Player guides
9 entriesPractical next steps for the counter. Start with a question, then follow the references.

Getting started: your first shop
Choose a starting scenario, prepare the display case, inspect purchases and build a daily routine without spending your rent.
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How to get appraisal customers
Join the board, display your certificate, prepare an inspection tool, and check why customers are not arriving.
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Water purification: tools, steps & troubleshooting
Measure your batch, choose a treatment, check High-Quality or Pure thresholds, and troubleshoot stalled purification.
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Getting started with Hand appraisal & water mixing
A first-use walkthrough for the Hand and Water calculators: prepare your readings, calculate, check and repeat.
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How to identify Augs
Check Aug clues, understand the scanner and avoid treating a request for medical supplies as proof.
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Rat farming: setup and common problems
Set up rat ranching, place food where rats can reach it, maintain the cage and troubleshoot a colony that will not breed.
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How to get rid of radioactive waste
Take radioactive waste to the Dumping Ground, understand Georgio’s return event and avoid relying on trash-can exploits.
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Buying the store and continuing afterward
Compare outright purchase with the mortgage route, check your run’s buyout price and learn what happens after you own the store.
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Water Merchant: from testing to selling
Build a practical water-trading routine: test stock, choose treatment, relabel containers and prepare water your customers will accept.
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