The money → need points exchange rate
About these figures
Every need recovers through something you buy or do. Each row is a product; the six columns are the needs it restores. Green numbers are measured in-game deltas; +? means the game tags the effect but the points aren't quantified yet — and we don't guess.
Price Time
- Product
- Type
- Where
- Price
- Time
- Hunger
- Energy
- Fun
- Social
- Hygiene
- Bladder
Nothing matches.
| 🍛 Amala & Ewedu₦7.1 per point — the best value meal read | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦300 | 8s | +42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 🍲 Pepper Soup & Cold DrinkThe +6 Social is hidden on the menu | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦400 | 7s | +40 | — | +14 | +6 | — | — |
| 🍗 Jollof, Dodo & ChickenHunger restore unreadable — bar was full and clamped | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦550 | 8s | +? | — | +10 | — | — | — |
| 🍚 Ofada Rice & Shawa Fish | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦600 | 8s | +? | — | +6 | — | — | — |
| 🥬 Efo Riro, Ponmo & Semo | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦650 | 8s | +? | — | +8 | — | — | — |
| 🥤 Cup of Chilled ZoboTagged +Hunger +Fun; button sits in the menu scroll fade — taps swallowed | Meal | Amala Shitta | ₦100 | 5s | +? | — | +? | — | — | — |
| 🥐 Gala & LaCasera | Snack | Balogun Market stalls | — | — | — | — | +6 | — | — | — |
| 💬 Gist with MamaThe strongest free Social recovery | Social | Home | Free | 6s | — | — | +3 | +15 | — | — |
| 🎬 Nollywood Movie | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 11s | — | — | +? | — | — | — |
| ⚽ Super Eagles Match | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 14s | — | — | +? | +? | — | — |
| 📺 Big Brother Naija | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 11s | — | — | +? | +? | — | — |
| 🎵 Afrobeats Music VideosAlso +Music skill | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 8s | — | — | +? | — | — | — |
| 🗞️ Evening NewsNo need tags — trains Charisma | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 7s | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 👩🏾🍳 Cooking ShowAlso +Cooking skill | TV channel | Home · 32" Flat TV | Free | 8s | — | — | +? | — | — | — |
| 🛏️ Sleep at homeEnergy refills to 100; the −14 Hygiene is the observed cost | At home | Home | Free | 90s | — | +? | — | — | −14 | — |
| 🚿 Shower at homeRefills Hygiene; amount unmeasured | At home | Home | Free | — | — | — | — | — | +? | — |
| 🚽 Toilet | At home | Home | Free | — | — | — | — | — | — | +? |
| Nothing matches. | ||||||||||
+? = tagged by the game, points not yet measured (never guessed). A − number is an observed cost. The other half of the exchange rate — the 24h drain per need — lives in the Daily Optimizer.
Meal, gist and snack values are measured in-game deltas; the TV tags and home-loop effects are the game's own labels. The decay reference re-exports the Daily Optimizer's 24h offline-included drain table — one source of truth. If your screen shows different numbers, the game is right.
FAQ
What is the cheapest way to restore needs in Lagos Life?
The measured champion is Amala & Ewedu at the Amala Shitta: ₦300 for +42 Hunger (₦7.1 per point). Free sources matter too — Gist with Mama restores +15 Social in six seconds, and every TV channel restores Fun for free in under 15 seconds.
Why do some cells show “+?” instead of a number?
The game tags those effects (a TV channel literally prints “+Fun”) without publishing the points. We show the tag with a “+?” and keep the cell unquantified until a controlled session measures it — the same red line as every table on this site: no invented numbers.
What do the negative numbers mean?
Some recoveries carry an observed cost. Sleeping refills Energy to full in about 90 seconds but drains −14 Hygiene — the matrix prices both sides so a daily plan can net them out.