The Sims 2 Farmer Challenge
I’ve been working on this challenge for a while now and feel confident enough to share it - that said, it’s still pretty much in the works. I may change things as I test it in game, but I don’t have a lot of time to devote to that atm.
So, please let me know if you have any thoughts or recommendations. I would really love the feedback!
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☼ The Sims 2 Farmer Challenge ☼
Your Sim has always dreamed of owning a farm and living off the land. So when they find out a distant relative passed leaving them title deeds to a piece of land they took this as a sign and immediately made the decision to leave everything behind and start the hard work towards making their dream a reality.
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❀ Goals:
To successfully live off the land and have §180K active funds before becoming an elder.
Earn highest talent badge (Gold)
Have a fully operational crop farm
Be able to plant all the harvestable plants/trees.
Must have at least 80% of your plants at the ‘Thriving’ health rating at one point after having planted all types. (cc plants don’t need to count)
Produce a “Mouthwatering” harvest at least once.
Self built farm building(s) of your choice – quaint cottage, deluxe farmhouse, barn, greenhouse(s) – one or all, its your call. These must be fully decorated.
The entirety of your land must amount to +§200K.
✿ Gameplay
Create a CAS sim, it’s suggested you dress them in good work-ready clothes fit for work on a farm or country/cowboy/prairie aesthetic if you’d like, for the everyday outfit (other outfits are up to you). Can create a pet as well.
Move them into an empty 5x6 lot
Register your farm i.e. name it. Give it a generic farm name, a witty name or a fitting name just make it yours.
Your savings amounted to §3500 when you made your lightening fast decision to go for it. Use the money cheat to set this amount at the beginning. No money cheats are allowed after this.
No motive cheats, skill adding cheats, skill building mods/cheats that will affect the Garden talent badge, cleaning skill, environment interest, nature enthusiasm, are allowed. (I know there are some nice mods for building these skills from regular yard work but for the purposes of this challenge these skills must be built only through harvest-able plants.)
Becoming a plant sim is allowed but only after you’ve gained the bronze badge. Using a cheat code or mod to become one is not allowed. If you become one by accident before then you will have failed the challenge (unless you find a way to turn back + get your badge back to bronze before touching your crops).
You can use elixir of life to add days in moderation.
Your Sim can join the Garden Club to get discounts on seeds and fertilizer.
You cannot hire a gardener to tend your harvest-able crops. They can tend to flowerbeds, shrubs, rake leaves, etc. If you do hire a gardener you might have to gate your crops/build a greenhouse and lock them out.
Since your sim will be so busy they can attempt a social/love life but can only marry a sim or move a sim in after a week of gameplay has passed.
Your sim may have a regular job.
❀ Categories
These have no hierarchy and can be combined or disregarded. Or even turned into a legacy where each generation adds something to the farm.
The Homestead - §60-80K – Every member of the family chips in to help out on this farm
Family Farm – §90-120k + at least two generations active on farm
Commercial Farm – §130-150K + level 10 business selling produce from the farm
Orchid – your farm boasts +50 harvest-able trees
Animal Farm – Have one or more types of animals breed to 2nd generation (cc listed below)
Flower Farm – (Optional handicap) original farm has made at least §50K, branched out to floral arrangement with level 10 business (Florist)
The Apiary – (Optional handicap) original farm has made at least §50K, branched out to bee keeping with level 10 business (selling all things apiary related, e.g.. beeswax candles if you have the cc)
Pick-Your-Own Farm – open your + §50K farm to the community, + get it to a level 10 business
Hobby Farm – add fun activities to your +§50K farm and open it up to the community
Tea Farm – Turn your farm into a tea house + farm combo (tea farming + tea making mods listed below)
✿ Handicaps/Branch offs
Your sim wants to put all their energy into making their farm a success and so will not have a regular job. They may work part time as a barrister/bar tender or use alternative income streams like fishing, digging for treasure, writing, etc. from time to time to cushion their finances.
They settle down nicely with a like minded sim – your sims partner will quit their job and make your sims dream their dream. Handicap above applies to both sims.
All children living on the plot adopt this self-sustaining habit as well (see first handicap) Teens may enter into part-time jobs but leave the corporate rat race as adults.
Your sim has a fear of becoming a plant-sim and will do anything in their power to prevent their becoming one.
Your sims want to be a plant sim is akin to the way some sims feel about grilled cheese. As soon as they can become one they will and remain one for the rest of their lives.
Wants to make a legacy farm with the farm being handed down to the third generation and having at least one sim from all three generations active on the farm.
Your sim is a plant scientist that has become obsessed with the potential existence of Laganaphyllis simnovorii (common name Cow Plant), their research has shown that they can indeed be cultivated and wants to make it their life’s work to prove their theory. Grow at least one Cow Plant during your sims life. You can do this in the next generation (since this career is unlocked with a degree) or you can use a cheat to get your first sim in the career path (applies to CAS sim only).
Your sim is a mad (plant) scientist and having discovered the reality of the existence of Cow Plants wants to drink its milk at least once in their life. Grow a Cow Plant and Drink its milk. You can do this in the next generation (since this career is unlocked with a degree) or you can use a cheat to get your first sim in the career path (applies to CAS sim only).
Your sim has built a successful farm and has fallen in love with the idea of adding a floral section to their farm and opening a florist! Create a flower bed section to your farm, Earn flower arranging gold badge and get your flower shop business to level 10. (if you choose this handicap you may use a mod that allows skill gains through tending flower beds)
❀ List of harvestable plants by badge
None
Tomatoes (§8) and orchard trees (§1200).
Bronze
Strawberries (§12) and cucumbers (§12).
Silver
Peppers (§16) and pole beans (§16).
Gold
Eggplants (§20) and can talk to plants to increase their health.
Cow plants may be planted at own risk!
✿ Useful tips + mods
Placing a ladybug loft within two tiles of a crop reduces the frequency of bug infestation.
Greenhouses can protect plants and trees from bugs and weather, and allow garden plants to be grown in Winter. (Mods that allow trees to do the same are allowed)
This mod by Numenor makes the water from sprinklers invisible + reduces lag from too many going at once.
These harvestable plants by simaddict99 can be added for more variety (will need the harvest basket listed below)
Farmers' Set by echo_eternity can also be added for variety (also needs the harvest basket below)
Harvest Basket by echo_eternity
This mod adds a useful “rake many’ option for fallen leaves.
Tea!
Chickens!
Cows!
Pigs!
Bees/Apiary Set
A list of many more things
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Hey btw, if you're attempting this challenge on any social media let me know, I'd love to see how you do with it and I wouldn’t mind adding a link to you below if you’d like!
Check out:
My Farm - Prairie Oaks
