The Sims 3 Collectibles Guide
This article contains information and pictures of each collectible, as soon as I find them. It is devoted to covering gems, metals, plants, fish, insects, seashells, and even those annoying gnomes that like to wake sims up with a blaring stereo at 3 AM. And, of course, the new collectibles from Into the Future as soon as it is released. Included will be my method of obtaining, unless it’s a gnome and I cheated to get it, and other known methods.
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Tools of the Trade
Basic Information
One of the things I have found massively easier about collecting is if you obtain the necessary tools to let you know where the collectibles are, or better yet bring the collectibles to you. Each of these items is something I have found helpful or at some time used, though this list is probably not complete; after all, there’s such of a variety of items that help you out with finding collectibles that it can be troublesome to remember them all rather than just sticking with your favorites.
I will, as time goes on, add more items to this list as I’m reminded of them or I stumble across them. A list of items to add will be maintained at the bottom of this section.
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Life States
There are certain life states which help a lot with collectibles. These life states are added on as I come across them, though as one can expect they are quite rare. Especially since most life states have absolutely nothing to do with collecting and offer absolutely nothing for it.
There are also certain life states that could qualify, but were left out:
♦ The plantsim was left out due to the fact that, while they are a great gardener, they are just that: A gardener and nothing more. The fae, on the other hand, have the bloom ability, which allows them to quickly be able to harvest plants that are not already harvest-ready.
♦ The witch is left out because my artist friend is making a witch for me. She cringes at my sense of fashion. So, once that is ready, I will add witches!
Advantages: Fairies are natural gardeners, having the green thumb trait. In addition, at higher fairy magic levels, they have the Bloom ability, which can allow them to quickly make a plant harvest-ready. This makes them rather invaluable for collecting plants in the wild, as they are not stuck waiting for a plant to fully mature like other sims are.
Recommendation: If you are going to collect plants from the wild, use this life state.
Advantages: Their primary advantage is the ability to summon meteors. Aside from the comedy value this has for tormenting anyone who dares to give you an Evil Mr. Gnome or tries to rob your house, this ability makes collecting meteors massively easier. Just head to an empty lot and summon a meteor, then collect all of the space rocks left lying around. They can also transmute objects to make them more valuable, but I have never really found that worth the effort.
Recommendation: If you want to collect space rocks very rapidly, grab this life state.
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Objects
Acquiring: The Group Science Project, or Science Tower Thingy as I like to call it, is automatically put in your family inventory when a sim hits level 10 in the Science skill. As far as I can tell, there is no other way to get it.
How it helps: If you light the power bars at the top of the tower with a semi-even mix of the three colors, it will cause gems, metals, space rocks, and the occasional University gnome to rain from the sky in bubbles and cover the lot you are on. The can result in quite the collecting frenzy for you and a possible visit by aliens, so use it wisely.
Recommendation: Get this machine as soon as you can. It can save you from having to edit town to place metal spawners all over the town or having to use a mod like Traveler to head to another town to collect metals.
Note: The power bars on the top of the tower have eight slots for powering up. As such, I recommend a pattern of 3 blue, then 2 red, then 3 green. This pattern can vary a bit, but green should always be last. The reason why green should always be last is due to the fact its power-up sequence has the section with the power bars moving, which can make it difficult to keep an accurate count of how far you’ve charged it.
Acquiring: This invention can be discovered at level 4 or later of the Inventing skill. Alternatively, it can occasionally be bought from a consignment shop or can be bought from Buydebug.
How it helps: This item can quickly collect a number of collectibles within a short range of a sim.
Recommendation: This can be useful if a sim is near the end of a vacation or after using the Science Tower Thingy, but don’t expect to use it much. It makes a nice decoration for a science lair, though.
Acquiring: This object can be found by traveling to China and checking the general store there. Alternatively, it can be found in Buydebug. Buydebug tends to be easier for your building needs.
How it helps: This allows you to collect every gem in the game, saving you from having to place gem spawners all over the neighborhood. Plus, finding gems with this tends to be faster than hunting all over the neighborhood, even with the help of the Collection Helper, and it does not require any travel.
Recommendation: Make every effort to get this. While the Science Tower Thingy can also spawn gems, this one does so reliably, often, and with less effort during the actual spawning.
