Gem collecting

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Main article: Collecting

Gem collecting

All gems in all cuts of the base game.

Gems are collectibles in The Sims 3. They are found in their raw form and can be cut by sending them to a gem cutters.

Raw

Gemstones are found in the rough, around neighborhoods and on adventures.

Image Gem Rarity Value EP Where?
  Blue Topaz Common §9-21   Base neighborhood
  Smoky Quartz Common §15-25   Base neighborhood
  Emerald Common §20-30   Base neighborhood
  Ruby Common §25-35   Base neighborhood
  Yellow Sapphire Uncommon §35-60   Base neighborhood
  Tanzanite Uncommon §65-95   Base neighborhood
  Diamond Rare §100-200   Base neighborhood
  Luminorious Gem Rare §150-350   Base neighborhood
  Rainbow Gem Extraordinarily Unusual §450-700   Base neighborhood[1]
  Pink Diamond[2] Extraordinarily Unusual §1200-1650   Base neighborhood
  Amethyst Common §18-24   France
  Citrine Uncommon §35-53   France
  Opal Rare §350-520   France[1]
  Alabaster Common §9-55   Egypt
  Turquoise Uncommon §60-70   Egypt
  Lapis Lazuli Common §12-30   China
  Jade Rare §120-240   China
  Quartz Common §10-18   Base neighborhood
  Geode Uncommon §15-120   Base neighborhood
  Septarian Nodule Rare §50-350   Base neighborhood
  Soulpeace Extraordinarily Unusual §1450-2100  

Base neighborhood

  Fluorite Rare §300-500  

Sculptor's Workbench

  Smithsonite Uncommon §31-71   Base neighborhood
  Vampire's Eye Rare §220-375   Base neighborhood
  Sunstone Rare §428   Base neighborhood
  Moonstone Rare §656   Base neighborhood
  Bloodstone Uncommon §82   Base neighborhood

Tiberium

 
Tiberium growing.
Main article: Tiberium

Tiberium is an extraordinarily rare and potentially very valuable gem. The raw rock is worth §75-125. In the inventory (either as ore or cut) it will give a negative "Visceroidal Nausea" moodlet (-25 mood).

Tiberium can be cut into 2 different forms:

  • Small Spire Cut (§6500)
  • Heart-Shaped Cut (§1000)

No matter what the cut is, Tiberium will grow into a Large Spire Cut within a day, giving it a value of around §40,000 or higher in some cases.

Cuts

 
Skull cut gems.

Gems may be sent to the gem-cutter and cut into the following cuts. Starting with the emerald cut, and Sims gain cuts by cutting gems.

Geode & Septarian Nodules only have polished split and heart-shaped cut, while Tiberium only has Spire and Heart-Shaped cut

Sometimes the gem cutters will return an uncut gem, saying that it is actually a Mysterious Mr. Gnome in disguise.

The table lists both when you break even with a particular cut, and when a cut begins yielding better profit than the previous cut.

For example, if a gem is worth §47, an oval cut provides §70 while the Pear cut yields §82. Factoring in the cost of the gem and the cost of cutting the gem, the Oval cut provides a §3 profit while the Pear cut yields no profit. The Pear cut does not start providing more profit than the Oval cut until the original worth is §60, as listed below.

Image Cut Cost Worth Change Break Even Range for Best Profit Requirement EP
  Emerald §10 125% §40 §40 None  
  Oval §20 150% §40 §40-60 4 cuts  
  Pear §35 175% §47 §60 +4 (8 total) cuts  
  Plumbbob §50 200% §50 §60-83 +8 (16 total) cuts  
  Marquis §75 230% §58 +14 (30 total) cuts  
  Crystal ball §100 260% §63 §84-166 +15 (45 total) cuts  
  Brilliant §250 350% §100 §167-233 +15 (60 total) cuts  
  Heart-Shaped[2] §1000 500% §250 Collect 10 different types of gems.  
  Polished Split §45 240% §32 §32-367 Geode & Septarian Nodules only  
  Spire §6500 6900% Tiberium only  
  Skull - 1000% Available only via transfiguration  
  Star §400 400% §134 §300-600 +15 (75 total) cuts.  
  Sculptor's Egg §175 300% §88 Available to Sims with 5 points of sculpting skill.  
Dust N/A Obtained as a byproduct when using the Gem cutter  
Sun

§600

500% §150 §234+ +25 (100 total) cuts.  
Moon §600 500% §150 §234+ +25 (100 total) cuts.  
Note:

The star-cut will be enabled after installing patch 26 or The Sims 3: Pets, otherwise it will be hidden from normal gameplay and cannot be produced by players but they can be found in tombs. A glitch that may be caused by testingcheatsenabled true is that when you are returning from any world causes all gems to become blue topaz in color. This can be fixed by restarting, although the glitched gems will stay blue.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Raw rainbow gems, opals, and tiberium can be obtained by using the "Rummage for Scrap" interaction on garbage cans in the neighborhood.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sims will need to cut a pink diamond into the heart shape in order to do the Simbot opportunity chain.

fr:Collection de pierres précieuses