Magic gnome

The Mysterious Mr. Gnome is a special item found in The Sims 3. They are nameable, and can be stored in the inventory of a Sim. The Mysterious Mr.Gnome is kickable, like any gnome, but unlike a regular garden gnome, he cannot be cloned with the eyedropper tool, and has a habit of sneaking around the house.

The player will never see the gnome sneaking around, (if Ambitions is installed, occasionally the player will see him move, orange smoke pops up and he is gone for about 1 ingame minute and reappears somewhere else) but he pops up in all sorts of places that he was never put in. If the player is really, really lucky he can be seen popping from one position to another.He changes place on the lot at about 1 AM. If kicked, he falls in odd positions that are unexpected from a gnome and sometimes ends up with a plaster across the bridge of his nose, and when picked up, is known to float on air, do hand stands and assume other theatrical positions. You could try and order your Sim to sleep and then order your Sim to view the Gnome at the same time.

When he disappears and your Sim wakes up, the Sim will automatically walk to the location of the Gnome. Even if walls are built without a door around him, The Mysterious Mr. Gnome will still pop up anywhere outside. His mysterious disappearing act usually reappears him next to an object. (eg. Boom box, plant, couch, washing machine) Some objects he interacts with when he reappears. For example, when he appears next to T.V.s or stereos, he turns them on. (Possibly waking sleeping Sims, so watch out!) If The Magical Gnome Of Inventing appears next to a Scraptastic™ Workbench with an unfinished project on it, he will magically complete it to 99% complete. A Sim at level 10 in the Science career can perform experiments on these gnomes. All Mysterious Mr. Gnomes sell for §1,000, kicking the gnome can sometimes result in losing §1, thus making him worth only §999. You can have multiple gnomes in one household. This can be accomplished by using the miner, finding them in random places and hording them, or by using the cheat "buydebug on" and clicking on the "misc." tab under the question mark in buy mode.

Varieties
There are different methods for acquiring different varieties of Mysterious Mr. Gnome. Differing varieties also have thematic poses, such as Sultan Sam's egyptian walk

Mysterious Mr. Gnome
The base game version of Mysterious Mr. Gnome looks just like a garden gnome, with an orange hat with a yellow star shaped flower on it with a brown center, a long gray beard, blue button down shirt and red pants and shoes of an odd brown-tan color. This unique garden gnome can be found when a Sim chooses to "Explore The Catacombs" at the graveyard, by activating the irreversible transfiguration on Carter's Display Case - XL Edition, within ore or gems when they mail them to their respective refiners, or as an 'acquisition' from being promoted in the criminal career, or as a reward for a case in the Investigator Profession, or by fishing. It can also be found using the miner.

One way to get Mysterious Mr. Gnome is by using the "testingcheatsenabled true" cheat, then "buydebug". Go into buy mode and there should be a miscellaneous tab. Click it and scroll down. There should be one of every Mysterious Mr. Gnome, depending on what expansion packs you have. They cost $1000.

Sultan Sam the Magical Gnome of Egypt
This gnome from The Sims 3: World Adventures is found primarily in Al Simhara, Egypt. Sultan Sam will often adopt poses that harken to Egyptian wall motifs. He can be found when a Sim chooses to "Explore The Catacombs" in the Egyptian mausoleum, as a random event while fishing in Egypt, or by refining metals using the base camp mailbox in Egypt. He can be found on a display stand, along with the other gnomes from World Adventures, in the Champs Les Sims Museum. He can also be found as a treasure in some Egyptian tombs.

