The recent test-branch update adds two new employees to the mansion and places water taps outside, which helps free up indoor space. The extra workers allow two additional mixing stations to run at once, enabling a chemist to handle two cauldrons and another botanist to keep extra planters supplied. The water taps appear outside the manor, so interior layouts remain intact.
Layout decisions for better output in Schedule 1 beta
The current mansion layout runs four planters and one oven in a tight cluster; adding another botanist and a chemist plus two cauldrons and one more oven gives room for real scaling. Handlers must have a clear path to move gas and supplies — without a handler slot for that route, manual loading remains possible and sometimes preferable.
Swapping one assigned lab oven between employees and adding drying racks in the hall can reduce idle time and boost throughput.
Quality bonus checks and market testing
A recent in-game test confirmed that selling higher-quality items to lower-quality buyers now grants the exceeded-quality bonus. Listing purple-star items on the market returned both the base sale and the extra quality bonus, which substantially increases early-game revenue and speeds progression toward higher-tier properties.
Dealers appear to accrue the same bonus after these fixes, making dealer routes more profitable than before. The added quality bonus makes gold-grade production more valuable in early and mid stages.
Build choices, automation trade-offs, and next steps
Choices between automation and manual loading hinge on handler capacity and shelf availability. Handler limits can force trade-offs: two extra mixes require additional transport slots and shelving, and handlers with limited slots may bottleneck the flow.
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For many setups, adding two cauldrons and another oven while keeping handler counts manageable gives the best balance of output and order reliability. The bungalow remains an efficient small-production option where a compact layout yields steady returns without heavy logistics.The update in the test branch (Yen) is currently on the beta branch and appears stable in initial checks; community guides and the developer’s beta notes outline the rollout process.
