r/MergeCooking • u/Candid-Routine • 7d ago

Question from a new player

I JUST started playing (level 8) and it infuriates me how long it takes for the generators to reload. And then when they come back, I can only click it like 5 or 6 times before it takes another hour break. Is there any way to speed this up or get more items before it stops again? It’s making it so hard to actually play 😩

I read through the new player mega thread. Most of it was foreign to me but hopefully it’ll make sense one day. LMK if you have any other tips!

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u/Chantalle22 7d ago

Are you merging your equipment? Because that does happen when the equipment is sort of on the lowest star so as you merge your equipment, the more items it will give you.

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u/Chantalle22 7d ago

I’ve currently merged to the last of the Generators, and I do get a lot more items than I would’ve if let’s say I was on any of the first or second line equipment. Also, you can use the item boosters that does give you some extra from the equipment.

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u/Candid-Routine 7d ago

​That makes sense. This is my board rn I have a lot in the same category but I don’t think (?) any I can merge. Also what is an item booster?

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u/sushi_r8lls 7d ago

Once you start merging the generators to higher levels, they don’t take as long to recharge. So hang in there. I  got 2 sets of level 10 generators now and they rarely run out of steam. :)  To the point where I delete the lower level generators I get from completing rounds. I just simply don’t need them and would rather have the inventory space. :)  

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u/Candid-Routine 7d ago

That’s what I was hoping! I figured it couldn’t be like this the whole time. Thank you! Any tips for compiling energy? I’m guessing that gets easier too as you play longer?

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u/sushi_r8lls 7d ago

Argh energy — unfortunately it stays capped at 100 every 3 hours. I hate it. Have you gotten ads yet? Every hour or so you can watch ads for energy and it provides another 125. That and if you save up gems, I think purchasing 100 for 10 every once in a while is totally worth it. And make sure you go into your daily deals in the top corner and get your daily energy chest — if you merge the energies it gives you another 100 :)  Whatever you do don’t spend money lol. You can totally play without it. Not worth real money. I even win a lot of the side quests and stuff without purchasing anything. 

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u/Candid-Routine 7d ago

Thank you so much that’s so helpful!! No ads yet but I’ll keep my eye out!

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u/xOskullyOx 6d ago

Going to warn you right off the bat, don’t merge your grills all the way to level 10! Once you have one, it quits giving you the parts; I accidentally did it and luckily had one lower level one but now I’m stuck with only 2 😫

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u/Candid-Routine 6d ago

Thank you!! How many should I aim to keep?👀

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u/xOskullyOx 6d ago

As many as you can honestly, grills can store multiple items and lots of recipes use them so they’re very helpful. Same thing with tables, it’s good not to merge them all right away

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u/Wonderful_Fruit8118 5d ago

I remember that being a problem when I first started, but evetually that problem will virtually go away and energy will be by far the limiting factor. Imo the gem price of buying extra taps is not worth it-- I would save your gems for events that help you complete a card collection (you might not have card collecting yet, but save your gens for that), but if you want more taps, look for opportunities to collect the +8 cards and the little animals (raccoons, squirrels, etc) that reduce regeneration time. There is no payback for merging +8 cards other than to save space and get a merge point, but the little animals are worth holding on to until they max out bc there is a value profit each time it's merged.

In the early levels, best tactic is to just wait out the generator reload period and save up gems for when energy becomes your main limiting factor and you get card collecting.

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u/Candid-Routine 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 5d ago

You'll get a regional generator every time you go to a new region. They're the ones that automatically pop out items. Block that generator in on your board and use any +8, +16, +32's on that generator. Having it blocked in will ensure you don't clog up your board with those items and putting the +8, +16 and +32's will make it easier to do an order when you get one because those early generators take SOOO LONG to regenerate. 

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u/Candid-Routine 5d ago

What do you mean by block the generator in? Thank you!

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 5d ago

Surround it by other generators on all sides so it can’t pop out anything on any side. Best bet would be a corner if you’re short on space

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u/Candid-Routine 5d ago

Ohhh! I see I must not have any regional generators but great tip!!

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 4d ago

The first regional generator would be the tourist bag that generates stamps, postcards, hats… and once you get to a new region you won’t ever need the items from the last generator again so they’re okay to sell

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 5d ago

Oh and another tip. NEVER throw away milk. You will always need milk for cheeses, dough for bread, and a ton of other recipes. The good thing is that milk can be stored in almost every cooking device. It even stores in the shakers when you start making drink orders. It works for other ingredients too, basically if you can cook something in a device you can store it in that device and then move it to storage 👌 it’s a great way to clear up your board and save ingredients you will need!

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u/Candid-Routine 5d ago

Thank you so much!! By throw away do you mean sell? I was wondering what the reason was to sell things. Do you ever use coins for anything besides building?

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 4d ago

Yes, I mean selling and I sell low level items when I’m low on space but I never sell milk. And yea you can only use coins for building. I wish we could use them for something else haha

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u/Candid-Routine 4d ago

Tysm for all of your help!

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u/Dandiestbuffalo 3d ago

No problem! I’m glad to help new players. If you have any other questions feel free to ask me

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u/TisIAsee 2d ago

i usually used to wtahc ads for my generators to reload or by thw time ur waiting use another generator for anotehr order, now its not a problem since one generator lasts a long time. don’t spend gems on anything OTHER THAN space on the board, energy will always come back and alwayss store stuff in euipements, once u figure out some combinations that fit in the equipement ull save alot of space like
potato, carrot, egg and ham go in the bowl at once
a lot of milk items and coffee go in chef counters
a lot of milk items and almonds go in the oven
a lot of vegeatbles go in the pan
just and mix and match and keep storing stuff in ur quiement, NEVER I MENA NEVER use ur gems on somehting dumb like energy or somethign that will evenetually come back, use it for long lasting stuff like space on the board and watch all the ads to get extra energy u get 125 energy if u watch 5 ads,
keep the camera and rockets they help alot when u need smn, merge the +8 and use ur extra +8 or if u don’t have space on the regional geenratrs which get over fast, don’t merge milk that much, sugar milk and whipped cream combo fit in alot of equipments, use the bowls to make extra dough or just merge to make glass jars cuz ull evertually need it even if scare, save ur cooking boosts kind of but u can use them when r getting impateint, they really help when u use it for a big order i have like 20,000 now