Each system offered its own gameplay advantages, like new money-making methods, and added intrigue to in-game storytelling.
Moreover, talent badges are especially important if youre hoping to start your own business.
College can be a tough time.
Here’s a guide to make it a little easier.
What Are Talent Badges?
Talent badges are medals that Sims canearn by regularly engaging in an activity.
It can also make Simsfaster at some tasks.
Which Talent Badges Are There?
Alltalent badges can be bronze, silver, or gold.
In Live Mode, open up your Sims career panel, shown by a Sim sitting at a desk.
Then,choose the badgeson the right-hand side.
Hover over the badgesfor more information about them.
How To Unlock Talent Badges
Youllunlock badges by taking part in an activityrelated to that talent.
For example, youll startearning Flower Arranging badges when creating bouquetswith the flower arranging station.
However, youll most likely find that you dont have many options to start with.
New interactions can only be unlocked by earning badges.
Be ready touse 2x and 3x speeda lot while earning them to speed things along.
Havinghigh skill levelscan also help your Sim to get badges a little quicker.
Which Items Unlock Talent Badges?
Flower Arranging
That Smells Great!
Floral Workstation From Craftin It!
Industries
Gardening
Pottery
Upright Pottery Wheel By QuicKraft
Restocking
Register
Robotics
The Non-Deadly Robot Crafting Station From Craftin It!
Industries
Sales
No item; interact with customers.
Sewing
Mechanical Stitching Machine by Antique Artifacts
Toy Making
Crazyfun Toybench From Craftin It!
Earning the Sales badges requires you to interact with browsing customersusing interactions under the Sales menu.
Similarly, you need torestock shelves and fridgesin a store to earn restocking badges.
This means it’s possible for you to only level them when customers buy products.
Consequently, it can take quite some time to get this talent badge.
These badges are hard to grind because of how they rely on customer engagement.
Allow a lot of time to get these.
What Are Talent Badges For?
Their clients will be left with bad hair and makeup most of the time.
Sims with a bronze badge can upgrade to Riverblossom Minnow bait and catch Blue Catfish now too.
The unappealingly named Stink Ball Bait is available to silver-badged fishers, and so is the rare Rainbow Trout.
All that glitters maybe is gold, as Sims unlock the Sparkle Spinner bait and illustrious Golden Trout.
Every previous level of badge is included in the next level.
So, gold badged Sims can still expect to be inundated with Bass.
Finally brave enough to combine flowers in an arrangement, your Sim can now make Mixed Flower Bouquets.
A classic Rose Bouquet is also on the table.
The most skilled flower arrangers have the ability to make special Snapdragon Bouquets.
Gardening Talent Badges
This set of talent badges kind offunctions like a gardening skill.
you might buy tomato seeds at plots and fruit treesin Build Mode.
Sims can now also grow cucumbers and strawberries from seeds.
Golden gardeners can grow eggplants and help their plants to grow a little healthier by talking to them.
Expect to throw a lot of Simoleons down the drain here.
In addition to plates, Sims can now potter vases and tea sets to use as decor.
Sims with a silver badge are well on their way to becoming muddy-fingered artisans.
Theyre less likely to fail and can craft pots and pitchers.
Dont have the space for pottery-making equipment in your Sims home?
You probably wouldnt want to hire them.
Sims get slightly quicker, but theyre still noticeably newbies.
They can restock at a reasonable rate now, making them more efficient.
Sims with gold badges take no time to restock at all.
They would get employee of the month every month.
You dont really want these guys in charge during a rush.
Sims get marginally faster using cash registers, but still have a way to go.
Sims approach normal speed while cashing up.
Sims use the register almost instantly without any issues.
At least theyre cute.
Once they reach this level, Sims can build MunchieBots and SentryBots.
MunchieBots go collect takeout from off-the-lot, while SentryBots are a home security systemperfect for stopping burglars.
Perfect robot engineers can now build Servo: Sims best friend and all-powerful helperbot.
Sims whove earnt this badge also make robots way faster than their peers.
Never worry about broken appliances again by maxing out your mechanical skill in The Sims 2!
Sims can Dazzle their customers with their impressive sales prowess, meaning theyll almost certainly successfully seal the deal.
Theyll fail pretty often, meaning they wont sell for as much.
They can also sew quilts, which take a long time but can sell for a pretty Simoleon.
Top-tier sewists can craft Custom Outfits, which can be sold for 750 Simoleons.
Toy Making Talent Badges
Surprisingly, toy making isnt all fun and games.
If your Simsmesses up making toys, they can turn evil.
Well, we all start somewhere.
It’ll be raining simoleons in no time!
