Currencies

There are 3 types of Currencies used in Cooking Craze to help players take part in and complete levels: Lives, Cash and Spoons.

Lives
Lives are required for players to take part in levels. They are automatically replenished once a level is passed; if the player fails or quits instead, the life is then lost. Once players lose all their lives, they must wait until their lives are regenerated before they can play again.

There is a cap of 5 lives for each player; players may obtain more lives or keep playing through the following methods:
 * Wait 30 minutes for a life to be regenerated
 * Ask friends to send extra lives every day; each friend can only send 1 life a day, and they can't send more lives until you have used the life they've sent over.
 * Use an Infinite Lives boost, obtainable when players:
 * Complete certain tasks (e.g. Daily Tasks), Special Events or milestones (e.g. collecting all the Comment Cards for a restaurant or city).
 * Unlock certain Daily Rewards.
 * Buy 650 or more Spoons from the Store.

Cash
Cash is used to upgrade restaurants, which improves a player's chances of passing a level. Its primary purposes include upgrading: Unlike in other equivalent games, cash does not carry over between cities - each city (3 to 4 restaurants) uses their own currency, even if they are in the same country: see New York, New Orleans and Honolulu, each of which uses different currencies despite all being in the United States.
 * Cooking equipment, to reduce cooking time and increase the number of dish servings.
 * Serving dishes, to increase the number of dishes served with each cooking.
 * Ingredients, to increase earnings from dishes made with said ingredients.

Cash can be earned when players:
 * Complete certain tasks, levels, Extra Shifts or Bonus Levels.
 * Unlock certain Daily Rewards.
 * Unlock an Achievement.
 * Use the Price Doubler boost to double the amount of cash earned from selling dishes in a level.

Spoons
Spoons are the premium currency equivalent in Cooking Craze, used to purchase Boosts, make up Cash shortfalls (for Upgrades) and unlock certain benefits (such as playing a Bonus Level before the 4 hour cooldown is over). They are not necessary for regular gameplay, but can easily make the difference in passing a particularly difficult level.

Spoons can be earned when players:
 * Buy them from the Store, either as a standalone or part of a Bundle.
 * Complete certain levels, tasks, Mini Events or Events.
 * Unlock certain Daily Rewards.
 * Unlock an Achievement.