Career & Skill
Detective's Casebook
Every clue matters, and every arrest had better be the right one.
Difficulty (1โ5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme
๐ The story
Every clue matters, and every arrest had better be the right one. Your Sim works the beat case by case โ gathering evidence, analysing the lab results, building the warrant โ and brings in suspect after suspect without a single innocent Sim slapped in cuffs.
๐ The goal
Solve a long streak of cases as an active Detective with **no wrong arrests**, reaching the top of the career.
๐ Packs required
Packs recommended
๐ก Setup
๐ Getting started
- Create a recruit and join the Detective career; play every shift actively at the police station and crime scenes.
โจ๏ธ Cheats to type
testingcheats truemoney 2000๐ General rules
- Every case is worked actively โ crime scene, clues, lab, warrant, arrest.
- No career cheats.
- A wrong arrest breaks the streak.
โจ Specific rules
- Gather enough evidence to correctly identify each culprit before arresting.
- Maintain an unbroken streak of correct arrests.
- Reach the top of the Detective career.
โ What you can do
- Play the active Detective career โ gather clues, analyse evidence, interrogate suspects; use `bb.moveobjects`.
โ What you can't do
- No wrong arrests โ every arrest must be the correct culprit.
- No career-promotion cheats.
๐ฏ Objectives โ complete the checklist
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๐ฎ If you don't own the packs
Requires Get to Work for the active Detective career โ no base-game version.
๐ก Strategy tips
- Collect *all* clues at the scene and analyse them before generating a sketch โ rushing the warrant is how innocent Sims get cuffed.
- Cross-check the suspect's details (the description, the APB) carefully before you commit to the arrest.
- Build the routine: scene โ lab โ database โ warrant โ arrest, every single case.
๐ Milestones โ track your progress
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๐ฅ Want it harder?
- Reach the top of the career with a **perfect** record โ zero wrong arrests, ever.
- Solve a set number of cases within a single in-game month.
๐ญ Variations
A "cold case" version that only tackles the hardest, multi-clue investigations. ---
Original โ Plumbob, built around the Get to Work Detective career. ยท Last tested: Patch 1.108 โ Feb 2026