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With the vast quantity of expansion packs available forThe Sims 4, there is now a wide variety of skills that Sims can attempt to master throughout their lives. The Jungle Adventure game pack adds two skills, the Selvadoradian Culture skill and the Archeology skill. You should definitely learn the Archeology skill if you’re planning on spending a few days in the Selvadoradian jungle; it’s a great way to take advantage of the artifacts your Sim will find there.
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This guide will give you some tips on how you can increase your Archeology skill in The Sims 4 and it’ll show you everything that you can do as you progress through its ten skill levels.
How To Get The Archeology Skill
There are two ways to start learning the Archeology skill in The Sims 4.To learn the Archeology skill at home, you can purchase Archeology skill books by interacting with a bookcase, oryou can visit Selvadorada and excavate any dig pilesthey might encounter in the several areas you can explore.
At first, your Sims can improve their Archeology skill by doing any of these two activities, but as they begin leveling up, more interactions will become available, giving you other ways to increase your skill level. Here are the activities that will help Sims level up the Archeology skill:
Doing any of the activities mentioned abovewhile Focusedwill increase your Sim’s learning speed.
It can be quite monotonous to wait for your Sim to simply read Archeology books or extract and analyze artifacts.To improve a Sim’s Archeology skill, you should head out to the Belomisia Jungle district andexplore the temples in Selvadorada. As you go deeper, you will come across more dig piles and art that you can study for historical insight, which is way more fun.
Everything You Can Do With The Archeology Skill
The Archeology skill gives your Simunique interactionsthat they wouldn’t be able to have otherwise. It can also be a reliable way to get some extra money into your household. You can increase your skill level to unlock more activities. Here is everything you can do with each level of the Archeology skill:
Level one
Your Sim can now excavate dig piles and uncover artifacts.
Level two
Your Sim can now study art and artifacts for historical insight.
Level three
Level four
Your Sim can now survey an area for dig piles.
Level five
Your Sim can now practice archeological analysis on genuine artifacts, treasures, and fossils, and they can also extract metals from crystals.
Level six
Your Sim can now extract more artifacts from dirt piles, and they can also establish their own dig sites, which makes it possible for multiple Sims to excavate it at once.
Level seven
Your Sim can now refine crystals, and they can then be fused with artifacts to create relics with special powers.
Level eight
Your Sim can now write their own Archeology skill guide books.
Level nine
Your Sim can now receive packages in the mail from Sir Vincent Skullfinder and the Simsonian Institute; these packages will contain collectibles that need to be authenticated.
Level ten
Your Sim can now give other Sims Archeology lectures and collect higher-quality artifacts.
Most activities related to the Archeology skillrequire you to own an Archeology Table. You might not find it at first when you first enter Build and Buy Mode because even though it’s commonly referred to as an “Archeology Table” in in-game notifications, it’s actually called the “Pop Up Archeology Work Bench.”
There is also a free one that you can use at the Puerto Llamante Marketplace district in Selvadorada.
Is The Archeology Skill Worth It?
At this point, you might be wondering how profitable is the Archeological skill in The Sims 4. There are several highly profitable skills in this game, for example, painting and gardening, so where exactly does Archeology stand here?
Dig sites can only be found in Selvadorada, which means you have to take your Sim out on vacation to encounter them -this can be a bit pricey. If you’re low on Simoleons, you might want to stay at home and read Archeology books instead. Unfortunately, this way you won’t be digging up any artifacts and will profit very little from this skill.
At first, you might have a hard time making money out of this skill. Especially since you need to reach level three of the Archeology skill to be able to authenticate artifacts and sell them. Unauthenticated artifacts are worth no more than 100 Simoleons, and if they’re proven to be counterfeit after analysis, their price drops to half of what it was before. Thankfully,if the artifacts are genuine, they will become ten times more valuable than they were before authentication.
The value of an artifact is based on quality, rarity, and authenticity.As you increase your skill level, you’ll be able to retrieve more artifacts from an excavation site, and you’ll also find higher-quality artifacts more often than not. So, the Archeology skill can definitely be worth it if you make the most of your time at Selvadorada. You should consider it an investment, and to make as much money as possible, you should try to bring back as many artifacts with you and, to save time, authenticate them back home.
