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Plumbots have a quality rating that ranges from 0 to 10. Skilled bot-builders can increase a Plumbot's quality by tuning it up or by upgrading its trait chip slots. Increasing a Plumbot's quality increases the amount it can be sold for, and higher quality Plumbots lose Battery Power and Maintenance more slowly.
 
A Plumbot is unable to increase its own quality level, though with sufficient skill in Bot Building, it is able to randomly increase the quality of other Plumbots just as a normal Sim can.
 
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====Maintenance====
Unlike Servos and [[SimBot]]s, Plumbots will require maintenance. The quality of a Plumbot affects how fast this decays (the higher the quality the slower it decays). If a Plumbot's maintenance bar is empty, it will begin to malfunction. Plumbots are able to maintain themselves.<ref name="730LiveChat" /> When a Sim or Plumbot with a medium or high Bot Building skill tunes a Plumbot, its quality may rise. The Plumbot's quality can only increase if it was lower than the tuner's Bot Building skill. A Plumbot that accrues 15,000 Lifetime Happiness Points can purchase the ''Maintenance Master'' reward, which freezesslows down the Maintenance motive.
 
===Trait Chips===
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The announce trailer suggested that it would be possible to create Plumbots inside a special machine. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3H-Y9zYafQ live broadcast] from July 30, 2013 indicated that clicking on the machine would allow the player to enter Create a Bot, which is similar to [[Create a Sim#The Sims 3|Create a Sim]], but oriented toward building robots.
 
This machine is '''[[Reventlov's Bot Workshop]]'''. It can be purchased in [[Buy mode]] for §1,750. In addition, the Bot Emporium in [[Oasis Landing]] has a Bot Workshop that Sims can use. Access to Create a Bot requires at least level 2 of Bot Building skill, and is not free. Creating a Plumbot costs §250, and customizing an existing Plumbot costs §100.<ref>[http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/skills/intothefuture/botmaking/ The Sims 3 Into the Future: Bot Making] at Carl's Sims 3 Guide</ref> Create a Bot apparently creates Plumbots with no programming. Trait chips must be bought or made separately and installed after the Plumbot is created.
 
Create a Bot allows the player to customize the Plumbot by choosing a head, body, arms, and legs. The player can color the parts with [[Create a Style]]. There is a "randomize" button, as there is in Create a Sim.
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*Some of the parts are from Servo in ''The Sims 2: Open for Business''.
*Plumbots' voices are just like regular Sim voices, but robotized.
*One of the Plumbot heads looks similar to a [[w:c:masseffect:Geth|Geth]] head. This could be a possible reference to another game published by EA, ''[[wikipedia:Mass Effect|Mass Effect]]''.
**Another head looks like [[w:c:masseffect:EDI|EDI]], from the same game.
*The name "Reventlov's Bot Workshop" may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:List of Robot series characters#R. Giskard Reventlov|R. Giskard Reventlov]], a robot character from Isaac Asimov's ''Robot'' series.
*There is a Plumbot by the name of KH-48, this is likely a reference to [[wikipedia:HK-47|HK-47]] a Hunter-Killer assassin droid from the ''[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' series.
* Some pre-made Plumbot models at the Bot Emporium will have the name Elita, which could be a reference to a female robot named Elita-One from The Transformers: Generation One cartoon.
* Plumbots may have Sim-like names (for example, 4NN4 for Anna) if the randomizer is used.
*Plumbots have their own [[gravestone]] and urn. The gravestone has a holographic plaque of spinning gears.
*The name of the "Steel Chef" trait chip may be a reference to the ''[[Wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]]'' cooking shows.
 
==Notes==
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