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The Sims 3 World Adventures eGuide Essentials The Sims 3 Primer

Lifetime Wishes

At the very end of the Create a Sim process, you select a Lifetime Wish for your new Sim. This wish is the Sim’s main goal in life—it is the dream that ultimately defines them. While you do not necessarily have to play the game strictly to satisfy these wishes, they do give you some structure.

Plus, fulfilling a Lifetime Wish rewards your Sim with Lifetime Happiness points—a lot of them. Lifetime Happiness points are a currency that your Sim banks when you help them satisfy smaller wishes or maintain high spirits.

While you can amass a lot of Lifetime Happiness points by fulfilling the day-to-day wishes and making sure your Sim is consistently happy, there is no bigger payout than the Lifetime Wish.

Lifetime Wishes

Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder

Reach Level 9 in the Science Career

The complexity of circuitry and oddity of organics perennially perplex the scientific community. Your Sim must have excellent Handiness expertise and enough experience with gardening and fishing to know what organic beings need to thrive when fused with machines.

Become a Grand Master in Chess

Chess Legend

Master the Logic Skill

Logic is cold and calculated, and chess is the battleground for those who adhere to it. A Sim who can master the path of logic and reach the coveted rank of Chess Grand Master will forever be enshrined in memory

Become a Master Thief

Reach Level 10 in the Criminal Career (Thief branch)

Lightning quick reflexes (honed at the gym of course) and impeccable teamwork will take your Sim far, but only the most cat-like thieves reach the rank of Master Thief. The path begins with the local crime organization and leads to pilfering the world’s jewels!

Become a Superstar Athlete

Reach Level 9 of the Athletic Career

Earning a championship jersey means developing the utmost athletic perfection and a tight bond with teammates, thus fostering victory even when the game seems lost.

Become an Astronaut

Become an Astronaut in the Military Career

Reach Level 10 in the Military Career

Astronauts are incredible pilots who have endured years of rigorous athletic training. An astronaut’s thirst for adventure is quenched only by daring space missions.

Celebrated Five-Star Chef

Reach Level 10 of the Culinary Career

Bustling kitchens filled with fiery stoves and flamin’ hot dishes are in store for Sims desiring the Five-Star Chef epithet. Your Sim will need to build relationships with kitchen staff and develop Cooking skills.

CEO of a Mega-Corporation

Become a CEO in the Business Career

Your Sim can become a purveyor of profits and margins that make board members smile. Your Sim must successfully schmooze coworkers and the ever-present boss to ascend the corporate hierarchy.

Culinary Librarian

Learn Every Recipe

By mastering the Cooking skill and perusing the bookstore for recipes, your Sim can become a walking library of culinary expertise.

The Emperor of Evil

Reach Level 10 of the Criminal Career (Evil branch)

Your Sim can become the leader of the world’s most diabolical organization. Strong evil office relationships are a must, as is possessing enough Athletic ability.

Forensic Specialist: Dynamic DNA Profiler

Reach Level 10 in the Law Enforcement Career (Forensic branch)

Special Agents in the field require the best data to apprehend criminals and only the finest analytical minds will suffice. After all, criminals leave only so many useful clues, making the work challenging. Students of Logic with a knack for Painting make the best forensic analysts.

Gold Digger

See Ghost of Wealthy Spouse

Some paths to acquiring wealth are more devious and selfish than others. Gold Diggers seek to marry the incredibly wealthy and yearn to see the premature demise of their spouse.

It’s the only way to really enjoy the money—alone and rich.

Golden Tongue, Golden Fingers

Master the Guitar Skill

Master the Charisma Skill

Kindly spoken words and softly strummed strings are the fastest way to a Sim’s heart and an excellent way to make friends. Charisma is a highly social endeavor, whereas guitar is for those who love learning and performing music. A master of both is an irresistible charmer.

Heartbreaker

Be the Girlfriend/Boyfriend of 10 Different Sims

Why settle for a long-term romantic relationship or monogamy when there are so many attractive Sims out there? Your Sim can find a lifetime’s enjoyment by seeing many different Sims. Just keep your Sim’s many former lovers at a reasonably safe distance.

Hit Movie Composer

Reach Level 10 in the Music Career (Symphonic branch)

The composer must be well-liked by the musicians of the symphony, a master of music, and one who truly understands logic to grasp the science of sound.

