Gameplay Guide

This Guide will serve as a general guide for playing Campfire Cat Cafe.

## Early Game: Attracting Guests & Obtaining Acorns, Flour, Reputation

Attracting Guests to obtain Acorns to build new Furniture and hire new Crew Members, as well as building up Reputation are main parts of the Early Game. This portion covers the area in game where you have the Cafe and Bakery.

#### Attracting Guests

Tap on the Promote Button to attract a Guest into the Cafe, the amount of taps needed starts at 3, and ends at 14 max. The amount of Taps needed resets at around TBA minutes. You can have up to 40 Promote times at once, with 1 Promote time taking around 2 minutes to be regained again. At the start of the game, you are given 200 Promote times.

You can use Oliver to obtain more Promote times without waiting by using his Auto Promote ability. In Auto Promote, you can watch an AD to let him promote automatically for 60 seconds, as well as give 20 Promote times. The ability to watch an AD to activate Auto Promote can be stacked up to 4 times (or 6 if Masked Singer Oliver has been bought.You can also spend Gems to activate the ability even when all AD opportunities are currently up, the amount needed goes from 20, 40, and all the way to 60 (Depends on progress?). Oliver will also automatically attract a certain amount of Guests when he isn't resting, this ability can be upgraded using Bread.

#### The Guest is Upset

When the Guest is Upset, this means you should prioritize obtaining the amount of Acorns needed for the Recipe the Guest wants. This means that you have reached the required amount of reputation, or other requirements for a new Guest to appear, but haven't learned the recipe for the Guest, some recipes do not need to be learned to satisfy Guests, such as Caesar Salad, as well as the late-game Recipes. You'd know what Recipe to learn for the Guest by looking at the speech bubble above the Guest. The example photo shows College Brown wanting Lobster Bisque. Some guests do not have their required Recipe listed on how to obtain them in-game in the Guestbook.

#### Special Guests

Special Guests first appear after you interact with Elegant Erika at around 28 Reputation. Among the first Special Guests you'll encounter are "On Time" Jett and Fizz the White. Both are good early on in obtaining Acorns and Gems. Though Jett is good as an all-around Special Guest, as you can later obtain Flour/Bread when unlocking the Bakery, and Shovels when unlocking Camps.

#### Obtaining Flour

Flour is a secondary currency that is obtained slower than Acorns, though, should be prioritized as it is used to increase the Staff Level of Crew Members. Flour can be obtained from the Windmill (recommended to watch the Ad for the 1.5x bonus), specific Guests (listed on the Item Page), and specific Special Guests. There are other ways to obtain Flour that can be unlocked in the Mid Game.

## Mid Game: Earning more Reputation, Obtaining Shovels, Events/GF Ticket

In the Mid Game, aspects such as collecting Acorns is still useful as you are still building the Furniture for the Cafe, Bakery, and the Camp to earn reputation, as well as obtaining Flour for the Crew Members. You will also eventually be able to partake in both the recurring Events, as well as the Goldfish Ticket. This portion covers the area in game in where you have unlocked the Camp and other features.

#### Obtaining Shovels

You can obtain Shovels from checking in-and-out Guests at the Tents, make sure to upgrade the Tents as soon as possible whenever they have a new upgrade available as each new tier obtained increases the amount of Shovels a Guest will give when checking out. You can also gradually obtain Shovels from Icebreaker Nora's ability, so it is recommended to obtain her as well (recommended to watch the AD for the 2x bonus). "On Time" Jett also has the chance for one of his presents to be a Shovel.

#### Goldfish Ticket

The Goldfish Ticket is a battle-pass-like rewards system that is first accessed after completing the Daily Rewards. In it, you'll do tasks to earn rewards. Possible Tasks are listed on the respective page. The main priority of the Goldfish Ticket is to earn the Rare Furniture Materials; either Planks for the Cafe/Camp, or Bricks for Bakery/Sanctuary (presumably). Though, the other rewards in the rewards list are also useful (especially Gems and Flour). Earning the Furniture Materials from the Goldfish Ticket take a gradual amount of time, especially for F2P players, but is possible with effort. Paying for the Paid or Paid+ Tier is a choice of the player themselves, but do note that the Rewards such as Time-Limited Guests are currently not permanent rewards, unlike paying for the paid-only Furniture or Outfits. The main draw of paying for the Paid tiers is to get the Rare Furniture Materials faster.

