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One of the new skills to learn inThe Sims 4Horse Ranchis nectar making. This five-level skill allows Sims to buy a nectar maker and then stomp on a range of fruit to produce bottled nectar they can then drink, sell, or store in a rack to mature.
There is a range of different produce to experiment with and maturing your nectar can increase your profit if you want to make a business out of this new skill. Here’s everything you need to know about crafting, drinking, and selling nectar in The Sims 4.
Updated on July 05, 2025, By Helen Ashcroft: We’ve updated this guide to add information on the unlockable occult nectar recipes, as well as adding the buffs and effects drinking nectar will give you.
What Is Nectar Making?
Nectar makingis essentiallyproducing the Sims equivalent of wineand involves a simplistic version of grape stomping. Your Sim will need topurchase a nectar maker, and thensome produce to get started with.
The skillworks best alongside gardening, so you cangrow your own produceto turn into nectar, allowing you to make even more profit andeliminate some of the hasslesof ingredient purchasing.
Is It Expensive To Make Nectar?
The real beauty of nectar making is that you can get started with just a few hundred simoleons.A nectar maker will cost you $350, and if you want arack to store your produce inthis will cost another$300 for a stackable shelf that stores ten bottles.
The cheapest nectar to craft is apple, which costs $42 for the three apples you need, and produces a bottle of nectar that sells for a minimum of $57.
To make your first few bottles you canpurchase basic ingredients just by clicking the nectar maker.This will allow you to makegrape and apple nectars at level oneskill, as well asstrawberry nectar,which can be crafted at level two.
All bottles sell for a profit.
At first, you’ll get poor-quality nectar, and the profit is low, butyour earningsincrease if the quality is higherand ifthe nectar is left to mature.
What Are The Best Things To Grow For Nectar Making?
you may usealmost any fruit, berry, or herbfor nectar making, but some items offer a much faster yield, increasing your profit. Here are therecommended items for your garden, including the growth times.
Granite Falls
Speed/Profit
If you put a roof over the area your plants are in, they’llgrow all year round. If you have irrigated planters (Eco Lifestyle) or sprinklers (seasons) you may alsoautomate watering.
How Do I Make Nectar?
It’s very easy to make nectar. All you need to do isright-click on the nectar maker barrel and select craft nectar. This will displaya menu that allows you to choose fromall the available recipes.
If youdo not havethe ingredients and/or skill level the recipe will begrayed out and unselectable.
You’ll need toclean the nectar maker every few bottles.To do this, simplyselect the nectar maker and choose the clean option. Make sure toclean it each time the option appearsto keep quality high.
Thebetter your mood and higher your skilllevel, thebetter quality nectaryou’ll produce. Like most crafted produce, you can havepoor, normal, or excellent quality.
Your Sim will stomp the ingredients and then decant the nectar into a bottle.The bottled nectar will go into your inventory.In order to age it, you’ll need toplace it on a table or in a nectar storage rack.
The Different Types Of Nectar
There arefive levelsof the nectar making skill andten different standard recipes. However, two of the recipes are flexible, allowing you to combine different fruits and berries to see if your Sims enjoy the result.
Below is a list of theavailable recipes, theskill levelrequired to unlock them, and theingredientsneeded.
1
3 x Grape
3 x Apple
2
3 x Strawberry
3 x Potato
3
3 x Trash Fruit
4
2 x Lemon
1 x Any Herb
5
3 x Any Fruit
3 x Any Berry
1 x Death Flower
2 x Spinach
3 x Moonpetal
3 x Plasma Fruit
3 x Valerian Root
Requires being a Spellcaster to craft.
The Effects Of Nectar
Nectar offersseveral different buffsto your Sim, some are common, while others are specific to a certain type of nectar. Whichever type of nectar you drink, you will go through the following stages:
If you have maxed out the Expert Nectar Maker Aspiration, theNectar Know-It-All reward traitwill give you the following buff:
Themood buff you get will vary,depending on the type of nectar. Some bottles also have anextra effect. Here are the mood buffs for the core ten bottles of nectar.
