Cleaning: Difference between revisions

== The Sims ==

In ''The Sims'', Cleaning is a hidden skill that's mostly used by [[Maid#The Sims|maids]], community lot [[NPC#The Sims|janitors]], [[Servo#The Sims|Servos]] and [[Bonehilda]]. All playable Sims and [[Townie#The Sims|Townies]] have the Cleaning skill, even if it's zero. However, the skill doesn't appear in the Control Panel. It cannot be changed or improved within the game, unless Sims use an object that has been hacked to affect Cleaning. Some third-party character-editing programs may allow the player to edit a Sim's Cleaning skill.

== The Sims 2 ==

In ''The Sims 2'', points can be gained by tidying up the messes which occur during daily life (for instance, washing counters, appliances, toilets, sinks, and mopping) or by reading a skill book. Sims can also gain Cleaning skill points by using certain [[Career rewards#Prints Charming Fingerprint Scanner|career rewards]]. A higher cleaning skill speeds up the cleaning process.

There are several career tracks that focus on building the Cleaning skill in order to get a promotion, such as: [[Law]], [[Medicine]], [[Science]], [[Natural Science]] (available with the ''[[University]]'' expansion pack) and [[Education]]. For [[teenagers]], having a high Cleaning skill (level eight or higher) will earn them the §750 [[Scholarship|Kim Metro Prize for Hygienics]], one of several scholarships available with the University expansion pack.

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