What to upgrade next when the shift slows down

Before steel, see what made you leave the knife

Peel one full handful and watch where you spend the next minute. If raw potatoes are sitting beside you but the rusty blade needs many strokes, buy its available improvements and compare how many strokes the next similar potato takes. GameCap finished the rusty line before switching to steel. If the board stands empty while you walk back outside, take the carrying improvement at the terminal instead. A better blade earns nothing on an empty bench.

Pay at the terminal for the knife or carrying upgrade. Spend rank points in the Journal. The photographer used both at this stage, so buying the knife is not evidence that a Journal point has gone missing.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Match the first Journal point to what interrupts your cut

Watch a single drag at the board. A steady hand that stops halfway as the stamina meter drains benefits from Stamina. A blade that wanders across the surface before the meter is exhausted calls for Tremor Treatment. Re-test the same motion after spending the point. GameCap worked on both in its opening route, then took rotation. Moving the potato under the blade addresses a third kind of delay: constantly stopping to turn it by hand.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

When only the ends keep you at the bench

Look at the potato just before submission. If the broad sides are consistently ready but each tapered end needs another reposition and pass, try Full Peel when it is offered. Its value is the end work removed from each piece. If you spend longer holding a good cut than reaching those ends, try Auto Hold and check whether you still control the depth on a fresh potato. For someone who spends the interval running back to the pile, Sprint can be the better first pick. GameCap took Full Peel, Sprint and then Auto Hold on its ranks 8–11 route; that is one working order.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Use the first bucket to test whether the drum will stay fed

Before paying for the next drum, fill your current one and watch it during an outside trip. Empty before you return? Upgrade the supply run. GameCap paired the hand crank with the T-34 bucket, described as 48 per scoop with faster gathering, then finished its crank upgrades. A pile left at the receiving end while the drum keeps running points in the other direction. Work on processing capacity and track whether the backlog shrinks on your next return.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Choose between loose hauling and a second powered drum

When the first powered peeler drains between loads, stage an entire filled sack and observe that cycle. If packing and carrying took longer than the peeling, secure Bagging and get one reliable bag route working before buying another motor. If there is still a filled load waiting while the first peeler stays busy, a second powered drum can use it. Feed both once. If the second drum never takes a load, additional capacity is not yet turning into deliveries.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Buy the barrow when you have a queue of bags to move

Count full bags beside the yard before each walk. The photographed route bought more bag capacity and then a wheelbarrow, which carries up to six sacks on that route. With one full sack and no others ready, loading a barrow leaves the same single sack moving each trip. With several filled sacks waiting in one place, park it on that route, load the queue and compare the number of return trips for the same stock. If filled sacks are already queuing indoors, fix the receiving end first.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Late game, choose the pickup improvement that fits the queue

Walk the whole line once. Loose potatoes stranded across the floor can be collected with the vacuum as you move. A row of full sacks sitting beside the cable loading point needs attention at that loading point. A drum room receiving bags faster than it can peel them can benefit from faster motors once available. The three purchases remove different delays. Repeat the same walk after one change and note which queue actually disappears. The Japanese author prioritised the vacuum in the final ranks; an already tidy yard gives you less reason to do the same.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Decide whether the family route belongs in the timing attempt

Before opening a timed request, write down what the run is meant to finish: reach the train as quickly as you can, or reach it with money sent home. GameCap’s speed-oriented route declined optional family spending and took report rewards, freeing cash earlier for machines. A run aiming for a family outcome needs the requested money on hand instead. Record the choice with the split. If two times differ at the first motor, compare the actual spending and story decisions before blaming the machine order.

GameCap’s first-person upgrade route, terminal pictures and rank bands (Japanese) ↗

MJun.21's terminal, assignment reward and cash-event ledger ↗

Lower the difficulty of the current shift

One player who started on Hard reports turning it off in Settings after reaching the sack-hauling stage. If your aim is to finish that shift, make a manual save before changing the setting, return to the same shift and compare a similar-grade delivery. Keep a separate save if you want to return to Hard. The source describes switching mid-run but does not establish which leaderboard tab a mixed-difficulty run earns.

Firsthand account of changing a running Hard shift in Settings ↗

Gamecap’s illustrated Japanese progression guide ↗

Choose medicine according to how much knife work remains

Check how much of the next assignment you will actually peel yourself. Medication addresses coughing while your hands are at the bench. If most output already goes through powered drums and you spend the shift moving sacks, treating the cough will not speed those drum cycles. The Japanese route postpones medicine for this reason. If your next objective keeps you at the knife, time one short bench session and count the interruptions before choosing between medicine and a hauling upgrade.

Gamecap’s illustrated Japanese progression guide ↗

Keep hand capacity for single-item jobs after buying the bucket

A November 12 player noticed that the Supply Office still offered more hand carrying after a bucket could already move a larger load. If you mostly shuttle raw potatoes from the yard into a drum, try the existing bucket on that trip before paying for more hand capacity. The hand pickup still serves small jobs, such as separating a finished potato mixed with raw stock. Use it for that specific piece and keep the bucket for a uniform load. Buy another hand tier when those small trips repeatedly limit your shift or a Journal order asks for it.

Steam player review, November 12 ↗

A player bringing a bucket from the yard into the depot ↗

Choose between a bigger filled bag and your first wheelbarrow

A recorded shift compares the next 250 bagging purchase with the 210 wheelbarrow. Make one observation at the pile. If it takes repeated packing actions to gather the loose stock but a single full bag is easy to deliver, look at increasing the amount each tied bag holds. If several existing full bags are waiting while you walk them to the depot one by one, the barrow groups those existing bags into a trip. Do not expect the rolling cart to increase what each individual bag contains. Compare the final prices on your own terminal.

Player compares the cost of the cart with the remaining Bagging tier ↗

Transporting multiple filled bags together ↗

Shorten the loose-potato trip before trying to change its physics

The player who proposed a switch described losing one or two items from a three-potato load. The discussion presents disabling physics as a request. Try a single potato over the same door or step, then try the same route with the larger grip. If only the larger handful spills, stop carrying the full allowance across that turn and set the next batch on level ground before lifting. Once a bucket is unlocked, test it on the same trip. Its inventory behavior can change the item type, so keep any special potato separate.

Steam player discussion: SERIOUS ISSUES TO THE DEVS, A LITTLE LONG. SORRY BUT COMPLAINTS (BUT SUGGESTIONS ALSO) ↗

Steam player discussion: Spontaneous Potato Conversion ↗

Stop the indoor gantry at the tier your next order uses

If full bags are already arriving inside and the gantry is feeding the drums at a workable pace, keep the remaining gantry upgrades in the shop. The v1.0.3 Journal asks for its first tier at card 18. The next order names Auto Peeler III. The outdoor Sack Cableway follows at card 20. Its first shop entry checks Crank Peel Machine III and the wheelbarrow. It does not list Gantry IV.

Run one sack from the indoor collection area first. If it reaches a drum and empties, save for the next named purchase. If packed sacks reliably wait inside while drums have room, an extra gantry tier can address that particular delay. If bags are still outside, improving the indoor winch cannot fetch them. Move the next load yourself until the cableway is available.

MJun.21's v1.0.3 Supply Office prices and Journal sequence ↗

GameCap's photographed rank-by-rank playthrough ↗

A player describes the difference between required and short-lived upgrades ↗

Related field notes

• Read a Supply Office upgrade card before spending your shift pay
• Find your way around Depot 5: the delivery channel, drum room and supply window