Book of the Cafe/Gameplay

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This article describes the overall gameplay and background information for Book of the Cafe.

Gameplay[edit]

The game is mainly divided into two sections, the cafe and combat sections, both accessible from the menu, as will be shown below. Upon game startup, players will first find themself in the cafe section.

Title Screen[edit]

Title Screen (Browser Version)

Upon startup the following options are selectable from the title screen.

Position Item Function
Top-left Recover Save Data
(セーブデータ復元)
Where save data can be recovered or transferred through the use of the user ID and password.
Top-right Clear In-app/game Cache
(アプリ/ゲーム内のキャッシュ削除)
Where cache stored among the game files can be cleared.
Under the above Make an Inquiry
(お問い合わせ)
Links to an inquiry form where bug reports and other comments can be sent to JynX.
Under the above Check User ID and Password
(ユーザーIDとパスワード確認)
Shows the current save's user ID and password, which is used in save data recovery and transfer.
Left of "Clear In-app/game Cache" Erase Save Data
(セーブデータ削除)
Clears save data on this device, allows the game to be played from the beginning if a previous save has been transferred to another device.
Bottom-centre START Starts the game.

Menus[edit]

By selecting the small yellow arrows on the two sides of the screen, players gain access to the following menus (From top to bottom):

Left and right menus
Left Menu Items Function
Notices Notices
(お知らせ)
Where the FAQ, update notes and other messages from JynX can be read.
Inventory Inventory
(所持品一覧)
View all items and spell chips currently owned.
Postbox Postbox
(郵便BOX)
Where daily login rewards, excess mission rewards and level up rewards can be received.
Quests Quests
(クエスト)
Where quest progress can be checked and rewards redeemed.
Layout Layout
(レイアウト)
Where the cafe's furniture layout can be rearranged.
Save and Quit
(セーブして終了)
Only in the browser version, as the android version frequently autosaves.
Right Menu Items Function
Memory Archives Memory Archives
(記憶の書庫)
Select to access combat portion of the game.
Cafe Cafe
(カフェ)
Select to return to the cafe.
Upgrades Upgrades
(強化)
Select to manage employees and combat units.
Shops Shops
(ショップ)
Where you can purchase furniture and size upgrades for your shop, as well as combat-related items.
Gacha Machines Gacha Machines
(ガチャ)
Where you can access the cafe and combat gachas, to roll for new employees, recipes, cafe money, cooking time reduction cards, combat EXP tickets and combat units.
Rewards Rewards[a]
(リワード)
On the mobile version, watch advertisements (and on the browser version, wait for approximately 30 seconds) to earn Advertisement Power (Strong) which can be exchanged for various rewards.
Configuration Configuration
(設定)
Where the BGM & SE volume and screen rotation settings can be adjusted, as well as where the inquiry form can be found to contact JynX and give feedback.

Note that the left menu is only accessible from the cafe.

Cafe Section[edit]

Combat[edit]

Quests[edit]

There are three types of quests, Daily Quests (デイリークエスト) which reset at 24:00 every day, Weekly Quests (ウィークリークエスト) which reset at 24:00 every Sunday and Normal Quests (ノーマルクエスト) which never reset and have no time limits. The following is a translation and transcription of the quests and their rewards as seen at the quest smenu.

Alpha Version Quests[edit]

Daily Quests

Weekly Quests

Normal Quests

Beta Version Quests[edit]

Daily Quests

Weekly Quests

Normal Quests

Items[edit]

The following are the items found in-game, along with their Japanese descriptions, translated descriptions and uses.

