Best Upgrades to Get Early in Probably Stolen

Joe Wild’s Network opens on day 7 in Probably Stolen, and it’s where most of your early credits end up. Some upgrades pay for themselves inside a week, while others look tempting and quietly eat the cash you need for rent.

I’ve worked through the whole network in the launch build, so these are the upgrades I’d prioritize, what each one gives you, and why it’s worth the credits. Prices are for Normal difficulty. Keep in mind that Hard costs 50% more, Challenge doubles them, and any Wild Favor you’ve earned is spent before your credits.

Best Wild’s Network Upgrades to Get Early

Upgrade	Cost	What you get	Why I’d get it
Showcase Expansion I	200	One extra display case buyer every day	It’s permanent and pays for itself faster than anything else. Put your best luxury items in the case.
Red Imp Brewery	200	Red Imp’s number (8815) and a free case of beer the next day	Beer arrives at a 20% wholesale discount, in orders of 8 or 16 every four days. It’s the easiest steady stock early on.
Buyer Referral Service	200 + 10 a night	One extra buyer and one extra display case buyer every day	Two more customers a day, and half the nightly fee comes back as Wild Favor.
Seller Referral Service	200 + 10 a night	One extra seller every day	More cheap stock to flip, with half the fee back as Wild Favor. I pair it with Buyer Referral.
Retired Winemaker	200	A winemaking kit and a winemaker visit every Friday	The cheapest production trade in the game, and a good bottle sells for 150 to 175 credits.
Water Trading	300	A water cleaning kit and a weekly water trader	It unlocks Gutterflow On Tap (250) and Rustwater On Tap (350) for unlimited free water, plus Aquaculture.
Marketplace Requests	250	Buyer requests on your store PC	Requests pay above market value, and they clear the odd items clogging your shelves.
Rent Grace	100	Pay a missed rent bill together with next week’s	Cozy and Normal give you one for free. Rebuy it after you use it, because the price doubles each time.
Minor Shareholder: GP Mining Coop	900	+15% courier discount and 6 Metal Ore every Friday	The cheapest buyout, paying back in about 10 weeks from the free ore alone. Needs the GP Mining Coop introduction (250).
Minor Shareholder: Red Imp Brewery	1,450	+15% courier discount and a free case of beer every Thursday	Worth it once you’re ordering beer every week, since the courier discount jumps to 35% on top of the free case.

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