Bite-Sized & Competitive
The Gauntlet
Five mini-challenges, back to back, each harder than the last, all in one sitting.
โฆ Set your packs to confirm this works for you
Type
Competitive
Difficulty
Brutal
Length
One sitting
Best for
Players who want an escalating endurance test
Difficulty (1โ5 plumbobs): 1 Casual ยท 2 Moderate ยท 3 Hard ยท 4 Brutal ยท 5 Extreme
๐ The story
Five mini-challenges, back to back, each harder than the last, all in one sitting. No breaks, no save-scumming โ just a rising wall of tasks and your Sim's stamina against it. Endurance, distilled.
๐ The goal
Play a **fixed sequence of escalating mini-challenges** back to back, in a single sitting.
๐ Packs required
โ Base game only
Packs recommended
None
๐ก Setup
LotAny home
FundsAs the stages need
AgingAny
SimsOne Sim running the gauntlet
๐ Getting started
- Define five mini-challenges in rising difficulty, then run them one after another with no breaks.
- Line up your five stages; play them in order.
โจ๏ธ Cheats to type
testingcheats true๐ General rules
- The mini-challenges are played in a fixed, escalating order.
- No breaks or do-overs between stages.
- Finishing all stages in one sitting is the win.
โจ Specific rules
- Define five stages of rising difficulty before you start.
- Each must be completed before the next begins.
- Failing a stage ends the gauntlet.
โ What you can do
- Line up a fixed sequence of escalating mini-challenges; play them in one sitting; use `bb.moveobjects`.
โ What you can't do
- In order, back to back โ no skipping ahead.
- No cheats.
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
- Order the stages so each builds on the last (skills or money earned early help later stages).
- Manage needs across the whole run โ the gauntlet is lost to a passed-out Sim as often as a failed task.
- Design the final stage to be a genuine wall, so finishing feels earned.
๐ Milestones โ track your progress
0 of 5 done ยท 0%
๐ฅ Want it harder?
- Seven stages instead of five.
- A single shared time limit across the entire gauntlet.
๐ญ Variations
A community gauntlet where everyone runs the same five stages for a best time. ---
Original โ Plumbob, an escalating-endurance format. ยท Last tested: Patch 1.108 โ Feb 2026