Cafe Items
Combat Items
Spell Enhancement Items
Event Gacha Machine Tickets

In-game Advertisements[edit]

In-game advertisements can be found in the "Rewards" menu, where up to 10 can be viewed per day in exchange for 50 Advertisement Power (Strong) each. Advertisements are limited to the mobile version of the game, and on the browser version players simply need to wait for 30 seconds before receiving their power, in an approximation of an average advertisement's length. Power can be used to exchange for various rewards at the Rewards menu, where each item has a limited amount of purchases every day. The shop resets at 24:00. Items available are as below:

Japanese Description English Translation
スタミナ25回復
[消費50p:本日残り6回]
Recover 25 stamina
[Consumes 50p: 6 Remaining Today]
デイリーステージ[経験値]の回復
[消費100p:本日残り1回]
Recover an attempt at a daily stage [EXP]
[Consumes 100p: 1 Remaining Today]
デイリーステージ[お金]の回復
[消費100p:本日残り1回]
Recover an attempt at a daily stage [Money]
[Consumes 100p: 1 Remaining Today]
デイリーステージ[ZBC]の回復
[消費100p:本日残り1回]
Recover an attempt at a daily stage [ZBC]
[Consumes 100p: 1 Remaining Today]
デイリーステージ[DISC]の回復
[消費100p:本日残り1回]
Recover an attempt at a daily stage [Disc]
[Consumes 100p: 1 Remaining Today]

Advertisement Power (Strong) can also be spent at the Advertisement Shop.

Shop[edit]

The game features 4 shops, the Normal Shop, the Interior Design Shop, the Ink Gem Shop and the Adversitement Shop. With the exception of the Interior Decarations Shop, all other shops are largely focused on the combat portion of the game and have a limit on how much of each product one can buy every week. These shops are reset at 24:00 every Sunday.

Interior Design Shop (内装)[edit]

The Interior Design Shop is where new furniture, floorings, walls and cafe expansions can be bought using cafe money.
It should be noted that only 1 of each cafe expansion can be owned at a time.

Normal Shop (ノーマルショップ)[edit]

The Normal Shop is where various items used to enhance your combat units can be bought using combat money.

Ink Gem Shop (墨石ショップ)[edit]

The Ink Gem Shop is where various items used to enhance your combat units can be bought using ink gems.

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The Advertisement Shop is where various items used to enhance your combat units can be bought using advertisement power (Strong).

These are limited items you can buy in Advertisement Shop during certain event periods.

Gacha Machines[edit]

Basic Gacha Machines[edit]

New cafe employees, combat units as well as an array of items can be obtained through random chance by pulling from various gacha machines. They can all usually be drawn by either spending ink gems or machine-specific tickets. Both options typically allow individual pulls (for 100 ink gems or 1 ticket) or 10 pulls at once (for 1,000 ink gems or 10 tickets). For details on the rewards from each machine and their rates, see the following sections:

Probability Manipulation Gacha Machines[edit]

The "Memory Device" used for these machines.
A Probability Manipulation Point.

In addition, there exist the Probability Manipulation Gacha (確率操作ガチャ) machines, which offer a chance to get a specified cafe employee or combat unit. When using ink gems on other machines, Probability Manipulation Points (確率操作Pt) are earnt at 1 point per gem. As one saves up these points, the chance that the Probability Manipulation Gacha would give a desired employee/unit rises by 0.002% per point/gem, until it reaches 100% at 50,000 points (50,000 ink gems spent). While there are two separate machines for cafe employees and combat units, Probability Manipulation Points are shared between them.

As long as some points are saved up, the player may spend 3,000 ink gems to pull from the machine to attempt to draw a desired employee/unit by selecting them prior to the pull. In the case that the desired character does not show up, a certain amount of money is received as compensation. After a pull, all Probability Manipulation Points are consumed, regardless of whether the desired character is obtained or not.

Banners for the cafe employee and combat unit Probability Manipulation Gachas respectively.

