Originally Posted by
infinitelove19
Note that each day costs a different number of gems to "finish now" (in middle of screen).
Typically a 1-coin dish only counts as 5 gems & a 4-coin dish counts as 60 gems towards that daily cost to "finish now".
Accordingly it is helpful to know how much credit you get for the various number of coins for each day to better plan which to complete, which to deliver, which to save for tomorrow and which to refresh.
It is also worth noting that BEFORE delivering your last dish for 'today' it is helpful to also fill the other two orders being asked for and/or refresh those items until they are ones you can do and count as either 3 or 4 coins to give you a head start on 'tomorrow'. Also good between days to stock up on long-cook, high-credit dishes like french dip sandwich, baked potato, and for higher levels lobster thermidor, tuna casserole, etc.
To not have dishes sell-out to customers that you would rather save for the cruise, I recommend having only one chair out. This will sell food at a very slow rate.
Blocking one's door has been discouraged by TL saying it is connected to glitches involving whole counters of food disappearing completely. (I had this happen after blocking my door and will not be doing it again.)
Here is a summary of the values of different dishes for each day. :-)
Day 1: 75 gems required
4 coins = ? (Maybe 48?)
3 coins = 26/27 gems
2 coins = 11 gems
1 coin = 3 gems
Day 2: 150 gems required
4 coins = 60 gems
3 coins = 35 gems
2 coins = 15 gems
1 coin = 5 gems
Day 3: 200 gems required
4 coins = 60 gems
3 coins = 35 gems
2 coins = 15 gems
1 coin = 5 gems
Day 4: 250 gems reauired to "finish now"
4 coins = 60 gems
3 coins = 35 gems
2 coins = 15 gems
1 coin = 5 gems
Typically the gem-value of each dish increases as the total gems required increases, but for the last few days this is not the case. I think we will see changes moving forward, but who knows?!?!