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Who knew that backyard weeds and fossil fragments could rival the works of great modern artists? InThe Sims 4, unassuming scientific samples can be made into abstract masterpieces using just a microscope. Sims can commemorate their greatest discoveries by collecting enlarged prints of microscope slides they’ve found, collected from plants, crystals, and fossils.
Hang the prints on the walls of your Sim’s home, or sell the prints to earn some extra change — rare prints can earn you upwards of §450. Ready to add some artwork to your Sim’s home with a scientific twist? Let’s get up close and personal with microscope prints.
How To Find Microscope Prints
To start collecting microscope prints, you’ll need (you guessed it!)a microscope. The microscope is quite the investment at thecost of §1,630, but those pursuing theScientist careercan get around this by using a microscope on the job. However, keeping a microscope at home will make it faster and easier to analyze samples and collect microscope prints.
You can purchase a microscope in Build Mode by using the search bar or navigating toSort by Room > Study > Hobbies & Skills.
Using the microscope will produce common prints, but uncommon and rare prints can only be collected by analyzing plant, crystal, or fossil samples. You can beginanalyzing plant samples at level two, fossil samples at level five, and crystal samples at level eight of the Logic skill.
Put your Sim in aFocusedmoodbefore using the microscope to develop theirLogic skill more quickly. Browsing Simpedia on the computer, using the telescope, studying a book, and playing chess all produce Focused moodlets.
Begin by collecting samples from objects in the world.Starting a gardenin your Sim’s backyard is a great source forplant samples, and their harvest can be sold for simoleons.Crystalscan be found bymining rocks speckled with shiny colors, whilefossilscan be discovered atvarious dig spotsaround the neighborhood. Click on any of these objects andselect “Collect Microscope Sample.”
We recommend collectingmany samples at onceand analyzing them in succession rather than analyzing one at a time to make the collection process quicker. Once you have your samples, head to the microscope and command your Sim to analyze the sample of your choice.
If successful, anotification in the upper-right corner of your screenwill alert you that a microscope print has been added to your Sim’s inventory.
With level nine Handiness skill, your Sim canupgrade the microscope’s eyepieceand increase their chances of finding a microscope print.
List Of All Microscope Prints
There are12 microscope prints to collect in total, each with an emotional aura that will give your Sim a Focused moodlet when hung on the wall. Once you’ve collected a print, you can use it to decorate your Sim’s household or sell it for the value listed below.
$445
Rare
“Isn’t it strange how zooming in on a fossilized leaf actually makes it look similar to a piece of steak? Are plants and animals more alike than they seem? Do leaves also feel love and fear? What does this say about veganism? Should we eat anything at all? Art raises some serious questions.”
Use the microscope to analyze fossil samples
$110
Common
“If there’s one thing we’ve learned through microscopic explorations into the mineral world it’s this: Rocks sure are trippy! Here we have Dunite, magnified fifty zillion percent and captured in bright tempera. Hang it in a college dorm room!”
Use the microscope frequently
$115
“Magnification reveals interesting facts about microorganisms, such as their preference for bubble gum pink décor and festive streamers hung in their living rooms, all year round. If life on earth were a giant party, microorganisms were the first to arrive, and as this painting reveals, they may be the last to leave!”
$100
“This compelling artwork captures the plankton hula hoop performance team mid-rehearsal, for a number that will sink into obscurity when, en route to a gig, the entire team is eaten by a turtle.”
$105
“Never fall in love with a plankton. Flowing wherever the current takes them, they are total vagabonds. Here’s one such plankton, dancing with groupies after a night playing electric guitar with the Bacteria Band. Fortunately this moment was captured in art. We’ll never see him again.”
$220
Uncommon
“This artwork chronicles the awkward adolescent stage of plant cell development, where they are tormented by embarrassing acne. Absorbing enough rainwater can really help, and fortunately, a cell can just divide to create its own prom date.”
Use the microscope to analyze plant samples
$255
“Ever just know something in your bones? That’s because the skeleton can act as an antennae, transmitting info to the brain. In this dinosaur fossil, we see the haunting conduits where bone instinct may have cried out. “Run! METEOR!” Dinosaurs had brains the size of peas. That’s why they all died. Enjoy your painting.”
$485
“At the crux of hard science and new age woo-woo lies the crystal. Here, we can see both the distinctive crystal geometry, revered by scientists for its electrical, optical and mechanical properties, and the glittery crystal sparkles, known for their harmonic love vibrations and aura cleansing magic.”
Use the microscope to analyze crystal samples
$215
“Evoking all the colors of autumn, this mineral painting represents the diminished glow of youth, and the twilight years of life, when all hope is gone, and the path we have taken slides toward its eventual tear-filled end. Hang it in the breakfast nook or the baby’s nursery!”
“They say each snowflake is unique. Up close, these snow crystals, secure in their individual flakiness, appear to be gathering around one deformed snow pyramid, who they will shortly beat up for being TOO different. As this painting reveals, snow is not as gentle as it seems.”
$95
“Don’t have a green thumb? No problem. Enjoy plants at the cellular level, where they’re actually blue–and in art form, where they require no water, sunlight, or ‘Please don’t leave me!’ pep talks.”
“Look at the precision fit of these bright cells. No wonder they’re called the “building blocks of life.” In fact, the only difference between toy blocks and living cells is that organisms are not assembled by children. (Except for the platypus; that was built by a third grader named Frank.)”
After your Sim has collected every print, they will be rewarded with theMicrospace Jockey plaque, featuring the silhouette of a microscope.
