Vending Machine

The Vending is one of the chores in Cosmo's Quickstop. Like all chores, it is permanently installed in your Quickstop. The Vending Machine is available from the beginning of campaign mode and exists in all of the Quickstop's floor plans. In the 4 dock floor plan, it is located on the east side near the purple docks with the stock room to its left. With 6 docks, it is similarly located on the east side next to the purple docks, but the stock room is across from it. In the 8 dock layout, it can be found on the north side across from the red docks with the stockroom to the left of the red dock door. The alert bar signifies when the Vending Machine is out of stock with a Vending Machine icon.

## Using the Vending Machine

You must periodically replenish the stock in the Vending Machine, making sure both the orange and blue columns are not empty. Customers who use the Vending Machine will randomly want an orange or a blue item. If that color is out of stock they will lose patience until it is refilled.

To refill the Vending Machine, you must enter the stock room and hover over the orange left side or the blue right side. Pressing the pick up button will equip Morvin with whatever color item is highlighted. Up to 4 items can be held at once, which must then be brought back to the Vending Machine and deposited. Items that are held to long without depositing will eventually start disappearing. Without any upgrades, stock will randomly degrade over time so the machine will need to be restocked even if customers don't use it frequently.

## Vending Machine Upgrades

Upgrades can be purchased with a Gold Star Sticker once the task has leveled up to an upgrade's corresponding number. Higher level upgrades often require a previous upgrade to be purchased as a prerequisite.

**Vacuum Sealed** - Sucking all the air out of the vending machine will preserve your stock longer. You can also charge more for the inherent increase in food quality!

**Chill Out** - Installing a refrigeration system will preserve your stock indefinitely! Plus the increase in food quality means you can charge more than ever!

**The Vendmaster 9000** - Installing a larger machine lets you store 2 additional orange and blue items. \*Slaps roof of machine\* This bad boy can fit so many bloopos in it!

**Firmly Grasp It!** - Adding grip training to your exercise regimen allows you to carry more stock at once. Now you can hold up to 6 items at a time!

**Coin Eater** - It may be ethically questionable, but rigging the payment detector will make customers pay up to triple the price for their item.

## Vending Machine Lore

This Vendmaster 5000 is a bit out-dated, but still functional. A gravity assisted delivery process drops the selected item into a pneumatic tube launcher, which propels it directly into the awaiting customer's face. It's bio-metrically locked force field makes it easy to stock and is secure from theft, but it is not hermetically sealed. Therefore the expiration of products should be expected. If this is a concern, please contact your local distributor for upgrade options. The Vendmaster 5000's limited self space can handle up to 8 items, making it necessary to store excess inventory in a nearby, climate controlled stock room. Keeping a well organized inventory is important in any stock room, which is why this one arranges everything into 2 simple categories: orange and blue. It’s idiot-proof! This stock room is equipped with the following vending machine items.

##### Blue Items

* Bloopos are delicious, squishy blue blobs that when exposed to stomach acid, immediately expand to create a sensation of fullness and satisfaction for long treks through space.

* Snowman Pops are a tasty cool treat that resembles a tiny person. They even have real self-awareness. They are the only dessert that screams when you eat it!

* Blue Snappers are a delicious species of crustacean that is commonly eaten raw at restaurants like McBitey's Space Diner. It's usually found on the appetizers menu.

* Pickled Tentacles are a more exotic option harvested from the depths of Pluto’s subterranean ocean. They are one of Pluto’s main exports and are popular among land and sea creatures alike.

##### Orange Items

* Cheddar Phones are delicious hunks of sharp cheddar cheese molded into the familiar shape of a rotary phone. Kids love ‘em!

* Florbits are a high energy snack that satisfies both hunger and thirst with its chewy outer layer and flavorful juicy excretions.

* Baby Shroomers are a euphoria inducing snack that is responsibly grown by environmentally conscious hippies on a planet made entirely of all-organic compost.

* Glow Bulbs are a light snack made of sugar glass and hard candy. They make your glorp glow in the dark. Be sure to not get them confused with real light bulbs!