Well now that
@Metropolis Man is closing tournament challenges earlier these days, I can squeeze in a quick strategy post before bed.
During Practice I searched every household and community lot in every world so I could pick the best choice for those items that show up in more than one place. The reason for this is because I didn't want to swipe items in a crowded community lot if possible, as getting caught slows you down.
My Simself had the kleptomaniac, cheerful, outgoing and quick learner traits, I avoided geek and collector because they help you find rare collectibles and the Hilariously Tiny T-Rex Arms is common. She bought Morning Sim, Night Owl and Always Welcome rewards.
As soon I jumped into the game, my Simself formed a club, performed a mischief social on one of the members to unlock the skill and stole my first item. I always timed the moodlets that come from having swiped something and as soon it wore of I would go and steal something else. In between those cooldown periods I would perform mischief socials on my club members as doing the interactions is the fastest way to level the skill. I bought the Rally The Troops and Mischief skill boost as soon as I could. The reason for this is because you need high mischief skill to steal big items, higher skill lead to more success too, I maxed the mischief skill as fast as I could, that was my main strategy.
When it came to swiping items, I started out with the smallest and worked my up to the biggest because you have a high chance of failure if you try to steal large objects with a low mischief skill. I chose my victims carefully, preferring residential houses as there's less chance of getting caught, I always went for the least crowded places whenever possible. If I did have to steal from a community lot, I always did at a quiet time when I knew not many Sims would be around.
I have to admit I got incredibly lucky when it came to the fossil, I went to Desert Bloom Park to pick up the Pied Piper Acoustic Guitar there and decided to have a dig around, I got it in the second rock I dug up, much to my surprise.
The Angelfish was a little more difficult, I had to try four fishing spots before I found it outside the Caliente house, I'd heard it was more common there, I started fishing around midnight and didn't catch it until about 6:pm that day. My Sim was focused the whole time from potions as being in that mood makes your Sim better at fishing.
I threw a House Party, as that one was the easiest, at the BFF household as at least one of them was in my club, I knew they had a bar there so I hired a Mixologist and a Caterer. My poor Sim had to bake the cake that came up as a party goal, by herself as the caterer didn't seem to want to do their job, thankfully, she didn't burn the house down.
Here's a breakdown of where I got each item from and in which order, starting from the one my Simself stole first.
1: Royal Embrace Table Lamp (Pancake house, Bob was out and Eliza was on her computer, the lamp was in a different room)
2: Country Cockerel (Rattlesnake Bar, I went in the morning to avoid the busy happy hour, it was in the hallway)
3: Gnome Matter What I'm Still Your Baby (Spencer Lewis Kim household, in their garden, they were all scattered through the house)
4: The Slablet (Quad Manor in Windenburg because they have multiple, the library was empty which made it easy)
5: Gary Giraffe (Caliente household, thankfully nobody was in the room where it was kept)
6: Ode To Jazz 5 Ivory (Blue Velvet, arrived at a quiet time but had to wait for a couple of Sims to pass by before stealing it)
7: Pied Piper Acoustic Guitar (That room in Desert Bloom park, went at night when I knew it would be deserted)
8: Knight Of The Octagon Table (Willow Creek Museum, waited until the place was closed and my Sim was at level ten Mischief skill)
9: Hilariously Tiny T-Rex Arms (Desert Bloom Park, second rock I cracked open)
10: Angelfish (One of the fishing spots near the Caliente house)
To my Sim's credit she managed to steal every item flawlessly, didn't get caught once and swiped every item on the first try, so proud of her.
House Party (BFF Household)
Party goals:
1: Have three Sims listen to music at the same time (Formed a group, hijacked the stereo in Travis's room)
2: Tell jokes
3: Have X amount of Sims be playful at the same time (Bought and used a playful club vibe)
4: Have X amount of Sims be flirty at the same time (Bought and used a flirty club vibe)
5: Have drinks (Was done while socializing for the main goal, hired a mixologist who made drinks for everyone)
6: Eat cake (My Sim had to do this thanks to the useless caterer, thankfully managed to do so without starting a fire and called everyone to meal)
I think that's it, there was't a lot of strategy other than raising the mischief skill fast, stealing items according to my Sim's mischief level and choosing the right time and place. Oh and picking the party with the least annoying and most achievable goals. (I tried a few different parties and locations in my practice). Thanks for the congratulations
@Metropolis Man but this was just mostly RNG being on my side ... for once .. wish I could say the same for some other games, lol. There was some frustration there but it was fun!
