Quick answer
Use a soft landing, a controlled lateral handoff, a low-friction lane, and local airflow. Test manual and automatic entrances separately before merging them. Do not increase production while the first pile is still growing.
Recommended chain
Source → Cushion landing → Piston or local Fan handoff → Slick transport → wide catch → Maw. Cushion solves rebound; Slick solves friction; a Piston solves a short controlled transfer; a stronger Fan solves only a correctly aligned section that still loses momentum.
Test in this order
- Send several manual Cash Registers through the empty route.
- Test the automatic entrance alone.
- Test the manual entrance alone.
- Merge them and watch the first growing pile.
- Run a sustained batch before buying production speed.
One recorded run shows $1,000 Cushion Panels, $2,000 Slick Panels, and an $11,000 Industrial Fan in one run. Prices can change with patches or progression; check your own terminal.
Stop polishing near Phase 3
The original destructive Phase 3 event was removed by the developer on August 20, 2026, but an old save may still contain debris or an unstable pre-fix layout. Keep a working line and reserve funds instead of making a cosmetic rebuild.
Sources and evidence
Observed prices also appear in the community Cash Register guide. Phase-transition status comes from developer Steam announcements.