18 hours
3,000,000
23
2 days 18 hours
3,500,000
24
2 days 18 hours
3,500,000
25
2 days 18 hours
3,500,000
If they add anymore businesses I assume they will be the same requirements as they are for 25
However some businesses that you have to build during a quest or to begin a quest do not follow this pattern, some may be completely different while others such as the Community Center take a certain amount of time to build and this doesn’t change but the cost still increases each time you build a business.
NOTE: the arcade, beach, pet park and carnival cost orbs to build not simoleons
Does building a business increase the price and time for workplaces or houses? No, building a business only increases the requirements for building another business, it will not affect a workplace or house. If you build a workplace then the requirements will increase for the next workplace only and if you built a house only the time and cost for building a new house will increase.
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