Note: Unlike the Science Tower Thingy, this one requires more up-front effort to be fully utilized. You have to break space rocks to get gems to spawn, which requires a high-level Martial Arts skill. But even getting space rocks to spawn gems when broken requires completing a Martial Arts challenge (break 150 Oak-or-higher level boards). And even then, your sim will get fatigued unless you complete the relevant challenges in Athletics.
Acquiring: This invention can be discovered at level 7 or higher of the Inventing skill. Or it can be found in Buydebug.
How it helps: Aside from annoying a neighbor who gave you an Evil Mr. Gnome or tried to rob your house by trashing his lawn and preventing him from sleeping, the miner can dig up metals and gems while it is busy drilling into the ground. It can also occasionally open up an adventure tunnel, which can be used to get any type of collectible and is one of two non-cheating methods to get the caveman gnome.
Recommendation: Make at least some effort to obtain this if you are not going to cheat to obtain gnomes.
Acquiring: This is bought in the Sims 3 Store, and from there is found within the plumbing area of Buy mode.
How it helps: It allows you to easily identify seeds, helps you grow plants rapidly and rapidly fertilize them and thus seriously cuts down the time needed to garden, and it also generates seeds that range from common to special in type.
Recommendation: Make every effort to obtain this. It helps a lot with gardening, and the seed generation and identification are both invaluable.
Acquiring: This is bought in the Sims 3 Store, and from there is found within the plumbing area of Buy mode.
How it helps: Once upgraded with the Teleport Anywhere modification, it allows you to teleport directly to a collectible and saves on travel time.
Recommendation: Get this or the Galaxa Space Car (also pictured). They both serve similar functions, and both come with downsides; with this, you have to teleport home before teleporting to the next collectible, and every teleport risks breaking the device.
Acquiring: You can either befriend an alien and invite them to move in or purchase this from Buydebug.
How it helps: This teleports you to the street location closest to the collectible you are after.
Recommendation: Get this or he Not So Routine Machine (also pictured). They both serve similar functions, and both come with downsides; with this, you have to teleport to and from locations on the street, which can mean an extended travel time if the object you are after is far away from the edge of the street.
Acquiring: All four of these are found in the Plants section of Buy mode. Three of these come with the The Sims 3: Supernatural, while the fourth comes with the Stones Throw Greenhouse venue in the Sims 3 Store. Note the Greenhouse one is just a reskin of one of the Supernatural planters, which is why only three are pictured.
How it helps: If you don’t feel like building a tiny greenhouse outside, or don’t have room for one, these one-square planters allow you to grow crops inside the house.
Recommendation: Obtain a few of these if an outside greenhouse is not an option. Unless you lack Seasons, in which case these will not help much.
Acquiring: This is found within the Entertainment section of Buy mode.
How it helps: Breaking stone statues can produce Woohooium and Fluorite, both of which can be difficult to find elsewhere.
Recommendation: Obtain this if you do not wish to use the Miner or the Science Tower Thingy.
Acquiring: This is actually one half of the Humble Harvest Stands premium content, and I typically refer to it as Humble Harvest Stand. The Humble Harvest Stands can be bought in the Sims 3 Store, and after that can be found in the Entertainment section of Buy mode.
How it helps: These stands stock nearly every fruit, vegetable, mushroom, and herb in the game. They do not stock Death Flowers, money trees, or the special Gardening opportunity plants. Their selection is random and changes every twenty-four hours, but they remain a decent source of planting material and an easy way to collect nearly every plant in the game.
Recommendation: Make every effort to obtain this.
Acquiring: This is bought in the Sims 3 Store, after which it can be found in the Entertainment section of Buy mode.
How it helps: This allows a sim to conjure a random collectible, in trade for part of their energy motive. Used by an alien, who can quickly recharge that motive, it can be an easy way to obtain collectibles.
Recommendation: There are other, better methods detailed earlier in this section. However, unlike many of those methods, this one requires no investment. It may be worth a player’s time to look into.
Acquiring: This is found under the Entertainment section in Buy mode.
How it helps: When upgraded with a Dimensional Gate, it allows your sim to go on a rabbithole adventure and potentially return with collectibles.
Recommendation: Acquire it if you want it. But it is not essential.
Acquiring: This is found in the Appliances section of Buy mode.
How it helps: It waters plants, and can be upgraded to automatically water plants.
Recommendation: If you can get access to the SwiftGro Gardening Station, avoid this item. Otherwise, use it.
Acquiring: This is purchased from the Sims 3 Store, after which it can be found mixed in with the plants in Buy mode.
