Tiny Tower - Tips & Strategies Thread

[MidianGTX]

Too true. They've basically finished the game already. We've only just started. More fun for the good guys!

[Jengajam]

Originally Posted by tadad1

I prefer to set stock so that every outlet has one item waiting to restock when I leave the game for any long amount of time, that way when I return and all the shops are closed because they have sold out they can all be restocked with one item and immediately reopen while I start stocking the other items.

I'll add to this by saying that if you're at near the end of your day and going to sleep (or whatever. You do go to sleep, right?), don't restock your Class 3 highest-value, highest-quantity item until you are sure you won't touch your tower until the next day. So, after a good night's sleep, you can wake up and stock your shops with your Class 3 items immediately, giving you plenty of time to restock Class 1 and Class 2 items.

[Dann]

Has anyone made a list of the shops/businesses with the highest base stock quantities(along with a higher stock refill waiting time)? I'm currently looking to demolish some of my lower quantity shops and hoping to get better stores.

[dbhjed]

Originally Posted by Dann

Has anyone made a list of the shops/businesses with the highest base stock quantities(along with a higher stock refill waiting time)? I'm currently looking to demolish some of my lower quantity shops and hoping to get better stores.

Deja Vu!

From what I remember all groups of businesses have their high and low shops. Food shops have some of the lowest. But it is all random.

The higher your tower goes, better shops unlock for you to use. But it adds to the pool of shops so even at floor 100 you could still get the sushi shop if you don't already have it in your tower. Also keep in mind the construction time is based off your highest floor (30 mins for each floor), so your going to hit a lot of down time trying to achieve this.

[remembernathan]

I took the advice of having one empty slot in housing and found out that it was not that great. It seem I was getting less chance of bux since the bux message is being replace with them move in.

I also found out that having low stocking time may not bring in lots of money but when you fully stock all 3 you seem to have a chance of getting bux. I have a pub that 1m 10m 25m stocking time and it seem 1m and 10m stocking time goes out pretty quick. I seem to be getting 1 bux every 3 hour from the pub.

Don't buy the last elevator 125 bux one, unless you have bux to spare. Sure it move faster and come down faster but I have not really notice any different from the 75 bux one. It about 2 second faster for the next wait time to bring someone up.

[Dazarath]

Here's my contribution to the thread. This is a list of all of the shops, separated by category, and ordered in ascending order of the 3rd/2nd/1st items' restocking times (listed in minutes). I just dug the information out of the game files, for those who are curious. If any are missing, or any of the values are incorrect, it just means I accidentally deleted one too many characters/lines. In that case, whoops.

Food
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Coffee House,5,10,20
Sub Shop,10,15,20
Sushi Bar,2,8,25
Pub,1,10,25
Mexican Food,1,10,30
Smoothie Shop,4,15,30
Frozen Yogurt,5,15,30
Sky Burger,10,15,30
Diner,5,20,30
Vegan Food,10,25,35
Tea House,5,25,40
Asian Cuisine,10,25,45
Pizza Place,5,30,45
Fancy Cuisine,10,30,50
Scoops,3,15,180
Bakery,30,45,180

Service
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Barber Shop,5,10,30
Laundromat,5,20,40
Health Club,30,45,120
Pharmacy,10,60,120
Travel Agency,15,60,120
Day Spa,45,60,120
Fortune Teller,30,45,160
Dentists Office,60,120,180
Optometrist,60,120,180
Ship & Print,15,30,200
Bank,15,80,200
Wedding Chapel,30,120,360
Tutoring Center,120,180,360
Martial Arts,240,480,700
Doctors Office,60,180,1000
Private eye,180,500,1000

Recreation
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Comedy Club,5,8,25
Video Rental,4,15,30
Night Club,5,10,45
Casino,20,45,100
Arcade,5,15,120
Mini Golf,30,60,120
Planetarium,40,100,120
Theater,45,120,180
Aquarium,30,45,200
Cineplex,15,120,200
Museum,45,80,220
Paintball Arena,45,120,245
Bowling Alley,5,30,300
Racquetball,30,60,300
Volleyball Club,30,60,300
Cyber Cafe,15,30,400

Retail
-----
Toy Store,6,15,30
Plant Nursery,13,38,55
Book Store,15,25,60
Shoe Store,20,30,60
Hat Shop,15,45,60
Bike Shop,20,30,80
Furniture Store,20,60,80
Music Store,10,45,110
Record Shop,25,50,150
Game Store,20,40,160
Fabric Shop,10,45,160
Comic Store,15,60,180
Mens Fashion,15,35,200
Womens Fashion,15,35,200
Tech Store,30,60,230
Mapple Store,30,120,300

Creative
-----
Photo Studio,15,30,60
Soda Brewery,20,40,100
Cake Studio,45,75,200
Pottery Studio,60,80,220
Graphic Design,60,100,300
Glass Studio,60,120,300
Tattoo Parlor,45,160,300
Ad Agency,45,140,330
Wood Shop,60,160,330
Art Studio,100,200,400
Software Studio,60,200,500
Fashion Studio,60,300,500
Recording Studio,45,400,600
Game Studio,60,200,700
Film Studio,120,200,700
Architect Office,120,320,800

[Dann]

@dbhjed: Yes, I think you were the one to answer my same question in the official thread. Thank you for your input, btw.
@Dazarath: Wow, thank you sir! Exactly what I was looking for!

[MidianGTX]

Aha. This suggests that being higher up doesn't increase the chance of your store having more stock, but instead increases your chance of getting a store that holds more stock.

[dbhjed]

Originally Posted by Dazarath

LIST

The thing I love most about this game, you never know what you are going to get when you make a new floor It must be really frustrating if you are looking for a certain floor and it doesn't show up.

[dbhjed]

Originally Posted by MidianGTX

Aha. This suggests that being higher up doesn't increase the chance of your store having more stock, but instead increases your chance of getting a store that holds more stock.

That is how the game is made, Height has nothing to do with stock level. You could have sushi bar at floor 120 and it would still have to be restocked like crazy.

And the different shops are unlocked at certain levels, of those I have no clue when what unlocks.