Beginner route
Sell Lemons Beginner Guide
Use this route when you are new to Sell Lemons and need a clean order for early cash flow, managers, Rebirth, secrets, and late systems.
Stage path
What to do at each stage
Follow the stages in order, then jump to the matching tool page when a secret or late system becomes relevant.
First 5 Minutes
Build early cash flow
- Follow the ? navigation
- Buy early income buttons
- Keep moving through base unlocks
- Buy priority: Early income buttons
- Next unlock: More base buttons
5-10 Minutes
Start automation
- Buy managers as soon as they appear
- Continue opening new income sources
- Buy priority: Managers
- Next unlock: New income sources and minigames
10-30 Minutes
Scale cash efficiency
- Focus on the newest income source
- Use Void Weather, cash bags, and phone deals when available
- Buy priority: Latest source upgrades
- Next unlock: Higher cash and Rebirth threshold
30-60 Minutes
Unlock and use Rebirth
- Talk to Joe the Alien
- Start the Investors loop
- Buy powers only when investor balance supports it
- Buy priority: Expert Picker, Manage, Run Faster x1.5
- Next unlock: Investor loop
After First Secret
Claim long-term secret rewards
- Complete Sewer Key and/or UFO Key route
- Use fresh server route state
- Buy priority: Sewer Gate, Good Samaritan bonus
- Next unlock: Cosmic Cash Vine / doubled investor bonus
Before Sewer Maze
Reduce maze failure
- Join fresh server
- Use sewer hub for orientation
- Optionally get Run Faster x1.5 first
- Buy priority: Run Faster x1.5
- Next unlock: Key route completion
Before UFO Key
Meet hidden prerequisites
- Confirm Rebirth is unlocked
- Confirm at least 1 Investor exists
- Buy priority: Investors
- Next unlock: UFO Key visible
Before Mutations / Evolutions
Enter late systems
- Push to 501.2 Quadrillion total Investors
- Open Void portal and altar
- Start Orchard and mutation progression
- Buy priority: Evolution push, Orchard access
- Next unlock: Orange, Orchard, and Mutations
Buy order
Upgrade priority by phase
Use the broad phase list first, then open the Upgrade Priority page when you need individual power costs.
First 10 minutes
- Follow ? guidance
- Prioritize yellow income buttons
- Buy managers when available
- Do not over-prioritize red decorative purchases
10 to 30 minutes
- Focus the latest unlocked income source
- Use event windows such as Void Weather and deals
30 to 60 minutes
- Unlock and use Rebirth
- Use Expert Picker / Manage / first Run Faster when investor balance supports it
After first Rebirth
- Work toward Sewer Key and UFO Key if route-ready
- Push 501.2 Quadrillion total Investors for first Evolution
Avoid too early
- High-tier Run Faster
- High-tier Stack Upgrade
- Decorations that do not improve output
Avoid
Common early mistakes
- Prioritizing red decoration purchases
- Over-investing in low-output old sources
- Random spread buying
- Spending more than half of Investors without a strong reason
- Running changed lever states in the same server
- Blind route running with no north reference
- Looking for UFO Key before it can appear
- Ignoring portal and Orchard after midgame
Quick answers
FAQ
When should you Rebirth?
The community wiki recommends checking Investor return and often waiting for about 10x your current amount, unless an important permanent button is close.