A Sushi Staff member is a character that can be hired to work at Bancho Sushi or its branch location in Dave the Diver.
There are a total of 21 different characters that can be hired on, with one being brought on automatically and another through a sub mission, while the rest must be hired manually.
Staff members can be Dismissed, giving back money depending on the specific staff member and their level. For some members, they might give more gold back than it would cost to train them more. They can be rehired later through Hiring starting back at lvl 1.
Each has a personal pay rate that is increased by their training level.
Staff[]
Image | Name | Hiring Fee | Special Skills | Base Stats | Max Stats | ||||||||
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Cooking | Serving | Procure | Appeal | Total | Cooking | Serving | Procure | Appeal | Total | ||||
Billy | 562 | Tip Master Cleaning Master |
28 | 134 | 30 | 6 | 198 | 408 | 723 | 467 | 291 | 1889 | |
Carolina | 410 | Wasabi Refill Tip Master |
70 | 75 | 12 | 12 | 169 | 621 | 417 | 810 | 449 | 2297 | |
Charlie | 123 | Cooking+ (+50) Ingredient Prep Expert |
3 | 20 | 38 | 15 | 76 | 908 | 248 | 323 | 129 | 1608 | |
Cohh | 1079 | Tip Master Cocktail Serving |
113 | 2 | 112 | 45 | 272 | 360 | 914 | 150 | 672 | 2096 | |
Davina | 143 | Irresistible Charm (+50 Appeal) Dispatch Master |
15 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 58 | 490 | 360 | 859 | 915 | 2624 | |
Drae | 297 | Cleaning Cocktail Serving |
60 | 19 | 58 | 3 | 140 | 896 | 855 | 666 | 744 | 3161 | |
El Nino | 2327 | Drink Serving Master Cleaning Master |
6 | 146 | 65 | 78 | 295 | 126 | 986 | 425 | 138 | 1675 | |
Itsuki | 4 | Drink Serving Irresistible Charm (+50 Appeal) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 438 | 932 | 628 | 963 | 2961 | |
James | 707 | Cooking+ (+50) Ingredient Prep Master |
85 | 35 | 45 | 60 | 225 | 800 | 225 | 482 | 269 | 1776 | |
Jandi | 302 | Tip Master Wasabi Refill |
10 | 47 | 35 | 50 | 142 | 542 | 579 | 510 | 506 | 2137 | |
Kyoko | 0 (142) | Drink Serving Tip Master |
14 | 35 | 15 | 21 | 85 | 527 | 605 | 547 | 838 | 2517 | |
Liu | 125 | Cleaning Serving+ (+50) |
18 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 78 | 550 | 455 | 780 | 509 | 2294 | |
Maki | 0 | Cooking + (+50) Cooking ++ (+50) |
100 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 1055 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 1128 | |
Masayoshi | 551 | Ingredient Prep Expert Dispatch Master |
45 | 25 | 35 | 93 | 198 | 786 | 253 | 814 | 378 | 2231 | |
Mitchell | 258 | Drink Serving Serving+ (+50) |
8 | 20 | 10 | 88 | 126 | 407 | 792 | 29 | 981 | 2209 | |
Pai | 467 | Cooking+ (+50) Serving+ (+50) |
50 | 55 | 40 | 38 | 183 | 594 | 466 | 914 | 418 | 2392 | |
Raptor | 1150 | Wasabi Refill Cocktail Serving |
19 | 150 | 10 | 99 | 278 | 304 | 910 | 770 | 194 | 2178 | |
Raul | 991 | Ingredient Prep Expert Master Drink Maker |
66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 264 | 541 | 541 | 541 | 541 | 2164 | |
Tohoku | 1307 | Cooking+ (+50) Cooking++ (+50) |
107 | 80 | 60 | 48 | 295 | 739 | 99 | 155 | 808 | 1801 | |
Yone | 1464 | Cooking ++ (+100) Ingredient Prep Expert |
155 | 40 | 100 | 12 | 307 | 901 | 154 | 385 | 126 | 1566 | |
Yusuke | 267 | Ingredient Prep Expert Cooking+ (+50) |
40 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 131 | 850 | 218 | 986 | 160 | 2214 |
Basics[]
Staff members have the following four numerical stats that affect their performance:
- Cooking: Determines the amount of time it takes for the staff to prepare a dish ordered by a customer
- Serving: Determines the staff's movement speed when assigned to the dining area, as well as the amount of time it takes for them to perform advanced serving tasks, such as serving drinks if the staff member has the corresponding skill
- Procure: Determines the maximum amount of seasoning obtained from dispatching staff to gather ingredients
- Appeal: Determines the amount and frequency of tips received from serving in the dining area as well as the minimum amount of seasoning obtained when the staff member is dispatched
In addition, staff members each have two Special Skills that are unlocked when the staff member is trained to levels 3 and 7, which confer various bonuses to the staff member. Some increase one of their stats by a flat amount; others unlock the ability for the staff member to take on additional tasks that previously only the player could perform, such as serving drinks or cleaning tables; others add bonuses to tasks they were already performing, such as bonuses to tips from serving.
