Al Simhara

Al Simhara is a premade destination sub-neighborhood introduced in The Sims 3: World Adventures along with Shang Simla and Champs Les Sims.


'Al Simhara, Egypt is a land of exploration, danger, and archeological thrills. Sims venturing to this rugged locale are sure to find excitement in exploring tombs or hunting for lost treasure within ancient structures such as the Great Pyramids or Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.'

Onomatology

Description

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Al Simhara is an ancient land girt against a river, full of magic and mystery. It is a land of mummies, pyramids, and crocodiles. It is found in Egypt and features activities and items drawn from Egyptian culture. The name is a reference to the Sahara Desert of Egypt. This town features fully explorable tombs and hidden tombs, including famous Egyptian landmarks such as the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and Temple of Queen Hapshepsut. Sims can explore these landmark tombs, thereby undertaking adventures. The company MorcuCorp features strongly in these adventures. It is an excellent subhood for Sims to improve their Photography skill. There are numerous premade families in Al Simhara, although they all unfortunately lack description texts. An Egyptian trip costs §1600 for the first Sim and §1000 for each additional Sim.

Features

At night a gentle glow lights up at the bases of the Pyramids.
The entire neighbourhood is so hot that there is a visible heat haze during the daylight hours.
Another mine monster is found here, in addition to those in Sunset Valley, Riverview, and Twinbrook.
Mummies will be lurking the tombs in this destination, and they can curse Sims.
There are fewer sims in this destination than in Sunset Valley, Riverview, or Twinbrook.

Exclusive Items

National dishes like Falafel and Shawarma, new recipes for the Cooking skill.
The snake charming secret skill can be learned through a snake charming basket from the market.
Tomb survival items like the Shower-in-a-Can and dried food.
Expensive cameras for developing the Photography skill.
Books that are exclusive to Al Simhara, including a Photography skill book.
New Fishing and Collecting items to gather, like crocodiles and copper.

Lots

Residential lots

Inhabited lots

The Fig Tree House (Shalut household)
The Date Palm House (Amin family)
The Boswellia House (Diab family)
The Cornflower House (Madboulhi family)
The Frankincense House (Kamel family)
The Ished Tree House (Ameen family)
The Emmer House (Moussa family)
The Dellach Palm House (Badawi family)
The Papyrus House (Rashid family)
The Doum Palm House (Hawas family)
The Mandrake House (Nagi household)
The Sycamore House (Hosni family)
The Daisy House (Barakat family)
The Tamarisk House (Taymur family)
The Flax Seed House (Lufti family)

Vacation home lots

The Pomegranate House
The Acacia Palace
The Almond Tree House
The Lotus Oasis

Townie lots

The Fig Tree House (different lot, but with the same name as the Shalut household's lot)

Community lots

Tombs

See also: Al Simhara adventures

Al Simhara contains a variety of tomb lots as well as tomb puzzles on non-tomb lots. Each major tomb in Al Simhara has a distinct relic named after it.

Visible

Hidden

Families

All Sims among these families have the hidden Egyptian Culture trait. NPCs generated in Al Simhara do not have this trait, instead they have the hidden trait connected to their job (eg. Pizza Appreciator for Pizza Delivery), and other Sims such as Explorers have no hidden traits at all.