7 guides

Lagos Life Guides

Every Lagos Life guide on the site, grouped by what you need first. Each one is built from the sources listed at its foot and dated when last checked.

Getting started

Where new players begin: signing up, the birth lottery, the first-day goals, installing the app and what to do when the game will not load.

How to playSign up, roll the birth lottery, build your Sim and get through the first day's goals without going broke.7 min readNepo vs LAPO BabyThe two births side by side: house, money, job, car and debt, and which one fits the way you want to play.6 min read

Money

Where the naira comes from and where it goes: careers, side gigs, businesses, land and the weekly tax bill.

Make moneyShift pay, side gigs, businesses, land and trailers compared, with the best route for each stage of the game.9 min readBest jobEvery career ranked by pay at each level, with shift days and a calculator for your week's pay, tax and rent.8 min readTaxThe tax-free allowance, the three bands, which income is taxed and which sales and gifts are not.5 min read

Your Sim

What your Sim is made of: nine skills, ten traits, six needs, mood, sickness, blessings and the things you buy for the house.

SkillsWhere to train each of the nine skills, which traits speed them up and which jobs and gigs each one opens.7 min read

City life

Living in Lagos with other players: friends and bae, the governor's office, the police, getting around and the cities still to come.

TransportWalking, keke, danfo, okada, cab and your own car compared on fare and speed, with real trip examples.5 min read

How these Lagos Life guides are kept up to date

Every Lagos Life guide here names its sources at the foot of the page, with the date it was last checked. When the game updates, the changes go into the guides they touch and the update log records what changed. Spot a mistake? The about page explains how to send a correction.