Gardening (The Sims 3)
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Gardening is a skill in The Sims 3.
The skill is augmented by the Green Thumb, Loves The Outdoors traits, and the Super Green Thumb lifetime reward. It involves (as with gardening in real life and the previous Sims games) the planting, growing and harvesting of various plants that your Sims can find within the game. Unlike the previous sims games, Sims 3 gardening has been much expanded upon, introducing many real-life plants and several fictional species such as the 'Life Fruit' and 'Flame Fruit'.
With the arrival of World Adventures, the Sims 3 gardening skill has been expanded even further, now to include plums, pomegranates, pomelos (a fruit similar to Grapefruit) and cherries. As well as these key fruits, many new species of grape have been introduced, spanning from the average, normal grape (see below) to rarer types found within the destination of France. Although it was said several times by independant gaming websites, the sixteen new grapes that there were rumoured to be have not apparently all been included. So far six new types of grapes have been found.
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[edit] Statistics
Number Planted, Unique Plants Planted, Items Harvested, Perfect Items Harvested, Unknown Seeds Planted, Best Harvestable, Money Earned, Largest Money Bag Harvested.
[edit] Challenges
- Master Planter
- A Master Planter must plant every type of plant that can be planted in the game. Once you have mastered the varieties you will be able to reduce weed growth significantly on future plants.
- Note: 19 types total, ca. 5.2% per type
- Botanical Boss
- Botanical Boss must harvest at least 75 Perfect fruits and vegetables. After so many Perfect harvestables, the plants of Botanical Bosses almost never die from neglect.
- Master Farmer
- Master Farmers have harvested at least 650 fruits and vegetables. The plants of Master Farmers remain watered and fertilized longer, meaning their gardens are more efficient.
[edit] Abilities
| Level | Ability |
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| 1 | Able to water and plant, given seeds: Lettuce, Apple, Grape and Tomato |
| 2 | Weed |
| 3 | Fertilize |
| 5 | Plant Uncommon |
| 6 | Revive Plants (with Green Thumb trait) |
| 7 | Plant Rare and Special seeds |
| 8 | Plant Cheese and Egg plant (via Skill Opportunities) |
| 9 | Plant Burger Patty and Steak Plant (via Skill Opportunities) |
| 10 | Plant Omni Plant seeds (via Skill Opportunities) |
[edit] Plants
Plants include things found around town, store bought produce that can be planted, seeds given from leveling up the gardening skill.
| Image | Plant | Rarity | Skill Level | Normal Value | Perfect Value | Source | Note |
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| Apple Tree | Common | 0 | §4 | §16 | Store, Apple, Apple Seed | Eating Apples after becoming pregnant increases a Sim's chance of having a boy. |
| Grapevine | Common | 0 | §4 | §16 | Store, Grapes, Grape Seed | Key ingredient in Nectar (mediocre though) |
| Lettuce Plant | Common | 0 | §3 | §12 | Store, Lettuce, Lettuce Seed | |
| Tomato Plant | Common | 0 | §3 | §12 | Store, Tomato, Tomato Seed | |
| Lime Tree | Uncommon | 5 | §9 | §36 | Store, Lime, Unknown Common Seed | Good plant for money making as they produce a lot of fruit at a reasonable rate for a lot of cash |
| Onion Plant | Uncommon | 5 | §7 | §28 | Store, Onion, Unknown Common Seed | |
| Potato Plant | Uncommon | 5 | §7 | §28 | Store, Potato, Unknown Common Seed | |
| Watermelon Vine | Uncommon | 5 | §9 | §36 | Store, Watermelon, Unknown Common Seed | Eating Watermelon after becoming pregnant increases a Sim's chance of having a girl. |
| Bell Pepper Plant | Rare | 7 | §12 | §48 | Store, Bell Pepper, Unknown Rare Seed | |
| Garlic Plant | Rare | 7 | §15 | §60 | Store, Garlic, Unknown Rare Seed | Inflicts 'Garlic Breath' on Sim if eaten. |
| Life Plant | Special | 7 | §25 | §100 | Life Fruit, Unknown Special Seed, Science career opportunity, Gardening opportunity |
Increases a Sim's life span by one extra day per fruit eaten. Best plant Fertilizer. Starts life stage over if cooked with Deathfish to make Ambrosia. Life fruit is best used in cooking to expand life. |
| Death Flower Plant | Special | 7 | §0 | §0 | Death Flower, Unknown Special Seed, Science career opportunity, Graveyard, Fishing | Can allow a Sim who carries one in his inventory to placate the Grim Reaper.
