The Sims 3 World Adventures Guide Walkthrough China

Shopping And Skills

The marketplace is in the center of town, within the walls of the Forbidden City. The market fills with locals, giving you ample opportunity to chat up native Sims, learn songs, and make new friends.

You can swim in fountains for exercise or stress-reducing pleasure. But even though there are all of these great things to do around the marketplace, you know what you are there for: spending Simoleons.

Emperor’s Plaza

There are four merchants in the marketplace: relics, food, books, and general store. The inventories of the relic and food merchants change daily, so check back often to see what new treasures are for sale.

The inventories of the book and general stores remain static, though. Here are the useful items and goodies you can buy at the marketplace, plus the wares of the Special Merchant, who is likely not too far from the marketplace during waking hours.

General Store

Item	Price (in Simoleons)
Low Quality Dried Food	5
Medium Quality Dried Food	20
High Quality Dried Food	40
Shower in a Can	120
Sim Scouts' Classic Camper	220
Colesim 2br Edition Tent	2,700
SnapTastic Flimsy-Cam	250
Golden Dragon Fireworks	75
Honorary Incense Holder of Jun Pao	1,000
NostalgiCycle	250
Bi-Trike for Kids	250
Fortune Factory Fortune Cookie Maker	1,900
Sheng Hai Training Dummy	325
Board Breaker	550
Jiangzhou's Chest	475

Bookestores

General

Book	Genre/Skill Level Required	Price (in Simoleons)
Jimmy Sprocket and the Cave of the Dragon	Children's	486
Toddlers and Chopsticks	Children's	628
Planet Beeboz	Sci-Fi	810
The Year of the Llama	Non-Fiction	933
The Dragon's Age	Fantasy	966
The Life and Time of Mr. Chan	Historical	1,210
Li Bing and the King's Daughter	Fiction	1,311
Imperial Military Tactics	Non-Fiction	1,323
Terracotta Bodyguard II	Fiction	1,355
Raymundo the Dragon	Fantasy	1,385
The Rice Tourist's Companion	Non-Fiction	1,439
How Rain Built the World	Historical	1,906
A Wall Between Us	Romance	2,009
How to Handle Fireworks	Non-Fiction	2,135
Sim Fu: Jumping Kicks	Non-Fiction	2,224
The Memoirs of Chin Han	Historical	2,297
Fishing for the Moon	Non-Fiction	2,394
The International Reader of Fried Rice	Non-Fiction	2,469
Noodles! And Sauerkraut!	Non-Fiction	2,471
The Dragon Ripple	Fantasy	2,475

Skills

Book	Genre/Skill Level Required	Price (in Simoleons)
Martial Arts Vol. 1: Wax On Philosophic	0	50

Fishing

Book	Genre/Skill Level Required	Price (in Simoleons)
Delicate Decorations: Katching Kawarimono Koi (and Doitsu)	0	75
The Art of Koi Ponds: Ochiba and Tancho	3	400
Mythical Fish Vol. 1: Discovering Dragons	7	1,500

Recipes

Book	Genre/Skill Level Required	Price (in Simoleons)
Stir-Fry	6	200
Egg Rolls	2	325

Special Merchant

Item	Description	Cost (in Ancient Coins)	Required Visa Level
Pemmican	Special snack that sates hunger for longer and gives Carbed Up! moodlet.	10	1
Potion of Liquid Courage	Drink this to banish Fear and get an extra boost of courage.	40	1
Sands of Understanding	Use this magical sand to reveal secrets inside a tomb, illuminating the location of relics, traps, and treasures.	100	1
Skeleton Keystone	This special keystone fits any keystone panel except a tomb's unique keystone panel.	400	2
Escape Dust	Tired? Hungry? Just in a bad spot? Use this reward to instantly teleport back to base camp or an owned vacation home.	75	2
Master Thief's Coin	Holding this reward increases the number of Ancient Coins found in tombs or earned by completing an adventure.	750	2
The Sultan's Tabernacle	This portable palace gives your Sim the Slept Like a King/Queen moodlet.	2,500	3
Certificate of Partnership with China	Allows bearer (and any traveling with) to stay at destination longer than possible with current visa.	1,350	3

Buy fireworks from the general store and launch them into the air to put on a great show and have fun.

Fortune Cookies

What’s the Fortune Cookie Maker at the general store? This fun machine produces fortunes inside delicious little cookies.

There is a Fortune Cookie Maker inside the food shop at the marketplace, so give that a try before you plunk down the Simoleons for your own to take home.

When activated, the Fortune Cookie Maker shakes and whirs, eventually spitting out a little cookie with a slip of paper inside. While your Sim munches on the cookie, they read their fortune.

If it’s a good fortune, they get the Promising Fortune moodlet. If the treat that pops out of the machine is actually a misfortune cookie, then the Sims gets the negative Foreboding Fortune moodlet.

Lucky Sims tend to get good fortunes more often.

Well, did you like the Fortune Cookie Maker? Then buy it from the merchant. The machine is added to your family inventory.

When you return home from China, you can place it anywhere in your house and enjoy a fresh fortune cookie at your leisure.

If luck is on your side, your whole household can benefit from the good vibes that come from great fortune cookies.

Martial Arts Skill

As you know, each destination in World Adventures has a skill that is somehow tethered to it. China’s skill is Martial Arts.

You can learn this skill by reading a book or just heading up to the Phoenix Martial Arts Academy just outside the Forbidden City and starting in with one of the provided Training Dummies.

The academy also has Board Breakers you can use when you develop the skill up to level 2.

Expect to find a lot of other Sims around the academy—talk with them, get to know them, and then spar with them. Sparring is a wonderful way to develop the Martial Arts skill while you are in China.

Phoenix Martial Arts Academy

There are other locations in China where you can practice your Martial Arts skill: Resolute Fist Retreat and the Crane Master Martial Arts Park.

The Resolute Fist Retreat has beds and showers in addition to a Training Dummy, Board Breaker, and ample space for sparring.

The Crane Master Martial Arts Park is perched high above the Temple of Heaven. It is a small location, but offers the necessary equipment for getting a good Martial Arts training session in.

Resolute Fist Retreat

Crane Master Martial Arts Park