Game Help:Sims 3 Occults/Vampires

Vampires in Sims 3

Vampires in Sims 3 were introduced with the Late Night EP, and differ from vampires in Sims 2 in a few ways. The most obvious are that they can go out in sunlight without bursting into flame, and that they aren't immortal - they do age but at a much slower rate than a normal sim.

How To Tell Them Apart From Other Sims

Female vampire in the foreground and a male changing into one in the background.

Vampires' eyes are slightly paler in color and glow after transformation. Their skintone will be paler than it would be if they were a normal sim, and their skin has a noticable aura. And, obviously, they have fangs.

Features

• They do age, but much slower (about 5x) than normal sims.
• They can go 'on the hunt'. This option appears by clicking on the ground in a place where other sims are present. The vampire will look around and identify the best-tasting sim in the vicinity. This sim will show up under their relationship panel with a purple background, and they can be identified on the map by an icon, meaning that your vampire will always be able to find the best blood without having to look for it.
• They can go out in the daylight without dying. After 1 game hour the "Heating Up" moodlet will appear (-25 Mood, 3h timer). During this time the vampire's body will smoke. After 3 hours the "Heating Up" moodlet will turn into a "Too Much Sun" moodlet (-50 Mood, 2d timer). The sim will also pass out at this point from sun exposer. During the two day moodlet of "Too Much Sun" a vampire sim will not have access to their nightly "Vampiric Vigor." At the end of the two day "Too Much Sun" moodlet you regain access to "Vampiric Vigor." In my testing, neither of my vampires died from sun exposure; they only experienced some very nasty moodlets and bad Celebrity publicity. (Testing was done with two young adult vampires, one male with the disciplined, ambitious, athletic, brave, and genius traits and one female with computer whiz, bookworm, artistic, adventurous, and genius traits. Both sims stayed outside for an entire 3 game days without so much as entering a building, tent or celebrity star trailer, as these items reset their "Heating Up" moodlet.)
• They can reproduce and have the chance of giving birth to a vampire child, however if the child has vampiric qualities they do not become full vampires until they mature.
• They will only bite the neck of a sim they are in a romantic relationship with. If the willing victim is just a friend then they will bite their wrist.
• when they sleep, they emit V's rather than Z's like normal sims.

Pros

• They can run super fast.
• They have unlimited stamina while working out.
• Motives decay slower at night.
• They have mind reading skills. Vampires can read other sims' minds to find out their traits, career, favourites, relationship, and sign. They can also make another sim think about them, which increases the success of social interactions.
• They can learn skills at an accelerated rate at night.
• They get a positive moodlet (Vampiric Vigor) at night. Vampiric Vigor begins at 6pm and lasts until 6am.

Cons

• Celebrity vampires can also get a bad rumour for biting sims.
• Celebrities who woohoo with vampires can end up with a bad rumour circulating about them.
• They do not like garlic.
• They cannot stay outside for too long without getting negative moodlets.

How to Become a Vampire

When you have found one you will need to befriend them - it's a precious gift, vampires won't just bite anyone - and then click on them and choose the option 'ask to turn'. If the sim doesn't have a good enough relationship with the vampire then they may refuse. If they accept then they will bite the sim's wrist and the sim will be surrounded by a red cloud with bats in (as seen in the picture above).

The sim won't change instantly: the process takes three sim days. Immediately after being bitten they will get a neutral moodlet which lasts until the tranformation is complete, and over the next three days a few notifications from your sim might pop up about their bite marks. When the sim transforms the same red cloud with bats surrounds them and their eyes start glowing, their skin pales, and they get fangs.

Vampire sims that are being played can also turn other sims, the option 'offer to turn' appears when you click on one.

Feeding

Vampire sims can eat real food, but it does not effect their Thrist. They like tasty blood, aka Plasma. There are six ways in which a vampire sim can feed:

Fridge

They can drink Plasma Juice from the fridge (under 'quick meals').

Plasma Fruit

They can eat Plasma Fruit. When a sim becomes a vampire they will get some sent to them in the mail, and it can also be purchased at the grocery store. This can be planted and harvested. Plasma Fruit Chowder can also be purchased from the food trucks.

Meals

There's a lot of misunderstanding regarding Meals. While regular meals will NOT satisfy the Vampire's thirst, meals made with Plasma Fruit (Plasma Pancakes, for example) will. To make plasma meals: If your Sim only has plasma fruits in their inventory and fridge, and try cooking, the Meals that can be made with plasma fruits will have no prices, and when cooked and eaten will quench the Vampire's thirst (And their leftovers can be stored in the fridge as with any regular Meal).

[Full list of possible Plasma Meals required.]

Other Sims

They can feed off of other sims by clicking on the sim and choosing 'drink' - this can be rejected if the relationship between the sim and the vampire isn't high enough. The sim who has been fed off will have lowered energy as a result.

To get the best plasma the vampire should go 'on the hunt' and drink from the sim they identify. By doing this the moodlet associated with feeding will be stronger (+50) and last longer (8hrs) than drinking from any other sim.

Raids

They can raid the hospital for packs of Plasma Juice, or the grocery store for Plasma Fruit. Plasma Juice aquired from hospital raids spoils at the same rate as those from the fridge, making them worthless for trips abroad. Plasma Fruit, like other fruits, do not spoil in the inventory. During a Raid both locations have comical messages displayed pretaining to what's going on inside.

Dining at the Bistro

When dining at the bistro vampire sims' thirst moodlet will be replenished.

Curing Vampirism

If you've had enough of playing a creature of the night, your sim can be cured by taking a visit to the Science Facility and purchasing a bottle of the cure for $3,000. They don't have to drink it right away; it can be stored in their inventory until needed.

Hybrids

Simbots and mummies cannot be turned into vampires.