Game Guide · Wants
Want Categories
All 294 wants across 11 categories. Your Parafolk’s desires drive their daily decisions.
11 categories
4 want chains
Want categories
How Wants Work
Wants appear in a Parafolk's thought bubble - 294 of them across 11 categories. Which ones show up depends on personality traits, current needs, skills, and what your Parafolk did recently.
Fulfilling a want improves mood. For 180 wants, the exact condition is resolved below from the game files - the action to perform, the item to buy, or the interaction to use. Extra rewards (money, school grades, status effects) are listed where the game grants them.
24 wants are timed and expire if ignored - chain steps, for example, fail after 12 in-game hours. The 27 Personality Abilities are a special case: trait-granted powers with their own tiers and cooldowns.
4 want chains are multi-step series where each fulfilled step offers a harder follow-up - cooking more recipes, longer workouts, bigger paintings, or more time alone.
Want Chains
Chains are escalating series: fulfill one step and the next, harder version appears. Each step expires after 12 in-game hours, so the streak takes commitment.
Cooking Streak
- Cook 2 recipes in 12 hours
- Cook 3 recipes in 12 hours
- Cook 4 recipes in 12 hours
- Cook 5 recipes in 12 hours
- Cook 6 recipes in 12 hours
- Cook 7 recipes in 12 hours
Fitness Streak
- Do push-ups for 15 minutes
- Do push-ups for 30 minutes
- Do push-ups for 45 minutes
- Do push-ups for 60 minutes
- Do push-ups for 90 minutes
- Do push-ups for … minutes
Painting Streak
- Make a small painting
- Make 2 small paintings in different styles
- Make a medium painting
- Make 3 medium paintings in different styles
- Make a large painting
- Make 4 large paintings in different styles
Time Alone
- Be alone for 1 hour
- Be alone for 2 hours
- Be alone for 4 hours
- Be alone for 8 hours
- Be alone for 12 hours
Wants FAQ
What are Wants in Paralives?
Wants are desires that appear in your Parafolk's thought bubble, driven by personality, needs, and surroundings. Build 1 ships 294 wants across 11 categories; 27 of them are personality abilities and 180 have concrete fulfillment steps listed on this page.
How do Personality Abilities work?
Personality Abilities are special wants granted by specific personality traits. They have cooldown timers and trigger unique effects like emotional boosts or skill bonuses when fulfilled.
Can I control which wants appear?
Wants are influenced by your Parafolk’s personality, current needs, skills, and environment. While you can’t directly choose wants, shaping your Parafolk’s life will affect what they desire.
What happens when I ignore a want?
Nothing bad: unfulfilled wants simply expire and rotate out, with no penalty. Only 24 of the 294 wants can outright fail, mostly timed occupation tasks; the rest just disappear and make room for new ones.