The characters available for selection are as follows:

Cafe Employees
  • Slime [Yabusame]
  • Santa Clause
  • Ghosts [X'mas]
  • Yabusame Houlen [Chef Form]
  • Tsubakura Enraku [Waiter Form]
  • Yabusame Houlen [EE]
  • Tsubakura Enraku [EE]
  • Kurobehi [EE]
  • Aoji Shitoto [EE]
  • Tsubakura Enraku? [EE]
  • Hooaka Shitoto [EE]
  • Kuroji Shitoto [EE]
  • (Omitted) Clause (Omitted) [EE]
  • Tsurbami Senri [EE]
Combat Units
  • Tenkai [Melon]
  • Santa Clause
  • Ghosts [X'mas]
  • Yabusame Houlen [Chef Form]
  • Tsubakura Enraku [Waiter Form]
  • Yabusame Houlen [EE]
  • Tsubakura Enraku [EE]
  • Kurobehi [EE]
  • Aoji Shitoto [EE]
  • Tsubakura Enraku? [EE]
  • Hooaka Shitoto [EE]
  • Kuroji Shitoto [EE]
  • (Omitted) Clause (Omitted) [EE]
  • Tsurbami Senri [EE]

Login Bonus[edit]

You get bonus prizes for logging into the game daily, which are sent to your postbox. Each new day starts at 24:00.

Alpha Version Login Bonuses
Monday 100 Ink Gems + 1,000 Gold ×3
Tuesday Cooking Time Reduction Card (1 Hour) ×3
Wednesday 1,000 EXP Card ×5
Thursday 10,000 Gold ×1
Friday Cooking Time Reduction Card (3 Hours) ×1
Saturday 5,000 EXP Card ×1
Sunday Len’en Cafe α Gacha Ticket ×10
Beta Version Login Bonuses
Monday 100 Ink Gems
5 Stage Skip Tickets
+ Combat Money x10,000
Tuesday Zero Base Core (Black) x5
Wednesday Combat Unit Gacha Ticket [β Version] x5
Thursday Combat Unit EXP Ticket (10,000) x1
Friday Unit Disc [C] x50
Saturday Ink Battery [50] x2
Sunday Combat Unit Gacha Ticket [β Version] x3

Special Campaigns[edit]

8th Anniversary Special Campaign

From 11/11/2021 to 01/12/2021, the 8th Anniversary Special Campaign was held in celebration of Len'en's 8th anniversary, and featured the following:

  • Extra Login Bonuses: For any 8 days within the period, you receive the following alongside the usual login rewards
    • Ink Gems x800
    • 8th Len'en Anniversary Ticket [Cafe Employee] x8
    • 8th Len'en Anniversary Ticket [Combat Unit] x8
  • Doubled experience, combat money and item drops from battles.
  • 3 times the chance for a unique customer to appear.
Christmas Special Campaign

From 25/12/2021 to 25/01/2022, the Christmas Special Campaign was held in celebration of Christamas Update, and featured the following:

  • Extra Login Bonus: For logging in within the time period, you receive the following alongside the usual login reward
    • "Christmas Tickets [Cafe Employees]" x20
    • "Christmas Tickets [Combat Units]" x20
    • "Ink Gems" x2000
  • 5 times the chance for a unique customer to appear (Until 01/01/2022)
New Year Special Campaign

From 01/01/2022 to 07/01/2022, the New Year Special Campaign was held in celebration of New Year, and featured the following:

  • Extra Login Bonus: For logging in within the time period, you receive the following alongside the usual login reward
    • "Len'en 8th Anniversary Ticket [Cafe Employees]" x22
    • "Len'en 8th Anniversary Ticket [Combat Units]" x22
    • "Christmas Ticket [Cafe Employees] x22
    • "Christmas Ticket [Combat Units] x22
    • "Ink Gems" x2022
  • Inclusion of "Otoshidama Envelopes [2022]" with usual login bonuses that are used for "New Year's Fortune Gacha [2022]" and are available within the 7 day period
Book of the Cafe β 1-Year Anniversary Celebration Campaign

From 09/06/2022 to 01/07/2022, the Book of the Cafe β 1-Year Anniversary Celebration Campaign was held in celebration of Book of the Cafe β 1-Year Anniversary, and featured the following:

  • Extra Login Bonuses: For any 10 days within the period, you receive the following alongside the usual login rewards
    • "1-Year Anniversary Gacha [Cafe Employee]" x1
    • "1-Year Anniversary Gacha [Combat Units]" x1

Load Screen Tips[edit]

α Version Tips[edit]

The following is a transcription and translation of the load screen tips that have been added to the game since the version 0.1.10 update, released on 10 May 2020.

