#sims 3 not so berry

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So, I been playing a mix of the Not-So-Berry and the Pastel Rainbowcy challenges, and decided to start over when I realized that there were ‘Berry-fied’ Saves! Anyways, here’s my founder, Mint Tea Leafe, and her humble abode in the trailers of Starburst Shores :)

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Not So Berry Challenge 3

Couldn’t get enough of the original Not So Berry Legacy Challenge? Already played through Not So Berry Challenge 2? Wishing you could play a challenge with content from 2021 onward? If you’ve been daydreaming about an updated Not So Berry Challenge (2023), look no further!

Welcome to the Not So Berry Legacy Challenge 3, a ten generation rags-to-riches legacy challenge with colour-themed heirs. Note: This challenge requires basically every pack except My First Pet Stuff and Journey to Batuu (…y’all know why).

Thank you to @lilsimsie​ and @alwaysimming​ for the inspiration (and the rules!).

Basic rules:

Each heir must represent the colour of the generation (like hair, makeup, clothing), but brightly-coloured skin isn’t necessary.

The colours of the spouses don’t matter as they aren’t part of the challenge. Unless otherwise stated you can do whatever you please with them.

Cheats can be used, but not excessively.

You may live wherever you please unless something is specified in the rules of a generation.

Every generation is supposed to complete both the career and aspiration of the heir unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Keep the lifespan on Normal.

Generation One: Soil

Well, you’re on your own now and you haven’t got much to your name except a plot of land and a couple of chickens. That’s alright though; animals tend to understand you better than Sims, anyway. Living off the land is difficult work but you’re determined to cultivate a respectable farm with livestock, fruit trees, and even some oversized produce!

Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Socially Awkward, Music Lover

Aspiration: Country Caretaker

Career: None

Rules:

Complete the Country Caretaker aspiration.

Start on an empty lot in Henford-on-Bagley with 500 Simoleons. Hard mode: Start as a teen.

Max the cross-stitch and gardening skills.

Play using the Living Off the Land lot challenge.

Befriend Patchy the Straw Man.

Complete 5 requests for your neighbours.

Generation Two: Sprout

Your best buddy growing up was a farm animal, and now you want to give back to the creatures that meant so much to you. As a veterinarian, you meet a lot of people and make a lot of friends. You spend your free time volunteering and training the animals you bring home with you.

Traits: Cat Lover, Dog Lover, Outgoing

Aspiration: Slumber Party Animal (Child), Friend of the Animals

Career: Veterinarian

Rules:

Complete the Friend of the Animals aspiration.

Max the veterinarian and pet training skills.

Befriend one of your parent’s farm animals as a Child.

Adopt at least one cat and one dog.

Volunteer on weekends.

Generation 3: Blossom

So, your parent was really into animals. And maybe that was a little bit too internalized in you… because now you can’t stop thinking about embracing your primal side and becoming a Werewolf. You still need to pay the bills though, so you work as a Green Technician to protect your territory’s ecosystem. On the weekends, you and your pack go bowling.

Traits: Lactose Intolerant, Insider, Loyal

Aspiration: Werewolf Initiate, Emissary of the Collective OR Wildfang Renegade

Career: Civil Designer, Green Technician branch

Rules:

Complete 2 Werewolf aspirations.

Max the bowling and logic skills.

Become a Werewolf.

Find and marry your Fated Mate.

Go bowling every weekend.

Generation Four: Mist

Uhh… you okay? You were kind of raised by… literal Werewolves. The experience was kind of traumatic, and now you’re trying to live a normal life. You eat grilled cheese as a coping mechanism and as a teen, you start a side hustle so you can move out on your own ASAP. You go to university and get a completely normal job in the city. You struggle to trust someone enough to fall in love, especially after the whole… “Fated Mates” thing your parents had going on. You just really, really want something normal.

Traits: Overachiever, Paranoid, Perfectionist

Aspiration: Goal Oriented (Teen), Grilled Cheese

Career: Any side hustle or part-time job (Teen), Education

Rules:

Complete the Grilled Cheese aspiration.

