Fairy

Fairy

A Fairy.

Fairies are a playable life state that are introduced in The Sims 3: Supernatural. (Technically, Faerie Queen Mara, an NPC vendor from The Sims: Makin' Magic, was a fairy, but Fairy was not a playable lifestate.) Fairies first appeared in the official announcement trailer for the expansion.^[1] Before they were officially announced, there was a patch (1.32) which accidentally leaked visual effects files of fairy wings.^[2]

Overview

Fairies are described as elegant but mischievous magical creatures who love playing tricks on Sims and maintain their basic needs just like normal Sims. They have a hidden skill known as Fairy Magic.

Ways to be Fairies

Create a Fairy at Create a Sim. See Creating a Fairy section below for more information.
A Sim can be a fairy by getting a chance to receive a Fairy opportunity when searching for fairies in the Arboretum.
There is a elixir known as the Bottled Blessing of the Fae which can turn a normal Sim into a fairy.
- A Sim with level 10 of Alchemy skill can mix this elixir at the alchemy station by having red toadstools, sunstone gem and fairy damsel in his inventory.
- Check an elixir consignment shop as the shop may have the elixir, but not on a daily basis.

Creating a Fairy

Players can create a fairies in Create a Sim. At the "Supernatural Types" button at the Basics section of CAS, select "Fairy" and the Sim being created becomes a fairy. After that, the fairy automatically gets a pair of wings - for flight in their normal and natural form - with a unique color. The wings' color is the same in the fairy's natural form.

In the Basics section, there is a second tab which is labeled as Fairy Basics. It allows the player to customize a fairy's wings and select their color.

There are six different wing designs and they are all labeled. They are:

Willowed Wisps
Super Swirly

Dreamy Dragonfly
Fanciful Ferns

Majestic Monarch
Busy Bumblebee

To change the color of the wings, there is a Change Wing Color button on the bottom right outside the box of wing designs. There are two tabs which are the Swatches and the Color Wheel. Choose any color for her wings. However, in custom fairy wing colors cannot be saved, so it is the player will need to remember the color code or save a fairy with similar wing colors into the bin.

They are many fairy-themed clothes and accessories for a fairy to wear, although other Sims can wear them too. However, letting fairies wear them gives them a more realistic look.

Abilities

Fairies live longer than normal Sims like werewolves and vampires . They move at an increased rate as they fly around. They shrink to their natural form to perform interactions that they can't do normal-sized. They are "natural born tricksters", tricking Sims using different interactions.

They have the Green Thumb trait by nature - meaning that they have benefits similar to the benefits Sims with the trait should have, without having it in their traits. They can build their Charisma skill at a faster rate.

The more they use magic, the more abilities become available. Different auras, the ability to fairy prank furniture, and ^{[citation needed]}

Magic

Fairies are able to use magic for the good or the bad. When starting out, they will have a very limited set of magical abilities. As they gain their Fairy Magic skill, they unlock new abilities and benefits slowly.

Magic is not infinite, so when fairies use magic, they begin to lose magic powers. They have a magic meter which is a similar meter witches have. You can find the meter under a fairy's avatar in the game interface. The meter shows how much magic powers they have left.

As their magic powers drain, fairies should maintain the magic meter in order to continuously use their abilities. They can slowly wait for a while to refill the meter or they can fill their meter at a faster rate by drinking Pollen Punch, riding the train in a train set or relaxing in a Fairy House. They can also instantly replenish their meter to full by drinking the Essence of Magic elixir.

If all of their magic powers is used up, it will take six hours to refill completely normally, before they can use magic again. During these six hours, they will have a negative moodlet.

Although fairies are "natural born tricksters", not every trick will be successful. Sometimes, their trick may fail, causing some negative effect to either them or the affecting Sims or both.

Fairies use auras which affect themselves and nearby Sims. There are several different auras, which have different effects. Some of these are:

Aura of Soothing - Gives a positive moodlet
Aura of Creativity - Creative skills are easier and faster to level them up
Aura of Body and Mind - Improves the rate at which Sims learn skills related to body or mind

Interactions

To Sims

Since fairies love to trick, they can do so with the available interactions, depending on what Fairy Magic level they are in. This may cause negative relationship.

But fairies can also be in the good side. They can use auras or use the Playful Pester interaction where a fairy playfully circles the head of a Sim in their natural form. It boosts social and fun motives in both of them.

Fairies can give their fairy dust to Sims which can be used to remove the zombie curse or give another Sim the ability to float.

To other Fairies

Fairies can also play round by the Fairy Frolic interaction. Similar to the Playful Pester interaction, it is performed by two fairies and they turn into their natural forms and play around.

Offspring

Fairy power can be spread to other Sims around town by mating with a normal Sim or a Supernatural. Genetics play the key role in this. From mating with a normal Sim or a Supernatural, there will be 50% chance that the offspring can inherit fairy power.

Baby fairies do not have wings, but you can tell what wing color a baby fairy will have by the color of sparkles surrounding them. Toddler fairies will have their wings but they cannot do anything as a normal fairy except fairy hover. They will have fairy-styled idle animations such as floating and flapping of wings.

Child fairies can perform four tricks as a fairy to Sims. When becoming Teen fairies, they can then perform other tricks like a normal fairy, assuming that they have a high level of Fairy Magic skill. So child fairies can start using the given four tricks to gain their skill.

Curing a Fairy

If you want your fairy Sim to be normal, she should get the Potent Cure Elixir. When used, they will become normal again, and will no longer have fairy abilities.

The fairy can also be asked by her/his romantic interest to Forsake The Fae. The opportunity window will appear, explaining what may happen and what to do. Once accepted, they must follow the instructions - fairies usually go to the Arboretum - to forsake the fae, thus becoming normal.

Trivia

In addition to their wings, their bodies can glow.
Baby fairies don't have wings.
There are several new moodlets related to fairies. Some show level of magic warnings, some are related to Lunar Cycle, and some to fairy interactions.
Despite not being part of the species, the Summerdream family could be considered part of the fairy world.^{[clarification needed]}