In addition, staff members unlock one or more specific recipes upon being trained to a specific level, typically at Level 15, but sometimes at Level 5 and/or 10. To see the recipe(s) unlocked by each staff member, refer to the recipes page or the individual staff member's page.
Hiring[]
The player will gain the ability to hire and manage staff after the first VIP, Yoshie, visits the restaurant and is served. You may then choose one of three different hiring methods to receive applications from 2-4 of the 20 available characters exactly one day after paying for the chosen hiring method. A hiring ad always returns the stated maximum number of applicants, unless the total number of unhired characters is lower. It is currently unclear exactly which staff members are eligible to apply from a given hiring method and Cooksta rank.
Before hiring, you may view an applicant's level 1 stats, max-level stats, and both of their Special Skills (but not the recipe(s) they may eventually unlock from training) by selecting a staff member in the hiring menu and then selecting "details." If you opt to not to hire an applicant, and post a new hiring ad, that applicant will eventually re-apply in response to a future hiring ad.
Once you pay the hiring fee for an applicant, they are placed in the waiting room. From there, you may assign them to the kitchen to prepare dishes alongside Bancho, to the dining area to serve prepared dishes to customers, or to dispatch to procure some of a specified seasoning ingredient after exactly one day.
Training[]
After paying the hiring fee to hire an applicant, you may invest in training a staff member to increase their level. Increasing their level increases all of their stats by a set amount per stat per staff member, and unlocks their Special Skills at levels 3 and 7, and sometimes also unlocks a recipe at level 5, 10, and/or 15. However, keep in mind training cost also increases with each level; every staff member has the same set of training costs per level, listed below:
Level | Cost |
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2 | 150 |
3 | 215 |
4 | 308 |
5 | 442 |
6 | 635 |
7 | 911 |
8 | 1,307 |
9 | 1,875 |
10 | 2,690 |
11 | 3,859 |
12 | 5,537 |
13 | 7,943 |
14 | 11,395 |
15 | 16348 |
16 | 23,452 |
17 | 33,644 |
18 | 48,264 |
19 | 69,239 |
20 | 99,328 |
Keep in mind that having active staff members increases the restaurant's nightly pay expense, including those in the waiting room and/or dispatched to gather seasonings. See the Sushi Staff Strategy Guide for more insight.
Branch[]
Once the Branch location is unlocked, you must assign at least one cook and one server to the branch, as well as a manager, whose total stats determine both the number of customers that will visit the branch per night and the maximum rank of ingredients that may be used in recipes at the branch. The relevant stats of the cooks and servers at the branch certainly affect its performance, although the exact manner in which they do is currently unknown.
Branch expenses, including staff pay, are combined with the main restaurant's expenses in the main results screen at the end of the night, while branch revenue is displayed separately after the results for the main restaurant.