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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 over 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 something that meets the need, such as a fridge, bed or toilet at home, or a venue in the city. On a venue card, tap the smart action for a suggested fix, such as “Eat · ₦1,500 · 6s”.
  3. Your queued actions appear at the top. Tap an action to cancel it.

Rules & numbers

NeedDrops per hourTime from full 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
  • You can queue up to 6 actions.
  • Below 20%, a need gives you a warning. The Hunger warning offers Cook or Order food.
  • At 0 Energy, you collapse, get “Passed Out” and receive “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 ₦200,000 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 level and feelings. It is capped at −100 to +100. Mood labels are Very Happy (60+), Happy (25+), Fine (−5+), Uneasy (−35+) and Miserable (below that).
  • Mood above 40 makes your skills grow 15% faster.
  • Feelings last for a set time. 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 level.
  • While you are away, needs drop for up to 12 hours.

Tips

  • Tap Wake up to end sleep early.
  • ✨ perks slow your needs; see Goals.

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Last updated 4 Nov 2026 · Handbook version 59 · Applies to the game as of 4 Nov 2026 (build 1793797350)