Patch Notes

◆ Update Information

◽️  **Patch Date: **April 29, 2026

◽️ Build Version:

• Windows PC Steam: 20260429.12169.W

• Mac Steam: 20260429.12173.M

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■ Gameplay

Career

• New careers have been added to all cities.

  • Dowon & Bliss Bay: Researcher, IT Developer, Architect, Music Producer, Journalist

  • Cahaya: Travel Agent

• For the new careers, Zois will first have to apply for an interview then impress the interviewer to be accepted to begin work.

• School and business have been separated from careers as independent categories.

  • As long as the schedules do not overlap, these three categories can be assigned to the same Zoi simultaneously.

  • Schedules are prioritized in the order of school first, career, then business last.

  • Zoi card displays the Zoi’s occupation in school, career, business, or freelance category.

• Salary is given on a daily basis.

• Zois can register for paid leave, sick leave, and remote work on the computer.

  • Companies can sometimes provide company-wide holidays but also assign overtime work.

  • The amount of leaves is determined by the Zoi’s job position.

• Team projects have been added.

  • Zois can collaborate with co-workers to work on team projects from day 1 through day 4.

  • Progress can be tracked on the dedicated phone app and the mission UI.

  • The amount of contribution at the end of a project will determine their grade and rewards.

• New workplace interactions have been added, and after work missions have been added.

• Arriving to work late will cause your Zoi to be marked as tardy or absent and will negatively impact their evaluation.

• If a Zoi’s performance is insufficient, they may be fired from their position.

• Zois can retire after meeting the required amount of time spent in that company.

  • Once your Zoi announces its retirement, a retirement party social event will take place.

  • After retirement, your Zoi will become eligible for pension funds.

• Zois who are fired, leave their workplace, or retire will receive severance pay.

• Loading a save file from before this update will automatically sync previous career information to its updated version.

Freelance

• The following freelance jobs have been added.

  • Delivery: Deliver a good given by the client to its designated recipient.

  • Creative: Create writing, music, program, or media as requested by the client.

  • Publishing: Publish your created work to earn commission based on its performance.

  • Sell Online: Sell your created work using the computer for a much lower price than if you had submitted to a client or published it.

• A license must be obtained on the computer to begin freelance work.

  • Once obtained, the grade of a license will be determined by the Zoi’s reputation in that line of work and the number of successful tasks.

  • Holding a higher grade license will allow your Zoi to take on more difficult tasks with higher compensation rates.

• A dedicated app for freelancers can be used to check license status, available jobs, and the status of current tasks.

Business

• New business types have been added.

  • Hair Salon: Place hair salon chairs to change other Zois’ hairstyles.

• Empty employment slots in employee management are displayed more clearly.

• Objects that are recommended and those that are required are better distinguished in business presets.

Crime

• Some crime interactions are visible even if the Zoi has not yet reached the required crime level.

  • The Zoi must still reach the appropriate skill level to use each crime interaction.

• After obtaining level 5 in crime skill, criminal masks can be obtained from the suspicious job agency.

  • Committing a crime while wearing this mask can cause nearby witnesses to flee instead of calling the police.

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■ Simulation

Autonomy

• Specific autonomy behaviors can be selected for all Zois, household members, or self.

  • Behaviors for self follow behaviors set for household members, which follow behaviors set for all Zois settings.

• Zois do not automatically engage in conversations with Zois who are far away.

Interactions

• Interactions needed to complete tasks are more easily visible.

• Items can be interacted with directly from the backpack.

• Getting killed by a shark and jellyfish have been enhanced to look more realistic.

• Zois can kiss on top of the desk if they are in intimate love relationships.

• Dancing on top of the table can only be performed when in appropriate emotions.

  • Surrounding Zois display reactions that are appropriate to their current emotion.

• Zois can sit next to trees.

• Stickers placed on walls can be removed.

Baby

• A pregnant Zoi can visit the hospital to get an ultrasound, check the gender and the overall health of the baby.

• If a baby tries standing up and falls down, the parent or the babysitter will run over to comfort them.

• When a baby urinates, there will be a puddle of urine that the parent or the babysitter will have to clean up.

Social Event

• Multiple social events can be assigned on the same day.

• Gender reveal social event has been added.

• Important social events like a job interview will appear on the calendar differently from regular social events.

Memory

• In the recent memories menu, you can view relationship logs of other Zois.

• New milestones have been added for freelance activities and new careers.

• Certain milestones will record the names of Zois your Zoi achieved the milestone with.

※ This feature may not apply to certain saves from before this update.

Phone

• Text messages can be sent to more Zois than before, and more types of messages can be sent.

• Zois can ask for phone numbers flirtatiously to Zois they are attracted to.

Skill

• Doing push-ups produce varying outcomes, with higher fitness skill levels likely to produce better outcomes.

• Doing performances produce varying outcomes, with better outcomes possible even at lower performance skill levels.

