Where do I find Tiberium?

[Thomforlife]

One of my sims bought three pieces of Tiberium somewhere, but i have no idea where i bought it.
I read that you should buy it by the Egyptian Relic salesman, but when i cheked with my other family there wasn't a trace of tiberium.
And is the Tiberium poisoning lethal?

Can someone help me?

[PJSim]

It's from Egypt. The relics salesman doesn't have the same things every day so you have to be lucky. I've also found it on the ground in Egypt.

You can also get it randomly by breaking space rocks on the board breaker from China.

And is the Tiberium poisoning lethal?

Don't think so. Not for a long time anyway. Just remove it from your Sims inventory when they get home and the sickness goes away.

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I've got another question about Tiberium. Does Sims have to keep it in the inventory until they get sick in order for it to turn into a crystal?

[Thomforlife]

You have to send it to the gem cutter and then put it in your garden.
Then it becomes bigger and the value is increased by about 30000 simoleons.
It will spawn new Tiberium if you wait long enough.

[PJSim]

You have to send it to the gem cutter

No, the thing is it can turn into a crystal on it's own so you don't have to spend the money getting it cut. I've had that happen before, I'm just not sure how long it takes because I only noticed it when my Sim got sick. I removed it from her inventory and a few hours later it had become a crystal worth 40.000 or so.

Then it becomes bigger and the value is increased by about 30000 simoleons.
It will spawn new Tiberium if you wait long enough.

Cool, I haven't tried that.

[bshag]

I guess I'll just have to keep trying for tiberium...can't find it on the ground in Egypt and can't find it to buy it in Egypt. 

[Bogie74]

You can also get it randomly by breaking space rocks on the board breaker from China.

This is SO COOL! That happened last night when Lara got the wish to break 150 boards. I had her practicing, and voila! There it was on the ground next to the  board!

[gottogog]

Not sure if people know this, but Tiberium is from EA's Command and Conquer series. It's cool that they have little easter eggs like that.

[Carl]

Not sure if people know this, but Tiberium is from EA's Command and Conquer series. It's cool that they have little easter eggs like that.

Yep one of my walkthroughs was Tiberium Wars, I used to play it every night after work (i sucked but it was a blast).

Anyway, I'm working on getting this gem so I can put it into the guide. The collecting guide is seeing major updates. Thanks for the intel, people!

By the way I have a pink diamond already but 0 tiberium, so this stuff's gotta be the rarest out there... It's interesting Thom found it in a store

[wildredchild]

Carl, just break a ton of those space rock boards and you will come up with some tiberium.  I have found it in Egypt once though, but now just use the breaking boards technique.   

[PJSim]

Yeah, me too. You can get lots of Tiberium and Soulpeace.

[PJSim]

Okay, now I've bought Tiberium from the relics merchants in both China and France. So you can get it in all three locations.

I like to check in with the relics merchants once a day anyway because they keep getting new stuff and some of it is pretty cool like keystones, relics from collections, gems and metals.

[bshag]

Okay, so I found Tiberium on ground in Egypt by the southern beach area(?).  Anyway, was very excited, sim got home and I put the 2 pieces out in the garden and so far it's been a week and not a thing has happened. 

I read somewhere there has to be at least 1 tile around it so it can grow.  Is this right?

It wouldn't be unusual for me to have the only Tiberium in the game that doesn't work.   

[PJSim]

Okay, so I found Tiberium on ground in Egypt by the southern beach area(?).  Anyway, was very excited, sim got home and I put the 2 pieces out in the garden and so far it's been a week and not a thing has happened. 

You mean that it doesn't turn into a crystal?

What I have found is this:

I put the Tiberium in the Sims inventory and nothing happens. I put the Tiberium on the ground and still nothing happens. I put it in inventory and travel and within a few hours of arriving at the new destination the Sim will get the nausea. Then I put it on the ground and within a day or so it will turn into the 40.000 simoleon crystal.

There are only a few times where this hasn't happened, maybe I found the Tiberium immediately before traveling? You can see it's about to turn when it shoots green sparks, if it doesn't do that nothing will happen. Then I put it back in inventory and the next times she travels it turns. I've never sent it to the gem cutter because I'm cheap and it will happen on it's own.

I have yet to see it spawn new Tiberium though, maybe I haven't waited long enough.

[Pam]

I've had some Tiberium that didn't change, too.  I couldn't figure out why some pieces would change and others wouldn't.  I'll try that traveling thing.  And...  Carl and I have just about decided that it doesn't multiply.  Neither of us could make it happen.  Lastly, if you send it to be cut, it doesn't come back worth nearly as much as when it changes on its own.  You really only barely break even after spending the money to get it cut.

