Experience allows players to unlock new content in the Headquarters for use in future runs. Each Card is worth between 0 and 200 XP, and upon losing, players are granted the cumulative experience value of all Cards chosen over the course of the run.
If you completed runs in a multiplayer game, interact with the Experience Grant when returning to your own Headquarters to receive XP progress.
If a run exceeds 
Day 15, players are given the choice to Franchise the current restaurant upon losing. They can either select three Cards to carry forth as a Franchise (scrapping the others for experience), or scrap all Cards chosen that run to earn their cumulative experience value. A previously created Franchise can be rerun by activating it in the Headquarters, but experience is only granted by the Cards chosen during the current run (not from any previous iterations of that Franchise). Alternatively, holding Interact on the machine to the right of the projector will scrap the active Franchise, and instantly grant any accumulated experience.
Earning enough experience will unlock the next level, and all rewards from the previous level. These include new Main Recipes and floorplans, and additional slots for each of these in the Headquarters.
ΒΆ List of Experience Levels
| Level | XP to Next Level |
Cumulative XP to Reach Level |
Unlocks Upon Reaching Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | - | Steak Recipe Basic floorplans (10 x 7) |
| 2 | 247 | 100 | Salad Recipe Booking Desk Extra recipe slot in Headquarters |
| 3 | 418 | 347 | Pizza Recipe Country setting Extra floorplan slot in Headquarters |
| 4 | 607 | 765 | Dumplings Recipe Black Coffee Recipe Alpine setting Diner floorplans (10 x 6) Medium floorplans (14 x 7) Extra recipe slot in Headquarters Stats Room in Headquarters |
| 5 | 811 | 1,372 | Burger Recipe Autumn setting Extra recipe slot in Headquarters |
| 6 | 1,028 | 2,183 | Turkey Recipe Custom Seeded Run Daily and Weekly floorplans Extra recipe slot in Headquarters Advanced Build Mode |
| 7 | 1,255 | 3,211 | Pie Recipe Turbo setting Cakes Extra recipe slot in Headquarters |
| 8 | 1,493 | 4,466 | Spaghetti Recipe Extra floorplan slot in Headquarters |
| 9 | 1,740 | 5,959 | Fish Recipe Extra floorplan slot in Headquarters |
| 10 | 1,996 | 7,699 | Large floorplans (13 x 9) Tacos Recipe |
| 11 | 2,259 | 9,695 | Hot Dog Recipe Huge floorplans (16 x 12) |
| 12 | 2,529 | 11,954 | |
| 13 | 2,807 | 14,483 | Breakfast Recipe |
| 14 | 3,091 | 17,290 | |
| 15 | 3,380 | 20,381 | Stir Fry Recipe |
| 16 | 23,761 | Dish Cabinet |