[QUEST] The Styles of Time (Time Capsule)

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[QUEST] The Styles of Time (Time Capsule)

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Verified in May 2022

Note: Times may vary as they depend on the star rating of the used objects and your Sim‘s mood. (Inspired Sims will be faster, happy Sims will do the tasks at a normal speed, sad Sims will need more time.)

Part 1
1. Send a sim to the park - instant
2. Investigate glint at the park - 1 minute
3. Examine the capsule - 10 minutes
4. Discuss technology with another sim - 45 minutes
5. Plug USB into a computer - 5 seconds
6. Check USB files on a computer - 9 hours 30 minutes
7. Place USB in time capsule - 15 minutes
Wait for next part.

Part 2
1. Check the time capsule - 1 minute
2. Ask a sim on a date - 15 minutes
3. Watch the ducks together - 2 hours
4. Give flowers to a sim - 5 minutes 1 second
5. Passionately kiss your date - 15 minutes
6. Place flower in capsule - 45 minutes
7. Investigate the capsule chamber - 13 hours
Wait for next part.

Unlocks 1 hairstyle for adult men and women.
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Part 3
1. Check the capsule display - 5 minutes
2. Watch a modern lifestyle show - 6 hours
3. Try on a new hairstyle - instant
4. Have 5 sims at a house - instant
5. Have 4 sims retro dance to a stereo - instant (when 4th sim joins)
6. Film the party - 10 hours 50 minutes
7. Raid the refrigerator - 9 hours 30 minutes
8. Place video in capsule - 5 minutes
Wait for next part.

Part 4
1. Read a cookbook - 4 minutes
2. Get the first ingredient - 6 hours (3-star-tree)
3. Get the second ingredient - 1 hour (Grow watermelons)
4. Get the final ingredient - 48 seconds (duck pond at park)
5. Make the special recipe - 9 hours 30 minutes
6. Place incense in capsule - 1 minute
7. Investigate the second chamber - 5 minutes
Wait for next part.

Unlocks 1 hat for adult men and women.
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Part 5
1. Check the capsule again - 1 minute
2. Check a bookshelf for the card - 3 minutes 12 seconds
3. Place card in capsule - 2 minutes
4. Panic in front of capsule - 10 hours 15 minutes
5. Ask the statue for help - 1 minute 36 seconds
6. Call a 2nd sim to the park - instant
7. Pretend to sing - 9 hours 30 minutes
Wait for next part.

Part 6
1. Check a park bench for used gum - 54 seconds
2. Stick gum in the statue's ears - 2 minutes
3. Listen to the statue's idea - 7 hours
4. Prepare a disguise in the park toilets - 48 seconds
5. Boil water on a stove - 3 minutes 12 seconds
6. Pour water into a capsule - 12 hours 15 minutes
7. Investigate the final chamber - 5 minutes
8. Celebrate to a park stereo - instant (when 4th sim joins)

Unlocks 1 hair style for adult men and women.
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*Times for the reappearance of this quest while Holiday High-Rise Update can be found here.


*Times for the April reappearance of this quest can be found here courtesy of JakeSim.* :)



All times with 3-star items.

Day 1

Send a sim to the park - instant
Investigate glint at the park - 1 minute
Examine the capsule - 45 minutes
Discuss technology with another sim - 5 hours 15 minutes
Plug USB into a computer - 1 minute
Check USB files on a computer - 7 hours
Place USB in time capsule - 30 minutes
Wait for Day 2 (can skip with LPs)

Day 2
Check the time capsule - 1 minute
Ask a sim on a date - 30 minutes
Watch the ducks together - 5 hours 15 minutes
Give flowers to a sim - 5 minutes 1 second
Passionately kiss your date - 45 minutes
Place flower in capsule - 4 hours 30 minutes
Investigate the capsule chamber - 8 hours 15 minutes
Wait for Day 3

Unlocks 1 hairstyle for adult men and women.

Day 3
Check the capsule display - 5 minutes
Watch a modern lifestyle show - 7 hours
Try on a new hairstyle - instant
Have 5 sims at a house - instant
Have 4 sims retro dance to a stereo - instant (when 4th sim joins)
Film the party - 4 hours 30 minutes
Raid the refrigerator - 6 hours
Place video in capsule - 5 minutes
Wait for Day 4

Day 4
Read a cookbook - 4 minutes
Get the first ingredient - 7 hours 15 minutes (tree)
Get the second ingredient - 1 hour (Grow watermelons)
Get the final ingredient - 5 minutes (duck pond at park)
Make the special recipe - 36 minutes
Place incense in capsule - 9 hours 15 minutes
Investigate the second chamber - 5 minutes
Wait for Day 5

Unlocks 1 hat for adult men and women.