[PJSim]

I couldn't figure out why some pieces would change and others wouldn't.

Yeah, it took me a while to notice but I'm fairly sure about the traveling. It happens all the time, just a few hours after traveling the Sim gets sick. But not every time. I once found four pieces of Tiberium in Egypt. As soon as the Sim got home she got sick so I put all four pieces on the ground. Three turned into a crystal, one didn't.


More Tiberium weirdness:



I dragged a Tiberium crystal onto a tomato plant and it stuck.

I can fit 5 Tiberium on one plant. The Sim can harvest this plant and it puts the Tiberium in their inventory, then I can just put it back on the plant. It doesn't seem to do anything to their value, I had a Tiberium plant for weeks and nothing interesting happened. The only effect it seems to have is that when Sims harvest this plant it gives them temporary amnesia. They will stop what they're doing and everything drops out of the queue.

 

I can put other gems on plants too by the way. But why would I want to...

[bshag]

Thanks guys...guess I'll just have to put it back in her inventory til it makes her puke.    I must have taken it out too soon cause I didn't want her to be sick.  I'll just have to wait til she gets the nauseaous moodlet.  Hope it goes away as soon as you take it out.

I'll put it in the inventory and travel to a vacation home and put it there.  I was going to sell it anyway after it had changed cause with all the traveling and buying vacation homes, she needs the money. 

[PJSim]

I'll just have to wait til she gets the nauseaous moodlet.  Hope it goes away as soon as you take it out. 

It goes away after 2 hours. Then she will run and puke in the toilet.

I once removed the Tiberium from a Sims inventory when she was exploring a pyramid and after 2 hours she was way down on the lowest level. She ran all the way outside the pyramid to puke and there was nothing I could do to stop her. Akh! What's wrong with puking in a pyramid?!?

[bshag]

Ok, so she traveled to China to her vacation home with the tiberium safely in her backpack.  She went to visit her friend and while she was there the nauseaous moodlet comes up.  I got her home just in time so she could throw up.    I took the tiberium out of her backpack and put it in the garden and during the night the 2 pieces turned. (I just love those shooting green thingys.)  One was worth 38,000 simeoleons and the other was 40,000!:o  So I thought I'd just let them sit, maybe they'll multiply.    After spending the night in a tomb, she comes home to find one is worth $466 and the other $360.    Big lesson learned, don't be such a greedy gus...pick them babies up and cash them in.  I was upset cause she really needed the money.  Buying vacation homes in foreign countries are expensive.

LOL PJ.  Absolutely nothing is wrong with puking in a pyramid...do it all the time.   

[PJSim]

After spending the night in a tomb, she comes home to find one is worth $466 and the other $360.   

 

Oh no! I've never had that happen, I've only had things lose value when Sims travel with them. This is just wrong.

LOL PJ.  Absolutely nothing is wrong with puking in a pyramid...do it all the time.   

That's what I thought!

[RockinRobin]

I can't make anything happen with my Tiberium. 

I kept it in his inventory until it made him sick and then I put it in the yard so it could grow. Nothing happened except that it would blow out these little green sparks every once in awhile. I left it out there for several days and finally stuck it back in his inventory and now he's sick again. What did I do wrong?

[Pam]

I can't make anything happen with my Tiberium. 

I kept it in his inventory until it made him sick and then I put it in the yard so it could grow. Nothing happened except that it would blow out these little green sparks every once in awhile. I left it out there for several days and finally stuck it back in his inventory and now he's sick again. What did I do wrong?

I think the longer you leave it in your Sim's inventory, the quicker it will turn once you take it out.  I left it in my Sim's inventory for several days and just let him have the negative moodlet.  It only took a day for it to change.  I'd say leave it in the inventory for awhile and try again.

[Carl]

I can only assume the tiberium that won't grow is cut. Be sure you're giving it plenty of room to grow as well. In testing, some of the tiberium never grew until moved all by itself.

[RockinRobin]

Yeah I actually put it back in his inventory for only a little while....long enough for him to get sick again and moved it out and this time, two of them have grown! (he has 4 total) It was in his inventory for several days the first time, that's why I was surprised that nothing happened. (and no it's not cut)

[Carl]

Hmm, so it eventually grows when uncut... when I cut them, I had reliable 2-3 day growth times. I hadn't seen one grow when raw.

[Pam]

Hmm, so it eventually grows when uncut... when I cut them, I had reliable 2-3 day growth times. I hadn't seen one grow when raw.

Really?  You're cutting all of yours?  For like $6,000 to get the spire cut?  And they grow more after that?