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 – 80
- Hunger-Filling Donut – 10
- Bathroom-Filling Donut – 10
- Energy-Filling Donut – 50
- Hygiene-Filling Donut – 10
- Fun-Filling Donut – 20
- Social-Filling Donut – 30
- Recognition-Filling Donut – 20
Donuts that add +5 to any emotional state for 6 hours
- Concentration Donut – 30
- Curiosity Donut – 30
- Confidence Donut – 30
- Excitement Donut – 30
- Aflutter Donut – 30
- Amusement Donut – 30
- Tranquil Donut – 30
- Sentiment Donut – 30
Donuts that add +30 to any emotional state for 12 hours
- Max Concentration Donut – 60
- Max Curiosity Donut – 60
- Max Confidence Donut – 60
- Max Excitement Donut – 60
- Max Aflutter Donut – 60
- Max Amusement Donut – 60
- Max Tranquil Donut – 60
- Max Sentiment Donut – 60
- Max Boredom Donut – 60
- Max Lethargy Donut – 60
- Max Sadness Donut – 60
- Max Discomfort Donut – 60
- Max Nervousness Donut – 60
- Max Embarrassment Donut – 60
- Max Annoyance Donut – 60
- Max Worry Donut – 60
- Max Surprise Donut – 60
Donuts that cause individual need gauges to deplete at 1/5 the normal rate for two days
- Slow-Slow Sleep Donut – 300
- Slow-Slow Hunger Donut – 100
- Slow-Slow Bathroom Donut – 100
- Slow-Slow Energy Donut – 200
- Slow-Slow Hygiene Donut – 150
- Slow-Slow Fun Donut – 150
- Slow-Slow Social Donut – 200
- Slow-Slow Recognition Donut – 150
Donuts that prevent individual need gauges from depleting at all for one day
- Enduring Sleep Donut – 600
- Enduring Hunger Donut – 120
- Enduring Bathroom Donut – 120
- Enduring Energy Donut – 400
- Enduring Hygiene Donut – 120
- Enduring Fun Donut – 200
- Enduring Social Donut – 300
- Enduring Recognition Donut – 200
Donuts that completely empty an individual need gauge
- Hunger Drain Donut – 50
- Hygiene Drain Donut – 50
- Sleep Drain Donut – 50
- Bathroom Drain Donut – 50
- Fun Drain Donut – 50
- Social Drain Donut – 50
- Recognition Drain Donut – 50
- Energy Drain Donut – 50
Increase individual skill gains by 30% for one day
- Cooking Donut – 100
- Coffee Craft Donut – 100
- Gardening Donut – 100
- Art Donut – 100
- Programming Donut – 100
- Critical Thinking Donut – 100
- Instrument Donut – 100
- Media Production Donut – 100
Other donuts
- Gazing Glaze Donut: Learn everything about any Zoi you talk to for one hour – 200
- Calm-It Donut: Removes all emotions – 400
- Downbeat Donut: Removes all positive emotions – 200
- Upbeat Donut: Removes all negative emotions – 200
- Grow-Grow Skill Donut: Increases all skill gains by 3x for one day – 1000
- Neutral Donut: Resets your karma – 100
- Diabolic Donut: Makes your karma terrible – 100
- Coldproof Donut: Grants immunity from cold weather (no time limit given) – 100
- Heatproof Donut: Grants immunity from hot weather (no time limit given) – 100
- Criminal Mastermind Donut: Allows you to freely commit crimes without going to jail (no time limit given) – 500
- Lucky Donut: Increases rewards from fishing, treasure hunts, claw machines and lotteries (no time limit given) – 200
- Immunity Donut: Become immune to colds and allergies (no time limit given) – 100
