Food Replicator

The Food Replicator is a Lifetime Reward obtainable for 50,000 points. The game describes it as follows:


 * Food Replicator (object)- The Food Replicator speeds up meal prep by duplicating dishes perfectly... more or less.

It is an object that, when first purchased, appears in the Family Inventory. Once you have it put in your house, it adds the "Store (Meal Name)" option to all food in the area. The replicator may then create a limited number of replicas of any stored meal. It cannot replicate Ambrosia in it's completed state. (see Bugs) It also has an "Upgrade: Improved Memory" for Sims with handy skill, which seems to increase the number of replicas that can be created, and may improve the quality of the replicas.

Notes + Bugs

 * A lot of people find the Food Replicator confusing, saying that the food randomly spoils. After extensive research, the reason for this has been found - the replicated food is directly linked to the quality of the original, or, to be more exact, the quality of your fridge. Basically, when the food in your fridge goes bad, so does the food in the replicator. For that reason, it is HIGHLY RECCOMENDED that you complete the Culinary Career. This grants you a special refridgerator that causes food to never spoil. By proxy, this will result in food never spoiling in the replicator.


 * If you have more than one Food replicator, when you try and replicate an object, it will have "Food Replicator (1)" and "Food Replicator (2)", giving you a choice of which one you want to put it in. It is unknown if there is any limit to the amount of replicators you can aquire.


 * Replicated food cannot be re-replicated, but it can be safely used for Opportunities.


 * There currently exists a bug that allows you to replicate Ambrosia. Instruct your sim to cook the Ambrosia, and keep an eye on him/her. As soon as they reach the part of preperation where they mix it in a bowl, cancel the preparation. After this, click on the bowl, and you'll find that this can be replicated. When you get a replica out of the replicator, It will be fully cooked and completely edible.

NOTE: There are two things that the author of this article is somewhat concerned about. The replicator replicates the Ambrosia at Normal quality. This didn't have any effect on the effects on a living sim, But this hasn't been tested on a ghost yet. Also, the fact that it's normal may result in them going bad regardless of refridgerator quality. Testing would be appreciated.