Potato Please Field Manual · Unofficial
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20 entries

Twenty entries, from the first potato to the last lever. Start at the top of a section or jump to the problem you actually have.

01 · Start here 02 · The work 03 · Machines 04 · Endings & story 05 · Reference

01 Start here

4

The first ten minutes, the controls, and the one mistake that wastes an hour.

01 · 9 min read

How to play

Pick up a potato, peel it thin, drop it in the water. That is the whole game until it is not. Here is the first shift, step by step.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 02 · 5 min read

Controls

E does almost everything, F does the other thing, and the mouse does the job. The full control surface, plus the settings worth changing before your first shift.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 03 · 7 min read

First hour route

A spoiler-free route through the opening shift: what to buy, what to ignore, and when the game stops being a peeling simulator.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 04 · 11 min read

Full walkthrough

One run, six acts. The objectives in order, what to buy in each act, and the two places where a finished save can still go wrong.

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02 The work

4

Peeling technique, quota math, shift structure and the habits that keep a run clean.

05 · 8 min read

Peeling technique

The knife is the only tool you use on every potato. A millimetre of technique is worth more than a tier of upgrade — here is how the cut actually works.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 06 · 7 min read

Quota & shifts

One warm-up, one pile, one counter. What the game actually tracks, when ranks change, and why the loudspeaker keeps interrupting you.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 07 · 9 min read

Throughput & bottlenecks

Most players upgrade the knife when the problem is the walk. A simple way to measure your line, and the four constraints that actually slow a run.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 08 · 6 min read

Money & spending

The shop does not sell power, it sells time. A decision rule for every purchase, and the four upgrades that are almost never wrong.

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03 Machines

4

The upgrade ladder, every machine in the yard, and how to build a pipeline that runs itself.

09 · 10 min read

Upgrade ladder

Every upgrade in the equipment window, what it actually changes, and the order that keeps a run moving instead of decorating it.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 10 · 9 min read

Machine reference

Peeling machine, hopper, vacuum tank, sacks, crates, supply drop, loudspeaker. What each one does, and the small print the patch notes reveal.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 11 · 8 min read

Crane & vacuum

When the pile stops being a queue and becomes terrain. The crane changes the recount, the autopilot changes the rhythm, and the vacuum tank changes what “storage” means.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 12 · 10 min read

Automation

A five-stage pipeline from pile to water, the order to unlock it, and the three places an automated yard silently stops working.

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04 Endings & story

4

Three levers, five ending achievements, the letters, and the dog. Spoilers are gated.

13 · 14 min read

Endings

At the end of the shift there is a key, a train and three levers. Here is what each one does, how Pavel’s letters decide the rarest ending, and how to see everything on one save.

Spoilers → 14 · 13 min read

Achievements

Every achievement with its global unlock rate, the exact action the description is asking for, and the two you can lock yourself out of by playing normally.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 15 · 9 min read

The letters

A boy writes from a dormitory. Your replies decide which side he ends up on — and whether the rarest ending is still reachable.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 16 · 6 min read

The puppy

It peels potatoes, it steals quest items, it cries when it is lost. Everything confirmed about the yard’s only good boy.

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05 Reference

4

Patch notes, troubleshooting, speedrun routes and the vocabulary of the plant.

17 · 8 min read

Patch notes

Hotfix 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 changed saves, machines, the channel and the ending. What each line means when you are standing in the yard.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 18 · 7 min read

Troubleshooting

The fixes that actually exist in the game, and the ones that are Steam-level problems. Work down the table before you restart a save.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 19 · 6 min read

Speedrun notes

The game tracks shift time and runs global leaderboards. What is known about the clock, what changed in 1.0.2, and the routing principles that survive patches.

Verified against build 1.0.2 → 20 · 5 min read

Glossary

Quota, recount, repile, hopper, channel, autopilot. Every term this manual uses, defined once so the guides can stay short.

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