Can a sim survive by only gardening in The Sims 3?

I never really messed around with the gardening skill in The Sims 3, after this playthrough I don't think I ever will again!
I tried to make a sim survive by only gardening for money. Turns out that selling tomatoes for about 3 simoleons a piece is really not that profitable.
Part of the Playing The Sims 3 in 2024 series.
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[@whitneythatcher]

the sprinker could've made your life so much easier

[@ryanplaysthesims]

The worst thing is I googled this a bit before I did it and forgot the sprinkler existed 💀

[@whitneythatcher]

@@ryanplaysthesims even after your sim was playing in the sprinker...💀almost as if he was trying to tell you something

[@ryanplaysthesims]

Hahahaha this makes it so much worse. I was just so happy he was finally having some summer fun

[@epiphanyravenous]

Gardening in 3 is like gnome carving in 1 💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@ashleyyvette5089]

I always forget about the sprinkler 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@lillhoneydew8191]

3:55 “I don’t think I had ambitions when I was a kid” out of context mood

[@plumdutchess]

😄

[@darianavelazcotellerias6042]

lmao he meant the expansion pack

[@BasteAndThreadpilled]

Ah, finally. Watching someone experience the main way I play the game.

[@thanatosxiii]

Overcoming adversity indeed makes the difference. I love TS3 exactly for this reason, which TS4 lacks unfortunately.

[@Dweiathecat]

Gardening is really overpowered in ts3. The red berry beans from university are plantable at level 1 and sell for a lot. Add in the gatherer trait from supernatural and you get perfect crops in no time. With a simple 5 by 5 plot you can get thousands with each harvest and with the consignment store even more. Edit: accidentally typed ts4. The horror. Edit2: Also you can just buy things to plant at grocery store. Also fridges come stocked with some simple veggies too. Edit3: Usually I only get the Super Green Thumb as a flex later on. Doesn’t really do all that much honestly. Then again I use dragons, harvesters, the grow station and plumbots to speed up the gardening…

[@jennynoelle6782]

To be fair, gardening is quite overpowered in basically all the sims games. It's one of those things that intentionally take a long time to get going, but are very profitable once you do. I mostly play TS4. One of the best money-making plants in that game is the dragon fruit, which is base game, sells for hundreds of simoleons (at normal quality), and can most easily be obtained by grafting two fairly common plants together. And, because they are so expensive, they make one of the best fertilizers. Add to that, plants in TS4 don't die easily, and the Money Tree is easily obtainable by getting max level and buying a few rare seed packets (added with Seasons),... and you have a pretty easy way to attain and maintain your riches.

[@justaperson4656]

Also! Sprinklers (from generations iirc?) auto water your plants and cut your gardening time in half

[@Tevi_L7151]

@@justaperson4656 Sprinklers in ts3 from the base game, with the handiness skill they can be improved so that they water plants every 5 AM

[@justaperson4656]

@@Tevi_L7151 wait really? Man that's so cool! I only just started using sprinklers, so I know very little of them

[@puccipower]

@@jennynoelle6782 its not in ALL of the sims games. gardening sucked in ts1, it was not great in ts2 and ts3 really took it to another level even with the base game. ts4 is decent for sure... it can go places plus with the basemental mod you can become a marijuana millionaire very quickly lol

[@magsdal3na]

17:32 "I'll just delete him" killed me. Especially with the way everyone that was watching him immediately realized they were tired of it 😂 "oh thank God, you saved us!!"

[@Gingerm0nster]

There’s a store set called “Grandpa’s Grove” that comes with a tractor that allows you to water, weed, and harvest while riding. It makes playing as a farmer so much better

[@pinguke123]

I never knew this! I gotta open up sims right now..

[@IronMaidenLeigh]

I only ever sell items through the consignment store. Inventions, paintings, sculptures... all the things your Sims can make, sell it at the store. Yeah, you don't get money right away but I find they usually sell for more than just selling in your inventory. Plus, there are traits & rewards that increase how much money you make from selling consignments. Give me an Artistic, Perfectionist, Born Salesman sim with the Suave Seller reward & watch the money roll in.

