Money Ideas Other Than Jobs?
Hello everyone! I am in the middle of making another Rags to Riches challenge and I need a list of all the ways that you can make money without working a job on the Sims 4. This includes ways of c...
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This goes along with gardening, but you can grow a money tree. From what I understand, it grows in all seasons. You buy the seed from the rewards store, but it's pretty pricey.
Also, along the lines of collecting, you can get some pretty valuable items from exploring space. I know rockets are expensive, but you could download a science center from the gallery that your Sim can travel to or use the one at the GeekCon when it's in town.
Also with gardening, you can take microscope samples from plants. If you buy a microscope, you can use the sample to make a print (which comes out like a large painting), which can be sold. Again, maybe it would be more efficient to download a science center that already has a microscope?
There's also fishing, which I find less efficient than most other options. Unless, of course, your Sim has high level skill and fishes in a rare fishing spot like the Sylvan Glade. Granite Falls also has some pretty valuable plants and fish you can harvest.
Don't forget to invest in that money-making trash can, too! When I do the legacy challenge, that's always one of the first things I buy. Don't let your Sims wash their dishes! Always throw them out and get $10 each! If you make a group meal for $12, then throw away 4 dishes for $40, you'll actually be making money to eat!!!
Repair any objects that break. You can scavenge for parts, and sell the parts for some good money. If you don't have the aforementioned trash can, you can tell your sim to take out the trash. BEFORE they get to the outside can, cancel the interaction so they lay the garbage down on the ground. Sometimes it will let you scavenge for parts in the garbage, too, and you can sell them.
Archaeology is extremely lucrative. Only issue is your Sim needs to be pretty high in a lot of skills to stay "safe" and work productively in the Jungle. The artifacts go for several hundred each, and the temple treasures are usually worth about $10,000. Takes a few days to get to the temple, usually.
If your sim has high enough Vampire lore skill, they can buy and grow garlic seeds. They can make a few decorations with garlic like necklaces and wreaths that you can sell.
If you have Get to Work, you can put your sim in the scientist career until they get the SimRay as a career reward. I think they get it at career level 3. They can transform cheap items, and sometimes they will get a bigger, more expensive item. Then sell the item. Of course, that means they need to be a scientist for a while first, though.
If you want to keep being a scientist, you can also harvest some awesome plants from the planet Sixam which you can grow on Earth. Their fruit is worth mega $$$.
You can also breed puppies and kittens. You can sell them for $ ONLY when they're puppies and kittens (so don't wait for them to age up). You get more $ depending on how well-trained they are.
You might already know this, but don't allow items to hang out in your Sim's inventory (or household inventory) unless they're using them. Your taxes depend on the price of everything your sim owns, including what's in their inventories. So bigger inventories = higher taxes.
Also, along the lines of collecting, you can get some pretty valuable items from exploring space. I know rockets are expensive, but you could download a science center from the gallery that your Sim can travel to or use the one at the GeekCon when it's in town.
Also with gardening, you can take microscope samples from plants. If you buy a microscope, you can use the sample to make a print (which comes out like a large painting), which can be sold. Again, maybe it would be more efficient to download a science center that already has a microscope?
There's also fishing, which I find less efficient than most other options. Unless, of course, your Sim has high level skill and fishes in a rare fishing spot like the Sylvan Glade. Granite Falls also has some pretty valuable plants and fish you can harvest.
Don't forget to invest in that money-making trash can, too! When I do the legacy challenge, that's always one of the first things I buy. Don't let your Sims wash their dishes! Always throw them out and get $10 each! If you make a group meal for $12, then throw away 4 dishes for $40, you'll actually be making money to eat!!!
Repair any objects that break. You can scavenge for parts, and sell the parts for some good money. If you don't have the aforementioned trash can, you can tell your sim to take out the trash. BEFORE they get to the outside can, cancel the interaction so they lay the garbage down on the ground. Sometimes it will let you scavenge for parts in the garbage, too, and you can sell them.
Archaeology is extremely lucrative. Only issue is your Sim needs to be pretty high in a lot of skills to stay "safe" and work productively in the Jungle. The artifacts go for several hundred each, and the temple treasures are usually worth about $10,000. Takes a few days to get to the temple, usually.
If your sim has high enough Vampire lore skill, they can buy and grow garlic seeds. They can make a few decorations with garlic like necklaces and wreaths that you can sell.
If you have Get to Work, you can put your sim in the scientist career until they get the SimRay as a career reward. I think they get it at career level 3. They can transform cheap items, and sometimes they will get a bigger, more expensive item. Then sell the item. Of course, that means they need to be a scientist for a while first, though.
If you want to keep being a scientist, you can also harvest some awesome plants from the planet Sixam which you can grow on Earth. Their fruit is worth mega $$$.
You can also breed puppies and kittens. You can sell them for $ ONLY when they're puppies and kittens (so don't wait for them to age up). You get more $ depending on how well-trained they are.
You might already know this, but don't allow items to hang out in your Sim's inventory (or household inventory) unless they're using them. Your taxes depend on the price of everything your sim owns, including what's in their inventories. So bigger inventories = higher taxes.
