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Satanu_Reeves
4 years ago

Nectar recipes for optimal day drinking

Lately, I've been having a lot of fun with Nectar making. I've taken on sort of a challenge to create an 'Amazing' blend nectar with each harvestable for my day drinking sims. Ideally, I like nectar to give all four moodlets but without the age reversing effects so that was my whole area of focus. The biggest surprise was the dessert nectars with the cocoa pecan being my only amazing blend on the first try and the banana cocoa was a concept that took only minimal tweaking. Anyway, It's been a long time since WA was released so if these have been posted somewhere before and I come to know of it, I'll credit the poster. Otherwise, here are the recipes I had so much fun cooking up. I would also love to see recipes from others, if you want to share :) .

Each nectar has a 3 Flame Fruit, 1 Life Fruit base.

Classic

Red: 3 Gralladina Fran, 3 Meloire ($432)
Special Blend: 2 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Avornalino, 1 Cherimola Blan, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Renoit ($435)
White: 4 Renoit, 2 Cherimola Blan ($316)

Dessert

Chocolate Banana: 3 Banana, 1 Cocoa, 1 Flame Fruit, 1 Pecan ($315)
Chocolate Pecan: 4 Cocoa, 2 Pecan ($284)
Hot Cocoa: 5 Cocoa, 1 Apple (by @starguru )

Fruity

Apple: 3 Apple, 1 Cherimola Blan, 1 Meloire, 1 Renoit ($313)
Blackberry: 3 Blackberry, 2 Renoit, 1 Cranerlet Nuala ($351)
Blueberry: 3 Blueberry, 2 Renoit, 1 Avornalino ($321)
Cherry: 4 Cherry, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Renoit ($433)
Lemon: 4 Lemon, 1 Avornalino, 1 Lime ($315)
Lime: 4 Lime, 2 Watermelon (From the wiki) ($353)
Mixed Berry: 1 Blackberry, 1 Blueberry, 1 Plum, 1 Raspberry, 1 Renoit, 1 Strawberry ($297)
Orange: 3 Orange, 1 Cherimola Blan, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Pomegranate ($336)
Peach: 4 Peach, 1 Avornalino, 1 Plum ($322)
Pear: 4 Pear, 2 Grape ($291)
Plum: 4 Plums, 1 Avornalino, 1 Cherimola Blan ($367)
Pomegranate: 4 Pomegranate, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Gralladina Fran (recipe credit to Sincerbox) ($383)
Pomelo: 4 Pomelo, 1 Meloire, 1 Plum ($429)
Raspberry: 3 Raspberry, 1 Cherimola Blan, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Grape ($329)
Strawberry: 3 Strawberry, 1 Avornalino, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Meloire ($342)
Watermelon: 4 Watermelon, 1 Lime, 1 Plum ($365)

Just for Vampires
4 moodlets and thirst replenishing.
Absolute Pearerror: 3 Pear, 1 Apple, 1 Peach, 1 Plasma Fruit ($339)
Bridgeport Dark: 3 Blackberry, 1 Cocoa, 1 Plasma Fruit, 1 Strawberry ($331)
Blood Orange: 4 Orange, 1 Avornalino, 1 Plasma Fruit ($341)
Burnt Offerings: 1 Apple, 1 Cherry, 1 Lime, 1 Plasma Fruit, 1 Plum, 1 Pomelo (by @starguru )
Cherry Bomb 3 Cherry, 2 Plasma fruit, 1 Cranerlet Nuala (by @starguru )
Darkest Chocolate: 2 Cocoa, 1 Blackberry, 1 Cherry, 1 Pecan, 1 Plasma Fruit ($358)
Haunted Cobbler: 3 Peach, 2 Pecan, 1 Plasma Fruit ($340)
Hot Blooded: 2 Lime, 2 Plasma Fruit, 2 Pomegranate (by @starguru )
Red Cider: 4 Apple, 1 Avornalino, 1 Plasma Fruit ($343)
Vampri Sun: 2 Orange, 1 Banana, 1 Cherry, 1 Lime, 1 Plasma Fruit ($371)

