Message in a bottle

I found out the collection helper helps a lot (life time happiness reward). I also discovered the more seashells you collect, more bottles you get. Doing that I was getting bottles left and right. But I also got some bottles from what appeared to be common spawners. But I just found the bottle, which quickly cut away to the island. I found the bottle on one of the rare spawners at Mermaid's Grotto.

Thanks @ Sim2Blade

collegemommaof3:Keep looking. Bottles are rare. I only found two so far.
There are merpeople living in town. You can meet some just by going to the festival or to the beach. You don't have to wait until they show up under water.

If your in a hurry and don't mind using cheats

ctrl+ shift+c

testingcheatsenabled true

unlockallunchartedislands on


the cheat is something like that if you type help after testingcheats you will see it :D

the cheat gives your current family that ur playing all the islands


BUT! if you dont want to cheat http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/islandparadise/findingunchartedislands.php

nice little guide to help you

Are messages in a bottle found by scuba diving or snorkeling? Do you have to manually click them to find them?

You can find the bottles while scuba diving or on the beach. I think they're rare shell spawners, but don't quote me on that part.

So far I've only found 1 bottle and that was from scuba.

There is one bottle that's sitting on the sea floor at the Mermaid's Grotto dive spot that your sim won't be able to get to. The sims can't get to it because it's sitting up against a tall kelp. The only way to get to that bottle is by unlocking that lot in edit mode, and then move it away from the kelp. The bottle is up against a tall kelp directly across the lot from the cave that looks like a fish's head. To unlock the dive lots for editing. Just simply type in testingcheatsenabled true. Then type in enablelotlocking true. Then you have to click on the padlock to unlock the lots. To move the stuck message in a bottle, just simply open the cheat bar again and type in moveobjects on. Now you are free to move that bottle any where on that lot any place you like. :D

I didn't know there were messages in a bottles! That's awesome! But the only way I've gotten to unlock the private islands is by having my resort hit 5 stars and someone comes and let's me have it. Have a resort on one of them now. But if I get another one, I may want a home on it or something like that the next time. :)

wylmite1986 wrote:
I didn't know there were messages in a bottles! That's awesome! But the only way I've gotten to unlock the private islands is by having my resort hit 5 stars and someone comes and let's me have it. Have a resort on one of them now. But if I get another one, I may want a home on it or something like that the next time. :)

I'm finally getting to understand on just how to get the bottles to start showing up in the game. It will take some time them to start showing go, so be patient. You simply have to collect a whole bunch of seashells first in order to find, and collect the bottles. :D

I have found 2 bottles with messages, both at Mermaids Grotto, one has a map fragment and the other has the message, something along the lines of running out of food, don't think I can hang on, can't even find a shaker of salt. This made me laugh, love the Jimmy Buffett reference to Margaritaville. :lol:

bshag4lv wrote:
I have found 2 bottles with messages, both at Mermaids Grotto, one has a map fragment and the other has the message, something along the lines of running out of food, don't think I can hang on, can't even find a shaker of salt. This made me laugh, love the Jimmy Buffett reference to Margaritaville. :lol:

Yeah, I have found that message and a piece of the map in bottles too. The map unlocks one of the islands, and I have found a treasure chest on that island. The chest is hidden among some plants, so you'll have to look closely. :D