| Puddle | |
|---|---|
| |
| Game | The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Sims 4 |
| Buyability | No |
| Price in game | §0 |
| Object type(s) | Water |
| Size | 1x1 |
| Number of uses | 1 |
A puddle is a special type of scenery that can occur across the Sims games by various means, and which has gameplay effects of its own.
Puddle spawning
Puddles can spawn by, for instance:
- A shower, toilet, sink, hot tub, or The Not So Routine Machine[Store] breaks.
- A Sim or pet has bladder motive failure.
- A gardening sprinkler is turned on.[TS2:S][TS3][TS4:S]
- Occasionally if a Soaked Sim walks indoors (especially if the Sim is a mummy[TS3:WA]).
- Bonehilda drinks a cup of juice, nectar, or water, which goes through her and onto the floor.[TS:MM][TS3:SN][TS4:PS]
- Sometimes when using a shower.[TS][TS2][TS4]
- Sometimes when using a bathtub.[TS][TS4]
- Throwing a water balloon at another Sim.[TS2:U]
- A dog gets out of a bathtub.[TS2:P]
- Hitting a water pipe while digging.[TS2:BV]
- A Good Witch Cat drinks too much tap water.[TS2:AL]
- A slob gets out of a shower.[TS3]
- Choosing "Accept" when the game prompts to start a lot challenge related to either leaky water pipes or ghosts.[TS3]
- ^ Ctrl+⇧ Shift-clicking on a Puddle/Burnt Tile Marker and choosing to create a puddle.[TS3:WA]
- A Sim is interrupted when carrying a pile of wet clothes from the washing machine to either a dryer or a clothesline, and puts the pile on the ground.[TS3:A][TS3:UL][TS3:TLS][TS4:LDS]
- A witch tries to cast a Restoration Ritual but it backfires.[TS3:SN]
- Sporadically when a Spectrum Mood Lamp is set to Blue.[TS3:SN]
- Sporadically spawned by an Evil Mr. Gnome.[TS3:S]
- The Grim Reaper buys a vending machine soda and drinks it, which goes through him and onto the floor.[TS3:UL]
- The ghost of a drowned Sim will create water puddles around them as they float around.[TS4]
- A ghost using the "Conjuror" power.[TS4:L&D]
Gameplay effects
- If a player Sim tries to repair an electric object while standing on a puddle, the Sim will near-instantly get electrocuted, resulting in instant death in The Sims, a drastic motive decline in The Sims 2 and 4, and in getting Singed in The Sims 3.
- The Environment score of the room or area will lower, the extent of it varying between games (In The Sims 3 the deduction is very small).
- A Sim who cleans up someone else's puddles can get furious at the Sim that created the puddle.[TS2:NL]
- In The Sims 3 the puddles will never go away on their own, so a Sim must clean the puddles with a brush.
- Flooring under a puddle cannot be removed in Build Mode.[TS3]
- A PlantSim[TS3:UL] can choose to "Absorb Fluid" to improve their Water motive a bit. Doing this also counts towards the TheSims3.com achievement "Sunlight and Water".
- In The Sims 4 outdoor water puddles will eventually disappear, but indoor ones won't.
- Sims with the neat trait are able to mop up puddles that are on natural ground.
- Angry and Playful can get Whims that involve puddles.[TS4]
Special variants
Chocolate puddle
Spawned when a Sim with low Cooking skill uses the Schokolade 890 Chocolate Manufacturing Facility.[TS2] Such puddles take longer to clean up than regular puddles.
Mud puddle
A child and a toddler playing in mud puddles in The Sims 4: Seasons.
Brown mud puddles form on exposed terrain when it rains in The Sims 4: Seasons. Sims may slip and fall in them (especially clumsy Sims), and they can also use them to have mud fights.
Oil puddle
If a Plumbot[TS3:ITF] with the Fear of Humans trait chip sees a human, they will often "wet" themselves and create an oil puddle on the floor.
Rain puddle
A rain puddle in The Sims 2: Seasons.
Primarily spawned by precipitation.[TS2:S][TS3:S][TS4:S] Sims can choose to splash around in those puddles, and the puddles will usually dry away on their own.
Yellow puddle
Unique to The Sims FreePlay, bladder motive failures will result in yellow puddles, whereas bladder motive failures in all other games produce regular clear puddles.
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