[Holiday Quest] A Christmas Warming

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[Holiday Quest] A Christmas Warming

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This is a 13-day event starting from 12 December at 7 a.m UTC

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The required NPCs usually show up in the Sim tracker. Santa may also show up in the sim‘s contacts, if they have interacted with him in the past.

The mentioned times are based on 3-star items, used by a fully inspired normal Sim.
Numbers of sims and items to be found depend on the game-level you’re on and if you have purchased the boost.

Day 1 Total time: 8 hours 6 minutes

1 Place 5 Christmas Decorations- you can find these in the featured tab of the home store. (The task will also complete if you take them out of inventory.)
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2 Investigate weather outside at the X - 57 minutes
3 Check TV for weather news - 1 hour 35 minutes
4 Call Pepper from a phone - 30 minutes
5 Go to the park and talk to Pepper - 38 minutes
6 Wait for sleigh- 4 hours 26 minutes (at the X in park)

Congratulations! You've completed the first set of goals in the "A Christmas Warming" Christmas quest and received the 'Fancy Bedside Lamp'!
Find it in the 'Lighting' section of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 2 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won't have to wait.

Day 2 Total time: 11 hours 33 minutes

1 Go to Claus Compound (by using the sleigh in park)
2 Speak to Santa - 14 minutes
3 Ask Santa for proof - 29 minutes
4 Play volleyball with Santa - 1 hour 16 minutes (Tap on Santa)
5 Research Christmas council - 1 hour (You can use any computer in your town.)
6 Read about council charter 9 times – 8 hours 4 minutes (Have 9 Sims doing this task. You can use any 3-star bookshelves in your town.)
7 Call Pepper - 30 Minutes

Congratulations! You've completed the second set of goals in the 'A Christmas
Warming' Christmas quest and received the 'Fancy Frame'!
Find it in the 'Decorations' section of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 3 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won't have to wait.

Day 3 Total Time: 14 hours 1 minute
 
1 Go to the Park
2 Speak with the Ice Queen – 43 minutes
3 Inspect the Weather Machine – 1 hour 16 minutes
4 Search for spare screws 10 times – 8 hours 4 minutes - Have 10 Sims searching at household objects.
5 Hug Ice Queen – 29 minutes
6 Ask Ice Queen about vote – 1 hour 6 minutes
7 Brainstorm vote reversal plan – 2 hours 23 minutes (With the Ice Queen)
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the third set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Fancy Bedside Table’!
Find it in the ‘Bedroom’ section of the Home Store!
 
If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 4 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 4 Total Time: 14 hours 16 minutes
 
1 Think like the Grouch – 1 hour 12 minutes (dining chair)
2 Prepare meal for one – 11 minutes (stove/oven)
3 Research get rich schemes – 2 hours 13 minutes (computer)
4 Invest in Crypto – 23 minutes (computer)
5 Search for 36 Coins collectible coins – 8 hours 4 minutes - Have as many Sims as you can to search on household objects! Quick complete will give more coins. (Some of my Sims got 3 others 4 without quick complete.)
6 Read “Who’s Who of SimTown” – 2 hours 13 minutes (computer)
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the fourth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Fancy Abstract Paintings’!
Find it in the ‘Decorations’ section of the Home Store!
 
If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 5 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 5 Total Time: 16 hours 43 minutes
 
1 Go to Park
2 Read Flyer – 1 hour 30 minutes (near the pier in the Park)
3 Confront the Grouch – 57 minutes
4 Present offer to Grouch – 57 minutes
5 Ponder next move 14 times – 10 hours 56 minutes – There’s a big X at the Park and on your home lots near the post box or trash can.
Note: You can have one Sim at one X, so you need one Sim at the X in Park an then go to 13 homes :?
6 Explain the happiness paradox to the Grouch – 2 hours 23 minutes (at the Park)
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the fifth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Fancy Standing Lamp’!
Find it in the ‘Lighting’ section of the Home Store!
 
If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 6 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.
 
