First you MUST pass the level 2 mission. go to the SimQurtar market and purchase a chocolate bar. go to the mixer machine and mix it in with flour and sugar. bake it and give it to Det. Dan Mann. He will give you 1,000. go home and sleep then go back to him. Bake him another one and he will give you $5,000 in cold, hard, CASH!!
1 Step Miracle Grow
Sick of having your plants die because you are too busy to water them? What you do is when your plant turns all yellowish-brownish, then press "A" on the plant and go to the "Move" option. Move it somewhere else or just keep it in the same spot and it will turn a healthy green again.
Accessing Moon Base Zeta
Purchase a green meteorite off the Internet shopping. Then, with the meteorite still in you pocket, go to Sim Quarter and use the telephone booth. The moon base, where you can buy the Rocket Bed and Cheese Modulator will now be open.
Alternate introduction sound
At the title screen, hold Down + Y to record from the microphone. To hear what was recorded, press Down + X at the title screen. The captured sounds will be heard during the introduction sequence. To preview it slower, press Down/Left + X at the title screen. To preview it faster, press Down/Right + X at the title screen.
Artsie Rep Mission Goal
To finish the Artsie Goal in the Rep Missions, you have to collect 100 trash. To do that, you must start saving the trash piles from the beginning.
Artsies
Their members love the arts and are all very talented. Carnivals and the market are favorite hunts of theirs, and everyone has an artistic flair for performance arts. Choose "My Guitar Hero" to join the Artsies at the beginning of the game. The group is made up of:
Roxanna Moxie (leader): She loves performing at the carnival and the animals she work with, and also has eccentric tastes for things. She can be found at the carival and around the market most of the time.
Cannonball Coleman: Loves music and travels around the city playing his saxophone. He can be found outside the University or around Urbania usually.
Pritchard Locksley: A struggling actor who still enjoys relishing his glory days. Now a waiter, his first love is still acting. He can be found on the streets of SimQuarter most of the time.
Theresa Bullhorn: She loves watching movies and is very into films, having directed some. She can be found outside the cinema and at the market most of the time.
Rival gang: Nerdies.
Change self-drawn picture colors
Stand next to a self-drawn picture (talk to the painter in Simquarter) so that the yellow arrow is over it. Press R, and it will invert the colors.
Change the color of the furniture
Stand next to a piece of furniture, then press R. Not all pieces have alternate color.
Club Xzzle Password
Go to Club Xzzle ask to enter, type "bucket" and the doorman will let you in. Also you only need to type it once and he'll let you in every time with no hassle.
Cooking
If you have your Cooking skill at eight, whatever you bake will work.
Crystal at Club Xizzle
If you fall asleep while Crystal is following you, she will get up and leave.
Cure Boo
The cure for vampirism is the Chocolate Decadence recipe (2 Chocolate + 1 Flour). Feed this to Boo to cure him of being a vampire.
Easy money
To earn some extra money, go to the Chop Shop and sell some of your Hogg's parts. Additionally, buy an easel, then frame a painting and sell it to the thrift store. The paintings range from 25 to 300 Simoleons.
Easy Popularity gain
Unlock the garbage can location from Pheobe Twiddle and put basic furnishings in it (bed, shower, fridge, etc.). Then, go into Club Xizzle next to it and talk to the people inside until you raise your Popularity. Make trips back to the garbage can to refill your needs.
Free items
Invite someone over (someone who is your friend or of you Rep Group recommended). If they like your place a lot they will give you a "housewarming gift". If they do not, get their relationship to 90 to 100, leave the room (they will be gone), go back, and invite them again.
Berkeley Clodd: 3-Card Monte Table
Busta Cruz: Punk T-Shirt
Cannonball Coleman: Music Stand
Crystal: Magic lamp with comfy bed and toilet
Darius: Uncle Suede's Cane
Dr. Maximillian Moore: Periodic Table of Elements
Dusty Hogg: Burning Spoke Sign
Ewan: Street Light
Giuseppi Mezzoalto: Orange Pedestal
Lily Gates: Liberty Statue
Luthor L. Bigbucks: Bumper of his car that goes on your wall
Mambo Loa: Voodoo Dan Doll
Phoebe Twiddle: Lawn Flamingo
Polly Nomial: Khroniton Reactor
Sharona Faster: Megalodon Tooth
A free item will appear at your house every thirty game days:
Call Services (works with all service calls). When they are almost finished, go outside then go back in. They will be gone. You can finish the work yourself and you will not have to pay.
Getting chopper to Splicer Island
Get the chopper by completing the "Daddy Bigbucks And The Xizzle Factory" mission. Take it out to the docks where the boat to Splicer Island is located. Ride close enough to the boat so that you see the yellow arrow hanging over the boat. Press A, and you are free to roam around Splicer Island on your chopper.
