The sims 3 dragon valley

[bolo1134]

How i can get dragon valley or katy perry stuff and other things that are not on steam?
(sry my english is not good)

[cadh20000]

Worlds like Dragon Valley, and almost everything else, can be bought at the https://store.thesims3.com/ site and downloaded and installed via the launcher with or without Steam, Expansion Packs like "Into the Future" or :"Seasons" need to be bought through Steam to be used on it, but Stuff Packs like "Katy Perry's Sweet Treats"...not sure, don't have any of those.

Word of warning regarding getting Worlds from the store site, the button on the World's page doesn't always change from "Buy" to "Download", so you'll ocassionally need to find it in your "Purchases" list to download it. I know "Dragon Valley" is like that for me.

[marstinson]

Katy Perry's Sweet Treats is no longer available from EA (licensing issues, I think). You might be able to find a used disc on ebay or someplace but no guarantees on how EA will respond to a used key, and you would not be able to add it (legally, easilly, or workably) to your Steam game anyway. You might be able to get an new copy from a Walmart or someplace, but it's been long enough that those "dusty stockroom" things are going to be pretty scarce.

Some Store worlds (like Dragon Valley) can only be had for cash or a boatload of SimPoints that can only be obtained for cash. I'm still debating on whether to spring the cash for the few hundred more SimPoints I need to get Lunar Lakes, for example. Barnacle Bay, Roaring Heights, and Mote Vista are cash-only. I remember seeing a physical disc version with Dragon Valley at my local Walmart several months back, so that's a possibility.

EDIT: @cruinne had a link somewhere to a google spreadsheet that listed when Store stuff went on sale (maybe she can provide that again?), but my talking about those four specific worlds was because they are the four that I don't already have, don't feel like springing ~$100 to get (that's about what the game with all EPs and SPs costs during a Steam Sale), and didn't see listed in that spreadsheet. So if they go on sale, it's very VERY rarely.

[Sledgehammer]

Dragon Valley cost real money too.

Origin also sells some worlds (that you can download from Sims 3 store), but not all of them unfortunately, and not only those worlds are still way to expensive, they don't sell gold versions either, it's also likely you won't be able to get additional Sim points that you would receive by getting the worlds from Sims 3 store. Here are links if anyone is interested:
The Sims 3 World Bundle[www.origin.com] - includes Hidden Springs and Monte Vista
The Sims 3 Barnacle Bay[www.origin.com] - as you can see from the name, it's Barnacle Bay only
The Sims 3 Dragon Valley[www.origin.com] - Dragon Valley.

The only reason to buy this stuff from Origin would be discounts, but it seems like EA never put anything related to Sims 3 on sale. Would be nice if they did world sales on Sims 3 store, then I might consider getting some of them.

[cruinne]

BTW, for Dragon Valley and Aurora Skies, you can sometimes find a disk or even a digital key from places like Amazon or Walmart. Those work just as well, too.