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Wealth & Progression

Single Simoleon Start

One Simoleon.

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Type
Rags to Riches · Restriction
Difficulty
Brutal
Length
Multi-session
Best for
Purists who want a clean, brutal number to start from

Difficulty (1–5 plumbobs): 1 Casual · 2 Moderate · 3 Hard · 4 Brutal · 5 Extreme

📖 The story

One Simoleon. That's the whole inheritance. From that single coin — and never a cheat again — your Sim must build a life worth fifty thousand of them.

💝 The goal

Reach **§50,000** having started with a single Simoleon.

🎀 Packs required

✓ Base game only

Packs recommended

None

🏡 Setup

LotEmpty small lot
Funds§1
AgingOn, normal
SimsOne Sim

🚀 Getting started

  • Create one Sim, move onto an empty small lot, and set funds to exactly one:

⌨️ Cheats to type

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📋 General rules

  • No money cheats after the §1 start.
  • Earn with your own household only.
  • No gifts or transfers.

✨ Specific rules

  • Your entire life is built upward from one Simoleon.
  • Earn through any honest skill or gig.
  • Buy only what you can afford in the moment.

✅ What you can do

  • Start with exactly §1 (`money 1`).
  • Earn from any self-employment.
  • Use `bb.moveobjects`.

⛔ What you can't do

  • No money cheats after the §1 start.
  • No gifts or transfers.
  • No rabbit-hole salaried careers (purist version).

🎯 Objectives — complete the checklist

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🎮 If you don't own the packs

Already base-game. Any skill-friendly pack helps but nothing is required.

💡 Strategy tips

  • With §1 you can't buy anything useful — your first earnings must come from *free* actions: foraging, fishing with a found rod opportunity, or social events with free food.
  • The jump from §1 to your first easel is the hardest stretch; collecting bridges it fastest.
  • Once you can afford one money-skill object, tunnel into it before diversifying.

💕 Milestones — track your progress

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🔥 Want it harder?

  • No selling of starter or found items — only money you actively earn through skills counts toward growth.
  • Raise the target to §150,000 for a lifetime version.

🏆 Scoring

*Days to escape single digits* (reach §100); a fast escape from the §1 trap is the real flex.

🎭 Variations

Combine with Off-the-Grid for a "one coin, no grid" purist run. ---

Original — Plumbob, in the spirit of extreme-start Rags to Riches runs. · Last tested: Patch 1.108 — Feb 2026