Levelling your Sims skills can help unlock fun new interactions and avenues of gameplay.

In some cases, it even helps to keep them safe.

Body is the old fitness.

A Sim repairing a broken shower in a wet bathroom, gaining the mechanical skill.

Build your skill with this handy guide.

The Mechanical skill is one of the handiest skills a Sim can build.

What Is The Mechanical Skill?

Image showing a person swimming in a pool in The Sims.

The mechanical skill mostly accounts forhow well a Sim can repair or build things.

Its similar to the handiness skill from later Sims games.

However,Sims with low mechanical skills are likely to be electrocutedwhile fixing broken electronics.

Bella Goth from The Sims gaining a mechanical skill point as a pop-up.

Try getting your Sims to fix their plumbing, but hire a professional to fix electricals.

Broken tubs, toilets, sinks, or showers should all be fair game.

They also come with cooking skill books, making them a real staple of any build.

A pop-up in The Sims Makin' Magic suggesting Bella Goth increases her mechanical skill.

All bookshelves can be found in Buy Mode under the Misc category.

Theyre in the Knowledge section, which is illustrated with a bookshelf.

Well, your Sim can actuallysell them for a fairly hefty sumof Simoleons once theyve levelled their Mechanical skill.

Bella Goth from The Sims reading a book at home.

You should eventually be able tosell them for up to 100 Simoleons per gnome.

But, itll take some time to get there.

you might find the KraftMatic Woodworking Table in the Misc section on Buy Mode.

Bella Goth from The Sims crafting a gnome in the garden.

Alternatively, you might give them out to other Sims as gifts.

Or just fill your home with them.

The Craft-A-Gargoyle is next to the KraftMatic Woodworking Table in Buy Mode.

Bella Goth from The Sims crafting a gargoyle in her graveyard.

Go to Misc, then select Creativity.

To buy a spinning wheel, go to the Magic part of the Misc menu in Buy Mode.

One of the many ways to earn MagiCoins includesperforming tricks on the Even More Magic Than Before stage.

Bella Goth from The Sims using a spinning wheel in Cassandra’s bedroom.

Sims with ahigher mechanical skill are more likely to perform magic tricks successfully, in turn earning more MagiCoins.

Explore the world, if you have the money to pay.

Bella Goth from The Sims Makin Magic doing tricks onstage in Magic Town.

A Taxi in The Sims, there is a man standing next to it.

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