How it helps: The Sunflower produces what is quite possibly the best fertilizer in the game, which can be combined with the SwiftGro Gardening Station to really give plants a boost. This can help fill in the collecting journal rapidly.
Recommendation: Make every effort to acquire this.
Acquiring: This is found in the Entertainment section of Buy mode.
How it helps: Aside from being useful for cloning collectibles, as long as they are not too big to fit in the machine, this is the device necessary to collect plasma bugs and forbidden fruit. It makes both of them through experiments. See the University Life guide for more information.
Recommendation: Considering how necessary this is, make every effort to obtain it.
Acquiring: This is a Lifetime Reward and can be obtained for 40,000 lifetime happiness points.
How it helps: This can locate nearly every collectible in the game. It does not locate gnomes.
Recommendation: Make every effort to obtain this.
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Items to Add
These are the items that need to be added to the guide after a proper investigation or when I manage to get more pictures.
♦ Witch lifestate
♦ Wardrobes
♦ Dragons
♦ Traits
♦ Pets
♦ The Claaaw!
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Gems
Our gem cutters remain bored
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Metals
Alas, just normal rock so far
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Plants
Let me start by admitting this: In general, I kinda cheated.
While I could have gone the long road of hunting down every seed, I instead simply purchased the fruit and planted them (with the exceptions of the forbidden fruit, money tree, and the special unlocks). A very large portion of seeds, including all herbs, are available at the local supermarket, which gives one a very big head-start on planting. I also own the Humble Harvest Stands premium content, which I set up where I placed the greenhouse, and simply purchased all of the other fruit at them. The price gouging makes one wince, but the quality of the product is worth it and gives one a very large head start on perfect-quality plants. If this option is available to you, I would suggest you use it.
Common Quality
Acquiring Notes: Tomatoes are extremely, extremely common. There’s a good chance you will find some in your sim’s fridge as a standard item or they will get one in their inventory as soon as they gain their first level in Gardening. And even if your sim doesn’t, these are standard in the Greenhouse venue from the Sims 3 Store, most gardens in worlds, and are incredibly cheap at the local supermarket.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: If you don’t have it as a default, buy it at the local grocery store. The quality boost from having it start out as Nice will help when planting.
Difficulty: One of the easiest plants to find.
How I got it: Bought it at the store.
Acquiring Notes: In general, the apple is less common than the tomato, but can be found in nearly all of the same areas. The exception seems to be community gardens, which generally lack apple trees; this makes them harder to find, though they still are nowhere near difficult.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: If you don’t have it in your fridge and don’t get it when you gain your first skill point in Gardening, buy it at the local grocer.
Difficulty: One of the easiest plants to find.
How I got it: Bought it at the store.
Acquiring Notes: Found in all of the same places as tomatoes. If you have World Adventures, this fruit becomes even more common, as there are many places in France where grapes can be found.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: If you don’t have it in your fridge and don’t get it when you gain your first skill point in Gardening, buy it at the local grocer.
Difficulty: One of the easiest plants to find.
How I got it: Bought it at the store.
Acquiring Notes: The most common vegetable in the game. I have never seen a refrigerator that did not have lettuce in it, it can be found in community gardens frequently and is common in the Greenhouse venue from the Sims 3 Store, and you can buy it cheaply. Plus, like all common seeds, it can spawn when you gain your first rank in the Gardening skill in your sim’s inventory.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Your sim should already have this. If they somehow don’t and it doesn’t spawn in their inventory when they gain a level in Gardening, buy it at the local grocer for the quality bump.
Difficulty: Hands down, the easiest plant in the game to find.
How I got it: Found a set in my fridge.
Acquiring Notes: This type of grape is usually found in France. The general store there sells this type, and it can be found wild in a couple of areas and inside at least one of the tombs. In general, this fruit is not difficult to acquire if you travel.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand, if you own that premium content. It saves you from having to travel all the way to France just to pick up a fruit and the Excellent quality of the fruit allows you a massive head start on getting a perfect version of this plant.
Difficulty: Can be a little difficult to find, due to needing to travel to find it in its native environment.
How I got it: I obtained my first set of Renoit grapes long before the Humble Harvest Stand existed, so I actually traveled to France and bought them there.
