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The Forrest Family - My Nomad Challenge
SimHead82
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I saw the Nomad Challenge being put together by @VanillaChai and decided to give it a go. I randomized and tweaked David & Lauren Forrest. A young adult married couple (I even randomized the last name Forrest and felt it was appropriate!). I am hoping to post a very in depth catalog of their journey. I purchased the Hallow Slough property and bought one outdoor trash can and took away all their money. I sent them immediately to the park to start collecting. David started fishing at the pond while Lauren searched for frogs. Lauren was very successful and caught 19 different frogs! She also collected 3 My Sim Trophies (Yuki, Chaz McFreely, and Lyndsay), harvested Lillies and Snapdragons, dug up a Peach crystal and a Treasure Map . David caught 7 types of fish (Trout, Koi, Guppy, Goldfish, Bass, Perch and Salmon), an apple and a plumbing piece. After I sold all the extra frogs and fish they had earned $1,470! Not bad! They purchased the Easy Camper Tent for $420 and called it a night.
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Both Sims were filthy dirty but they had work to do. I Sent Lauren out to dig and harvest and David went fishing. David gave Lauren the apple he caught the day before to eat ( I totally forgot I was supposed to save it to plant - oops!). He eventually caught a fish he could eat. After Lauren was done digging in the neighborhood she started fishing and caught a perch (already have one in the collection) and so she roasted it while David roasted a bass. After they ate I decided to send them to Granite Falls for two days. I am hoping they will gain some skills and find lots of items for their collections.
So far the collections are:
Crystals: 2/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 9/22
Fossils: 1/15
Frogs: 20/25
Insects: 4/21
Metals: 1/20
My Sim Trophies: 7/20
Plants: 4/32 Basil, Lily, Snapdragon, Strawberries, and a bunch of unidentified ones.
Current Simoleons: $498 (bought a fire pit and 2 day camping trip)
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 5
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 1, Gardening 1
Stinky:
Digging:
Doh, shouldn't have eaten that!
Breakfast:
More digging:
Goodnight!
You'll have to let me know when you start it so I can follow! So far so good. I think it would have been a lot more challenging with only one Sim though. Good luck!
Lots of collecting and fishing. David fished up 2 cow plant seeds and an easy camper tent. They went into the Deep Woods but it was kind of late in the afternoon and it wasn't the best for collecting. Their vacation has one day left, I think I'll extend it one more day and try and collect some more. My plan is to not start my garden at home until I start building a house.
So far the collections are:
Crystals: 3/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 12/22
Fossils: 5/15
Frogs: 20/25
Insects: 12/21
Metals: 2/20
My Sim Trophies: 8/20
Plants: 10/32 Basil, Lily, Snapdragon, Strawberries, and a bunch of unidentified ones.
Current Simoleons: $1,227
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 6
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 1, Gardening 2
More fish for breakfast:
Ick:
Luna Moths:
Will-O-the-wisp:
Goodnight!
Was kind of a bust. Didn't get any new items for collections. Lots of duplicates. Didn't even make any money because of $111/day vacation and $10 showers. Basically fished for dinner today.
Collections: Same as last time.
Money: $1096
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 6
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 2, Gardening 2
Last day of vacation. Fished and collected some new bugs. No new frogs or other collectibles. David did fish up some Parsley so I have a few herbs to plant. Lauren also harvested potatoes, carrots and onions, so we have a few veggies to start our garden with. Lauren also harvested a bunch of strawberries and blackberries. Excited to get them home and start gardening. Will spend time at the park trying to get the last 5 frogs so we can maybe build a bathroom at least! Luckily, there is a public bathroom across the street or we might have to go to the gym and shower. We might have to buy the portable shower in the mean time.
So far the collections are:
Crystals: 3/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 12/22
Fossils: 5/15
Frogs: 20/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 2/20
My Sim Trophies: 8/20
Plants: 11/32 Basil, Lily, Snapdragon, Strawberries, and a bunch of unidentified ones.
Current Simoleons: $322 (Had to buy more items for "home" and garden beds)
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 6, Gardening 1
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 3, Gardening 2
Back pocket fish
More fish for dinner
Gardening!
Cooking and keeping the Sims full is kind of a pain since you can only cook with things caught/harvested. I mostly roast fish over the camp fire for food. We did some good collecting today! Found one more frog and some metals and fossils. Harvested some apples, so I planted a tree and bought more flower beds to plant some berries.
So far the collections are:
Crystals: 4/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 13/22
Fossils: 7/15
Frogs: 20/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 5/20
My Sim Trophies: 12/20
Plants: 14/32 Still have a bunch of unidentified ones.
Current Simoleons: $1100
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 7, Gardening 1, Fitness 1
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 1, Fishing 3, Gardening 2
Roasted fish:
Jogging:
Fishing:
Because David and Lauren got to bed late the night before, they wasted part of the day and didn't do much but tend to the garden. We lucked out on food because we came upon an abandoned picnic lunch - hamburgers! Score! Lauren talked to a neighbor and David fished a little. I decided we had to get the portable shower, going to the gym every day is just impossible. David and Lauren got to bed at a decent hour and hopefully tomorrow will be more productive for the collections. Thinking a few kids to help with the garden will be nice. Just need a house first!
