Patch Date: October 30, 2025
Build Versions:

• Windows (Steam): 20251030.8377.W

• Mac (Steam): 20251029.8352.M

• Mac (App Store): 5.4.15(0.197) / 20251024.8247.M

Overview

With the v0.4.0 update, inZOI introduces vibrant seasonal content timed for Halloween, along with major simulation system upgrades and new gameplay mechanics. Players can now enjoy autumn-themed activities like pumpkin farming and ghost-fishing, explore life after death with ghost gameplay and funeral properties, and experience a deeper Zoi mentality system with more natural daily rhythms and personality traits.

🎃 Halloween & Seasonal Features

• Pumpkin Farming & Carving: New pumpkin crop added. Players can grow pumpkins or buy them, then carve them into jack-o-lanterns at a crafting table. These can be worn as hats or used as decorations. New recipes include Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Pie, and Pumpkin Candy.

• Trick or Treat Events: Place a Halloween Candy Basket on your property. At night, children will visit for candy. Giving candy rewards special Halloween-themed items. Some rare candy types yield extra special gifts.

• Ghost Fish & Night-time Fishing: Five new ghost fish appear between 6 PM and 6 AM only. They glow faintly, can be caught like regular fish, and can be displayed in aquariums or sold.

• Ghost Gameplay & Funerals: After death, a Zoi may choose “On to the Afterlife” and play as a ghost for three in-game days. Ghosts unlock special skills by fulfilling death-related urges. New properties such as the Funeral Home, Columbarium, and Cemetery allow players to hold funerals and enshrine urns. Note: reincarnation is not included in this update.

🧠 Mentality System & Daily Simulation Upgrades

• 48-Minute Day Cycle: The default in-game day is now 48 minutes (players who prefer the old 96-minute cycle can switch in [Game Options > Simulation > Day Length]). Daily routines, such as wake-ups, meals, naps, and interactions have been rebalanced to feel more realistic.

• Mentality System Overhaul: Traits, characteristics, ambitions, and urges are now unified under one system to make each Zoi’s personality more vivid.

  • Removed overlapping traits (Entertainer → Troublemaker, Volunteer → Recluse, Collaborator → Rulebreaker) and added three new traits.

  • Added 15 new characteristics (e.g., Extroverted, Depressed, Bookworm, Emotionally Needy).

  • Ambitions can now be chosen during Zoi creation, and NPC Zois get ambitions matching their traits.

  • Over 140 new urges added, and 120 urges reworked based on personality.

• Improved Social Interactions & Events: Ten new social events (blind dates, group study, fitness clubs) plus a new burglar break-in event. More dynamic crowd roles (police, thieves, cleaners, artists) enhance city life.

• Karma System Changes: Karma score, icons, and dedicated menu items for karma have been removed. Karma-based interactions are merged into the general system.

🏙️ City, Properties & Careers

• Loans & Side Jobs: Overdue loans now trigger text messages and may affect a Zoi’s relationships. A new Side Job rabbit-hole event allows extra income for repayment. Loans can now be repaid immediately via computer or smartphone.

• Career Updates: Added 144 new rabbit-hole career opportunity cards for jobs in Dowon and Bliss Bay.

• City & Property Improvements:

  • New properties for all cities: Funeral Home, Columbarium and Cemetery.

  • Updated residential properties and presets; introduced new double-door models, dishwashers, club lounges with pool tables/bowling lanes in Dowon/Bliss Bay.

  • In Cahaya: added Beach Club and Wedding Studio; placed new street objects (drinking fountains, fitness equipment, lifeguard stands).

  • Reduced death probability from natural disasters or temperature changes, and increased initial move-in funds when starting a new game.

  • New “Photo Mode” smartphone app.

🎮 Interactions & Feature Upgrades

• New Interactions: For newborns/toddlers (Give Formula, Do Baby Stretches), child-specific (Reprimand), romantic/teen (Use Smartphone While Lying Down, Share Earphones, Break Off Engagement), and cooperative activities (Play Bowling, Play Billiards).

• Object & Simulation Enhancements:

  • Zoi teleport option to scheduled event location.

  • Non-player lots can be edited directly via Edit City (M) > Edit Property.

  • Improvements in bag/item handling, vehicle previews, ownership logic, and emergency rescue in vehicles/boats.

• UI / UX Enhancements:

  • Overhead icons for events, jobs, and visitors.

  • Improved HUD: Urges panel clearer, Budget app shows total assets, popups for item delivery show thumbnails and names, driving speedometer added.

  • Camera and build-mode improvements: Snap scaling, gizmo key guides, better object placement previews.

🎨 Customization, Builds & Modding

• Character Customization: Added 100 new items (face presets, hair/facial hair, makeup, accessories) plus 38 unlockable Halloween items via events on Canvas. New Makeup Presets, randomizers for categories, 5 new poses for each age/gender, new studio background.

• Building Mode & Items: 120 new items (bedroom, living room, outdoor, special effects). 58 unlockable Halloween items via Trick or Treat events. Added Smart Snap (press X for alignment), and experimental AI Build (Windows RTX 3000+/AMD RX 6000+ only). Roofs can overlap, wall guidelines added.

• ModKit & Mod Support: Localization mods support via new wizard. Mod Browser auto-installs CurseForge mods. Tutorials for ModKit (UE5), improved wizards for hair/skin and building doors/fences/windows.

• Audio & Performance: Updated lobby and Halloween-themed tracks via AI music. Optimized graphics for better frame rate and loading speed; added Nanite feature disable for low-end graphics; support for audio devices with high sampling rates.

🐞 Bug Fixes

Major fixes across gameplay, interaction, character, build, UI/UX, and mod systems. Representative fixes include:

• Corrected Zoi eyelid/eyeball issue during sleep.

• Resolved fish floating in air and resort gown travel bug.

• Fixed male Zoi animation on scooter, toddler portraits in adoption UI, vehicle use in prisons, step transition errors in build mode.

• Interaction fixes: Surf the Waves, delivery dialogs, thought bubble icons, tooltips, online-date mechanics.

• CAZ/build mode mods: Short hair duplication, gender change bug after applying presets, decorative object rotation issues.

• Mod/ModKit: Fixed frame drops in lobby caused by certain mods; improved folder detection; corrected body-region limitations in outfit mode.

• General: Fixed baby interaction label, countless UI/UX glitches, and camera/vehicle behavior issues.

Note for players using existing save files (“Continue” mode): The development team continues to improve stability and content, but due to the complexity of simulation systems some issues may still occur. If your save is unstable, back it up and await the next update.

✅ Final Thoughts

This v0.4.0 update transforms inZOI into a richer, more dynamic life simulation enriched by seasonal content and foundational improvements to personality systems, interactions, and game structure. Whether exploring ghost gameplay, cultivating pumpkins, or building new properties, players can expect deeper immersion and a fresher experience this autumn.