Illustrious Author

Master the Painting Skill

Master the Writing Skill

The arts delight most Sims. However, for each successful artist there are dozens of has-beens and failures. Your Sim can write and paint toward a lifetime of artistic success, but it won’t be easy.

International Super Spy

Reach Level 10 in the Law Enforcement Career (Special Agent branch)

The forces of justice and order need champions to foil the nefarious plans of those who would do the citizenry harm.

Only Sims in peak physical condition who use logic to solve troubled situations and look smashing in evening wear need apply at the Police Department.

Jack of All Trades

Reach Level 5 of 4 Different Careers

Being tied to a single job isn’t for everyone. Your Sim will be a jack of all trades, or at least four, by climbing halfway up the corporate ladder of four careers.

Leader of the Free World

Reach Level 10 in the Political Career

The Leader of the Free World must be a passionate and charismatic politician who can raise immense campaign funding. It is an unenviable position where a Sim must constantly adjust to unexpected problems. The world needs great leaders—like your Sim.

Living in the Lap of Luxury

Have Household Net Worth of 100,000 Simoleons

A life of extreme wealth is one of comfort and privilege, but also one of fulfillment. If your Sim owns a fabulously furnished home and has enough money to live in luxury, satisfaction will be had.

Master of the Arts

Master the Guitar Skill

Master the Painting Skill

The artisan can paint images that incite the humorless to laugh and the inarticulate to eloquence. The addition of Guitar skills can make your Sim the envy of the community.

Perfect Garden

Plant and Grow 8 Different Species of Perfect Plant

The most delicious fruits and vegetables are harvested from a perfect plant. Perfect plants grow from only the best seeds, which drop from the branches of generation-spanning plants that have been well tended and loved. Only fanatically patient outdoorsmen can plant such a garden.

Perfect Mind, Perfect Body

Master the Athletic Skill

Master the Logic Skill

Seeking personal perfection through rigorous mental and physical training is a noble goal that guarantees a lifetime of challenge.

Your Sim may one day stand on the peak of physical Sim achievement, but not without much sweat and mental strain.

Presenting the Perfect Private Aquarium

Have at Least 13 Different Species of Perfect Fish in Fishbowls

The ultimate fishermen can reel in incredibly majestic fish; so large they’re practically bursting out of their scales.

Truly dedicated fishermen spend hours casting and re-casting until the fruits of the deep blue are caught. Your Sim can create an amazing private aquarium by catching the most magnificent fish for a private collection.

Renaissance Sim

Reach Level 10 with 3 Different Skills

True scholars are not satisfied with mastering a single subject. Reach the top level of several skills to become a Renaissance Sim.

Rock Star

Reach Level 10 in the Music Career (Rock branch)

The path of rock appeals to many a young Sim, but the perilous journey is completed by few. Your Sim must join the music career, survive the early years of rock servitude, and master the guitar to become the greatest rock star the world has ever known.

Star News Anchor

Reach Level 10 in the Journalism Career

Great Charisma and an epic level of literary eloquence are required to succeed in the fast-paced field of journalism.

Super Popular

Be Friends with 20 Sims

Popularity is a sign that the community enjoys the friendship of your Sim. Unselfish socialization is a worthwhile pursuit.

Surrounded by Family

Raise 5 Children from Babies to Teens

For family focused Sims, the pitter patter of little feet makes parenthood worthwhile. A house full of children can mean a tight budget, little personal time, and few luxuries, but there’s always somebody to play with or something new to teach.

Swimming in Cash

Have 50,000 Simoleons in Household Funds

Simoleons fuel the world and for some fiscally minded Sims, personal happiness as well. Scrimping and saving to live in an efficient home, working hard at work, and succeeding at lucrative personal side projects will allow your Sim to swim in the metaphorical pool of money.

Tinkerer

Master the Logic Skill

Master the Handiness Skill

Logic and Handiness are natural bedfellows, partners of invention and discovery. Logic leads to great finds like eerie nebulas, whereas Handiness unlocks interesting household improvements.

World Renowned Surgeon

Reach Level 10 in the Medical Career

Only the greatest surgeons defeat disease. Your Sim must be able to make logically brilliant, split-second decisions at the operating table.

The medical profession is only for incredibly dedicated Sims who are mentally above the rest.