Astro Diner alien codex
Last updated: 6 September 2026
The customer supplies the base value and patience pressure. The recipe supplies the ingredient sequence. Read both before choosing your next order.
Four customers in each released world
NEON MARKET and MAGMA CORE both use the four archetypes below. New arrivals start with 100 patience out of a maximum of 100. A higher decay factor means faster patience loss; it is not a fixed number of seconds before departure.
| Customer | Name | Base credits | Relative patience decay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | Grey | $18 | 1.00 |
| Rush Guest | Zip | $42 | 1.85 |
| Premium Critic | Lux | $58 | 0.82 |
| Bonus Tipper | Tippo | $36 | 1.18 |
Choose a ticket you can finish
Check Rush Guests early. Their patience falls fastest, so a short exact order can prevent a walkout. If another plate is nearly complete, compare how much patience each guest has before switching plans.
Regulars give you a steady baseline for learning repeated ingredients. Premium Critics have the slowest decay and highest base value. Bonus Tippers sit between Regulars and Rush Guests in pressure. These differences help you decide; they do not replace reading the live patience bars.
Separate customer value from premium ingredients
A Premium Critic can order a standard recipe. The critic’s higher base value applies, but the double premium multiplier requires an actual premium ingredient in the order. Buy the Void Import License to add Dark Matter recipes to the released worlds.
The visible base values are not final payouts. Healthy patience, perfect service, combo, Hype Bot upgrades, premium ingredients, frenzy, and completed contracts can change the credits you receive.
See the payout calculation
Open this Astro Diner reference page.
Check licensed recipes
Open this Astro Diner reference page.
Recover from a crowded counter
A walkout costs a life and breaks your combo. In Neon Market, Undo removes a wrong ingredient without losing earlier work. Clear empties the plate. If another world clears an invalid sequence automatically, rebuild from a waiting ticket.
Zen Emitter slows patience loss. Hover Stool adds space for another waiting customer, but does not correct a plate or stop patience decay. Quantum Lure brings arrivals sooner and can make a crowded counter harder to manage. Improve service consistency before choosing more pressure.