The Sims Freeplay- Nanny Knows Best Quest

August 1, 2015July 30, 2025 weightlessmagic523 Comments

LEVEL UNLOCKS: 10 UNLOCKS: baby interactions and musical expressions hobby TIME LIMIT: 5 days PRIZE: infant overalls

To begin this discovery quest you need to find the nanny in the park once you have a baby sim in your town. If you complete this quest in the time limit you will unlock overalls for your infant sims, you can still complete this quest once the time is up to unlock the musical expressions hobby and new baby interactions but you won’t get the overalls

You cannot complete this quest at the same time as any other discovery quest

HOW LONG DOES THIS QUEST TAKE TO COMPLETE?

Note: you need a baby to complete this quest

Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has.

Meet the Nanny- 1 minute (in park)
Rant to Nanny Williams- 15 minutes
Send a sim to an infants home
Pick up an infant (adult click on infant in crib)

Relax with an infant on the couch- 15 hours (click on couch)

Let an infant crawl- 3 seconds (click on the baby while the adult sim is holding them)

Make an infant crawl (tap anywhere on the ground when controlling the baby)
Follow obsessively- 6 hours 30 minutes (click on baby)

Clean infant mess- 12 hours 30 minutes (trashcan)

Wash garbage off hands- 3 hours 10 minutes (using a sink)

Ask Nanny for help- 5 hours 30 minutes

Cry to be picked up (select cry for sim on adult sim)

Rock to sleep- 1 Day (click on crib)

Check simbook- 2 hours (using a computer)

Pick up infant- 9 seconds
Buy a highchair (infant section of home store)

Place infant in highchair- 5 seconds (click on highchair) (if you can’t place the baby in the highchair try putting the highchair in the middle of the room with nothing around it)

Search for soft food in the fridge- 8 hours 30 minutes

Play with food- 9 hours 30 minutes (baby) (can be started early just start after previous task and you need to go back on the game to complete the previous tasks before this one finishes or it won’t work)

You need to control the baby to do this task so it may be easier to have all other sims in the house busy so the plumbob is over the babies head and you can select the option

Ask the Nanny where she went- 15 minutes

Feed soft food- 2 hours 30 minutes (adult needs to click on baby)

Post photos on simbook- 13 hours (using a computer)

Ask Nanny Williams to help a friend- 3 hours 30 minutes

Hug the Nanny goodbye- 3 hours 30 minutes

QUEST IS COMPLETE!

Completing this quest unlocks new baby interactions, these can be found in my Guide to Babies

You also unlock the the Musical Expressions hobby for baby sims which requires a xylophone from the promotions r us store to complete. The time limit for the hobby begins as soon as you complete this quest. The option is 3 hours 10 minutes so I would definitely earn some LPs to try and complete in time

Prize: Infant Overalls

Price? Free

Where can I find them? In the wardrobe for baby sims

Is it worth it? Yes, they are cute and free!

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?
Find the nanny in the park to start this quest

Can I do discovery quests at the same time as a main quest?
Yes you can

I am doing the quest for toddlers and this one at the same time, is that going to cause a problem?
No it won’t as you don’t need to age a baby in the toddler 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

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 a baby for this quest?
Yes you do

I accidentally cleaned up the trash instead of cleaning the infants mess, how do I fix this?
Knock the trashcan over again and select the clean infants mess option

I can’t find any highchairs in buy mode, why?
You need to reach the goal to buy one before you unlock them

I can’t place my infant in a highchair, why?
The back of the highchair needs to be away from a wall or free from objects in the way so they can place the baby in the highchair from behind

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

I can’t get my baby to play with food, why?
The plumbob needs to be over that babies head and you need to click on the baby

Does the nanny stay once the quest is over?
No, she will leave

Why can’t I add a baby?
A crib needs to be placed in the house of a married couple, only married couples can have babies

How many babies can a couple have?
They can have 2 children as only 4 sims can live in a house at one time

How do babies go to the toilet?
They will go in their diaper when they are ready, then you change their diaper to increase their hygiene

What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
Overalls for your baby sims

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 musical expressions hobby 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 quest unlocks the musical expressions hobby, does the time limit start straight away once I have completed this quest?
Yes, the time limit for the hobby starts straight away once this quest is complete, you can click no when the hobby pop up appears but this does not stop the timer going down

Blue footprints appear when my baby tries to use the xylophone, why?
Blue footprints appear when your sim cannot access an item you want them to use, you need to either rotate the item or move an item that has been placed in front of it so they can use it

Last updated December 2019

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Snorkelling

July 27, 2015March 23, 2020 weightlessmagic8 Comments

LIFE DREAMS AND LEGACIES QUEST – BEACH: SNORKEL HIRE KIOSK – TEENS AND ADULTS SIMS – PRIZES: SEAL THEMED ITEMS AND 5LP

Once you complete the Life Dreams and Legacies Quest you will be able to use orbs to build the Beach, once the Beach is built you need orbs to build the snorkel hire kiosk before your teen and adult sims can complete this hobby.

