To choose handbook equipment in Feed the Cups, match each item to the problem you need to solve: use pressure-reduction equipment for unstable staff, serving equipment for combo and rating bonuses, movement equipment for difficult floors or heavy deliveries, and cup items to protect or extend serving streaks. Prices and effects below reflect the supplied handbook information; upgraded handbook effects are not included.
Important equipment rules
- Ghost characters do not benefit from hand or leg equipment. Their hand and leg items are ineffective.
- The listed categories are organizational only. They do not confirm that items in different categories can or cannot be used together.
- Some multiplayer effects become weaker when more than one player benefits from them.
- The handbook may change as the game is updated, so treat these values as a reference for the stated version rather than a permanent list.
Character equipment effects
Head equipment
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| Earmuffs | Reduce pressure by 1 per hour. | 50 |
| Employee Cap | Raises the pressure limit by 25%. | 40 |
| Rabbit-ear Hair Clip | During early opening, increases reputation by 300 per hour. The effect is reduced in multiplayer. | 80 |
Face equipment
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| Anti-splash Mask | While taking orders, the order-taking employee has a 25% chance to reduce pressure by 1. | 40 |
| Mask | When an employee is about to collapse, triggers once to reduce pressure by 25%. It can activate at most once per day. | 80 |
| Headset | Speeds up the order-taking process. | 50 |
| Microphone | Increases customer movement speed while customers collect their orders. | 80 |
Aprons
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| Dirty Apron | Raises the maximum extra reputation from combos from 50 to 75. | 70 |
| Delaying Apron | When a cup is served at the extreme-serving level and receives a good review, grants 40 reputation. The effect is reduced in multiplayer. | 70 |
| Anxious Apron | When a cup is served quickly and receives a good review, grants 20 reputation. The effect is reduced in multiplayer. | 70 |
Hand equipment
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| Delay Watch | Extends nighttime cleanup time by half an hour. | 80 |
| Moving Gloves | Newly delivered boxes have a longer protection period. While protected, passing customers do not increase pressure. | 50 |
Leg equipment
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| White Sneakers | Provides a small movement-speed increase. | 100 |
| Student Slippers | Reduces the slowing multiplier when crossing floor clutter. | 50 |
| Non-slip Boots | Slightly increases friction, making the employee less likely to slide or stick while moving. | 30 |
| Flip-flops | After an employee remains standing still for a period, they have a 50% chance to reduce pressure by 1. This does not work after closing time. | 50 |
Cup and shop-support equipment
| Item | Effect | Price |
|---|
| Degradable Paper Cup | A bad or average review does not interrupt the combo. | 120 |
| Sealing Lid | A lost order does not interrupt the combo. | 70 |
| Straw | Extends the judging window for an extreme-serving result. | 100 |
| Insulated Cup Sleeve | Extends the judging window for a fast-serving result. | 100 |
| Branded Cup | A skip-served cup continues accumulating the combo normally; skip-serving no longer interrupts the combo. | 50 |
| Transit Card | Arrive at the shop half an hour earlier. | 80 |
| Small Wings | Reduces the slowing multiplier while carrying heavy objects. | 70 |
| Trash Decomposition | Automatically reduces the amount of trash in the bin. | 50 |
| Work Name Badge | Grants 25 reputation when taking an order. The effect is reduced in multiplayer. | 70 |
| High-speed Delivery | Shortens delivery preparation time and increases the delivery drone's movement speed by 50%. | 50 |
Choosing between effects
- For pressure control, consider Earmuffs, the Employee Cap, the Mask, or the Anti-splash Mask. Flip-flops are conditional because they require the employee to stand still and do not work after closing.
- For combo protection, the Degradable Paper Cup protects against bad or average reviews, the Sealing Lid protects against lost orders, and the Branded Cup protects skip-serving.
- For serving timing, the Straw helps extreme serving, while the Insulated Cup Sleeve helps fast serving.
- For reputation, compare the Rabbit-ear Hair Clip, Dirty Apron, the two review-based aprons, and the Work Name Badge. Multiplayer reductions apply to several of these bonuses.
- For logistics, choose Moving Gloves, Small Wings, High-speed Delivery, or Transit Card according to whether the bottleneck is box protection, heavy carrying, drone delivery, or arrival time.
