Genies

Genies are magical beings made of fire and desert wind. If your Sim is lucky enough, they might come across a Dusty Old Lamp containing a Genie.

Once summoned from the lamp, a Genie can interact with your Sim just like anyone else in town. But as everyone knows, Genies can grant three powerful wishes. What will your Sim wish for?

But don’t get ahead of yourself. Procuring a Dusty Old Lamp is easier said than done.

Finding a Dusty Old Lamp

The Dusty Old Lamp is home to a powerful Genie capable of granting your Sim three wishes.

Before a Genie can grant any wishes, you must first find a Dusty Old Lamp in which a Genie resides. There are four different ways your Sim can acquire a Dusty Old Lamp:

• Explore the Catacombs: Go to the Mausoleum at Lidview Cemetery and choose the Explore Catacombs interaction. The catacombs beneath Starlight Shores are filled with loot, including rare gems and seeds. If your Sim is very lucky there is a random chance they’ll emerge with a Dusty Old Lamp. But more likely than not, they’ll simply return to the surface with the Horrified moodlet, negatively affecting their mood for eight hours.

• Enter Dimensional Gate: If your Sim has maxed out the Handiness skill, they can upgrade the new PlasmaPunch Gyroscopic Conductor object with a Dimensional Gate. Once properly installed, choose the Enter Dimensional Gate interaction on the PlasmaPunch Gyroscopic Conductor. When your Sim temporarily disappears into the Dimensional Gate there is a random chance they’ll find a Dusty Old Lamp.

• Performance Gift: If your Sim is in one of the new performance careers, there is a random chance they’ll receive a “unique gift” from an anonymous admirer following a gig. If you’re notified of such an event, be sure to check your mailbox when you get back home to add a Dusty Old Lamp to your inventory.

• Lifetime Reward: If all else fails, you can always purchase a Dusty Old Lamp as a Lifetime Reward. But it will cost you…30,000 Lifetime Happiness points! So you better start saving.

You Ain’t Never Had a Friend…

Yes, Genies like karaoke. Summon your Genie, form a group, and head out on the town for a night of fun!

Once you’ve acquired a Dusty Old Lamp, you can summon the Genie and begin making wishes. To summon the Genie for the first time, use the Clean Lamp interaction on the Dusty Old Lamp.

This causes the Genie to materialize directly in front of you, sporting deep blue skin and some stylish threads. You can interact with Genies the same way you interact with other Sims, engaging them in normal conversation or even forming a group.

Consider taking your Genie out for a night on the town—is there any better way to party? Having summoned the Genie, you can also choose two unique social interactions: Return Genie to Lamp and Make a Wish.

Use the Return Genie to Lamp interaction anytime you want the Genie out of your way. A Genie automatically returns to the lamp if they are ignored for a short time.

You can make the Genie reappear by choosing the Summon Genie interaction on the Dusty Old Lamp. Once the Genie is out of the lamp, use the Make a Wish interaction when you’re ready to make your first wish.

Three Wishes

You can make only one wish per day. That gives you time to make a good decision.

The Genie grants only three wishes, so take some time to think things over. You can choose from 10 possible wishes, each has a unique effect.

Genie wishes function much like Lifetime Rewards but cost no Lifetime Happiness points. After a wish is made you must wait 24 hours before you can make another wish—hey, even Genies need time to rest.

After granting your final wish, the Genie disappears along with the Dusty Old Lamp. Before you make your first wish, study the different options in the following table to determine the best choice for your Sim.

Wishes that award permanent, positive moodlets (like Happiness and World Peace) are always good choices.

Genie Wishes

Freeing the Genie

Only you have the power to set the Genie free! Complete three opportunities to gain a new (and blue) best friend!

While the Genie has nearly endless magical power, it is forever bound to the Dusty Old Lamp. However, if you’re generous enough to sacrifice one of your wishes, you can set the Genie free!

If you choose the Free the Genie wish, make it your final wish. Once the Genie is free, no more wishes can be granted.

However, you must become good friends with the Genie before this option is even available. So spend some quality time with your Genie in an effort to create a close friendship.

Consider forming a group and going out to dinner or a night of karaoke. Once your relationship with the Genie has improved, the Free the Genie wish becomes available.

Upon choosing Free the Genie, you’re prompted to complete a series of three specific opportunities in an effort to break the Genie’s bond with the Dusty Old Lamp.

Here’s a quick rundown of exactly what you must do to set the Genie free:

1. Freeze the Lamp: Interact with a refrigerator and choose the Freeze the Lamp interaction.

2. Heat the Lamp: Interact with an oven and choose the Heat the Lamp interaction.

3. Explore Catacombs: Interact with the Mausoleum at Lidview Cemetery and choose the Take the Lamp Underground interaction.

Upon completion of the three objectives, the Dusty Old Lamp is destroyed and the Genie is set free, instantly becoming a member of your household (as long as your household isn’t already full).

Life Outside the Lamp

You can then use an Ensorcelled Sim to do menial tasks like clean your house. But the effect lasts only four hours.

When a freed Genie becomes a member of your household, they become a playable character and function just like any other Sim, with the same needs—yes, Genies have to go to the bathroom too.

The addition to your household may mean adding an extra bed (or bedroom) so your Genie has a place to sleep. But Genies aren’t dead weight. They can become a valuable, income-earning member of the household.

Like any Sim, Genies can learn new skills, socialize, and get a job. Unlike Sims, freed Genies possess powerful magic they can harness to make life a little easier.

During social or self interactions, click on the Genie option to bring up all possible magical interactions.

• Banish Sim: Targeted Sim is magically teleported to a random spot in town.
• Ensorcel Sim: Targeted Sim becomes part of household for four hours; has no autonomy.
• Release Sim: Targeted Sim is no longer Ensorcelled.
• Magically Clean Sim: Targeted Sim gains Magically Spotlessly Clean moodlet (+20) for 21 minutes (+20 mood) and Squeaky Clean moodlet (+10) for 7 hours.
• Make House Spotless and Sparkly: Magically (and instantly) cleans the entire house and objects like sink, shower, toilet.
• Summon Food: Instantly create high quality food from a vast menu.