Potato Please beginner guide

Status for this page: 1 source · community guide, cross-checked only where hotfix 1.0.1 talks about the same objects (saves, the puppy, getting stuck). There is no official tutorial text.

The warm-up, in order

1. Read the opening order and open a potato sack.
2. Carry one potato to the bench and put it in the raw hopper.
3. Hold the peel button and turn the potato. Peeling and handing-in are two actions.
4. Carry the peeled potato to the chute and drop it. That is the delivery.
5. At the supply terminal, take the Rusty Knife and peel until the “10 potatoes” goal clears.
6. Spend the first skill point in the journal. The guide names Stamina, Auto Rotate, and Tremor Treatment.
7. Finish the warm-up shift, buy Carry Capacity, and open the door into the big room.

Three early mistakes

• Peeling too deep throws away flesh. That waste is the thing Hard mode later refuses to forgive.
• Leaving finished potatoes on the bench does not advance the quota.
• Buying every upgrade at once stalls the shift. The guide’s advice is to open the next room before you collect gadgets.

Interruptions

The same guide describes a grenade in the pile (do not bag it; throw it clear), a coughing fit solved with Medication, and outdoor cold solved with a Winter Coat. Prices for the coat and the medicine were not printed, so they are blank on the automation table. Hotfix 1.0.1 adds a tremor slider and a puppy mute; those are official notes, separate from this shift order.

Next, the machines: automation and upgrades. Version context is 1.0.2 on 2026-11-05.

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