Tuesday 24 November 2015

Sims Freeplay Snorkeling Hobby

Snorkelling is a hobby which is completed at the beach.  You must have completed the Life & Legacies quest to open the beach as you will need to use sporty life orbs to build the beach and begin the hobby.

Who can snorkel?

Adults and Teens.






How can you snorkel?

You need to build the beach on Mysterious Island, then build the snorkel kiosk for 8 bronze sporty orbs and 4 silver sporty orbs.



What are the snorkelling options?

There are 3 different areas you can snorkel in and the first time you complete the hobby you will need to unlock the different areas.  You will need to collect the first 6 items in the tide pool to unlock the lagoon, then collect all 6 items in the lagoon to unlock the reef.

Snorkel in tide pool (costs $100) - 1 hour
Snorkel in lagoon (costs $200) - 2 hours
Snorkel at reef (costs $300) - 6 hours



What are the snorkelling levels?
  1. Splasher
  2. Aquatic Investigator
  3. Diving Guppie
  4. Half Human, Half Fish
  5. Deep One
  6. Aquatic Mammal
What items are there to collect?

Tide Pool collectibles
Purple Anemone, Pink Pearl, Message In A Bottle, Yellow Coral, Ruby, Pink Starfish
Lagoon collectibles
Silver Coin, Ring, Red Crab, Emerald, Red Anemone, Green Coral
Reed collectibles
Blue Crab, Gold Coin, Chest, Pirate Jug, Gold Pearl, Red Starfish



What do you win?
The first time you complete the collection you unlock inflatable seals which can be found in the 'pool items' section of the home store and beach towels which can be found in the 'outdoor furniture' section of the home store.
Additional times you complete the hobby you will win 5 LPs



 

Thursday 12 November 2015

Sims Freeplay | Surfing Hobby

Surfing is a hobby which is completed at the beach.  You must have completed the Life & Legacies quest to open the beach as you will need to use sporty life orbs to build the beach and begin the hobby.

Who can do the surfing hobby?

Adults & teens
 



How do I surf?
 
You need to build the beach (which costs 2 bronze and 2 silver sporty life orbs) over on Mysterious Island and then build the Surf Kiosk with 4 bronze sporty orbs and 1 silver sporty orb.

What are the surfing options?
  • Surf on Wakebaker Board - 3 hours
  • Surf on Tooth Clipper Board - 4 hours
  • Surf on Coconut Buster Board - 5 hours
  • Surf on Sharkbaiter Board - 6 hours
  • Surf on Bodhi Board - 7 hours
  • Surf on Boogaloo Board - 9 hours

  • The first time you complete the hobby you have to collect the grid in order.  You will need to use the Wakebaker board for 3 hours and find all 3 boards on the collection grid which will unlock the Tooth Clipper board.  Then you will need to use the Tooth Clipper board for 4 hours to collect all 3 boards in the second row to unlock the Coconut Buster board and so on.
    Once all the surf boards have been collected you can complete the grid in any order.



    What are the surfing levels?
    1. Wipeout
    2. Body Surfer
    3. Overboarder
    4. Wave Rider
    5. Tube Shredder
    6. King of Surf
     
    What boards are there to collect?


    What do I win?

    First time you complete the whole collection you unlock the surf van which can be bought at the Car Dealership for 20LPs.  This kinda annoys me as I don't think we should have to buy prizes for LPS!
    Further times you complete the collection you will win 5LPs



    Tuesday 10 November 2015

    Sims Freeplay | Seashell Collecting Hobby

    Seashell Collecting is a hobby which is completed at the beach.  You must have completed the Life & Legacies quest to open the beach as you will need to use sporty life orbs to build the beach and begin the hobby.

    Who can collect shells?

    Toddlers and preteens


    How do I collect shells?

    Click on the pile of the shells on the beach.  These will move around the beach depending on the time of day.

    What are the shell collecting options?

    Night (between 12am - 6am) - 10 mins
    Dawn (between 6am - 12pm) - 1 hour
    Noon (between 12pm - 6pm) - 2 hours
    Dusk (between 6pm - 12am) - 3 hours

    What are the shell collecting levels?
    Unlike other hobbies, it doesn't seem to matter what level your Sim is when collecting the shells.  The important thing with this hobby is the time of day.

    1. Amateur Beach Comber
    2. Competent Comber
    3. Avid Shell Collector
    4. Hermit Crab Evictor
    5. Conchologist
    6. Lord of the Conch
    What shells are there to collect?

    There are 6 shells to collect for each of the four times of day, which means 24 shells to collect in all.

    Noon - Brightest Venus,  Sunkissed Sea Snail,  Midday Scallop,  Golden Tibia,  Magic Conch,  Freckled Cowry

    Night - Midnight Ark,  Starlight Sea Snail,  Blue Moon Scallop,  Mystical Limpet,  The Speaking Conch,  Panter Black Cowry


    Dusk - Crested Sun Clam,  Sunset Spiral,  Sundown Scallop,  Days End Cone,  Falling Golden Sky,  Tigerstriped Cowry

    Dawn - Sunrise Venus,  Early Bird Paper Nautilus,  Creeping Dawn Scallop,  Twilight Periwinkle,  Horn of Daybreak,  Speckled Cowry


    What do I win?

    First time you complete the whole collection you unlock earrings for preteens found in the store in the accessories section and hats for toddlers found in the wardrobe in the hats section.
    Further times you complete the collection you will win 6LPs



    Here are the hats for the toddlers





    Here are the hats and the shell earrings for the preteens













    Monday 2 November 2015

    Sims Freeplay | Saved By The Spell Quest | Monsters & Magic Update

    Level Required - must have completed Book Of Spells quest
    Unlocks - Potion Brewing hobby
    Time Limited - 7 days
    Limited time prize - Wizard cottage

    On November 3rd 2015 at 12:00am in your time zone a new discoverable quest is released in Sims Freeplay as part of the Monsters & Magic Halloween update.  To complete this quest you must have built the Sorcerous Supplies store and completed the Book Of Spells discoverable quest.



    When you go out on to your town map you will get a pop up that tells you to go over to the park to find the wizard.  Once at the park, click on the wizard and the quest will begin.

    Talk to the wizard - 1 min
    Examine the crystal ball
    Ask the wizard - 1 min
    Read 'Real World Magic' from a bookshelf - 1 hr
    Invite a Sim to a dinner party - 3 hrs 15 mins
    Send 2 Sims to the park
    Explain about imagination - 5 hrs 15 mins
    Have 2 Sims sit at the dining table - 5 mins
    Check in with the wizard - 1 hr 15 mins
    Dream of magic - 19 hrs
    Tell Sim about dream - 5 mins
    Have 2 Sims dance wildly in the rain - 12 hrs 15 mins
    Have 2 Sims kiss in the rain - 1 min
    Talk to the wizard at home - 15 mins
    Talk to the werewolf - 5 hrs 15 mins
    Think about the werewolf - 19 hrs
    Record video apology (click on werewolf) - 5 mins
    Upload video apology - 4 hrs
    Show dates response - 12 hrs 15 mins
    High five the werewolf - 3 secs
    Check in with the wizard - 3 hrs 15 mins
    Think about the origin of magic - 19 hrs
    Tell the wizard about real magic - 12 hrs 15 mins
    Use the crystal ball again
    High-five the wizard - 1 sec
    Leave the wizards cottage

     
    Once you have completed the quest the potion brewing hobby is unlocked.  If you have completed the quest within the time limited you will unlock the new wizards cottage.