[QUEST] Missing Claus

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[QUEST] Missing Claus

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This is a 13 day quest that will unlock Rustic Furniture and a Rustic Farmhouse Template.


Day 1 Total Time: 11 hours 2 minutes
Check calendar date at a computer – 8 minutes
Discuss Christmas spirit with Sims – 2 hours 15 minutes (x4)
Have 4 pairs of Sims panic – 2 hours 15 minutes (x4)
Place Christmas decorations – buy and place 5 items
Research snowfall – 12 minutes
Call the Ho-Ho-Hotline – 32 minutes
Search for weather expert Almanac – 2 hours 20 minutes (x5)
Phone Cirrus – 3 hours 20 minutes

Unlocks Round Mirror

We have to wait for Day 2. If you started the quest late you won't have to wait.

Day 2 Total Time: at least 10 hours 29 minutes 18 seconds
Greet Cirrus in the Park – 1 minute
Turn on the weather machine – 18 seconds
Have 4 snowball fights – 2 hours 15 minutes (x4)
Build a snowman – 30 minutes
Speak to snowman – 15 minutes
Call Dial-a-Detective – 8 minutes
Greet detective Les Clues in the Park – 25 minutes
Explain Santa situation – 20 minutes
Scan for Santa with Les’ telescope – 10 minutes
Search house objects for 12 missing lenses – 5 hours (can have up to 8 Sims searching) *The game notes “to quick complete the action to find extra lenses”*
Scan for Santa with telescope (again) – 10 minutes
Check Sleigh for clues – 1 hour 15 minutes

Unlocks Rustic Walls & Floors Pack

We have to wait for Day 3. If you're behind you won't have to wait.

Day 3 Total Time: 13 hours 25 minutes
Investigate tracks in the Park – 10 minutes
Talk to Rudolph – 30 minutes
Ride Rudolph to Santa’s Workshop
Check the Present Machine – 1 hour 15 minutes
Look for clues – 2 hours 30 minutes, 2 hours 30 minutes, 2 hours 30 minutes, 2 hours
Talk to Rudolph – 1 hour 35 minutes
Ride Rudolph to Santa’s Farmhouse
Talk to the Elf – 2 hours 10 minutes
Ask for key – 5 hours 15 minutes

Unlocks Hydrangea Hedge Pack

We have to wait for Day 4. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 4 Total Time: 13 hours 6 minutes
Collect key – 5 minutes
Unlock door – 5 minutes
Introduce Sim to Santa – 30 minutes
Check on Mrs. Claus – 2 hours 10 minutes
Check Fireplace temperature – 4 minutes
Look for a cure – 2 hours (x5)
Grow onions at a garden patch – 7 hours (x10) *can complete ahead of time*
Cook soup – 12 minutes
Give Mrs. Claus soup – 1 hour

Unlocks Rustic Doors Pack

We have to wait for Day 5. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 5 Total Time: 12 hours
Talk to the Ice Queen – 30 minutes
Introduce the Ice Queen to the pug – 2 hours 15 minutes
Discuss Mrs. Claus’ condition with the Ice Queen – 1 hour 35 minutes
Watch Wicked Dishes on TV – 6 hours (x8)
Call Party Troopers – 1 hour 40 minutes

Unlocks Wildflowers Hedge Pack

We have to wait for Day 6. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 6 Total Time: 14 hours 39 minutes
Check the basement – 10 minutes
Find an object to wake Barbara Yaga – 4 minutes (Rustic Black Oven - Create Aroma to wake Barbara)
Talk to Barbara Yaga about Mrs. Claus – 30 minutes
Ponder ways to find truffles – 4 hours 30 minutes (x6)
Plead with Princess – 15 minutes
Collect truffles on Santa’s farm – 8 hours 15 minutes (x4)
Give truffles to Barbara Yaga – 5 minutes
Collect speckled eggs – 35 minutes
Give speckled eggs to Barbara Yaga – 15 minutes

Unlocks Picket Fences Pack

We have to wait for Day 7. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 7 Total Time: 17 hours 30 minutes
Give magical meal to Mrs. Claus – 1 hour 15 minutes
Discuss next steps with Santa – 15 minutes
Discuss missing elves with Frank – 2 hours 15 minutes
Feed chickens at Santa’s Farmhouse – 8 hours 15 minutes (x4)
Ask Frank about the missing elves – 15 minutes
Ride Rudolph to the Park
Try to wake the sleeping Elf – 5 hours 15 minutes

Unlocks Farmhouse Laundry Pack

We have to wait for Day 8. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 8 Total Time: 14 hours 25 minutes
Put Curt’s mind at ease – 10 minutes
Ask Curt about the missing elves – 10 minutes
Look for evidence of Pat in the Park – 6 hours 15 minutes, 6 hours 15 minutes, 6 hours 15 minutes, 6 hours 15 minutes
Send Sim Home
Talk to Pat the Elf – 10 minutes
Give Pat a shoulder massage – 4 hours 15 minutes
Ask Pat about the last elf – 10 minutes
Ride Rudolph to Santa’s Workshop
Discuss strategies with Dave – 3 hours 15 minutes

Unlocks Cozy Comfort Pack

We have to wait for Day 9. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 9 Total Time: 16 hours 35 minutes
Check in with Frank – 1 hour 15 minutes
Check in with Curt – 1 hour 25 minutes
Check in with Pat – 1 hour 35 minutes
Avoid burnout – 2 hours 25 minutes
Turn Present Machine up to 110% - 5 hours 15 minutes
Speak to Dave about backup, backup plan – 1 hour 15 minutes
Place outsourcing orders – 5 hours (x10)
Go to Santa’s Workshop

