Singed

A singed Sim outside the Mausoleum

When a Sim fails certain scenarios in The Sims 3 it will become singed. This is a very common penalty throughout the game. Being singed consists of both a cosmetic penalty - Sims become sooty and black, with messy hair standing on its end - and a negative moodlet. The cosmetic penalty will disappear with bathing, but the moodlet may not. If a sim tries to repair a electrical item while singed, the chance of getting killed by electrocution is 100%.

Photographing a singed sim is one of the challenges in the Photography skill.

Tasks That Can Get a Sim Singed

• Culinary career
• Science career
• Failing to repair or upgrade an electronic object
• Bear attacks and other outcomes from the Mausoleum
• Tomb traps
• Caught in Detonation
• Inventing
• Be near a falling meteor