Meet Carmen Angelos, my wonderful nectar-making sim:
I, too, am a "nectar" enthusiast in RL and have always enjoyed the nectar-making items from the 'ol World Adventures EP. However, I found that I was making the same few recipes over and over again; growing the same fruits; and losing track of which recipe used what ingredients.
I thus decided to compile the information that I had gathered from various sources over the last couple of years, organize my scrawled notes and embark on a project to name the top nectar recipes, list their attributes and organize them based on value. While this value can vary somewhat, I have found that it is more or less accurate across games and computers.
Carmen worked her little butt off for well over a sim year on this project. To honor her, I will be creating a story thread over the next few days about her busy year created in the form of a letter to her aunt back in Spain.
(Story Link to follow)
For the purposes of this thread, however, I will merely post the results of Carmen's grand endeavors:
98 AMAZING AND/OR VALUABLE NECTAR RECIPES
*All results based on Carmen Angelos' Level 10 Nectar Skill, Perfect Fruit, Flavor Enhancement upgrade to nectar machines, Extended Nectaration and Flavorful Feet earned through 40-squish skill opportunity. Sorted by price. Bottle prices listed are straight out of the machine before aging.
(Thanks to Murfee for catching a duplicate. Four recipes recommended by Sincerbox have also been added to the list.)
1. La Vida Dulce: 9 life fruits, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $603
2. Essencia: 6 life fruits, 3 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 gralladina fran grape
Amazing; Perfect - $593
3. Plum Fuego: 7 life fruits, 2 flame fruits, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $584
4. Valor: 6 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 1 cherimola blan grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $569
5. Apollo: 4 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $548
6. Solstice: 7 life fruit, 2 flame fruit, 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $507-585 = average $505 (randomized range for two batches of same blend)
7. Sanguinity: 6 life fruits, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 pomegranate, 1 cherry
Amazing; Perfect - $544
8. Synergy: 4 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 2 pomelos, 1 lime
Amazing; Perfect - $543
9. Sentience: 4 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 2 pomelos, 1 lime
Amazing; Perfect - $542
10. Enthusiasm: 8 life fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala, 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $536
11. Rendezvous: 5 life fruits, 5 cranerlet nuala grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $532
12. Destiny: 6 life fruits, 3 gralladina fran grapes, 1 cherry
Amazing; Perfect - $531
13. Reprieve: 9 life fruits, 1 cherry
Great; Perfect - $530
14. Somnabulence: 6 life fruits, 2 meloire grapes, 1 cherry, 1 gralladina fran grape
Amazing; Perfect - $522
15. Fulfillment: 7 life fruits, 1 cherry, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $521
16. Synthesis: 9 life fruits; 1 lime
Amazing; Perfect - $515
17. Variegata: 2 life fruits, 6 flame fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 avornolino grape
Amazing; Perfect - $512
18. Sagacity: 5 life fruit, 2 gralladina fran, 1 flame fruit, 1 cranerlet nuala, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $470/$540 = average of $505 (two accidental batches in a row yielded different prices)
19. Iconic: 8 life fruits, 1 flame fruit, 1 meloire grape
Amazing; Perfect - $489
20. Aphrodite: 4 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 2 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $479
21. Memories: 6 gralladina fran grapes, 4 life fruits
Amazing; Perfect - $475
22. Festivo: 8 life fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 flame fruit
Great; Perfect - $473
23. Nirvana: 7 flame fruits, 1 life fruit, 1 avornalino grape, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $473 - recipe credit to Sincerbox
