Tiberium, and the myth of duplicating.

[Shenice93]

It's possible to find one in the wild, just not common.

Oh I've never found it in the wild so I just assumed it could not be found since I have found almost every other gem in the wild.

[Pam]

Oh I've never found it in the wild so I just assumed it could not be found since I have found almost every other gem in the wild.

It's fairly rare in the wild, but does exist.  I want to say it's mostly in Egypt, but it may be in the other countries, too.

[sdinger70]

I've found it in China, as well as Egypt. Can't say about France as I've only had sims go there twice to get nectar machines and racks.

[Lilygirl]

I just had a Dynasty Sim spend 9 days collecting in France (yes they went every day!) and no tiberium.

[Schipperke]

The Prima Guide to World Adventures has maps showing the locations of various collectibles.  Egypt is the only one showing spawn locations for Tiberium.  Of course, the Prima Guide sometimes has errors or omissions, but this seems to fit with what people have been reporting in this thread.  Sdinger, when you found it in China was it in the "wild" or in the Relics shop?

[sdinger70]

I am pretty sure, say 80%, that it was in the wilds - but it's been a couple of months or longer. But I know I did get it in China and it wasn't from board breaking.

[Veldmuisie]

I found a really easy way of getting all of the metals and gems without going on adventures.  Just check the consignment store every day or so for a drill, the one you can eventually make if you are an inventor.  Drill in a park away from the houses so you can drill all night long. Remember to put the drill in your sim's inventory when they go home or it might become invisible.  You will find many tiberiums, pink diamonds, soulpeaces, and whatnots.

[Saltypaws]

Unfortunately, there is not too many at any one time in Egypt.  I think at any given time, I have only found two.  I know there are probably some in tombs and maybe some on adventures.  It is fun trying to find them though.  I too, have never found any tiberium in the other two countries.

[Hosfac]

It's fairly rare in the wild, but does exist.  I want to say it's mostly in Egypt, but it may be in the other countries, too.

The only one I have ever found in the wild, I found in Egypt on the shores of the river near the pyramid.

And now to dispatch with this silly rumor, once and for all:

I waited with much anticipation for WA, and bought it the day it came out.  The first place I traveled to was China, and I bought everything I could buy there shortly before I went home.  Martial Arts became my absolute favorite skill to train instantly (before I discovered Nectar Making, and subsequently Photography lol).  After maxing the skill, I set about achieving all the skill challenge, and board breaker was the first.  I found a lot of gems, and Tiberium was one of the first.  At first I couldn't cut it, so I carried it around for a while (and it doesn't make you sick if it's not cut btw), but after finding a bunch of gems, the spiral cut finally came up while I was mailing out gems.  So I shipped it off.

This was long before I knew anything about transfiguriation, so all I was doing was displaying them in the house.  I thought the spire cut was kinda neat, so it got a place of honor by itself on the coffee table in the living room.  Of course, it grew in a couple of days...but it was a long time before I realized that this made it increase in value, so I left it there.

It sat on that coffee table for 3 generations, and it didn't duplicate.

So not only does it no longer duplicate, it never did in the first place.