Problem with skill levels

  • Game Version: latest at 27.06.2026

  • Platform: (Steam windows)

  • Mods: (Choose one: never used)

  • Hardware Specifications & Operating System (Win 11, Ryzen 7 5800X, Radeon RX 7600 PULSE, 4*8 Gb DDR4, M2 PCI 4.0 SSD Samsung 990 Pro):

  • Steps to Reproduce: play the game

Every skill is useless at low level, creates and failures all: bad quality paintings, software/app, founds only stones when digging. Low quality of food. Low quality of handmade statues. Now I have 9 lvl of programming and until that level ALL (~10) apps were worst quality, not even normal or higher. Now I first time get normal quality app BUT I publish it and don’t get any payment. Skills literally broken

The quality depends also on the mood of the Zoi. The better the mood, the better the quality of the creation. I personally don’t think it’s abnormal that the creations are not as good when you have a low level. As far as I know, if you create something that is like, let’s say a lvl 8 item, it is still relatively difficult to get it perfect. That’s where the positive moodlets help like focused, content and so on.

You can’t expect everything to go perfectly at a low level. This isn’t a mistake it’s your “dissatisfaction”. :slight_smile:

I didn’t know that outcome also depended on the mood of your zoi as somebody else said. But even without that I think it is okay, and even makes sense that a level 1 of a craft gets you bad results. When you’re a beginner painter or a beginner studying german, you make tones of mistakes and poor quality stuff. I find it immersive, particularly because level 1 is very quickly acquired.

I attached a screenshot with the moodlets and it actually works like that. My baker Zoi was always in a bad mood in his bakery because he is an introvert and there were too many people in the store, resulting him being uncomfortable constantly. Even though he was a lvl 10 baker, the results would be medium at max, but often bad. I changed the trait later on with a cheat, switched it to workaholic and he was always focused, which led to him baking more excellent and perfect quality items.

I personally also find it more immersive. “No Master dropped from the heavens” as the saying goes. Otherwise leveling would only unlock more actions and you won’t feel any improvement.

Thank you for sharing this. I like that a system like this is in place in the game, it makes it more real. We certainly don’t perform the same at our jobs or hobbies when we have worriesin our minds, for example.

I can feel your introvert baker, not going to lie, although maybe he should have baked in the back room then hire somebody to be the people’s person haha :rofl:

He did bake in the back kitchen, but as soon as he restocked, it was already too much :rofl::rofl:. But yes, we certainly don’t perform well either if we are sad or anything troubles us, so I find it cool too

Nope. I thing in wrong way. I didnt said that at low skill u should be able to made perfect quality. I said that I CANT made NORMAL quality at low skills

I didnt had ANY bad emotions, also 100% I had inspiration

I can’t say I have this problem. My Zoi was also able to do medium quality items with lvl 1 Art skill when he was in a normal mood.

rn I made 3 meals and all of 3 were bad quality. skill is 6 lvl

If it is a bug, it helps to provide the safe file, screenshots and so on so the devs can look into it if it is something individually with your safe file