Acquiring Notes: This type of grape is usually found in France, in the same places as Renoit Grapes. The general store there sells this type, and it can be found wild in a couple of areas and inside at least one of the tombs. In general, this fruit is not difficult to acquire if you travel.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand, if you own that premium content. It saves you from having to travel all the way to France just to pick up a fruit and the Excellent quality of the fruit allows you a massive head start on getting a perfect version of this plant.
Difficulty: Can be a little difficult to find, due to needing to travel to find it in its native environment.
How I got it: I obtained my first set of Chermola Blan Grapes long before the Humble Harvest Stand existed, so I actually traveled to France and bought them at the same place as the Renoit.
Acquiring Notes: Like many common seeds, this one can be acquired as a result of gaining one level in the gardening skill. It can also result from any common seed spawner, can be obtained when gaining a level in alchemy, be found in the elixir consignment shop, or found at the Humble Harvest Stand. Unlike many common plants, this one can be difficult to find, as it may not spawn for a few days at any location and may not result from the initial gardening skill increase, though in all tests I have always gotten it from the alchemy skill increase.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Use gaining the first level in alchemy to obtain this plant. Unlike all of the other available methods, that method remains utterly reliable and it has a small range of possible plants you can get anyway.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: I was quite surprised when the first level of alchemy came with gifts after I got Supernatural.
Acquiring Notes: After truffles, this is quite possibly the easiest mushroom to get. It can be found in the grocery store, as a result of the first gardening skill increase, the elixir consignment shop, and the Humble Harvest Stand. It also can be extremely common in those locations, meaning you should have no trouble finding it at all.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the grocery store.
Difficulty: This is incredibly easy to find.
How I got it: Bought it at the store, primarily out of curiosity.
Acquiring Notes: This one can be surprisingly difficult to find due to randomness if you have not yet invested in alchemy. It can be obtained from the first gardening skill increase, is given with the first increase in alchemy, can be bought at the elixir consignment shop, and is occasionally found at the Humble Harvest Stand. Except for alchemy, where it’s guaranteed you will get this, it can be surprisingly difficult to obtain.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Use the first increase in alchemy to obtain this plant.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: It was a surprise gift with the first level of alchemy.
Acquiring Notes: The game’s randomness can also make this one difficult to find, but investing in alchemy guarantees your sim will get it. It can be obtained from the first gardening skill increase, is given with the first increase in alchemy, can be bought at the elixir consignment shop, and is occasionally found at the Humble Harvest Stand.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Use the first increase in alchemy to obtain this plant.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: It was a surprise gift with the first level of alchemy.
Acquiring Notes: This mushroom is tied with the Porcinis for ease of obtaining, and found in generally the same places. It can be found in the grocery store, as a result of the first gardening skill increase, the elixir consignment shop, and the Humble Harvest Stand. It also can be extremely common in those locations, meaning you should have no trouble finding it at all.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the grocery store.
Difficulty: This is incredibly easy to find.
How I got it: Bought it at the store once I knew it was connected to alchemy.
Acquiring Notes: The last of the alchemy starter plants; like the others, the game’s randomness can make this hard to find without the guarantee of the alchemy skill. It can be obtained from the first gardening skill increase, is given with the first increase in alchemy, can be bought at the elixir consignment shop, and is occasionally found at the Humble Harvest Stand.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Use the first increase in alchemy to obtain this plant.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: It was a surprise gift with the first level of alchemy.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store. As with all common plants, this can be given to your sim when they obtain their first level of gardening.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: This can be bought in the grocery store, bought from the Humble Harvest Stand, or even found inside your fridge.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Note: This is one of two plants introduced with the Al Fresco Street Market venue and is actually technically part of the Humble Harvest Stands premium content.
Acquiring Notes: This can be bought in the grocery store, bought from the Humble Harvest Stand, or even found inside your fridge.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Note: This is one of two plants introduced with the Al Fresco Street Market venue and is actually technically part of the Humble Harvest Stands premium content.
