At Level 101 and above in Township, helicopter orders require selective filtering rather than full completion. Instead of crafting every complex request, immediately fulfill simple orders from your existing stock, trash slow multi-tier orders to trigger their 20-minute refresh timers, and rely on the City Market and Laboratory boosters to extract maximum coin value without draining your barn.
Managing the Helipad Order Queue
The helipad displays up to nine order slots simultaneously. At triple-digit levels, requests pull across your entire unlocked catalog, frequently demanding high-tier dishes, tailored clothing, furniture, and island fruit that require hours of manufacturing.
Fulfilling every order as it arrives depletes essential base ingredients (such as sugar, dairy, and fabrics) needed for train crates and airplane shipments. Treat the helipad as a flexible coin farm rather than a mandatory checklist:
- Review all nine slots: Scan the board for orders that use basic crops, short-craft items, or goods currently crowding your barn inventory.
- Dispatch easy orders: Send the helicopter out immediately for tasks requiring items you already have on hand.
- Trash resource-heavy requests: Tap the trash can icon on any order demanding multiple long-production goods, ingots, or jewelry.
- Wait out the cooldown: Deleting an order carries no penalty and starts a 20-minute cooldown timer for that specific slot, after which a new order appears.
Regularly trashing unfavorable requests allows you to rotate four to six slots every 20 minutes, giving you a steady stream of quick, profitable deliveries.
Which Orders to Fill vs. Trash
Evaluate each order against production time, ingredient strain, and coin return:
| Order Type | Typical Requirements | Recommended Action |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Production | Basic crops, bread, cheese, sugar | Fill immediately from barn reserves |
| Market-Supported | 1–2 mid-tier crafts sold in City Market | Buy missing items with coins and dispatch |
| Inventory Clearer | Surplus stock occupying needed barn space | Fill to free storage capacity |
| Multi-Tier Sink | 3+ crafts taking 4+ hours each | Trash to initiate 20-minute refresh |
| Foundry / Jewelry | Ingots or jewelry pieces | Trash; save ingots for Academy of Industry |
| High Island Demand | Large quantities of watermelon, plum, or pineapple | Trash to preserve ship goods for trains and planes |
Barn Storage and Market Preparation
Supporting consistent helicopter deliveries without causing production bottlenecks requires adjusting your storage habits:
- Store raw buffers over finished crafts: Keep large stacks of foundational crops (wheat, corn, carrots) and basic processed goods (cream, cheese, syrup). For items taking more than three hours to manufacture, keep no more than one or two units in stock.
- Expand the City Market: Invest in building market capacity up to 60–100+ boxes. The market frequently offers finished high-tier items for coins, allowing you to bypass multi-step crafting lines entirely.
- Hire the Dealer for Targeted Runs: During dedicated farming sessions, use Raja the dealer to buy high-volume ingredients or missing goods needed across several pending orders.
Maximizing Coin Yields with Boosters
Helicopter orders serve as a primary coin source for late-game community buildings and land expansions. You can multiply their returns by using specific Laboratory boosters:
- Generous Customer: Doubles coin payouts from helicopter orders (+100%), raising high-level order rewards to between 1,500 and 4,000 coins per delivery.
- Record Demand: Cuts the order refresh cooldown from 20 minutes down to 10 minutes, doubling your cycling speed.
Before activating these boosters, stock your barn with common crops and market purchases. While the boosters are active, aggressively trash low-coin orders to ensure every dispatch yields top revenue, while continuing to hold necessary supplies for incoming trains and planes.
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