Little Léon the Magical Gnome of France
This gnome from The Sims 3: World Adventures is found primarily in Champs Les Sims, France. He can be found when a Sim chooses to "Explore The Catacombs" in the French mausoleum, as a random event while fishing in Champs Les Sims, or by refining metals using the base camp mailbox. He can be found on a display stand, along with the other gnomes from World Adventures, in the Champs Les Sims Museum. This gnome seems to be caricature of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Master Manchu the Magical Gnome of China
This gnome from The Sims 3: World Adventures is found primarily in Shang Simla, China. Master Manchu's poses include martial arts kicks, and meditation. He can be found randomly when using the Miner from the inventing skill, when a Sim chooses to "Explore The Catacombs" in the Chinese mausoleum, as a random event while fishing in China, or by refining metals using the base camp mailbox.


 * Sultan Sam, Little Leon and Master Manchu can all be found in the museum in Champs les Sims. They can be picked up and placed in the inventory.

The Magical Gnome of Invention
This gnome from The Sims 3: Ambitions is found primarily while using the "Invent" interaction at the Scraptastic™ Workbench. He can only be invented by accident. It can also be found using the miner. This gnome resembles a robot, and adopts poses similar to the Robot Dance.

Occasionally the Magical Gnome of Invention may stand on the Scraptasitc Workbench and watch your Sim invent. When this happens, if you leave the work bench with an unfinished invention the invention may jump to 99% complete and the Gnome will return to other tasks.

The Magical Gnome of Sculpting
This gnome from The Sims 3: Ambitions is found primarily while using the "Sculpt" interaction at the Pedestrian Sculpting Station. He can only be sculpted by accident. It can also be found using the miner. This gnome's texture varies according to the sculpting medium he is sculpted in, meaning he can have many different looks, especially since each sculpting medium has different colors/types such as darker clay. He regularly adopts poses that mimic famous sculptures such as The Thinker.

Abracadabra the Magical Gnome of Laundry
This gnome from The Sims 3: Ambitions is found only by using the most and second most expensive dryers available. Sometimes, while collecting laundry, a Sim will discover a Laundry Gnome.

Troglodyte the Magical Gnome of B.C.
This gnome from The Sims 3: Ambitions is usually found during travels in the time machine, or by exploring a drill tunnel. He looks like a caveman, and often adopts stereotypical cartoon caveman poses with his club.

Blingaboo the Magical Hip-Hop Gnome
A Hip-Hip gnome from The Sims 3: Late Night

He adopts rapping and dancing poses and can be received as a celebrity gift.

Magical Vampire Gnome
A female Vampire gnome from The Sims 3: Late Night. Randomly found on lots with multiple plasma fruit bushes growing, and rarely with just plasma fruits in the fridge. More bushes in a lot increase the chances of finding one.

This gnome gives every non-vampire Sim (other than Sims with the Brave trait) on the lot the 'Hunted' moodlet. This gnome has the power of transforming a teddy bear into a Vampire gnome. It has been reported that the vampire will either multiply or (with generations installed) have many identical other vampire gnomes

Freezer Bunny Magic Gnome
The Freezer Bunny, with a gnome hat. There is a 0.1% chance of spawning every time a dog barks or cat freaks out at the fridge.

Felix Felinenimus
A cat gnome. There is a 0.7% chance the gnome will spawn every time a cat receives the "Whacked Out" moodlet.

Carter Caninenimus
A dog gnome. There is a 0.7% chance to spawn per Dog best friend. It is often found doing dog like things.

Zenyatta
A horse gnome. There is a chance this gnome will spawn whenever a horse licks a salt lick for 80 minutes. The chance increases by 0.2% for every 20 Sim minutes the horse licks the salt lick.

The Zenyatta leaves produce around your yard for your animals. Many of these can spawn on a lot at a time.

Lounge Lizard Magic Gnome
This gnome is a singer gnome which looks like a 50s singer. This gnome will appear randomly on the lawn of the player's house if the player's sim is in the Singing Career.

Cranstan Boonitz the Magic Gnome
This gnome is a magician gnome. This gnome will appear randomly on the lawn of the player's house if the player's sim is in the Magician Career.

