# Can I age an NPC?

**URL:** <https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Tags:** relationship, age\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002 "2026-01-10T14:07:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![mialuce66](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/mialuce66/32/67_2.png) [@mialuce66](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/mialuce66)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/1 "2026-01-10T14:07:37Z")

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One of my teenage Sims had a relationship with an NPC, also a teen.

Now she’s become a young adult and moved out on her own. I thought I’d have them move in together, but the option isn’t there, I think because of the age difference. The Romance option in relationships has also disappeared, even though they still show as “in love”.

He doesn’t belong to any of the families in the household, so I can’t control him. I hadn’t thought about this problem when I had them get together.

Do NPCs age if I enable aging for non-player families?

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**Author:** ![LittleBrownBiscuit](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/littlebrownbiscuit/32/12231_2.png) [@LittleBrownBiscuit](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/LittleBrownBiscuit)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/2 "2026-01-10T15:55:00Z")

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I’ve encountered this before. My zoi aged up first, and eventually the second zoi caught up.

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**Author:** ![HeinziDerHeld](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/heinziderheld/32/4787_2.png) [@HeinziDerHeld](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/HeinziDerHeld)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/3 "2026-01-10T15:57:26Z")

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Just like @LittleBrownBiscuit said, the NPC Zois will age up too. It can take up to a week or two, depending on how far he was in his life stage when your Zoi aged.

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**Author:** ![LittleBrownBiscuit](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/littlebrownbiscuit/32/12231_2.png) [@LittleBrownBiscuit](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/LittleBrownBiscuit)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/4 "2026-01-10T15:57:52Z")

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Yeah, that’s what I found

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**Author:** ![mialuce66](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/mialuce66/32/67_2.png) [@mialuce66](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/mialuce66)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/5 "2026-01-10T19:02:33Z")

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Thank you all!

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**Author:** ![Samuriko](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/samuriko/32/15564_2.png) [@Samuriko](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/Samuriko)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/6 "2026-01-10T23:00:18Z")

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You could set yourself immortal while waiting for your sweetheart.  
”StopAging True”

But it’s still gonna take time.

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**Author:** ![mialuce66](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/krafton/user_avatar/forum.playinzoi.com/mialuce66/32/67_2.png) [@mialuce66](https://forum.playinzoi.com/u/mialuce66)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.playinzoi.com/t/topic/9002/7 "2026-01-11T13:40:12Z")

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Yes, I always play with aging off 🙂 . I age the families a couple of days at a time and for the rest I play with aging stopped. In fact, my first children from March are only becoming young adults now.