What it is
Tap furniture to see what you can do with it. Actions can fill your needs, build a skill or give you a good feeling. You can also select several furniture pieces to change their colours or brightness, and save and apply room looks.
How to use things at home
- Tap a piece of furniture and choose an action.
- If an action is locked, read the reason shown, such as needing ₦1,200, Cooking 2 or power.
- To cancel an action, tap it at the top of the screen.
To use a gadget, make sure you have a suitable surface for it. Open its card in Mine or choose it from your Sim's menu.
Rules & numbers
Toilet (₦3,000): Use Toilet fills your 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, plus “Slept Like an Oba”.
- Rotating Round Bed (₦45m): 22 energy an hour.
- Take a Nap for 90 minutes to get “Power Nap”.
Washing:
- Bucket Bath (₦400) works without power.
- Shower (₦11,400) needs power. Sing in Shower adds Music.
- Bathtub (₦19,200).
- Sink and water drum offer Wash Up and Wash Face.
- Washing Machine (₦480k) gives “Clean Clothes”.
Sofa (from ₦10,200): Kick Back & Relax, Nap on Sofa, Gist on Phone (Social) and Sit & Chill.
TV (₦10,800 to ₦18m): Needs 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).
- Cook Jollof (+65 Hunger), Fry Dodo, Indomie & Egg, Stew & Rice or Peppered Chicken.
- With Cooking 2, you can also make Egusi & Eba, Efo Riro & Semo, Egusi & Ugu Soup or Roast Corn & Ube. Chin-Chin needs an oven.
- Ingredients come from your pantry. A new life starts with some groceries.
- Tap 🛵 Get what's missing to open Chowdeck with the missing groceries in your basket.
- Balogun groceries are 15% cheaper. Chowdeck groceries cost 10% more, plus ₦200.
- Without a cooker, the cooler, fridge and counter offer snacks: garri, bread & egg, Milo and Gala.
Drinks at home: The fridge and deep freezer offer drinks from your groceries. Fruit is also a grocery.
Power: NEPA cuts stop powered things from working. A Generator (₦14,400) runs on fuel, which costs ₦1,200 for 8 hours.
Skill furniture:
- Laptop (₦18,000): Coding and gigs.
- Guitar (₦4,200): Music.
- Dumbbells (₦3,400): Fitness.
- Mirror: Charisma.
- Bookshelf: Hustle.
Gadgets: These uses raise needs or skills and do not cost money. 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. A console needs a TV.
Tips
- Tap your Sim for actions that don't 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 can't undo a purchase or sale.