In the Roblox horror game Late Night Ramen (developed by Cryptid Horror), you earn income primarily by accepting customer payments at the service window and successfully fulfilling their food and beverage orders. Cash accumulates directly into your inventory balance as each customer pays, and players can use these earnings to purchase gameplay boosts, rating protection, and survival tools inside the Shift Shop.
Collecting Money and Completing Orders
Every customer who approaches the shop window initiates a transaction. You collect cash immediately upon interacting with them to take their order.
- Collect upfront payments: When a patron approaches the counter, interact to take their money before preparing the food. Players have noted that you can collect cash even from anomalous customers before shutting the service window in their faces.
- Prepare the order accurately: Fulfill the requested broth, noodles, toppings, and drinks. Delivering the exact order satisfies the customer and protects your service quality rating.
- The casino gamble: A specific patron heading to the casino offers an optional $350 coin toss. If it lands on heads, you win double your wager; if it lands on tails, the merchant keeps your bet. Accepting this bet is a direct gamble that can raise or lower your total income.
Ramen Preparation Steps
Orders must be assembled in the exact sequence outlined on the ramen shop training boards to avoid wasting ingredients or lowering your rating.
- Pick up an empty bowl from the counter stack.
- Pour the broth requested by the customer (Chicken Broth or Spicy Broth).
- Grab uncooked noodles from the counter or supply crates and cook them in the boiling pot.
- Transfer the cooked noodles into the bowl containing the broth.
- Add the requested toppings from the ingredient trays.
- Retrieve any ordered beverage (Water or Bloxy Cola) from the drink fridge.
- Hand the complete meal and drink to the customer at the window. If you make an error, discard the bowl in the trash bin and rebuild the order.
Available Ingredients and Beverages
| Category | Available Options | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Broths | Chicken Broth, Spicy Broth | Poured into an empty bowl before adding cooked noodles |
| Base | Ramen Noodles | Must be cooked in the pot before plating |
| Toppings | Beef Slices, Chicken Slices, Green Onions, Tofu, Eggs | Applied after the broth and noodles are assembled |
| Drinks | Water, Bloxy Cola | Kept in the cold drink station |
When ingredients run out at your primary prep counter, grab supply boxes from the back storage room to restock your stations.
Shift Shop Boosts and Income Upgrades
The game description and in-game shop menu allow players to spend shift income on utility items and boosts. Players access the shop menu by opening the shop interface or holding Shift to open upgrades.
- Fresh Start: Resets your service quality rating back to 100% after accidental customer mistakes.
- Bribery System: Protects your shop from rating penalties the next time an order error occurs.
- Anomaly Detector Boost: Helps players identify whether an approaching patron is a human or an anomaly before making a service decision.
- Infinite Rocket RPG: A combat item that provides infinite explosive rockets.
- Respawn Cash: If you die during a shift, you can spend in-game funds or Robux to respawn and continue playing with teammates.
Protecting Your Shift Rating to Secure Survived Ending
Surviving the night shift requires keeping your Service Quality Rating above 0%. Denying normal customers or serving anomalous entities causes your rating to drop; reaching F-0% results in immediate death and shift failure. When the shift counter ends, cross the street to the bus stop to secure the Survived Ending badge.
- The Clown: When a clown arrives, do not turn him away. He will ask for "the usual." You must serve him Spicy Broth ramen with cooked noodles and no toppings. Denying him or serving wrong toppings causes him to kill everyone.
- The Tall Creepy Woman: If a tall, dark woman appears outside in the street, do not stare at her. Turn around, pick up the counter phone, and call the Anomaly Control Unit to neutralize her.
- Red Flickering Lights: If the shop lights turn red and flicker, exit the shop immediately and wait outside until lighting returns to normal.
- Power Blackouts: When prompted to repair the electric box out back, walk out the rear exit and interact with the breaker panel to restore power.
- Anomalous Patrons: Shut the window immediately if a customer exhibits physical anomalies (missing facial features, misplaced eyes, elongated necks, distorted limbs) or makes threatening remarks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you take cash from anomalies without serving them?
Yes. Observed gameplay confirms you can interact to take customer money at the window and then close the window on them once you spot an anomaly, preventing rating penalties while retaining the collected cash.
What happens when your Service Quality Rating reaches 0%?
Reaching 0% terminates your run with the status "employee fired and neutralized." You will unlock the Dead Ending or You Died screen unless you spend funds or a game pass to revive.
What is the Clown's "usual" order?
The Clown requires a bowl of Spicy Broth ramen with cooked noodles and zero toppings. Failing this order or closing the window on him leads to an immediate team wipe.
