Collectables — The Sims 3 World Adventures eGuide

All three destinations in World Adventures have collectibles, just like Sunset Valley and Riverview. However, in addition to the original collectibles, there are all-new ones to pocket.

Each destination has maps for the collectibles that pinpoint where you can find the goodies, such as butterflies and gems.

Collectibles are a great way to earn extra Simoleons on the side and decorate your home.

There are many adventures, too, that task you with finding collectibles—fortunately, though, the local offering the adventure is kind enough to mark the required collectibles on map view.

Butterflies

Butterflies flit about each new destination, just as they do back home. There are new butterflies for each destination.

As before, butterflies can be kept in your house in a terrarium or sold to the science facility in your hometown for extra Simoleons.

The number of Ancient Coins in piles are also random, although some piles are absolute jackpots. If it’s tough to get at, chances are good the payout is big.

Butterfly	Location	Rarity	Base Value (in Simoleons)
Bamboo	China	Common	20
Dart	China	Rare	430
Crypt	Egypt	Uncommon	65
Cleopatra	Egypt	Extraordinarily Rare	1,200
Pasha	France	Uncommon	110
Glowy	France	Extraordinarily Rare	1,500

Beetles

Beetles skitter about the ground at each new destination—and there are a handful of new beetles in World Adventures, too. Keep beetles in terrariums back home or sell them for Simoleons.

Beetle	Location	Rarity	Base Value (in Simoleons)
Scarab	Egypt	Uncommon	180
Assassin	China	Rare	800
Cerambyx	France	Common	70

Gems

That might not be a rock you just stepped over. Look closer. Is there a little color poking out of the dull stone? Then that’s a gem. There are several new gems in World Adventures located at each new destination.

Name	Location	Minimum Weight	Maximum Weight	Value of Min. Weight (in Simoleons)	Value of Max. Weight (in Simoleons)
Aqua	All	1	105	9	21
Smoky	All	1	105	15	25
Emerald	All	1	105	20	30
Ruby	All	1	105	25	35
Yellow	All	1	105	35	60
Tanzanite	All	1	105	65	95
Diamond	All	1	105	100	200
Rainbow	All	1	105	450	700
Crazy	All	1	105	150	350
Pink	All	1	105	1,200	1,650
Alabaster	Egypt	1	105	9	55
Turquoise	Egypt	1	105	60	70
Lapis Lazuli	China	1	105	12	30
Jade	China	1	105	120	240
Amethyst	France	1	105	18	24
Citrine	France	1	105	35	53
Opal	France	1	55	350	520
Soulpeace	Collection Display interaction	1	11	1,450	2,100
Geode	All	10	25	15	120
Septarian	All	10	25	50	350
Quartz	All	60	105	10	18
Tiberium	All	60	105	75	125

When you find a gem on the ground, it is in rough form. You can increase its value by having it cut. Gem cuts cost Simoleons. You unlock additional cuts as you send more and more gems off.

There are brand-new cuts in World Adventures that look quite nice. Here is a chart of the cuts, including the cost of each cut and how much the cut multiplies the value of the gem:

The Sims 3 Gem Cuts

Gem Cut	Available After # Cuts	Value Multiplier	Cost of Cut (in Simoleons)
Emerald	0	1.25	10
Oval	4	1.5	20
Pear	8	1.75	35
Plumbbob	16	2	50
Marquis	30	2.3	75
Crystalball	45	2.6	100
Brilliant	60	3.5	250
Heart	Collect 10 different types of gems	5	1,000

New World Adventures Gem Cuts

Gem Cut	Value Multiplier	Cost of Cut (in Simoleons)
Split	2.4	45
Tiberium	69	6,500
Skull	10	0

The Split cut is only available on Geodes and Septarian Nodules.

The Tiberium cut is only available on Tiberium gems.

To get the Skull cut, you need to follow a similar system to creating a Soulpeace Gem. First, buy a large display. Then, place the exact same type of gem in all open slots on the display.

All of these gems must have different cuts. Once you have the collection assembled, click on the display and choose “Activate.” This turns the gems into one large Skull cut gem.

Metals

When you travel the world, you find new things. The new destinations have unique ores that cannot be mined anywhere else.

Metal	Locations	Minimum Weight	Maximum Weight	Value of a Min. Weight (in Simoleons)	Value of a Max. Weight (in Simoleons)
Iron	All	1	52	7	20
Silver	All	1	52	25	35
Gold	All	1	52	40	120
Palladium	All	80	300	300	500
Plutonium	All	0.1	5	1,000	1,800
Mercury	China	1	52	100	400
Platinum	China	1	52	250	336
Copper	Egypt	1	52	15	31
Mummitomium	Egypt	150	450	750	1,200
Titanium	France	75	105	450	700
Iridium	France	1	11	75	155
Supernovium	Collection Display interaction	35,000	55,000	3,500	5,500
Compendium	Collection Display interaction	1,100	5,500	Variable	Variable

Meteorites

Space rocks crash to the ground all over the world—not just in Sunset Valley or Riverview. Meteorites comes in three sizes. The larger the rock, the more valuable it is. However, size isn’t the only factor. Analyze meteorites to find out exactly what they are.

Now, there are some risk to this. The raw value of a meteorite may actually be more than its analyzed value. Once analyzed, you cannot undo the process either.

So, are you a betting person? Is that huge meteorite a Kamasite, thus improving the value? Or is it really an Ordinary Chondrite, thus halving the value?

Space Rock	Min. Weight	Max. Weight	Value of Min. Weight (in Simoleons)	Value of Max. Weight (in Simoleons)
Small	1	65	10	30
Large	100	1,050	50	200
Huge	50,000	1,001,000	2,000	4,500

Meteorite Values

Meteorite	Value Multiplier
Acapulcoite	0.7
Angrite	1
Ataxite	1.5
Aubrite	1.4
Brachinite	1.2
Carbonaceous Chondrite	5
Chassignite	1.2
Diogenite	0.9
Enstatite Chondrite	6
Eucrite	0.8
Hexahedrite	1.6
Howardite	0.7
Kamasite	1.75
Lodranite	0.8
Lunar	1.3
Mesosiderite	10
Nakhlite	1.1
Octahedrite	1.8
Ordinary Chondrite	0.5
Pallasite	4
Rumurutite	3
Shergottite	1
Unusual Bellacite	1.6
Unusual Custerous Gossticite	1.9
Unusual Dukeadite	2.2
Unusual Holmberic	1.8
Unusual Llamatite	2
Unusual Mazzadrayte	2.1
Unusual Pearsonite	2.1
Unusual Rodiekceous	2
Unusual Sporecite	1.7
Ureilite	0.9
Winonaite	1.3

Dig Sites

While off on your adventures, you explore dangerous tombs full of loot and treasure. But you can find relics half-buried on the surface, too. Each destination has many dig sites.

When you locate a dig site (you see what looks like some debris poking out of the ground), click on it and choose Excavate. Your Sim will bend down and pull the relic out of the ground after a few moments.

Each destination chapter has dig site maps that show where you are likely to find low-quality relics worth very little, mid-range relics that are worth your while, and high-value relics.

You may even find a relic that fits into one of the Relic Collections. There are also sites with relic shards. Relic shards can be assembled into full relics if you collect enough of them.