Death flower



The Death Flower is a special flower, with a strange stigma resembling a skull and with lots of tendrilly scarlet petals and leaves.

Use
The Death Flower cannot be directly used, per se, and cannot be sold for any money. However, it is incredibly valuable. The Grim Reaper has a particular fondness for these flowers, and this can be used to a Sim's advantage. Should a Sim perish by anything other than old age, the Grim Reaper will come and try to take the Sim's soul, but the Sim in question will offer him the flower, and the Grim Reaper will gladly take the flower and bring the Sim back to life with slightly raised Motives, to give your Sim the chance to quickly fix the Motive that resulted in their undone demise.

Acquisition
It only appears in The Sims 3, and can be acquired by growing them from an Unknown Special Seed using the Gardening skill. A single sample of the flower can be picked from Pleasant Rest Graveyard. It cannot be duplicated using a Nova Plant.

Unknown Special Seeds can be mass-acquired around Pleasant Rest Graveyard, reappearing every few days. These seeds can grow Money Trees, Life Fruit (which incidentally can reduce a Sim's age by a few days) or Death Flowers. Exploring the Catacombs can also result in finding an Unknown Special or Death Flower seed.

The Death Flower can be planted with Level 7 Gardening. After it reaches the Harvest stage (it will always be Perfect, seemingly) it can be picked for a single Death Flower, killing the plant in the process. However, Sims with the Green Thumb Trait can revive the plant. The first time this is done, it is very likely to be revived (But it can fail, the same as any other dead plant), but every time thereafter it has a staggeringly high chance of becoming barren after being revived. This means that a Sim with this trait can get an almost endless supply of them, by planting them, harvesting, reviving and reharvesting. Therefore, it would be a wise move to have someone in a family to have this trait to mass-produce Death Flowers for everyone's use.

Opportunity
One opportunity directly related to a Death Flower exists.
 * Extreme Life Insurance: [Friend] fears a visit from the grim reaper may come all too soon and would like a little... insurance. Grow a Death Flower and deliver it to [Friend] before it's too late.  You'll be paid handsomely for this piece of insurance - a wise choice!