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March 2026 Update
April 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Initial version (2026-04-18)
March 2026 brought inZOI's biggest single patch since launch, marking the game's first year in Early Access. The v0.7.0 Anniversary Update landed on March 26, 2026, followed by two rapid hotfixes on March 27 and March 31. Together the three patches added two new business types, a dedicated minimap, an expanded multitasking system, a 28-day calendar with holidays and pregnancy tracking, reworked crime mechanics, a new custom keymapping feature, and an upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.6. Director Hyungjun "Kjun" Kim framed the release as the culmination of the Fundamentals First initiative announced the previous December, prioritising core systems over breadth.
The v0.7.0 build was the single largest content patch of the Early Access period. It introduced new businesses, refined Smart Zoi behaviour, overhauled the crime system, and added over 1,300 new items across Build Mode and Create a Zoi.
Two new business types joined the nine introduced in v0.5.0, bringing the total to eleven.
Business | Key Features |
|---|---|
Flower Shop (see Flower Shop Business) | Six new farmable flower types, bouquet and flower basket crafting, and a high Gardening skill unlock that gives certain flowers special effects when gifted or displayed. |
Movie Theater (see Movie Theaters) | Zois can watch four film genres (Horror, Comedy, Teen Romance, Documentary), operate popcorn machines, and run their own cinema as a player-owned business. |
A new tip jar system was added across all business types. Customers leave tips based on service satisfaction, adding a second income stream on top of base sales revenue.
The multitasking system added in v0.5.0 was expanded to cover more interaction types.
Zois can now start multitasking automatically when a nearby interaction catches their interest, without being manually directed.
Certain food items can be eaten while walking, rather than requiring the Zoi to sit or stand still.
Conversations continue while holding food, instead of being interrupted when a Zoi picks up a meal.
Group interactions were expanded with 12 new fitness activities, 6 instrument activities, 4 critical thinking activities, and snowman building.
A new minimap was added and can be positioned anywhere on screen. It displays the active Zoi, family members, and property icons, with customisable filters to hide categories you do not want to see.
A Status Updates menu was introduced to surface life events, milestones, and relationship changes as notifications in a single feed. A Memories and Milestones system was added in parallel to track key life events permanently on the Zoi Card.
The update introduced a 28-day calendar system that tracks birthdays, pregnancy progress, and three new seasonal festivals: Spring Festival, Halloween Festival, and a Winter/Year-End celebration. Birthday parties became full social events with door permission controls for managing guests.
The crime system was extended with two new crimes and several tuning changes.
Change | Details |
|---|---|
Stealing vehicles owned by other Zois is now a prosecutable offence. Victims can report the theft and the perpetrator can be arrested. | |
Taking crops from farming plots owned by other households now counts as theft and generates the same arrest risk as other property crimes. | |
Extort Interaction | Success rate and reward payouts for the Extort social interaction were rebalanced. |
Minor Crime Arrests | The probability of arrest for minor offences was reduced to reduce frustration from small mistakes during long playthroughs. |
Full vehicle driving was extended across the whole city rather than being limited to specific corridors. Bicycles received an automatic collision slowdown so riders no longer stop dead when brushing a pedestrian. Family and public parking spaces were added to most residential lots.
A dedicated dating system for spouses was added, letting married Zois schedule dates that generate dedicated romantic interactions.
Teen dating and first dates had their requirements softened, making it easier for teenage Zois to form early relationships.
A new Teatime feature lets Zois host small seated gatherings focused on conversation and light food.
Conversation outcomes now vary based on traits, characteristics, and current relationship values, so the same line can land very differently between two Zois.
Three new ambitions were added, each tied to one of the lifestyle skills introduced in v0.5.0.
Coffee Master ties into the Coffee Craft skill and the cafe business.
Baking Master tracks progression through the Baking skill and the bakery business.
Drink Mixing Master follows the Drink Mixing skill and covers both home bars and the bar business.
New urges were also added specifically for the Newborn, Toddler, and Child life stages so very young Zois have their own age-appropriate drives rather than pulling from the adult pool.
Babies can be edited directly in the Create a Zoi menu, rather than only being editable after aging up to Toddler.
Newborns now appear without teeth and grow them in gradually as they approach the Toddler stage.
A quick cleanup interaction was added for parents after a baby spits up, reducing the number of steps required to handle newborn messes.
Two new newborn outfits and six baby clothing items were added to Create a Zoi.
Build Mode received a set of standardisation and polish updates alongside the new content.
Seven standard property size formats were introduced to make lot planning consistent across cities.
Swimming pool water levels became adjustable, so pools can be drained or half-filled for decorative purposes.
Rugs can now be resized after placement.
22 textured tile options, 8 traditional objects, and multiple lobby and apartment presets were added.
Camera angles and zoom limits were expanded in Build Mode for better top-down work.
Ten new wearable character items, six baby outfits, and over 100 world items (furniture, food, festival decorations) were added across Create a Zoi and Build Mode.
The official ModKit gained support for three new asset types: animations, accessories, and faces. This brings the total set of moddable asset types to animation, accessory, face, body, clothing, hair, makeup, and tattoo.
Two new console commands were added to the cheats list:
UnlockSiteArea: unlocks locked area segments for exploration.
ToggleModinsight: toggles the Modinsight diagnostic overlay used by modders to inspect in-game data.
Players can now remap controls through a full custom keymapping menu, including single keys and Shift/Ctrl modifier combinations.
The update bundled a wide set of rendering and memory changes on top of the content additions.
Area | Change |
|---|---|
Unreal Engine | Upgraded from Unreal Engine 5.4 to Unreal Engine 5.6, bringing rendering and shader improvements. |
Graphics Presets | VSM (Virtual Shadow Maps), blob shadows, and SSAO settings were expanded and refined across the Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. |
Memory Optimisation | PSO partitioning and memory preallocation were added to reduce stutter and out-of-memory crashes during long sessions. |
Photo Mode | Camera controls for photography were improved alongside the general camera changes. |
More than 40 documented bug fixes shipped with v0.7.0. Major categories included corrected baby interactions, marriage procedure edge cases, business property handling for owned venues, arrest mechanics, cooking cancellations, and a range of animation and UI corrections across Live Mode, Build Mode, Create a Zoi, and the mod system.
Released one day after v0.7.0 to address a save-file compatibility issue discovered immediately after launch.
Fix | Details |
|---|---|
Legacy Save Lot Updates | Fixed an issue where lot updates from v0.7.0 did not apply correctly when continuing from a save file created in March 2025 or from any save file that had not been played for more than 10 months. |
A small hotfix at the end of the month restored a camera mode that had been disabled in v0.7.0.
Change | Details |
|---|---|
Shoulder View Restored | The over-the-shoulder camera mode was re-enabled. The developers noted that a future update will add a dedicated toggle so players can switch Shoulder View on and off freely rather than having it always-on. |
