Tips and Tricks

Whether you are just starting your first household or are a seasoned player, these tips and tricks cover essential knowledge for getting the most out of inZOI. From efficient money-making to hidden controls, this guide compiles community-tested advice for every aspect of the game.

Essential Controls

Money-Making Tips

• Regular Jobs and Careers are the most reliable income source early on

• The money cheat (100,000 Meow per press) is available through Psycat's Advice menu for unlimited funds

• Console command: addMoney 50000 (via Ctrl+Shift+C after enabling Cheats)

• Sell paintings, books, music, and programs through the Pocket Market for passive income

• Opening a Business provides steady income once properly set up

• Bank deposits (250 Meow, matures after 3 days) provide interest income

Relationship Tips

• Build relationships through repeated positive interactions; each conversation adds points

• The Charm Skill significantly helps with Romance interactions

• Gender identity and romantic preferences are permanent after Character Creation; choose carefully

• Jealousy is real; married Zois will react negatively if they catch their partner being unfaithful

• "Select Relationship" conversations at thresholds help upgrade relationship levels

• Maximum of 100 relationships per Zoi; prioritize meaningful connections

Skill Leveling Tips

• Visit the library for skill books; reading is one of the fastest ways to level many skills

• The Grow-Grow Skill Donut from the Meow Store temporarily speeds up all skill leveling

• Max out child skills to level 5 before aging up; they carry over to adult skills at level 5

• Higher skill levels unlock better job opportunities and more valuable creative products

• Practice cooking early; lower skill means higher fire risk in the kitchen

Build Mode Tips

• Hold Alt while placing furniture for free positioning (ignores grid snapping)

• Use room presets (blueprints) to quickly furnish rooms for 1 Meow each

• Every Zoi needs: a bed, a sofa or chair, a kitchen setup, and a bathroom

• Table lamps provide better facial lighting for Zois than overhead lights

• Use the Craft feature to create completely custom furniture from individual parts

• The 3D Printer creates decorative objects from images, but Zois cannot interact with them

Performance Tips

• Enable upscaling (DLSS, FSR, or XeSS) for a significant performance boost at any resolution

• Ray tracing is visually impressive but has a heavy performance cost; disable it on lower-end GPUs

• Reduce maximum population and vehicle count in City Management Settings for better frame rates

• SSD storage significantly reduces loading times compared to HDD

• Close background applications while playing for smoother performance

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Forgetting to feed Zois leads to starvation death in 3 to 4 in-game days

• Starting university while employed resets career progress; plan carefully

• Three unexcused job absences result in termination; attend work reliably

• ATM hacking can cause electrocution death; the risk is not worth the small reward

• Neglecting the Recognition need causes Zois to run away from the household

• Removing mods between saves can corrupt save files; re-enable required mods before loading