Once built a teen or adult sim can click on the first pool:

Snorkel in Tide Pool (costs S100 each time)- 1 hour

When you start you can only use the first pool, you need to find all 6 different items in the tide pool to complete the first two row in the snorkelling collection to unlock the second pool which is the lagoon, you then need to find the 6 items in the lagoon to unlock the final pool which is the reef option, find the last 6 to complete the collection

Snorkel in tide pool (costs S100 each time)- 1 hour
Snorkel in lagoon (costs S200 each time)- 2 hours
Snorkel at reef (costs S300 each time)- 6 hours

NOTE: only one sim can do this hobby the first time, once you unlock all 3 pools 3 sims can complete this hobby at once

Once you complete the collection for the first time you can use the pools in any order but you will still need to do each option to find the different items to complete each row

OPTION	FIND	TO UNLOCK:
TIDE POOL	Purple Anemone Pink Pearl Message in a Bottle Yellow Coral Ruby Pink Starfish	Silver Coin Ring Red Crab Emerald Red Anemone Green Coral IN THE LAGOON
LAGOON	Silver Coin Ring Red Crab Emerald Red Anemone Green Coral	Blue Crab Gold Coin Chest Pirate Jug Gold Pearl Red Starfish IN THE REEF
REEF	Blue Crab Gold Coin Chest Pirate Jug Gold Pearl Red Starfish	*You can now complete the collection!*

OPTION

FIND

TO UNLOCK:

TIDE POOL

Purple Anemone
Pink Pearl
Message in a Bottle
Yellow Coral
Ruby
Pink Starfish

Silver Coin
Ring
Red Crab
Emerald
Red Anemone
Green Coral

IN THE LAGOON

LAGOON

Silver Coin
Ring
Red Crab
Emerald
Red Anemone
Green Coral

Blue Crab
Gold Coin
Chest
Pirate Jug
Gold Pearl
Red Starfish

IN THE REEF

REEF

Blue Crab
Gold Coin
Chest
Pirate Jug
Gold Pearl
Red Starfish

You can now complete the collection!

After the time has passed come back and click the exclamation mark above your sims head to find one of the snorkelling collectibles in that row. You still level up in this hobby but the hobby level up percentage isn’t important as the snorkelling collectibles don’t unlock depending on your level, when you finish two rows of snorkelling collectibles you will unlock the ability to find the items in the next 2 rows using the next pool.

The table below shows you the level up reward that your sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

LEVEL	TITLE	1st TIME LEVEL UP REWARD
1	Splasher	–
2	Aquatic Investigator	250XP
3	Diving Guppie	500XP
4	Half Human, Half Fish	S750
5	Deep One	10,000 Town Value
6	Aquatic Mammal	1LP

You won’t find a new collectible each time, you will get repeats, if this happens just keep going, you will find them eventually! If it is still taking too long you can use the lucky spin on the row where you cannot find the item, this will cost LPs, when you click on the LP button it will clear the row and give you a random collectible on that row so you aren’t guaranteed a new item (you will get back any other collectibles you already had in that row) Need to earn some LPs to use the lucky spin?

The completed snorkelling collection is shown below, once you complete the collection you need to click ‘start a new collection’ at the top of the hobby collection screen, this clears the board so you can complete the collection again to earn more rewards (you will only get the option to restart the hobby collection when you have completed the collection):

The first time you complete this hobby every two rows you complete you unlock a new pool to find more collectibles, for the other rows you will earn XPs. After the first time you will earn XPs when you complete a row in the hobby but to complete the collection you need to find all 18 of the collectibles

The rewards for completing this collection are inflatable seals, beach towels and 5LP:

The first time you complete the snorkelling hobby you unlock inflatable seals which can be found in the pool items section and beach towels which can be found in the outdoor furniture section

From the second time onwards each time you complete the collection you will earn 5LP

Confused about hobbies? Read my Hobbies Frequently Asked Questions post

Find all hobby posts here

Related Hobbies: Seashell Collecting & Surfing

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The Sims Freeplay- The Beach

July 24, 2015January 15, 2019 weightlessmagic19 Comments

This is a guide to the beach, once you complete the Life Dreams and Legacies Quest you will have the ability to unlock the beach.

