The Astronaut career branches off in two directs at level 7, you can choose from Space ranger or Interstellar smuggler. There isn’t really a difference except for a couple of objects however the interstellar smuggler brings home a lot more simoleons per day than the ranger. This career is a rabbit hole job, which means your sim will disappear off lot for the time they are at work and then reappear after work.
Tip ~ you will earn a rocket ship for free however if you are doing the career just to explore outta space then you can purchase a rocket and do that with-out the career.
Tip ~ you don’t have to be in the career to get the rocket ship. Go to buy – skills – go down to rockets. It is 5,000 simoleons to buy the rocket, then 10,000 to start building.
Tip ~ go to work in an Energised mood.
- 1 – Intern
- 2 – Module Cleaner
- 3 – Technician
- 4 – Command centre lead
- 5 – Low-orbit specialist
- 6 – Space Cadet
- 7 – Astronaut
- Space ranger
- 8 – Planet Patrol
- 9 – sheriff of the stars
- 10 – Space Ranger
- Interstellar smuggler
- 8 – Moon Mercenary
- 9 – Alien goods trader
- 10 – Interstellar smuggler
- Intern
| Wage | $26 hour |
| Hours | 8am – 5pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Play chess |
| Promotions requirements | |
| Promotion rewards | Enthuse About Space Interaction |
2. Module Cleaner
| Wage | $34/hour |
| Hours | 12pm – 9pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | play chess |
| Promotions requirements | level 2 Logic |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $581 Astro Solar System Light |
3. Technician
| Wage | $54/hour |
| Hours | 1pm – 9pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Play chess |
| Promotions requirements | Level 3 Logic Level 2 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $756 Astro Model Rocket Point Out Constellations interaction |
4. Command Center Lead
| Wage | $71/hour |
| Hours | 2pm – 10pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Work out |
| Promotions requirements | Level 4 Logic Level 3 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $869 Star Seeker Original Blueprints Track Satellites on the telescope |
5. Low-Orbit Specialist
| Wage | $96/hour |
| Hours | 8am – 5pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | work out |
| Promotions requirements | Level 5 Logic Level 4 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,130 Portable Galaxy Lightshow |
6. Space Cadet
| Wage | $104/hour |
| Hours | 6am – 4pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | work out |
| Promotions requirements | Level 5 Logic Level 6 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,299 mission control |
7. Astronaut
| Wage | $119/hour |
| Hours | 8am – 6pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | work out |
| Promotions requirements | Level 6 Logic Level 7 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,689 Salyut Aeronaut Chair New clothes |
Space Ranger Branch
8. Planet Patrol
| Wage | $179/hour |
| Hours | 10am – 6pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | Level 2 Rocket science Level 8 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,790 Build your own rocket kit |
9. Sheriff of the Stars
| Wage | $297/hour |
| Hours | 10am – 5pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | Level 4 Rocket science Level 10 Fitness |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $3,194 Astro-Bunny Beyond Infinity |
10. Space Ranger
| Wage | $422/hour |
| Hours | 10am – 5pm |
| Work Days | |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $4,567 New Clothes |
Interstellar Smuggler Branch
8. Moon Mercenary
| Wage | $201/hour |
| Hours | 4pm – 12am |
| Work Days | S M |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | Level 2 Rocket Science Level 8 Fitness skill |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,790 The Monolith Alien Juice recipe |
9. Alien Goods Trader
| Wage | $299/hour |
| Hours | 4pm – 12am |
| Work Days | S M |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | Level 4 Rocket Science Level 10 Fitness skill |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $3,865 Zero-G training bag |
10. Interstellar Smuggler
| Wage | $413/hour |
| Hours | 2pm – 11pm |
| Work Days | S M |
| Daily Tasks | Space Mission |
| Promotions requirements | |
| Promotion rewards | Bonus $1,790 Retro rocket ship |
Final Thoughts
In my opinion although the pay is good and you can make a living with this career, the fact that you can explore space without the career takes away from the career itself. Instead of having to be part of the astronaut or even the scientist career to go to space, any sim can do it. I personally feel if they had made it so only a select few sims could make it to space the the Astronaut career would feel more worth while.
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