Conservationists seek to preserve the beauty and wildlife of Sulani. This Career is part of the Sims 4 Island Adve- I mean Island Living.
Conservationist is the primary new Career in The Sims 4 Island Living Expansion Pack. It's directly tied to the Island due to the nature of the work - your goal is to improve the environment for the wildlife and people who enjoy it while duking it out with litterbugs and eradicating nasty invasive species. You can choose either a political role (Environmental Manager) or a scientific one (Marine Biologist). Follow along for details on all the goodies and abilities you'll unlock if you seek employment as a Conservationist in Island Living.
Learn about the Conservationist Career and cleaning up Sulani's Ecosystem. The island can be improved twice, for mostly visual effects but the new career is hands-on and offers various ways to make money.
Before the Career branches, you'll be awarded this uniform for your Conservationist. .
The opening levels of Conservationist have you focusing on Logic, which you can level up by using the Research Conservation interaction on the computer. Browse Simpedia first to give yourself a boost, or use a good old Chessboard to level the skill. Your assignments typically revolve around gathering samples from the Seas around Sulani. Realize there is both shallow water and deep water.
You'll eventually unlock the ability to use the Conservationist Canoe, which has a Flower Sails ability. Simply click the boat to enable/disable the flower sails.
There are a few things of note about this Career. First, it's work from home, which is always a nice option. If you're unfamiliar with it, check my Careers guide but the main point is you do not have to go in, just complete your assignments. Secondly, there are no monetary bonuses when you get promoted as a Conservationist. I'm not crazy, not missing anything, there's just no money bonus. Finally, the other unique thing - both Careers get their own Reward Trait by maxing the Career. This should Absolutely be a thing for every Career in this game to give us some depth and I'd ask you to ask them to make this happen and tailor your requests to something actually improving things rather than going on about cars in a non-open world game... (I kind want them too but, you know.)
Samples can be taken from polluted water. Click around it to find a spot that lets it register. Algae blooms (red) appear like this, but are invasive species and are something you can begin to do at the Land Surveyor Rank (3) to improve the Ecology of the Island in a big way. These are more rare, while pollution can be anywhere. The only time I saw a red algae bloom was on the Nature Island.
You can Take a Sample the Ocean early on in the career. You'll need to do some clicking to find areas that are visibly polluted near the shore (most of the time). It's mostly shallow water but certain areas don't work even if they probably should. When you've got a sample, the ability will go on cooldown for 30 mins and you will get a sample in your Inventory. These can be researched to get some "nature points" and research data items that appear in the inventory. You can choose to sell them for money, or send them to work for job performance and ecology points.
As the Island's Ecology improves, you'll get a notification like this. As a Conservationist, you have a lot of tools to help accomplish this task when compared to a regular Sim, including government regulations.
About those nature points... so Conservationists seek to preserve the ecology of a place, in this case an island wildlife refuge of sorts in Sulani. One of the islands has a system where, when collecting garbage or doing science-stuff, assaulting litterers, and things like that you improve the ecology score of the island. It will improve a couple of times and notify you it's changed. You can learn all about this system in my Conserving the Island: Guide to Protecting Nature in The Sims 4 Island Living.
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildlife Enthusiast | $14/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8AM-4PM | $112/day | Spread Conservation Awareness | N/A |
| 2 | Field Assistant | $18/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8AM-4PM | $144/day | Reach Level 2 Logic Skill, Spread Conservation Awareness | Enthuse about Conservation Social Ability |
| 3 | Land Surveyor | $25/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8AM-4PM | $200/day | Reach Level 3 Logic, Spread Conservation Awareness | Spray Invasive Species Ability |
| 4 | Wildlife Technician | $37/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8AM-4PM | $296/day | Reach Level 4 Logic, Spread Conservation Awareness | Write Conservation Article Ability |
| 5 | Nature Historian | $43/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8AM-4PM | $344/day | Reach Level 5 Logic, Spread Conservation Awareness | The Conservationist Canoe |
| 6 | Conservation Director | $62/hour | Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat 8Am-4PM | $496/day | Reach Level 6 Logic, Spread Conservation Awareness | New Conservationist Clothes, Activate Flower Sail, Deactivate Flower Sail |
As I said before, both of these branches get their own, unique Reward Trait. Here's a summary of what they do. The Environmental Manager gets the Natural Speaker Reward Trait. Natural speaker helps you to get more grants approved (improving income) and boosts Charisma. You'll do a much better job spreading awareness of the environment to Sims.
Marine Biologist receives Master of the Sea which, coupled with their high fitness will help immensely in swimming ability - in particular boosting success rates for both scuba diving and free diving. I'm not sure if it stacks with Mermaid or not yet, but plan to eventually test it. This also aids in your ability to befriend both Mermaids and the Dolphins that live around the Island of Sulani. It doubles relationship gains with both, as far as I can tell.
