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[7] Skills
Every Sims has a skill set of 10. The higher the skill number, the longer it
takes to achieve. However, the higher it is, the better your Sim will be in
that specific field.
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[7.01] Cooking
"Sims that keep reading and cooking to build this skill will be surprised by
how much more satisfying their meals become. Cooking is especially important
if your Sim entertains ideas of one day becoming a famous chef and hopes to
avoid kitchen disasters."
To improve your cooking skill, you can:
* Study cooking from the bookshelf
* Watch the Yummy channel on TV
* Cook food
* Use Schokolade 890 Chocolate Manufacturing Facility (Career Reward)
What it does
* Increases meals you can cook
* Less likely to burn food
Jobs that have cooking as a requirement:
* Culinary
* Science
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[7.02] Mechanical
"Being handy around the house can save money in expensive repair costs and
allows your Sim to advance in certain careers. Sims can improve this skill by
studying do-it-yourself books from a bookshelf or by repairing broken items at
home."
To increase your Mechanical skill, you can:
* Study mechanical from the bookshelf
* Repair broken items
* Use TraumaTime "Incision Precision" Surgical Training Station (Career
Reward)
What it does
* Allows you to repair objects with a lower failure rating (electrocution)
Jobs that have mechanical as a requirement:
* Medicine
* Athletic
* Criminal
* Military
* Slacker
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[7.03] Charisma
"Sims know that good communication, public speaking ability and confidence are
essential skills for several careers, especially something as social as
Politics. They should spend some time practicing in front of any mirror to
improve this skill. Nice, outgoing Sims are especially good at building
Charisma."
To increase your Charisma skill, you can:
* Practice speech in front of any mirror
* Use Enterprise Office Concepts Bushmaster Tele-Prompter (Career Reward)
* Use Execuputter (Career Reward)
What it does:
* Nothing in your Sim's household
Jobs that have Charisma as a requirement:
* Politics
* Business
* Athletics
* Military
* Slacker
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[7.04] Body
"Strength, dexterity and speed can be improved by swimming or working out on
the exercise machine. Keep your Sim in shape and their body skill will be
especially valuable in the Athletic or Military career tracks. Active Sims
can build this skill more quickly than others."
To increase your body skill, you can:
* Go swimming in a pool
* Use the weight machine
* Work out using the television
* Work out using the stereo
* Do Yoga
* Use Exerto Punching Bag (Career Reward)
* Use Exerto Selflog Obstacle Course (Career Reward)
What it does:
* Constant exercise will keep your Sim in shape
* Lets you do yoga
Jobs that have body as a requirement:
* Athletic
* Criminal
* Military
* Law Enforcement
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[7.05] Logic
"Logic combines deduction and organization ability. Sims can play chess or use
the telescope to improve this skill which will be useful in the Medicine and
Science career tracks. This is a good skill for lazier Sims to work on."
To increase your logic skill, you can:
* Play chess
* Use the telescope to stargaze
* Do the crossword in the newspaper
* Use Simsanto Inc. Biotech Station (Career Reward)
What it does:
* Lets you meditate
Jobs that have logic as a requirement
* Politics
* Medicine
* Business
* Law Enforcement
* Culinary
* Science
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[7.06] Creativity
"Let your Sims try a hand at painting and playing the piano to improve their
creativity; it can play an important part in many different career tracks.
This skill includes artistic and musical ability as well as the potential for
invention. A light-hearted Sim tends to be more open to creativity."
To increase your creativity skill, you can:
* Play the piano
* Paint on the art easel
* Write a novel on the computer
* Use Aquagreen Hydroponic Garden (Career Reward)
* Use SensoTwitch Lie Detector (Career Reward)
What it does:
* Sells your painting at higher prices with higher creativity levels
* More chance of a better novel
Jobs that have creativity as a requirement:
* Politics
* Business
* Criminal
* Slacker
* Culinary
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[7.07] Cleaning
"It goes without saying that a clean house is a happy house, but Sims should
work on their housekeeping abilities to make the cleaning process quicker and
easier. They can tidy up around the house to improve the skill; it comes most
naturally to neater Sims."
To increase your cleaning skill, you can:
* Study cleaning from the bookshelf
* Clean puddles on the floor
* Clean bench tops
* Use Prints Charming Fingerprinting Scanner (Career Reward)
What it does:
* Lets you clean thing a lot faster
Jobs that have cleaning as a requirement:
* Medicine
* Law Enforcement
* Science
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