"Need for Steed" Quest Guide for "The Sims FreePlay"

New horse

The new update is here!  I completed the "Need for Steed" quest on "The Sims FreePlay" and I would like to share a walk-through of it with you.  This quest is available at Level 11 and the goal is to unlock the stables and add horses.  In addition to the new horses, you have new hobbies available (Tricks, Vaulting and Show Jumping).  I will update this blog with information about the hobbies tomorrow.  I haven't had a chance to do them yet.

If you complete the quest within 6 days and 23 hours, you will unlock a rainbow-powered Unicorn painting.  The name of the painting implies that there is something special about the painting, but it is just a painting.  I was hoping it would refill your needs like the singing fish.  

The pop-up screen introducing the quest, reads "Horses have been spotted on Mystery Island.  Give them a home and your Sims will be able to care for them".

Here are the tasks with instructions on how to perform them, along with the time needed to complete each one.  Note: I used LP to fast forward through the quests, so that I could get this guide to you quickly.

1. Go for a drive (3 minutes):  Tap on a car and select the "go for a drive" option.
2. Spot horses with a telescope (10 hours):  If you don't have a telescope, you will need to buy one from the "Promotions R Us" store.  Tap on the telescope and select the "look for horses" option.
3. Go to Mystery Island (seconds):  Tap on the "Town Map" icon, and tap on the "volcano" icon to go to the Mystery Island.
4. Spot the overgrown stable (seconds): You will see the new "stables" next to the volcano.  Tap on the "stables" icon.
5. Call the mysterious number (30 minutes with 3-star phone):  Go to one of your houses and tap on a phone.  Select the "call mysterious number" option.
6. Read a horse care manual (9 hours with a 3-star bookcase):  Tap on a bookcase and select the "Horse Care Manual" option.
7. Call the mysterious number again (4 minutes with 3-star phone):  Tap on a phone and select the "call mysterious number" option.
8. Look up a locksmith on a computer (2 hours with 3-star computer):  Tap on a computer and select the "look up locksmith" option.  Wow! 2 hours to find a locksmith.  Sims are not very good internet searchers, are they?
9. Build the stables (2 days, 18 hours):  Go back to the Mysterious Island and tap on the "stables" icon.  For me, it cost $300,000 and took 2 days, 18 hours to build, but I think the time and cost will vary depending on how far you are in the game (I'm on the top level).  Tap the "build" option.  Once your stable is complete, tap on the flashing "stable" icon to make it official.
10. Send a Sim to the stables (seconds):  Tap on the "stable" option to enter it; then, use Sim Tracker to whistle an available Sim to the stables.
11. Clean up mess in front of yard (1 hour, 30 minutes):  You will look for the oil drum.  It will have a cloud with an exclamation mark over it.  Tap on the oil drum and select the "remove" option.
12. Have 4 Sims at the stables (few seconds):  Open your Sim Tracker and whistle 3 more Sims to the stables.  If you do not have 3 more Sims available, you will need to complete their current tasks to bring them over.
13. Clean up mess in yard with your 4 Sims:  You will see the cloud over a small rock pile.  Tap on it and select "remove".  Then, the cloud will appear over another item, and you will clean up that item as well, and so on, using multiple Sims simultaneously.  Here is a list of each item and how long it takes to clean up each:  Small rock pile (1 hour, 30 minutes), Tree stump (2 hours), wild grass (30 seconds), weeds (5 minutes), Old tyre (1 hour), Large rock pile (2 hours), Thistles (30 minutes) and Water Trough repairs (3 hours).  Note:  You can have more than 4 Sims help (if they are available) to clean up the mess faster, allowing you to complete this task in about 3 hours.  Also, Seniors can do the clean up as well as adult Sims.
14. Watch the horse channel (3 hours with 3-star TV):  What is a quest without a little TV watching?  Tap on a TV and select the "watch horse channel" option.
15. Practice brushing on another Sim (15 minutes):  This one is a bit weird.  Your first Sim brushes the back of your second Sim, while the second Sim pretends to be a horse.  Tap on the second Sim and select the "practice brushing" option.
16. Encourage a Sim (30 minutes):  Tap on a second Sim and select the "Practice Encouraging" option.
17. Repair a stable (8 hours and $30,000):  This task will cost Simoleons, so make sure you have enough.  Go to the stables and tap on the icon in the first stable stall.  Once the stable is repaired, you will see a flashing horse icon.  Tap on the flashing horse to complete the task.
18. Call the stable owner back (5 hours with a 3-star phone):  Tap on a phone and select the "call mysterious number" option.
19. Add a horse to the stables (seconds):  Tap on the horse icon in the first stable and pick the horse.  Initially, you can buy one of the two available 1-star horses.  The dappled grey costs $15,000 simoleons, or you can pick the patched brown for 10 SP.  The other horses will be unlocked as you complete the horse hobbies.
20. Have a Sim feed horse (30 minutes):  Tap on the horse, and select the "feed" option.

Once step 20 is complete, you will receive the following message, "Congratulations!  Your Sim can now keep, care for and ride their very own horses.  Now repair and clear the hobby areas in the stables to enter your horses in Tricks, Vaulting and Show Jumping hobbies."

And, if you completed the hobby within the time limit, you will also receive a pop-up congratulating you on unlocking the "Unicorn Painting".

Unicorn Painting
 

The tasks in this quest were pretty straight-forward.  I think EA is getting better at explaining what to do in the quest.  Also, the total time to complete this quest for me was about 110 hours, which is very doable within the time limit (167 hours).  I'm looking forward to completing my hobbies and I will update this blog with a few more details once I do.  Happy Simming!

Update:  To do the hobbies, you have a lot of cleanup and repairs to make in the paddocks.  My next blog will cover the tasks to prepare the hobby areas and information about completing the hobbies.