Environmental Managers can create policies using the phone in order to help wildlife. It's available immediately when you select this branch.
Environmental Managers take the political route toward solving Sulani's problems, though they can still tackle things hands-on. This Career Track mostly focuses on Logic but adds a dash of Charisma to the mix. You'll need it to solve problems and pass policy referendums - you'll Consult on Policy via the phone when you unlock it. Policies can have a big impact on Sulani's Ecology but you can also earn a living doing it.
As the Island's Ecology improves, you'll get a notification like this. As an Environmental Manager, you have a lot of tools to help accomplish this task when compared to a regular Sim, including government regulations.
Abilities like Shoot Nature Documentary allow you to make royalties, as well as writing Grant Applications. These scale based off skill level. Be sure to submit grant applications once they're complete - they may be found in your inventory.
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Conservation Regulator | $127/hour | Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM | $889/day | Reach Level 8 Logic Skill, Level 2 Charisma, Prepare Grant Application | Consult on Global Policy, Prepare Grant Application, Submit Grant Application |
| 8 | Sustainability Specialist | $178/hour | Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM | $1246/day | Reach Level 9 Logic, Level 4 Charisma, Prepare Grant Application | Write Conservation Paper |
| 9 | Environmental Ambassador | $231/hour | Mon-Fri 10AM-4PM | $1386/day | Reach Level 10 Logic, Level 6 Charisma, Prepare Grant Application | Shoot Nature Documentary Ability |
| 10 | Chief Sustainability Officer | $340/hour | Mon-Fri 10AM-4PM | $2040/day | Prepare Grant Application | Natural Speaker Reward Trait, "Can You See Me Now?" Camera |
Buoys are at various depths. The ones that are deep sea are what you need. You can purchase Scuba Gear at them, for a couple thousand Simoleons. This will let you advance beyond snorkeling and into the great rabbit-hole world of Scuba.
Marine Biologist is a more active career choice, requiring good fitness to do it well. You'll spend time in the ocean, primarily by the deep-sea buoys, studying wildlife and surveying the ocean floor. Both of these can contribute to the Island's Ecological Health.
The Shoot Nature Documentary ability in particular does a lot to improve the Island. Use this, you'll disappear into a rabbit hole (sigh) for several hours, and when your Sim returns they'll get to name the documentary.
I think these are the Marine Biologist reward clothes. Problem is they are exactly like another outfit.. but I do like the suit, regardless.
Marine Biologists may discover new species of wildlife while exploring and surveying, and get some nice new clothes (pictured above) at Rank 9.
| Rank | Job | Wages | Schedule | $/Day | Daily Task & Promotion Requirements | Reward for Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ocean Observer | $87/hour | Tue-Sat 8AM-3PM | $609/day | Reach Level 8 Logic Skill, Level 2 Fitness, Survey Ocean Wildlife | Enthuse about Marine Biology Social, Survey Ocean Wildlife Ability |
| 8 | Fisheries Specialist | $130/hour | Tue-Sat 8AM-3PM | $910/day | Reach Level 8 Logic Skill, Level 4 Fitness, Survey Ocean Wildlife | Survey Ocean Floor Ability |
| 9 | Aquatic Ecologist | $208/hour | Wed-Sat 8AM-3PM | $1456/day | Reach Level 10 Logic Skill, Level 6 Fitness, Survey Ocean Wildlife | Shoot Nature Documentary Ability, New Marine Biologist Clothes |
| 10 | Master of Marine Affairs | $325/hour | Wed-Sat 8AM-3PM | $2275/day | Survey Ocean Wildlife | Master of The Sea Reward Trait |
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Comments (14)
"Consult on global policy" is a phone interaction, tap the Sims' phone and look for it under the "work" tab.
"Spread conservation awareness" is a friendly interaction, it should appear on the upper right place.
Perhaps you were looking in the wrong place. Check once more.
But, you write an internet article about conservation through your sims computer.
That's funny. I just don't like how they are usually gone for a lengthy time. I know I can just speed it up but it's still a nuisance.
My male SIM was abducted by aliens, came back pregnant and had an alien baby.
He had just arrived back home from work, and before I could do anything, was abducted and returned pregnant.
Lucky you! I love it when my sims gets abducted!
I'm wondering if the Flower Sail has some benefit towards improving the environment, especially since activating and deactivating are rewards in the Conservationist career. (Note: all of my Sims can Activate Flower Sail, even without joining the career)
I'm pretty sure it doesn't and tbh it is a weird career reward since any Sim can get the sail without the career.