[@jennyromano3795]

17:32 HELP, THE SYNCHRONISED YAWN AS SOON AS HE DELETED THE SINGER 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@honeyluvy5998]

As a fairy, this is the main thing i did in the sims 3. Every single game i played, i always made a fairy and gardened 😂

[@gittevandevelde2208]

Also important to always keep one of the highest quality you harvested aside (in a chest or those supernatural cabinets or something) to plant when the previous plant is dead.

[@karmickittycat]

Ryan: It's not a cult also Ryan: You don't have to be single...but I'd rather not take someone who's committed to someone else. You should be committed to my garden and nothing else

[@karmaax]

youre videos made me obsessed with the sims 3 again, thanks for that

[@Rennat456]

I like that this turned into creating a little commune thing haha

[@Gleamiarts]

there's also the omni plant, which you can use to grow any fruit, veg or cooking component. not sure how to get it outside of opportunities but in one of my sister's playthroughs she got the omni plant and grew cheese, sausage links and eggs

[@6ubble-gum]

Busted strategy of my choosing is Omni plant + Dragon Ripple, the most expensive book in the game. Farming the things nets you stupid amount of money

[@Gleamiarts]

@@6ubble-gum oh wow i had no clue you could grow inedible things as well lol the omni plant is so versataile

[@rustyhowe3907]

In Sunset Valley there's also one Omni plant at the science lab for quick access to one, I only really use them for roleplay reasons personally.

[@DizzyBusy]

@@Gleamiarts To start the chain of opportunities that end up with the Omni Plant, you have to be level 10 in gardening. Iirc, it starts with supplying the grocery store with 20 great produce, which leads to being able to plant eggs and cheese (making egg plants and cheese plants 😂). The next part of the opportunity asks you to supply an amount of egg plants of a certain quality (I forget the details), and once you do this, you can plant steaks and burgers. The third part is where you're asked to supply excellent steaks, and this is where you get the omni plant.

[@Ilythirri]

I actually love gardening (irl and in TS3) I give my Sims the Green thumb, Gatherer, and Angler traits with the Perfect Garden Lifetime Wish. The home lot, I usually create with a garden plot and a pond. Throw in the Faster Gardening mod and the SwiftGro Gardening Station and you'll be hitting that Wish in no time and reeling in the Simoleans. Thanks for the upload!

[@-mae-5524]

Loving the 30 minute sims 3 videos, even if it gets boring at times I just think it's the perfect amount of time for it

[@ryanplaysthesims]

Hahaha I can’t win 🤣 people kept asking me to add all parts in and when I finally do it’s boring! I know what you were actually trying to say though and thank you ☺️

[@aliveslice]

I like it long

[@jessicastockley5003]

@@ryanplaysthesims I think they meant that the gameplay has its boring moments when you're not cutting it out (as in watching the sim sleep and take care of needs etc) But not the commentary or the content at all! I much prefer the longer videos! Please keep them up!

[@alexhowlett3100]

Well, your videos got me to re-download sims 3. I'm enjoying it so far, and my simself just had a baby girl!

[@thesims3girlie]

happy simming!

[@randomlysammy9856]

You can find garlic growing at the criminal career rabbit hole and it is quite valuable. 💖 I tend to go there and the science facility so we can get free produce there. Next I usually go to the Bachelor house and befriend the sims so we can raid their large garden. ❤

[@hellofwinnie]

"it's not a cult" they said as you moved in to farm with no basic necessities, quit your job and flirted with the only other person there 😁

[@bibbaaah]

Thanks for uploading this today! You're providing entertainment while I put away laundry haha. Glad you're feeling better!

[@ryanplaysthesims]

I recorded this pre voice being gone so it’s not better yet but I hope you enjoy gal!

[@markkalzer907]

“You want to move in?” “Well, you literally don’t have a house. There’s absolutely nowhere I could currently live that wouldn’t be better than this…. But yeah sure.”

[@Tipsey_McStagger]

Wonder how long it would take to start a " Gardening Commune" where you get everyone in town to come and live with you, sleeping only in tents and only making money by planting and selling stuff you grow. The main Leader would have to be a plant Sim too, obviously. I think I know what my next play through is going to be lol

[@warmfluffycat5468]

I’m so glad I found your channel! I miss old sims game and I just need this high-quality content with challenges. Thank you ❤

[@curtisdrago]

I love how beautiful the greenery looks in The Sims 3. I’ve been enjoying your videos, I really like your humor.