Getting recipes
When you are looking for cooking recipes ask everybody except Jack I Deal; they will tell you certain recipes:
Giussepo: Strawberry Tiramasu
Getting to Splicer Island
First, you need to uncover the details of Splicer Island by giving Monkey (the hobo in the park) some food. Next, you must the Simquarter open by completing mission set 2. Talk to Sharona Faster at the docks and she will tell you about a water taxi service that she has. Do what she says and a boat will appear. Go on it to get to Splicer Island.
Heidi Shadows
Heidi Shadows is a cheat ninja where you can buy Smoothies to get skill points and Simoleons. Heidi Shadows sells cheats in the form of Smoothies. To find her, you must first link up to someone else to unlock the weird planet location. At the telephone booth in SimQuarter next to the Flea Market, go to the planet place. Directly up at the top of the map on this planet are some stairs. Use them the to go up to the door. You will have a quick glance of a person (resembling like a ninja holding a flag). This is Heidi Shadows. To buy the cheats, you must go here starting at 10:00 a.m. Heidi Shadows will disappear, then reappear.
Rosebud Smoothie: Adds 2,000 Simoleons.
Slip of Paper: Password for Club Xizzle and recipe for Strawberry Tiramisu.
Silver Tongue Smoothie: Adds 1 Charisma Point.
Gourmet Smoothie: Adds 1 Cooking point.
Clock Smoothie: Adds 1 Mechanical point.
Buff Smoothie: Adds 1 Body Point.
Mind Smoothie: Adds 1 Logic point.
DaVinci Smoothie: Adds 1 Creative point.
Heidi's Stock is replenished before every appearance. Heidi Shadows' Shop is open from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Additionally, after you return from the bayou and get arrested for running, talk to Detective Dan Mann until you have 100 relationship points with him. He will tell you that someone dug a tunnel and escaped from jail. Go back into the jail and notice that the poster that was there is now a tunnel. Between 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., a ninja will be in the tunnel and sell you smoothies that will give you skill points. One will give you 2,000 Simoleons.
Heidi Shadows can be found at the following times and places:
1 a.m. to 2 a.m.: Use the time machine to travel to Nov. 29, 1984. This destination is available after finishing level 5.
2 a.m. to 3 a.m.: Go to the Carnival.
4 a.m. to 5 a.m.: Go to Paradise Island.
6 a.m. to 7 a.m.: Secret tunnel between Jail and Dark Tree.
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: Moonbase Zeta.
Houses to buy
Through the game you can buy houses,in Urbaina(the first city) you should buy the small house first. Do not buy another house until you unlock Glass Town. If you did not buy another house until then you should have enough money to buy the pinthouse.
Human-eating plant
There are aggressive plants on Splicer Island(Before it gets developed) and on the bayou that will eat you. If you let them eat you, you'll end up with 2/3 of your needs filled. If you don't want them to eat you, whenever they are wrapping the vine around your legs, repeatedly press B.
Low bills
Once you have gotten your bills down 40%, you can get them down even lower. If you get a roommate your bills will go down by half.
Map to Paradise Island
The map to Paradise Island is located at the top-most level of the casino-boat near the steering wheel. The boat is at the dock that is at the bottom of the stairs in the ground of Glasstown. Additionally, once you pick the map up, leave the room. Return later, and it will be there again. It will always be there whenever you go back to that room. It is recommended that you not pick it up; there is no way to get rid of it after you have given one copy to Gordie Puck (in the university). It will be once less space in your pocket to carry something else.
Nerdies
People in this group belong to the "high-collar" workforce or are academically outstanding. They are very intellectual and refined, choosing to spend their time learning something new. Choose "Computer Daze" for the first question if you want to be in the Nerdies at the beginning of the game. The group consists of:
Polly Nomial (leader): Bespectacled geek who spends her time burying herself in books and studying. She can be found at the University almost all the time.
Lincoln Broadsheet: A passionate and inquisitive journalist who loves his job lot. He can be found in the newspaper center, or outside, almost all the time.
Maximillian Moore: A doctor obsessed with good hygiene. He can be found inside the clinic in Urbania or on the streets of Urbania most of the time.
Sue Pirnova: She is your resident inventor who is really into research and discovering new things. She can be found on the streets of SimQuarter, Urbania and the University most of the time.
Rival gang: Artsies.
Ninja Smoothies
After you return from the bayou and get arrested for running, talk to Detective Dan Mann until you have 100 relationship points with him. He will tell you that someone dug a tunnel and escaped from jail. Go back into the jail and notice that the poster that was there is now a tunnel. Between 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., a ninja will be in the tunnel and sell you smoothies that will give you skill points. One will give you 2,000 Simoleons.
People who will help you in Splicer Island
The people who will help you are:
* You will need to have Rel 50 with them.
Dr. Mauricio Keyes - Mokey
*Mokey is usually found at Urbania Park.
*You will need to bring him to the shower in Jail for him to be transformed.
Smoothie Operator - Jack I. Deal
* Jack is usually found at Salty's Riverboat (Casino)
Entertainment Manager - Busta Cruz
* Busta is usually found at the Crawfish Shack
Peple for pet show
The pet show people are Gary Geezer, Cynthia Brainrust and Max Moore(AKA the docter).