Plant produces only 1 flower before dying. After being revived with Green Thumb trait, it will produce one more and then become permanently barren. |
| Flame Fruit Bush | Special | 7 | §18 | §72 | Flame Fruit, Unknown Special Seed, Catacombs exploring, Science career opportunity | Fruit provides +5 mood (Cozy Fire) if kept in inventory. Certain fruits can be turned into flame fruits if your sim has the (hidden) Pyromaniac trait using the interaction Transmorgify. |
| Money Tree | Special | 7 |
§100-200 Per bag |
§700-§800 Per bag | Money Tree Seed, Unknown Special Seed, Fishing, Criminal career opportunity | Produces Money Bags and cannot be replanted. If a full vacant square is next to it when it reaches "perfect" a seed (Normal quality) will drop. WARNING: If it dies, the tree will practically explode, leaving behind 3 hefty bills. |
| Cheese Plant | Special | 8 | §5 | §20 | Store, Cheese | Enabled through skill opportunity, after which you will be able to directly "plant" cheese. |
| Eggplant | Special | 8 | §7 | §28 | Store, Egg | Enabled through skill opportunity, after which you will be able to directly "plant" eggs. |
| Burger Patty Plant | Special | 9 | §16 | §64 | Store, Burger Patty | Enabled through skill opportunity, requires ability to plant Cheese/Eggplant |
| Steak Plant | Special | 9 | §20 | §80 | Store, Steak | Enabled through skill opportunity, requires ability to plant Cheese/Eggplant |
| Omni Plant | Special | 10 | Varies | Varies | Order seeds through mailbox | Enabled through skill opportunity, requires ability to seed Burger/Steak Plant, requires feeding. Can not be fed Death Flower, Money Bag, seeds, or household objects, but can be fed fruits, vegetables, fish, as well as non-disappearing books (no recipes), to produce one harvest's worth of multiple copies, before needing to be fed again. Omni plant seeds ordered from the mail CAN be planted by Sims without the opportunity but with level 10 gardening. |
Time Needed to mature (mature plants spawn fruit every day around 5-6 AM)
- Common (x Days)
- Uncommon (x Days)
- Special (x Days)
- Rare (x Days)
If the harvested produce is sold to Grocery Store, it sells at 10% higher value than via inventory hole.
The sales value are as follows, rounded down:
- Normal: 100%
- Nice: 110%
- Very Nice: 150%
- Great: 200%
- Excellent: 250%
- Outstanding: 300%
- Perfect: 400%
[edit] Detailed Plant Information
| Image | Plant | Experience gained for plant/harvest | Weed chance | Maximum number of produce before barren | Minimum and maximum produce per harvest |
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| Apple Tree | 175/125 | 0.1 | 40 | 3-5 |
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| Grapevine | 175/125 | 0.2 | 15 | 2-4 |
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| Lettuce Plant | 175/125 | 0.2 | 15 | 1-3 |
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| Tomato Plant | 175/125 | 0.2 | 20 | 2-4 |
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| Lime Tree | 225/175 | 0.25 | 40 | 3-5 |
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| Onion Plant | 225/175 | 0.05 | 25 | 1-3 |
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| Potato Plant | 225/175 | 0.05 | 15 | 1-3 |
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| Watermelon Vine | 225/175 | 0.25 | 10 | 1-2 |
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| Bell Pepper Plant | 325/250 | 0.2 | 15 | 2-4 |
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| Garlic Plant | 325/250 | 0.1 | 30 | 3-5 |
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| Life Plant | 375/300 | 0.25 | 12 | 1-3 |
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| Death Flower Plant | 375/300 | 0.025 | 2 | 1-1 |
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| Flame Fruit Bush | 375/300 | 0.05 | 20 | 1-3 |
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| Money Tree | 375/300 | 0.25 | 10000 | 2-5 |
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| Cheese Plant | 150/100 | 0.25 | 15 | 2-5 |
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| Eggplant | 150/100 | 0.25 | 15 | 2-5 |
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| Burger Patty Plant | 150/100 | 0.25 | 15 | 2-5 |
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| Steak Plant | 150/100 | 0.25 | 15 | 2-5 |
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| Omni Plant | 400/300 | 0.15 | 25 | 2-5 |
[edit] Fertilizer
Fertilizer is used to enhance the produce. The quality of the produce will increase as long as the fertilizer is applied.
| Fertilizer | Grade | Time |
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| Lifefruit | 25 | 6 |
| Angelfish | 25 | 4 |
| Vampirefish | 25 | 3 |
| Shark | 20 | 4 |
| Lobster | 20 | 3 |
| Garlic | 15 | 6 |
| Steak | 15 | 4 |
| Bell Pepper | 15 | 4 |
| Flame Fruit | 15 | 4 |
| Blowfish | 15 | 4 |
| Piranha | 15 | 4 |
| Red Herring | 15 | 4 |
| Siamese Catfish | 15 | 4 |
| Tragic Clownfish | 15 | 4 |
| Black Goldfish | 12 | 3 |
| Salmon | 12 | 3 |
| Swordfish | 12 | 3 |
| Watermelon | 10 | 5 |
| Jellyfish | 10 | 4 |
| Minnow | 10 | 4 |
| Tuna | 10 | 3 |
| Rainbow Trout | 8 | 3 |
| Lime | 5 | 6 |
| Onion | 5 | 6 |
| Potato | 5 | 5 |
| Burger Patty | 5 | 4 |
| Cheese | 5 | 4 |
| Egg | 5 | 4 |
| Apple | 5 | 4 |
| Lettuce | 5 | 4 |
| Tomato | 5 | 4 |
| Grapes | 5 | 3 |
| Alley Catfish | 5 | 3 |
| Anchovy | 5 | 3 |
| Goldfish | 5 | 3 |
| Deathfish | -200 | 4 |
The time is increased by 1 day for Great, Excellent, and Outstanding fertilizer, and 2 days for perfect fertilizer.