Other Improvements

• A new UI displays emotions of other Zois involved in the current conversation.

• Teleport to destination pop-up appears when selecting a destination that is far away.

  • This pop-up can be disabled in game options.

• When a home service Zoi arrives at the entrance, you can now select whether they ring the doorbell or a pop-up appears to allow their entrance.

• Ghost play can be toggled on or off in the game options.

• The number of days is now displayed alongside each aging speed setting in game options.

• Weather impact on Zois can be adjusted in game options.

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■ Create a Zoi

Situational Looks

• Situational looks go beyond just outfits to include hairstyles, makeup, and skin settings.

  • Default face settings will be initially applied to all situational looks and  any changes made can be reverted at any time.

• You can set up to 5 different looks and 1 signature look for each situation.

• Automatically changing outfits based on the situation can be turned off in Create a Zoi.

Improvements

• Higher high heels have been added.

• Facial appearances have been modified to more realistically reflect each age group.

• Control gizmo movements follow your controls of the mouse.

• A European countryside background has been added to the studio.

• Family trees can be captured and saved as .png image files.

  • The background color of the image can be changed.

New Items

• Hairstyles: 2

• Tops: 10

• Bottoms: 7

• Outerwear: 4

• Shoes: 9

• Watches: 1

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■ Build Mode

Multi-select

• Multiple items can be selected at once using the following controls:

  • Drag Select: Hold shift and drag to select multiple items.

  • Drag Deselect: Hold alt and drag to deselect multiple items.

  • Add Select: Hold shift and use the left mouse click to add individual items to selected items.

• With the dedicated multi-select toolbar, you can choose which types of items can be selected using multi-select.

Improvements

• Refrigerators with a water dispenser and the tap can be used to drink water.

• Up to 3 cooking appliances can be placed on the countertop.

• Short broom and dustpan combo has been added for cleaning.

• Side tables placed in homes can be decorated with different objects.

• Zois can check the laundry basket and feel uncomfortable if it smells bad.

• Control gizmo movements follow your controls of the mouse.

New Properties

• European countryside residential presets have been added to the following properties.

  • Dowon: Moaville

  • Bliss Bay: 3140 Greenway Street, 203 Somerset Place, 8 Beachfront Drive

• Business

  • Dowon, Bliss Bay: Hair salon

  • Cahaya: Hair salon

• Career

  • Dowon, Bliss Bay: Architecture firm, IT company, record label, laboratory, newspaper company

  • Cahaya: Travel agency

New Items

• Module roofs: 2

• Gates: 1

• Fences: 1

• Handrails: 2

• Pillars: 1

• Windows: 7

• Doors: 5

• Window decorations: 8

• Tile textures: 10

• Interaction objects: 149

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■ System

Unreal Engine Update

• The game has been updated to run on Unreal Engine version 5.6.

Optimization

• A new category to adjust optimization settings has been added to game options.

  • Simulation Preset: Includes various simulation settings to improve performance.

  • Performance Safeguard: Enabling this will automatically adjust optimization settings when performance overload has been detected.

  • Graphics Preset: This has been mirrored from the graphics category for better navigation.

• In-game browser popups for Canvas now open as external browsers for better optimization.

Language

• Incorrectly expressed texts can be reported to the inZOI Team by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9, then clicking the target text.

  • Current Text: Displays the current version of the targeted text.

  • Suggested Text: Write what you believe is the correct replacement for the current text.

  • Reason: Explain why the current text is wrong and why your suggested text is right.

• The following languages have been added to the game.

  • Dutch (Netherlands)

  • Turkish (Turkey)

  • These new languages are currently only supported in-game and will later be supported on our official websites as well.

• While providing translations for new languages used to be logistically unfeasible, we are currently experimenting with AI translation to make this a possibility. While we are continuously working hard to improve the accuracy of our model, there may be some errors in our initial outputs.

  • If you notice these errors during your gameplay, please use the Report Translation Issue tool mentioned above to help us improve the accuracy of the texts for your language.

Cheats

• changeSeason [Season]: Change the current season to one of the following seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter. ※ This feature was temporarily removed and has returned with this update.

Smart Zoi

• A notification will appear when enabling Smart Zoi on a system with 7GB or less VRAM.

  • You can select whether or not to enable this feature after understanding that your system’s performance can be negatively impacted by this feature.

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■ Controls

• Hotkey customization has been moved to game options.

• Mouse sensitivity control adjustments in game options have been refined.

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■ Mods

• ModKit has been updated to support Unreal Engine version 5.6.

• MetaHuman meshes can be automatically converted to the game.

• An FAQ button has been added to the deactivate mod and application failed popup.

• Filters have been added to CAZ and Build Mode to show or hide items applied with mods.

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■ Bug Fixes

• A detailed list of bug fixes is available on the  official inZOI Forum .

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If you discover any bugs or errors during gameplay, please report them via the  Bug Reports page on the official inZOI Forums .

Your feedback greatly helps us improve the game.