Crafter

Crafter is one of the careers in The Sims Castaway Stories. This career track rewards more resources for the Sims than the other careers. It mainly focuses on Mechanical and requires Logic and Creativity skills. The career reward from this career is The Crafter's Bench Crafting Bench.

Adult Sims go to work at 9 AM to 12 PM. Teens and Elders go to work at 10 AM to 12 PM. Orangutans go to work at 11 AM to 2 PM. Castaway careers don't have specific days-off and vacation days, therefore Sims can't call in sick. On the other hand, there is no penalty if Sims don't leave for work either. Sims have chances for two times to go to work if they happen to be unable at the first chance.

Adult Promotion Levels

Crafter Career Levels
1) Leaf Folder
Sand, sun and water are difficult to hold, so what else can you do with your hands out here? The overall springiness of leaves doesn't lend itself to a decent origami crane, but the frog is a good bet. You also won't be able to make one of those paper fortune tellers, but whether or not your secret crush knows you're alive probably doesn't matter so much right now.	50	0
	48	0
	No Bonus	0
		0
2) Basket Weaver
Apparently surviving on a deserted island involves a lot of carrying things back and forth, and there aren't a lot of usable salvaged containers around. Those rushes over there? They could be holding things for you. It looks like underwater basket weaving wasn't such a useless subject in school after all.	63	1
	98	0
	Bonus: 126	0
	Bonus: 196	0
3) Flintknapper
Fire? Check. Dancing origami frogs? Check. Lightweight containers? Check. Need a finer edge for a homemade skinning knife? Apply a few skill-relevant Stone Age tool-making techniques and a bit of sinew and you'll be flaying up a storm in no time!	76	2
	150	1
	Bonus: 152	1
	Bonus: 300	0
4) Homesteader
It's definitely still a fixer-upper, but you've acquired the skills and knowledge to keep your domicile as livable as possible given your surroundings. "Open concept" housing is all the rage, and you're certainly on the cutting edge.	89	3
	200	2
	Bonus: 178	1
	Bonus: 400	0
5) Scrap Technician
Before, you looked at the broken items and other bits of material lying along the beach as junk, but now you see more possibilities in what was previously unusable. You can also turn anything you really can't use into avant-garde lawn sculpture.	102	4
	250	3
	Bonus: 204	1
	Bonus: 500	1
6) Tinkerer
In your current predicament, you've discovered that simple machines are good for more than discussion topics for children's science programs—the pulley, wheel and axle and the inclined plane all save you a great deal of work throughout your day, although getting food to prepare and cook itself for you will require an altogether different kind of mastery.	115	5
	303	4
	Bonus: 230	2
	Bonus: 606	2
7) Builder
Your skill and proficiency have allowed you to progress from simple machines to simple carpentry. Although you're not going to make your place into a fashion doll's dream house anytime soon, you can foresee a towel rack next to the potty bush in the near future.	129	6
	353	5
	Bonus: 258	3
	Bonus: 706	3
8) Bamboo Engine
In this tropical setting, it's almost impossible to not go with tiki-themed interiors, to the extent that you even have interiors. At least you have bamboo, and you have lots of it. Bamboo is almost like blood, here. It's like... life.	142	7
	403	7
	Bonus: 284	4
	Bonus: 806	4
9) Artisan
You have mastered the raw and salvaged materials of the island, and now you can assemble them all with remarkable aesthetic flair. The ease with which you collect and create is certainly something never would have thought yourself capable of before you arrived on the island.	155	8
	453	8
	Bonus: 310	5
	Bonus: 906	5
10) Inventor
Congratulations, you have arrived at the ultimate level of materials mastery—the creation of the improbable. Sure, plant-based electronics sound weird on the face of it, but that schematic for building a television set out of some cured bamboo, a few coconut rinds, and a couple of razor blades that washed up on the beach is certainly interesting enough. If anyone can make electricity from rubbing two sticks together, it's you.	168	10
	505	9
	Bonus: 336	7
	Bonus: 1,010	6

Teen/Elder Promotion Levels

Crafter Career Levels
1) Needle Threader
The simple task of threading a needle has confounded the farsighted and the clumsy since the first hole was made in something small and sharp enough to pass through animal hide. A keen eye, a deft hand and a great deal of patience are your only tools for this task. You don't know what animal provided the bone for the needle; you just know that it's useless until you get a thread into it.	25	0
	25	0
	No Bonus	0
		0
2) Coconut Milker
Few fruits are as useful to island living as the humble coconut, giver of plant fibers and low-cost biodegradable apparel. It also provides food and drink to the select few who've mastered the art of penetrating its incredibly tough shell. Through hard work and training, you've been honored with membership in this elite group! But be careful. Relax, and speak gently to the cocnut before you milk it. They are skittish, and have been known to kick.	31	1
	50	0
	Bonus: 62	0
	Bonus: 100	0
3) Grass Skirt Trimmer
Fashion. Few rule it, and even fewer understand it. Grass skirts may be the "little black dress" of the islands, but even timeless wardrobe classics show some signs of contemporary influence. If you've kept your finger on the pulse of the latest breezy fashion trends, it should be obvious what you should do next. Pack up your shears and a snack, and bring your walking stick. Hemlines are always on the move, and you should be too.	38	2
	75	1
	Bonus: 76	1
	Bonus: 150	0

Orangutan Promotion Levels

Crafter Career Levels
1) Tree Ornament
Trees are already beautiful on their own, but sometimes they can use just a little extra pizzazz. A beautiful red hairy orangutan hanging from a branch beautifully compliments the green of the leaves, and highlights the darker brown of the trunk. Hanging as tree ornamentation also teaches orangutans about discipline, and helps them develop arm strength.	25	0
	24	0
	No Bonus	0
		0
2) Problem Solver
You've trained your orangutan friend to press a lever to get food, and then worked up to a primitive version of the shell game. From there you draw an old woman/young woman optical illusion in the sand, and teach your orangutan to interpret it. You say it's an old woman. The orangutan says that young or old, she looks like a banana thief.	38	0
	75	0
	Bonus: 76	3
	Bonus: 150	0
3) Tool Maker
You can't solve a problem without the right tools, and neither can orangutans. This job gives them the ability to do two of their favorite things: show off their opposable digits and make silly noises. This tool here is apparently called a "biscuit cutter," but that sounds vaguely dirty. Whatever happened to the good old fashioned screwdriver?	38	0
	75	3
	Bonus: 76	6
	Bonus: 150	0
4) Tool User
After learning the intricate art of creating tools, your orangutan companion has finally figured out how to actually use them. Now your orangutan can cause some real damage! This is an interesting demonstration of orangutan industrial design sense, because the tools that orangutans make are sometimes meant for very different tasks than the ones you'd expect. Using a wrench as a hammer? Genius!	64	3
	176	6
	Bonus: 128	10
	Bonus: 352	0