Max the cooking, baking, and flower arranging skills.

If your Sim is given the option to graduate early, take it.

Get a degree.

After university, move to the city (San Myshuno, Del Sol Valley, or San Sequoia) and get a bonsai tree.

Marry someone with a secret (for example, is an Alien or a Criminal).

Generation Five: Lava

Things were kind of weird growing up, and now you’re healing from your childhood. If therapy was a thing, you’d so be there. But since it’s not, you dedicate yourself to journaling, wellness, and less socially-acceptable coping mechanisms. 

Traits: Erratic, High Maintenance, Party Animal

Aspiration: Drama Llama (Teen), Villainous Valentine (Adult), Inner Peace (Elder) 

Career: Culinary, Mixologist branch

Rules:

Complete the Villainous Valentine aspiration.

Max the mixology, wellness, and writing skills.

Have a negative relationship with your parents.

Have an affair with a celebrity.

Have a child with a married Sim.

Write a tell-all memoir book as an elder.

Generation Six: Ash

You had a fractured family life growing up, but one thing your parents told you about was your ancestor who started a magnificent farm. You want to start anew, just like they did. But, well, you’re kind of a city kid… so you only grow avocados. Also, you’re totally in-tune with the paranormal and commune with ghosts for work.

Traits: Bookworm, Childish, Unflirty

Aspiration: Playtime Captain (Child), Soulmate

Career: Freelancer, Paranormal Investigator branch

Rules:

Complete the Soulmate aspiration.

Max the medium and gardening skills.

Live in an apartment and grow avocados on the balcony.

Marry a Sim that you’ve brought back from the dead.

Generation Seven: River

If there were an award for weirdest upbringing, you’d probably get it. Seriously… one of your parents came back from the dead to have you! The fun doesn’t stop there though. You’re determined to keep having cool experiences and write about them for your whole life.

Traits: Bro, Good, Jealous

Aspiration: Mind and Body (Child), StrangerVille Mystery

Career: Drama Club (Child/Teen), Writer

Rules:

Complete the StrangerVille aspiration.

Max the writing and fitness skills.

Have a child with someone from StrangerVille.

Take your child on vacation at least once every life stage (infant, toddler, child, teen).

Chapter Eight: Ocean

As the heir to a wealthy writer, you’re used to having things handed to you, like jobs and vacations. Now that you’re old enough to make a name for yourself, you want to build your Trendi empire as a Simfluencer. You pick Sulani as the perfect place to make your mark; beautiful weather and beachfront property mean all your followers will be so jealous of you. You love the water more than anyone you know, until one day you see someone a little too far out to sea to be natural… 

Traits: Child of the Islands, Child of the Ocean, Mean

Aspiration: Admired Icon (Teen), Party Animal

Career: Trendi (Teen), Simfluencer

Rules:

Complete the Party Animal aspiration.

Max the entrepreneur and media production skills.

Live in Sulani and become a mermaid.

Sell an outfit on Trendi for 9,999 Simoleons.

Get 1,000,000 followers.

Generation 9: Sand

Your parent always encouraged you to do great things with your life… as long as what you want is to be an Interior Decorator. Your real passion is music and you practice whenever you can. You’ve always wanted to rebel against your parent, but never had it in you to actually do it.

Traits: Creative, Gloomy, Neat

Aspiration: Musical Genius

Career: Interior Decorator (Adult), Entertainment, Musician branch (Elder)

Rules:

Complete the Musical Genius aspiration.

Max the violin and guitar skills.

Have a Strict family dynamic with your parent (you may cheat for this).

Get a Fine Arts degree at university.

If your Sim experiences a midlife crisis, you must complete it.

Generation 10: Flame

As a little kid, your biggest goal in life was to one day become the best parent ever. Your own parent was sad a lot and you acted out because of it, but you want your own kid to have a happier home. You want to provide everything for your children with your own two hands. You like building on the woodworking bench and brewing herbalism concoctions.

Traits: Family-Oriented, Loves Outdoors, Maker

Aspiration: Live Fast (Teen), Outdoor Enthusiast

Career: Culinary, Chef branch

Rules:

Complete the Outdoor Enthusiast aspiration.