Price info: Completed the 'Flavorful Feet' challenge, used perfect fruits, flavor enhancement upgrade, and concentrated setting.
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$$ Top 5 $$
Special Blend: $435
Cherry: $433
Red: $432
Pomelo: $429
Pomegranate: $383


Edit: Here are some more amazing recipes by @starguru

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"starguru;c-17765230" wrote:
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Napalm Grape—3 flame fruit, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 2 gralladina fran grapes, 1 avornalino grape, 1 cherimola blan grape, 1 life fruit
Citrus Inferno—5 pomelos, 3 flame fruit, 1 lemon, 1 life fruit
Purple Flame—3 flame fruit, 2 gralladina fran grapes, 1 meloire grape, 1 renoit grape, 1 plum, 1 cherry, 1 life fruit
Berry Firewater—3 flame fruit, 3 watermelon, 2 strawberries, 1 blackberry, 1 life fruit
Tropical Blast—3 flame fruit, 2 oranges, 2 pomegranates, 1 banana, 1 cherry, 1 life fruit
Steamy Apple Cider—5 apples, 3 flame fruit, 1 strawberry, 1 life fruit
Sour Pear Flambé—3 flame fruit, 3 pears, 2 lemons, 1 peach, 1 life fruit
Roasted Pecan—3 flame fruit, 3 pecans, 2 peaches, 1 pear, 1 life fruit
Toasted Banana Pecan—3 flame fruit, 2 banana, 2 pecans, 1 orange, 1 lemon, 1 life fruit
Hot Cocoa—5 cocoa, 3 flame fruit, 1 apple, 1 life fruit

And here are some of my amazing and perfect thirst-replenishing plasma nectars for vampires. All of them provide at least 3 buffs with no life extension; a few give all 4 buffs*.

Cherry Bomb*—3 flame fruit, 3 cherries, 2 plasma fruit, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 life fruit
Hot Blooded*—3 flame fruit, 2 plasma fruit, 2 pomegranates, 2 limes, 1 life fruit
Bloody Kisses—5 plasma fruits, 3 cherries, 1 pomegranate, 1 life fruit
Plasma Cherry—4 plasma fruits, 3 cherries, 2 watermelons, 1 life fruit
Burnt Offerings*—3 flame fruit, 1 cherry, 1 plum, 1 pomelo, 1 apple, 1 lime, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Sanguine Grapes—3 avornalino grapes, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 gralladina fran grape, 1 meloire grape, 1 renoit grape, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Bloody Pom-Poms—3 pomelos, 2 pomegranates, 2 plasma fruit, 2 pears, 1 life fruit
Dark Harvest—4 blackberries, 3 plasma fruit, 1 cocoa, 1 cherry, 1 life fruit
Red Water—4 watermelon, 3 cherries, 1 strawberry, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Persephone—7 pomegranates, 1 watermelon, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Raspberry Bite—6 raspberries, 2 apples, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Original Sin—5 apples, 2 blackberries, 1 raspberry, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit
Bloodberry—3 blueberries, 2 blackberries, 2 raspberries, 1 strawberry, 1 plasma fruit, 1 life fruit


Edit 2:A list of not so good vampire nectars I made when I was confused.
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3 moodlets and thirst replenishing.These do not use the same base as the other nectars.
Black Forest: 4 Cocoa, 3 Plasma Fruit, 1 Cherry, 1 Life Fruit, 1 Pecan ($304)
Bridgeport Red: 6 Watermelon, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Life Fruit, 1 Plasma Fruit ($354)
Pink Lemonade: 6 Lemon, 1 Cherimola Blan, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Life Fruit, 1 Plasma Fruit ($239)
Plasma Lime: 6 Lime, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Life Fruit, 1 Plasma Fruit, 1 Plum ($305)
discussion
  • IreneSwift's avatar
    IreneSwift
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 years ago
    Thank you for sharing your recipes. My sim will be making nectar one of these days, and I'm having her grow lots and lots of perfect flame fruit and life fruit in preparation for it. You said you didn't want the age reversing effect, but you have life fruit in those recipes. Does they somehow not give them an extra day when they drink them?
  • sparky1922's avatar
    sparky1922
    4 years ago
    @Satanu_Reeves

