Nectar making

Nectar Making

A Sim squishing fruit as part of the nectar making process in The Sims 3.

Nectar making is an activity in The Sims: Makin' Magic and a skill in The Sims 3 World Adventures that allows Sims to make nectar, the equivalent of wine in The Sims. It is not specified whether or not the nectar is alcoholic. Even so, it cannot be consumed by children, in keeping with legal restriction on alcohol in many real countries. Nectar is also the drink of the gods in Greek mythology, and grants the drinkers immortality.

With The Sims 3: Ambitions expansion pack, players can register as a self-employed nectar-maker.

History

Nectar was created by Jean Necteaux over 6,000 years ago. He resided in Champs Les Sims, France. His alleged descendant Anastasia Necteaux and Admiral Landgraab presumably had a part to play in the creation as well.

The Sims

In The Sims: Makin' Magic, the Sim first drops grapes/elderberries and the other ingredients into the A Pressing Feeling nectar maker. After the Sim puts the ingredients in, the Sim then changes into his/her swimsuit and stomps the fruits while dancing around. After the Sim finishes stomping it, the Sim will pour the stomped nectar into a bottle and can sell it, or place it in their inventory. From there, it can be given as a gift or placed in the Taste of the Vine Nectar Bar for later use. When selling nectar, the price depends on the Sim's Cooking skill. For a Sim with maxed Cooking, nectar making can be quite profitable.

While nectar is not specifically said to be alcoholic, enchanted garden gnomes who swim in the nectar press will get slightly tipsy. Apothecary Todd seems to have a liking for Elderberry Nectar.

The Sims 3

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L'amour des Fruits Nectar Maker

The wonderful nectar making machine.

In order to get started, visit Champs Les Sims. There's an adventure which introduces the player to Nectar Making, but it is also possible to get started right away by purchasing a L'amour des Fruits Nectar Maker at the nectary. The three skill books for Nectar Making from level 1-10 are also available at Circle of Knowledge Bookstore in Champs Les Sims. Gardening is a must to make the best nectar since the quality depends heavily on the fruit used as ingredients.

It's important to distinguish between making nectar for Sims to drink or for selling. The best nectar for drinking would be one made from perfect fruits only and fulfill all of the moodlet requirements below. Nectar does not become better for Sims to drink through aging or flavor, and Sims do not benefit from drinking very old or expensive nectar (aside from the wish to drink expensive nectar). If made for selling, there's more to it than just perfect ingredients. The final value of nectar is subject to ingredient quality, ingredient rarity, skill level, flavor and aging.

In The Sims 3: Ambitions it is possible to register as a self-employed nectar maker. In The Sims 3: Late Night, plasma fruit can be used to make nectar; nectar containing any plasma fruit will cause non-vampires to vomit but will fill the thirst of vampires.

Abilities

Level	Nectar type	Bottles produced	Effect
0	Basic		-
4	Concentrated		+25% quality, but one less bottle produced
7	Mass Produce		-25% quality, but one more bottle produced
9	Extended Nectaration		+15% quality, but takes 50% longer to produce

To stock a cellar with nectar for drinking purposes first, 'Mass Production' is the ability to use. The decrease in quality is negligible and the extra bottles will help towards the 'Master of Nectar Making' challenge.

Moodlets

Icon	Name	Effect	Duration	From	Description	Notes
	Sugar Rush	+15 Mood	4 hours	Juice, Nectar, Soda, Candy bar	Filling up on sugary goodness makes everything more fun!	-
	Astonishing Aroma Breathtaking Balance Commanding Complexity Fabulous Finish	+5-30 Mood	8 hours	Nectar	The flavors of the nectar are so vibrant with fruits that the tongue is practically overwhelmed.	Effect depends on quality of the nectar.
	Awful Aroma Bitter Balance Crooked Complexity Foul Finish	-5-30 Mood	8 hours	Nectar	When nectar tastes that bad it should just be left in the bottle!	Effect depends on quality of the nectar. Sometimes a Sim will simply not like the nectar though.
	Warm Fuzzies	+15 Mood	5 hours	Nectar, Baked Angel Food Cake	Certain foods fill the body with a warm cozy feeling that's unlike anything else.	From nectar with at least 3 Flame fruits.
	Full of Life	+50 Mood	8 hours	Nectar	There's nothing that compares to feeling young and full of life again.	From nectar with at least 5 Life fruits.
	Nauseous	-25 Mood	2 hours	Nectar	(Sim Name) isn't feeling so hot. You may want to keep him/her around a bathroom.	Drinking nectar with at least 1 plasma fruit if not a vampire.

Aging

To increase nectar value after production, it must be aged in a nectar rack, preferably placed in a basement. The expensive Necteaux rack will age nectar faster than the cheaper Flavor Savor Nectar Rack. Contrary to the loading screen tip it does not matter how deep in basements the nectar rack is placed, as long as it is a basement. Nectar gains roughly 10% in value per day.