P.S. - So on Day 5 (I think) David and Lauren were throwing away garbage but it got cancelled mid action and the garbage laid on the grass by the mailbox and trashcan and today I noticed plants were now where the trash had been. David watered them and they are called Trash Plants. Weird and random!
COLLECTIONS:
Crystals: 4/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 13/22
Fossils: 7/15
Frogs: 20/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 5/20
My Sim Trophies: 12/20
Plants: 15/32 Trash plants discovered!
Current Simoleons: $800
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 7, Gardening 2, Fitness 1, Video Game 1 (stupid phone!)
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 3, Gardening 3, Herbalism 1
What's this? hamburgers?
Yummm, it's not fish!
Even someone walking by got in on this meal!
Yesssss a shower!
Trash plants:
Garden so far!
David's turn in the shower:
Planted one Cow Seed too!
Garden seemed easier to maintain today. In fact, Lauren took care of it all herself before David even woke up. They had a good day of collecting. Got some new metals, crystals, fossils, and another My Sim Trophy. Hoping tomorrow we can explore a secret area. I also picked up some Pears so I will plant one and waiting for Lemon trees to grow so we can harvest those too!
COLLECTIONS:
Crystals: 7/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 14/22
Fossils: 9/15
Frogs: 21/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 7/20
My Sim Trophies: 13/20
Plants: 16/32 Trash plants discovered!
Current Simoleons: $1662
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 8, Gardening 2, Fitness 1, Video Game 1
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 3, Gardening 3, Herbalism 1
Ready to harvest already!
Playing with matches
This old guy was creepin' on Lauren.
Dig, dig, dig!
What left-overs did we stumble upon tonight?
OMG hotdogs?
Time for bed!
Well I thought we'd have one collection done by now and would be expanding our little family. At this point I am not sure which collection we will finish first. I'm thinking we have a few days before David and Lauren need to start trying for a baby. We had a good day none the less. We tended to the garden and had a little adventure! David and Lauren went exploring in Sylvan Glade. I personally have never been there (EVER! I know, right?). I found it to be very beautiful and kind of creepy. (See pictures below!) We caught 2 new fish and found 2 new My Sims Trophies. While fishing, David caught a pomegranate (!). I noticed there were Cherry trees but they were all saplings. Maybe we'll go back in a few days and harvest some cherries. No luck on finding the 4 remaining frogs. Also, we really need a personal toilet!
COLLECTIONS:
Crystals: 7/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 16/22
Fossils: 9/15
Frogs: 21/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 7/20
My Sim Trophies: 15/20
Plants: 16/32 Trash plants discovered!
Current Simoleons: $1369 (Bought more garden beds).
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 8, Gardening 2, Fitness 1, Video Game 1
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 3, Gardening 3, Herbalism 1
Looking good!
Garbage Fruit
An adventure awaits!
Where are we?
I can smell the beauty.
Caught Emotion Potion (2 of them)
It's a rainbow!
Is something with red eyes watching me from that bush?
Planting that pomegranate!
No left-overs, so we go back to roasted fish
Goodnight!
Traveled to Oasis Springs to collect around town. Tried to go to the Forgotten Grotto but didn't realize you needed level 10 handiness! Oops! Headed to the park and caught 2 more frogs! Woot! Only need 2 more to finish the collection. We also got 2 new crystals, 3 metals, and a My Sims Trophy. Not a bad day. Learned David can now grill potatoes on a BBQ. So we had grilled potatoes twice today (Yay no more roasted fish!)! The bills were due - $282 (not too bad). The cow plant is all grown up. Not sure what to do with it other than have it around for the collection. Trying to decide if it would be acceptable behavior to have a baby in a bassinet outside the tent. We'll see...
COLLECTIONS:
Crystals: 9/20
Elements: 0/15
Fish: 16/22
Fossils: 9/15 (Ok this is tricky because I thought everything that came out of limestone was a fossil. Will double check this collection next time.)
Frogs: 23/25
Insects: 15/21
Metals: 10/20
My Sim Trophies: 16/20
Plants: 16/32
Current Simoleons: $1113
Skills:
David: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 8, Gardening 2, Fitness 1, Video Game 1
Lauren: Charisma 1, Comedy 1, Cooking 2, Fishing 4, Gardening 3, Herbalism 3, Video Game 1
Water, water, water...
Another trash plant, just from laziness.
Grilling potatoes
Eating grilled potatoes
Eating grilled potatoes together
Bessie
Please don't eat me!
Here's some cardboard
Snuck in some time at the gym, waiting for a shower.
Goodnight! (Guard cow plant, like a guard dog...)
Isn't it exciting to see the hidden lot for the first time? Sooo pretty! Also, a bit creepy.
I've yet to grow a cowplant in the Sims 4. I'm honestly terrified of them. My sims have 9 cowplant berries sitting in their inventory right now. Maybe I'll plant it soon? Maybe.