Sell Fries! [Anomaly] walkthrough: the kitchen loop for new players

Follow this opening routine for your first few nights:

1. Learn one full potato-to-customer cycle end to end before worrying about anything else.
2. Keep uncooked potatoes, finished fries, and incoming orders visually separate so nothing spoils or stalls.
3. Split roles across teammates — one fetcher, one cook, one server — so the line never blocks.
4. Upgrade the slowest repeated step in the loop, not the flashiest item.
5. Save a cash reserve instead of spending every dollar, because nights change what you need.

The fastest path to a profitable kitchen is buying production upgrades in this order:

1. Conveyor Belt — the foundation that moves potatoes through the kitchen.
2. Vacuum — lets one trip carry more potatoes from the outdoor pile.
3. Auto Peeler — finishes the peeling step automatically.
4. Auto Fryer — finishes the cooking step automatically.
5. Window Fries Shooter — handles the Window Anomaly while you keep working.

Golden and crystal potatoes from the outdoor pile pay more than normal potatoes, so always pick those up first. Use the Money Potion perk right before burning the potato pile for extra cash, and finish outdoor work before 8:00 PM because crossing the road after dark ends the run if a car hits you. For the full buy order and perk picks, see the Upgrades page.

Do not sprint straight to the Golden Key grind from the start. The run goes much faster when production upgrades are stacked first, defenses are layered in next, and the key search only starts once cash flow is stable. For the step-by-step on actually escaping, see the Golden Key page.