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Uncommon Quality
Acquiring Notes: The lime can typically be found in the store or the Harvest Humble Stand. On occasion, they might show up in the fridge. Lime trees can also be found growing in the Stones Throw Greenhouse and some community gardens.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Watermelons can typically be bought at the grocery store, bought at the Humble Harvest Stand, found in the Stones Throw Greenhouse, and is a common element to community and private gardens. It can also occasionally be found in the fridge.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Potatoes can typically be bought at the grocery store, bought at the Humble Harvest Stand, found in the Stones Throw Greenhouse, and is a common element to community and private gardens.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Onions can typically be bought at the grocery store, bought at the Humble Harvest Stand, found in the Stones Throw Greenhouse, and is a common element to community and private gardens. They are also often found in the fridge.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Avornalino Grapes can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or the special vendor in France at Visa Level 1. Note the special vendor only accepts Ancient Coins. Avornalino Grapes can also be found in other locations across France, with the best source being found after completing some of the quests related to Chateau Landgraab. There’s also a vacation home you can buy that has these.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all. None of the methods involve any real challenge; only a bit of time.
How I got it: I bought my first set from the special merchant, back before the Humble Harvest Stand even existed.
Acquiring Notes: Meloire Grapes can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or the special vendor in France at Visa Level 1. Note the special vendor only accepts Ancient Coins. Meloire Grapes can also be found in other locations across France, with the best source being found after completing some of the quests related to Chateau Landgraab. There’s also a vacation home you can buy that has these.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all. None of the methods involve any real challenge; only a bit of time.
How I got it: I bought my first set from the special merchant at the same time as the Avornalino Grapes, back before the Humble Harvest Stand even existed.
Acquiring Notes: Pomegranates can be bought either from the Humble Harvest Stand or in Egypt. Out in the wild, they can be found in the garden of a house near the cemetery and museum in France or on a farm in Egypt.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all.
How I got it: I bought my first pomegranate in Egypt, back before the Humble Harvest Stand existed.
Acquiring Notes: Plums are found for sale at the Humble Harvest Stand or in China. In the wild, it can be found in the garden of a house near the museum and cemetery in France.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all.
How I got it: I bought my first plum in China, back before the Humble Harvest Stand existed.
Acquiring Notes: This can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or the grocery store. It is otherwise obtainable when a horse scratches at the ground, as that can occasionally cause a carrot to spawn. No varieties are known to grow out in the wild.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all.
How I got it: I bought it at the store.
Note: This is one of only a few plants that, for unknown reasons, have no auto-plant or other spawner in Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: This can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or at the elixir consignment shop. Unlike many of this category, the random nature of both can make acquiring this mushroom extremely difficult, so searching the wild as well should also be a priority.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it if you can, but if you find it out in the wild first you should go ahead and grab it.
Difficulty: This can be extremely difficult to find, and I have managed to go a couple weeks without ever seeing one.
How I got it: Found my first at the elixir consignment shop and bought it without knowing how lucky I was.
Acquiring Notes: This can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or at the elixir consignment shop. Unlike many of this category, the random nature of both can make acquiring this mushroom extremely difficult, so searching the wild as well should also be a priority. However, unlike the mycenas, this mushroom tends to be relatively common in the wild.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it if you can, but if you find it out in the wild first you should go ahead and grab it.
Difficulty: You should have no difficulty obtaining this.
How I got it: Found my first at the elixir consignment shop and bought it.
Acquiring Notes: Pumpkins can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or at the Store, and can be picked ever Fall during the Fall Festival.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I got it: Bought it at the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
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Rare Quality
Acquiring Notes: Can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or grocery store, is a common element of many gardens, and I have never seen a fridge without bell peppers.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store. The quality boost helps with gardening.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or grocery store, is a common element of many gardens, and I have never seen a fridge without garlic.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store. The quality boost helps with gardening.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Note: Do not use a vampire to raise garlic, just in case you forget it’s in their inventory later and have them make a meal… the result for your vampire could be nasty.
Acquiring Notes: These grapes can be purchased from the Humble Harvest Stand or from the special vendor in France with Visa level 3. In addition, they can be found in the basement of Chateau Landgraab after completing certain quests.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: I found my first beneath Chateau Landgraab, as at the time I didn’t have the necessary Visa level and the Humble Harvest Stand didn’t yet exist.
Acquiring Notes: These grapes can be purchased from the Humble Harvest Stand or from the special vendor in France with Visa level 3. In addition, they can be found in the basement of Chateau Landgraab after completing certain quests.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: I found my first beneath Chateau Landgraab at the same time as the Gralladina Fran grapes, as at the time I didn’t have the necessary Visa level and the Humble Harvest Stand didn’t yet exist.
Acquiring Notes: Cherries can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or in Egypt, and in the wild can be found in Han’s Orchard in China.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Purchased my first cherries in Egypt, before the Humble Harvest Stand existed.
