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Hammers, stamina, and bills: tips for breaking piggy banks and getting out of debt in Bills Must Be Paid.
Bills Must Be Paid is a short, active, incremental game where you smash piggy banks of all shapes and sizes to pay bills, collect coins, and get out of debt. It's all about your hand stamina, which is consumed by each hammer blow. This page contains tips for balancing stamina, choosing the right hammer for each situation, paying bills to avoid collectors' penalties, declaring bankruptcy at the right time to earn prestige points, and deciding which piggy banks to hit first. There's also a walkthrough, a trailer, and a game-changing trainer.
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Landing too many consecutive hits quickly drains your energy bar and ends your run prematurely. Increase your grip strength in the skill tree to increase the damage of each hit. By reducing the number of hammer blows needed to break each piggy bank, you save stamina and extend your game sessions.
Each hammer has specific characteristics for different needs. Use fast, wide-angle hammers when large groups of pigs appear to quickly clear the table. Switch to hammers with a high critical hit rate and short radius to eliminate the toughest and most valuable individual piggy banks.
Missing a payment triggers collectors, who will steal between 20% and 50% of all your future earnings. Maintain a healthy cash reserve to meet each payment on time, protecting your overall session profits.
Declare bankruptcy only after paying enough bills to generate a solid amount of prestige points. Use these points to purchase rings and bracelets that permanently enhance your hand's attributes. Start over with higher base stats to complete subsequent cycles faster.
Each piggy bank offers different resources. Immediately strike the Tourist piggy when your stamina is low, as destroying it restores your energy directly. Set aside the harder wooden piggy banks until you unlock high-damage hammers, avoiding unnecessary stamina waste.
Stop directly entering values by moving the cursor from one row to another in the spreadsheet. This traditional approach wastes a lot of time and increases the likelihood of making mistakes when transcribing information.
Use the mouse to highlight only the top boxes that define the table categories: ID, Name, Job Title, and Date. This initial selection shows the program which columns will be used to create the corresponding fields.
Press the Alt, D, and O keys on your physical keyboard in quick succession to invoke the module's hidden function. This shortcut allows you to bypass having to manually search for commands within the program's top menus.
Press Enter or click the OK button when the program displays the warning window regarding your selection. Confirming immediately opens the pop-up window with the custom data entry form.
Enter the various information directly into the text fields in the pop-up form. Move to the next field to complete the form and press Enter to transfer all the values into the table as quickly as possible.
Grab your pen and draw a bold horizontal line above the tip item and the total shown at the end of the receipt. This action immediately resets the tip amount suggested by the establishment to zero and prevents the automatically calculated amount from being charged.
Use the white space below the tip line to handwrite a note to the waiter. Use clearly legible capital letters to communicate the reason for your dissatisfaction directly on the paper receipt.
Absolutely avoid addressing a customer's wife as "DARLIN" or using other intimate terms. This unprofessional behavior annoys the customer and results in the immediate loss of the tip.
Enclose the exact word the staff member used in quotation marks when writing the complaint on the receipt. This graphic detail emphasizes the inappropriate expression and makes the complaint completely unmistakable.
Examine the printed receipt before paying, checking the waiter's name, date, time, and each individual item ordered. Edit the final figures in pen to maintain complete control over your spending.