24. Vampire Sangria: 9 plasma fruits, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $470
25. Assumption: 4 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 2 cherimola blan grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $463
26. Chakra: 7 life fruits; 1 cherry, 1 avornalino grape, 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $457-$458 (range from deliberate test of two consecutive batches)
27. Metamorphosis: 7 life fruits, 1 flame fruit, 1 plum, 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $448
28. Red Hot: 8 flame fruits, 2 cherries
Amazing; Perfect - $447
29. Pinnacle: 2 life fruits, 6 flame fruits, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 cherimola blan grape
Amazing; Perfect - $436
30. Mystique: 3 pomelos, 2 life fruits, 2 cranerlet nuala, 1 gralladina fran grape, 1 lime, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $429
31. Equilibrium: 3 life fruits, 3 flame fruits, 3 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $425
32. Sinbad: 2 life fruits, 2 gralladina fran grapes, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 2 cherries, 2 pomelos
Amazing; Perfect - $423
33. Solara: 5 life fruits, 5 pomelos
Amazing; Perfect - $416
34. Mêlée: 2 gralladina fran grapes, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 flame fruit, 1 life fruit, 1 cherry, 1 pomelo, 1 avornalino grape, 1 meloire grape
Amazing; Perfect - $407
35. Combustion: 7 gralladina fran grapes, 2 flame fruits, 1 life fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $406 - recipe credit to Sincerbox
36. Zany: 8 cranerlet nuala grapes, 2 limes
Amazing; Perfect - $397
37. Escapade: 3 life fruits, 2 avornalino grapes, 1 cherry, 1 flame fruit, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 plum, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $393
38. Blue Hawaii: 6 life fruits, 3 grapes, 1 banana
Amazing; Perfect - $388
39. Menehune: 5 life fruits, 3 bananas, 2 pomelos
Amazing; Perfect - $386
40. Tarzan: 6 life fruits, 3 bananas, 1 flame fruit
Amazing/Perfect - $365
41. Zorro: 4 meloire grapes, 3 flame fruits, 3 gralladina fran grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $363
42. Chrysanthemum: 4 gralladina fran grapes, 2 watermelon, 2 plums, 1 flame fruit, 1 life fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $362
43. Equinox: 5 cranerlet nuala grapes, 3 gralladina fran grapes, 2 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $360
44. Cornucopia: 2 flame fruits, 2 watermelon, 1 cherry, 1 avornalino grape, 1 gralladina fran, 1 life fruit, 1 plum, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $360
45. Alchemy: 3 cranerlet nuala, 2 avornalino, 1 flame fruit, 1 lime, 1 plum, 1 pomegranate, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $355
46. Impressionism: 4 pomegranates, 3 flame fruits, 1 life fruit, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 gralladina fran grape
Amazing; Perfect - $353 - recipe credit to Sincerbox
47. Luau: 5 life fruits, 4 bananas, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $335
48. Diabolique: 3 cherries, 2 life fruits, 2 pomegranates, 1 meloire grape, 1 lime; 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $334
49. Palooza: 3 watermelon, 1 meloire grape, 1 gralladina fran grape, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 life fruit, 1 plum, 1 pomegranate, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $333
50. Kahuna: 4 life fruits, 3 meloire grapes, 3 bananas
Amazing; Perfect - $332
51. Black Friar: 3 cranerlet nuala grapes, 3 gralladina fran, 2 renoit grapes, 2 meloire grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $329
52. Renaissance: 2 cherries, 2 flame fruits, 2 watermelon, 1 avornalino grapes, 1 gralladina fran grapes, 1 pomegranate, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $329
53. Summer Breeze: 1 life fruit, 3 flame fruits, 4 limes, 2 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $325