Acquiring Notes: Pomelos may be purchased from the humble harvest stand or in China. In the wild, they can be found at the house near the cemetery and art museum in France, at Han’s Orchard in China, and near the wild pomegranates in Egypt.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Harvested my first pomelos in China, before the Humble Harvest Stand existed.
Acquiring Notes: Plasma fruit can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand or at the grocery store, and newly turned vampires should receive three plasma fruits in the mail. Plasma fruit plants cannot otherwise be found, unless one is living in Bridgeport and checks the vampire club there.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Note: This is one of a few plants which, for some reason, have no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug. In addition, this plant will spawn vampire gnomes.
Acquiring Notes: Bananas can be purchased at the grocery store or the Humble Harvest Stand.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: Ghost chilis can be purchased at the grocery store, Humble Harvest Stand, or elixir consignment shop.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Note: Dishes made from a ghost chilis have a very entertaining effect and I recommend serving them at parties.
Acquiring Notes: Glow orbs can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or the elixir consignment shop. However, this mushroom can be the rarest of all, so it is a good idea to also search the wilderness for it.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: If you find it, grab it.
Difficulty: This can easily be the hardest mushroom to find, due to the random nature of all methods of obtaining it.
How I got it: Bought it at the elixir consignment shop.
Acquiring Notes: Truffles can be purchased from the grocery store, the Humble Harvest Stand, and the elixir consignment shop. In addition, in the wild, it is a very common spawn.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it at the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
Acquiring Notes: As with all of the new plants that came with University Life, this can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand or bought from the grocery store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the store.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Bought it from the store.
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Special Quality
Acquiring Notes: Flame fruits can be bought from the Humble Harvest Stand, found in the Stones Throw Greenhouse, found in some community gardens, and grows in one of the pyramids in Egypt.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: The first time I got a flame fruit was from the pyramid in Egypt.
Note: This fruit gives off the same moodlets as a fireplace and the plant, when harvest ready, actually provides light for sims to see by. I recommend this plant for in-home decoration, especially during winter.
Acquiring Notes: Life fruits can be bought at the Humble Harvest Stand, found at the Stones Throw Greenhouse, and can be found in community gardens in some neighborhoods.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buy it from the Humble Harvest Stand.
Difficulty: This should not be difficult to find at all.
How I got it: Found a seed for it in the wild and grew it.
Acquiring Notes: Death Flowers are typically found near or in cemeteries. Additionally, the baby black dragon can summon them or one can win them by beating the Reaper in a guitar duel using the Door of Life and Death.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Find out where the plant is at your local graveyard, wait for it to be harvest ready, then harvest.
Difficulty: These can be difficult to find, due to the fact they have so few sources.
How I got it: Found a seed for it in the wild and grew it.
Acquiring Notes: You have to find a special seed that is for a money tree. That is the only method to obtain this plant for growing.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get out the Collection Helper and start hunting.
Difficulty: A money tree can be, easily, the most difficult of all of the listed plants to find.
How I got it: Found a seed for it in the wild and grew it.
Acquiring Notes: Eggs are bought from the grocery store and found in your fridge. However, to grow them as a plant, you have to complete a high-level gardening opportunity.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get to planting and raising crops! It’s a long way to level 8 in gardening, and you need Excellent-quality plants.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the opportunity, smiled, and moved on.
Note: This is one of the few plants that, for some reason, has no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Cheeses are bought from the grocery store and found in your fridge. However, to grow them as a plant, you have to complete a high-level gardening opportunity.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get to planting and raising crops! It’s a long way to level 8 in gardening, and you need Excellent-quality plants.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the opportunity, smiled, and moved on.
Note: This is one of the few plants that, for some reason, has no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Patties are bought from the grocery store and found in your fridge. However, to grow them as a plant, you have to complete a high-level gardening opportunity.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get to planting and raising crops! It’s a long way to level 9 in gardening, and you need Excellent-quality cheeses.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the opportunity, smiled, and moved on.
Note: This is one of the few plants that, for some reason, has no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Steaks are bought from the grocery store and found in your fridge. However, to grow them as a plant, you have to complete a high-level gardening opportunity.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get to planting and raising crops! It’s a long way to level 9 in gardening, and you need Excellent-quality cheeses.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the opportunity, smiled, and moved on.
