Gameplay flow

This page explains how to operate the brewery: what to do first, how a batch moves through the building, and where optional systems (delivery, progression) fit in. Your server may tune timings and economy in shared/config.lua; the order of steps below matches the script’s intended flow.

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What you’re doing

You run a craft brewery: buy ingredients and supplies, choose a recipe, turn grain into wort, ferment it, condition it in a bright tank, then bottle or keg finished beer. Along the way you earn XP, gain brewer levels, unlock more recipes, and can take delivery jobs to move product for cash and XP—if your server uses that feature.

Interactions use eye target zones on equipment (ox_target). Keep a thermometer, hydrometer, and other tools in inventory when prompts ask for them.

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Before your first batch

1. Visit the supply area (vendor / shop—your server configures how the shop opens) and buy malts, hops, yeast, bottles, caps, labels, empty kegs, and cleaning supplies as needed.
2. Recipe books (inventory items): use them from inventory to read tiered recipe lists when you own a book.
3. Personal brewery storage is tied to your character; stash extras there if your server allows it.
4. Equipment that has been used may need cleaning before reuse—watch for Clean options when the script marks gear dirty.

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Typical production flow (one batch)

Think of this as a linear checklist; some steps unlock only after the previous stage is done (your target menu will hide options that are not ready yet).

1) Recipe and grain prep — Grain mill

1. Select recipe (or change recipe) so the mill knows what you’re brewing.
2. Weigh ingredients when prompted (you may need a grain scale in inventory).
3. Mill grains to produce milled grain for the mash. Tip: Milled grain can carry metadata so different malts do not stack as one generic stack.

2) Hot liquor — Hot Liquor Tank (HLT)

1. Heat water to start bringing liquor up to temperature.
2. Use Check Status (and a thermometer if required) to see progress instead of standing on one long progress bar—come back and check until it’s ready for the mash.

3) Mashing — Mash tun

1. Start mashing when you are ready to begin the mash program.
2. During the active mash, use Check Mash Temperature when that option appears (thermometer).
3. When the mash timer completes, Vorlauf (recirculate) becomes available—run it.
4. Turn on the correct pump from mash tun → kettle at the pump control panel, then Sparge when the script allows it.
5. When the mash line is finished for this batch, clean the tun if a Clean Mash Tun option appears.

Target menus simplify during mash/sparge so “status” options do not fight the stage you are in.

4) Boil and kettle work — Brew kettle

1. Start boil when wort is ready in the kettle. After it starts, use Check Boil Status instead of babysitting a single bar.
2. Add hops during the boil window when that action is available.
3. When the boil is done, optional Whirlpool may appear; when cooling is allowed, Cool Wort starts a cooling phase—use Check Cooling Status / boil status UI while it runs.
4. When the kettle is ready for the next phase, use Transfer to Fermentation and pick a tank (pump / UI flow depends on server setup).

5) Fermentation — Fermentation tanks

1. After transfer, manage the batch on the fermentation tank you chose: status, temperature, and samples when available.
2. Pitch yeast appears on the tank when the batch is waiting for yeast—use that with the proper animation/inventory checks.
3. Fermentation and fermentation-tank conditioning run on server time and can persist across restarts—come back later.
4. When the process allows, transfer to bright (bright tank) to continue conditioning/carbonation there.
5. Tanks may need cleaning after use; if a clean option shows, run it before starting a new batch in that tank.

6) Bright tank — Bright tank

1. Check beer status to see readiness, conditioning, and guidance (including CO₂ / carbonation hints your server configured).
2. Adjust carbonation when you want to fine-tune within safe targets.
3. When beer is ready for packaging, move to the bottling line or keg station with the right empty containers.

7) Packaging — Bottling line and kegging station

Bottling

1. Start bottling with bottles and caps in inventory.
2. Apply labels to unlabeled bottles when you have labels.
3. Pack into cases (cases of 24) when you have case supplies.

Kegging

1. Fill keg with empty kegs available; follow prompts and animations your server uses.

Both areas may require cleaning after heavy use.

8) Quality lab (optional but useful)

At the quality lab you can run readings and assessments (e.g. gravity, pH, refractometer, overall quality assessment) when you have the right tools. This supports roleplay and may tie into how you interpret batch health on your server.

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Pumps and utilities

• Use the pump control panel to turn pumps on/off. Some mash steps require the mash→kettle pump to be running before the next action unlocks.
• The glycol chiller can be toggled and given a target temperature to support fermentation cooling—check its status when your recipe cares about temp stability.

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Progression and meta

• XP comes from brewing actions (bottling/kegging amounts and quality bonuses may apply—see server tuning).
• Levels unlock broader recipe access; recipe books also gate knowledge by tier.
• You can rename your brewery once the server provides that flow (usually early onboarding).
• Leaderboards / history (if enabled) summarize your stats through server menus or callbacks—implementation depends on server UI hooks.

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Delivery runs (if enabled)

If your server uses brewery delivery:

1. Interact with the delivery terminal to see contracts.
2. Accept a run, collect the vehicle, complete stops with the correct cases/kegs and quality in inventory, then return the vehicle in the marked zone (watch for return prompts).

Payouts and XP are server-side; always finish stops honestly—inventory checks apply at handoff.

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Practical tips for new brewers

1. Read target labels—only valid actions show for your current stage (mash, boil, ferm, bright).
2. Keep cleaners (PBW / sanitizer types your server configured) so you are not blocked when a Clean option appears.
3. Do not start a second conflicting batch in the same equipment until the first is finished or cleared—servers enforce “busy” states to prevent wipes.
4. If a UI is open, Backspace / Escape usually closes it (per server build); follow on-screen hints.
5. When in doubt, Check status on the piece of equipment that owns the current stage (HLT, mash tun, kettle, ferm tank, bright tank).