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InThe Sims 4:Business and Hobbiesthere are two new skills to learn: pottery and tattooing. You’ll need to purchase some equipment for both of them, but once you’ve learned the basics, each can provide rewards for your Sims and allow you to pursue a wider range of hobbies.
We take a look at what you may craft with the pottery skill, how to maximize your talent, and what uses it has as both a hobby and a small business venture. Your crafty Sims will love to explore this new hobby.
What Is The Pottery Skill?
Thepottery skillis a newten-level skillwhich comes with the Businesses &Hobbies expansion. Sims cancraft a wide range of pottery items, from basic round vases to sculptures and tea sets. As you level up your pottery skill, you’ll also learn extra abilities, such asKintsugi.
You canuse or sell any pottery items you make, allowing you to earn some Simoleons from your craft. Thehigher levelyou are, themore expensive and higher qualityitems you can create.
Sims high in skill will also be able tomentor other Sims, or teach pottery classes,for the right price, of course!
How To Increase Pottery Skill
To make pottery you will need:
Pottery Wheel By GFAUB $500 -This allows your Sim to craft basic pottery items.
Pottery Kiln By GFAUB $580 -This allows your Sim to glaze and fire their pottery.
You canbuy these items from the build buy catalogor find them in aPottery Studio.You can visitTerra-Potta in Nordhavenand this small business charges$9 an hour entry fee.For this you canuse the pottery wheels and kilns.
Pottery skills can be increased in the following ways:
A class costs around $180 at Terra-Potta when you begin. This is variable depending on the skill level of the teachers, so expect it to increase over time.
Pottery Classes
To take a pottery class, you canclick on the whiteboard in the pottery studioand selectask to start a class. In Terra-Potta you’ll need toask Jolanda Koopmanand she’ll begin to teach you.
Theevent has goals,like any social event. Pottery class goals are:
If the pottery wheels or kilns are full, you may select scrap ceramic on any unfinished item on a wheel, or break on any finished ceramic on a kiln or wheel and clean the pieces up. Don’t feel bad, Sims need to learn to take their creations home!
Unlocks And Perks
As your skill progresses, you’llunlock new items to craft.Each item has adifferent cost for the raw materialsto craft it. The higher the skill level required for a recipe, the more the items cost to craft, and the higher the sale price.
1
$20
2
$45
$57
3
$75
4
$105
5
$110
6
$125
$137
7
$156
8
$165
9
$180
$175
10
$192
$200
