Six bars govern everyday play: Hunger, Energy, Fun, Social, Hygiene and Bladder. Fix the weakest one before a long action. Read both an activity’s duration and its side effects; an action can improve one need while using time or reducing another.

Lagos Life reference
NeedUseful current actionRequirement or decision
HungerIndomie & Egg, Soak Garri & Sugar, Amala & EweduHome recipes need ingredients. Amala & Ewedu at Amala Shitta has a base ₦300 cost and +70 instant hunger before any other runtime effect.
EnergySleep, Take a NapChoose a bed/rest action and check the duration. Captured Sleep definitions stop when energy is full.
FunPlay Afrobeats, Dance to Burna, entertainment venuesDance also reduces energy. Choose leisure you can afford.
SocialGist on Phone; social interactionsThe current Gist on Phone action lasts 30 game minutes and improves Social.
HygieneBucket Bath, Shower, Wash HandsShower requires power; Bucket Bath provides a home alternative. Wash Hands at Amala Shitta gives an instant +15 hygiene in the baseline definition.
BladderUse ToiletTake care of it before a trip or long shift; its action also slightly reduces hygiene.

A cheap meal is useful only if you can reach it and finish the action. Amala Shitta in Surulere is listed open 07:00–22:00. At home, Indomie & Egg uses one Indomie and one egg, has a 15-game-minute duration and +38 instant hunger in the captured definition. Cook Jollof uses rice, Gino, Maggi and oil, lasts 60 game minutes and lists +65 instant hunger. Those are source definitions, not measured net changes to the bar.

NEPA can affect actions marked as requiring power, including Shower and several TV/fridge actions. If the intended action is unavailable, use a suitable option whose card does not require power, or inspect the game’s current power controls.

Source: official NEEDS/ACTIONS definitions. The server clock follows Lagos time. Need effects marked instant apply differently from continuous per-hour effects, and elapsed time, traits and other modifiers can change the net result. These values have not been measured on a signed-in character.

Restoration actions: durations and effects

These are the source-defined durations and effects of named recovery actions, not measured net bar changes. Continuous effects are rates per hour; instant effects are applied at the action's completion. Bars, need decay, elapsed time, traits and other live modifiers affect the net change. Actions marked until-full may stop when the named bar is full. The current source clock uses elapsed real minutes on the Lagos clock; this does not mean an observed live completion was timed.

Hunger

Hunger recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Hunger — Soak Garri & Sugar12 minutes+22 instant HungerOne garri and one sugar.
Hunger — Indomie & Egg15 minutes+38 instant HungerOne Indomie and one egg; also +4 instant Fun.
Hunger — Cook Jollof60 minutes+65 instant HungerOne each rice, Gino, Maggi and oil.
Hunger — Amala & Ewedu40 minutes+70 instant HungerAmala Shitta, listed 07:00–22:00; base ₦300.

Energy

Energy recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Energy — Sleep (mattress)480 minutes+12 Energy points/hourBed/mattress; stops when Energy is full.
Energy — Sleep (Vono)480 minutes+15 Energy points/hourVono bed; stops when Energy is full.
Energy — Take a Nap90 minutes+16 Energy points/hourA suitable rest action; shorter than the eight-hour Sleep definition.

Fun

Fun recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Fun — Play Afrobeats45 minutes+16 Fun points/hourSuitable music activity.
Fun — Dance to Burna40 minutes+22 Fun points/hourAlso Energy −6 per hour; choose after checking Energy.

Social

Social recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Social — Gist on Phone30 minutes+30 Social points/hourAlso Fun +6 per hour.

Hygiene

Hygiene recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Hygiene — Bucket Bath22 minutes+260 Hygiene points/hourBucket facility; power-independent alternative; stops when Hygiene is full.
Hygiene — Shower15 minutes+420 Hygiene points/hourShower facility and power; stops when Hygiene is full.
Hygiene — Wash Hands5 minutes+15 instant HygieneAmala Shitta activity.

Bladder

Bladder recovery actions
Need / actionSource durationRestoration formRequirements and side effects
Bladder — Use Toilet10 minutes+700 Bladder points/hourToilet facility; stops when Bladder is full; Hygiene −3 per hour.