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Contents

  • Essentials
    • Introduction To Late Night
      • The Sims 3 Primer
      • Required Reading
      • Mood Boosting Tips And Tricks
    • New Simology
      • New Simology
      • Create a Sim
      • Traits
      • Lifetime Wishes
    • Wants And Desires
      • Wants and Desires
      • Wishes
      • Lifetime Rewards
      • Opportunities
    • New Socials
      • New Socials
      • Grouping Up
      • Throwing Partys
      • Going To Parties
    • New Skills
      • New Skills
      • Mixology
      • Piano, Drums and Bass Skills
      • Bands
    • New Careers
      • New Careers
      • Film Career
      • Career Development
    • Big City Living
      • Big City Living
      • Places Of Employment
      • Shopping And Commerce
      • The Bar Scene
      • Bridgeport's Hot Scene
    • Community Locations
      • Community Locations
      • Parks
      • Fishing Spots
    • Places To Live
      • Places To Live
      • Pre-made Houses
      • High-rise Buildings
    • Collectibles
      • Collectibles
      • Insects
      • Minerals
      • Meteorites
    • Popularity Contest
      • The Celebrity Game
      • Celebrity Levels
      • How To Become A Celeb
      • The Rewards Of Celebrity
    • Vamping It Up
      • Twilight's Parasites
      • How To Turn Vampire
      • Benefits
      • Potential Problems
      • Survival Instincts
      • Families
    • Build And Buy Modes
      • Build And Buy Mode Upgrades
      • Interior
      • Exterior
    • New Object Catalog
      • Possessions
      • Object Interactions
    • Object Catalog
      • Object Catalog
    • Existing Objects
      • Existing Objects

The Sims 3 Late Night Guide › Essentials › New Simology

Lifetime Wishes

When you first conjure up a Sim in Create a Sim, you select a Lifetime Wish. Each Sim has six possibilities. Five are determined by the traits you give them. The sixth option allows you to select any Lifetime Wish you want, regardless of assigned traits.

Satisfying a Lifetime Wish takes a lot of work, but is worth a lot of Lifetime Happiness Points, the currency used to purchase Lifetime Rewards.

Lifetime Wishes are determined by your Sim’s selected traits. In addition to the Lifetime Wishes of The Sims 3, Late Night introduces seven new Lifetime Wishes.

The easiest way to access a specific Lifetime Wish is to select one or two traits that are directly related to it. For example, if you select the new Star Quality trait, it’s likely that the Superstar Actor Lifetime Wish will appear in your five possible Lifetime Wishes.

Brownie Bites

One thing to consider, though, is that even if you have a general idea for how you want your Sim’s life to unfold, sometimes life just doesn’t turn out the way you might have hoped. Now, that doesn’t necessarily have to be a negative thing.

You may decide you want your Sim to indeed be the top actor in town...but then you fall in with the vampire crowd. It’s kinda tough to do some of the tasks for the Film career when you cannot exactly spend a lot of time in the daylight.

Distinguished Director

Reach Level 10 in the Film career track (Directing Branch)

A great director can manipulate the emotions of the audience with images and words.

Any great film requires a great screenplay, so ambitious directors must hone their writing craft to learn to bring the audience to tears and joy and to create heart-pounding action with his or her pen.

Directors who want their skill recognized by their peers can’t hide in the shadows, so becoming a well-known celebrity is a must.

Tip

If you choose this career path, get a jump on the Directing branch by developing the Writing skill as soon as possible.

The Writing skill is a promotion metric when you make the jump from the general Film career to the Directing branch.

Superstar Actor

Reach Level 10 in the Film career track (Acting Branch)

Many stars grace the silver screen, but few are memorable enough that their celluloid exploits will be remembered for generations.

To become a true film superstar, your Sim will need to stand out from the crowd of acting wannabes.

Oodles of charisma and an abundance of time in the celebrity spotlight is the sure path to becoming one of film’s brightest stars!

Tip

Actors need to be able to schmooze with the best of them, so get going on the Charisma skill right away; that way, you’re ahead of the curve when the career splits and you choose the Acting branch.

One Sim Band

Master the Guitar skill

Master the Bass skill

Master the Drum skill

Master the Piano skill

A musical virtuoso can strum a guitar with one hand while tickling the ivories with the other. Your Sim is not satisfied with mastering just one instrument, but yearns to become an expert at them all!

Hours of jamming may not make the neighbors your Sim’s friend, but it is the only way to unlock his or her true musical potential.

Tip

The time required to master all four instruments makes it difficult to hold down any career besides the Music career. You may even want to abandon a normal career and just seek a part-time gig.

Master Mixologist

Master the Mixology skill

Own a bar

A true master of mixological arts knows how to combine different juice flavors with such skill that their creations both tickle the tongues and transform the minds of their Sim customers.

Acing the skill of Mixology won’t be easy, so your Sim will need to spend hours pouring and flipping at the bar to become a true master.

No mixological genius would be complete without their own bar venue to show off their fanciful drink inventions!

Tip

As soon as you move into Bridgeport, dig into the Mixology skill. Buy a bar for the house and start shaking up those beverages.

Owning a bar isn’t cheap either, so consider a well-paying career like Film or Medical to earn the scratch needed to make the big investment.

Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous

Reach maximum celebrity level and be worth at least 100,000 Simoleons

Elite and sophisticated, celebrities lead a life unlike other Sims. The road to fame isn’t easy, but spreading your Sim’s fame and amassing great wealth will lead to a life of luxury like none other!

Tip

Dive into the Charisma skill right away so you have a leg up on social skills. That way, when you meet celebs around town, you can hopefully schmooze your way to a better celebrity rating earlier than other Sims.

Master Romancer

WooHoo in 5 Different Places with 5 Different Sims

An accomplished Sim lover knows all the right things to say to make other Sims swoon. A true love opportunist isn’t satisfied with romancing in just one location, but anywhere and everywhere!

Continue to rack up those romantic successes to become a legendary master of the romantic arts.

Tip

The top reward for the Acting branch of the Film career is a special trailer. You can use this trailer as a portable WooHoo spot!

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