Adoption is the only confirmed way to grow the household. There is no public baby stat sheet, rarity table, or hidden best child.
Route
- Hold the approval letter. It is the ticket the listing puts first.
- Drive to the adoption center and stay in the queue until staff call you.
- Pass the interview, then follow the NPC. The nursery is the next room in that visit, not a separate fast-travel unlock.
- Choose a child you are willing to keep. Looks are the only published difference. The fee and the house cap are the real limits.
- Read the price. Guides from early November 2026 say only the first child is free and every later adoption costs more coins than the last.
- Accept the care promise if you want to finish the session, then Take me home and drive back.
- Place the bed and formula station before you open the housing catalog.
When to go back
Go for another child only when both of these are true:
- The HUD still has a free family slot. Bigger houses are what recaps say raise that cap.
- Paying the higher fee still leaves coins for bottles and a task item.
Adopting the moment the fee looks affordable is how players fill the starter house and then have nothing left for care. Settle child one, bank the daily, task, and hourly coins, upgrade the house, then return. Details are on the house guide.
Queue problems
A long line is part of the visit, not a broken server by itself. Do not walk off to the furniture store in the middle of the follow-NPC step. If a skip purchase fails, treat the product as unverified and wait.
If staff send you back to the queue, public notes do not document a fail cooldown. Answer again in the same caregiver tone and stay until the nursery opens.
Babies are not a gacha. Pick one, name them at home, and start care.