Candle Crafting

1. Introduction

Ever since the beekeeper box was released with Sims 3 supernatural, I wanted to making a candle crafting skill! So I when I made the beekeeper box, I simultaneously started on this Candle crafting station and skill. Yep! It took that long So here is the candle crafting station with a custom skill, 30 new candles and numerous buffs (50 +)

2. Description – Catalogue

1. Candle crafting Table

Name – Candle crafting table
Price – 750 simoleons
Location – Entertainment >Activity
Presets – 7

2. Candle making Kit

Name – Candle making kit
Price – 25 simoleons
Location – Misc Appliances
Presets – 3

3. Candles

Not present in the catalogue but can be found by searching for ‘Candles‘ in debug mode

3. Interaction – details

1. Candle making Table – Craft Candle

— opens up a recipe picker menu from which you can select the candles to craft

— At level 1, only the plain candle is available for crafting.

— As the Skill progresses, more candle recipes are unlocked

2. Candle making kit – Open box

— Using the interaction will give 5 of any of the following ingredients – Wick, Dye, Glitter, Wax ( chances are low)

— Equal chance of getting any one of the above

4. Skill – details

Name – Candle making

Levels – 10 levels

Gained By –

— Reading skill books ( available from bookshelf)
— Making Candles

Reward

— At level 10, a new interaction is unlocked on the Candles – Sell to Botique ( Selling price 2x retail price)
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other Features –

— Custom Skill icon
— Custom Speech and thought bubbles
— Making Preserves is a Custom Club Activity (Get Together EP)
— Can be mentored
— As skill increases the skill gain for each candle crafted also increases. (The initial few levels require much more work than the higher levels)

Skill Books

— 3 skill books –

1. CandleMaking Vol 1: Waxing and Waning

2. CandleMaking Vol 2: Get Fired

3. Candlemaking Vol 3: Lets Get Lit

— Custom thought bubbles

— Can be bought from the bookshelf

Skill Buffs

1. Ouch! – +1 Uncomfortable buff for 180 sim minutesfrom crafting candle. The frequency of the buff decreaes as the skill becomes higher

2. Proficient – +1 Confident buff for 120 sim minutes for crafting candle at level 5 – 9

3. Veritable Expert – +2 Focussed buff for 120 sim minutes for crafting candle at level 10

4. Crafted a Candle – + 1 Inspired buff for 60 sim minutes for making some candles

5. Made a fancy candle – + 1 Inspired buff for 60 sim minutes for making some candles

6. Made a novelty candle – + 1 Inspired buff for 60 sim minutes for making some candles

Skill level unlocks

——At Skill level 1, only the Plain Candle is available to craft. As the skill progresses, different candles are unlocked and can be crafted