Happiness

Candiosity (known as Happiness in Viva Piñata and Pocket Paradise) is a metric associated with all piñatas and helpers. A happy piñata is a healthy piñata-- unhappy piñatas will get sick or even leave the garden.

Gameplay

Viva Piñata

Every piñata and helper has a happiness rating, which can be viewed by observing the icon beneath the piñata or helper when hovering over it with the cursor. The icon displays a face displaying the current emotion, with the rating being represented by a meter encircling the face. If a piñata or helper is happy, its meter will be over 50% and show a smile. An unhappy piñata or helper will be under 50% and show a frown. Helpers and piñatas alike will always start at in a perfectly neutral mood-- their meter begins at exactly 50% with a face showing no specific emotion.

Extremely unhappy piñatas will cry and voluntarily leave the garden if left too unhappy for too long.

Happy helpers work harder in the garden. A helper's mood can be improved by tipping them chocolate coins.

Pocket Paradise

Happiness works much the same in Pocket Paradise as it did in the original game. With the addition of stroking, piñatas' happiness will now improve when stroked. This is the cheapest and easiest way to improve happiness. Additionally, a hidden romance requirement for all piñatas is that they must be at a neutral happiness level or better. Romance hearts will not appear above unhappy piñatas.

Trouble in Paradise

In Trouble in Paradise, this metric has been renamed to Candiosity and refers to the amount of candy that a piñata contains. Piñata Central will only accept piñatas at maximum candiosity.