Gnome Family
"In The Sims 3 Generations, you can now have a gnome family! The Mysterious Mr. Gnome you know and love from base game will age through the life cycles just like the Sims. Leave two of these magical gnomes in your Sims’ homes or have them hang around a wedding and you just might see a new magical addition! Each of the different gnome age ranges has new poses and appearances, and they each prefer to appear near different objects that are suitable to them. Toddler Gnome – Gnomes are already small, but these magical toddlers are tiny! Child Gnome – These playful little gnomes are just a little bigger than toddlers. Teen Gnome – These teenaged gnomes have the look of youth and rebellious teen spirit! Elder Gnome – Gnomes past their primes, but still just as magical."

With The Sims 3: Generations, the Mysterious Mr. Gnome can "get married" and have gnome children (this only applies to Mr. Mysterious Gnome). The children start as toddlers and will age to children, then rebellious looking teens, then adults, the default look of the gnome, then elders. Gnomes will die after becoming elders, and they will have a respective tombstone, which can only be bought through cheats.

Antics
The Mysterious Mr. Gnome has been spotted doing the following things:


 * Carrying a plumbob on his back (Only The Magical Gnome of Sculpting has been confirmed doing this)
 * Flushing Toilet
 * Stereo turning on (and sitting next to it, listening)
 * Watching T.V. ( Could also possibly break the T.V.)
 * Sleeping under a shade tree
 * Inside the Fridge
 * Pointing at death plant with look of fear on its face
 * Sitting on bar (probably getting drunk and enjoying the view)
 * Dancing in front of money trees/omni plants/normal garden plants (stereotypical Russian dance pose)
 * Sitting on a fountain bench
 * Leaning over in front of a barbeque grill
 * Appearing beside a bed that a Sim is asleep in
 * Sunbathing on an island in the middle of a pool
 * Kissing another gnome
 * Making silly faces at a fish in a fish bowl
 * Using hands to shield self from sprinkler
 * Crawling under hedges
 * Sitting at table where a chair would normally be
 * Admiring cut gemstones
 * "Heel click" in a bathroom
 * Peeping out of a snake charmer's basket
 * Staring at porch light
 * Doing a headstand on the dryer (Abracadabra, others need confirmation)
 * Lying on a table
 * Doing handstand on table
 * 'Heel click' on table
 * Appearing inside a partially-completed sculpture on the sculpting station
 * He appears on pictures taken with a camera in World Adventures
 * If two are acquired, they will frequently appear at the front door pointing and looking at something in fear


 * Lying and looking at a large space rock (enstatite chondrite)
 * Sleeping in front of water sprinkler
 * Browsing nectar racks
 * Seeking to the grave (must place Gnome on the Graveyard)
 * Seeking inside a bush (must place Gnome on Junkyard)
 * Standing on a table
 * Looking at swimming pool
 * Standing under a Beach Umbrella
 * Staring at the Miner (Magic Gnome of Invention, others need confirmation)
 * Staring at a tunnel made by the Miner (tunnel being investigated by a Sim, others need confirmation)
 * Staring at relics on display (Sultan Sam, others need confirmation)
 * Staring at Chinese decorations (Master Manchu, others need confirmation)
 * Hugging the stereo/ Picking it up
 * Sitting on the corner tub
 * Vampire Gnome Seen Flying In front of TV (not Directly in front of it if its the TV hanging on the wall, just below it)
 * Vampire Gnome seen doing "Vampiric Slumber" on the floor.
 * Meditating (Master Manchu)
 * Vampire Gnome seen chasing other varieties of Gnomes
 * Running on Treadmills
 * Standing in the middle of the kitchen with its arms in the air, with fire around him (fire spreads and burns down kitchen)
 * Squatting next to plants
 * The Freezer Bunny Magic Gnome has been seen riding on a small llama.
 * Flirting with a garbage can
 * Baby gnome chewing his foot
 * Freaking out at the Golf Court
 * Pointing at other Gnomes
 * Sitting in a circle with other gnomes

The Troglodyte has been seen "praying".