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The Sims Freeplay- Pausing a Sims Life

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Once you have completed the Life Dreams and Legacies Quest your sims will age automatically, if you don’t want them to age you can pause their life using orbs, this post explains how this works.

UPDATE: reversing your sims age when they reach the end of that live stage is currently FREE so you don’t have to pause them if you don’t want to!

To pause a sims age you will need an orb, all orbs can pause a sims life but they stay paused for different periods of time:

  • Bronze- 3 days
  • Silver- 7 days
  • Gold- 16 days
  • Platinum- paused forever (it is definitely worth getting a platinum orb to do this for your favourite sims)

NOTE: YOU NEED ONE PLATINUM ORB FOR EACH SIM YOU WANT TO PAUSE

How do I get orbs? To earn orbs you need to give your sims personalities and complete their life dreams, once you have completed a life dream for each stage of their life they will leave an orb behind when they die as a senior.

This orb can then be used to build places on the mysterious island, passed onto another sim to upgrade the orb or can be used to pause a sim

My Guide to Life Dreams and Orbs explains this in more detail

How do I make a platinum orb? You need to complete the life dreams of 4 sims to get a platinum orb:

  • Sim 1: Choose personality and life dream, once complete they will get a bronze orb, when they pass on this orb is left behind, you can then store it and give to the next sim
  • Sim 2: Choose personality and select the bronze orb so they can complete their life dreams to upgrade it to a silver, again it is left behind when they pass.
  • Sim 3: Can then upgrade the silver to a gold orb
  • Sim 4: Can then upgrade the gold to a platinum orb

Now you have your platinum orb you can pause a sim at the life stage they are currently at:

pausing means that no matter how many actions they complete they will not age

1.To pause the sim you need to go to the age controller menu (on a small device you will find it on one of the tabs on the simtracker and on a larger device it is in the same menu as the careers and hobby information) find the sim you want to pause and click on the second button that has two lines on it (the pause button):

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2.A life orb allocation pop up will appear, here you can see all the orbs you have stored or are working towards right now, select the orb you want to use, then click the green tick. It shows you where it says age pause how long you will be pausing your sim for.

  • Bronze- 3 days
  • Silver- 7 days
  • Gold- 16 days
  • Platinum- paused forever

You could use a combination so using both a bronze and silver orb will pause your sim for 10 days but if you are using a platinum you won’t use up any other orbs:

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NOTE: when you use an orb you are spending it so you will need to make more orbs to pause other sims

3.It will ask you to confirm you want to pause ageing on that sim, click yes if you do:

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Your sim’s life stage is now paused forever!

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You can resume ageing if you want to but you will lose the orb that you worked so hard to earn so I wouldn’t recommend it. To resume go back to the age controller and click on the infinite symbol (where the pause symbol was) to open the life orb allocation tab and select resume ageing:

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All orbs can only be used once so if you pause a sim for 3 days with a bronze orb you will have spent that orb and won’t be able to use it again to pause another sim

Pausing and Resuming Ageing:

Is there another way to pause a sim?

The other way is to have them not do anything (just standing around) because they will only age when they are completing actions but this isn’t the best way, if you tried to do this with all your sims you wouldn’t progress with the game.

Or reversing your sims age when they reach the end of that live stage is currently FREE so you don’t have to pause them if you don’t want to:

How does it work? To reverse their age all you need to do is wait until their time is up and the birthday cake appears above their head. Click on the birthday cake and the growing older pop up will appear, just click NO if you do not want them to age. It will then ask you if you are sure you want to reset them to the beginning of that life stage, click yes if you do. Once you click yes the circle around their face on the simtracker will be empty ready for them to start ageing again!

 

Most of my sims are going to die before I get the chance to pause the ones I want, how can I do this?

I would suggest using your orbs to build all the places first, so either reverse them back to the beginning of their current life stage for free as explained above or you can just remake your favourite sims and build up your town again once you have some platinum orbs!

TIP: if you are trying to get a platinum orb I would suggest completing sporty, geeky or entertainer life dreams- not animal fanatic, without a send to work life dream it takes far longer than the others.

