The Sims 3 Island Paradise - Scuba Diving Skill
Leveling Scuba, Dive Spot Unlocks and Tips for Skill Challenges
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Leveling the Skill
You can take a Scuba class at the Science Facility on Isla Paradiso. Afterward,
you'll be stuck clicking the water to Snorkel until you are level 2 and can attempt your first Dive Spot, Rocky
Reef. This is more exciting than Snorkeling and gives a lot more experience in the skill. Skill is gained gradually
while your Sim is under water, no matter what they are doing.
With each level gained in Scuba Diving, your Sim will be able to stay under the water longer on a dive and require less downtime from decompression between dive sessions. The decompression moodlet gets much shorter, and you can swim for up to 7 hours at level 10 in Scuba Diving. Gaining levels will unlock Dive Spots and allow your Sim to be capable of opening better treasure chests and following caves' alternate exits.
Treasure Chests
There are seven Treasure Chests that can be accessed by Diving. It is the best way to
get them, but you'll need to level up. Treasure Chests can be found at level 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. It's a bonus
for leveling up. Treasure Chests do not respawn. You'd have to reset them manually by cheating.
Skill Unlocks
Here's a table of skill unlocks and the timers for your Sim's underwater breathing
ability and the resistance to decompression they will gain with each level in Scuba Diving. Dive Spots that you
unlock will be indicated as well as important chests. When you first unlock a new dive spot after Rocky Reef, there
will always be a chest you can open, and another that is accessible with a level up. Each level of chest gets
better and better.
| Lvl | Dive Time | Downtime | What you can do |
| 0 | 120 | 160 | Snorkel, Diving Class at Science Facility |
| 1 | 150 | 150 | Snorkel |
| 2 | 180 | 140 | Rocky Reef Diving Spot |
| 3 | 210 | 130 | - |
| 4 | 240 | 120 | Davy Jones' Locker Diving Spot |
| 5 | 270 | 110 | - |
| 6 | 300 | 100 | Treasure Chest at Davy Jones' Locker |
| 7 | 330 | 90 | The Mermaid Grotto Diving Spot |
| 8 | 360 | 80 | Big Chest at Mermaid Grotto |
| 9 | 390 | 70 | Pearl's Deep Diving Spot |
| 10 | 420 | 60 | Chest at Pearl's Deep, use Cave to get Uncharted Island + Chest and Retro Scuba Suit for Dives |
Scuba Diving Skill Challenges
Pearl DiverWhen you have collected 50 sea shells, either from picking them up on the ocean floor while scuba diving, or spotting them while snorkeling, you will unlock this Skill Challenge. It gives a 50% bonus for the sell price of all sea shells. This will shoot you up the Scuba Diving Self Employment career and earn you some bonus Simoleons. Use Snorkeling to get this challenge faster, as it's hard to spot the sea shells that spawn a bit too rarely on the ocean floor.
Underwater Spelunker
Use the Explore option on underwater caves 15 times to complete this challenge.
Your chance of finding collectibles while Exploring a cave will double, making it a reliable source of income.
Savvy Snorkeler
This pairs very well with Pearl Diver, and you'll likely earn this on the way to
completing that Challenge. Allow your Scuba Sim to Snorkel for a total of 40 hours and the chance of finding
collectibles while Snorkeling will go up 25%. It's far less dangerous than Exploring caves as you don't need to go
underwater where Sharks may attack.
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My sim has diving as her life-long wish and one part is to sell diving collectibles for 40 000 simoleons. Where do I sell them to in order to start on this quest? I tried selling silver within my sim's inventory but it was still on zero./Linda
I can only go on Diving Class if i live on Isla Paradiso?!?!?!?! Oh Man...
I just reached week 4 in my diving game file and the chests reset for me automatically today.