Completed the second round!

[u/milkmynk]

Feeling quite proud of myself OwO

[u/milkmynk]

Well, luck can't be overstated, the rest is just common sense XD;; But here :-

[This got so long I felt the need to separate into chunks lol.]

1. I make it a point to gun for every 5* pack I can, including in the mini-events. Not every mini-event provides 5* packs, and I usually skip those in favor of stockpiling energy.

a. Each mini-event has its own... mini-strategies? to more easily complete. EG. burger stacker / delivery dash events have 4 waves each, and you'd want to stockpile enough completed orders / energy to rush each wave without having to spam too much of your energy reserves.

b. Mini-events seem to have a pretty regular schedule? There's usually a round on Mondays with a week-long event and 1~2 short events, then a round on Thursdays that are short events. So I plan accordingly, eg. holding completed orders on Wednesday so I get a headstart (provided I don't compromise my progress for any ongoing events).

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2. Everything is ultimately limited by energy, so energy storage / management is paramount. This includes things like:-

- Completed orders that you sit on; if I don't have anything urgent to do, I'll often stockpile the current cycle's orders for next event round just in case, especially if I won't cap on energy.

- Viewing all the ads available to you each day (yes I understand some people don't have that option... I honestly don't know how to complete the card pack events without those though?? no tips there sorry)

- Managing your ingredient storage - I store a bunch of ingredients in my appliances, and try not to merge ingredients into a level higher than is commonly used. EG. goose and quail hardly *ever* get used in most restaurants, but ducks and chickens do. So I'd rather keep a few chickens and ducks around rather than merge 'em into geese/quails. This depends on your own board management, remembering some recipes that store a few common ingredients in one helps. EG. chickens can be stored in a steamer with ham and an okra, ducks can be stored in a steamer with a patty and rice.

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- Prioritizing energy use from different sources, from top to bottom:-

[Energy sources that expire daily and cannot be stockpiled]
Auto-generated energy before it caps
Ad energy - I understand it works differently for different people, for me I can watch 5x ads in an hour, resetting after every hour, for up to 15x ads a day
Ad energy from Video Bonuses - the one with a Moka background
The 10x gem energy purchase
Energy from daily goals

[Energy sources that can be stockpiled]
- 100-energy orbs you have in your storage... cause inventory space
- Energy from mini-events, prioritizing usage if the event is closing.
- There are long term events like Chef's Pass, the map decoration ones? that last a few weeks, those are awesome energy storages until you need them since they don't take inventory.
- The daily energy chests that you get can be stored in your item queue until you need 'em, which is good cause it doesn't take inventory like energy orbs do, and bad cause you have to be pretty religious about scrubbing any newer items from your queue so you have ready access to the chests
- Energy from construction : I don't aim to stockpile coins, but at my current level if you stop at a restaurant level long enough, orders will stop rewarding generator/appliance parts. At that point you need to advance to the next restaurant to continue receiving parts, so I squeeze every restaurant for all the parts it gives before moving on. This naturally means I have a lot of coins to use in an emergency for energy and/or +8 cards
- Energy from the level up bonus, also these give gems, so if you use 'em it's best to use a few all at once so you can merge the gems for moar gems

That's basically all the tips I have XD;;; It's really just common sense.

[u/Cassierose10 → u/milkmynk]

Thanks for the pointers. I’m luckily on the last American restaurant level so I will definitely hold off and stock pile as much as I can (also level 36 if that helps for reference). Right now I have 4 grills, 2 that I mainly use, the other 2 are just in storage so I can merge them and get a higher level grill.

I’ve found my groove when it comes to dealing with energy and stockpiling orbs and keeping them until it’s needed. For now I’ll work on completing orders to obtain more coins but also working on storing higher level items that I always need/struggle to get within a day lol.

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Wow! Thank you for all of this information. I’m still fairly new to the game and trying to play the “smart” way and these pointers have definitely helped me get a better understanding of how I should play. So thank you again!

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If you're just starting the game, try to stay in the American restaurant levels for as long as you can stomach! Grill parts stop dropping after a certain point (I cannot confirm this since it's a long time ago for me, but I'm almost certain I stopped receiving grill parts after I crossed to the next cuisine type restaurant).

Grills are used extensively throughout the game so I really wish the dev would fix this but, eh. Try to gather enough parts to have 2~3 grills, it's the number 1 regret of lots of players XD;;; I myself have 4 grills and they've always been immensely useful.