Life Dreams List: Geeky – Sporty – Entertainer – Animal Fanatic

Still confused about Life Dreams? Read my Life Dreams Frequently Asked Questions Post here

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Pinball Enthusiast

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LIFE DREAMS AND LEGACIES QUEST – ARCADE: PINBALL MACHINES – ADULT AND SENIOR SIMS – PRIZES: PINBALL MACHINE AND 5LP

Once you complete the Life Dreams and Legacies Quest you will be able to use orbs to build the Arcade, once the Arcade is built you will also need to use orbs to build the Pinball Machines area (for more information please click here)

Once the pinball machines area is built and you have an adult or senior sim at the arcade, click on the first pinball machine:

  • Hot Ride- 1 hour

When you start you will only be able to use the first machine, you need to find all 3 different rankings on hot ride to complete the first row in the pinball enthusiast collection to unlock the second machine to play neptune attack and find those 3 rankings to unlock twilight cone, you then need to find the 3 rankings to unlock the circus of magic machine and find the 3 rankings on that machine to unlock monster trash once you have found those 3 rankings you will unlock the the final machine which is the feudal madness machine to find the last three to complete the collection

  • Hot Ride- 1 hour
  • Play Neptune Attack- 2 hours
  • Play Twilight Cone- 4 hours
  • Play Circus of Magic- 6 hours
  • Play Monster Trash- 8 hours
  • Play Feudal Madness- 12 hours

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

OPTION  FIND TO UNLOCK:
HOT RIDE
  • 3rd Rank on Hot Ride
  • 2nd Rank on Hot Ride
  • 1st Rank on Hot Ride
  • 3rd Rank on Neptune Attack
  • 2nd Rank on Neptune Attack
  • 1st Rank on Neptune Attack

USING THE NEPTUNE ATTACK MACHINE
NEPTUNE ATTACK
  • 3rd Rank on Neptune Attack
  • 2nd Rank on Neptune Attack
  • 1st Rank on Neptune Attack
  • 3rd Rank on Twilight Cone
  • 2nd Rank on Twilight Cone
  • 1st Rank on Twilight Cone

USING THE TWILIGHT CONE MACHINE
TWILIGHT CONE
  • 3rd Rank on Twilight Cone
  • 2nd Rank on Twilight Cone
  • 1st Rank on Twilight Cone
  • 3rd Rank on Circus of Magic
  • 2nd Rank on Circus of Magic
  • 1st Rank on Circus of Magic

USING THE CIRCUS OF MAGIC MACHINE
CIRCUS OF MAGIC
  • 3rd Rank on Circus of Magic
  • 2nd Rank on Circus of Magic
  • 1st Rank on Circus of Magic
  • 3rd Rank on Monster Trash
  • 2nd Rank on Monster Trash
  • 1st Rank on Monster Trash

USING THE MONSTER TRASH MACHINE
MONSTER TRASH
  • 3rd Rank on Monster Trash
  • 2nd Rank on Monster Trash
  • 1st Rank on Monster Trash
  • 3rd Rank on Feudal Madness
  • 2nd Rank on Feudal Madness
  • 1st Rank on Feudal Madness

USING THE FEUDAL MADNESS MACHINE
 FEUDAL MADNESS
  • 3rd Rank on Feudal Madness
  • 2nd Rank on Feudal Madness
  • 1st Rank on Feudal Madness
 You can now complete the collection!

Once you complete the collection once you can use all 6 machines so 6 sims can complete this hobby at once

After the time has passed come back and click the exclamation mark above your sims head to find one of the pinball collectibles in that row. You still level up in this hobby but the hobby level up percentage isn’t important as the pinball collectibles don’t unlock depending on your level, when you finish a row of pinball collectibles you will unlock the ability to use the next machine to find the pinball rankings 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 Flipper Spammer –
2 Tilter 250XP
3 Multiball Champion 500XP
4 Skill Shot Hero S750
5 Scoreboard Destroyer 10,000 Town Value
6 Pinball Wizard 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 pinball enthusiast 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 machine to find the next row of pinball rankings, further times 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 the pinball machine and 5LP:

  • The first time you complete the pinball collection you unlock the pinball machine containing all 6 game options for your home, you can find it in the electronics section for 8LP:

  • 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

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Related Hobbies: Skill Tester & Arcade Gamer

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: Makeup Artist

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GLITCH: The issue with this hobby has now been fixed

PRETTY LITTLE PLANTERS QUEST – MAKE UP KIOSK IN MALL – TEEN AND ADULT SIMS – PRIZES: MALL STORES, COIN FOUNTAIN, MAKE UP LOOKS AND 3LP

TIME LIMITED HOBBY – TIME: 7 DAYS – TIME LIMITED PRIZE: BEAUTY VANITY

Once you complete the Pretty Little Planters Quest and clear the first upstairs area of the mall (read this post for more information) you can then build the make up kiosk:image

Once built the time limit for this hobby will begin and your adult and teen sims will have to complete the hobby collection in 7 days to unlock the beauty vanity for your sims homes:
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You will need two sims to complete this hobby at one time, the first sim selects wait for customer and the second sim selects the hobby option:

  • Browse Makeup- 4 hours 30 minutes

Make sure your sims look like they are talking to each other, like the picture below or they won’t complete the task:

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NOTE: only two sims can complete this hobby at one time

After the time has passed come back and click the exclamation mark above your sims head to find one of the make up collectibles. Every time your sims complete this hobby their hobby skill level up percentage will increase, once you reach 100% you will level up, there are 6 levels. You need to reach level 6 to be able to unlock all of the make up collectibles, once unlocked you will be able to find them.