Flavor

Nectar made with at least 3 Flame fruit.

Taste is an important modifier when determining the value for nectar. It does not affect the moodlets a Sim will receive when drinking nectar. When a new batch of nectar is ready, a popup will tell the player how good (or bad) the flavor is. Each fruit has a base flavor value (Life fruit being the highest) which is subject to flavor combinations. It's better to start out with the 'special' rarity fruit and experiment from there. Luckily, the Sims community has shared the recipes they've discovered to have an 'Amazing' flavor. All the recipes below have been verified by The Sims Wiki users. The reason some of these amazing nectar recipes have low value is that their ingredients are less rare. Their flavor may be amazing, but for better results, use higher rarity fruit.

Amazing Nectar Recipes

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Recipe	Base value
9 Life fruit, 1 Pomegranate (perfect fruits and extended nectaration)	602§
5 Life fruit, 5 Cranerlet Nuala (perfect fruits and extended nectaration)	533§
9 Life fruit, 1 Cherry (perfect fruits and extended nectaration)	531§
7 Life fruit, 2 Flame fruit, 1 Plum	402§
7 Life fruit, 2 Flame fruit, 1 Watermelon	400§
6 Life fruit, 3 Flame fruit, 1 Cheromola Blan	393§
5 Life fruit, 5 Cranerlet Nuala	366§
5 Life fruit, 5 Pomelo	328§
7 Flame fruit, 1 Life fruit, 1 Avornalino, 1 Plum	325§
8 Flame fruit, 2 Cherry	308§
2 Life fruit, 2 Gralladina Fran, 2 Cranerlet Nuala, 2 Cherry, 2 Pomelo	290§
2 Gralladina Fran, 2 Cranerlet Nuala, 1 Life fruit, 1 Flame fruit, 1 Cherry, 1 Pomelo, 1 Avornalino, 1 Meloire	280§

More Amazing Recipes	Base value
4 Meloire, 3 Flame fruit, 3 Gralladina Fran	250§
3 Cranerlet Nuala, 3 Gralladina Fran, 2 Renoit, 2 Meloire	226§
4 Lime, 3 Flame fruit, 2 Watermelon, 1 Life fruit	224§
5 Gralladina Fran, 4 Plum, 1 Cranerlet Nuala	196§
4 Pomelo, 3 Meloire, 3 Plum	192§
6 Meloire, 4 Cherry	190§
2 Cherimola Blan, 2 Cherry, 2 Pomegranate, 1 Pomelo, 1 Gralladina Fran, 1 Avornalino, 1 Cranerlet Nuala	177§
6 Cherry, 4 Pomegranate	147§
5 Gralladina Fran, 5 Apples	143§
9 Pomegranate, 1 Flame fruit	143§
9 Plum, 1 Lime	140§
5 Cherries, 5 Lime	119§
9 Pomegranate, 1 Life fruit	90§
4 Limes, 4 Watermelons, 2 Apples	90§
5 Renoit, 5 Apples	83§
6 Cherimola, 4 Apple	81§

'Best' Recipes

The 'best' recipes are always subject to what the intention with the nectar is.

Best for...	Recipe	Effects
...drinking and extending lifespan	6 Life Fruit, 3 Flame Fruit, 1 random fruit	All moodlets
...drinking without extending lifespan	3 Flame Fruit, 1 Life Fruit, 6 random fruits	All moodlets, but no age reduction.
...selling	9 Life Fruit, 1 Pomegranate	Highest base value before aging.
...selling for beginners	5 Apples, 5 Renoit Grapes	High base value and easy ingredients.

Statistics

• Number of bottles made

• Number of glasses had

• Total made selling nectar (§)

• Highest amount single bottle sold for

• Number of fruits used to make nectar

• Number of Sims served

• Number of times squished fruit

• Number of different combinations

Challenges

Master of Nectar Making

After making 200 bottles of Nectar you'll make more bottles per batch.

Flavorful Feet

After squishing 40 batches of fruit, Nectar made by you will be worth more.

The Vizard of Vine

Turn 400 bunches of homegrown grapes into Nectar and all grapevine varieties grown by you will yield more grapes.

Mix Master

Make 15 different Nectar combinations and your Sim will be able to predict a Nectar recipe's final quality before making it.

Gallery

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  Nectar racks.

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  Nectar Racks stacked in three.

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  A woman serving nectar

Video

File:Making nectar

Music of Champs Les Sims, France-- note that it contains some songs from "Sims: Makin Magic".

Trivia

• To complete The Vizard of Vine challenge, your Sim doesn't only have to turn 400 harvested grapes (base game ones don't count due to a typo) into homemade nectar. The challenge also requires the Sim to harvest 400 (other) grapes themselves.
• Travelling will reset Number of different combinations (and the Mix Master challenge) if Number of Sims served is still listed as 0.
• Nectar can be purchased from consignment stores.

External links

• Nectar Making at Carl's Sims 3 Guide.