Barista Career

How to Unlock the Career:

This is the first career you'll ever have as it is part of the tutorial phase of the game. Taking on the job and getting to the topmost position wouldn't take as long as the other jobs for it only has 4 stages (which indicates your "position-wise" progress). The barista career takes place in the cafe, which you can find manually by going to the "Parkside". It is the prominent establishment in the said location -- just beside Izzy's fashion shop.

If you're about to perform a work shift though, simply pick the sim that is currently enlisted in a position there (or working out the story), and then pick the car icon in the left most part of the screen, and then the briefcase button to instantly bring you to the work location. As with any event, pick the star icon that is initially seen there, and pick through the options that you find there.

The Way of the Latte (Barista Career)

- a coffee novice discovers being a Barista isn't just a daily grind.

Level // Story Progress // Required Career Points to Advance

Level 1 - Starter - requires 30 career story points to finish.

Level 2 - New Brewer - requires 90 career story points to finish.

Level 3 - Barista's Apprentice - requires 180 career story points to finish.

Level 4 - Latte Artisan - requires 300 career story points to finish.

Level 5 - True Brewer - Highest Position

Quick notes:

The career level isn't exactly in-sync with the story progress. For instance, if SIM "A" has reached Level 3 and "Barista's Apprentice" story progress in the Barista career and then shifted to another career, when she gets back to the Barista career, she'll continue from where he/she left off (which will be Level 3 barista and Barista's Apprentice story progress). However, if SIM "B" will take on the Barista career, he/she will start from Level 1 of the career, although story progress would remain to be in "Barista's Apprentice".

Quick Shift - rewards 30 career points (usually an hour)

Standard Shift - rewards 90 career points (usually 3-4 hours)

Long Shift - rewards 180 career points (usually 6-8 hours); becomes available at Level 4 in career

Quick Shift (with bigger rewards) - becomes available at Level 6 in career

Additional Tips:

Every time you reach new heights in this career, you'll be able to unlock a certain collection of items relevant to the career itself. Usually, you'll find this in the career collections when in "Build Mode". To see where the newly unlocked items are, simply follow through the options with a red dot marker on top as this indicates that there is something new to find there.

You should be mindful of the items you unlock though. Even if you get to "Unlock" something when you progress, this does not necessarily mean that you already have the actual item. What this usually mean is that you are entitled now to purchase that unlocked item. In most cases, you'll unlock multiple stuff each time you earn progress (e.g. a step-up in your career position).

See to it that you are aware what you pay for. Oftentimes, you'll encounter stuff that needs to be purchased with SimCash -- which are notably harder to come by. During the initial levels, try to stick to the stuff that are sold in Simoleons, and save up your SimCash for unlocking your 3rd sim to enable you to multitask on 3 sims at a time.

The barista career unlocks multiple ornaments and even home appliances that can be used to improve on your options when your residents are particularly into cooking hobby. Among the notable equipment that it unlocks are the Fridge, Coffee maker, and Microwave. Also, everything that you purchase for your workplace, will permanently be there -- even if the particular employee you originally set there shifts to another career.

Shifting to another Career:

Make sure you have the pre-requisites of the career you want. Usually, different careers in the game have level restrictions -- most notably the careers that are located in Downtown which requires your player level to be at least 15 (to unlock downtown in the map). Aside from that, each of the buildings there have their own level requirements -- like for instance, the "Club" for the DJ career, which needs you to be at least level 23 before you get to unlock it.

Most of the buildings found in the game are the ones that bring you the different job posts. Aside from the cafe and restaurant which you get to unlock for free during the tutorial phase, each time you unlock a new building, you'll have to pay a fee. This fee also increases every time you unlock a new building/career.

for example:

Career Location -- Unlock Fee

Cafe -- Free

Restaurant -- Free

3rd Location (either medical center, agency, or fashion studio) -- 100 Simoleons

4th Location (either medical center, agency, or fashion studio) -- 575 Simoleons

...and fees go higher as you unlock further careers in the game.

To actually get a new career, simply click on the briefcase icon found upon entering the building of your new career choice. If you will shift from a top position of your previous career, you'll have to pay 100 Simoleons before being able to shift to the new career. Otherwise, you'll be asked to pay only 25 Simoleons.