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Using things at home

What it is

Tap furniture to see what you can do with it. Actions can improve your needs or skills and may make your Sim feel good. You can also select several furniture pieces, change their colours and brightness, and save or apply room looks.

How to use an object

  1. Tap a piece of furniture and choose an action.
  2. If an action is locked, its message tells you why, such as needing ₦1,200, Cooking 2 or power.
  3. To cancel an action, tap it at the top of the screen.

Rules & numbers

Toilet (₦3,000): Use Toilet fills Bladder in about 5 seconds.

Beds: A full night's sleep takes about 36 seconds.

  • Foam Mattress (₦1,800): 12 energy an hour.
  • Spring Bed (₦7,800): 15 energy an hour.
  • Lekki King Bed (₦28,800): 19 energy an hour and “Slept Like an Oba”.
  • Rotating Round Bed (₦45m): 22 energy an hour.
  • Take a Nap lasts 90 minutes and gives “Power Nap”.

Washing:

  • Bucket Bath (₦400) works without power.
  • Shower (₦11,400) needs power. Sing in Shower raises Music.
  • Bathtub: ₦19,200.
  • At a sink with a water drum, you can Wash Up, Wash Face and Brush Teeth. Brushing your teeth needs a toothbrush and adds 10 hygiene.
  • Washing Machine (₦480k) gives “Clean Clothes”.

Sofa (from ₦10,200): Kick Back & Relax, Nap on Sofa, Gist on Phone (Social), or Sit & Chill.

TV (₦10,800 to ₦18m): TVs need power. Watch Nollywood, Super Eagles, Big Brother Naija, the news (Charisma) or a cooking show (Cooking). Bigger screens give more fun.

Cooking: You can cook with a Kerosene Stove (₦1,100), Gas Cooker (₦8,400), or Cooker & Oven (₦420k).

  • Dishes include Jollof (+65 hunger), Fried Dodo, Indomie & Egg, Stew & Rice and Peppered Chicken.
  • At Cooking 2, you can also make Egusi & Eba, Efo Riro & Semo, Chin-Chin (oven only), Egusi & Ugu Soup, and Roast Corn & Ube.
  • Cooking uses groceries from your pantry. A new life starts with some.
  • 🛵 Get what's missing opens Chowdeck with the missing groceries in your basket.
  • Balogun groceries cost 15% less. Chowdeck costs 10% more, plus ₦200.
  • Without a cooker, use the cooler, fridge or counter to get snacks such as garri, bread & egg, Milo and Gala.

Drinks at home: Get drinks from your groceries using the fridge or deep freezer. Fruit is also a grocery.

Power: NEPA cuts stop powered things. A Generator costs ₦14,400 and runs on fuel: ₦1,200 for 8 hours.

Skill items: A Laptop (₦18,000) is for Coding and gigs; a Guitar (₦4,200) raises Music; Dumbbells (₦3,400) raise Fitness; a Mirror raises Charisma; and a Bookshelf raises Hustle.

Gadgets: Gadgets need a suitable surface in your home. Use a gadget you own from its card in Mine or from your Sim's menu. Headphones and earbuds let you Listen; watches and bands let you do a Tracked workout; laptops let you Code; tablets let you Film or Draw & design; phones let you make a Video call; handhelds let you Play; and consoles let you Play on a TV. These actions raise needs or skills and cost no money. A console needs a TV.

Tips

  • Tap your Sim for actions that do not need furniture: Call Mummy (+Social), Sing or Record a Skit.
  • A spoilt appliance still does basic tasks at lower quality until a HANDI pro fixes it.
  • In Buy mode, use Undo to step back through free decorating changes. It cannot undo a purchase or sale.

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