Building the beach requires orbs, 2 bronze and 2 silver sporty orbs.

This post explains how you earn orbs

Once you unlock the beach you unlock the Seashell Collecting hobby that toddlers and preteens can partake in.

There are two other hobbies at the beach, Surfing and Snorkelling, these both require orbs to build the kiosks to start these hobbies:

There is also a swimming kiosk which also requires orbs to build, it is basically a swimming pool in the sea, so you use it the same as you would at the swim center or a pool at home, it also has a diving board.

Other things at the beach include:

Sandcastles
BBQs
Lifeguard chairs

Beach towels

Poolside recliners

Picnic Table
Park Benches
Stereo

Toilets

Shower
A pier
Fishing rod (at end of pier to do the Fishing hobby)

I think that is about everything, I really like the beach, I definitely think its worth the amount of time it takes to earn all the orbs! If you want detailed information on any of the hobbies please click on the links above!

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The Sims Freeplay- Loading Screen Tips Explained

July 23, 2015January 6, 2017 weightlessmagic7 Comments

Each time you open the sims freeplay the game takes a few seconds to load, during that time you get some on screen tips about the game and this post is just going to explain in detail what each of them mean.

Keep sims needs satisfied to make them inspired

Each sim has 6 needs that have to be fulfilled (the bar needs to be fully green)

Hunger- fridge/ plate of food
Bladder- toilet
Energy- bed/ coffee machine
Hygiene- sink/shower/bath
Social- phone/interaction with a sim or pet
Fun- several things such as watch TV, check emails (but for adults and seniors I plant bell peppers)

When a sim hasn’t had their needs satisfied for a while they will be very grumpy, housebound and won’t go to work

To inspire a sim you need to fulfil at least 4 needs fully and for the other 2 most of the bar will need to be full.

You can tell when they are inspired because the cupcake will be greyed out and your sim will sparkle.

Use cupcakes to instantly make sims inspired

Next to your sims needs bars there is a symbol of a green cupcake, to inspire a sim straight away (without having to fulfil their needs) you can click on the cupcake and spend 5LPs to instantly inspire that sim. The cupcake will be greyed out when they are inspired.

Inspired sims earn more XP and simoleons for completing actions

This is especially helpful to know when baking and gardening, you will earn more simoleons and XPs when your sim is inspired! So I usually grow beans at night after inspiring all my sims as they will earn S1260 and 928XPs instead of S840 and 620XPs.

They will also get more XPs when completing any action, such as having a catnap they will get 99XPs when inspired instead of just 66XPs.

Use higher star rated objects to complete actions faster

All items have star ratings, the higher the star rating the quicker you will complete a task. Some are only a few seconds quicker while others are several hours quicker:

Sims earn more XP and simoleons for actions completed at their own house

I think this is a good tip for earning more XPs that not enough people know, make sure they do actions at their own houses, as you can see from the picture below for longer actions it can really make a difference:

Use lifestyle points to instantly finish actions
Low on simoleons? Use lifestyle points to instantly finish gardening

To do this, click on the sim you want to speed up, it will show you what action they are doing and how many LPs it will cost to speed it up (in the case shown below it is 8). Just click on the USE LPs symbol and the action will be complete.

TIP: The amount of LPs it will cost depends on how many hours are left so as you can see above it is 8LPs because it will take 8 hours 59 minutes. If you have a task that takes 2 hours 30 minutes I would always wait half an hour until the time left gets to 1 hour 59 minutes so it will only cost you 1LP instead of 2.

Use lifestyle points to instantly finish construction of houses, workplaces or businesses

Same goes for speeding up constructions, just click on the place you want to finish building and click the USE LPs symbol.

Complete tasks to earn lifestyle points

Certain weekly tasks once completed reward you with LPs but you can also get 3LPs for completing 75% of your weekly tasks, this post explains that in detail

Cats are great at finding simoleons and lifestyle points

Once you have brought a cat from the pet store it will wander around the house and then an exclamation mark bubble will appear above its head, click on that, it will pounce and find simoleons or LPs.

Dogs can dig up simoleons and lifestyle points

Once you have brought a dog from the pet store it will wander around the garden and then a shovel bubble will appear above its head, click on that, it will dig and find simoleons or LPs.