[@seelesims]

i found your channel recently and i’m a long time sims 3 player but i never have played as chaotic as you , you’re so entertaining 😭

[@leejuniorjr]

Congrats on 20k Ryan!!!

[@ryanplaysthesims]

Thank you so much! It’s so crazy to me that people care enough to watch this!

[@leejuniorjr]

@@ryanplaysthesims So many people played the Sims as kids and find it boring now, but your videos are always SO entertaining! I could watch all of your videos back to back and still be entertained by the chaos, lol. You actually inspired me to redownload the Sims 3… and I played for 8 hours straight 😅 It feels like such a waste of time but it’s so addicting!!!

[@Qermaq]

Money trees, man. If you have a level 10 gardener, they upgrade sprinklers so the trees get watered daily, and they use excellent fertilizer (like life fruit) to the trees as often as they need it, and they harvest every day, nearly 2000 Simoleons a day per tree easy. A grove of 10 is about as big as you probably want to go, and that's a quarter million in two weeks.

[@nikolozgilles]

Money trees are overrated, instead plant a whole field of red berry beans, row after row of them, and start a coffee plantation. You can buy them straight from the supermarket, there's no skill requirement to grow them, they're much easier and faster to propagate than money trees, and they still make insane amounts of money because each coffee bean can sell for a few hundred $ and you get multiple from each plant. The downside is you'll probably still need more coffee plants than money trees to make the same amount of money. But you still make a ton of money regardless especially if you get your coffee plants up to perfect quality, use sprinklers and other labor-saving methods, and raise lots of either birthed (better potential trait choices) or adopted (can start on later life stages to save time) children to become expert green thumb gardeners

[@Qermaq]

@@nikolozgilles I never set out to do money trees, they happen. My favorite OP career is painting. The challenges for 15 paintings for the business office or wherever pay up to 4 or 5 times the actual price. Those are worth doing, they don't count toward the painter profession advancement but you can get partnerships in more rabbit holes.

[@isapelaa]

this week I found your channel and now I only open youtube to watch your gameplays 😢 Here (Brazil) it's holiday since last wednesday and it got quite boring but I'm so glad I found your high quality content!! it made my days so much better ❤

[@IsadoraGoncalvesLima-yb3qf]

Even though I like the watering animation, I can't help but buy the schprinkler, it's so much easier, love the video!

[@jcjourneys4432]

I think if you ever want to retry this challenge, planting your higher level produce only, and deleting your older plants, so that you end up with a perfect garden, will dramatically improve your profits!

[@styrofoam4637]

I just watched a sims lore video about gardening so this upload is so on theme. Thanks Ryan for another entertaining video!

[@SamAsm367]

I was never a fan of TS3 but it's a cool game. The open world concept and depth of the gameplay. A fitting prequel.

[@Iyasenu]

Gardening is so easy to live off of at the higher levels. Or, at the lower levels if by "live" you just mean not dying of starvation. My only personal experiences with playing Sims 3 is just the base game, but growing stuff like Angel Fruits is something I often did with Sims I played. They sell well for a decent amount, and eating them reverses aging by a day. Having to replant stuff after they go barren was always a chore without more than one set of hands doing the job. No amount of Super Green Thumb can put that off forever...

[@DizzyBusy]

Life Fruits* Maybe you'd got it mixed up with Angelfish 😅

[@cherryonionw.888]

Around the middle of the video it started looking like hippie weirdo draws other sims into a sect

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

5:31 i love that kind of gameplay 😂

[@Lyana_Onukron]

So much memories, I had the exact same garden and I was exploring the new fairies abilities. Turn out to be amazing with gardening.

[@exoticsimmer87]

before I even start the video, I can go ahead and tell you yes, if you truly work hard for a skill and max it out you can really survive and live well!!! Loved this video and i can not wait for more! 🔥

[@SofiForever2]

Since i found your channel I have been OBSESSED, literally love TS3 and love to watch your gameplays! Seriously you ace every one of them!

[@trishamarie671]

Just found your channel a week or two ago and now I can't stop watching! I've reinstalled Sims 3 and bought two new packs which I've been wanting since they came out 😂

[@avery42069]

You should’ve called this the fight club challenge because this is the sims 3 equivalent of their commune in the movie.