 
Day 6 Total Time: 15 hours 22 minutes
 
1 Watch Grouch’s existential crisis – 38 minutes – Tap the “X” at the Park
2 Secure the Grouch’s vote – 1 hour 16 minutes
3 Go to Santa’s Workshop by using the Sleigh at the Park
4 Panic at the “X” – 1 hour 16 minutes
5 Search for 64 machine parts – 8 hours 33 minutes - Have as many Sims as you can searching on household objects!
6 Reset Present Machine – 3 hours 39 minutes
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the sixth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Welcoming Rings’ pack!
Find it in the ‘Rugs’ and ‘Lighting’ sections of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 7 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 7 Total Time: 14 hours 44 minutes
 
1 Call Ice Queen - 57 minutes from the X outside the Workshop or 46 minutes from a 3-star-phone at home.
2 Go back to SimTown – by using the Sleigh
3 Open Fridge Doors 18 times – 8 hours 33 minutes
4 Inspect the noise at the X – 2 hours 23 minutes (at any home lot)
5 Ask Snow Sprite what’s wrong – 57 minutes
6 Encourage Snow Sprite to be positive – 1 hour 54 minutes
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the seventh set set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Class Glass’ pack!
Find it in the ‘Dining Room’ and ‘Decorations’ sections of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 8 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 8 Total Time: 16 hours 34 minutes
 
1 Ask where Jack is – 29 minutes – Tap the Sprite
2 Search for Jack’s details – 8 hours 33 minutes 20 items with 20 Sims on household objects
3 Go to Claus Compound – by using the sleigh at the Park
4 Observe Jack from the X (at the end of the pool) – 2 hours 8 minutes
5 Talk to Jack – 29 minutes
6 Challenge Jack to Water Volleyball – 4 hours 26 minutes
7 Talk to Jack (again) – 29 minutes
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the eighth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Checkmate Corner’ pack!
Find it in the ‘Living Room’ section of the Home Store!
 
If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 9 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 9 Total Time: 13 hours 41 minutes

1 Splash around with Jack - 1 hour 16 minutes (at Santa‘s Compound)
2 Email Council - 46 minutes
3 Investigate chatter at the X - 43 minutes (at Santa's Compound)
4 Take a seat at the table - 57 minutes
5 Find 105 fine prints on bookshelves- 8 hours 33 minutes - Have as many Sims as you can to do this task!
(With quick complete my Sims got 6 and 7)
6 Collect memory from Ice Queen - 43 minutes
7 Ask for Jack's memory - 43 minutes

Congratulations! You’ve completed the ninth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Opulent Office’ pack!
Find it in the ‘Living Room’ and ‘Decorations’ section of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 10 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 10 Total Time: 15 hours 25 minutes
 
1 Watch Christmas movies – 1 hour 35 minutes
2 Find 23 experience lists with 23 Sims – 8 hours 33 minutes (on household objects)
3 Review experience list – 1 hour (on a chair or stool)
4 Retrieve snowglobe – 38 minutes (Travel to the Ice Palace by using the sleigh and tap the Ice Queen)
5 Be overwhelmed with emotion – 3 hours 39 minutes (Tap the X)
 
Congratulations! You’ve completed the tenth set of goals in the ‘A Christmas Warming’ Quest and received the ‘Chic Connoisseur’ pack!
Find it in the ‘Living Room’ and Decorations’ section of the Home Store!
 
If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 11 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won’t have to wait.

Day 11 Total Time: 17 hours 26 minutes
 
1 Call Pepper from the X – 38 minutes (30 minutes at a 3-star phone in a Sim‘s home)
2 Go to Santa’s Workshop by using the sleigh at the park
3 Listen to argument at the X – 3 hours 39 minutes
4 Comfort Pepper – 57 minutes
5 Search for 24 cloth scraps with 24 Sims – 8 hours 33 minutes - on household objects!
6 Show Santa the snowglobe – 3 hours 39 minutes

 Congratulations! You've completed the eleventh set of goals in the
"A Christmas Warming' Quest and received the 'Baronial Bathroom' pack!
Find it in the 'Bathroom' section of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 12 or pay SP to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won't have to wait.

