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Learning new skills and honing them to perfection is one of the most exciting parts of playing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Sims 4. That might partially be because the๊re is truly a skill for everything. The Sims has come a long way since its days of simplistic models with basic functions, and the result is a fantastic and diverse exp⛎erience.
Take the Seasons expansion, which beyond giving us season-specific events and interactions, gave us heaps of new c🎐ontent to enhance the lives of our Sims. It brought back a niche, yet beloved addition to the game; flower arranging. And, like everyth♐ing else in the world of The Sims, there is more to this craft than meets the eye.
What Is Flower Arranging?
Flower Arranging made its first debut as a talent badge in The Sims 2, as a part of the Open for Business expansion pack. In The Sims 4, it returned as a skill Sims can learn in the Seasons expansion.
It can also be a source of income in the same way that skills like painting and writing can be. Sims will be able to craft different quality craftables as they build this skill.
Flower Arranging is also a part of the Gardener career's Floral Designer branch. No other c💟areers require Sims to develop this skill.
How To Learn The Flower Arranging Skill
There are two things you can do to make your Sim learn this skill, and they will both require intent, as there are no actions that will make them acquire this skill randomly.
The first is purchasing a flower-arranging table, then interacting with it to make them arrange flowers. The other option for learning the flower arranging skill is to purchase a skill book using a bookcase.
Where To Get The Flower Arranging Table
There is just one flower arranging table available in the game, though it comes in a variety of colors, so you can customize it to fit your Sim's other furniture.
To find the table you need to head to Build Mode, click on Outdoors, locate the Outdoor Activities section, and scroll until you find the table, which is called Violets Are Blue Flower Arranging Table.ও It is the only item in the entire build menu to signal +Flower Arranging Skill.
You can also type in flower arranging in the Build Mode menu search bar to find the table💯 quickly.
Flower Arranging Skill Levels And Benefits
As you build this skill, you will unlock more options for crafting arrangements with rarer flowers, which makes the end product significantly more expensive, helping your Sims earn more.
Being highly skilled will also give your Sim the ability to create scented arrangements, which can have different effects on other Sims.
Level |
Craftables And Abilities |
Available Flowers For Crafting |
1 |
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Bluebell, Daisy, Holly, Tulip, Dahlia, 🧸Chrysanthemum ♒and Begonia |
2 |
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Adds Rose, Snapdragon and Crocus |
3 |
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No new entries |
4 |
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Adds Snowdrop, Lily and Christmas Rose |
5 |
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Adds Orchid and Bird of Paradise |
6 |
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No new entries |
7 |
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No new entries |
8 |
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No new entries |
9 |
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No new entries |
10 |
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No new entries |
Basic arrangements include some compound arrangements with basic flowers, for example, Bluebells and Daisies.
What Scenting Flowers Does
If you know The Sims, then you probably know that some of the game mechanics are quirky, to say the least. Scenting flowers is one of those cases🔯 where there is a lot to learn.
It is not merely about making flowers smell special. Each of the scents has an effect that will impact the environment, your Sims, other Sims, or the flowers themselves.
Only flower arrangements of excellent quality can be scented.
Scent |
Effect Name |
What It Does |
Crocus |
Bee-Friending |
Can appease bees in a beehive.ꦯ It has a limited AoE of roughly 6 bui🤡ld-mode squares, counting from where the flowers are placed. |
Snowdrop |
Seasons |
Will give a +2 inspired moodlet lasting 2 hours after the Sim chooses to 'Watch Wisps.' |
Buebell |
Timelessness |
Stops the wilting process, allowing flowers to stay pristine and forever fresh. Doesn't need any special interaction to take effect. |
Daisy |
Joy |
Gives a +2 happy moodlet lasting 2 hours when the Sim chooses 'Joy and Sunshine.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Rose |
Romance |
Gives a +2 flirty moodlet lasting 2 hours from the action 'Fill with Passion.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Dahlia |
Mourning |
Gives a +3 sad moodlet lasting 2 hours from the action 'Weep from Beauty.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Chrysanthemum |
Friendship |
Gives a +2 happy moodlet lasting 2 hours when the Sim chooses 'Full of Friendship.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Snapdragon |
Disrespect |
Gives a +2 angry moodlet lasting 2 hours from interacting with one of the angry options: 'How Dare They', 'Rude News' or 'Shut Up.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Tulip |
Faithful |
Only works when given as a gift. The receiving Sim will be locked out of romantic interactions with any other Sims except the gift giver. It does not get removed even after selling the flowers. Beware that if you make two Sims gift the flowers to on🍸e another, romantic interactions between them might get locked so that they cannot be performed at all. |
Christmas Rose |
Slumber |
Sims will immediately go to sleep after choosing 'Feeling Drowsy.' |
Bird of Paradise |
Magnificence |
Gives a +2 confident moodlet lasting 2 hours when the Sim chooses 'Be Magnificent.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Begonia |
Cursed |
Gives a +3 dazed moodlet lastiꦡng 24 hours. Only takes𓆏 effect when given as a gift. |
Lily |
Creativity |
Gives a +2 inspired moodlet lasting 2 hours when the Sim chooses 'Creative Skill Inspiration.' It has the same effect on other Sims when given as a gift. |
Death Flower |
Death |
Only works when given as a gift. The receiving Sim will instantly age toꦉ the next stage of their life. If given to an elder, they𓆏 will die. |
Orchid |
Life |
Makes Sims younger when they choose 'Inhale Life Essence.' |
Most scents will add a new action to the pie menu when you interact with the scented arrangement. Giving them as gifts will affect another Sim. The Crocus scent is the only one serving as mood decor with a set AoE for its effect.
Growing Your Own Flowers
Flower arranging goes extremely well with the Gardening skill, especially when you want to make it a source of income for your Sim. That is because each flower arrangement your Sim crafts will have a set cost for materials used, which can be reduced or eliminated altogether when the Sim has any of the materials they need in their inventory.
Fresh Flowers
When crafting flower arrangements, there is a checkmark for an option to use fresh ingredients, which can be unchecked but defaults as checked. This has no effect on the cost of arrangements, but it expands the b𝓰ar to showcase the items available in 🌜your inventory that you can use when making an arrangement.
Using fresh flowers multiplies the payout for each arrangement sold. Fresh flowers are more durable as well, helping to preserve the flower arrangement for roughly an extra day before it wilts away.