Beginner's Guide
The early game can feel like a grind. A few simple rules (where to spend gems, how to push a city, which gear to chase) will make it move much faster.
The Core Loop
The game has 60 unique cities. Each city is a full restaurant you build up, sell off, and move on. Finish the 60th and the game resets you to City 1 to start a new "loop".
The core loop: clear cities, earn gems and boxes, use them to get better gear and pets, use those to clear future cities faster, repeat. There's no scripted ending; most players aim toward owning one of the mythic ultimate builds.
Early Game Focus
Prioritize Vault Upgrades
Spend your gems in the vault. Focus on Remote, Checkbook, Mop, Register, and TV for stronger and longer ad boosts, faster customers, and more starting cash each city. Full tier breakdown is on the Vault Guide.
Don't Spend Gems on Boxes
Skip buying boxes as a new player. The gems are better spent in the vault. Save event-box gem spending for later when you're chasing specific Ultimates (see the Events guide).
Play Every Event
Participate in every event even if you can't finish them. Milestone rewards add up fast and accelerate everything else.
Efficient City Clearing
Two methods that move you through cities much faster than "open everything at once". Either works; pick whichever feels more natural to you.
Tall Method
Max one station before opening the next. Keep doing that, one fully-leveled station at a time, until the city is done.
First and Last
Fully upgrade the first station. Then open and fully upgrade the last station. Then fill in the middle.
Gear to Chase
Aim for one of these early builds. Each is made entirely from Epic gear that punches well above its rarity. Tap any piece to see its stats.
Once you have a handful of Epic or Legendary pieces, plug them into the Build Optimizer to find the strongest combination, and check the Meta Builds page for current top builds.
Don't Upgrade Gear
The game lets you salvage gear to level up items. Don't upgrade gear unless it is part of your final mythic build. Extra gear is much more valuable kept for two purposes: forging higher-rarity items, and donating to your club (which unlocks at city 7).
Forging higher-rarity blueprints needs multiples of specific lower-rarity items. So even though duplicates feel like extras, you need a buffer of each rarity to keep your forging options open. Always hold on to at least:
| Rarity | Keep at least |
|---|---|
| Ultimate | 1 of each |
| Legendary | 1 of each |
| Epic | 4 of each |
| Rare | 6 of each |
For tools, consider keeping double these counts. There are two tool slots, so you can end up needing twice as many.
Clubs
Clubs unlock at City 7. A club is a group of players who pool gear donations for shared rewards. A few things matter:
- Join an active club. Inactive clubs slow your progression to a crawl. The Eatventure Discord has channels for finding one taking new members.
- Find a club that fits your level and playtime. Most clubs set a minimum donation expectation each season (two weeks), so pick one you can comfortably keep up with. As a rough yardstick, clearing one city a day is about 2k XP when you donate all your gear.
- Donate your extras. Anything beyond the amounts in the table above goes to the club. Donations earn XP, XP levels the club up, and every member earns milestone rewards: small boxes, gems, pet food, profit multipliers, and critically Club Boxes, the only source of Mythic blueprints.
- Club rewards breakdownCommunity Handbook by Spectre
- Club Salvage/Rewards/XP CalculatorsMulti-Purpose Calculator by BladedCross