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Needs, moods and skills

What it is

Your six needs are Hunger 🍛, Energy ⚡, Fun 🎉, Social 💬, Hygiene 🫧 and Bladder 🚽. Each runs from 0–100% and drops in real time. Your mood is affected by your needs and feelings.

Skills are Cooking, Charisma, Fitness, Coding, Music, Hustle, Dance, Comedy and Photography. Each skill runs from level 0 to 10.

How to check and fix needs

  1. Tap the need chip beside your face, or tap your face → Needs, to see your need bars and feelings.
  2. Use an item at home, such as a fridge, bed or toilet, or visit a city venue to fix a need. On a venue card, tap the suggested action, such as “Eat · ₦1,500 · 6s”.
  3. Your queued actions appear at the top, up to 6. Tap an action to cancel it.

Rules & numbers

NeedDrops per hourFull to empty
Hunger5.5%About 18 hours
Energy4%About 25 hours
Fun4.5%About 22 hours
Social3%About 33 hours
Hygiene3.5%About 29 hours
Bladder7%About 14 hours
  • Below 20%, a need gives you a warning. Hunger’s warning offers Cook or Order food.
  • At 0 Energy, you pass out and get “Slept on the Floor” (−15).
  • At 0 Bladder, you have an accident: Hygiene drops by 60 and you get “Embarrassed” (−25 for 4 hours).
  • Low needs can cause these feelings: Starving −30, Hungry −12, Exhausted −20, Tired −8, Smelly −15, Pressed −18, Bored −12 and Lonely −12.
  • Other feelings include “Sapa Don Hold Me” (−10 when you have under ₦500), “Soft Life” (+10 when you have ₦200k or more), “Landlord Palava” (−20 while you owe rent) and “Fine House” (up to +18 for a nicely decorated home).
  • Mood is based on your average need and feelings: (average need − 50) × 1.2 + feelings. It is capped at −100 to +100.
Mood scoreMood
60 or moreVery Happy
25 or moreHappy
−5 or moreFine
−35 or moreUneasy
Below −35Miserable
  • A mood over 40 makes your skills grow 15% faster.
  • Feelings last for real hours. For example, Engaged! gives +30 for 48 hours.
  • After 7 days without using a skill, it fades by about one level every 20 days. It will not fall more than 2 levels below your best, or below half your best.

Tips

  • When you’re away, the game catches up for up to 12 hours.
  • Tap Wake up to end sleep early.
  • ✨ perks slow your needs. See Goals.

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Last updated 14 Nov 2026 · Handbook version 67 · Applies to the game as of 14 Nov 2026 (build 1794693678)