The table below shows the level up percentage:

This may change in future updates

 LEVEL Browse Makeup
1-2 50%
2-3 25%
3-4 18%
4-5 12%
5-6 8%

NOTE: both the sims completing this hobby will level up

The next table shows you for each level what make up collectibles you unlock (so you can then find those ones too) and also the level up reward that a second and future sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

 LEVEL  TITLE 1st TIME LEVEL UP UNLOCKS 2nd+ TIMES LEVEL UP REWARD
1 Frankenliner Prime Example and Concealed are unlocked in the hobby collection –
2 Fake N Shaker Contour and Blush and Attract are now unlocked in the hobby collection 250XP
3 Brushed Up Powder Prince and Brow Specialist are now unlocked in the hobby collection 500XP
4 Doller Skills Clump Avoidance and Shadow Ninja are now unlocked in the hobby collection S750
5 Hot Looker Line It Up and Mascarader are now unlocked in the hobby collection 10,000 Town Value
6 Model Maker Lash Out and Lip Stick Up are now unlocked in the hobby collection.

You can now complete the collection!

 1LP

NOTE: only the first sim completing this hobby needs to get to level 6 to unlock all the collectibles, future sims will be able to find any collectible even if they are only on level 1 in this hobby

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 make up 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 each row you will unlock a new mall store, after this time 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

Stores:

Find the first row of makeup to unlock:

  • The Y.O.L.O Wear Fine Threads- 110,000 8 hours

Find the second row of makeup to unlock:

  • The bang!bang! Salon- 150,000 1 Day

Find the third row of makeup to unlock:

  • Everybody Skirts- 135,000 16 hours

Find the fourth row of makeup to unlock:

  • Scene and Heard- 110,000 8 hours

Check out my Guide to the Mall post for more information on these stores

If you complete this hobby in the time limit you will unlock the beauty vanity which can be found in the bedroom section and costs S1,000 each:

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The rewards for completing this collection are the coin fountain, make up looks and 3LP:

  • The first time you complete this collection you unlock the coin fountain (even if you don’t complete the hobby in the time limit) The coin fountain can be found at the mall:

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  • The second to the eighth time you complete this collection you unlock new make up looks for your adult sims

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  • From the ninth time onwards each time you complete the collection you will earn 3LP

Confused about hobbies? Read my Hobbies Frequently Asked Questions post

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Related Hobbies: Fashion Hunter & Bowling & Catwalk Model

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The Sims Freeplay- Hobbies: High Striker

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LIFE DREAMS AND LEGACIES QUEST – CARNIVAL: HIGH STRIKER – ADULT SIMS ONLY – PRIZES: PLUSH CARNIVAL TOYS AND 3LP

Once you complete the Life Dreams and Legacies Quest you will be able to use orbs to build the Carnival, once the Carnival is built you will also need to use orbs to build the High Striker (for more information please click here)

Once the high striker is built and you have an adult sim at the carnival, click on the high striker and select one of the options:

  • Quick Smack- 30 minutes
  • Decent Hit- 1 hour
  • Slam Session- 2 hours
  • Bell Top Beatdown- 4 hours

NOTE: only one adult sim can complete this hobby at a time

After the time has passed come back and click the exclamation mark above your sims head to find one of the carnival toy collectibles. Every time your sims complete one of the options above their high striker hobby skill level up percentage will increase, once they reach 100% they will level up, there are 6 levels. You need to reach level 6 to be able to unlock all of the high striker collectibles, once unlocked you will be able to find them.

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

This may change in future updates

 LEVEL  30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 4 hours
1-2 11% 23% 46% 92%
2-3 5% 11% 23% 46%
3-4 2% 5% 11% 23%
4-5 1% 3% 6% 13%
5-6 – 1% 3% 6%

The next table shows you for each level what carnival toy collectibles you unlock (so you can then find those ones too) and also the level up reward that a second and future sims will receive when they level up in this hobby:

 LEVEL  TITLE 1st TIME LEVEL UP UNLOCKS 2nd+ TIMES LEVEL UP REWARD
1 Feather Touch Flaming Monkey and I. Ron. Monkey are unlocked in the hobby collection –
2 Hit and Miss The Mad Monk Key and Monkey Nesmith are now unlocked in the hobby collection 250XP
3 Pocket Powered Sentimental Ben and Rupert are now unlocked in the hobby collection 500XP
4 Slam Server Lorek Bear and Kuma Bear are now unlocked in the hobby collection S750
5 Power Puncher Felicity Manglehorn and Featherby Snootyboots are now unlocked in the hobby collection 10,000 Town Value
6 Heavy Hitter Edgar Snoutenhoof and Admiral Proudflanks are now unlocked in the hobby collection.