Note: This is one of the few plants that, for some reason, has no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Omni-plants must be ordered through the mail. But, you must complete a high-level gardening opportunity to acquire them.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Get to planting and raising crops! It’s a long way to level 10 in gardening, and you need Outstanding-quality steaks.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the opportunity, smiled, and moved on.
Acquiring Notes: To obtain this, you need to get your science skill to at least level 9. I recommend the full 10. Then, use the gene splicing experiment on seeds until you get a forbidden fruit seed. After that, plant the seed. It cannot be bought in the store.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Use common-quality seeds for the gene splicing.
Difficulty: It’s not difficult at all. Just tedious.
How I got it: I made the effort to complete the experiment successfully, smiled, and moved on.
Note: This is one of the few plants that, for some reason, has no auto-soil or other spawner in buydebug.
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Fish
Still trying to find our fishing poles
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Nanites
Doctor Johnson disappeared; all we find of him is this grey goo…
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Butterflies and Fireflies
They flit just out of reach
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Beetles
Children got to them first
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Seashells
GPS confused on what counts as a sea shore
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Gnomes
In general, the gnomes are slightly easier to collect than others; you can buy every single one of them in Buydebug. As such, I will not list that method, but instead listing the legitimate methods.
Acquiring Notes: Exploring catacombs, sending gems and metals off through the mail to be cut or smelted, using the miner, fishing, transfiguration using the display cases, possible item from the criminal career tract, possible reward for the Investigator profession, or any possibilities I have not listed here that reward one.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: I can’t really recommend a method; if you spend a lot of time collecting, you should be drowning in Mysterious Mr. Gnomes.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: I got my first one when I sent a pink diamond off to be cut into a heart-shaped cut. My first pink diamond, and I needed it for a simbot. I do not think I need to repeat what dark things I muttered that day.
Acquiring Notes: See everything for Mysterious Mr. Gnome. Now do all of that in Egypt. It can also be found in Egyptian tombs. In addition, this gnome and the other two World Adventures gnomes can be found in the museum in France.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Steal it from the museum. They won’t miss it and if you do more adventuring in World Adventures worlds, you can possibly replace it later.
Difficulty: This should be even easier than the Mysterious Mr. Gnome.
How I obtained: I found it in a tomb in Egypt before I had even gone to France.
Acquiring Notes: See everything for Mysterious Mr. Gnome. Now do all of that in China. It can also be found in Chinese tombs. In addition, this gnome and the other two World Adventures gnomes can be found in the museum in France.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Steal it from the museum. They won’t miss it and if you do more adventuring in World Adventures worlds, you can possibly replace it later.
Difficulty: This should be even easier than the Mysterious Mr. Gnome.
How I obtained: I found it in a tomb in China before I had even gone to France.
Acquiring Notes: See everything for Mysterious Mr. Gnome. Now do all of that in France. It can also be found in French tombs. In addition, this gnome and the other two World Adventures gnomes can be found in the museum in France.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Steal it from the museum. They won’t miss it and if you do more adventuring in World Adventures worlds, you can possibly replace it later.
Difficulty: This should be even easier than the Mysterious Mr. Gnome.
How I obtained: I stole it from the French museum. I later returned it when I acquired another in a French tomb.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome is found by using expensive washers and dryers, typically when your sim collects laundry from the dryer.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Do massive loads of laundry. You can do it while mastering athletics and martial arts for using the board breaker.
Difficulty: Not very difficult at all. Unless you just don’t use laundry.
How I obtained: I found one with laundry while not expecting it.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome is found randomly when inventing to discover inventions or while trying to make inventions. It can also be found randomly using the miner.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Break out the inventing skill.
Difficulty: Not very difficult at all.
How I obtained: I leveled the inventing skill and one popped up at random.
Note: This gnome will, at times, take an unfinished invention and raise it to 99% finished.
Acquiring Notes: It can only be sculpted by accident, using the Sculpt interaction at the Pedestrian Sculpting Station. It can also be found using the miner.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Sculpt a lot. The statues are worth money anyway, and if you sculpt in stone you can also discover other collectibles.
Difficulty: Not very difficult at all.
How I obtained: I was sculpting in clay to discover new statues when I accidentally made one.
Note: This gnome will vary in appearance, depending on the material you were sculpting in when you discovered it.
Acquiring Notes: It can be discovered by traveling using the Ambitions time machine or through the adventure tunnels made by the miner.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug.
Difficulty: This one can be surprisingly hard to find, as I have never gotten it to appear for me.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: This is a potential celebrity gift.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug.
