Hello again! We are back with a fun and slightly random  set centered around the historical cul

Hello again! We are back with a fun and slightly random  set centered around the historical cultivation, production and consumption of Opium! There are lots of things to go over, so let us begin!

*There are LOTS of pictures, so please click on them to enlarge for more details. 

Additional Requirements for Set: All Fired Up! Functional Firewood set by Sun & Moon

Opium Crafting:
This set consists of 3 phases: Growth, Processing and Usage. The upfront cost of everything is quite expensive comparatively because the end payoff is very high. This also really isn’t a lower class activity as it’s a pretty expensive hobby.

The plants are cloned from Aysarth’s “Grow Your Greens” plot and we’d definitely like to say thank you to them for providing us such a comprehensive checklist for making Maxis-style plants of our own. These work just like Maxis plants, so your Sim will gain Nature Enthusiasm as well as build gardening Skill Badges. You can Fertilize and Water (and Overwater!), Talk to Plants, Pull Weeds and Spray for Bugs (Some options only unlock as you gain badges). 

Phase One: GROWTH

1. Purchase Opium Garden-Plot from Build>Garden Center for §30 2. Place Opium Plots and you will then have the option to Plant Poppies for §30 apiece.

*Placing the plot can seem a bit tricky as the Furrow is positioned horizontally while the directional arrow on the tile is vertical. Just remember that the direction the arrow on the tile is pointing will always be the direction your furrowed plots follow. 

Seedlings will sprout not long after planting. The poppy plant will flower 24 hours after planting and will shed its petals and reach the pod stage 48 hours after planting.

*Notes about plant health and care. 
Weeds need to be tended to whenever they pop up. Same goes for spraying pests. Your plants will need water but be careful about overwatering! When a plant is ill or overwatered, it will begin to wilt and the color will be noticeably faded, especially if it’s surrounded by healthy plants. Don’t forget that rain can exacerbate an overwatering problem, so be careful about when and where you plant. 

*In the process of testing we found that the plants, when enabled in hood view, can cause weird graphical effects when planted in large numbers (more than 50 on a lot). Doesn’t affect the hood itself, just the plot. To solve this issue for lower-end machines (and even higher end if you plan on making a full-on Opium farm) we’ve included two versions of the Opium Plants. One is Hood Enabled and the other Hood Disabled. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE OF THESE OPTIONS IN YOUR GAME AT A TIME. So please choose the one you’d like to keep. 

When the plants reach the pod stage you will then be presented with an option to “Slice Pod” when you click on the plant. Dead plants should not have any option other than to “Dispose”. Slicing the pod changes the plant texture to one that is scored and oozing raw resin. An empty resin collection pot and scraper will also appear at the base of each plant.

Approximately Every 6 hours the resin jar will fill with the darkened resin and you will be able to click on the plant to collect it. After 18 hours you will have collected the last of the resin and the pot will disappear from the base of the plant. In order to complete the harvesting process, click on the plant and select “Harvest Plant”. The plant will disappear from the plot and you will have a jar of resin in your inventory and one packet of Poppy Seeds for each plant harvested. When you return to your empty fields to replant, you can use those seeds to sow your new crop.

*Plants will die in Winter, you will need to replant them come Spring or another viable season. Plants will survive Winter if placed inside a Greenhouse.

*If you allow your plants to wilt and/or remain sickly, there is a chance that your pods will not produce resin right away, or at all! 

Phase Two: PROCESSING

Next, purchase an Opium Processing Station for §500 in Appliances>Miscellaneous and place anywhere.

1. Click on the Station and select “Store Resin” this will remove the resin from your inventory and store it in the station until you are ready to use it.

2. When you are ready to begin you will first need to heat the stove. Using 3 bundles of twigs or 1 bundle of firewood from S&M’s functional fire set, click on the station and select “Light Fire”.

3. After an hour you will see steam beginning to rise from the cauldron, signaling that it is hot enough to begin cooking. The fire will burn until the process is complete. Click on the stove and select “Cook Resin” to begin the process of cooking the raw resin in the Cauldron.

4. When you are finished cooking, your Sim will transfer the contents of the pot to a sieve on the counter to drain away the liquid. This process will take around 3 hours.

5. After 3 hours you will see a new option when you click on the station to “Make Opium Cakes". Your Sim will begin the process of forming the opium into cakes which will then be dried on a rack. The process will take around 1 hour and your Sim will gain Logic skill from it.

6. When your Sim is finished forming the cakes they will stop processing and you then have the choice to dry the cakes on the Station’s built-in Rack which will take 24 hours to complete or to remove the cakes from the station and dry them on the included Outdoor Rack (found in Appliances>Miscellaneous for §200) which will dry them in half the time, provided the weather is fine and sunny. You can also use the smaller rack indoors and it will take 24 hours to dry.

7. The cakes are a Rusty red in their raw state and will turn Black when they are complete, this is when you will know that they are fully dried and ready to be sold.

Removing the cakes from a rack will place the Opium Parcels in your inventory, from which you can place them for sale. Sale price per parcel is §350, so yes, your drug dealer sims will become rich from this.

Phase Three: USAGE

To make use of the Opium, purchase an Opium pipe from the catalogue under Miscellaneous>Party for §2000. 

If you have Opium in your inventory then you will see the option to “Stock Pipe with Opium”. Once Opium is stocked in the pipe, your Sim will be able to smoke it. Smoking Opium will raise your Sim’s Fun and can be a group activity.

*The Opium Pipe stock depletes at one parcel per Sim, and each individual Sim needs to bring their own stock or have stock given to them which they can then use to stock their pipe and join in a friend’s smoking session.

When ending a smoking session Sims will feel dizzy and pass out immediately for a short period of time. 

There is the small possibility to gain a Creativity skill point OR Lose ANY skill point at random, depending on how good or bad their trip was…

As well as a 1% chance of death from using the pipe.

*Your Sim will also have the Jitters for a period after using the pipe.

Recolors for the Station, Rack, pipe and Pillows are included

Ad that’s all folks! Hope you enjoy and please hit us up with any questions!

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Thanks to:
The makers of SimPE
Aysarth
Fractured Moonlight
@esotheria-sims​,@niamh-sims​ and Mr. Joe Starr for beta testing for us.