Player Permissions

In Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, players are able to connect to other players over a network and enter their gardens. Thus, the game is considered to be a multiplayer game. However, players are not able to interact with another player's garden right away. The actions available depends on what Player Permissions the host has selected for each player. By default, if a player joins a game and is not a friend of the host the joining player is set by default to have No Permissions, or if the player is friends with the host that player is defaulted to Limited Permissions. The host can set any joining player to have No Permissions, Limited Permissions, or Full Permissions.

No Permissions

A player with No Permissions is not able to interfere with a garden by modifying it. The player's icon will have a red thumbs down next to it. The player can take only these actions.

1. Move the cursor.
2. Inspect piñatas and view them in the menu.
3. View a romance cutscene.
4. View the journal.
5. Capture a picture using the camera.

Limited Permissions

A player with Limited Permissions has the ability to modify the garden with limitations that prevent damaging the garden or interfering with the garden surface. The player's icon is marked with a yellow thumbs up. The player can take the No Permissions actions along with these ones listed below.

1. Use tools to destroy weeds, and harm Sour piñatas and Ruffians.
2. Use a shovel, but not to change the garden surface.
3. Interact with toys.
4. Order piñatas to move.
5. Romance piñatas.
6. Trap Piñatas in the Dessert Desert and Pinarctic in crates.
7. Insert a crate into the garden.

Full Permissions

A player with Full Permissions has the ability to do almost all actions a player can do outside of multiplayer mode. The player's icon is marked with two green thumbs up icons. However, such players still cannot do certain things, the ones listed below.

1. Activate Langston's challenges or minigames.
2. Enter the Garden Store.
3. Select Wildcard Piñatas to sell.
4. Send off a crate with a Wildcard piñata selected.
5. Acquire all the profits from sold items - 50% is acquired by the garden host for each item sold.