54. Luscious: 2 flame fruits, 2 gralladina fran grapes, 2 avornalino grapes, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 2 grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $323
55. Choir Boy: 4 life fruits, 3 cherimola blan grapes, 3 meloire grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $316
56. Aloha Spirit: 4 life, 3 cherimola blan grapes, 3 bananas
Amazing; Perfect - $314
57. Arabian Nights: 4 life fruits, 3 pomegranates, 3 plums
Great; Perfect - $308
58. Heaven Can Wait: 1 gralladina fran, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 avornalino grape, 1 renoit grape, 1 meloire grape, 1 cherimola blan, 1 pomegranate, 1 cherry, 1 life fruit , 1 flame fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $303
59. Love's Labour: 3 gralladina fran, 2 pomelos, 2 watermelon, 1 cherry, 1 flame, 1 meloire
Amazing; Perfect - $302
60. Symmetry: 4 cherries, 1 flame fruit, 1 avornalino, 1 gralladina fran, 1 life, 1 lime, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $298
61. Jungle Heat: 5 flame fruits, 3 pomegranates, 2 bananas
Amazing; Perfect - $295
62. Momentum: 4 limes, 3 gralladina fran grapes, 1 cranerlet nuala grape, 1 life fruit, 1 pomegranate
Amazing; Perfect - $291
63. Character: 5 gralladina fran grapes, 4 plums, 1 cranerlet nuala grape
Amazing; Perfect - $286
64. Sacré Coeur: 3 pomegranates, 3 watermelon, 1 cherry, 1 flame fruit, 1 gralladina, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $281
65. Utopia: 2 flame fruits, 2 avornalino, 2 pomegranates, 1 cherry, 1 meloire, 1 plum, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Perfect - $279
66. Panacea: 3 avornalino grapes, 2 gralladina fran, 2 cranerlet nuala, 2 pomegranates, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $270
67. Creation: 4 gralladina fran grapes, 3 apples, 3 pomelos
Amazing; Perfect - $266
68. Jazz Singer: 5 bananas, 4 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 life fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $262
69. Jezebel: 2 gralladina fran, 4 plums, 1 avornalino grape, 1 life fruit, 1 lime, 1 watermelon
Amazing; Perfect - $260
70. Passion: 4 pomelos, 3 meloire grapes, 3 plums
Amazing; Perfect - $242
71. Sublime: 6 meloire grapes, 4 cherries
Amazing; Perfect - $240
72. Tropico: 4 bananas, 4 pomelos, 2 life fruits
Amazing; Perfect - $237
73. Paradisio: 6 bananas, 2 life fruit, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $237
74. Monarch: 5 apples, 3 life fruits, 2 bananas
Amazing; Perfect - $237
75. Mowgli: 4 pomelos, 4 bananas, 2 flame fruits
Amazing; Perfect - $237
76. Innuendo: 4 avornalino grapes, 3 pomegranates, 2 plums, 1 meloire grape
Amazing; Perfect - $232
77. First Kiss: 2 cherimola blan grapes, 2 cherries, 2 pomegranates, 1 pomelo, 1 gralladina fran grape, 1 avornalino grape, 1 cranerlet nuala grape
Amazing; Perfect - $224
78. Velvet: 7 cherries, 2 meloire grapes, 1 plum
Amazing; Perfect - $217
79. Sensuous: 6 cherries, 4 pomegranates
Amazing; Perfect - $214
80. Tres Royale: 6 plums, 4 cherries
Amazing; Perfect - $212 - recipe credit to Sincerbox
81. Amour: 9 pomegranates, 1 flame fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $208
82. Temptation: 5 apples, 5 gralladina fran grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $208
83. Hula Girl: 5 limes, 4 cherries, 1 banana
Amazing/Perfect - $208
84. Indulgence: 6 cherries, 3 bananas, 1 flame fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $200
85. Sunrise: 6 cherimola blan grapes, 2 life fruits, 2 bananas
Amazing; Perfect - $196
86. Tranquility: 7 watermelon, 2 bananas, 1 life fruit
Amazing; Perfect - $194
87. Typhoon: 4 bananas, 4 pomelos, 2 cherries
Amazing; Perfect - $184
88. Dichotomy: 9 plums, 1 lime
Amazing; Perfect - $178
89. Voodoo: 7 pomegranates, 2 cherries, 1 banana
Amazing; Perfect - $172
90. Hurricane: 5 cherries, 4 banana, 1 pomelo
Amazing; Outstanding - $164
91. White Nun: 4 renoit grapes, 3 avornalino grapes 3 cherimola blan grapes
Amazing; Perfect - $163
92. Castaway: 7 apples, 2 life fruits, 1 banan
Amazing; Outstanding - $154
93. Hang Ten: 7 bananas, 2 cranerlet nuala grapes, 1 life fruit
