Off-the Grid Challenge Island Living!
Hello there! So, while diving in (pun intended) to the new pack I decided to start right away with the rags to riches challenge. I always find it more fun to work my way up from nothing. Sometimes even doing that it feels like the challenge difficulty is over too quickly. Well I changed the rules to suit my sim last night and I think I found a challenge that is incredibly well... challenging.
Your sim was out enjoying a day relaxing on a rowboat when they fell asleep. They awoke when their boat capsized just off the coast of the island of Sulani. Their wallet and all other belongings were lost at sea. Now it’s up to them to survive in their newfound oasis.
Rules:
1. Live in Sulani in a lot trait that is “off the grid”. This is specific because the collectibles are less easy to find in this world.
2. Reset household funds to 0
3.Your sim won’t be able to leave Sulani and venture outside until they live in a four-walled home. The exception to this rule would be to take a dog to the vet or have a baby at a hospital. But you aren’t permitted to talk to anyone beyond the caregiver nor are you permitted to gather collectibles while you’re there.
4. In order to buy a home, your sim must earn $10,000 in reserve.
5. Your sim may only earn money by doing odd jobs, beach-combing, playing for tips (if they manage to buy an instrument for themselves) and selling other collectibles (and only with the yard sale table and function if you have City Living). As an added challenge (though I found this plenty hard without adding anything more difficult) - limit the odd jobs to one a day.
6. (Optional) Make it so your sim has to have a level 4 of Handiness before they can 'make' the yard sale table.
7. To make the challenge even harder, you can strand your survivalist with a child or pet. Caring for someone else besides themselves takes time away from tending to their own needs so things can get pretty crazy. For instance my dog kept jumping in bushes and getting bit by squirrels which was a huge vet bill.
8. No formal careers allowed.
9. (Optional) Can't use the cooler or fridge to have a "quick" meal. If you want to cook, you have to catch your own food - fish - or harvest Coconuts, Pineapples, etc and cook them on the bonfire or campfire.
I hope you’ll find this as fun as I did!
Your sim was out enjoying a day relaxing on a rowboat when they fell asleep. They awoke when their boat capsized just off the coast of the island of Sulani. Their wallet and all other belongings were lost at sea. Now it’s up to them to survive in their newfound oasis.
Rules:
1. Live in Sulani in a lot trait that is “off the grid”. This is specific because the collectibles are less easy to find in this world.
2. Reset household funds to 0
3.Your sim won’t be able to leave Sulani and venture outside until they live in a four-walled home. The exception to this rule would be to take a dog to the vet or have a baby at a hospital. But you aren’t permitted to talk to anyone beyond the caregiver nor are you permitted to gather collectibles while you’re there.
4. In order to buy a home, your sim must earn $10,000 in reserve.
5. Your sim may only earn money by doing odd jobs, beach-combing, playing for tips (if they manage to buy an instrument for themselves) and selling other collectibles (and only with the yard sale table and function if you have City Living). As an added challenge (though I found this plenty hard without adding anything more difficult) - limit the odd jobs to one a day.
6. (Optional) Make it so your sim has to have a level 4 of Handiness before they can 'make' the yard sale table.
7. To make the challenge even harder, you can strand your survivalist with a child or pet. Caring for someone else besides themselves takes time away from tending to their own needs so things can get pretty crazy. For instance my dog kept jumping in bushes and getting bit by squirrels which was a huge vet bill.
8. No formal careers allowed.
9. (Optional) Can't use the cooler or fridge to have a "quick" meal. If you want to cook, you have to catch your own food - fish - or harvest Coconuts, Pineapples, etc and cook them on the bonfire or campfire.
I hope you’ll find this as fun as I did!
