Easy Mode:
- Starting funds: $1,000
- Complete two aspirations, then you are free!
- Can have the TV and the computer at the same time.
- Two sinks, two toilets and two showers/bathtubs.
- No more than 6 'bed spots'. For example you can have 6 single beds, or 3 double beds, 1 double and 4 single beds etc.
- There can only be total seating for 8. That includes couches, lounges and chairs. If you have a dining table with 6 chairs then you may not use a couch that seats 3.
- You may only have a total of 5 Skill Building items in the house, so choose wisely at the start. Computers, stoves, bookcases, mirrors, and TVs don't count as skill items. It is highly recommended to have skill items which make money, for example the easel.
- Everyone in the asylum is allowed a job, but the non-controllable sims must be in the Criminal Career as it is the lowest paying job. You are not allowed to level them up in their career. If they lose their job, they have lost it forever. Your main sim can have whatever job they like. (It is recommended that their job is related to their aspiration. For example a sim with the Master Chef aspiration should be in the Culinary Career)
- Having a maid and ordering pizza is allowed.
- Can leave the lot to go fishing and collecting at anytime. Can only travel to other people's houses and community lots during the hours of 9:00am-3:00pm. (When travelling to another lot you must bring everyone from the asylum along with you)
- If a sim dies, no objects have to be deleted.
Medium Mode:
- Starting funds: $500
- Complete three aspirations, then you are free!
- You cannot have a TV and a computer at the same time. It is recommended that if your sim has the Computer Whiz aspiration for example, that you should have a computer.
- One sink, one toilet, one shower/bathtub.
- No more than 5 'bed spots'. For example, you can have 5 single beds, or 2 doubles and 1 single bed etc.
- There can only be total seating for 6. That includes couches, lounges and chairs. If you have a dining table with 4 chairs then you may not use a couch that seats 3.
- You may only have a total of 5 Skill Building items in the house, so choose wisely at the start. Computers, stoves, bookcases, mirrors, and TVs don't count as skill items. It is highly recommended to have skill items which make money, for example the easel.
- Only 2 non-controllable sims are allowed jobs, both must be in the criminal career. Your main sim can have whatever job they like. (It is recommended that their job is related to their aspiration. For example a sim with the Master Chef aspiration should be in the Culinary Career)
- No maids and no pizza.
- Can leave the lot to go fishing and collecting between the hours or 7:00am-5:00pm. Can only travel to other people's houses and community lots during the hours of 9:00am-3:00pm. (When travelling to another lot you must bring everyone from the asylum along with you)
- If a sim dies, 1 seat must be deleted until there is 1 seat remaining.
Hard Mode:
- Starting funds: $100
- Complete four aspirations, then you are free!
You cannot have a TV and a computer at the same time. It is recommended that if your sim has the Computer Whiz aspiration for example, that you should have a computer
- One sink, one toilet, one shower/bathtub.
- No more than 4 'bed spots'. For example, you can have 4 single beds, or 2 double beds, 1 double bed and 2 singles
- There can only be total seating for 4. That includes couches, lounges and chairs. If you have a dining table with 2 chairs then you may not use a couch that seats 3.
- You may only have a total of 5 Skill Building items in the house, so choose wisely at the start. Computers, stoves, bookcases, mirrors, and TVs don't count as skill items. It is highly recommended to have skill items which make money, for example the easel.
- Non-controllable sims are not allowed jobs. You main sim can only have a job if their aspiration requires it. For example the Master Chef aspiration requires your sim to be in the Culinary Career.
- No maids and no pizza.
- Can leave the lot to go fishing and collecting between the hours or 12:00am-3:00am. Travelling to other lots is banned, unless your sim's aspiration requires them to. In that, you can travel to other lots between 6:00pm-9:00pm. (When travelling to another lot you must bring everyone from the asylum along with you)
- If a sim dies, 1 bed and 1 seat must be deleted until there is only 1 bed and 1 seat remaining.
Aspirations
In the difficulties it states that a number of aspirations must be completed. This refers to aspirations such as the Computer Wiz aspiration. It does NOT refer to groups of aspirations such as the all of the aspirations in the Creativity category.