THE SIMS: BUSTIN' OUT TIPS & TRICKS
Heidi Shadows
Heidi Shadows is a secret ninja character that sells you cheats. She can be found southwest of Imperial Estates on Mondays (11 p.m. to 12 a.m.) and in the northern corner of the Park Maze on Fridays (3 a.m. to 4 a.m.). Mondays are days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 36, 43, 50, 57, 64, 71, 78, 85, 92, 99, 106, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 148, 155, etc. (every seven days). Fridays are days 5, 12, 19, 26, 33, 40, 47, 54, 61, 68, 75, 82, 89, 96, 103, 110, 117, 124, 131, 138, 145, 152, 159, etc. (every seven days). She will sell you cheats that can save you a lot of time on getting skill points. When you find her south of Imperial Estates, buy from her, and do not leave so that she dos not disappear. Buy out her shop, then wait until after 1 a.m. and go to her again. She will be completely restocked.
5,000 Simoleons
To get 5,000 Simoleons, buy the flower from Heidi Shadows. It only costs 800 Simoleons.
Getting inside Earl's ghost's house
To get inside Earl's ghost's house, you will have to pick the lock ten to twenty times. Sometimes when you go into the sewer, the screen will move to a selected location. Go there and take the chairs. They sell for 1,000 Simoleons.
Answers to Earl's ghost's question #1
1. How many sides dose a circle have? A. 2.
Answers to Earl's ghost's question #2
2. An apple, grape, banana, pear which do not belong? A. Banana.
Answers to Earl's ghost's question #3
3. How many letters are in the alphabet? A. 11.
Answers to Earl's ghost's question #4
4. BCDEKIOX which letter completes the pattern? A. H.
Answers to Earl's ghost's question #5
5. If you fill me I can point the way. If not full I do not move. I have two skins, one out and one in. What am I? A. A glove.
Mover Madness prices
From level 1 to 5, the price taken from your salary goes up by 10 Simoleons.
Level 1
10 Simoleons
Level 2
20 Simoleons
Level 3
30 Simoleons
Level 4
40 Simoleons
Level 5
50 Simoleons
Dusty Hogg
Easy people to get along with
Nora Zeal-Ott
Easy people to get along with
Uncle Hayseed
Easy people to get along with
Guisuppi Mezzalto
Easy people to get along with
Clare Cutterbell
Easy people to get along with
Misty Waters
Easy people to get along with
Lottie Cash
Hard people to get along with
Hester Primm
Hard people to get along with
Daddy Big Bucks
Hard people to get along with
Eddie Renalin
Hard people to get along with
Vera Vex
Hard people to get along with
Vernon Peeve
Hard people to get along with
Easy money
To get more Simoleons, become a level 5 Master Mower. You will get 10 Simoleons per shrub, which equals 600 Simoleons and higher. REMEMBER: Running over chickens will not lower your money, but the flowers will take a lot more money than usual.
Library
Skills increased: All except Charisma
Gym
Skills increased: Charisma, Body
Farm
Skills increased: Mechanical up to 2
Jail
Skills increased: Body
Turing Labyrinth
Skills increased: Creativity
Heidi Shadows
Skills increased: All
Library vs gym
The gym will reduce your stamina bar and hygiene bar but the library will only reduce the comfort bar, and also much slower.
Selling paintings
Go to the lover's spot in the painting mission and buy a canvas and paint a masterpiece. After you go to the lover's spotm you will never be able to sell paintings for money again.
Ghostly Gift
To get the "Ghostly Gift", go down into the sewers from the second house.
Burglar
Every time you get burgled, think of Giuseppi. Also, after he is arrested, you will not get burgled anymore.
Items to buy
In the entire game, you do not need to buy a lot of items. The set of items which should be kept (in order) is: Phone (free from the start), Toilet (free from the start), Savvy Shower (buy it; part of quest), Stove (buy it), Fire alarm (buy it), Burglar alarm (buy it), Aquarius/Capricorn/etc./etc. Recliner (free from the sewers secret area), Crystal Ball (free from Earl Euphram's prize)
Fishing tips
Lure A: Blue fish
Fishing tips
Lure B: Green fish
Fishing tips
Lure C: Black fish
Steam Tunnels
1. When you get to the goals with the ghost, go to the tunnels, and in the middle, there should be the urn.
Steam Tunnels
2. At one part in the game, you can get 2 free reclining chairs. Their is a little passage.
Ghost Quiz Answers
How many sides does a circle have? (2) An apple, grape, banana, pear, which one doesn't belong? (Banana) How many letters are in, "the alphabet." (11) "BCDEKIOX", which letter completes this pattern? (H) If you fill me I can point. If I'm full I do not move. I have two skins, one out and one in. What am I? (Glove)
How to Finish the Game Faster
If you have mastered the game once and you are just playing again for fun and you remember some of the missions but they are not what you have to do yet, just do them ahead of time so when you get the goals you will aready be finished with them.