While InZoi does many things that The Sims does not, some aspects of Krafton’s new Early Access life sim are very similar to features we’ve seen The Sims 4. One of these is InZoi’s Ambitions system, which is essentially identical to The Sims’ Aspirations. You choose an ambition, like becoming an expert artist, and then you’ll have to complete a series of related tasks that award a currency that will allow you to buy upgrades. But while these systems look the same, in execution they actually function very differently. Here’s what to know about InZoi Donuts and hoe to get more of them.
InZoi donuts explained
If you’ve spent time with The Sims 4 lately, InZoi’s Ambitions will be very familiar. When you’re creating your Zois, you pick an Ambition for each of them, and each Ambition includes three waves of tasks. If you pick the Pro Musician Ambition, you’ll start by buying an instrument and playing it three times; wave two requires you to play drums ten times, and play any instrument while feeling sentimental; and wave three requires you to max out your instrument skill (all instruments fall under this one skill) and play guitar 20 times.
Each wave of tasks that you complete will award you with NyanCoins, with each successive wave of tasks giving more than the previous wave. And then you’ll spend those NyanCoins on donuts, which you can purchase from the “Meow Coins” menu on your Zoi card. But these aren’t just any donuts–these donuts come with a timed buff.
There are a bunch of different donuts with many different buffs. There’s one that allows you to know everything about anyone you meet within the next hour. There are donuts that will prevent one of your needs from depleting for an entire day. And there are donuts that will boost your skill gains for a day as well. Unlike the aspiration rewards in The Sims, however, all of the boosts you will get from the donuts are temporary, so there’s no way to, for example, permanently free yourself from the need to sleep like some dystopian military experiment.
The most useful donuts may be the ones that imbue you with an emotion–it’s much more difficult to complete your ambitions without them. For example, the music ambition requires you to play music while sentimental, and there’s a donut that will make you sentimental for six hours. Without the donut, you might simply have to wait until you get the emotion you need naturally, and that might never happen when you actually need it. Fortunately, the emotion donuts are the cheapest available, at only 30 NyanCoins each.
Ambitions are not the only way to get NyanCoins, though they are by far the fastest method because they reward quite a lot if you actually finish all three stages of an Ambition. But you can also earn small amounts through more mundane methods, by completing your Zoi’s wants (these are random impulses like “I want to catch a fish and eat it”), and by completing your work objectives at your job.
InZoi donut list
While you can pull up the list of donuts you can buy at any time, the tooltips on them frequently leave out key details, like how long the donut’s effects will last, or even that they’re temporary at all. Fortunately for you, you’re in the right place to find out more, because below you’ll find the full list of donuts as well as more detailed descriptions of what they do than you’ll get from InZoi itself before you buy one, along with the price you’ll pay in NyanCoins for them. If the effect is timed, the timer begins the instant you buy the donut.
Donuts that fill a need gauge
Sleep-Filling Donut – 80Hunger-Filling Donut – 10Bathroom-Filling Donut – 10Energy-Filling Donut – 50Hygiene-Filling Donut – 10Fun-Filling Donut – 20Social-Filling Donut – 30Recognition-Filling Donut – 20
Donuts that add +5 to any emotional state for 6 hours
Concentration Donut – 30Curiosity Donut – 30Confidence Donut – 30Excitement Donut – 30Aflutter Donut – 30Amusement Donut – 30Tranquil Donut – 30Sentiment Donut – 30
Donuts that add +30 to any emotional state for 12 hours
Max Concentration Donut – 60Max Curiosity Donut – 60Max Confidence Donut – 60Max Excitement Donut – 60Max Aflutter Donut – 60Max Amusement Donut – 60Max Tranquil Donut – 60Max Sentiment Donut – 60Max Boredom Donut – 60Max Lethargy Donut – 60Max Sadness Donut – 60Max Discomfort Donut – 60Max Nervousness Donut – 60Max Embarrassment Donut – 60Max Annoyance Donut – 60Max Worry Donut – 60Max Surprise Donut – 60
Donuts that cause individual need gauges to deplete at 1/5 the normal rate for two days
Slow-Slow Sleep Donut – 300Slow-Slow Hunger Donut – 100Slow-Slow Bathroom Donut – 100Slow-Slow Energy Donut – 200Slow-Slow Hygiene Donut – 150Slow-Slow Fun Donut – 150Slow-Slow Social Donut – 200Slow-Slow Recognition Donut – 150
Donuts that prevent individual need gauges from depleting at all for one day
Enduring Sleep Donut – 600Enduring Hunger Donut – 120Enduring Bathroom Donut – 120Enduring Energy Donut – 400Enduring Hygiene Donut – 120Enduring Fun Donut – 200Enduring Social Donut – 300Enduring Recognition Donut – 200
Donuts that completely empty an individual need gauge
Hunger Drain Donut – 50Hygiene Drain Donut – 50Sleep Drain Donut – 50Bathroom Drain Donut – 50Fun Drain Donut – 50Social Drain Donut – 50Recognition Drain Donut – 50Energy Drain Donut – 50
Increase individual skill gains by 30% for one day
Cooking Donut – 100Coffee Craft Donut – 100Gardening Donut – 100Art Donut – 100Programming Donut – 100Critical Thinking Donut – 100Instrument Donut – 100Media Production Donut – 100
Other donuts
Gazing Glaze Donut: Learn everything about any Zoi you talk to for one hour – 200Calm-It Donut: Removes all emotions – 400Downbeat Donut: Removes all positive emotions – 200Upbeat Donut: Removes all negative emotions – 200Grow-Grow Skill Donut: Increases all skill gains by 3x for one day – 1000Neutral Donut: Resets your karma – 100Diabolic Donut: Makes your karma terrible – 100Coldproof Donut: Grants immunity from cold weather (no time limit given) – 100Heatproof Donut: Grants immunity from hot weather (no time limit given) – 100Criminal Mastermind Donut: Allows you to freely commit crimes without going to jail (no time limit given) – 500Lucky Donut: Increases rewards from fishing, treasure hunts, claw machines and lotteries (no time limit given) – 200Immunity Donut: Become immune to colds and allergies (no time limit given) – 100