Extends life span of Sim slightly
The Effects Of Occult-Specific Nectar
Moon Petal and Valeriannectars bothgive regular Sims a happy debuff,with an extra effect for the occult they are designed for.Plasma Nectar will make regular Sims instantly sickand queasy and should be avoided.
How To Mature Nectar
Maturing nectar is simply a case of waiting. You can just leave a bottle on the side, and as long as it remains unopened, it will mature. Here’s how long it takes.
Nectar seems tomature after a specific number of hours,meaning it willcount each day as 24 Sim hours from when it was bottled.
The first two stages appear set, but thefinal stage of maturity sometimes takes a little longer.
Nectar will age moderately faster in a basement or cellar, and significantly faster in a Nectar Rack. The above data is based onusing a Nectar Rack.
If you complete theExpert Nectar Maker aspirationyou’ll gain the Nectar-Know-It-All trait whichallows you to craft nectar that is already lightly aged.
Aging nectarenhances the strength of positive effects, andreduces the strength of negative effects,as well asincreasing the valueof the bottle.
Once you reachskill level five,you will alsocraft excellent quality nectar the majority of the time,as long as yourneeds are metbefore you begin the process.
How Quickly Can You Max Out The Nectar Making Skill?
The nectar-making skill is easy to max, as long as you’re able to keep your needs up. You simply need tokeep making nectar.There appears to be asteady increase in how many bottles it takes to max out a levelas follows.
This means makingapproximately 58 bottles. However, there does seem to be someslight variation depending on what you makethat is difficult to measure.
Higher skill-level recipes appear to take slightly longer to make, meaning the skill builds a little faster since it builds as you stomp. The length of time taken will be the same overall, but the number of bottles required may vary slightly.
How To Maximize Your Nectar Skill With Cheats
If you want to speed up the process, you canmax out your skill with the following cheatprocess.
This willmax out your skill at level five.
What Does Nectar Sell For?
You’ll need to take into account thecost of ingredientswhen making nectar, and this is a good reason tolearnthe gardening skill.With gardening, you cangrow the fruits and berries that offer the highest profit. You’ll also maximize all profit bynot having to pay out for ingredients,which are generally a couple of hundred simoleons per bottle (excluding the clearly expensive vitality recipe)
When you hit level five you’ll pretty much be finished with the aspiration and will be craftinglightly aged items as a default.Therefore, it’s difficult to get not-aged versions of the highest-level recipes.
Here areall the recipes you may craft and the maximum prices they sell for at each maturity level. If your nectar is of normal or poor quality, it will sell for less. Theseprices are based on excellent quality, something you’ll achieve with pretty much every bottle at max level skill.
98
214
963
2,058
115
428
1,926
4,494
215
466
2,097
4,893
272
1,224
2,856
170
370
1,665
3,885
388
1,746
4,047
3,236
14,562
33,978
If you sell your nectar toRoberto Crinkletop in Chestnut Ridge,he will pay a higher price for it than selling through the inventory.
Where Is Roberto Crinkletop The Mysterious Rancher?
Roberto will payalmost 50 percent extrafor nectar, so it’s worth hunting him down. He will appear onMonday, Wednesday and Friday between 11am and 3pm,and you can find him outside thegrocery store in New Appaloosa.
All three community lots are a similar distance from the grocery store which iscentrally located in the neighborhood,just across from the competition arena.
If youtravel to any New Appaloosa lotwhen he is around, you’ll see anotificationthat he wishes to buy your nectar.Click the notification and then click his portrait.This will take you tohis current location.
You’ll need to have thenectar in your inventoryand then select:Friendly > Sell Nectar
Selling to Robertodoes not currently count towards the aspiration goalof making 100,000 Simoleons selling nectar.