Max the cooking, handiness, and herbalism skills.

Have at least three children, one of whom is adopted.

Go on family vacations to Granite Falls as much as possible.

Good luck and have fun!

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Sims 3 Not So Berry Challenge Rewritten

I’ve been really wanting to start the Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming’s Not So Berry Challenge in the Sims 3, but I wanted to adjust a few aspects of the generations to incorporate more types of gameplay than the orginal challenge description offers. I haven’t seen anybody else upload variations on this callenge in a few years now so I thought I would post it here in case anybody else is looking for new gameplay!

I tried to make the traits and objectives more representative of the generation descriptions and wherever I have changed the generation description I’ve made it really clear. Some generations are closer to the original than others, and there may be some unforseen issues with the gameplay as I’ve not completed this yet myself (so apologies if you encounter any!). I also own all packs so it was made with all packs in mind - I believe if you don’t own the pack yourself you’re free to change things up as you require, I know I used to!

So I want to say explicitly thank you to @lilsimsie and @alwaysimming for creating this challenge. The original description for the sims 3 can be found here.

I’d also like to draw attention to SarahPurple12 and ULTRAlelil on ModTheSims as both have posted their own takes on the sims 3 version of this challenge which are awesome and could be used if you need to swap out any generations/objectives!

Basic Rules - According to Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming’s Original Description

Each heir must represent the color of the generation (i.e. hair, makeup, clothing), but brightly colored skin is not necessary (these aren’t actually berry Sims, that’s the joke). This is optional, but it is a big portion of the fun.

The colors of the spouses don’t matter as they aren’t part of the challenge. Unless otherwise stated you can do whatever you please with them.

Every generation is supposed to complete both the career and aspiration of the heir unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Keep the lifespan on normal.

Generation One - Mint

“You’re a mischievous scientist that really loves the color mint. You’re career driven but still make time for silly pranks and outings with your closest friends. You love luxury and want the best for yourself and your family.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description

Traits: Eccentric, Vegetarian, Good Sense of Humour, Snob, Angler

Aspiration: Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder

Career: Scientist

Rules

Master the Inventing and Gardening Skill

Complete the Amateur Ichthyologist - Fishing Skill Challenge

Become Good Friends with 2 sims and go out for an outing with them both once a week

Master scientist career and complete the Creature-Robot Cross Breeder aspiration

Buy your children’s affection - don’t make an effort to get to know them but shower them with gifts

Build a Simbot and become Best Friends with them

Always let your children off the hook for pulling pranks

Optional: Become pregnant from a Vampire sim, if the child is born a Vampire they must be the heir

Generation Two - Rose

“You had everything you desired as a child but you were always longing for more. As an adult you have a hard time committing to relationships as you’re so focused on your career. You have absolutely no maternal/paternal instincts whatsoever but you still love your child with all your heart.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description

Traits: Grumpy, Heavy Sleeper, Ambitious, Dislikes Children, Irresistible

Aspiration: Master Romancer

Career: Business

Rules

Become a vampire as a young adult if not one from birth - Well, you are obsessed with success and renown and the skill boosts and enhanced lifespan that Vampirism can offer you could provide a greater chance at achieving this, even if it means permanently altering your DNA...

Master the Charisma skill

Complete Master Romancer Aspiration

Master the Business Career (insert joke about corporate bloodsuckers here)

If female: have a home birth with your only child to automatically achieve a good friends relationship level (Giving birth at the hospital does not give this relationship increase) If male: cheat the relationship with your newborn to good friends. Regardless of gender, do not make any directed attempts to improve this relationship until your child is a young adult.