カフェの運営の基調は調理からだ!
店員をタッチして選択状態にしてから台所をタッチして、調理をしよう!
Cooking is the bare basics for managing a cafe!
Tap an employee to select them and tap a stove to start cooking!
お客様はカフェの入り口からアクセスできる椅子にしか座ろうとしないぞ!
椅子は机の方向にきちんと向けなきゃダメだぞ!
Customers are only going to try to sit in chairs that are accessible from the cafe entrance!
Make sure your chairs and tables are facing each other!
店員に洗浄ならばかふぇ画面を開いてない間も洗浄をし続けてくれるぞ! Employees who are washing dishes will continue washing even if the cafe screen isn’t open!
しばらくカフェ画面を開いてないと、売り上げは普段より少ないが自動で営業してくれるぞ!
その際はアクセスできる机の数と暇してる店員の数で売り上げが上下するぞ!
ただし、入り口からアクセスできない椅子や配膳台が全くないとダメだぞ!
If you leave the cafe screen for a while, your cafe will sell food on its own, although at a slightly lower price than usual!
How much you sell increases or decreases based on how many accessible tables and free employees there are!
However, you also need to have chairs accessible from the entrance as well as food counters!
家具をタッチするときは
家具が置いてある床を狙ってタッチすると狙いやすいぞ!
When selecting furniture,
you have an easier time if you aim for the floorboard that it’s placed on!
適当に放置しながらまったりプレイすることをオススメするぞ!
あまり根詰めずに空いた時にのんびりいこう!
I recommend that you play this game leisurely, letting it go idle as appropriate!
Slowly play the game in your free time, and take it easy!
店員にはそれぞれ特殊能力があったりなかったりするぞ!
店員編成画面などで確認できるぞ!
Some employees have unique skills!
You can check these at the employee selection screen and such!
ログインボーナスは郵便箱に届いているぞ!
毎日欠さずにチェックしよう!
Log-in bonuses are delivered to the post box!
Check them every day!
α版だからといってバグを許されるわけではない、死すべし!
発見したら制作者に直訴だ!
(バグのご報告お待ちしております)
Just because this is the α version does not mean that bugs are tolerated, no mercy!
If you find them, tell the creator directly!
(I’m waiting for your bug reports.)
レビュ-で高評価してくれたりSNSとかで宣伝してくれると制作者がチョー幸せな気持ちになるぞ! If you would leave a good review or promote this game on social media, the creator would be really happy!
まだ要素が少なくてTipsに書くほどのことがなくて困っているぞ! There’s still not much to the game so there’s not much to write about for Tips, how troubling!

β Version Tips[edit]

All tips from the α version can be found in the β version of the game, along with new additions pertaining to the combat portion of the game. In addition, all mentions of "α version" are replaced with "β version".

β版だからといってバグを許されるわけではない、死すべし!
発見したら制作者に直訴だ!
(バグのご報告お待ちしております)
Just because this is the β version does not mean that bugs are tolerated, no mercy!
If you find them, tell the creator directly!
(I’m waiting for your bug reports.)
一部のステージを除き、戦闘は20ターン経過すると強制的に敗北しちゃうぞ
泥任合は許されないのだ
With the exception of a few select stages, you are forced to lose all battles once 20 turns have passed.
Stalling is not allowed!
ユニットの強化に使うDISCはなかなか集まらないから、慎重に使おう! It's quite difficult to save up the required amount of discs to enhance a unit, so use them carefully!
ステージがクリアできないときはイベントステージなどで経験値や育成素材を集めてユニットを強化しよう! When you can't clear a stage, try grinding for EXP and other materials to enhance your units!
ステージは失敗してもデメリットはないから、どんどん挑戦していこう! There's no downside to failing a stage, so keep challenging on!

Notes[edit]

  1. It should be noted that the icon is light blue in-game, but is white in the files.