In short, it makes career tracks utterly obsolete.
At §100 per gnome, this pays more than any of the game's 20 career tracks, with much more flexible hours, no need to make friends, no possibility of getting fired, and no need for any job skills other than Mechanical. Both of these items build a Sim's Mechanical skill.Ī gnome can be made every 25 minutes, not counting the time required to put the gnome down and walk back to the workbench to start work on a new one (which brings the time per gnome closer to 30 minutes). This workbench reappeared in The Sims: Makin' Magic, where it was accompanied by the Craft-A-Gargoyle workbench. The Sims: Livin' Large introduced the KraftMatic Woodworking Table, which could be used to make gnomes.
2.1.2 'Non-Deadly' Robot Crafting Station.2.1.1 'That Smells Great!' Floral Workstation.