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When your Sims use a lot of magic, magical growth will appear on their lot, such as Solar Powered Geraniums, Beanstalks, Crystals and the Root of the Problem.
Just like Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk, your Sims can grow their own beanstalks and climb it to steal the big bad giants treasure. Beanstalks are climbable after they've grown to about 16/17 segments, but not all beanstalks will grow that high as each beanstalk has a set height it will grow to.
However Maxis has dramatically reduced the value of the treasure to 3 Magic Beans and the giant is none other than Sims creator Will Wright who does nothing but catch z's up on cloud 9.
Beanstalks are climbable on all lots.
Crystals:
The magic crystals grant whoever touches them magical abilities. There are seven crystals to collect and they come in an array of different colours. If you want your own magical crystal, then cast 10 spells every 6 hours if you live in Magic Town or 15 spells if you live in Simcity. Each crystal will teach an ability 3 times if you live in a regular lot, or 5 times if you live in Magic Town. Here's a list of the different colour crystal you can get and what abilities they teach:
Yellow/Gold - Magic Trick
White - Levitate
Red - Hot Foot
Green - Spook
Blue - Hand Buzzer
Purple - Teleport
Black - Extinguish fires
Magical Growth won't start to repeat until you've got one of each type. So if you want another crystal but you haven'got a beanstalk yet, then you'll have to wait.
Solar Powered Geraniums:
These are colourful flowers that are pretty to look at. They go through three stages of growth which doesn't take very long. When they are fully grown they can be used as end tables, although Sims won't automatically use them.
Root of the Problem:
By far the worst magical growth you can get. They are gnarled, brown roots that appear. They also have three stages of growth. They have no use at all.
There are rumours that they only appear if your Sims use too much magic, but there is no proof of this.
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