[@lauraeleven7417]

Ah wild, I always do a lot with gardening because i love runaway teen challenges, and it's a good way to feed yourself and get extra cash.

[@thornowl6368]

the quality of your produce determines its price, and harvestables are usually higher quality than the plant itself. so if you want to make money, you harvest - grow what you got - harvest - grow until you reach max quality (perfect), at which point you can sell your produce for up to 10x the price

[@StarchildMagic]

The apples and limes you harvest in the park are good for eating too. IIRC, one apple or one lime will fill your Hunger almost completely. Pick a few, eat one, plant the rest.

[@tespenkr9924]

Gardening is overpowered when fused with the Consignment Store and Nectar Making. You can Nectar with over $1k without aging and sell high quality and rare produce for thousands a batch. Also, Money Trees produce Money Tree seeds if you take care of them long enough.

[@47shawty12]

14:43 this is hilarious!! thanks blair for being so dedicated to the garden!

[@foranzo1582]

Ahh, skill challenges, my beloved

[@sergiu295]

Best crop in TS3 is BY FAR the red bean from Univesity. You get that plant to Perfect Quality, you sell them for 200 simoleons a pop.

[@lunastarsx]

I love your sims 3 videos so much, there are so many features of the game I still don’t know and I’ve been playing since 09! Gonna play with gardening soon now

[@aliviapacino7135]

Ryan!! I had bday blues and this video made my day! I love the long vids haha! 🥰✨

[@foranzo1582]

I looooove gardening in all Sims games. I all games in general, too. Wonderful video, banger jokes there XD

[@tammarlynmatthews1875]

I recently found your channel and I've been obsessed ever since! Can you please make a video showing the mods you use because the sims 3 is so hard to play sometimes 😭

[@5nj_as]

Not Ryan, but I know a lot of sims players use Nraas' mods to improve the playability of TS3, especially their Overwatch mod. It automatically cleans up passive actions in the neighbourhood, such as turning off speakers, TVs, resetting sims, etc.

[@ryanplaysthesims]

I’m crying at “not Ryan” 🤣. I use Nraas overwatch too and the game has run so much smoother since. The only other mods I use are lazyduchess’s smooth patch and a few other Nrass mods

[@boston_octopus_442]

@@ryanplaysthesims How did you get Sims 3 to look so good? I tried modifying the graphics settings as explained, but the image quality is still horrible.

[@DizzyBusy]

Oh, what you should have done is rotate the crops, meaning replant better quality items that you harvested from the garden, just throw out the older plants. That way you'll start selling perfect plants in no time. Also, if you plant the items you buy from the grocery store, they start with a nice quality. Foraged seeds are always just normal quality, except for the death flower, that's perfect from the get go. Edit: No need to go to the gym for snacks, you can eat the plants you harvested. If your "helpers" start to get tired, make them eat the beans, that'll give them a buzz that keeps them working.

[@ryanplaysthesims]

The comments from this video have been so helpful! I hated gardening in this game when I was younger so I’ve learned so much if I ever do a similar video in the future. Thanks for the tips and for sticking around to watch me struggle through gardening in this video! 💀

[@DizzyBusy]

​@@ryanplaysthesimsWhat are you talking about?? 40 minutes well spent in my book 😂

[@millinotmilli5624]

babe wake up new ryan plays sims video dropped

[@natalizhuk]

Sims 3 mod for faster gardening is a game changer

[@CollieMarie]

This is a really fun video! It was cool seeing the garden grow and come to life! I love watching the sunsets in this game too!, the beautiful scenery is one of the things that keep me coming back to this game for years!! I could watch a video like this for hours I got really invested in the garden and house😆and your army of gardeners😅👏great work thanks for taking the time for this video😊it was really entertaining☺️

[@frankiefratchermen873]

I love gardening!!! Excited for the video Ryan

[@numberblockslogosandmore2794]

Hi Ryan! I love your videos so much, this made my day lol your names alone are so funny. Hope you’re feeling better soon!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chananya1940]

lol you made almost all the sims in the town become your salve in the allotment 😂😂😂

[@illregretthislater]

Loving the longer videos, thanks Ryan!

[@grimmquinn2003]

I remember when I first got the Sims 3, and it was just base game (which is still fucking fantastic to this day, like holy shit) deleting every possible building in Sunset Valley and starting off my sim. Alone. No money. No quests. Just the last Sim on earth. And that was when I realized that I was literally playing God.

