The “Inventing the Previous” quest is a part of a sequence of timed-limited quests within the “Blast from the Previous” occasion in The Sims 4.
Every week within the occasion brings new story content material for gamers to finish. If you happen to do it — and all the opposite quests a part of the occasion — you may get free objects like The Shock Birthday Cake and The ElectroDance Flooring.
Right here is the best way to unlock and full the week two “Inventing the Previous” quest within the “Blast from the Previous” occasion in The Sims 4. For the reason that quest entails numerous particular steps, this information may even clarify the best way to stage up Logic, the best way to stage up handiness, and the best way to discover plathinum and ironyum in The Sims 4.
The best way to unlock the ‘Inventing the Previous’ quest

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To unlock the “Inventing the Previous” quest, you should full three different occasion quests prior: “A Unusual Customer,” “Lacking Clues,” and “Echoes of Time.” When you full the “Echoes of Time” quest, the sport will routinely begin the content material for “Inventing the Previous.”
‘Inventing the Previous’ quest walkthrough
As you begin this quest, you’ll begin with three duties off the bat:
- “Learn Theoretical Electronics at a Library”
- “Restore One thing whereas Handiness Degree 2 or Increased”
- “Train Your Thoughts whereas Degree 2 or Increased in Logic”
The primary job is fairly easy: Press M to tug up the map and journey to any neighborhood library, like Willow Creek Archive. Go into the library, click on on a bookcase, and choose the choice, “Learn Theoretical Electronics.” Wait a second, and that job will likely be full.

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The remainder of the search is sort of a lengthy to-do record of random duties. The remainder of the information goes into element on the best way to full all the opposite duties.
The best way to stage up Handiness in The Sims 4
To start out on the Restore “One thing whereas Handiness Degree 2 or Increased” job, you could stage up your Sims’ Handiness to stage two or greater. If you happen to’re enjoying from an present save file, it’s probably your Sim has already reached a excessive sufficient stage. If not, right here is the best way to stage up Handiness in The Sims 4.

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A straightforward method to stage up your Sim’s Handiness stage is by placing a Woodworking Desk in its house. It’s a chunk of furnishings within the “Actions and Expertise” part of the objects menu and it prices 750 simoleons. After you have one and positioned in your house, it’s time to make use of it. Click on it and choose “Horse Sculpture” or “Knife Sculpture.” Proceed to create sculptures till you stage up. We solely needed to make three to boost our Handiness from stage one to 2.
Now we have to restore an object. To do that, you possibly can proceed to stay your day-to-day life till any object breaks. To hurry this course of up, gamexplore purchased the most cost effective sink and used it a ton by cleansing dishes and having our Sim use it to scrub its fingers. When an object breaks, click on it, choose the “Restore” choice.
The best way to stage up Logic in The Sims 4
Now the sport asks you to “Train Your Thoughts whereas Degree 2 or Increased in Logic.”

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The best method to stage up your Logic in The Sims 4 is to play chess. If you happen to don’t have a chess board, you should buy a primary one for 450 simoleons or you need to use the general public ones free of charge in Magnolia Blossom Park. Go to a board and proceed to play till your Sim’s Logic stage will increase from one to 2. As soon as your Sims has Logic stage of two, play any chess recreation once more, and it’ll fulfill the search request for, “Train Your Thoughts whereas Degree 2 or Increased in Logic.”
The best way to get plathinum and ironyum in The Sims 4
Now you could discover two sorts of ores: plathinum and ironyum. They’re totally different objects, however you utilize the identical course of to search out every one. Right here’s the best way to discover them.
Hit M to tug up the map and journey to an out of doors space like Magnolia Blossom Park. Now go searching exterior till you discover the spots to mine for the ore. Pause Reside Mode in order for you, and scan the encompassing space for protruding rocks that mark the place you possibly can mine for plathinum and ironyum. They appear like the picture beneath.

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Click on on every rock and choose the “Dig” choice. Proceed to dig in these marked spots till you unearth plathinum and ironyum.
After finishing that lengthy to-do record, the sport now instructs you to “Construct the Time Journey Part.” To do this, pull up your stock by urgent I and scroll all the way down to “Shard of Time” icon that appears like a purple crystal. Click on it and choose, “Construct Time Journey Part.” Do this and the search is finished!
For extra “Blast from the Previous” quests, see our walkthroughs for “Echoes of Time,” “A Unusual Customer,” and “Lacking Clues,” or our full “Blast from the Previous” rewards record.