Okay, I've Purchased Extra Gear, Why Can't I Go Exploring? Solved, But What an Adventure!

Well you're further along than I am. Where did you find a place to buy equipment? Sent my sims to the jungle. Nothing to do but excavate, got bit by spiders and stung by bees........ never came across a store, other ppl, jungle animals, nothing.

You have to find the spot where you can clear terrain with the machete/your hands. You'll get the pop ups about something that your sim encounters. After that, you can "travel through" and that takes you to next part of jungle. If you already are staying at the jungle in a place, the adventuring is all about going around the jungle and exploring. There is nowhere you need to click on the map to start your adventures.

"MysticOne;c-16350131" wrote:
Well you're further along than I am. Where did you find a place to buy equipment? Sent my sims to the jungle. Nothing to do but excavate, got bit by spiders and stung by bees........ never came across a store, other ppl, jungle animals, nothing.

Store is at the marketplace. You click on a table were the npc is to buy stuff. You can also click on the table to buy items from pets and outdoor retreat but I don't remember the name of the interaction.

I had the same problems! A few starter tips I have found though are:

The marketplace is located in the cantina lot. There are three stalls by the food cart. It can take a few moments but someone (in my experience so far) does show up

On the table, the vendor will show a range of handy jungle items and this changes each time the stall is reset/lot revisited

Click on the vendor (the sim themselves) and you should see the option to buy exploration supplies. Click this and you will see the options to buy tents, pet supplies etc like you would when clicking on a bookcase or bar, with items depending on packs owned.

The best way into the temple I have found so far is by visiting or staying at the national park lot (Belomisia Trailhead) or the two lots nearest to it (Jungle Bungalow or Field Station). Next to the national park is a public toilet/shower and the entrance (covered with vines) is right next to it.

Open the entrance using hands or machette and after a question (rabbit hole style) your sim passes through to a new area. Others can follow after e.g. with go here interactions

After that, there are a range of places to explore. Keep your eyes peeled for the same vine entrance you opened at the start as these (along with relic interaction along the way) will allow access to more areas.

Hope that helps.

"hadklax;c-16350206" wrote:
I had the same problems! A few starter tips I have found though are:

The marketplace is located in the cantina lot. There are three stalls by the food cart. It can take a few moments but someone (in my experience so far) does show up

On the table, the vendor will show a range of handy jungle items and this changes each time the stall is reset/lot revisited

Click on the vendor (the sim themselves) and you should see the option to buy exploration supplies. Click this and you will see the options to buy tents, pet supplies etc like you would when clicking on a bookcase or bar, with items depending on packs owned.

The best way into the temple I have found so far is by visiting or staying at the national park lot (Belomisia Trailhead) or the two lots nearest to it (Jungle Bungalow or Field Station). Next to the national park is a public toilet/shower and the entrance (covered with vines) is right next to it.

Open the entrance using hands or machette and after a question (rabbit hole style) your sim passes through to a new area. Others can follow after e.g. with go here interactions

After that, there are a range of places to explore. Keep your eyes peeled for the same vine entrance you opened at the start as these (along with relic interaction along the way) will allow access to more areas.

Hope that helps.

Hello
Thankyou for your thoughtfulness in posting the helpful tips :)

Thank you so much! Once I was able to find the entrance to the trail (I clicked many a time before it gave its name again) I was able to take my poor, beleaguered family on the WORST vacation of their lives. LOL We're talking being unable to walk with the sloths, but being startled by a colony of bats. Later on, they cross a rather sketchy suspension bridge, only for Dad to get stung by bees, his second son get attacked by fire bugs and the Dad, attempting to get amorous with Mom discovers a spider! Of course, he tries to stand still, so as not to upset it. However, the spray he purchased he can't use. He can either place in the world or place in inventory. What the heck? After the third son extinguished the fire about to consume his next older brother, Dad did the only salient thing to do. He took them all back to the Field Station and from there, they went home. Oh, and another thing that didn't appear to work. The little daughter is inspired by a couple of excavations she made, and wanted to see if she really had anything. Unable to use the archaeological fold up table at the Field Station, she borrowed her Dad's recently purchased one. Neither of them could do anything more than to take the relics out of the inventory or put them back. Face/palm.

"MysticOne;c-16350131" wrote:
Well you're further along than I am. Where did you find a place to buy equipment? Sent my sims to the jungle. Nothing to do but excavate, got bit by spiders and stung by bees........ never came across a store, other ppl, jungle animals, nothing.

Find the Cantina. Outside there should be a few tables set up, next to a food vendor. Click on one of the people at the tables and from there you can make your purchases.

"Dannydanbo;c-16350252" wrote:

"GalacticGal;c-16350242" wrote:
Thank you so much! Once I was able to find the entrance to the trail (I clicked many a time before it gave its name again) I was able to take my poor, beleaguered family on the WORST vacation of their lives. LOL We're talking being unable to walk with the sloths, but being startled by a colony of bats. Later on, they cross a rather sketchy suspension bridge, only for Dad to get stung by bees, his second son get attacked by fire bugs and the Dad, attempting to get amorous with Mom discovers a spider! Of course, he tries to stand still, so as not to upset it. However, the spray he purchased he can't use. He can either place in the world or place in inventory. What the heck? After the third son extinguished the fire about to consume his next older brother, Dad did the only salient thing to do. He took them all back to the Field Station and from there, they went home. Oh, and another thing that didn't appear to work. The little daughter is inspired by a couple of excavations she made, and wanted to see if she really had anything. Unable to use the archaeological fold up table at the Field Station, she borrowed her Dad's recently purchased one. Neither of them could do anything more than to take the relics out of the inventory or put them back. Face/palm.

Well, if they're having a horrible time, then it's a perfectly normal family vacation. :D

The items like spider spray are used automatically by your sims without you telling them to use it.

Wow. That speaks volumes to how uniformed my Sim really is. :'( I had to tell the third son to extinguish the fire on his next older brother. Man, I've heard of sibling rivalry before, but this is just plain despicable. I am aware that third son only a short time before wished very much to ditch his family … :open_mouth:

My poor sim family, third day in, lovely walk in the jungle. Youngest daughter gets attacked my fire flies and dies, the Mum could nt put fire out and pleading to grimmie did nt work, was quite sad. Next time, I ll take lots of supplies.

Thought I'd share a few photos of the event: