Spawners

BASICS

First, open the cheat box by pressing ctrl+shift+c
In the box, type: TestingCheatsEnabled true
Hit Enter
Bring up the cheat box again with ctrl+shift+c
Type: BuyDebug
Hit Enter

Go into Edit Town and select the lot you want to place spawners on. Go into buy mode and choose the select by category tab, which is just below the select by room tab. Above the panel for the catalog, you'll see a box with a question mark in it. Select that to open the Buy Debug menu. Then you can select the category of spawner you want with the tabs to the right of the question mark box.

Besides for spawners, there are also "auto soil" garden plants, for placing on community lots. Those don't go barren and die like the ones your sims plant in their own gardens, except for the death flower plant, which always dies when it's harvested. There is also a miscellaneous objects category, where you can find things you can't normally buy for your sims, like toys to add to the toybox, for example. If you have World Adventures, there's also a "tomb items" category. I'm not in my game right now, and I don't remember what all the tabs are, but there are things from other EP's also, though they may not all have their own page.

Gem Spawners


Gem Spawner - Aqua
Blue Topaz

Gem Spawner - Epic
Diamond
Pink Diamond
Ruby
Tanzanite

Gem Spawner - High
Diamond
Rainbow Gem
Tanzanite
Yellow Sapphire

Gem Spawner - Low(3x)
Yellow Sapphire
Smoky Quartz
Ruby

Gem Spawner - Low(5x)
Emerald
Blue Topaz
Diamond
Yellow Sapphire

Gem Spawner - Medium 1(2x)
Blue Topaz
Luminorious Gem
Ruby
Smoky Quartz

Gem Spawner - Medium 2(2x)
Luminorious Gem
Ruby
Tanzanite
Yellow Sapphire

Meteor Spawner - Medium
Large Space Rock

Meteor Spawner - Huge
Large Space Rock

Meteor Spawner - Small
Tiny Space Rock

Meteor Spawner - Small/Medium
Large Space Rock
Tiny Space Rock

Metal Spawner - Iron
Iron
Silver

World Adventures Gem Spawners

These are nicely self-explanatory.

Gem Spawner (China) - Jade
Gem Spawner (China) - Lapis Lazuli
Gem Spawner (China) - Mix
Gem Spawner (Egypt) - Alabaster
Gem Spawner (Egypt) - Mix
Gem Spawner (Egypt) - Turquoise
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Geode
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Geode & Septarian
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Quartz
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Septarian
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Soulpeace
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Tiberium High
Gem Spawner (EP1) - Tiberium Low
Gem Spawner (France) - Amethyst
Gem Spawner (France) - Citrine
Gem Spawner (France) - Mix
Gem Spawner (France) - Opal

Late Night Gem Spawners

Smithsonite Spawner
Vampire Eyes Spawner

Insect Spawners

Beetle Spawner - All
Cockroach
Japanese Beetle
Ladybug
Light Beetle
Rhinoceros Beetle
Spotted Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Roaches (1)
Cockroach

Beetle Spawner - Ladybugs (2)
Ladybug

Beetle Spawner - Japanese (3)
Japanese Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Water (4)
Water Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Lightning Bugs (5)
Light Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Rhino (6)
Rhinoceros Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Stag (7)
Japanese Beetle
Stag Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Spotted (8
Ladybug
Spotted Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Trilobite (9)
Trilobite Beetle
Water Beetle

Beetle Spawner - Rainbow (10)
Light Beetle
Rainbow Beetle
In Sunset Valley, it spawns in that Simhenge thing.
dark green, with little yellow stripe

Butterfly Spawner - Epic
Green Swallowtail Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Moth
Zebra Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - High 1
Green Swallowtail Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Royal Purple Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - High 2
Royal Purple Butterfly
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly
Zebra Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Low 1
Mission Blue Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Low 2
Green Swallowtail Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Zephyr Metalmark Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Med 1
Green Swallowtail Butterfly
Red Admiral Butterfly
Royal Purple Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Med 2
Mission Blue Butterfly
Zephyr Metalmark Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Moths (1)
Moth

Butterfly Spawner - Monarchs (2)
Monarch Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Silver (8
Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Zebra (9)
Zebra Butterfly

Butterfly Spawner - Kite (10)
Rainbow Butterfly

Base Game Bug (aka insect) Spawners

Some of the bug spawner names give it away, others not so much.

Beetle Spawner - All - Cockroach, Japanese Beetle, Ladybug, Light Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Spotted Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Japanese (3)
Beetle Spawner - Ladybugs (2)
Beetle Spawner - Lightning Bugs (5) - Light Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Rainbow (10) - Light Beetle, Rainbow Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Rhino (6)
Beetle Spawner - Roaches (1)
Beetle Spawner - Spotted (Cool - Ladybug, Spotted Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Stag (7) - Japanese Beetle, Stag Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Trilobite (9) - Trilobite Beetle, Water Beetle
Beetle Spawner - Water (4)

Butterfly Spawner - Epic - Green Swallowtail Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Moth, Zebra Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - High 1 - Green Swallowtail Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Royal Purple Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - High 2 - Royal Purple Butterfly, Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly, Zebra Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Kite (10) - Rainbow Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Low 1 - Mission Blue Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Low 2 - Green Swallowtail Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Zephyr Metalmark Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Med 1 - Green Swallowtail Butterfly, Red Admiral Butterfly, Royal Purple Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Med 2 - Mission Blue Butterfly, Zephyr Metalmark Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Monarchs (2)
Butterfly Spawner - Moths (1)
Butterfly Spawner - Silver (Cool - Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly
Butterfly Spawner - Zebra (9)

World Adventures Bug (aka insect) Spawners

Beetle Spawner (China) - Assassin
Beetle Spawner (Egypt) - Scarab
Beetle Spawner (France) - Cerambyx

Butterfly Spawner (China) - Bamboo
Butterfly Spawner (China) - Dart
Butterfly Spawner (China) - Mix
Butterfly Spawner (Egypt) - Cleopatra
Butterfly Spawner (Egypt) - Crypt Moth
Butterfly Spawner (Egypt) - Mix
Butterfly Spawner (France) - Glowy
Butterfly Spawner (France) - Pasha

Inspect Spawner - China ?
Insect Spawner - Tomb ?

Late Night Bug (aka insect) Spawners

spider spawner
termite spawner
will-O'-The-Wisp spawner


Seed Spawners

Seed Spawner Common 1
Apple Seed
Grape Seed
Lettuce Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed

Seed Spawner Common 2
Apple Seed
Grape Seed
Lettuce Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed

Seed Spawner Common 3
Apple Seed
Grape Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed

Seed Spawner Common 4
Apple Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed

Seed Spawner Rare 1
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed

Seed Spawner Rare 2
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed

Seed Spawner Rare 3
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed

Seed Spawner Special 1
Lettuce Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed
Unknown Special Seed

Seed Spawner Special 2
Unknown Uncommon Seed
Unknown Rare Seed
Unknown Special Seed

Seed Spawner Special 3
Unknown Rare Seed
Unknown Special Seed

Seed Spawner Uncommon 1
Apple Seed
Grape Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed

Seed Spawner Uncommon 2
Apple Seed
Grape Seed
Tomato Seed
Unknown Uncommon Seed

Seed Spawner Uncommon 3
Unknown Rare Seed
Unknown uncommon

Late Night

Vampire blood splasma fruit (Only available in the game?)

Fish Spawners

Fish Spawner Deathfish/Graveyard
Red Herring
Vampire Fish
Deathfish (0:00-5:00)

Fish Spawner Lake Common 1
Minnow
Goldfish
Rainbow Trout
Red Herring
Siamese Catfish
Black Goldfish

Fish Spawner Lake Common 2
Minnow
Goldfish
Red Herring
Salmon
Angelfish
Lobster

Fish Spawner Lake Rare
Red Herring
Piranha
Black Goldfish
Shark
Angelfish
Vampire Fish
Lobster

Fish Spawner Lake Uncommon 1
Goldfish
Rainbow Trout
Red Herring
Piranha
Shark
Lobster

Fish Spawner Lake Uncommon 2
Alley Catfish
Rainbow Trout
Red Herring
Salmon
Angelfish

Fish Spawner Ocean Common 1
Anchovy
Jellyfish
Red Herring
Blowfish
Salmon
Swordfish

Fish Spawner Ocean Common 2
Anchovy
Jellyfish
Red Herring
Tuna
Tragic Clownfish
Shark
Lobster

Fish Spawner Ocean Rare
Red herring
Tragic Clownfish
Blowfish
Shark
Angelfish

Fish Spawner Ocean Uncommon 1
Alley Catfish
Red Herring
Tuna
Tragic Clownfish
Siamese Catfish
Shark
Lobster

Fish Spawner Ocean Uncommon 2
Jellyfish
Red Herring
Blowfish
Angelfish
Swordfish

Fish Spawner Robot Fish
Red Herring
Black Goldfish
Vampire Fish
Robot Fish

Fresh Water Designator*
Minnow
Goldfish
Rainbow Trout
Red Herring
Salmon

Salt Water Designator*
Anchovy
Jellyfish
Red Herring
Tuna
Salmon
Swordfish
Tragic Clownfish

*Contrary to popular belief, these don't help finding fresh-water-only/salt-water-only fish (such as Kissing Gourami, Sea Sludge or Sewer Trilobite). They will actually make it impossible to find these within their radius (which is big), unless you add a spawner for those fish too.[/size]


Base Game Metal Spawners

(Again, in C-A-W order, self-explanatory but the list may as well contain them all.)

Metal Spawner - Gold
Metal Spawner - Iron
Metal Spawner - Iron/Silver/Gold
Metal Spawner - Palladium
Metal Spawner - Plutonium
Metal Spawner - Silver

World Adventures Metal Spawners

Metal Spawner (China) - Mercury
Metal Spawner (China) - Mix High
Metal Spawner (China) - Mix Low
Metal Spawner (China) - Platinum
Metal Spawner (Egypt) - Copper
Metal Spawner (Egypt) - Mix High
Metal Spawner (Egypt) - Mix Low
Metal Spawner (Egypt) - Mummitomium
Metal Spawner (EP1) - Compendium
Metal Spawner (EP1) - Supernovium
Metal Spawner (France) - Iridium
Metal Spawner (France) - Mix High
Metal Spawner (France) - Mix Low
Metal Spawner (France) - Titanium

RGM Spawner - Egypt ?

Late Night Metal Spawners

Carbon Steel spawner
Lungsten Carbide spawner

Base Game Meteor Spawners

Meteor Spawner - Huge
Meteor Spawner - Medium
Meteor Spawner - Small
Meteor Spawner - Small/Medium

Digsite Spawners

It follows the same suit as treasure spawners for tombs on home lots. It takes time for the dig sites to show up. They're also set on their own respawn schedule. My guess is based on quality of digsite (higher respawn less frequently, lower spawn more frequently.)

One thing to note about digsite spawners.

For the higher end spawners that have a chance to spawn a tomb collection set, I am not 100% sure that you will actually receive this item. You will get a message saying you found it, but it won't show in the inventory. At least this happened to my sim. This occurred pre-ambitions and the sim in question hadn't left for any adventures. So I don't know if having her travel first would've produced a different result.

Actually... digsites placed in home worlds work, and spawn treasures from the worlds they're from, but in the adventure journal, they'll show up as, 'Sites Excavated in Egypt' or whichever one, even though they were excavated in the home world. There's also 'Generic Spawner' which does what you described. Spawns common, boring relics and gems that are not tied to anything.

In my experience, any spawner works with Ambitions if it's on an actual lot. Even a hilly actual lot. Have not managed to get any spawners off lots to work yet though.

Well I -think- the spawners run on the same time model treasure spawners do, which is 1 sim week.

Honestely when I threw in digsite spawners all over Sunset Valley, I didn't really pay attention to the time frame. I just periodically checked all the areas and eventually they started appearing.

This was before I installed Ambitions though. So it's possible Ambitions broke something (it broke a lot), but I figure if the digsites are appearing in vacation worlds, they should still appear in home worlds too.

Ok well here is an update to my first posting about placement. Apparently Beer you are correct about spawn time after first placement of a spawner. Of the ones I first placed in China some of them are starting to show some digsite spawns. And of the places I put them, the only one that isn't showing any kind of spawning is the Scholars Garden. However that location is also quite crowded with plants and other items and it's possible I can't see them. So SOME have produced a spawn but not all the spawners I placed which leads me to believe that there is a fairly large random time element introduced into when the spawner first spawns a digsite. For example, one of the first places I put some spawners was the large empty house with the ponds near the waterfall on the river. No digsites have spawned there yet. However the West Royal House in the main square where I placed a few has sprouted one already, and I placed those several sim days after the first ones.

As far as I can tell from the lot types i've placed them on the TYPE of lot dosent seem to have anything to do with weather they can spawn or not, again limiting this comment by how many I have tried it on. Non-player sim houseing plots seem to be able to spawn them, as well as residental ownable lots, as far as the ones I have tested that have no owners at all so far. #1 East Dragon Hills, which is down the hill from the Terracotta Army location, has spawned one or two so far that I placed there, I did set the lot to "Visitors allowed" though. Not sure if that makes a difference or not. Havent had time to do much more serious placement testing other than I placed spawners in several places in france, from all 3 countries, and I will check those next time I goto france.