Difficulty: This one can be surprisingly annoying to find, due to the particulars of the celebrity system.
How I obtained: Buydebug. I had to stop trying the celebrity method because I ran out of space for the number of cowplants necessary to discourage paparazzi.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome will appear on your lot if you raise plasma bushes.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Raise plasma bushes.
Difficulty: This one should not be difficult to find at all.
How I obtained: I was raising plasma bushes when one showed up. I ended up with three of them before the bushes were finally wilted.
Note: This gnome may not be one you want around for households with children. It will reproduce by converting stray teddy bears into more of its type. It can also give nonvampire sims lacking the Brave trait the Hunted moodlet.
Acquiring Notes: Can appear when a dog does dog-like things and is a best friend of the owner. Also can appear when a dog gives birth.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug.
Difficulty: These have a very low chance of spawning, which can be frustrating if you are trying to collect them.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Can appear when a cat gets the Whacked Out moodlet from catnip or when a cat gives birth.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug.
Difficulty: These have a very low chance of spawning, which can be frustrating if you are trying to collect them.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Can appear when a cat freaks out at the fridge. Dogs barking at the fridge can also get it to come out.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug.
Difficulty: Of the Pets gnomes, these have the lowest chance of spawning.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Can appear when a horse licks salt lick for a long period of time. Chance to appear goes up as the horse licks the salt lick.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Buydebug. Horses require a large portion of your lot as an investment, and you may need the space for other things while investing in a second lot just to hold them can be extremely expensive.
Difficulty: This gnome tends to be, in my experience, the easiest to get to spawn.
How I obtained: One appeared on my sim’s lot while they were raising horses.
Acquiring Notes: These can appear on any lot with a sim in the Magician career. Also, a genie summoning objects can summon one.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Level the Magician career.
Difficulty: Not very difficult, though their appearance is random.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: These can appear on any lot with a sim in the Singer career.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Level the Singer career.
Difficulty: Not very difficult, though their appearance is random.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Note: This gnome will give a sim the Melodic Masterpiece moodlet if on the lot and nearby.
Acquiring Notes: These are a potential reward of the Claaaw!
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Play around with the Claaaw!
Difficulty: Not very difficult, though their appearance is random.
How I obtained: Buydebug.
Acquiring Notes: Pool parties, barbequeing, and having enough fireworks on your lot to make the Air Force nervous are all methods to get this gnome to spawn. Alternatively, it can be purchased at the Summer Festival for 500 tickets.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Tickets.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: Tickets.
Acquiring Notes: Trick or treating, going through the haunted house, or having a scarecrow on your lot can get this witchy gnome to fly in. Alternatively, it can be purchased at the Autumn Festival for 500 tickets.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Haunted House
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: I actually got two at once. I sent a sim through the haunted house to get one while another showed up on my lot. I had the scarecrow up just for fun and didn’t know it could spawn this.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome likes snow, and thus might show up when it snows heavily on the town or when you make snowmen. Alternatively, it can be purchased at the Winter Festival for 500 tickets.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Build snowmen.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: I had one show up while trying to unlock snowmen types.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome can appear during egg hunts or on lots with beautiful garden arrangements. Alternatively, it can be purchased at the Spring Festival for 500 tickets.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Egghunt!
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: I spent time at the egg hunt and one showed up.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome can be found in the catecombs, while trick-or-treating, or mailed to you as a gift from an enemy. Evil trait increases your chances of finding it.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: I recommend against obtaining this gnome, and recommend that if anyone does gift it to your sim that you wreak unholy vengeance upon them.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: Buydebug, and only for this article; I sold it immediately after.
Note: The “evil” part in the name is no joke. This gnome will knock over trash, create puddles, give children nightmares, and generally try to make your sims miserable.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome is gifted to sims that graduate from university, can be found while they are in class, and if memory serves I have obtained it from the Science Tower Thingy at least once.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Go to university.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: When my sims graduated university, one of them ended up with this.
Acquiring Notes: This gnome can be found while diving, in seashell spawn locations, and one of the diving skill chests will give you the gnome.
Recommended Method of Obtaining: Open the diving skill chests.
Difficulty: No difficulty at all.
How I obtained: I found my first on a beach while map fragment hunting.
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Meteorites
Chicken Little remains wrong!
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Spirits
It seems the place isn’t haunted…
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