Gatherer (career)

For the trait of the same name, see Gatherer (trait).

Gatherer is one of the careers in The Sims Castaway Stories. This career track rewards a balanced amount of food and resources, compared to the other careers. It mainly focuses on Logic and requires Cooking and Creativity skills. The career reward from this career is Concoction Junction.

Adult Sims go to work at 9 AM to 12 PM. Teens and Elders go to work at 10 AM to 12 PM. Orangutans go to work at 11 AM to 2 PM. Castaway careers don't have specific days-off and vacation days, therefore Sims can't call in sick. On the other hand, there is no penalty if Sims don't leave for work either. Sims have chances for two times to go to work if they happen to be unable at the first chance.

• Adult Promotion Levels
• Teen/Elder Promotion Levels
• Orangutan Promotion Levels

Gatherer Career Levels
1) Leaf Gatherer
Leaves. They're everywhere around here, like the sun, sand and water. The sun, sand and water -- they keep slipping through your fingers, don't they? No matter how hard you try. The leaves, though, they don't. They can't. Collect them, name them, stack them and store them. These are the first steps toward a greater understanding of your surroundings.	0	0	0	0
	62	40	Bonus: None
2) Scrounger
The leaves are only one aspect of the island's plants and the land, and what they can tell you. More things, more clues, await you underneath these leaves and off of the beaten path. Take some time and look more closely at the things you didn't know were there. There's a lot to discover.	1	0	0	0
	78	83	Bonus: 156 166
3) Pack Rat
Every day, when you go out to walk, you see more and more -- fallen leaves, small stones, interesting clumps of soil and strange seeds. Bring it all back home where you can overflow your shelves, baskets and makeshift jars. These ordinary treasures of the island are yours to surround yourself with.	2	1	1	0
	95	125	Bonus: 190 250
4) Collector
You've managed to gather at least one of everything you've found around your camp. Now all you need to do is find out what each thing is, what else it belongs with, and where they fit together. Collecting things as a child made easier to understand for you, and you're sure it will be just as enjoyable this time around.	3	2	1	1
	111	165	Bonus: 222 330
5) Trailblazer
You've done an excellent job finding, identifying, collecting and organizing everything in your immediate surroundings; but there's a lot more to find further afield. To be a truly first-class collector, you're going to have to master traveling around the area you seek to catalog. It's a big island, and there are lots of things to gather.	4	2	2	2
	128	208	Bonus: 156 166
6) Tree Hugger
Tree hugging has its origins in environmentalism, but the only dangers to the trees here are from the elements, and you can't do much about those. Still, it is nice to have some familiar contact with a living thing. It's even nicer to have some familiar contact with a living thing that can't misinterpret your actions and maul you in self-defense. Trees: faithful friends and safe targets!	5	3	3	3
	144	250	Bonus: 288 500
7) Herbalist
Do you feel a cold coming on? There's this flower you discovered last week that would be absolutely great for that if you boiled it up as a tea. Got a cut? You know which pollen to use to clot it right up. Feeling lonely? You don't have a remedy for that, but there are still trees you have yet to hug.	6	4	4	4
	161	293	Bonus: 322 586
8) Naturalist
This certain group of insects pollinates those plants. That animal eats the plants and produces waste. The other group of insects processes the animal's waste to fertilize those plants; and the sun rises now and then so everyone can see what they're doing. You understand how everything fits here, now.	7	6	5	5
	177	335	Bonus: 354 370
9) Curator
You're confident that your collection of the island's artifacts is as complete as you're going to get for now. Not only have you identified and cataloged all of it, you're ready to restore anything that goes missing. If you find the last leaf of a certain species of tree, you'll have a sapling ready to go and a good idea of where to plant it.	7	8	6	6
	194	378	Bonus: 388 756
10) Shaman
Nature. Plain. So common. Almost invisible -- until you observe, think and learn. Over time, you have realized that there is so much in the natural world that you will never fully comprehend Felicity Island and your place in it, and that one piece of knowledge has opened you up to even greater understanding. The spirits of the land have revealed themselves to you.	9	10	7	7
	210	420	Bonus: 420 840

Gatherer Career Levels
1) Shade Tester
They say that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Just as there is bright, hot sunlight, there is relief in the shade. In a place like Felicity Island, it's probably the most overlooked natural resource. The plants and trees take in sunlight to engage in photosynthesis, transpiration and other big words. But the most important thing is the quality of the shade. Is this shadow better that that shadow? You decide!	0	0	0	0
	31	20	Bonus: None
2) Stone Skipper
Hm. That one didn't do so well. Maybe you should angle the throw just a little bit more. Once this was just a fun way to kill time, but since it became your job you find it endlessly fascinating. Although it may look strange to passers by, you know you're performing a valuable public service. Flat and smooth rocks belong in the ocean, about twenty feet from shore. Otherwise, they're vulnerable to predators and enemy stone skippers.	1	0	0	0
	39	43	Bonus: 78 86
3) Beach-Comber
The ocean is an endless resource - and so is what it washes up on the shore. Glass bottles, unidentifiable metal parts, driftwood and beached giant squid are just a few of the interesting things you've found. You dream of a really big find one day, like maybe an intact piece of jewelry, or a life vest or a bit of plastic. Until that glorious day, have another seashell, champ!	2	1	1	0
	47	63	Bonus: 94 126

Gatherer Career Levels
1) Trash Flinger
Trash. What is it good for? Throwing around, of course! The aerating effects of hurling garbage through the air make for more efficient burning in the trash pit afterwards. Honest. Would you believe it also makes the fire burn hotter? OK, well, maybe not. But flinging trash is great fun for orangutans, and that's probably reason enough for them to do it.	0	0	0	0
	31	20	Bonus: None
2) Fruit Hoarder
A lot of wonderfully edible food grows on Felicity Island. The challenge is to collect enough of it to survive on, especially considering that a lot of the best fruit grows high up in the trees. This is where your orangutan friend can really shine, and get some good exercise in the process. You never know when you're going to run out of coconuts!	0	3	0	0
	47	62	Bonus: 94 124
3) Tree Sweep
Trees are naturally beautiful and provide the oxygen we all need to survive, but sometimes they can use outside assistance to help them stay looking good and functioning properly. An unsightly accumulation of dust, dirt, small insects and birds' nests can keep a tree from looking and operating at its best. Please, think of the leaves!	3	6	0	0
	64	104	Bonus: 128 208
4) Banana Wrangler
If there's any fruit that's more delicious and easier to get than bananas, it certainly isn't growing anywhere on Felicity Island. You're very lucky that your orangutan friends love climbing trees just to pick things and drop them on the ground. They also like to raid your personal food supply after you've gone to sleep, but it's a small price to pay for not always having to scale the trees yourself.	6	10	3	0
	80	146	Bonus: 160 252