Unlocks Rustic Dining

We have to wait for Day 10. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 10 Total Time: At least 15 hours 38 minutes
Unpack boxes – 4 hours (x4)
Sort Letter Pile – 5 minutes
Ask Mrs. Claus about managing letters – 5 minutes
Decrypt Naughty and Nice App – 6 hours (x12)
Calculate Presents and Coal – 8 minutes
Give Dave the new numbers – 15 minutes
Dig up coal (13 pieces) – 5 hours, 4 sims at a time *The game notes “to quick complete the action to find extra coal”*
Talk to Dave about coal quota – 5 minutes

Unlocks Hall Pack

We have to wait for Day 11. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 11 Total Time: 19 hours 50 minutes
Talk to Mrs. Claus about next steps – 10 minutes
Clear overgrowth – 11 hours (x4) (look for the patches of tall grass, they are all on the left side of the house on the outside of the fence
Talk to Mrs. Claus – 2 hours 15 minutes
Take a break on a couch – 2 hours 10 minutes
Go to Santa’s Workshop
Confirm launch time with Santa – 4 hours 15 minutes

Unlocks Rustic Lounge Pack

We have to wait for Day 12. If you are behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 12 Total Time: 17 hours 10 minutes
Turn off the present making machine – 10 minutes
Talk to Santa about the ground check – 30 minutes
Check Sleigh – 2 hours 15 minutes
Calm Santa down – 1 hour 15 minutes
Check the crashed sleigh – 45 minutes
Search for 9 missing sleigh parts – 8 hours 30 minutes, 7 hours 30 minutes; 4 sims at a time (the park benches are the ones with the shorter time and you can use all the park benches even though the exclamation point only shows up on one of them)
Call Les Clues from a phone – 1 hour 12 minutes
Discuss missing part with Les in the Park – 3 hours 45 minutes

Unlocks Rustic Furniture Pack

We have to wait for Day 13. If you’re behind you won’t have to wait.

Day 13 Total Time: 22 hours 55 minutes
Talk to Les Clues in the Park – 5 minutes
Install the final part in the sleigh – 30 minutes
Call the Ice Queen from a phone – 3 hours 20 minutes
Ask the Ice Queen to charge the Frost Capacitor – 2 hours 15 minutes
Fly the sleigh to Santa’s Workshop
Talk to Dave – 30 minutes
Send all Sims home from Santa’s Workshop
Change clothes for Santa’s pre flight feast
Ride Rudolph to Santa’s Farmhouse
Join Santa’s feast – 12 hours (x6)
Say farewell to Santa and Mrs. Claus – 4 hours 15 minutes
Send all Sims Home

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Re: [QUEST] Missing Claus

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thank you!
does the bolded 'buy' mean we actually have to purchase things, meaning we have to, in the instance of having lots of chrismas decorations in storage, go through a painstaking process of putting every single bit of a certain type of item out of the inventory until we can finally purchase some? :SSSS
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Re: [QUEST] Missing Claus

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randy_thrandy wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 13:15 thank you!
does the bolded 'buy' mean we actually have to purchase things, meaning we have to, in the instance of having lots of chrismas decorations in storage, go through a painstaking process of putting every single bit of a certain type of item out of the inventory until we can finally purchase some? :SSSS
Yes, I think that's exactly what it means...I am currently trying to figure out WHAT is the least expensive thing to buy FIVE of...hoping to find pricing on this forum instead of having to purge my inventory...there are some PRICY things!!!
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SimmerDown wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 16:07
randy_thrandy wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 13:15 thank you!
does the bolded 'buy' mean we actually have to purchase things, meaning we have to, in the instance of having lots of chrismas decorations in storage, go through a painstaking process of putting every single bit of a certain type of item out of the inventory until we can finally purchase some? :SSSS
Yes, I think that's exactly what it means...I am currently trying to figure out WHAT is the least expensive thing to buy FIVE of...hoping to find pricing on this forum instead of having to purge my inventory...there are some PRICY things!!!
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Re: [QUEST] Missing Claus

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As a long time player I have accumulated and bought a lot of holiday items. I used to decorate all my houses. Recently, not so much, so I had a lot in inventory. Having to put out all of an item so I could buy more of something I didn't want more of really irritated me.
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SKatF wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 16:34 As a long time player I have accumulated and bought a lot of holiday items. I used to decorate all my houses. Recently, not so much, so I had a lot in inventory. Having to put out all of an item so I could buy more of something I didn't want more of really irritated me.
Exactly! I now have a really HUGE herd of reindeer!
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What bugs me, is that you don't have the option anymore of selling an item when you first place it. You need to tap the arrow to confirm placement of the item, then tap the item again to get the option to sell it.
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copperwood wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 17:37 What bugs me, is that you don't have the option anymore of selling an item when you first place it. You need to tap the arrow to confirm placement of the item, then tap the item again to get the option to sell it.
Using the duplication button takes items from the inventory without need to confirm. Makes it a tiny bit easier :?
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Now having got a proper look at that Farmhouse, it makes me so determined to complete this quest. It's so beautiful, rustic and perfect for my small family of three to live in without making too many adjustments to it so it suits just right!
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Simbellini wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 17:22
SKatF wrote: 12 Dec 2018, 16:34 As a long time player I have accumulated and bought a lot of holiday items. I used to decorate all my houses. Recently, not so much, so I had a lot in inventory. Having to put out all of an item so I could buy more of something I didn't want more of really irritated me.
Exactly! I now have a really HUGE herd of reindeer!
At least the reindeer are kinda cute. :D
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