You can now complete the collection!

 1LP

NOTE: only the first sim completing this hobby needs to get to level 6 to unlock all the collectibles, future sims will be able to find any collectible even if they are only on level 1 in this hobby (and they can do the shortest option to try and find the collectibles quicker!)

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 high striker 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):

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

The rewards for completing this collection are plush carnival toys and 3LP:

  • The first time you complete the collection you unlock plush carnival toys which can be found in the toddler section, Flaming Monkey costs S28,000, Sentimental Ben costs 20SP and Felicity Manglehorn costs 10LP:

  • From the second time onwards each time you complete the collection you will earn 3LP

Confused about hobbies? Read my Hobbies Frequently Asked Questions post

Find all hobby posts here

Related Hobby: Juggling

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The Sims Freeplay- Pretty Little Planters Quest

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LEVEL UNLOCKS: 13 UNLOCKS: top floor of mall and wumples play center TIME LIMIT: 7 days PRIZE: seesaw

Once you have completed The Sunset Mall Quest you will be able to build the escalator at the mall and begin this discovery quest. If you complete this quest in the time limit you unlock the seesaw. You can still complete this quest once the time is up to unlock the top floor of the mall but you won’t get the seesaw

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

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HOW LONG DOES THIS QUEST TAKE TO COMPLETE?

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

  • Send a sim to the 2nd floor of the mall

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  • Read the poster- 1 minute

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  • Investigate a store- 2 seconds

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  • Ask the plant to move- 5 minutes

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  • Grill patties at the park- 20 minutes (using the barbecue)

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  • Feed burgers to the plant- 6 hours 30 minutes

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  • Clean the plant’s mess:
    • Broken tile- 5 hours 30 minutes
    • Trash- 1 hour 30 minutes
    • Trash- 30 minutes

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  • Call sim fashion- 24 minutes (on a phone)

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  • Return to plant (go to the mall)
  • Yell at plant- 5 minutes

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  • Step closer to plant- 12 hours 30 minutes

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  • Search for teleport remote- 19 hours (using a computer)

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  • Build a teleport remote- 20 seconds (using a TV)

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  • Teleport plant- 8 seconds

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  • Go to park
  • Teleport plant to the best spot- 12 hours 15 minutes (the image below shows you which spot you need to select)

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  • Build the first store- 1 hour (costs S10,000)

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  • Try something on (using the wardrobe)
  • Take selfies- 5 hours 30 minutes

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  • Email fashion photos- 19 hours

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  • Send 2 sims to the park
  • Start photoshoot- 12 hours 30 minutes (you need two sims- one needs to wait for the photographer then the other sim needs to start the shoot)

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  • Capture photo of plant (using the camera button on the screen)

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  • Hug plant- 1 day

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  • Say goodbye to the sim eating plant- 10 minutes
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QUEST IS COMPLETE!

 You can now clean up the top floor of the mall to unlock new stores, my Guide to the Mall shows you what needs cleaning in the mall, how much the stores cost and what clothes you unlock in each store! You can also now build the Wumples Play Center which is on the second floor at the mall (mainly for toddlers)

It has two swings, a slide and a see-saw for your sims to enjoy!
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Prize: SeeSaw
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Where can you find it? In the toddler section
Cost? S30,000 or 7SP

Is it worth it? It’s cute but expensive for what it is, and there is one at the Wumples Play Center when you complete the quest

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUEST

please read before asking

How do I start this discovery quest?
You need to complete the sunset mall quest then build the escalator to the second floor before you can start this quest

Does the time limit start when I click to build or once the building has complete?
Once it has finished building the quest and time limit will begin

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 building the escalator you don’t have to do this quest at all but if you have already started building or started this quest 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

I can’t find the poster to read, where is it?
The picture of where it is is shown in the task list above

Where is the best spot to teleport the plant to?
The picture of where it is is shown in the task list above

How do I complete the photoshoot?
You need two sims, one to wait for the photographer and the other to start the shoot

If I have the camera disabled on my device will I still be able to capture the photo of the plant?
Yes you will

What do I get if I complete this quest in the time limit?
A see-saw

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 wumples play center and second floor of the mall 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 building the escalator you don’t have to do this quest but once it is built the quest will begin

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

Last updated June 2019
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