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Part 33
The Sims 3

Part 33

Learn about The Sims 3 Fishing and Gardening skills, including level unlocks, challenges like Amateur Ichthyologist, and rewards.

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Learn about The Sims 3 Fishing and Gardening skills, including level unlocks, challenges like Amateur Ichthyologist, and rewards.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Fishing Skill Progression: At Level 3, you can bait fish. Bait, a type of food or fish, increases the chance of catching specific fish but is lost upon use. Higher quality bait yields higher quality fish. At any level, you can inspect water to identify available fish. Perfect fish are more common at Level 10.
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    Gardening Skill Progression: At Level 2, you can tend gardens, watering plants and removing weeds that damage plant quality. Higher levels increase tending speed. At Level 3, you can fertilize plants to improve produce quality and value. By Level 5, you can plant uncommon seeds in addition to common ones. At Level 6, Sims with the Green Thumb trait can revive dying plants (barren plants cannot be revived). By Level 7, you can plant rare seeds. From Level 8 to 10, completing opportunities to grow specific harvestables with certain qualities unlocks new plants, including those that spawn eggs, cheese, steak, and the Omni Plant.

Skill Challenges:

  • Fishing:
    • Amateur Ichthyologist: Catch every single type of fish, including the Deathfish. Reward: All caught fish will be bigger, fatter, and tastier.
    • Commercial Fisherman: Catch at least 350 fish. Reward: You can catch fish faster than other Sims.
  • Gardening:
    • Botanical Boss: Grow 75 perfect harvestables. Reward: None of your plants will ever die from neglect.
    • Master Farmer: Harvest a total of 650 harvestables. Reward: Your plants will be watered and deweeded for longer.
    • Master Planter: Plant every single type of plant. (Details on reward not fully specified in source).
Tips
  • A large garden is recommended for producing high-quality bait for fishing.
  • Gardening is a key money-making skill and provides fresh ingredients for cooking.
  • The quality of fertilizer directly impacts how much a plant's quality is improved.
  • Gardening skill development is detailed further in its own dedicated section.
  • Fishing skill development is detailed further in its own dedicated section.

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