Amazing; Outstanding - $131
94. Simplicity: 5 apples, 5 renoit grapes
Amazing; Outstanding - $121
95. Jardin: 8 renoit grapes, 2 grapes
Amazing; Outstanding - $119
96. Second Temptation: 6 cherimola blan grapes, 4 apples
Amazing; Outstanding - $118
97. Wave Runner: 5 bananas, 4 watermelon, 1 flame fruit
Amazing; Outstanding - $111
98. Mojo: 6 bananas, 3 pomelos, 1 cherry
Amazing; Outstanding - $107
Comments
*Calculated Values of Fruits Based on Result Ratio
Life Fruit: 40
Flame Fruit: 32.6
Cranerlet Nuala Grapes: 29.1
Gralladina Fran Grapes: 21.7
Pomelo: 21.7
Meloire Grapes: 18.1
Cherry: 16.3
Avornalino Grapes: 14.5
Plum: 12.7
Lime: 12.7
Watermelon: 12.7
Pomegranate: 10.9
Cherimola Blan Grapes: 9.1
Renoit Grapes: 9.0
Apple: 5.4
Grapes: 5.4
*Credit to Chrys at Carl's Sims 3 Guide, 11/28/2009; bananas, lemon and plasma not included
Number of Top Recipes That Utilize Each Fruit
Life Fruit: 66
Flame Fruit: 41
Cranerlet Nuala Grapes: 37
Gralladina Fran Grapes: 33
Cherry: 33
Pomelo: 28
Pomegranate: 26
Plum: 20
Watermelon: 22
Banana: 23
Avornalino Grapes: 19
Meloire Grapes: 18
Lime: 16
Cherimola Blan Grapes: 11
Renoit Grapes: 6
Apple: 6
Grape: 3
Plasma Fruit - 1
Lemon - not included
Amount of Fruit Used in Top Recipes
Life Fruit: 229
Flame Fruit: 81
Gralladina Fran Grapes: 72
Bananas: 75
Cherries: 70
Cranerlet Nuala Grapes: 70
Pomelo: 57
Pomegranate: 49
Plum: 41
Watermelon: 41
Meloire Grapes: 36
Cherimola Blan Grapes: 29
Apple: 29
Avornalino Grapes: 28
Lime: 28
Renoit Grapes: 21
Plasma - 9
Grapes: 7
Lemons - not applicable
Suggested Planting Guidelines Based on Above Results:
1-2 each: grape, renoit, apple, cherimola blan
2-4 each: lime, meloire, avornalino, watermelon, plum, pomelo, pomegranate
4-6 each: cherry, gralladina fran, cranerlet nuala, bananas, *flame fruit
6-8+ life fruit
(*however, flame fruit still gets an extra edge for its value in Baked Angel Food Cake)
NB: Original credit for my sim's in-game tested recipes to Carl's Sims Guide, ArchitectHere at Mod the Sims (2/27/10 posts) and hmsdrco2001 at the Sims 3 Forums per his 8/9/2012 post re: a "Banana Nectar" thread.
Does anyone have any amazing and/or valuable nectar recipes utilizing lemon? I have yet to experiment with that fruit and have not seen any such recipes posted anywhere.
First off, Carmen Angelos is beautiful! Wow! She has some mad, crazy nectar making skills - I an very impressed! Well done :thumbup:
I am always making nectar because I love to have my sims carry some bottles in their inventory so they may serve when they attend parties, social gatherings etc. My male sims Luka and Beau have level 10 nectar making skills, but I have never really taken much notice of the different nectars they make... I simply do the best I can with the produce available I will try to see what cool nectars they have created using lemons I have bookmarked this thread 8)
never made nectar before, but thanks to your awesome guide, I think it's time to start.
thank you
You put a lot of time & effort into this list and as I'm sure other simmers will say, THANK YOU!!!!
I am printing this list so I can put it beside me when it's time for me to have a nectar making sim. Again, thank you!!!
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4 Pomegranate, 3 Flame Fruit, 1 Life Fruit, 1 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Gralladina Fran
6 Plum, 4 Cherry
If those recipes are there my mistake.
Thank you so much for this list. I am printing it immediately and saving it to file as well. I only had about 15 recipes and certainly non with banana. Thank you! Thank you!
/edit to add: I also have:
7 Gralladina Fran, 2 Flame Fruit, 1 Life Fruit
OK, I used to be SO into this. This was the first thing I ever did with the sims was try and figure out all the nectar recipes. I had an excel spreadsheet. :oops: I know.
Well I once had an excellent recipe with lemons and I discovered it by accident and I can't remember what it was. I think it was similar to one of the recipes that works with lime, only with lemon.
