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Cost | 20  |
| Action(s) | ||
| Text | One step closer to retirement | |
| Effect | Plater: Automatically plates anything placed in front of it |
The auto plater is a provider that provides 2 plates and automatically plate food in front of it.
- Stores up to 3 clean plates
- Appliance will automatically plate adjacent food items in the direction of which the blue arrows is pointing. (The image above has the blue arrows pointing towards the top right corner, but visual of the blue arrows are blocked by the plates)
- During the preparation phase, Interact with the appliance to rotate it and aim the blue arrows towards the desired direction.
- Can NOT be used as a Combiner substitute if empty of plates
- Most Main meals require plates to be served to customers.
- Plates can combine with most food items
- Many ingredients can only combine with other ingredients while on a plate, like Tomato Salad.
- Any food item on a plate cannot burn, like Steak.
- Plates become dirty after being used by the customer, and must be
clean to reused.
- Can be clean with an appliance that enables the clean action, like the Sink or any of its upgrades.
- Dirty plate takes 2 seconds to clean by default.
- Can be
- The game will prevent players from trashing this appliance if the player would not have enough total plates for a possible group size of customers.
¶ Tips
- This is a common item to use for automation as it does not require manual interaction to use.
- Due to its low amount of starting plates and the amount of clean plates it can store, a method of restocking clean plates quickly is usually needed before the the Auto Plater can be more efficient than regular Plates.
¶ Upgrades
| Upgrades From | Upgrades To | |
|---|---|---|
 Plates |
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Auto Plater |