Merge Shop Guide: The core loop
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OverviewMerge Shop is an idle tycoon game where you merge food items, fill customer orders, and grow your shop over time.
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The core loop
StepThe game revolves around a simple cycle that repeats as your shop grows. Generators produce item parts, you merge those parts into finished items, and customers show up asking for specific things. Hand over the right item and you earn coins.
- Check your generators each one produces parts you need to make items.
- Merge parts combine matching items to create higher-tier versions.
- Open chests chests drop coins, gems, energy, and generator parts.
- Fill the order give customers exactly what they requested to collect your coin reward.
Five generators and what they make
TableThere are five generators in total, and each one produces a different category of item. You build a generator by collecting and merging its parts, which come from chests.
| Food Generator | produces cooking and meal items. |
| Treat Generator | produces sweets and snack items. |
| Ice Cream Generator | produces ice cream items. |
| Fruit Generator | produces fruit items. |
| Toys Generator | produces toy items. |
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Customers and orders
TipsThere are twelve customer models in the game, all made by ValkinLikesChez. Each customer has two expressions: a normal face and a reaction face for when you hand over their order. They also have arrival and departure animations. None of them have names or spoken dialogue. Special Customers also exist alongside the standard twelve.
- Every customer requests a specific item — you must have it ready before you can complete the order.
- Handing over the correct item earns you a determined amount of coins.
- Merge Jewels can upgrade almost any item — they work on everything except generators and generator parts.
The Big Golden Chest
StepThe Big Golden Chest sits in the centre of the map and requires a Golden Key to open. Golden Keys are upgradeable miscellaneous items that you can find in chests. Every time you open the Big Golden Chest you receive one hundred energy and three random bonus items from a pool that includes Shattered Keys, Energy Sacks, Coin Sacks, Gem Sacks, and Wooden Chests.
- Check your inventory confirm you have a Golden Key before heading over.
- Travel to the map centre find the Big Golden Chest there.
- Open it collect the guaranteed one hundred energy plus three random items.
Obbies for bonus resources
CheckThree obbies sit at the centre of the map and are selected from the Obby Selector. Once you activate one, it stays available for four minutes and only you can see and interact with it — other players in the same server cannot. Each obby is scattered with nine collectables, either Collectable Energy or Collectable Gems. The cooldown between activations is three hours.
- Obby Selector is at the map centre visit it to choose which obby to activate.
- Each obby holds nine collectables either Collectable Energy or Collectable Gems.
- Only you see the active obby other players in the server are not competing for the same items.
- Three-hour cooldown between activations.
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Glossary
Glossary- Merge
- Combining two identical items to produce a single higher-tier item.
- Generator
- A device that produces item parts, built by collecting and merging generator parts from chests.
- Generator Parts
- Chest drops that you merge together to build a generator.
- Merge Jewel
- A special item that can upgrade almost any item in the game, except generators and generator parts.
- Golden Key
- An upgradeable miscellaneous item used to open the Big Golden Chest at the centre of the map.
- Energy
- A resource collected from chests, Energy Sacks, and obby collectables.
- Special Customers
- Customers that exist alongside the standard twelve customer models.
Common questions
FAQWhat should I do when I cannot fill a customer's order?
Open chests to collect more generator parts, then merge those parts to build up the relevant generator. If you have a Merge Jewel, you can use it to upgrade an item directly, since Merge Jewels work on everything except generators and their parts.
How do I get a Golden Key?
Golden Keys are upgradeable miscellaneous items found inside chests. Once you have one, go to the centre of the map to open the Big Golden Chest and collect the guaranteed one hundred energy plus three random items.
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