Lot 99 is a special Lot, visible in Lot Manager. It is the one Sims can reach by climbing a beanstalk. Sims have to do A LOT of magic on a lot to encourage the beanstalk to grow. Some beanstalks don't work. Climbable beanstalks have 17 segments, others have only 16.
Magic homes - the Sim has to have enough Magic Coins to buy them, to be able to access them.
Prepare and use one of every spell or charm in the spellbook, just to see what it does.
Then use the household charms to clean and water and
such instead of the usual services; this will help increase the "magical
ambience" quicker, which means you'll get more magic plants and ability
crystals faster. It's also a cheaper solution.
Charms that aren't used up yet are light sources and quite decorative. So are
the ability crystals which spawn in the garden.
| Wand charging | Cooking |
| Charm making | Mechanical |
| Stage performance in Magic Town | Logic |
| Snake Charming | Charisma |
The single best payout for magicoins is duelling, though your payout depends on your opponent's logic score (vendors always have 10). This is nice, because it doesn't require any skills for your playable Sim..
If you have a high logic score, however, the best payout is the stage performer option. It doesn't give as much per shot, but by clicking on the stage right as you begin a trick (leave your mouse over the stage so you don't miss it) you can queue tricks up indefinitely - or at least until your Sim gets too grumpy to perform. (Although it's not as good an earner at lower logic levels, I'd recommend using it then anyway, just because the failed tricks are funny.)
Don't buy wands from the box-delivering NPC. If you
want more than one magician in the house, just have the others use the wand
charger and then there's an interaction option to get a wand if you don't have
one.