Difference between revisions of "Game Help:Sims 3 Skills/Gardening"

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A major element in The Sims 3 (base game) is the ability to plant and grow a variety of produce items with various effects.

Skill Levels

There are 10 skill levels your sims can have in Gardening. Most levels have their own abilities and perks which are unlocked as your sim gains skill.

Plants

These are all the plants available in The Sims 3.

* Value: Numbers given above are the base values for Normal quality produce. For higher quality produce, multipliers are as follows:

• Normal: 100%
• Nice: 110%
• Very Nice: 150%
• Great: 200%
• Excellent: 250%
• Outstanding: 300%
• Perfect: 400%

Produce sold to the grocery store sells for 10% higher than selling it through your inventory.

** Experience: Numbers given are [experience for planting/experience for harvesting].

*** Max Produce: This is the maximum amount of produce that a plant will bear before it is permamently barren.

Quality

Each plant (and its produce) has varying levels of quality.

Degrees of Quality

These are listed in order of worst quality to best quality.

• Horrifying
• Putrid
• Foul
• Bad
• Normal
• Nice
• Very Nice
• Great
• Excellent
• Outstanding
• Perfect

The quality of the plants that your sims plant will determine the quality of the food (harvestable) that it produces. A Very Nice Apple Tree will produce Very Nice Apples.

If your sim has purchased the "Super Green Thumb" Lifetime Reward, whatever your sim plants will have one level of quality higher than the seed or fruit they planted.

Perfect Produce

Always plant the highest quality seeds or produce that you have available. Care well for your plants to ensure a higher quality harvest. Once you've harvested the produce, dispose of the harvested plant, and replant with the higher-quality seeds/produce from the harvest. Repeat until you have perfect plants (and thus perfect produce).

Fertilizer

Fruits as well as Fish can be used to fertilize your plants. The quality of your fertilizer is important, because a better quality fertilizer will increase the potential of your plants bearing better quality produce.

It is also important to keep this in mind: Plants with higher degrees of rarity require fertilizer of the same degree of rarity. For example, I always fertilize my Life Plant with either a Perfect Life Fruit, or a Perfect Lobster.

Suggested Fertilizers for Common Plants

Fruit: Any fruit Fish: Any fish

Suggested Fertilizers for Uncommon Plants

Fruit: Uncommon Fruit and above Fish: Rarity level 3 and above [Fish Rarity can be found in your Skill Journal]

Suggested Fertilizers for Rare Plants

Fruit: Rare Fruit and above Fish: Rarity level 6 and above [Fish Rarity can be found in your Skill Journal]

Suggested Fertilizers for Special Plants

Fruit: Special Fruit and above Fish: Lobster or Vampire Fish

Other Tips

To keep your gardening sim in a good mood, it's suggested that you upgrade your Home stereo to reroute the speakers through the entire house. This lets your sims hear music no matter where they are on the lot, even when gardening! They'll get a +30 moodlet if it's playing their favorite style of music. It's been said that this also helps plants grow.

Purchasing the sprinkler from the Appliances section in Buy Mode will make watering your plants easier. Much like the sprinkler in the Sims 2, you can water your plants all at once, even when you're away from the house by clicking "Turn On." You can even upgrade the sprinkler if you have a high enough Handling Skill to Water Automatically. This way you'll never have to water your plants again!