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Scritchy Scratchy Beginner Guide
Start at the Day Job: at level 1 each washed plate pays $1, which funds your first tickets. Buy Two Win ($10), which community math describes as positive expected value at any luck or card level, then improve scratch luck and card levels. To bank Jack Points you must reach the Final Chance ticket at the end of a catalogue; restarting inside Catalogue 1 does not award JP.
Uses official 1.2.x patch notes and store pages plus community guides and recordings from March to October 2026. Prices and values were checked on 8 Nov 2026; the site operator has not played the game.
At a glance
- First income
- Day Job dishes, $1 per plate at level 1
- First reliable ticket
- Two Win, $10
- Card level
- Each +1 multiplies all payouts by 1.3
- Jack Points
- Awarded after the Final Chance at the end of a run
- Key mid-run node
- Picky Eater, 250 JP
From dishes to a profitable ticket
Wash plates until you can afford a ticket, then buy Two Win. The game shows three symbols and pays when two match, so the small stake lets you learn the table without risking much.
Keep the Day Job going while the first tickets resolve. It is slow income, but it prevents a run from stalling when a ticket misses.
Read the odds before you upgrade
The ticket panel lists each symbol chance next to its payout and shows a hardness value. Read both together: a big payout on a rare symbol is not automatically the better ticket.
Apple Tree ($2,000) is the first ticket that can lose money below luck level 2, according to community analysis. Upgrade prices differ between sources, so check the live cost before committing.
Loans, bankruptcy and the first Prestige
The phone offers a loan when your balance goes negative. A loan can rescue a run, but the debt grows and a second bad streak can end it; scratch carefully while you carry it.
Prestige restarts the run and keeps your Jack Points for permanent upgrades. JP comes from scratching a jackpot, once per ticket type per run, and is settled when you reach the Final Chance. Picky Eater (250 JP) makes Mundo discard losing tickets and is the usual first big purchase.
Quick answers
- How do I earn the first money?
- Wash plates at the Day Job. At level 1 each plate pays $1, and that funds the first Two Win ticket.
- Does Prestige wipe everything?
- It restarts the run. Jack Points and the permanent upgrades you bought with them are the carry-over, so spend JP before resetting.
- Why did I get no Jack Points?
- Restarting inside Catalogue 1 does not settle JP. Play to the Final Chance at the end of the run so the jackpots you scratched are counted.
Facts checked: 2026-11-07