The most comment renewable resource is the wood pile. However, if you don't leave your lot (except to work) you may have to wait up to a "Sim" week to earn 3 more Simoleons. If you leave your lot to visit some other lot, when you come back, the wood is available again to cut.
Personlly, the most frequently renewing items are you best bet. The Bamboo, Stones and Bones are the quickest to renew without leaving the lot. Bamboo requires the Machete which will cost you 40 Simoleons. You earn a little every day. If you purchase the Machete and the plant, it will take 20 Sims days to start making a profit.On the other hand, if you purchase the Stone and the Pick Axe, it will take you a little over 62 gatherings to recoup your investment. So, it's important to think about the amount of time it will take to recover from the original expenses. I feel that the Bones are the best investment. Just about anyone living on the lot can gather them as soon as they become available (approximately every other day), and no additional tools are necessary. It will take 14 gatherings (approximately 30 Sim days) to begin to receive the profit of 15 Simoleons per gathering. Bamboo is another quite rewards investment of 6 Simoleons per day after about 20 days.
The renewable resources are also fair game on the public lots, but their refresh time frame seems slower than on the Sim's primary lot.
Below is a table
| Option | Resource Price | Renewing Sim Value | Approx. Refresh | Collected By | Tool Needed | Tool Expense | Profit after Gathering X times | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodpile | 40 | 3 | 1 wk or leave lot & return | Adults/Elders | Hatchet | 5 | 15 |  |
| Bamboo | 80 | 6 | 7/8 of a day | Adults/Elders | Machete | 40 | 20 |  |
| Stone | 160 | 12 | 1-1/8 of a day | Adults/Elders | Pick Axe | 475 | 62 |  |
| Bones | 200 | 15 | every other day | All Except Infants & Toddlers | None | 0 | 14 |  |
| Grass (PhenoPlast) | 280 | 7 | every other day | Adults/Elders | Machete | 40 | 46 |  |
| Parts | 320 | 29 | 4.5 days | Adults/Elders | None | 0 | 14 |  |
| Obsidian | 400 | 30 | 6 days | Adults/Elders | Pick Axe | 475 | 30 |  |
