The four stats summarize a character’s current simulated condition on a 0–100 scale. Health participates in risk calculations; knowledge contributes to some career and income rules; happiness and social connection change with the life and affect some situations. They are not a real personality assessment or a single score for a good life.
Health affects risk, not a countdown
In the current v2 model, annual mortality starts from a population baseline associated with residence, sex, age and the scenario year. Health, some debt pressure and an exercise arrangement adjust that risk. Improving health can reduce part of the modeled risk without removing illness, accidents or aging.
A health number does not reveal a predetermined year of death. Birth-registration life expectancy and survival curves describe populations, not a personal deadline. Country conditions, events and decisions all matter, so a full health bar cannot promise survival to a particular age.
Current happiness and a lifetime average differ
Happiness changes through events, relationships and annual focus. The ending’s average uses the saved happiness history across the years already lived, rather than the final value alone. Read the curve alongside the timeline to understand when a change occurred and what was actually recorded.
Some pressure situations become eligible when happiness is low. That is a game condition, not a psychological diagnosis of the player or character. The character’s 0–100 happiness also differs from national life-satisfaction data shown elsewhere. Those two measures should not become a direct ranking.
Knowledge helps with some career opportunities
Knowledge contributes to parts of v2 income and hiring calculations. Some promotion levels require sufficient knowledge and career experience. Studying can change those conditions, but qualifications, work history and the current career still need attention. A high value does not remove every entry requirement.
It also does not guarantee a successful application. Open the spending and career controls to inspect eligible jobs and reasons an action is unavailable. That gives more useful context than the stat alone. Annual income, cash and net worth are separate economic records, not alternative names for knowledge.
Social connection is not every family relationship
The social stat changes with friendship, family and love focuses, as well as individual choices. For example, certain later-life situations become eligible when social connection is low. The overall value does not tell you the complete relationship with one parent, partner or child.
Family members have their own recorded relationship and life information. A high social value cannot promise marriage, children or universal support. When a relationship changes, look for the person and event involved rather than assuming one bar explains the whole story.
Use the bars to ask better questions
Pause and read recent entries before choosing an annual focus. Available focuses change with age. Study, rest, body and relationships support different directions and can have tradeoffs; the useful choice depends on what you want to explore in this particular life.
Auto scores immediate stat effects with extra weight for the current focus. It does not find a guaranteed longest, richest or happiest life. For a specific question, keep the original record and create a branch at an existing decision. Compare events and finances alongside the stats.