Quick Skills
If you would like to get a skills point quicker, press the button "A" rapidly to make it go quicker.
Racing against Dusty Hogg
You need to have you're motorcycle perfect.
Recipes
In order for a recipe to work, mix the ingredients in a Mixmaster or Mixmaster Deluxe. Then, bake the resulting mix in an oven. Note: You must have good cooking skills (up to 7 or 8). If a recipe fails, try it again and you will be successful.
For an extra rep point, you can find the trophy of a rep group and give it to the leader. Here are the locations.
Richies trophy: Search to the left of the second salesman's desk on the second floor in the Glasstown Mega mall.
Artsies trophy: After you complete the Bayou missions, the dead tree in the bottom left corner near the mausoleum entrance will have two man eating plants guarding it. Defeat them and then go to the tree and there is the trophy. To defeat the man eating plants you have to let them grab you. While they are grabbing you in, quickly press A. Your Urb (depending on male or female) will do a small "dance" and the man eating plants will shove there heads into the ground.
Streeties trophy: In the section of the cemetery where you exit the mausoleum, there are 2 tombstones. Check in between AND behind them.
Nerdies trophy: Search the tree in the parking lot near the Carnival.
Rep group rewards
After getting your reputation full with one of the following groups, talk to their leader to get the indicated reward:
Artsies: Bod-Mod Booth
Nerdies: Mad Skillz Cerebral Data Infuser
Richies: Sensory Deprivation Tank
Streeties: Ultimate MP-DEE Stereo System
Rep missions
You need to have 100% relationships with the following people to get rep missions unlocked. Note: Make sure to collect piles of trash while they are still around. This is one of the requirements in the Artsies missions. They will disappear after awhile; act fast and do not recycle them until after unlocking the Artsies missions.
The Richies are incredibly rich, and more often than not, arrogant. Some bask in the glitz and glamour of life, while others in this group remain spoilt and discontent. Be prepared for a huge hole in your wallet if you want to gain a lot of rep points for this group. To get into the Richies at the beginning of the game, choose "Bright Lights, Big Wallets" for the first question. The group is made up of:
Luthor L. Bigbucks (leader): Spoilt, unsatisfied son of Daddy Bigbucks. Very unapproving of his father's plans. He can be found outside the musuem in SimQuarter most of the time.
Lily Gates: Busy attorney of Daddy Bigbucks who loves making lots of money. She can be found in King's Tower level 1, 2 and the wharves at SimQuarter most of the time.
Lottie Cash: Spoilt and pretty much ignorant, she definitely knows how to enjoy life to the fullest by indulging in her riches. She can be found at the top-most street in Urbania most of the time.
Misty Waters: Ex-life guard, now a gym trainer who still misses her old job. She can be found at Waters' Gym in King's Tower most of the time.
Rival gang: Streeties.
Safe
Detective Dan D Man will give you a safe if you invite him to your house.
Splicer Island plans
When in Urbania, go to the dumpster near the university and large brownstone; look at it and press A.
Storage Areas
The following places are unlocked by reaching the maximum relationship with the following people:
Lost cave in Sim quarter: 100% relationship with Ewan Watahmee.
Old broken down school bus near the thrift shop: 100% relationship with Giuseppi Mezzoalto.
Garbage can near the entrance to Club Xizzle in Glasstown : 100% relationship with Phoebe Twiddle.
Projection booth (door behind the snack counter of the cinema in Glasstown): 100% relationship with Theresa Bullhorn.
Hole behind the poster in the jail: 100% relationship with Detective Dan De Mann.
Strange movie color
When you are in the room that has the movie screen, talk to anyone. Exit the talk screen. The movie screen will be in a strange color, but the footage is the same.
Streeties
These people are mostly down-to-earth, frank and highly contented with their lives. They are pretty much average, and gather around Urbania the most. They are at odds with the Richies because of contrasting ways of living. Choose "King of Miniopolis" for the first question if you want to get into the Streeties at the beginning of the game. The group consists of:
Darius (leader): He is cool, strangely materialistic, loves the neighborhood a lot and simply chillin'. He can be found loitering Urbania and around the market most of the time.
Crystal: Trendy girl who seeks to have the hippest fashion sense and greatest fun around. She can be found walking around Urbania most of the time, and sometimes at the pizza bar and Megastore.
Ewan Watahmee: A worker in the garage, he loves his job and is passionate about cars. He can be found in the garage or around Urbania most of the time.
Kris Thistle: Very street-smart and unmaterialistic, she dreams of getting a better job. She can be found around King's Tower most of the time.
Rival gang: Richies.
Telephone calls
Always pick up your telephone when it rings. It might be a prank call or wrong number, but sometimes you can win things.
Trash piles
Pick up and save all the trash piles you find before they are gone. They will disappear after awhile. You will need them later, for the Artsies Rep Mission.