The quality of the fertilizer modifies its effectiveness. For qualities ranging from Horrifying (the lowest) to Very Nice inclusively, a multiplier is applied to the fertilizer's effectiveness or grade ranging from 0.6 to 1.2. This modifier increases by 0.1 with each successive level of quality the fertilizer gains. Starting from Very Nice up to Perfect, that is from 1.2 to 2.0, the modifier increases by increments of 0.2 with each improvement to the fertilizer's quality. The net result is that the worst possible quality (Horrifying) reduces the effectiveness of the fertilizer by 40%, a Normal quality fertilizer maintains it as it is (fertilizer x 1.0), and a Perfect fertilizer doubles the original efficiency (fertilizer x 2.0). The following table presents all the relevant data.
| Horrifying | 0.6 |
| Putrid | 0.7 |
| Foul | 0.8 |
| Bad | 0.9 |
| Normal | 1.0 |
| Nice | 1.1 |
| Very Nice | 1.2 |
| Great | 1.4 |
| Excellent | 1.6 |
| Outstanding | 1.8 |
| Perfect | 2.0 |
Furthermore, having the Master Farmer challenge completed gives an additional 2 days of fertilized time to any plant.
[edit] Helpful Tips
- Sick of watering your plants?
- This helpful 'Schprinkler' waters plants on a 5x5 area. Once turned on it will to run 24/7. It can be upgraded with Auto-Water so it will run between 4am and 7am, which is helpful as it starts an hour before the growth occurs, and ends an hour after.
- Green Thumb personality trait and Super Green Thumb Lifetime Reward will help gardening.
- Sims with the Green Thumb personality trait will be able to "Talk To Plant"s which will increase the quality of plant produce. Sims with the Super Green Thumb Lifetime Reward will grow plants one level of quality higher than the seed or fruit they planted.
- Search the neighborhood for better quality seeds to start with.
- For faster growing use high-quality fertilizer which shortens harvesting time.
[edit] Opportunities
- Uncommonly Good
- Bring 20 Excellent Harvestables to the restaurant to receive the ability to plant Cheese and Eggs.
- Outstandingly Rare
- Bring 10 Excellent (or better) Cheeses to the Restaurant. The chef at the restaurant has upped the ante on your gardening abilities. You've been asked to bring in 10 homegrown Cheeses of Excellent quality. It's no simple task, but it is one that'll land you the ability to plant some meaty new items.
- Allows you to plant steak and hamburger patties.
- The Omnificent Plant
- Bring 10 Outstanding Steaks to the Restaurant. The chef at the restaurant has one final challenge for you to complete before granting you unlimited gardening power! You've been asked to bring in 10 homegrown Steaks of Outstanding quality. It's a nigh impossible order to fill, but you must find a way if you want the Omni Plant!
- Extreme Life Insurance
- [Friend] fears a visit from the grim reaper may come all too soon and would like a little... insurance. Grow a Death Flower and deliver it to [Friend] before it's too late. You'll be paid handsomely for this piece of insurance - a wise choice!
Garlic Goodness
- The Restaurant is featuring a new all-garlic menu to keep up with the current garlic trend all over town. Unfortunately, everyone's eating so much garlic that the restaurant is running low! Grow 3 Very Nice (or better) bulbs of garlic and deliver them to the restaurant. They'll pay for your produce!
- Bad Apples
- Bring 10 bad quality apples to the restaurant for stew
- Outstanding Tasting Ingredients
- [Friend] is trying to prepare a special recipe at home, but insists upon fresh homegrown ingredients. Unfortunately, [Friend] doesn't know how to garden! Grow 3 Outstanding fruits or vegetables for [Friend] and deliver them to earn some money!
- Absolutely Great Produce
- [Friend] is trying to prepare a special recipe at home, but insists upon fresh homegrown ingredients. Unfortunately, [Friend] doesn't know how to garden! Grow 3 Great fruits or vegetables for [Friend] and deliver them to earn some money!
- Don't Cry
- The chefs at the restaurant are crying because they just sliced their last onion! Their menu will suffer if more onions aren't supplied soon! You need to grow 3 Very Nice (or better) onions and deliver them to the restaurant. You'll be paid for your produce!
- Lettuce Help Out
- Locusts intercepted a lettuce shipment heading to the restaurant, which makes it impossible for them to toss their world-famous salads. The restaurant needs your Lettuce! You need to grow 3 Very Nice (or better) heads of lettuce and deliver them to the restaurant. You'll be paid for your produce!
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