The more expensive the cat or dog, the more treasure they will find

This one is not always guaranteed but the higher the star rating (price) the more simoleons and LPs they should find.

3 star dogs are definitely more likely to find LPs than 1 star dogs.

Careers are a great way to earn simoleons and XP

This post will explain how to get a sim a job if you are unsure

Sims who get promoted at work earn more simoleons and XP

To get promoted you just need to keep sending your sim to work

NOTE: they don’t get fired or demoted if they miss work

All promotion amounts can be found in the individual career posts on this page

Skill up in hobbies and careers to increase your chance of winning at the competition center

The higher level you are in a career or hobby the more chance you have of winning first prize at the competition center, I will explain how it works for those who have never used the competition center before:

When you click on the competition center (as shown in the picture below) it will appear with a competition (I had the archery hobby) it tells you how much you will get for each placing:

1st place- 3LPs
2nd place- 1LP
3rd place- S1000 and 1000XPs
4th place- S500 and 500XPs

Then you can select a sim- always go for the sim with the highest level in that hobby/career (it will tell you what level your sims are at)

For example: Zack is level 6 in archery so I would definitely use him over Hayley who has never done archery before (level 0/6)

NOTE: your sim must not be busy for them to partake in a competition, they will appear greyed out if they are busy.

Once you have selected your sim they will be busy competing for 24 hours, once the time is up you will need to go back to the competition center to see where they were placed.

If your sim is level 6 then they should come first but they don’t always!

I rarely use the competition center if I am being completely honest, its a good way to make a few extra LPs but it does mean your sim cannot do anything else for a whole day.

Purchase lights from the home store to illuminate houses at night

You can either set lights to be off, on or auto lights, that turn on when a sim enters the room but turns off when they go to sleep or leave the room.

Use your inventory to move furniture between houses

If you have an item you want to move to a different house, you can easily do it by using your inventory, I am going to show you how I moved the preteen bookcase but it will work for any item you can store!

Press the buy mode button (furniture symbol)
Click on the bookcase, click the grey rucksack (inventory) button, the bookcase will then be removed from the house
Go to the house you want to place it in and click the buy mode button again
Find the inventory section
Then the tab where the item will be found (preteen bookcase will be in preteen section)
Click on the bookcase and position where you want it in the new house, click the green tick to place it

No time to sleep? Buy a coffee machine

A coffee machine is a quicker way to increase your sims energy need than having a nap. Coffee machines can be found in the kitchen section of buy mode.

Earn big XP bonuses for reaching relationship milestones

Reaching a new relationship stage between two sims earns you extra XPs, this is what adults who become friends will receive:

Becoming Acquaintance- 100XPs
Becoming Friends- 150XPs
Becoming Good Friends- 200XPs
Becoming Best Friends- 300XPs

If you would like to know what other relationship bonuses are, they can be found in the relationships post

Earn pocket money by sending preteen sims to school

On the careers tab (where you give your sims jobs and send them to work) you will see for preteens it says ‘not enrolled’
Click the mortar board (academic cap) symbol
The sim town elementary enrolment pop up will appear, click enrol
On the careers tab it will now show your sims grade at school and the mortar board symbol will pulse when you can send them to school.

As their grade increases they will earn more pocket money

Unlock special content by improving your preteen sims grade at school

The first time you send a preteen sim to school they will unlock items every time they improve their grade

NOTE: They start at level 3: C (I don’t know why they don’t start at level 1!)

Level 4: C+ 2+2 is 4 poster

Level 5: B Planets poster

Level 6: B+ Science project

Level 7: A Einstim poster

Level 8: A+ Model UFO

Level 9: A++ School Certificate

Level 10: A+++ Spelling Bee Trophy

Purchase packs from the Online Store to collect VIP Points and unlock awesome Perks

Anything you buy with real money now gets converted into points (the more money you spend the more points you earn) and the more VIP points you have, the higher level VIP you will be, earning you more perks!

All VIP Perks are explained in this post

Collect VIP points to get Time Extension Tokens and never miss out on a limited time prize again

If you run out of time on a quest or hobby you can use a time extension once unlocked from VIP 3 to add more time (each time extension adds 24 hours to a quest or hobby) NOTE: you can only use each time extension once and they don’t replenish so choose wisely!

