The Sims 3 Ambitions Lifetime Wish Guide

Completing lifetime wishes is satisfying both in terms of rewards points and in the mind of the obsessive completionist who will strive to achieve any goal, no matter how inherently pointless it might seem to be to outsiders who could never hope to understand.

The Sims 3 Ambitions expansion pack adds a tonne of lifetime wishes, and I've cataloged them for your convenience. Print this out and stick it to your Sims 3 shrine.


Descendent of Da Vinci

Master the Inventing Skill
Master the Painting and Sculpting Skills

Shun the offerings of the outside world and instead spend the days contemplating the canvas, and nights wooing images buried deep in the stone. I guess Da Vinci must have been a weird shut-in according to The Sims 3 historians, because your sim won't often see the outside of the house in pursuit of this career.

Pervasive Private Eye

Solve 35 cases on the job in the Investigator Profession.

For a private eye there is nothing more satisfying than putting together the clues to solve the mystery, which is why you'll need to solve just 35 cases in order to achieve your life's work. Don't follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes too quickly though, the man was troubled in spite of his brilliant reputation.

Paranormal Profiteer

Reach level 10 in the Ghost Hunter Profession

Specters, spirits, spooks or shades, putting stray ghosts to rest is a great feeling! At least, that's what you'll tell yourself as you're wrenching ghosts from their chosen earthly haunting places.

Fashion Phenomenon

Reach level 10 in the Stylist Profession

Choosing a dramatic trait will help you become a fashion phenomenon. After all, it would be a crime if Sims with fine style and keen fashion sense were to utilize their gifts only for themselves. Being a shallow train wreck of a being is no longer stigmatized when you become a fashion phenomenon!


Home Design Hotshot

Earn 100 top scores for jobs in the Architectural Design Profession.

Home is where the heart is, which I guess means that your sim is pretty much a cardiac surgeon when they spend time redecorating the homes of other sims. Make the walls purple and cover them in plaster casts of disembodied hands. That's what Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen would do.

Monster Maker

Create 3 Monsters.

Is there anything more satisfying in this world than creating a shambling beast designed to strike terror into the hearts of innocent bystanders and simple village folk? I think not. As The Sims 3 puts it, whether crafted through mystical, laborical or convergent methods occult creations are wondrous achievements for Sims. Also, playing God, heck yeah!

Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

Possess $50,000 of stolen goods.

Finally! Being a thief is actually worth it, or in other words, crime totally does pay in The Sims 3 Ambitions Expansion Pack. Whilst other sims were learning that hard work over long hours can be turned into Simoleans, your sims saw through the lie and hijacked everything they needed for a long and happy life.