Day 12 Total Time: 18 hours 4 minutes 30 seconds

1 Review experience list from the X - 29 minutes (at Santa‘s Workshop)
2 Build snowman at the X - 9 minutes 30 seconds
3 Press Santa to restore winter - 29 minutes
4 Check delivery at a home lot - instant
5 Convince Santa to abandon plans - 29 minutes
6 Research 156 reasons against YOLO - 6 hours 39 minutes - Have as many Sims as you can doing this task on computers. (With quick complete my Sims got 7 and 8)
7 Watch footage with Santa - 1 hour 16 minutes
8 Search for tissues 26 times with 26 Sims - 8 hours 33 minutes - on household objects!
9 Comfort Santa - 43 minutes

Congratulations! You've completed the twelfth set of goals in the 'A
Christmas Warming' Quest and received the "Solarium Sofa Set'!
Find it in the 'Doors' and 'Living Room' sections of the Home Store!

If you finish before 24 hours you will have to wait for Day 13 or pay SP
to skip the wait. If you started the quest late you won't have to wait.

Day 13 Total Time: 20 hours 11 minutes

1 Shake Santa's hand - 1 hour 54 minutes
2 Plan Council reconciliation with Santa- 4 hours 26 minutes
3 Go to Claus Compound by using the sleigh at the Park
4 Find glazing ingredients 29 times with 29 Sims - 8 hours 4 minutes - on household objects!
5 Investigate the chatter at the X - 43 minutes (at the Compound)
6 Panic about deja-vu at the X - 3 hours 10 minutes
7 Hug Ice Queen - 1 hour 54 minutes
8 Send Sims Home

The Quest is complete!

Congratulations! By preventing Santa from overheating Christmas, your
Sim has been awarded the 'Claus Compound' house template!
Find the house template in the 'Driveway Homes' tab at any Residence or Ocean View Residence. Find the additional items in the 'Bay Windows', 'Windows'
'Bedroom', 'Living Room', 'Stairs' and 'Railings' sections of the Home Store.
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We‘ll post screenshots of the prizes later.

The first of each item is free.

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Daily Prizes in Home Store 2/2
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Claus Compound
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Last Day‘s Prizes in Home Store

Template "Claus Compound"
Template "Claus Compound"
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Hi Erin, thanks for the taks list! 🙂 Just to add - at the end of Day 2, there’s one more 30 mins task - Call Pepper
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+.jana.+ wrote: 13 Dec 2021, 23:21 Hi Erin, thanks for the taks list! 🙂 Just to add - at the end of Day 2, there’s one more 30 mins task - Call Pepper
Thanks for the hint! I have added the task to the list :)
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Thanks for quick task list post. I like to get to long task before bedtime if possible. Helps to know when it's coming. I love that we can still hurry tasks with LP instead of SP. The pace of this update (so far) is much more relaxed and I really appreciate it.
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I was lucky enough to be updating SFP late at night when this started so my day resets around 2am my time and I can get to the long event and let it run overnight and finish well in advance for once. Let's hope I can keep up the pace!
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chamilet wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 15:30 I was lucky enough to be updating SFP late at night when this started so my day resets around 2am my time and I can get to the long event and let it run overnight and finish well in advance for once. Let's hope I can keep up the pace!
Unless we're the same time zone, I think everyone resets at 2 am their time zone, because same for me. I started my game midday and it resets at 2 AM.
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SKatF wrote: 15 Dec 2021, 08:12
chamilet wrote: 14 Dec 2021, 15:30
I was lucky enough to be updating SFP late at night when this started so my day resets around 2am my time and I can get to the long event and let it run overnight and finish well in advance for once. Let's hope I can keep up the pace!
Unless we're the same time zone, I think everyone resets at 2 am their time zone, because same for me. I started my game midday and it resets at 2 AM.
The new days start at 7 a.m. UTC. In my time zone it‘s 8 a.m., which is a pretty good time to me :)

Day 13 starts on December 24, so we need to complete the quest before 7 a.m. UTC on December 25 to get the template :?
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Note on Task 4 or 5. Search for 36 coins. Game doesn't limit sims so I wondered how many to set to 8 hour (about) task. Tested and mine got 4 or 5 each. Teens, seniors and adults can search. I'm going for about 10 to 12 sims. I think it will be plenty.
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SKatF wrote: 15 Dec 2021, 09:13 Note on Task 4 or 5. Search for 36 coins. Game doesn't limit sims so I wondered how many to set to 8 hour (about) task. Tested and mine got 4 or 5 each. Teens, seniors and adults can search. I'm going for about 10 to 12 sims. I think it will be plenty.
I was wondering the same. Was the 4-5 coins after speeding up with LPs or after the full ~8hrs duration?
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