Career & Skill
Career Speedrun
The clock is the opponent.
โฆ Set your packs to confirm this works for you
Type
Career ยท Competitive
Difficulty
Brutal
Length
Short (measured in Sim-days)
Best for
Optimisers who love min-maxing
Difficulty (1โ5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme
๐ The story
The clock is the opponent. Pick a career and get to the very top in as few Sim-days as humanly possible โ every wasted hour is a failure, every efficiency a victory. How fast can a Sim conquer a profession?
๐ The goal
Reach the **top of a chosen career** in the **fewest possible Sim-days**.
๐ Packs required
โ Base game only
Packs recommended
None
๐ก Setup
LotAn efficiency-optimised home
Fundsยง10,000 (for skill objects)
AgingOn, normal
SimsOne speed-built Sim
๐ Getting started
- Pick a career, create a Sim pre-built for speed (right traits, pre-leveled skills if your ruleset allows), and race.
- Count Sim-days from the first day of work; **no career cheats**.
โจ๏ธ Cheats to type
testingcheats true๐ General rules
- Time is measured in Sim-days from starting the career.
- No career-promotion cheats (skill-building is the optimisation).
- Top the career as fast as possible.
โจ Specific rules
- Choose the career and stick with it.
- Maximise daily work performance every single day.
- Record the Sim-day count at promotion to level 10.
โ What you can do
- Use any legitimate skill-building to promote as fast as possible; track Sim-days; use `bb.moveobjects`.
โ What you can't do
- No career or skill cheats.
- Count days from the day you take the job; aim to beat your best.
๐ฏ Objectives โ complete the checklist
0 of 5 done ยท 0%
๐ฎ If you don't own the packs
Fully base-game.
๐ก Strategy tips
- Pre-build the **skills** each promotion checks, plus the work-performance traits, before day one.
- Stack every performance moodlet โ well-rested, focused/confident, a clean and decorated home, a good meal โ before each shift.
- Hit the daily work tasks and "work hard" tone to fill the performance bar fastest.
๐ Milestones โ track your progress
0 of 5 done ยท 0%
๐ฅ Want it harder?
- No pre-leveled skills โ start from a blank Sim and still race.
- Speedrun the slowest, hardest career in the game.
๐ญ Variations
A "decathlon" version racing the combined Sim-day total to top several careers in sequence. ---
Original โ Plumbob, an optimisation/speedrun format. ยท Last tested: Patch 1.108 โ Feb 2026