Sims FreePlay - Brilliant Backyard

The Brilliant Backyard Live Event  has just started. To start, you will need to update the Sims FreePlay application  to the latest version. Once the updates completes, launch the game and hit ‘accept’ to start.

The status of this quest is incomplete. I started a day later but I was able to claim all the prizes except for the last one. The tips provided in this guide are still valid to get you through the event.

Key: hrs: Hours m: Minutes s: Seconds cc: Constructor Coins ca. : Candles po. : Pottery jw. : Jewels gl.

Brilliant Backyard Rewards

Prize #1: Pretty Planters 50 (ca.)
Milestone #1: 3 Constructor Coins
Milestone #2: 3 Constructor Coins
Prize #3: Short Screens 700 (ca.) 5 (cc)
Prize #4: Long Screens 2,100 (ca.) 10 (cc)

Pottery Station
Milestone #3: 4 Constructor Coins
Milestone #4: 4 Constructor Coins
Prize #5: Short Benches
5,600 (ca.) 3,200 (po.) 35 (cc)
Prize #6: Long Benches
8,500 (ca.) 4,800 (po.) 50 (cc)

Jewelry Station
Milestone #5: 5 Constructor Coins
Milestone #6: 2 Social Points
Milestone #7: 5 Constructor Coins
Prize #7: Short Planters
7,180 (po.) 7,600 (jw.) 75 (cc)
Prize #8: Tall Planters
9,500 (po.) 10,000 (jw.) 100 (cc)

Glassware Station
Milestone #8: 7 Constructor Coins
Milestone #9: 2 Social Points
Milestone #10: 7 Constructor Coins
Prize #9: Outdoor Cabinet Fridges
12,000 (po.) 12,500 (jw.) 12,500 (gl.) 120 (cc)
Prize #10: Outdoor Kitchen Cabinets
13,000 (po.) 13,500 (jw.) 13,500 (gl.) 130 (cc)

Milestone #11: 15 Constructor Coins
Milestone #12: 10 Constructor Coins
Milestone #13: 2 Social Points
Prize #11: Outdoor Cooking
13,500 (po.) 14,500 (jw.) 14,500 (gl.) 140 (cc)
Prize #12: Brilliant Bar
15,000 (po.) 16,000 (jw.) 16,000 (gl.) 155 (cc)

Milestone #14: 15 Constructor Coins
Milestone #15: 2 Social Points
Milestone #16: 15 Constructor Coins
Prize #13: Brilliant Backyard House
Unlocked by claiming all the prizes above!

9 Days Left – Day 2

Completed the mini tutorial which allowed me to purchase prize#1: Pretty Planters.

Next, I had 4 Sims restock the candle station – 2hrs 30m. My suggestion is that you drag the initial candle station to the inventory and restock it along with the others. Otherwise, you will only have 2 stocks instead of the default 9.

Every 15m or so I’ve been collecting bonuses.

Session 1: (1,428) Candles and Milestone #1 & 2 obtained.

Daily Goals met
Craft 1,000 items – 5 Constructor Coins
Craft any item – 1CC
Use a spin plant – 1CC (Here I got lucky and got 8CC in 1 Spin!)
Unlock or buy a prize – 5CC

Today’s goals are to complete all the daily goals and purchase prize# 2! (Complete)

Session 2: (1,000) Candles

I was able to purchase prize #3. I skipped prize #2 for now.

Session 2: (1,000) Candles

I was able to purchase prize #3. I skipped prize #2 for now.

Unlocked the pottery station so I set 4 Sims to restock the stations.

Session 3: (1,000) Candles

I used the Spin plant x2 and got 1 CC each time lol… ? ?

I purchased prize #2 which means my goals for today surpassed expectations.

I ended the night restocking the candle stations while 4 Sims worked on the restocked pottery station.

Until now, I’ve never gotten to use 9 stocks. 7 if ambitious but never 9.

8 Days Left – Day 3

Today’s Goals: Complete all the daily goals

Session 1: 1,500:Pottery
Session 2: 1,000:Candles/1,500:Pottery

Obtained Milestone #3!

Used a Spin Plant x3 = 7CC (Really bad.. grrr

Daily Goals Completed (So far)
Craft any item= 1CC
Craft 1,000 items= 5CC
Use a spin plant= 1CC
Unlock or buy a prize= 5CC

Session 3: 1,000/Ca. 1,500/Po.

1x usage of the Spin plant: 12cc !

Collected more bonuses and reached milestone #4 and received 4cc!

Session 4: 1,000/Ca. 1,500/Po.
Session 5: 1,000/Ca. 1,500/Po.

Unlocked prizes 4 & 5

Session 6: 1,000/Ca. 1,500/Po.

Jewelry station unlocked!

