Secret Lot?

How do you have a "discovered not made mermaid" in your household? I found that cave by the way but couldn't enter it.

"Bronwin2;c-17129442" wrote:
How do you have a "discovered not made mermaid" in your household? I found that cave by the way but couldn't enter it.

I don't know as I haven't played with mermaids yet. Maybe you meet one, raise friendship levels with her, have her confess that she is a mermaid and then invite her to move in with you? My sim couple were out on a date at the Sand Bar and Nalani (the mermaid from the trailer) suddenly showed up, and started talking to my couple on her own. She was extremely friendly and tried talking to them both a couple of times. I had each of them introduce themselves to her but since neither are going to be conservationists I did not attempt to become friends. Based on my experience, though, I don't think it is that hard to meet her.

Well that will give me something to try.

Same here. The map isn’t complete yet either but I’m getting more options.

"HimRumi;c-17129931" wrote:
You have to keep exploring, after 40 times you will complete the graffiti on the cave wall. It’ll let you travel to water caves, underground pools and some other stuff. I haven’t completed the whole map, but it keeps offering options after 10 times of exploring each time. I’m hoping it takes me to the lot after the map is completed.

"cmbaker16;c-17130191" wrote:
I've been doing alot of cave exploring myself and i noticed something near the cave, there's pieces of an image and it seems every time I unlock a new interaction with the cave the image is added to. So i'm thinking maybe once the image is completed the secret lot will be revealed? that's my theory anyway.

Good point!

"MidnightAura;c-17128421" wrote:
Didn’t the Gurus say they were no longer adding secret lots after they discovered they were rarely used?

There was a lot that was wildly exaggerated in the streams (mermaids luring sims to death, dangerous cave, sharks being dangerous) that since Thursday evening and way too much game time than I would normally give; have not been able to replicate. Even my friend couldn’t either.

I will believe it when I see it.

In a situation like this I think it's useful -- if people don't want to have mermaids in their game, they simply avoid unlocking the cove and sounds like no mermaids spawn. (My conservationist is still trying to find the cave to explore which I assume has nothing to do with spawning mermaids...)

EDIT: Finally found it along with the lot where I want to move my Sim when she gets enough money and I remove the Off The Grid lot trait. (She doesn't have a lot of electronics but she needs her laptop.)

I have a Mermaid and Merman who have Nalani(sp?) living with them and have been in that cave a lot the graffiti is more filled in than what cmbaker16 posted, the islands are fully restored to their natural beauty or whatever the pop-up said and they are both level 10 conservationists one in each branch so hopefully soon I'll get to see if that other area behind the volcano opens up or what it does.

After watching it I have that impression too.

It would have been great to have a secret lot just for mermaids though!

"MaggieMarley;c-17130976" wrote:
I looked at the Q&A from the 21st and they talk about the mermaid cave thing at 13:48.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/961284/lets-watch-island-living-q-a-livestream/

By the sounds of it, there is no secret lot - it’s just a mermaid spawner. Kinda gutted not gonna lie.

"GracieO312;c-17131512" wrote:
Hopefully Realm of Magic comes with a magic/witch world and they get their own occult tombstone. I still can't believe mermaids don't even have their own tombstone. The devs should patch one in for them because that is just... poor!

For those who care, we should make it clear that we definitely want an unlockable secret lot for witches in Realm of Magic, one which actually contains unique objects, decor, maybe some secret spell ingredients or a different, more advanced spell book. I think that pack would be much diminished without a secret lot.