Pimori moods: why it's sulking and how to help

Every Pimori mood at a glance

Your Pimori is always in exactly one mood. It shows in its face and pose in the room, in the face icon next to the Today line, and in how it greets you. Here's the full list, what causes each one and what helps:

Content is the default, and a content Pimori has a lot to say. It might bring up the last moment you chose together, mention the garden, or ask about the next trail, depending on its personality.

Which mood wins

A Pimori can be hungry and bored at the same time, but it only shows one mood. The game checks them in a fixed order and shows the first one that's true:

1. 1. RestingAsleep beats everything.
2. 2. ExploringOut on a trip.
3. 3. LonelyIt missed you. This shows even if it's also hungry.
4. 4 to 8. NeedsHungry, then sleepy, then peckish, then restless, then curious.
5. 9. ContentNothing else applies.

That's why fixing one mood sometimes reveals another. Feed a sulking Pimori and it stops sulking, and then it might be honest about being sleepy too.

The three needs: tummy, energy and fun

Most moods come from three needs, each shown as a bar on something in its room:

• Tummy lives on the food bowl. Tap the bowl to feed it.
• Energy lives on the cushion. Tap it for a nap, or to tuck it in at night.
• Fun lives on the toy. Tap it to play.

While it's awake, each need drifts down slowly, measured out of 100: tummy by about 4 an hour, fun by about 3.5 and energy by about 2.5. A newly hatched Pimori starts comfortable, so your first bit of care is a hello, not a rescue.

Two rules keep this gentle. Needs never drop below 5, so nothing ever runs out completely. And they only drift for about a day and a half after your last visit, then they hold where they are. A week away looks much the same as two days away.

Hungry and peckish: feeding your Pimori

Peckish means tummy is under half. Hungry means it's under a fifth, and you'll hear about it. Either way, a snack fixes it.

Tapping the bowl feeds a quick pick. Press and hold to choose from six snacks. Oat biscuits and moon berries are always in the cupboard. Strawberries, rice balls, cupcakes and peaches live in the pantry and run out, and you can restock them from the garden harvest, from Snack catch and from friends.

Every Pimori has its own tastes, fixed at hatch: one snack it loves, one it's lukewarm on and the rest it likes. A loved snack fills 45 points of tummy, a liked one 35 and a so-so one 25. You find the favorite by feeding, and when you do, it gets its own entry in "Our story". A Pimori that's already full only takes a polite bite.

Sleepy: naps and bedtime

Sleepy means energy is under 35%. Tap the cushion and what happens depends on the time:

• In the daytime, it takes a 25-minute nap. Energy refills quickly while it sleeps.
• From 7 pm to 4 am, the cushion tucks it in for the night. It sleeps until 7 am your time (never more than 12 hours), energy refills slowly, and tummy and fun drift at half speed.

A sleeping Pimori is resting, not ignoring you. You can still chat. If you want to feed it, wake it first. Waking early is fine: it keeps whatever energy it's gained so far. Starting a game also wakes it from a nap.

After a night's sleep, it greets you with a dream for the first few hours of the morning. They're usually about snacks.

Restless and curious: playtime

Curious means fun has dipped under 55%. Restless means it's under 25% and your Pimori has, in its words, SO much energy. Two ways to help:

• The toy. One tap adds 25 fun. Playing is a bit tiring, so it costs 10 energy.
• A quick game. Snack catch, hide and seek, This or that or Pocket Treasures. The day's first game adds 25 fun, and Snack catch also tops up its tummy. Later rounds still cheer it up, just less. Games tire it out a touch, but never push energy below 30.

Each kind of care has a short 30-second cooldown, so tapping the toy twenty times in a row does nothing extra. Your Pimori would rather you came back later.

Exploring

When you send your Pimori on an expedition, it's exploring for 20 minutes. Its bowl, cushion and toy wait until it's home. Partway through you get a postcard from the trail, and when it's back it greets you with "i'm back!! i brought something. wanna see?"

You can send it out up to three times a day. It won't go if it's hungry or asleep, so feed it or let it wake up first. Packing a snack is optional and nudges the odds of a rare find up a bit.

Why is my Pimori sulking?

Because it missed you. If more than about 30 hours pass between visits, your Pimori turns lonely. In the room that looks like crossed arms, a grumpy face and a very pointed look. When you open the app it says "you're back!! i missed you. tell me everything?"

The fix is easy. Any of these ends the sulk straight away:

• Feed it, tuck it in or play with the toy.
• Play a quick game.
• Chat with it.
• Receive a gift, a snack, a wave or a sleepover from a friend.

Just opening the app isn't quite enough. It wants actual attention. But it doesn't hold a grudge, it doesn't lose any growth, and the sulk leaves no mark. There's even a sulking sticker, for when you feel the same way.

Dust bunnies

Dust bunnies are the other sign you've been away. Come back after 24 hours or more and you'll find one fluffy dust bunny per full day you were gone, up to three. One day away, one bunny. Three days or a month away, three bunnies. They never pile up past that.

To tidy up, tap each one until they're all gone. Clearing the room earns 3 sparks, and once the room is clean and everything's topped up, your Pimori is back to content. If you leave them, nothing bad happens. Your pet might just mention that a few dust bunnies moved in while you were gone.

Pausing for a trip

Going on holiday, into a busy week or just want a quieter pace? Turn on Pause daily rhythms in your pet's settings. While it's on:

• Needs stay exactly where they are.
• No dust bunnies move in.
• It doesn't get lonely, so there's no sulk waiting for you.
• Growth and discoveries stay yours.

Turn it off when you're back and the day picks up from there, with no catching up. You never have to pause. It's there for peace of mind.

What never happens

Old-school virtual pets could get sick or die. A Pimori can't. Here's what it will never do, however long you're gone:

If you grew up with keychain pets and the guilt that came with them, this is the whole point. For more on how Pimori compares, read our Tamagotchi-style app guide. Tamagotchi is a trademark of Bandai. Pimori is an independent app and isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Bandai.

A day of moods

In practice, a Pimori's mood drifts gently through a normal day. Breakfast fixes a peckish morning, a game fixes a restless lunch, an expedition fills the afternoon and the cushion handles the evening. A few short visits are plenty. You'll rarely see hungry if you drop by once or twice a day.

Moods also shape chats. If you've left game facts switched on in privacy settings, your Pimori knows how it's feeling when you talk, and can mention it. Curious what the talking side is like? Read what an AI pet is. And if you're still picking a color for your future pet, there's always the Pimori blooms guide.