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Career & Skill

Career Speedrun

The clock is the opponent.

โœฆ 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 (1โ€“5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme

๐Ÿ“– 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?

๐Ÿ’ The goal

Reach the **top of a chosen career** in the **fewest possible Sim-days**.

๐ŸŽ€ Packs required

โœ“ Base game only

Packs recommended

None

๐Ÿก Setup

LotAn efficiency-optimised home
Fundsยง10,000 (for skill objects)
AgingOn, normal
SimsOne speed-built Sim

๐Ÿš€ 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**.

โŒจ๏ธ Cheats to type

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๐Ÿ“‹ 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.

โœจ 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.

โœ… 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.

๐ŸŽฏ Objectives โ€” complete the checklist

0 of 5 done ยท 0%

๐ŸŽฎ If you don't own the packs

Fully base-game.

๐Ÿ’ก 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.

๐Ÿ’• Milestones โ€” track your progress

0 of 5 done ยท 0%

๐Ÿ”ฅ Want it harder?

  • No pre-leveled skills โ€” start from a blank Sim and still race.
  • Speedrun the slowest, hardest career in the game.

๐ŸŽญ 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