Schedule 1 cooking isn’t just a side gig. It’s the heart of your empire. Early on, you’re hands-on with everything, mixing and making every single product yourself. But as you expand across Hyland City, running deliveries, dealing with new customers, and keeping your business booming, you’ll realize: You can’t do it all alone. That’s where automation steps in. Mid-game is the perfect time to start letting the pros (a.k.a. chemists and botanists) do the heavy lifting, so you can focus on growing your operation into a full-blown empire. Here's your Schedule 1 cooking guide so that you can free yourself from being stuck in the lab all day.

How To Automate Meth Production

First stop is meth. If you want a clean, smooth setup, you’re gonna need a couple of things first:

• Multiple Chemistry Stations and Lab Ovens Set up three to four chemistry stations and three to four lab ovens. The more you have, the faster you cook — simple math.
• Bulk Ingredients

Now, meet up with your friendly supplier, Shirley Watts over in Westville. Buy around 30 to 40 pseudos depending on how many chemistry stations you've got. After that, stock up with the same amount of acid and phosphorus.

• Prep Each Station

Load up each chemistry station with: 10 units of pseudo, 10 units of acid, 10 units of phosphorus. And yes, you’ll have to restock manually every time they run dry — no full auto magic yet.

• Hire Two Chemists

Head to the warehouse and talk to Manny. Hire two chemists — one will manage the chemistry stations, the other the lab ovens.

• Set Up Chemists Properly

Give each chemist a bed (don’t leave your employees sleeping on the floor like savages). Put their daily wages in the briefcases next to their beds. Use your clipboard to assign four chemistry stations to one chemist and four lab ovens to the other.

• Assign Recipes and Destinations

Now, equip your clipboard again. Go to each Schedule 1 cooking station, open the management menu, start assigning the Schedule 1 cooking recipes, and set the destination to one of your lab ovens. Do the same for all stations.

• Set Up Lab Oven

Go to each lab oven with your clipboard. Open the management menu and set the destination for each lab oven to a storage shelf on your property. And that's it! Your chemists will start Schedule 1 cooking meth and stash it away while you focus on bigger, badder things.

How To Automate Cocaine Production

Cooking cocaine? Well, it’s a bit fancier than meth. You’ll need to bring a botanist into the mix for this one. First, you’ll want to set up a plantation system using coca seeds and plant pots. A botanist can then manage the growing, harvesting, and delivery of coca leaves directly to a storage shelf — or, even better, straight into your cauldrons if you set that as the destination.

Next up, it’s time for some manual labor: stocking your cauldrons. You’ll need to manually load each cauldron with 20 cans of gasoline. (Yeah, no fancy automated fuel refillers just yet, sorry.) Once your cauldrons are gassed up, hire your first chemist and assign them to the cauldrons. Make sure to set the output destination of each cauldron to a lab oven so the cooked coca leaves — now turned into base cocaine — get sent straight to where they need to go.

From there, it’s all about processing. Bring in a second chemist and assign them to the lab ovens. Set the output of each lab oven to a storage shelf so you can easily collect the final product. And if you’re running a mini-operation with just one cauldron and one lab oven, you can be a bit thrifty and hire only one chemist to handle both jobs. And just like that you’ve got yourself a slick, almost hands-free cocaine production line humming along nicely!

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Wrapping Up

Automating cooking in Schedule 1 is a total game-changer. Instead of being stuck in the lab babysitting ingredients all day, you can scale your business, make big deals, and finally enjoy the high life in Hyland City. Just remember — automation still needs a little management (ingredient restocking, paying wages), but trust me, it’s so worth it for the time and profit you’ll rake in. So, get those chemists, fill up your Schedule 1 cooking stations, and sit back while your empire practically builds itself!

FAQs

How many chemists do I need to automate meth production in Schedule 1?

You’ll need two chemists — one for managing the chemistry stations and another for the lab ovens.

Do I still have to manually refill ingredients even after automating cooking?

Yes, you'll need to manually refill pseudo, acid, phosphorus, and gasoline for the chemistry stations and cauldrons.

Can one chemist handle both cauldrons and lab ovens for cocaine production?

Yes! If you’re only running one cauldron and one lab oven, a single chemist can handle both.