Summary
Growing one’s pharmaceutical empire inSchedule 1can be difficult, especially with limited cash and an abundance of items to buy. However, picking up certain items as soon as possible can make all the difference, helping players grow crops faster, earn more money, and avoidwasting precious time and cash on things they don’t need.
From collecting trash more efficiently while traversing the large city of Hyland Point to sneaking past the cops during curfew, some items are essential for saving time and earning cash early on. For those looking to make the most of what’s available to them, here are some of thebest items players should buy as soon as possible inSchedule 1.
7Pot Sprinkler & Soil Pourer
Make It Easier To Grow Crops
When players are just starting, plants will be their only source of income (besides trash, of course), so having the Pot Sprinkler and Soil Pourer can make life a bit easier. Instead of manually adding soil and watering crops, players can simply activate both and let them handle the work.
It might not seem like a big deal at first, but it saves a lot of time, time that can be spent packaging products, selling to customers, or running to the shop for more essentials like fertilizer.It’s also handy for players who forget about watering, since they can just turn on the Pot Sprinkler now and then and keep things growing smoothly.
6Trash Grabber
Collect More Trash
Picking up trash inSchedule 1is surprisingly satisfying and canearn players a decent incomewhen they’re just getting started. However, picking up each piece individually and running to the nearest Cash for Trash can quickly get annoying. That’s where the Trash Grabber comes in, helping make the process much more efficient.
For just $20, players can purchase the Trash Grabber and keep the streets of Hyland Point cleaner, all while earning some extra cash on the side. The Trash Grabber can hold around 20 items, and the player can use multiple at once. For those looking to collect a large amount of trash, the canal is the best spot, offering an abundance of trash and several Cash for Trash locations nearby.
5Packaging Station MK II
Make It Faster To Package Products
Although it’s a cool mechanic, packaging can become pretty tedious and time-consuming, especially when dealing with large batches. Thankfully, the Packaging Station MK II takes care of most of the hard work, making it much faster for players to package their goods and get back out on the streets to make money.
Although it doesn’t completely automate the task, the Packaging Station MK II makes it much easier to handle large batches of products, which quickly becomes the norm as players expand. Even after hiring workers, they’ll package products much faster using the MK II, meaning it never becomes obsolete.
4Mixing Station
Make Crazy Strains
Players should buy the Mixing Station as soon as possible, especially if they’ve already got a decent grow setup going. Mixing is a core part ofSchedule 1, and getting started early can give players a major advantage. By creating new strains, players can set higher prices, boost profits, and expand their operation much faster.
If the player creates specific strains and smokes them themselves, they can gain additional buffs that make it easier to travel around Hyland Point or evade the cops. The Sneaky effect, for example, causes the cop’s suspicion meter to fill up half as fast, and when combined with the speed boost from the Energize effect, players can move around during curfew with no trouble at all.
3Gold Skateboard
Get Around The City In Style
Getting around the large city of Hyland Point can be tedious and time-consuming, especially once the player’s clientele expands across the entire map. Fortunately, skateboards are a fairly inexpensive form of transport and easily the most fun. However, not all skateboards are made equally, making the Gold Skateboard the best option.
The Gold Skateboard is the fastest inSchedule 1and easily worth the higher price tag. Having the added speed makes it much easier to escape the cops and reach customers on the other side of the city. Not only is it great by itself, butwhen combined with certain effects, like Anti-Gravity, players can get across the entire city in no time at all.
2Drying Rack
Get High Quality Products Easier
The Drying Rack isn’t exactly available that early in the game, but as soon as it becomes available, players should purchase it, especially considering that it only costs $250. The Drying Rack increases the quality of one’s products over time, allowing players to raise their prices and sell to fussy customers.
Although most customers don’t care much about quality early on, improving it can still be useful, especially for free samples, which will have a higher chance of hooking new customers. Later on in the game, clients from certain areas will only accept higher-quality products, making the drying rack essential.
1Veeper
The Best Vehicle In Schedule
The Veeper isthe best car inSchedule 1and an essential early-game purchase. Simply having a car is great on its own, but with the added storage capacity, the Veeper quickly becomes one of the best purchases to make, especially once the players start to build up a large operation.
The Veeper has 16 item slots and a surprisingly decent top speed, especially for its size, making it perfect for handling deliveries across the city. A useful but often overlooked feature of vehicles is the ability to buy items from the shop and have them sent straight to the Veeper, making restocking supplies a breeze. It works in reverse, too, letting players sell to customers without needing to carry the products in their own inventory.
