NEIGHBORHOOD RAGS TO RICHES CHALLENGE
Hi Simmers! I have been watching a YouTuber simmer, Salise Plays, who, I believe, created this challenge. It's a rags to riches challenge where your sim starts with nothing on an empty lot with 0 sim...
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3 - BRINDLETON BAY - CAVALIER COVE NEIGHBORHOOD
Neighborhood: There are 5 residential lots overlooking a boardwalk, the beach and pier areas. There are many walking trails. The Bedlington Boathouse lot is right at the water. All lots were bulldozed and the Delgato family, who had lived at the Chateau Frise lot were evicted. The seaside area is busy with sims, cats and dogs.
Resources: There is no foodstand; however, there is a grill and picnic tables. There is a public bathroom and benches to sleep on. There are 5 fishing spots. There are dig sites and many areas to collect frogs, fossils and mystery boxes. Bonus here is that they spawn daily. There is one pee bush, which can only be used by the pets, and feathers can be collected here. There are some harvestables that are out of season (tulip, chrysanthemum, cherry tree}. The harvestables that are in season are catnip, madnip and napnip (cat treats), and one pear tree on the Chateau Frise lot.
Day 1:
Allie starts off in her Cats and Dogs winter wear and takes 5 selfies. As usual, she sells 4 and keeps one and earns $36 simoleons.
The only source of food in the neighborhood is a pear tree on the Chateau Frise lot, not ready to harvest as yet.
There is already snow on the ground and Allie immediately sets out collecting. This is a good neighborhood to collect frogs and collectibles.
She also collects water near the Dachshund's Creek lot, and surprisingly, she doesn't change into her bathing suit.
While collecting, she also spotted celebrity Judith Ward and snagged two autographs from her!
Allie's main concern was finding food. Fishing was out, as the streams, rivers and ocean were all frozen. The pear tree on the Chateau Frise lot would take a few days before it could be harvested. But perhaps sims would grill and she could get free food that way. Let's hope so.
Allie met quite a few sims.
She also befriended several dogs, and even met a cat named Mayor Whiskers.
Allie ends Day 1 with $538 simoleons and keeps the 2 autographs and frogs in her inventory. She's hungry and dirty and off to sleep on a bench. She has enough simoleons to start building her house.
But her needs were plummeting, especially her hunger needs. No-one had done any grilling, and even though Allie had dug up one fish in a dirt pile, she needed 2 fish to grill fish on a stick. Will that pear tree be ready to harvest tomorrow? Because if not, things were not looking good for Allie's survival in this neighborhood.
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3 - BRINDLETON BAY - CAVALIER COVE NEIGHBORHOOD (Finale)
Here is the start of Allie's house. At least she was making good simoleons.
Food Needs & Nearly Starving to Death:
Things were not looking good for Allie on Day 2. Her hunger needs were very much in the red and she was very uncomfortable.
Her only food source was the pear tree, and even though it had grown, it was not yet ready to harvest. Her only hope for today to overcome her hunger was if anyone grilled food or if she found another fish in a dirt pile.
Her day was pretty tense. And then her hunger needs became ravenous and she was given 24 hours to live until she starved to death. I started to worry.
I was sure that the pear tree would be ready to harvest tomorrow, but my concern was that even if it was, she would be too uncomfortable to harvest the pears that she needed to survive. Would she be able to get her needs up in time to harvest the pears, or would she die of starvation? The clock was ticking.
I was still hoping that she would find another fish in a dig pile, or even some fruits or vegetables that she could eat. But it didn't happen. So, as a precaution, I did purchase 2 fruit seed packets in case she needed to use these at the last moment in case she couldn't get her needs up in time.
But then I thought of another idea. She had been rather social in this neighborhood already, and she had enough reward points to purchase a moodlet solver potion. And, so that is what I did. I bought her the potion, and all her needs were fixed. She was then able to harvest the pears and not starve to death. She never did use the fruits from the 2 seed packets, but I just kept those in her inventory.
Thankfully, with the pears, she was able to make a family sized serving of fruit salad.
But just to be safe, I wanted her to reach Level 7 in Cooking to make the off-the-grid recipe, Boiling frog pot, since she was collecting a lot of frogs. She didn't quite reach Level 7 though.
Later on in the week, she also found a trash plant at the shore area.
And a sim came by with a gift, which was a faux meat cube.
And finally she was able to unearth another minnow and grill it along with the one in inventory for fish on a stick.She also got a new personality trait, Foodie.
Making Simoleons:
Once her hunger and other needs were in good shape, she was able to collect again. Her daily routine was frog breeding, and collecting from dirt piles, fossils, harvesting, and she also found one set of feathers at the pet pee bush.
She actually kept the feathers, and if you place them on the wall, they turn into pictures.
She planted several pear trees and the madnip, catnip and napnip on her lot.
Whenever she met a dog, she would ask it to go potty. Sometimes she was lucky and they rewarded Allie with a little gift. Yes, she sold the pet poo.
And, of course she collected snow and water to sell through her bills.
The End is Near:
Allie didn't have any problems with social needs as there was always a sim, or dog or cat around to talk to.
She did have to brave a blizzard in collecting items.
But after her initial scare of near starvation, on New Year's Eve, she knew she had made it and had survived the week.
Finished House & Final Stats:
She was able to finish her house, a small sea shanty. All her house builds are 32 tiles. She was left with $64 simoleons.
These are the feathers that Allie collected, which, when placed on a wall, turn into paintings.
Congratulations Allie! You survived the Brindleton Bay, Cavalier Cove neighborhood in winter. It was harder than I thought it would be, especially with the lack of food sources, but she did it!
Technically this was a FAIL since I used the moodlet solver, which was not something that she found in the Neighborhood. I am sure that Allie would not have been able to get her needs up in time to harvest those pears. So, yes, it was a bit of a cheat to save her from starvation, but it worked.
So, because of this, I am making a bit of a rule change. Since she can purchase items from Buy Mode, I will allow her to purchase 1 seed packet only if she is in fear of starvation.
The Next Neighborhood:
Using the randomized wheel spinner, Allie will next travel to Mt. Komorebi to the Wakaba neighborhood. Until next time...