Ended the night restocking all 3 stations

7 Days Left – Day 4

Session 1: 1,130(jw.)
Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)
Milestone #5 reached! 5cc
Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)
Milestone #6 reached! 2SP
Spin plant x2: 11cc (Another super lucky day!
All dailies complete.
Purchased prize #5 short benches!

Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)

Milestone reached: 5CC

Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)

Unlocked pleasant planters prize

I have enough to purchase short planters or tall planters but I’ll hold off to have an easy target to complete that daily goal.

Night ended in restocking!

6 Days Left – Day 5

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)
Purchased tall planters

Spin plant used 3x to complete the daily goal requirement.

Today’s goals?
(X) Complete all the daily goals
(X) Unlock the glassware station
(X) Purchase a prize
(X) Reach a Milestone

Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)

Unlocked the glassware station!
Set to restock the glassware station – 2hrs 30m

Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.)
Station restocked! We are ready to make glassware!

Reached milestone : 7 Constructor Coins!

Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Reached milestone 2SP

I have enough to purchase the last prize that requires candles but I’ll hold off until tomorrow for an easy daily unlock.

Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Night ended in restocking!

5 Days Left – Day 6

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Milestone reached – 7CC

Goal reset.

I purchased long benches and that was the last prize that needed candles. It’s time to hoard Constructor Coins.

Guys, I rolled 20 cc 2x during my spin plant use!  67cc in total.

Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

All daily goals completed!

Spin plant x3 = 25cc (I rolled a 20 again. Today is my lucky day!

I have enough to purchase short planters but we’ll save it for completing tomorrow’s daily goal.

I’ve been collecting bonuses but not religiously.

Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Unlocked Outdoor Kitchens

Spin plant used 3x 18cc

Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Spin plant x2 = 15cc

Session 6: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Session 7: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Night ended in restocking!

4 Days Left – Day 7

Reached milestone: 10cc

Spin plant x6 =31cc

Unlocking the milestone counted as purchasing a prize. This isn’t always the case, however.

I purchased short planters because I have enough to purchase outdoor cabinet fridges (which I’ll be purchasing tomorrow)

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

All daily goals claimed.

22 cc

Milestone 2 SP

Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Milestone reached 10cc

Today was chaotic. Not much progress was made.

3 Days Left – Day 8

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Purchased Outdoor Cabinet Fridges

Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

5,000 candles sacrificed to use the Spin plant = 55cc

20CC = All daily Goals Complete.

Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Outdoor Luxuries unlocked!

Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 6: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 7: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)
Session 8: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.) [Typically, 7 sessions is the max but i have not been sleeping well so i pulled an 8th session!)

Ended the day with restocking all stations.

2 Days Left – Day 9

Milestone reached – 15cc

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Goals reset.
I’m going to purchase the most expensive prize so that if I have to grind for materials, it won’t be overload.
I went ahead and purchased brilliant bar. 2 prizes left!
7,000 candles accrued. Time for Spin plant!

One lucky draw of 20 Constructor coins!
Not a super impressive draw!
I got about 72 Constructor coins but I was able to complete all the daily goals which granted me 20 Constructor Coins so 92 Constructor coins is not that bad of a deal!

Let see… for the last two prizes in total, I would need 270 Constructor coins and I have 144/270. I just need 126 Constructor coins and I can stop crafting candles.

For the rest of the prizes, this are the crafting requirements.
Outdoor Kitchen Cabinets
13,000 (po.) 13,500 (jw.) 13,500 (gl.) 130 (cc)
Outdoor Cooking
13,500 (po.) 14,500 (jw.) 14,500 (gl.) 140 (cc)
Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)Reached Milestone 2SP!Session 3: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)Session 4: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)Session 5: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)Session 6: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)Milestone reached! 15ccI have almost enough for a prize except I’m low on glass.. grr.

35hrs Left – Day 10

252/270 Constructor Coins

Session 1: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Session 2: 1,000(ca.) 1,500(po.) 1,695(jw.) 1,240 (gl.)

Losing out on an entire day has cost me and I may not be able to claim all the prizes. I’m close to claiming one of the prizes, however!

17 Constructor coins won on a lucky spin has brought me to 270/270 Constructor Coins (which means I can stop crafting candles!)

I moved all the craft stations together to be able to easily collect bonuses and had the 4 (now free) Sims work on a task for the Night of the Candy Monsters.

I was able to purchase Outdoor Kitchen Cabinets which allowed me to complete the daily goals but I’m actually low on pottery and glass.. lol

One more session of Jewelry and I have enough sources to free those Sims.

New tip:  Try to have the most important sources together easy collection (Ex: Pottery, Glass, Jewelry)  and you can separate candles on another house.

With the day coming to an end, I set all Sims to restock the stations so I can be better prepared next time.