[@lyminaeariel]

I struggle so much with the Tomb Raider crafting it completely puts me off even though I have been playing it since 2000 😂 I still love TR though, its a die hard hyper fixation

[@eveegn]

Love the longer videos!

[@CubedSausagefromScarparius]

Holly, Bebe, and River should be your 3 gardening wives polycule 😂

[@yvon468]

this feels like a gardening cult and it's soooo funny

[@Mels0103]

29:00 They just made a tossing salad joke!! I never noticed!!

[@levig7042]

sees an apple on public, taxpayer land "This is stealing" From who?

[@CubedSausagefromScarparius]

Geoffrey and Morgana should get married on your garden 😂

[@lizanna6390]

I love your little blond work force

[@user-cz9df3re8l]

I really enjoy gardening but ngl you gotta be very patient and i get so lazy 😭

[@victorbarros125]

Kisses from Brazil! Love learning new English Accents! U help me and teach LOOOL luv u

[@pandorus165]

ryan every video: im not a good builder also ryan: makes the most beautiful garden 😭

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

I've found there's no such thing as a quick challenge in sims 3, you can lose so many real-life hours and still not really have done anything useful toward the goal you set

[@thriftynative]

I miss this game! What a fun video!

[@relaxationstation7634]

Get roommates and you can convince them to garden for you

[@veranex6387]

If you had the gardening starion from the store, it is so op that my sims fulfill the perfect garden in less than a sim week. It auto waters, identifies plants and makes them grow faster. Pair it with the dancing flower, it will fertilize your plants with outstanding one too. And you can talk to all the plants!

[@GracieJaney]

The butler will garden for you

[@CubedSausagefromScarparius]

Often not just Blair and Agnes, but my CAS sims, and any kids and their imaginary friends that the wainwrights have, end up with crushes on Geoffrey 😂

[@zebimicio5204]

ah yes, adding "car" after saying "hitting kids" definitely helps XD

[@bawlmerlibrarian]

I love that the vibe of your comune/forced labor camp/farm is *blonde*.

[@supernovasims]

my new fav to watch

[@tba3625]

You need the unknown special seeds The special seeds... the seeds that are special

[@jessicake97]

I was so frustrated when you sold the stuff you hatvested you could've planted it

[@AnaRita-mw3uj]

Could you try be a Ghost Hunter please? It will be so funny

[@magicalmystery1964]

One thing. You might consider selling to the grocery store, not the consignment store😂😂😂

[@mariazedek1157]

This was the best one omg

[@roelinkabek9286]

Reading the title, yes, you totally can

[@HamsterHotline]

Alternate title: I started a gardening cult in the sims 4

[@summerwatson3794]

Why is the sim suspiciously holding and eyeing an eggplant in the thumbnail?🤔🤔😏😏

[@jojol.2630]

What kind of beast of a computer do you have to run this game

[@magicalmystery1964]

I have made hundreds of thousands at gardening. However, it works best when you also have the angler trait. Being able to fertilize your plants with fish skyrockets the quality and the price. But I love the gardening profession.

[@missmara4980]

The title of this video left me very confused, because I have never NOT had a gardener in the family. Like, of course you can live off gardening alone, what do you mean?? 🤣

[@Vhmvd]

You’d make bank with gardening if you plant high quality seeds and seellling the produce in the consignment store (idk why you ended up with selling them at the supermarket).

[@frozenlynx92]

Cool challenge I might try that 🤣 love from Canada 🇨🇦🙂❤️

[@maryannken7974]

As someone who has been playing the sims 3 for 14 years. These comments still teach me something

[@Clouditivity]

now do this for sims 2 LOL

[@clonoirion9897]

there's also legit money tree you can plant on sims 3 lol

[@nonamesorry7135]

Dude just convinces local rich people free labour in a shitty garden is "luxury off the grid vacation" or something

[@SweetStrawberryShell]

The way you say “inventory” is hurting my soul 🙃

[@ryanplaysthesims]

Hahahah it’s the accent

[@daisytaylor5053]

Love your vids!

[@merlinbotha363]

I think in the sims world being level 1 inna skill is entry level / basic. So level 5 is pretty talented