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MVWdeZT's avatar
MVWdeZT
Rising Hotshot
9 months ago

Birthstones

Now that we can make jewelry (if we have Crystal Creations), it's possible to give Sims their birthstones, if you have Seasons.

The traditional correspondence is this:
January - garnet
February - amethyst
March - aquamarine
April - diamond
May - emerald
June - pearl
July - ruby
August - peridot
September - sapphire
October - opal
November - topaz
December - turquoise

We don't have garnet, aquamarine, pearl or peridot among our crystals, so I'm substituting rose quartz for garnet, quartz for aquamarine, moonstone for pearl, and plumbite for peridot. These are all base game or CrC.

The next question is: when is your Sim's birthday? The fast answer is to look on the calendar. That won't be the actual day your Sim was born, but if your Sim started as a young adult, it's as good a date as any. Of course if your Sim is born in game, just make a note of that date. As for correspondences to months, they're as follows:

Jan - Winter 1- 9, 1-4 or 1-2, depending on whether your seasons are 28, 14, or 7 days in length - rose quartz
Feb - Winter 10 -18, 5-9, or 3-4 - amethyst
March - Winter 19 - 28, 10 - 14, or 5-7 - quartz
April - Spring 1-9,1-4, or 1-2 - diamond
May - Spring 10-18, 5-9, or 3-4 - emerald
June - Spring 19-28, 10-14, or 5-7 - moonstone
July - Summer - 1-9, 1-4, or 1-2 - ruby
August - Summer - 10-18, 5-9, or 3-4 - plumbite
September - Summer - 19-28, 10-14, or 5-7 - sapphire
October - Autumn 1-9, 1-4, or 1-2 - fire opal
November - Autumn 10-18, 5-9, or 3-4 - orange topaz
December - Autumn 19-28, 10-14, or 5-7 - turquoise

Also, jet was used for mourning jewelry in the Victorian era, so if you're playing a Black Widow challenge, your Sim should definitely be wearing jet.

Besides the places they mentioned where you could find crystals (the parks and neighborhoods in Oasis Springs and Willow Creek, on the computer, and asking colleagues in the Scientist career if you have Get to Work), you can also find them on a vendor's table at the Flea Market if you have City Living, and there are at least 30 dig sites around the Science building if you have Get to Work.
  • leucosiax's avatar
    leucosiax
    Seasoned Veteran
    yes same. I really do want birthstones, but I haven't kept track of when they aged up. I turned aging up off so I usually batch age them up according to stage changes or new worlds coming to the game. I wish the game had an update for that anniversary's and tied in birthstones to the the sims infomation panel. I will definitely used my birthstone for my sim self, and she is wearing aquamarine stone earnings in this look as my current profile photo,as I thought of it, while making her. I but will make her jewelry in what ever stones she has collected, as well, she has quite a collection.
    I do think birthstones add luck in real life and right before the pandemic I started collecting jewelry again, in my stone. I want to see if I can make similar in game.
  • SEREFRAS's avatar
    SEREFRAS
    Seasoned Veteran
    Wow, I didn't know my birthstone Garnet is also a Rose Quartz. Cool. :p B)
  • Mine is topaz but was more yellow than orange. Wish I still had it, was a beautiful ring from my big sister on my 16th birthday.
  • I am amazed at how detailed some of you work things out. I admire that. Problem is I can't remember in which season my sims were born. (or in which season they were created in CAS?) So I'll do the practical approach and just use the most useful charging effects.
  • It is interesting now many things would probably be in the game if CrCr had been added to the game earlier and if any of CrCr had been basegame. I think a similar thing about Spa Day. After all these years, Spa Day is not used as much as it could be used.

    CrCr corrupted my oldest save. It badly distorted the body of main Sim, so I just deleted the save. Since I am starting over from scratch, I will definitely keep track of birthdays and birthstones now.