#### Recurring Events

There are currently 2 non-seasonal/recurring Events in-game, the Lil Big Event and the Sun Festival Event, both appearing whenever there is no seasonal Event in-game. Each Event focuses on collecting Event Currency to draw in Furniture or Outfit Shards, lasting for 5 days each. The Lil Big Event features Ace Pete, where you'd have to do a 1 minute object tapping mini-game with him, and the Sun Festival Event features Filial Yan, who summons Lanterns in an adjacent area after eating. Each one appearing throughout the day via Opportunities gained with time (which stacks up to around 3 at once), but can at least appear around 4-5x per day. With the ability to buy currency directly with Acorns/Gems (or by watching an AD) and the amount of Paper Planes given for each Plane reward in Pete's mini-game resetting at 10:00am (currently 9:00am). Obtaining all the rewards is a gradual process, so both should be prioritized. More information on either Event or the Guests of the Events are on their respective pages.

#### AFK Farming

Around the Mid Game, you'll have enough Reputation to obtain Waiter Rilo. He is an important Crew Member in that once you obtain him, you can start automatically serving Guests without manually tapping on them. If you want to improve upon the AFK Farming technique, you can prioritize upgrading Rilo's and Oliver's Crew levels.

## Late Game: Obtaining Items Besides Acorns

In the Late Game, you might've or are near finishing the Story, as well as obtained or are near obtaining all Non-Event/F2P Furniture in-game. This is where you will begin to focus on:

* **Events**
* **Goldfish Ticket**
* **Hatching Fairies**
* **Going on Treasure Hunts for Outfits/Items**
* **Increasing Crew Level**
* **Earning Reputation**
* **Learning new Recipes** (Might hinder rewards given from any time-based Special Guest ability (Bran, Mandy) due to higher-level Recipes needing more time to cook)

This portion covers the area in game where you near completion or completed the Story.

#### Will Gino Find Alessia? (Continuation of Story)

Currently, the Story finishes off after the Angry Love Story, future updates will continue the game's storyline.

## Special Guests to Prioritize

Special Guests take time as you'd have to do both their prompt and also have the ability to watch an \*AD at the end for more rewards, or during certain mini-game prompts. What Special Guests to prioritize can change when you progress throughout the game. Though, any Event Guests (including both Special/Time-Limited Guests) should be prioritized first, as obtaining Event Shards/Currency is a gradual process.

\*Assuming the AD is 30 seconds long, ADs delivered in-game could vary in time but usually are in the 30 second range.

#### Special Guest Checklist

This checklist includes only the non-event Special Guests, the full Special Guest checklist is on their specific page.

#### Non-Event Special Guest by Estimated Time

The quickest Special Guests are Fiz and Jett. Luna can take some time as well, especially if you are looking up the Recipe Page, but time to finish or partially finish depends on the player's memory of the Recipe traits, as well as the desire to continue playing. Bran takes 1 minute to finish his ability, and Mandy takes 1 minute and 30 seconds to finish her ability (both not counting Ad time). Pablo's mini-game is timed at 1 minute, **but** the outcome of whatever you have picked up a Sirius or Star is random, so you could have to watch up to 2 Ads at once, making him possibly the most time-heavy Special Guest possible (not counting if you guess incorrectly in Luna's prompt more then twice, as Pablo's is entirely based on chance.)

Special Guest Guide

This is a newer guide focusing on which Special Guests can fulfill specific Item needs.

 **Flour**/**Bread** | Either Jett, Bran, or Luna
Bran's ability is harder to record, but he can presumably at least give **1,000** on average whenever his ability is used. This number is an average so it can be lower or higher than that per run.
 **Gems** | Either Jett, Fizz, or Pablo
Fizz can either give out presumably a maximum of **12x** or **15x** depending on which version of the mini-game you got. This variable can also differ based on the player's performance. The amount can also be doubled by watching an AD, so you can obtain up to **24x** to **30x** respectively.
 **Shovels** | Only Jett

## Crew Members to Prioritize

Choosing which Crew Members to prioritize upgrading is an important choice to make during gameplay. The list below displays what each Crew Member usually does, as well as notes about how useful they are.

