Helping Tim Get The Animals Back

The first time you visit the zoo, you will run into Tim who gives you a camera. You will need to take pictures of animals you find roaming around, then go back to the zoo to give Tim the picture. He disappears (probably to go get the animal) when you do this so you can effectively just give him the pictures one at a time. He returns when the time of day changes.

Finding the animals is a little more complicated. If you walk around the zoo, you will find labels on each cage that tell you what each animal likes so you can figure out where to find them. However, some of the objects they like are not in the game by default so you will need to craft them with your Synth-O-Tron.

Since it’s easy enough to walk around and make your own list, I won’t put mine here. Go on… don’t be lazy!
I’m still working on my Synth-O-Tron crafting guide so in the mean time, here’s a list of the crafted items you need and how to get them:

• Tree stump - 2 hexagons
• Totem pole - planet + bubble
• Scarecrow - 2 question marks
• Snowman - 2 bubbles (bottom slot)
• Gate - planet + leaf/fire/heart/water/diamond/star
• Bench - heart + leaf (and also bubble + leaf/fire/heart/water/diamond/star)
• Swing - water + bubble (right slot)

Where To Get Essences

Leaf

• Torajiro’s house

Fire

• Roy’s house
• Walls
• Weeping willows

Heart

• Phone booths
• Victoria’s house
• Hank’s house
• Hugh’s house
• Mary’s house
• anything with a heart on it

Water

• My house
• Basic trees
• Fountains

Diamond

• Desks
• Kayak race stand

Star

• Sharon’s house
• Lamp posts
• Golden tree

Hexagon

• Flower beds
• City Hall

Bubble

• Benches (you’ll need to make one initially)

Moon

• Dr. F’s house

Question Mark

• Gondola summit (behind Amy)

Planet

• Ski jump (behind Dean)

My Sims Kingdom (DS) Walkthrough

I just started playing the game so I’m going to update this as I finish each level. One thing I noticed is that the gifts people give you vary depending on what you need so you don’t really need to do things in the sequence set down here. The game is a little less linear in this sense.

Star 1

1. Your first task is to deliver a package to Dr. F. He’s right next door.
2. Dr F. asks you to gather some essences for him. You can do that right outside the door.
3. After the doctor’s mad spiel, Ellen walks in to hand you your house key.
4. Go home, pull out your closet and your bed and sleep until morning.  Well, you can explore if you want to but sleeping until morning triggers the next event.
5. When you wake up, the town will be missing some buildings and decorations.
6. Go see Dr. F. He will give you an Extractor and a Synth-O-Tron, and for your first experiment you will make a flowerbed!
7. Go outside and set down the flowerbed you just made. You might be tempted to keep it for later but trust me, you must set it down.
8. Talk to Mayor Ellen.

Star 2

1. Talk to Roy in his furniture store. You’ll need to cheer him up so he’ll give you a Mysterious Magnet.  If you choose the wrong emote, he will tell you what he thinks the appropriate one is, so you’ll eventually figure it out.
2. Go east to the tennis court. Talk to Victoria and agree to play a match of tennis with her. Not sure what happens if you win because I lost every single time but she gave me a gift anyway - a Cryptic Coil.
3. Chaz McFreely is near the tennis court.  I don’t think talking to him makes any difference but go over and introduce yourself anyway.
4. Talk to Sharon in her tailoring shop.Put the flower bed down in front of her shop and talk to her again. She’ll give you a Baffling Battery.
5. Chef Ginois standing near the garden. He wants 3 vegetable sets but at this point, you haven’t unlocked the veggie minigame so not sure what’s up with that. He’s probably there every morning, wanting vegetable sets.
6. Talk to Richard and agree to help him fix his compass.
7. Talk to Dr. F. He will fix the compass if you give him the items he needs (which you should have by now).
8. Go back to Richard. He will now take you across the river.
9. When you get off the boat, Emily will be near you. Talk to her and she will tell you to meet her later at the gondola.
10. Talk to Lily in her curio shop. You need to buy one appliance from her. At this point all you can afford is probably the boom box. She’ll give you a gift afterwards.
11. Torajiro is in his house to the far west of the island.  Talk to him but you won’t get any gifts.
12. Hank is in his house to the east. Keep talking to him until he tells you his troubles. He needs a fish, which you don’t have… yet.
13. Hugh should be  standing somewhere near the fountain - he moves around so check your map to find him. Talk to him and he’ll ask you to come to his house (northeast of Hank’s) at night.
14. Talk to Richard again to get back to the other island.
15. This time, Emily will be way northeast at the gondola base. Talk to her.
16. Report back to Mayor Ellen to trigger King Roland’s appearance and your promotion to Star 3!

Star 3

1. Talk to Dr. F. You should have the two items he needs so give them to him. He will also give you a “broken” Synth-O-Tron. Oh, if you got the Golden Vacuum Tube from someone (obtained through minigame rewards), he will also upgrade your Synth-O-Tron or Extractor.
2. Take the boat across the river and talk to Torajiro. Remember his problem? You now have the solution! (Give him Dr. F’s broken Synth)
3. Torajiro will need 2 heart and 4 water essences to make the Basic Gondola Base so make sure you have those.
4. After he makes the base for you, all you have to do is proceed to the gondola site (north of the tennis court).
5. Talk to Emily to ride up to the mountain.
6. You will encounter the villain as soon as you get off the gondola and at this point, you get a message to report back to the mayor. I think that’s all you need to do to complete Star 3 but since you’re already there, might as well explore the area and gather essences because some (the ? and the planet) can only be obtained in this area.
7. Dean is all the way northwest and he seems to need something - a heater?
8. Talk to Mayor Ellen. This completes the level.

Star 4

1. After the cinematic, you of course head to Dr. F’s house to talk to him and Martin.  If you have the stuff he needs to fix Martin’s plane, give them to him. Otherwise,  you should be able to get them by completing your pending quests - catch a fish and give it to Hank or go to Hugh’s house at night and help him catch ghosts.
2. Eventually, Dr. F will tell you that he can create a mecha-dog to help you find the villain but he needs a list of things: Bewildering Balancer, Sly Sensor, Dark Dynamo, Stupefying Speaker and Perplexing Paw.  The only way to get those things is to win medals at the minigames so sharpen your minigaming skillz. I know. Bummer.
3. It looks like the five items needed are given by random people when you complete their quests or qualify at a minigame (ie.  you win at least a bronze medal). Unfortunately, most people (including myself) have had to qualify at the kayak race to get the last item.  The only advice I can give to budding kayakers is to paddle like crazy.  Save your game just before starting the minigame. This way if you get too frustrated and hurl your DS in anger, well.. at least you have a save point.
4. I think you can also get the last item by helping Tim get all the animals back into the zoo but I have yet to confirm this. In any case, I’ll put up a guide on how to do this.
5. Once you have all five items, talk to Dr. F again and he will create a mecha-dog, which runs off into the sunset leaving you behind.
6. Extreme Spoiler Alert!!!!  You can find the dog in the zoo. As soon as you zone in, a cinematic will start. The rest of the game pretty much plays itself from that point on.

After this, you will get your fifth star and the credits will start rolling. If you wait until it finishes, the scene goes back to Ellen’s office and you can continue playing from there.  I guess at this point, your next goal is to get all the characters in the game to achieve fulfillment.