Cooking Joy – Delicious Journey Strategy Guide

Energy

Energy is the number of lives you have as you play.  If you run out of Energy, you will have to wait until it is restored before you can play a level.

• If you fail to reach 3 stars on a level, you will lose one Energy
• One Energy is restored every 30 minutes
• Reaching 3 stars on a level restores Energy
• You can also receive Energy as a Daily Task reward

Earning Gems

You can earn one gem per star earned on each level.  If you earn 3 stars on a level, you will receive 3 gems.

Watching videos will occasionally reward one gem

Leveling up your XP will reward you with 6 gems

Mystery Cave – once per day you can visit the Mystery Cave for a chance to win a gem and coins

Daily Task – once per day you can receive a random number of gems by completing the Daily Task.  A minimum of 2 gems are awarded for completing the task.

Mystery Cave

Once per day, you can visit the Mystery Cave to play for a chance to earn Coins and Gems

Daily Task

The Daily Task provides you with the opportunity to increase your XP, earn coins, earn gems and energy. It’s probably the best way to earn gems and you should definitely complete this daily if you are a regular or even occasional player.  You must complete both tasks in order to receive the daily reward.  The tasks change every 4 hours, so you can wait until there are easier tasks.   You can only receive gems and the surprise reward once per day.  But even if you recieve your daily reward,  you can continue to complete other tasks to receive your XP and coins every 4 hours.

As you play, you’ll find that certain restaurant levels are better than others when it comes to completing many of the tasks.  And it’s always a good idea to grind through previous levels in which you always get 3 stars; that way you don’t lose energy.

Because getting gems is so slow, we actually wait until there is an upgrade task before upgrading food or kitchenware, and intentionally hold off playing new levels until there is an “Unlock 3 new levels” task.    Some levels consistently have at least one or two VIPs appear.  We’ve included other tips in the list of possible daily tasks below:

• Earn 3000 coins 50/100
  • Watching movies and earning Coins in the Mystery Cave counts towards the total
• Serve 3 VIP guests 50/100
• Spend 5000 coins to upgrade food 100/200
• Beat your best score in any 3 levels 50/150
• Earn 400 coins on tips 50/100
• Complete 60 orders 50/100
• Complete any 4 levels 50/100
• Unlock 3 new levels 50/100
• Spend 5000 coins to upgrade kitchenware 100/200
• Invite 5 friends to play 100/200

Restaurants

One really nice aspect of the game is that you can open new restaurants using either Coins OR Gems.  That’s nice for those of us that are better at grinding through previous levels to earn coins and xp and don’t have a lot of Gems.

There are 40 regular levels and 20 Challenge levels per restaurant.  You can earn one Gem for each star completed per level, up to 3 Gems for 3 stars.  You also receive bonus Gems after completing every 5th level.

Visit each of our Cooking Joy Restaurant pages to view a breakdown of a restaurant’s Levels as well as upgrades and their cost.

Kitchen, Food and Service Upgrades

• Kitchen upgrades make your kitchen equipment cook faster and burn slower, and can increase the quantity that can be cooked or prepared.
• Food upgrades increase the price of the food.  Upgrade food items that are ordered most often first.
• Delay making kitchen or food upgrades until it is included as a Daily Task

Passing Levels

• Near the end of a level, when you only have 2-3 more guests left to serve, begin filling up all the cooking slots.  That way, food will be ready to serve as the remaining guests arrive. 
• If you meet the minimum goal but didn’t get 3 stars and are really close, you will be offered an opportunity to get one more guest in exchange for watching a movie.
• Guests arrive with a certain amount of patience, which can be viewed in the green status bar next to them. 
• Serve guests ordering only one item first.
• If guests order more than one item, their patience increases each time they are served one of their items.

Experience Levels (XP)

As you play, you gain points toward your experience level (XP).  Each time you reach a new XP level, you will receive Coins and Gems as a reward.  Higher XP levels also unlock other restaurants.

How to earn XP

• You can earn XP by playing levels
• Upgrading Food, Kitchen or Service items
• Completing tasks