#### Crew Members by Ability

* Chef Gino
* Miss Balance
* Waiter Rilo
 * Salesman Frank
* Salty Black
 * Icebreaker Nora
 For "Making/Consuming" Prompts* Baker Mario
* Ranger Harrison
* Godmother Regina

For Facilities* Gardener Ivan
* Chocolatier Xoco
* Confectioner Cornelia
 * Attendant Elsa
* Elegant Erika
* Seer Vaella

## Completing/Maxing Out the Game

"Completing the game" is a term that varies between person to person and people may have different goals/ideas about completion. A general idea of completing the game can be where you have maxed everything, including:

* **Maxing all Crew** - All Crew at Crew Level 20. Although this helps makes each Crew Member use their abilities to their fullest potential, maxing them all also means that you can not complete the "Feed Crew Bread" Goldfish Ticket task and will also render **Flour** useless until there is a new use for it released.
* **Maxing all Outfits** - All Outfits at Outfit Level 20. There isn't much downside to maxing all the Outfits besides making Treasure Hunts not as useful besides obtaining currency.
	+ **Event Outfits** - All Event Outfits obtained - Same as above but obtaining them can take a while due to Events coming and going. The Non-Seasonal Event Outfits can take a long time to obtain as well.
* **Maxing all Fairies** - All Fairies at Fairy Level 20. Same with maxing Outfits, there isn't a downside besides making hatching Eggs not as useful besides obtaining currency.
* **Obtaining all Furniture** - All Furniture obtained - No downsides as unlocking Furniture helps obtain Reputation and earn more Acorns. But this can render Acorns useless until there is a new use for it released.
	+ **Event Furniture** - All Event Furniture obtained - Same as above but obtaining them can take a while due to Events coming and going.
* **Maxing Reputation** - Max amount of Reputation obtained - Reputation is mainly a marker of what you have obtained/leveled up but has uses in obtaining new Furniture, Outfits, and Stories. Past the point of what can currently be reached with Reputation, it is mainly only a number that increases that you can show off.

Completing any of the aspects shown here can realistically take months to years, not counting the fact that new content is still being added monthly.

## Other Misc. Guides/Q&A

### Reset Times

 9:00 AM
* Currency amount reset for Ace Pete and Frank-Kit-Stein's mini games
* Vaella's Ability
* Standard Guest's "Once per day" Ability
 Unknown

**\*Note**: Due to daylight savings time, the reset times for the game has changed; according to the team, this is not intentional and will potentially be fixed in the future.

### Where do I get Nails?

**Nails** are a type of Building Material given while progressing through the Story. Furniture and Zones are given Nails as a Building Material needed as a roadblock to keep a natural progression for the game and its features. Look through either the Story page, or the Items Page and go to the Nails section to find the Stories that give out Nails as a reward. (Currently, lists are WIP)

Usually, Nails are given after a Story is finished, if you didn't receive Nail(s) after completing a story, contact CCC's support.

### I hit a roadblock in progress!

Roadblocks can appear while progressing through the game. You may have obtained everything you currently are able to obtain, such as furniture, but you can't progress the story or obtain another Furniture or Nail-required Furniture/Area, mainly due to Reputation needed, all of these options can help raise Reputation:

* Feeding Crew Bread to increase their Crew Level
* Obtaining/upgrading any Outfits/Fairies with the Reputation Bonus
* Obtaining new Furniture, including Furniture from Events

Make sure to also check any locked Furniture in the Furniture section, it is possible there are some that are very close Reputation-wise, that just require upgrading from either Crew or Outfits.

### Where do I obtain previous Event Furniture?

Currently, you can not obtain any Seasonal Event furniture once the Event has passed, currently including the Pride and Winter Wonder Set in the Cafe, Harvest Set in the Camp, and Spooky Set in the Bakery; this also applies to Outfits. This will go for future seasonal Events/Event rewards as well. Any missed Events will presumably come back next year it comes.

### Why Can't I Obtain Certain Outfits or Other Gameplay Aspects like certain Special Guests?

Outfits and Special Quests are locked by a currently hidden Reputation Requirement, Outfit requirements are listed on either the Outfit Page or Crew Member's Page, Special Guests requirements are listed on the Guestbook or Special Guest page. (Note that both are WIP and information is not currently complete, also note that requirements are currently speculated and will usually have "around" for Reputation listed)

### What is "Try Again Later"?

The "Try Again Later" message is an error message usually given when trying to play ADs. An exact cause is unknown but too much idle (AFK) time or heating of the phone may contribute to this. To fix this, refresh the app and make sure your phone is at a neutral temperature for playing as well as connected to the internet. This error message can also appear for any glitches with the prompt itself, especially if other ADs/prompts work.

## See Also

* An Official FAQ on Campfire Cat Cafe's Freshdesk Website
* Campfire Cat Cafe's Freshdesk Website (Includes Support Option)

## Notes

* This Guide will change as the game receives new updates and Events.
* Note that the game’s support and response time for inquires might be slow due to the game being made by a small and indie game team.