    While I enjoy Nectar making I apologize as I don't have any recipes to share as I cannot remember the best ones I have made but I wanted to thank you for your observations as your info is now copied/paste and tucked away to try later :)
  • Satanu_Reeves's avatar
    Satanu_Reeves
    4 years ago
    Hi @IreneSwift , A nectar needs to be at least %50 Life fruit for it to have age reversing effects. With less than that, we just get the moodlet. If you read the article about nectar making on the wiki, it'll mislead you first into thinking you need %50 LF to gain any benefit from it but then later in the article it's explained that you can get the buff with less than %50 LF without it's age reversing. 3FF and 1 LF are the minimum amounts needed for the nectar to have all moodlets. Have fun with your nectar making sim :)

    @SPARKY1922 You're quite welcome. That's okay, WA came out a long time ago. I do hope some people have their sims dust off the old nectar making machines. Maybe we'll see some new recipes.
  • Mikezumi's avatar
    Mikezumi
    4 years ago
    It's been a while since my sims made nectar but it is something I enjoy when my sims are not too busy raising families. I found these recipes when I installed Bohemian Garden because I wasn't sure what to do with the new fruit and nuts.
  • Mikezumi's avatar
    Mikezumi
    4 years ago
    I just hunted high and low for the recipes I use most often. I long ago copied them to a text document but, other than remembering I found them on the forum, could not remember who compiled them.
  • Satanu_Reeves's avatar
    Satanu_Reeves
    4 years ago
    @Mikezumi Those recipes are 'amazing' :) Thank you for searching for them and sharing. Posts like those are very useful for giving clues about what fruits work well with each other. I thought about using the mod listed in your first link because my sim is often enough wrong in his predictions of a good fruit combo. It makes me wonder if he was also wrong about his predictions of fruit combos he said would never work.

    Do you use the MultiTab 6000? It's probably the reason my sims have 'hobby' skills since they can just listen to skill tabcasts while doing other things. Nectar making and Photography seem to level particularly fast with this device. Might save some time but I can see how obtaining the rare fruits and maintaining a garden not only for food but also nectar making grapes could take time away from the family.
  • Satanu_Reeves's avatar
    Satanu_Reeves
    4 years ago
    One other note, in the first link that Mikezumi listed, there's a recipe for an amazing plasma nectar in the comments section. Something I didn't even bother with because I don't play vampires. 7 life fruit, 2 plasma, 1 peach - By commenter Alyssa. Everything I've read about vampires and plasma nectar states that they are immune to the 'Warm Fuzzies' from flame fruit so there is no point in adding it and it takes just one plasma fruit in a nectar to restore their thirst. So this is well formulated. This will have age reversing effects because it's at least %50 life fruit. Though that's rather fitting for a vampire.
  • Mikezumi's avatar
    Mikezumi
    4 years ago
    @Satanu_Reeves I do use the multi tab but I never bother with the nectar making skill since it is so fast to gain without it.

    On the odd occasion I play vampires, I find the plasma fruit recipes very useful because they fill the thirst bar. I rarely make nectar with life fruit because my sims need to die in a timely manner :D
  • Satanu_Reeves's avatar
    Satanu_Reeves
    4 years ago
    I added a link to the wiki in the first paragraph that clarifies what I was saying about about all moodlets but without age reversing. Apparently it's actually six life fruit that is required for age reversing, not five like I said earlier. Or it's wrong like this wiki sometimes is :D in any case I can confirm that one life fruit in nectar gives the 'Full of Life ' moodlet but doesn't reverse age.

    @Mikezumi That's good to know that it's fast leveling anyway. I've never leveled it without the tabcast. I was thinking of starting a midnight sun challenge where nobody can use tech and I was worried about not having the tabcast for this skill. I'm going to experiment with a 3 moodlet, thirst refilling nectar without age reversing. If I can find one that works, I'll post it here :)
  • Mikezumi's avatar
    Mikezumi
    4 years ago
    @Satanu_Reeves I will check back with this thread if you learn more. My focus on nectar making was always on the quality and not the moodlets provided because my sims are never short of good moodlets because of the way I play. I only made "amazing" nectar using perfect produce and mostly kept it in the basement to increase in value for the LTW that needs nectar worth a certain value to complete.

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