Risky Actions

Risky actions are available as part of all events. They cost 3 energy. If you succeed, you will get a lot of event points, and if you fail, you will only get 15 points. Bigger risks offer more event points for success.

Risky actions become available as your sim completes normal actions and gains confidence. The risky actions are shown with a pink star that has a smiling face with sunglasses in it. Tapping the pink star bubble shows the risky action option. At first, the chance of success is only around 50%, and as you complete more normal actions, the chance rises to around 80% or 90%.

During a risky action, the camera zooms in and a black vignette is shown. If the animation shows the sim succeeding, the screen turns green and a thumbs-up displays. If the sim fails, the screen turns red and a thumbs-down displays. Afterwards, the sim may shrug and pat their own back. If they failed, they may mope and look disappointed. They will be able to move on to new actions.

Confidence can be regained after a failure, and the sim can attempt the risky action again. Confidence resets when the event ends.

Succeeding at Risky Actions
Choosing risky actions means accepting that success is not guaranteed, and failure is part of life. That being said, you can use a few techniques to help maximize your success. No matter what, risky actions carry a chance of failure. However, you can take it in stride, keep completing actions, and re-try the risky action once your sim's confidence is high enough.
 * Save up lots of energy, then perform many actions. Doing lots of actions will help you build up confidence so that you can do more risky actions, and build up to the bigger risks that offer better rewards.
 * Only attempt a risky action when the chance of success is good. Your sim will tell you when they are ready for a risky action. You will also see that the smiley face slider is close to the thumbs up. As soon as the slider shows a high chance of success, you are ready. (Waiting longer will not further increase your chances.)
 * Check your time remaining before taking risks. If you only have a few minutes or seconds on the clock, it may not be worth spending 3 energy on an action when you are about to complete the event anyway. Save the energy for your next event.

There are no long-term costs to failure, and sims can recover from failure to continue succeeding at events.