Game Help:Sims 3 Rabbit Holes and Community Lots

Rabbit Holes & Community Lots

• Rabbit Holes are buildings in which your Sims go inside but you have limited control over what they do and you cannot see inside. Work, Grocery Store, Bookstore, Day Spa, Art Gallery and School are all Rabbit Holes. While at work or school your Sim has the option to choose how much effort they want to put into their day. See the Career page for options. Rabbit Holes are placed on Community Lots and are objects that can be purchased in the catalog. Minor details such as Landscaping can be changed outside, however, you can't change the look of the actual building.
• Community Lots act the same as they did in The Sims 2 & The Sims 1. You can see your Sims, tell them how to behave, who to interact with, and how to interact. The Parks, Gym, Beaches, and Pool are all Community Lots. Toddlers can visit Community Lots but cannot visit Rabbit Holes.

Outings to make your Sim happy

Community Lots and Rabbit Holes also have positive experiences for Sims with certain traits, careers, or skills.

Place	Encouraged Traits	Excluding Traits	Careers	Encouraged Skills	Toddlers	EP
Academy	Athletic	Couch Potato		Athletic, MartialArts	No
Art Gallery	Artistic	Can't Stand Art		Painting	No
Beach	Loves the Outdoors, Athletic	Hates Outdoors	Professional Sports	Athletic	Yes
Chinese Garden		Couch Potato		Martial Arts	No
City Hall			Political	Charisma	No
Consignment Store					No
Dance Club	Athletic, Party Animal, Daredevil	Bookworm, Coward, Shy, Snob, Loner	Music	Dancing	No
Day Spa	Loves the Outdoors	Couch Potato		Athletic	No
Disco Club	Athletic, Daredevil, Party Animal	Bookworm, Coward, Shy, Loner		Dancing	No
Dive Bar	Athletic, Daredevil, Loves the Outdoors, Party Animal, Vampire	Bookworm, Coward, Hates the Outdoors, Shy, Snob, Loner	Criminal		No
Exclusive Lounge	Star Quality, Snob, Schmoozer, Dramatic, Charismatic, Ambitious	Evil, Frugal, Loner, Neurotic, Over Emotional, Slob	Film	Charisma	No
Fire Station					No
Fishing	Angler, Loves the Outdoors	Hates Outdoors		Fishing	Yes
French Market		Couch Potato		Charisma	No
Fusion Lounge	Party Animal, Dramatic, Excitable	Bookworm, Coward, Shy, Neurotic, Loner	Professional Sports	Charisma, Martial Arts	No
Graveyard		Hates Outdoors			No
Gym	Athletic, Daredevil	Couch Potato	Professional Sports	Athletic	No
Hangout	Party Animal, Excitable, Childish	Loner		Charisma	No
Hospital	Snob		Medical		No
Junkyard				Inventing, Handiness, Logic, Collecting	No
Laundromat	Neat	Slob			No
Library	Bookworm, No Sense of Humor, Genius, Hates Outdoors, Computer Whiz	Couch Potato	Journalism	Writing, Homework	Yes
Local Watering Hole	Slob, Brave, Hot Headed, PartyAnimal	Snob, Shy, Coward, Perfectionist, Loner			No
Market		Couch Potato		Charisma	No
Movie Set					No
Nectary		Couch Potato		Charisma	No
Parks	Loves the Outdoors, Angler, Green Thumb	Hates Outdoors	Professional Sports	Athletic	Yes
Pool		Hates Outdoors	Professional Sports	Athletic	No
Poolside Club	Athletic, Loves the Outdoors, Party Animal	Bookworm, Coward, Hates the Outdoors, Shy, Snob, Hydrophobic		Dancing	No
Restaurant	Natural Cook	Frugal	Culinary	Cooking	No
Salon					No
Shops	Snob		Bookstore Clerk, Grocery Store Clerk	Athletic	No
Sports Bar	Athletic, Daredevil, Loves the Outdoors, Party Animal, Vampire	Bookworm, Coward, Hates the Outdoors, Shy, Snob, Loner	Professional Sports	Athletic	No
Stadium	Athletic, Virtuoso		Professional Sports	Athletic	Yes
Theatre	Virtuoso		Music, Journalism	Guitar, Xylophone	Yes
Vampire Lounge	Dramatic, Evil, Flirty, Snob, Virtuoso, Loner, Artistic, Hopeless Romantic, Vampire	Slob, Coward, Neurotic, Couch Potato		Charisma	No

Building a Perfect Outing

A Community Lot requires certain objects and/or a certain number of objects to qualify as the type of Community Lot you want.

• Art Gallery - Requires a minimum of 16 Art type objects.
• Graveyard - Requires a minimum of 4 graveyard objects.
• Mausoleum - Requires 1 Mausoleum for a graveyard.
• Fishing - Requires 1 pond.
• Beach - Requires 1 beach object.
• Library - Requires 12 Bookshelves.
• Gym - Requires 4 Exercise objects.
• Park - Requires 3 park objects. Note: Requires 10 for large park.
• Pool - Requires 1 pool.

Public Displays of Affection

Rabbit Holes also give your Sim the opportunity to "Make Out", "WooHoo" or "Try for Baby". There is a chance of being caught by (I presume) building security. The chance of being caught appears to be 2% for all buildings, with a 50% success rate for getting pregnant. You must have the relationship level for woohoo. Select the building and choose the "Tour with..." option. Once inside click the building again and choose which public display of affection you would like.

Building	Location	Comments
City Hall	Judges Chamber
Mausoleum	Catacombs	This appears to have only the "Make Out with..." option
Military Base	Armory
Science Facility	Test Chamber
Theatre	Backstage

Rabbit Hole Sizes

Below is a table outlining the minimum grid sizes required to place each Rabbit Hole.

EP	Rabbit Hole	Grid Size
	Bistro	15x15
	Bookstore	10x14
	Bookstore	10x14
	Bookstore & Spa	29x30
	Business & Restaurant	23x23
	City Hall	49x23
Riverview	City Hall	33x22
	City Hall	48x21
	Criminal HQ	22x22
	Criminal HQ	26x22
	Criminal HQ	27x22
	Hogan's Diner	18x11
	Box Car Diner	10x7
Barnacle Bay	Deep Sea Diner	28x9
	Film Studio	35x31
	Hospital	33x26
Riverview	Hospital	33x26
	Hospital	33x26
	Military Base	42x42
Riverview	Military Base	42x42
	Military Base	42x42
	Mausoleum	7x10
	Mausoleum (China)	7x10
	Mausoleum (Egypt)	7x10
	Mausoleum	6x9
	Office Block	22x22
Riverview	Office Block	22x22
	Office Block	22x22
	Police Station	19x21
	Public Services Office	?
	School	37x20
Riverview	School	35x21
	School	32x24
	School	?
	Science Facility	35x21
Riverview	Science Facility	35x21
	Science Facility	35x21
	Science Facility	35x22
Ford	Sky Diving Center	19x18
	Spa	15x12
Riverview	Spa	15x12
	Stadium	50x32
	Stadium	50x32
	Stadium	?
	Stadium	?
	Subway Station	4x7
	Supermarket	17x13
	Supermarket	17x13
	Supermarket	17x13
	Theatre	17x24
	Theatre	22X28
	Theatre	34x36