Devil's Market Upgrade Priority Tier List

Coins in Devil’s Market (Pasar Setan) compete for dozens of buttons: wider stall counters, sharper kitchen tools, mystery shop temptation, and the long dream of a decorated floating island. This Upgrade Priority Tier List ranks what to buy first so your night market income grows faster than your decor wishlist.

Rankings are community estimates. Patch notes can change costs or effects. Read Updates after each Project Dukun update and cross-check Stall Upgrades for mechanical details.

S Tier - buy as soon as affordable

First stall capacity expansion

Nothing unlocks profit like selling more plates per night. If cooked food sits in inventory while ghosts queue, capacity is S tier regardless of what any recipe list says.

Signals you are ready:

• You discard unsold portions after midnight
• Customers wait while display slots stay full
• Your farm output exceeds what the stall shows

Pair this purchase with A-tier dishes from the Recipe Profit Tier List.

Core cooking tool tier unlock

When recipes gate behind tool level - especially mid-tier soups and satay - the tool upgrade jumps to S tier. You cannot sell sacred stew you literally cannot cook.

Check Recipes for gates before buying cosmetic upgrades.

A Tier - strong second-wave purchases

Second capacity milestone

After the first expansion stabilizes income, the next capacity bump lets you pivot from jasmine filler to mushroom or crow menus without bottlenecks.

Prep speed or batch quality tools

Faster prep shrinks dead time between harvest and stall open. Valuable when you play shorter sessions or run night market on a schedule.

Island path early milestones

Unlock steps toward the floating island belong in A tier once nightly income covers ingredient restocks comfortably. The island is social endgame - friends visit, you show event cosmetics - but starving stall growth to rush decor backfires.

See Getting Started for how island progress ties to market success.

B Tier - buy when S and A are covered

Additional farm plot unlocks

More plots matter when the stall already sells out. If slots stay empty, invest in ingredients via Ingredients before plot sprawl.

Mystery shop convenience buys

Occasionally B tier when a rotation item saves more time than it costs coins - verify on Profit Planner first.

Secondary QoL stall tweaks

Layout polish, minor speed boosts, or convenience features that do not add slots. Nice, not urgent.

C Tier - defer until income is stable

Heavy decor and cosmetic bundles

Floating island decoration is core to Pasar Setan’s cozy fantasy, but pure decor without income is C tier for optimization. Buy when upgrades stop blocking sales.

Redundant tool tiers

Duplicative purchases that do not unlock recipes or meaningful batch changes.

Over-capacity before recipes

Huge stall with C-tier food wastes coin - fix menu on Recipe Profit Tier List first.

Priority by player stage

Stage	S tier focus	Avoid
First nights	Capacity + basics	Island decor splurges
Mid-game	Tools + second capacity	Hoarding shop goods
Late-game	Island milestones + decor	Overbuilding stall beyond menu

Interaction with recipes and ingredients

Upgrades never exist alone:

• S capacity + C recipe = low return - fix menu
• S recipe + C capacity = wasted food - fix stall
• S tools + no ingredients = idle kitchen - farm jasmine and mushrooms

Run the Profit Planner after each major upgrade to see if your best dish changed.

Patch and event notes

UGC events (Pocong, Thief Bag) and seasonal updates sometimes discount upgrades or add island items. Discord announcements on the official server often arrive before wiki summaries - wait for confirmation before respecing coins.

Promo codes may return with coin bundles; see Codes Hub. Codes can bump you into the next upgrade tier faster but are not required for progression.

Related pages

• Stall Upgrades - what each upgrade type does
• Recipe Profit Tier List - match spending to margins
• Tier List Hub - all tier lists
• Items Hub - ingredients and recipes feeding upgrades