Have a romantic relationship with your boss

Have only child be human (cheat this if needed)

Break off an engagement

Use the clean slate lifetime reward before getting into a relationship and married as an elder

Optional: If Mint Generation sim dies while your child is a kid, send them to boarding school until they are a teen

Generation Three - Yellow

“Growing up you never had a close relationship with your parent and spent the majority of your time alone in your room obsessing over space. You just really love space. You’ll do whatever it takes to get to space no matter the cost.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description

Traits: Loner, Genius, Bookworm, Bot Fan, Perfectionist

Aspiration: More Than a Machine

Career: Astronomer - Astrophysicist Branch (When living in Oasis Landing) Bot Builder - Self Employed (When living in Present Day)

Rules

Move to Oasis Landing as soon as you are a Young Adult - Return to Present Day when Heir becomes a child (no schools in Oasis Landing) but do not move back to your original town. You need a fresh start away from reminders of your sad and lonely childhood.

Master Bot Building and Advanced Technology Skills

Complete the Chipping In- Bot Building Skill Challenge

Become best friends with a Plumbot you have build

Have two children by engineering a baby at the hospital. Treat them as experiments. The non-heir sim should be their ideal child, scientifically minded and extremely intelligent and is favoured by your sim. The heir should have the traits outlined in their description and be ignored because of their incompatibility. *this interaction is a little bugged, apparently you can only do this with an exclusively platonic relationship - regardless of how they are concieved/born treat them as experiments

Experience either Utopia or Dystopia versions of Oasis Landing

Generation Four: Grey

“You always felt that you were different. While the rest of your family constantly had their noses in books, you just wanted to be outside playing basketball sports. You’re very good at sports and you dream of becoming a professional athlete. Because of your own nonexistent relationship with your parents you want to be there for your own children as much as possible. Oh, and you love to paint sculpt.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description (with edits)

Traits: Athletic, Savy Sculptor, Nurturing, Daredevil, Loves the Outdoors

Aspiration: Superstar Athlete

Career: Professional Sports Career

Rules

Attend University for Sports Degree

Become a Jock and then maintain that influence for the rest of your sims’ life

Master athletic and sculpting skills

Complete the Master Sculptor - Sculpting Skill Challenge

Attend a Sports Game at the stadium each week as a teenager

Join the art club at school as a teenager

Because you love nature, prioritise scenic jogs/runs over any other way to improve athletic skill

Be good friends with all of your children and take extra care to ensure they develop well

Generation Five: Plum

“You’ve always been good at anything you tried. It’s hard to choose a career, so why not try a few? You work as a doctor for much of your life, but as an adult realize that your true dream is to become a professional musician. You quit your job and join the music career.” Basically: you’re an indecisive oddball.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description

Traits: Genius, Party Animal, Rebellious, Commitment Issues, Brave

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: Medical (until adulthood) and then Musician

Rules

Master Logic, Guitar and a skill of your choosing

As a toddler and learn all that you can from using the pegbox and xylophone (to get an advance on logic and guitar skill which will demonstrate your giftedness)

Complete the Guitar Star - Guitar Skill Challenge

Get divorced and later remarried to the same sim

Purchase a Karaoke/Regular Bar lot and perform there often

Earn the Multitasker lifetime reward

Optional: If experiencing a mid-life crisis you must fulfil as many wants as possible

Generation Six: Orange

“You’re the black sheep of your family (but with orange hair) and you were raised in a hectic household. You’ve always wanted to cause mayhem, but you’re just really bad at being evil. You enjoy breaking into your neighbors’ houses and eating their food. You really love baking cooking and spend the majority of your spare time eating sweets.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description (with edits)

Traits: Evil, Insane, Kleptomaniac, Easily Impressed, Natural Cook

Aspiration: Become a Master Thief

Career: Criminal - Thief branch

Rules

Pull pranks constantly as a child/teenager

Discover all recipes on the Toy OvenGet turned into a fairy as a young adult in order to maximise your impish desires

Maximise the hidden Fairy Magic Skill primarily by using Fairy Tricks and Traps

Master the cooking skill

Complete the Menu Maven - Cooking Skill Challenge

Alway get something from the ice-cream van when it turns up outside your house - No Matter What Time of Day.

Live on the outskirts of town in a small cabin your whole life (your life of crime requires you to lay low...)