VIP players get Rainbow Cake Slices that keep Sims inspired for 24 hours

Rainbow cake keeps a sim inspired (their needs won’t decrease) for 24 hours (this is explained in more detail in the VIP perks post mentioned previously in this post)

Exclusive CAS (create a sim) items are available for VIP players

New clothes for your sims can be found in the VIP exclusives section of the wardrobe once you reach VIP Level 4

Want more Sims in your Sim families and Sim Town? Become a VIP to unlock those Perks

From VIP Level 5 you can have an additional sim living in each house (5 instead of 4) and from level 10 you can have an additional sim per town no longer restricting you to the 34 sims limit

Complete the Extreme Home Takeover quest to get the Architect feature: Go to work at the Real Estate Agency, then tap the sign next to the mailbox!

Once you complete the Extreme Home Takeover quest you can send a sim to work as a real estate agent a sign will appear at the front of your houses:

Click on the sign to submit your house for a chance for all other players to be able to build it! You will find chosen houses in the architect tab when you click to build a new house. This post explains submitting a house in more detail

I hope that clears a few things up and will help you make the most out of the game!

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Storyteller

July 19, 2015March 23, 2020 weightlessmagic39 Comments

VACATIONERS GUIDE TO THE OUTDOORS QUEST – CAMPFIRE – TEEN, ADULT AND SENIOR SIMS – PRIZES: TENTS, DEER MEADOW, CANOE AND 3LP

TIME LIMITED HOBBY – TIME: 7 DAYS – TIME LIMITED PRIZE: CAMPFIRE

Once you complete the Survivalist hobby, open the bridge and clear the area (check out my guide to the campgrounds post for more information) the 7 day time limit will then start straight away, your teen, adult or senior sim needs to complete this hobby in the time limit to unlock the campfire:

When you first begin this hobby and click on the storyteller chair you will only get one option:

Tell a comedy story- 3 hours 30 minutes

You will need to find 3 different comedy stories to unlock the romance story option, once you find all 3 romance stories you unlock the action stories to find those 3, once you have those 3 you unlock the last option which is scary stories, when you find those 3 different stories you will complete the collection:

Tell a comedy story- 3 hours 30 minutes
Tell a romance story- 4 hours 30 minutes
Tell an action story- 5 hours 30 minutes
Tell a scary story- 6 hours 30 minutes

NOTE: once you complete the collection for the first time you can find the stories in any order but you will still need to do each option to find the different stories to complete each row

TIP: only one sim can complete this hobby at a time, you can send another sim to a neighbours town to complete this hobby (if they have unlocked the storyteller chair!)

OPTION	FIND	TO UNLOCK:
COMEDY STORY	Slapstick Parody Stand Up Routine	Boy Meets Girl, Happily Ever After and Romantic Tragedy USING THE TELL A ROMANCE STORY OPTION
ROMANCE STORY	Boy Meets Girl Happily Ever After Romantic Tragedy	Kung Fu, Sci-Fi and Superhero USING THE TELL AN ACTION STORY OPTION
ACTION STORY	Kung Fu Sci-Fi Superhero	Zombie Story, Monster Story and Ghost Story USING THE TELL A SCARY STORY OPTION
SCARY STORY	Zombie Story Monster Story Ghost Story	*You can now complete the collection!*

After the time has passed come back and click the exclamation mark above your sims head to find one of the story collectibles in that row. You still level up in this hobby but the hobby level up percentage isn’t important as the story collectibles don’t unlock depending on your level, when you finish a row of story collectibles you will unlock the ability to find the next genre of stories in the next row.

The table below shows you the level up reward that your sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

LEVEL	TITLE	1st TIME LEVEL UP REWARD
1	Spinner of Yawns	–
2	B Movie Narrator	250XP
3	Worthy Entertainer	500XP
4	Captivating Teller	S750
5	Master Tearjerker	10,000 Town Value
6	Memorable Performer	1LP

The completed storyteller collection is shown below, once you complete the collection you need to click ‘start a new collection’ at the top of the hobby collection screen, this clears the board so you can complete the collection again to earn more rewards (you will only get the option to restart the hobby collection when you have completed the collection):

The first time you complete a row you will unlock a new genre of stories to tell, further times you will earn XPs when you complete a row in the hobby but to complete the collection you need to find all 12 of the collectibles

If you complete this hobby in the time limit you will unlock the campfire which can be found in the outdoor decorations section and costs S20,000. You can turn it on/off, roast marshmallows for 5 minutes or warm up for 10 minutes

The rewards for completing this collection are tents, deer meadow, canoe and 3LP:

The first time you complete the collection you unlock the tents, deer meadow and canoe at the campgrounds (even if you do not manage to complete the hobby in the time limit)

Tents