The Sims 4 Asylum Challenge
Hey guys, I have written the Asylum Challenge for The Sims 4! I took the challenge from The Sims 3 and re-wrote it to make sense in The Sims 4. I also added some difficulty modes to spice things up ...
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So... I started playing the Asylum Challenge for the Sims 4 a couple of weeks ago and won it after about 20 active days of playing. It was my first callenge ever and I found it personally amazing. I thought about sharing my experience and some tips I used in order to make the asylum challenge experience better for my fellow simmers.
1. BATHROOM TIP: The challenge itself has no rules as whether you should keep the toilet and shower/bathtub in the same room. This pretty much is up to yourself. However, your decision can really affect your game experience. If you keep the toilet and shower/bathtub in the same room, the chances of a sim to die of emabarrassment increase amazingly! In mi case, I decided to keep them in different rooms to help myself a bit haha
2. MAKING MONEY: One of the biggest struggles in this challenge is to make money! Even when you get to paint or handcraft, money seems to never be enough! To solve this issue for my sims, first of all, I chose an asylum with not so many lights. This way, you will lower the bills by a bit. Another thing I did was go out to fish,dig and look for frogs during the authorized schedules . I sold the fish, treasures, collectibles, elements, breeded frogs, etc. n order to make more money. Also, I harvested some plants I found on wild bushes (so I didn't have to pay for the seeds) and this helped me A LOT! Since the level I was playing the challenge on allowed me to send to sims to work + my sim, I sent all of them to work and this helped a bit with making money. You can also paint and sell the paintings to make more money, however this results in a very bored sim (I will talk more about this later on). Also, the stuff you make in the handcrafting table can be sold.
3. ACTIVITIES: I highly recommend having a TV instead of a computer in the asylum because several Sims can watch TV at the same time, while the computer can only be used one by one. I bought an easel, a chess table, a pool, had a garden and a handcrafting table. The easel helps you make more money, but decreases the sims fun as well as the handcrafting table :/ The chess table and pool increase the Sims Logic and Fitness skills and increases their fun, so I highly recommend them. You can also have an instrument as an activity because they increase skill and fun at the same time.
4. REPAIRING AND CLEANING: Since you are supposed to buy the cheapest of all, electronics and plumbing get broken quite often. To me, it happened to a point were I could spend an entire day repairing stuff around the house. I know some simmers chose to not fix things until they needed them, and I tried that for a while, however, it resulted in another issue... once I needed the object I was too tired or uncomfortable to fix it -.- So, I recommend to fix them as soon as you can, and taking into account an importance level. For example, I would always fix he toilet and shower before fixing the stove, fridge or sink. Sims can always eat salad but they can't "hold it"! Besides, peeing on themselves makes them embarrassed, and then again, there is a risk of dying of embarrassment.
So... this are the tips I could think of in order to help other Sims during their Asylum Challenge. Do you have any other tips?
1. BATHROOM TIP: The challenge itself has no rules as whether you should keep the toilet and shower/bathtub in the same room. This pretty much is up to yourself. However, your decision can really affect your game experience. If you keep the toilet and shower/bathtub in the same room, the chances of a sim to die of emabarrassment increase amazingly! In mi case, I decided to keep them in different rooms to help myself a bit haha
2. MAKING MONEY: One of the biggest struggles in this challenge is to make money! Even when you get to paint or handcraft, money seems to never be enough! To solve this issue for my sims, first of all, I chose an asylum with not so many lights. This way, you will lower the bills by a bit. Another thing I did was go out to fish,dig and look for frogs during the authorized schedules . I sold the fish, treasures, collectibles, elements, breeded frogs, etc. n order to make more money. Also, I harvested some plants I found on wild bushes (so I didn't have to pay for the seeds) and this helped me A LOT! Since the level I was playing the challenge on allowed me to send to sims to work + my sim, I sent all of them to work and this helped a bit with making money. You can also paint and sell the paintings to make more money, however this results in a very bored sim (I will talk more about this later on). Also, the stuff you make in the handcrafting table can be sold.
3. ACTIVITIES: I highly recommend having a TV instead of a computer in the asylum because several Sims can watch TV at the same time, while the computer can only be used one by one. I bought an easel, a chess table, a pool, had a garden and a handcrafting table. The easel helps you make more money, but decreases the sims fun as well as the handcrafting table :/ The chess table and pool increase the Sims Logic and Fitness skills and increases their fun, so I highly recommend them. You can also have an instrument as an activity because they increase skill and fun at the same time.
4. REPAIRING AND CLEANING: Since you are supposed to buy the cheapest of all, electronics and plumbing get broken quite often. To me, it happened to a point were I could spend an entire day repairing stuff around the house. I know some simmers chose to not fix things until they needed them, and I tried that for a while, however, it resulted in another issue... once I needed the object I was too tired or uncomfortable to fix it -.- So, I recommend to fix them as soon as you can, and taking into account an importance level. For example, I would always fix he toilet and shower before fixing the stove, fridge or sink. Sims can always eat salad but they can't "hold it"! Besides, peeing on themselves makes them embarrassed, and then again, there is a risk of dying of embarrassment.
So... this are the tips I could think of in order to help other Sims during their Asylum Challenge. Do you have any other tips?