Day 5
Check the capsule again - 5 minutes
Check a bookshelf for the card - 4 hours
Place card in capsule - 2 minutes
Panic in front of capsule - 8 hours 15 minutes
Ask the statue for help - 5 minutes
Call a 2nd sim to the park - instant
Pretend to sing - 6 hours 15 minutes
Wait for Day 6

Day 6
Check a park bench for used gum - 4 minutes 30 seconds
Stick gum in the statue's ears - 5 minutes
Listen to the statue's idea - 30 minutes
Prepare a disguise in the park toilets - 15 minutes
Boil water on a stove - 36 minutes
Pour water into a capsule - 12 hours 15 minutes
Investigate the final chamber - 5 minutes
Celebrate to a park stereo - instant (when 4th sim joins)

Unlocks 1 hair style for adult men and women.

That makes 2 new hairstyles and 1 hat - all for adults.
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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There is a MAJOR glitch with this quest!! You can get to the last set of goals to get the last (of three) hairstyles and the hairstyles aren't shown or rewarded for the last set of goals!!

The advice going around Facebook is to save your game to the cloud before starting so that if you get to the last set of goals (day 5 and 6) and don't get the hairstyles you reset your game and try again. Maybe saving on Day 4 will work. I'm not sure because I haven't started the quest yet.

The only other way to fix it is to use a time extension you get from VIP levels. Do it on Day 5 and it will add an extra 24 hours to your timer and the 3rd hairstyles will show up at the bottom of the task thing and you will be able to unlock them when you complete the quest.

We can also post like crazy to the Official Sims FreePlay facebook page but they are for sure on holiday right now and won't be much of a help. Although, this is pretty serious.
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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Thank you for keeping us up to date!

And color me suprised (NOT!) that there's a problem with the event. :roll:
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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Seeing that Mockingbird has not posted the pictures of the Hairstyle, I hope you dont mind if I posted what I have gotten in my test game.
Here goes...
Hairstyle 1
Hairstyle 1
Hairstyle 1 - Male
Hairstyle 1 - Male
Hat - Female
Hat - Female
Hat - Male
Hat - Male
Hairstyle 2 - Female
Hairstyle 2 - Female
Hairstyle 2 - Male
Hairstyle 2 - Male
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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2 Hairstyle & 1 Hat.

Opps...I forgot to put on the hat for the Male.
Love the Topknot & wavy hair for the female. Looks very elegant. The wavy hairstyle remains me of the early movie stars of the 50's??
I am not sure about the female hat style. The hat itself is so-so but the hair underneath!!! Looks like a bad hair day & the hat is handy on cover it.

Initially I have problem with the last task of 4 Sims celebrating with the Stereo in the Park. Oh..oh...I thought that was what Mockingbird's warning about the problem. Initially I could not get the 2nd sim to join in the celebration. After a few tries, I finally found out that only adults & seniors can partake the celebration. My teenager could not. Anyway I got the above hair & hat styles. Are there more? I am using an android tablet.
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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Forgot to mention that:
Day 2 end - Hairstyle 1
Day 4 end - Hat
Day 6 end - Hairstyle 2

The prizes are given at end of every 2 days.
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Re: [QUEST] The Styles of Time

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When does this quest begin? I don't have it yet, so I'm guessing you all are in earlier time zones than me.
I love both the new hairs and hat for girls, and the second hair for guys.
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whoviandragon wrote:When does this quest begin? I don't have it yet, so I'm guessing you all are in earlier time zones than me.
I love both the new hairs and hat for girls, and the second hair for guys.
It starts on the 27th (December 2015).
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Dellie wrote:
whoviandragon wrote:When does this quest begin? I don't have it yet, so I'm guessing you all are in earlier time zones than me.
I love both the new hairs and hat for girls, and the second hair for guys.
It starts on the 27th (December 2015).
Thanks! Just started the quest, so it probably starts at midnight if anyone else is wondering. (It's 1am here.)
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mockingbird288z wrote:There is a MAJOR glitch with this quest!! You can get to the last set of goals to get the last (of three) hairstyles and the hairstyles aren't shown or rewarded for the last set of goals!!

The advice going around Facebook is to save your game to the cloud before starting so that if you get to the last set of goals (day 5 and 6) and don't get the hairstyles you reset your game and try again. Maybe saving on Day 4 will work. I'm not sure because I haven't started the quest yet.

The only other way to fix it is to use a time extension you get from VIP levels. Do it on Day 5 and it will add an extra 24 hours to your timer and the 3rd hairstyles will show up at the bottom of the task thing and you will be able to unlock them when you complete the quest.

We can also post like crazy to the Official Sims FreePlay facebook page but they are for sure on holiday right now and won't be much of a help. Although, this is pretty serious.
I wouldn't worry too much about this happening. Some of the people it's been happening to on Facebook have admitted to time travelling. :? Maybe that's not the only way for this to happen but...it looks like that is the common link. Just a big reminder of why changing the date on your device is not a good idea!
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