Only have two children; they must be twins and the heir must be human (can cheat for this)

Primarily steal childrens items and whimsical decor

Generation Seven: Pink

“You grew up poor and are living paycheck to paycheck just as your parents did. You long to write romance novels direct films but are too afraid to quit your steady job to follow your dreams. You’re very practical and you know the chances of making it as a writer director are slim, so you stay working at your nine to five. As an adult you finally decide to pursue your dreams. You’re a hopeless romantic, but your unflirty nature makes it nearly impossible to find love.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description (with edits)

Traits: Unflirty, Hopeless Romantic, Artistic, Bookworm, Good

Aspiration: Distinguished Director

Career: Journalist (until adulthood) then Film - Director Branch

Rules

Master the writing skill

As a teenager join the School Newspaper afterschool club

Join the book club using the computer as a young adult

Get married as an adult to your childhood best friend (we love a slow burn romance)

Go to the cinema once each week to watch a Romance film

Do not publish any books until adulthood

Complete the Specialist Writer - Writing Skill Challenge (with romance novels)

Adopt your heir as a baby while you are a single young adult - while writing a news report your good nature was moved to adopt the lone survivor of a fatal housefire that affected a family in your town

Generation Eight: Peach

“Your parent always taught you to follow your dreams. You’ve always wanted to be a police officer detective. You’ve always wanted to be a pianist. Well dang it, you can do both! Detective Private Investigator by day, star musician by night, you can do anything you set your mind to.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description (with edits)

Traits: Perceptive, Virtuoso, Dog Person, Genius, Good Sense of Humour

Aspiration: Pervasive Private Eye

Career: Private Investigator

Rules

Master logic and piano skill

Always have a dog as your pet and strive to have a maximum relationship with them, they are your partner - bring them with you to blend in during stakeouts!

Perform piano in various venues at least once each week

Build logic skill up primarily through using the telescope - name stars and planets after your loved ones

Build and decorate a private investigaor office

Complete the Master Pianist - Piano Skill Challenge

Marry a sim that hired you to work a case

Because of your positive relationship with your parent, have them live with you until they pass away

Generation Nine: Green

“You might be a giant nerd, but you’re a cool nerd. All that partying (and hard work) you did in college really paid off. After graduation all those connections you made at school got you offered a job in game development. You’re extremely dedicated to your work (and school), but that doesn’t stop you from going out and having a good time. ” - Lilsimsieand AlwaysSimming Original Description

Traits: Charismatic, Genius, Computer Whiz, Eccentric, Party Animal Aspiration: Perfect Student Career: Video Game Developer (Engineer Branch)

Rules

Attend University as a Technology major and graduate with a perfect GPA

Attend the debate club afterschool activity as a teen

Max your rep with the nerds at University to unlock the Video Game Developer Career when you return home

Master the video game developer Career

Achieve the Perfect Student aspiration

Own an Arcade

Throw a costume party every Fall, a pool party every Summer, and destination parties at the arcade during Winter and Spring

Marry a Nerd and get married in a Sci-Fi themed wedding

Achieve the My Best Friend lifetime reward and become Good Friends with the simbot

Generation Ten: Blue

“You have the perfect life. White picket fence, loving spouse, beautiful children. You get to spend all your time sculpting painting, the thing you love the most. But why do you still want more? You have a one time secret affair and will regret it for the rest of your life. Afterward you pour your soul into raising your children and fixing your marriage. You never admit the affair to anyone and dedicate your life to being the perfect parent.” - Lilsimsie and AlwaysSimming Original Description (with edits)

Traits: Family-Oriented, Artistic, Easily-Impressed, Neat, Great Kisser Aspiration: Surrounded by Family Career: Painter (self-employed)

Rules

Master the painting skill

Complete Surrounded by Family aspiration

Complete the Master Painter - Painting Skill Challenge

Win prom king/queen in highschool

Must marry high school sweetheart and stay with them until you die

Have a one time secret affair while on your honeymoon - the reality of lifetime partnership gets to you

Have each child age up well and get As in school

Make home videos and take many photos of your family as they grow

Do not use the walker or play pen while raising your toddlers - You are a hands on parent!

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