Difference between revisions of "Game Help:TS3 Gameplay Guides"

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Adventure Tracker || LinkText=Adventure Tracker || Description=The Adventure Tracker tool assists your Sims on travels through foreign lands. The Journal button opens the Adventure Journal. You can read your Sims's current objective and in some cases click on it to send your Sim to complete the objective.  The Adventure Tracker only appears when your Sim has an adventure.  YOu can minimize the Adventure Tracker by clicking on the arrow.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Ancient Coins|| LinkText=Ancient Coins || Description=Coins can be found on your Sim's travels inside ruins, in treasure chests, tombs, on the ground, at the bottom of dive wells and under rubble piles. They can be anywhere. Use them to buy special Adventure Rewards from the special merchant who you can find wandering around the marketplaces.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Arrival|| LinkText=Arrival || Description=Make sure you use the ammenities in the base camp when you arrive. Check the local Adventure Board to sign up for exciting and rewarding Adventures.  Visit the local market to purchase foreign wares, relics, survival gear and even Adventure Rewards.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Base Camp || LinkText=Base Camp || Description=Base Camp is your Sims home away from home.  Your Sims can take care of their basic needs, check the Adventure Board, find postings of exciting Adventures or lucrative business propositions.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Collectible Relics|| LinkText=Collectible Relics || Description=Ancient Relics of incredible rarity and value can be found in the depths of all the tombs. The Relics are one of a kind and truly precious. Each one is part of a collection that can be completed.  Completed Relic collections provide powerful moodlets to Sims! Check the Adventure Journal to see which relics are currently owned.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Common Relics|| LinkText=Common Relics || Description=Some relics aren't worth much but are still reminders of ancient civilizations.  The can se bold for Simoleons or used to bolster a Sims' private collections}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Dive Wells|| LinkText=Dive Wells || Description=Dive Wells are mysterious pools found in hidden tombs.  Sims can dive in to put out fires or to wet themselves down before running through a fire trap. Some dive wells lead to secret areas or other places in the world entirely! Dive Wells can have treasure at the bottom or hidden switches to activate hidden secrets.  Be sure to explore them if stuck in a room with no exit.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Floor Switches|| LinkText=Floor Switches || Description=Floor Switches can be found in most tombs and standing on them activates access to hidden secrets. Shove statues around to trigger floor switches that need to be stood upon for them to operate. Some switches only activate once your Sim steps off of them.  Many puzzles require that you mix and match the states of floor switches in order to advance.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Giant Boulders|| LinkText=Giant Boulders || Description=Giant Boulders are immovable objects that prevent Sims from entering special tombs or secret treasure rooms.  These boulders can only be smashed with Pangu's Axe, a mystical tool that can only be found in China. Complete teh Adventure to obtrain Pangu's Axe to unlock countless special treasures and unique tombs.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Hidden Doors|| LinkText=Hidden Doors || Description=Tombs contain secret passages and hidden crevices to prevent adventuring Sims from discovering lost treasures. Many of these hidden doors can be uncovered when Sims inspect the walls.  Your mouse cursor icon will change if there is a hidden door to be found on the wall. Some hidden doors are locked and can only be opened by finding the proper switch to open the door. Others can be opened by a little sweat and hardwork from Sims.  Sims with higher athletic skill will be able to open the doors more quickly.  Some walls will remain hidden until Sims find the proper switch to open the door.  Explore every nook and cranny of the tomb to find all of it's treasures.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Keystones|| LinkText=Keystones || Description=Keystones are one of the most vital and commonplace items found in tombs. They are used to activate keystone panels and unlock doors, treasure chests or other hidden secrets. Keystones come in 4 variants: Heart (France), Crescent (Egypt), Star (China) and unique. Keystone panels will only accept one type of key, so find the right keystones to advance.  Unique keystones will often be used to gain entrance to special tombs designed for Adventures. Keystones will often be found in Treasure Chests, but also on the ground, at the bottom of Dive Wells, and underneath rubble piles or other places.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Location Living|| LinkText=Location Living || Description=Sims with a Level 3 Visa can purchase a vacation home by selecting the phone and choosing "Purchase Vacation Home."  Sims can purchase multiple vacation homes at each destination.  When arriving, select which home you want your Sims to use. Vacation homes are a great investment and a good way to store treasures obtained by adventuring.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Markets|| LinkText=Markets || Description= All that's kewl in foreign markets.

Sims socialize, purchase wares and survival gear such as dried food and shower in a can. Sims can purchase foods, ingredients and sample new recipies. The boko merchant sells recipies and samplings from local writers. thje Relic merchant has an interesting stall with a wide variety ofvaluable and worthless goods that change from day to day.  Visit often for teh laest deals.  A special merchant wanders around marketplaces who sells special goods. They only accept ancient coins and may ignore your Sim unless they have a High Visa Level.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Martial Arts Skill|| LinkText=Martial Arts Skill || Description=Shang Simla is the place to be to learn the best in martial Arts.}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Nectar Making|| LinkText=Nectar Making || Description=What is Nectar?}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Traps|| LinkText=Traps || Description=Will a trap kill your Sim?}}

|style="border:0px" | {{GameHelpIndexItem || Link=Sims 3 Treasure Chests|| LinkText=Treasure Chests || Description=What's in that treasure Chest? is it safe to open it?}}