This thread was really helpful and somewhere in there is a lot of data about calculating value.. not just through game play but by looking into the game coding, Just in case anyone wants to go nuts on this like I did but it is quite cheater-ish! I love that you've posted recipes with names, and history. My sims are still naming particular blends after key moments in their grandsimmie's lives.
I so want to get back to nectar making. I will as soon as I get my other projects a little more under control... We can make it a project... divi up the possible combinations with lemon and try them all out. We'd be breaking new ground
My sim was at the Consignment Shop the other day and picked up a bottle of nectar made with eggplant. :shock: You might want to factor that frui--er, vegetable into your experiments, lol... :P
Not only did you put up these amazing recipes, you also took the time to suggest how many of which plants to have on hand. Very sweet of you!
Now I have to go edit the community garden barn lot I made. It has a garden area outside and a nectar machine in the cellar. It'll be fun trying out all these recipes!
*bookmarked*
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Thank you, Kate! Hugs back. I'd love to see your lemon recipes. It's nice to know that someone loves the nectar-making as much as I do.
Lovellisac and lovestorems, you are so welcome!! I had made this for myself and decided that someone else might find it useful, too.
Niac, I'm a dork! I totally meant to put it into the WA forums and accidentally put it into "Worlds" instead. How do I fix that? Do I have to ask a guru somehow? Thanks for your encouragement, though!
Sincerbox: I'm thrilled to see those three recipes. I had not tried those combos before, so I will do that very soon. I would be great to reach a total of 100 as a group effort!
Thank you, Aminovas! I have poured over that thread at Carl's Sims many times over the last many months! I did briefly reference it in my first post and again toward the end of my second, but it was easy to miss. I should have added the link to my credits. Thanks for doing that! I do encourage anyone with game coding understanding to give it a look-see, plus it was the source for many of the recipes that I tested. The technical discussions were a bit over my head, unfortunately, though I did grasp "some" of it. :oops:
Amjoie, Hallie and Jen: Have fun with your nectar-making simmies. The machine and the nectar racks are such a nice addition to the game even though they're some of the oldest Sims 3 PC items.
Oh, BTW, Hallie: I read over on Carl's Sims that you actually cannot use the purple eggplants to make nectar, so I didn't try. Yes, I know that there is eggplant nectar coded in the game and my sims have tasted in from the racks, but the nectar-making machine apparently only allows fruit. I was disappointed in that news as I thought it would be fun to experiment with it. I guess the eggplant is only good for cooking and for the kid's juice stand.
As mentioned, I plan to do a fun related "project," consisting of Carmen's letters to her Tia Lavinia and I'll post the link to the beginning of that thread tomorrow or Friday. I'm usually a builder and not normally a storyteller by any means, but I was inspired by the idea as I was working with my sim and taking photos of her and her hubby.
EDIT: Oh, and Monet and Tiki, thank you and you're welcome! You posted while I was responding to the others. It is so nice that people can find this useful. I know that I had been wanting a decent list of recipes for awhile. Even though others had shared combos, I wanted to remember them more easily with names on a list. I thought it would be easier to keep track of them that way.
Whoa, Ami: Re-reading your post with a keener eye, I am impressed by your level of dedication! A spreadsheet beats the scrawled notes I had been collecting hands down!
If you can make sense of those coding discussions over at Carl's Sims, more power to you and I would love to join efforts in a big li'l project someday to unlock the lemon's potential. Carmen needs to soak the stains off her feet first, though, and you must finish your fabby Gatsby world! In the meantime, we'll just toast our future plans.
Oh my gosh, Jen! Thank you so much for the gifts. That really caught me by surprise. You totally did not have to do that, but you are a sweetheart and deserve a big hug. I couldn't post on your page, so I sent you a FR.
Accepted
I've consulted Carl's site with my last nectar sim. Lucky for me I found this, just as my present teen sim is working on his nectar skills. He was fortunate that his father had done all the hard work on raising perfect fruits and vegetables. So now he just needs to raise his nectar skill and complete some challenges. Your wonderful list (and great nectar names!) means he has an edge.
Thank you again!
I've have so wanted to create a nectar making Sim and now I think that I will. What are some of the traits you used in creating yours?
:-)
With this my dream may actually become a reality Thank you!! Big Hugs