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Jump Height Tier 1
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Priority 6 upgrade — Unlock top-shelf placement in hygiene aisles
Overview
Jump Height Tier 1 is upgrade priority 6 in the recommended Clean the Supermarket purchase path. It belongs to the speed progression category and is what most veteran sorters consider an early-mid progression milestone.
Per the canonical /build/upgrade-order/ reference, Jump Height Tier 1 works best when paired with the upgrades from the same category and category-adjacent ones — for example, Carry Capacity Tier 1 unlocks the math behind Carry Capacity Tier 2, while Movement Speed pairs multiplicatively with any carry upgrade. Prerequisites: Carry 2 + Speed 2.
In effect terms, Jump Height Tier 1 unlock top-shelf placement in hygiene aisles The currency to purchase upgrades comes from shelving items, so progress is sequential — clear, earn, upgrade, return faster. Carry and Speed are the core front-loaded categories because they directly compound the time-to-shelve ratio; automation tools like Auto-Shelve and quality-of-life perks like Pickup Range only justify their cost once your base loop is already efficient. Jump Height Tier 1 fits into this progression at priority slot 6, which is exactly where most run-optimized loadouts place it.
Jump Height Tier 1 is the first 'unlock'-style upgrade in the progression tree. Unlike carry and speed tiers which improve existing actions, Jump Height Tier 1 unlocks a previously unreachable layer of placements — specifically, top-shelf hygiene items in Aisle A7.
Per priority slot 6 in the canonical order, Jump Height Tier 1 sits at the boundary between baseline (slots 1-4) and automation (slots 7+). The placement here reflects its conditional importance: it's essential for A7 (Health & Beauty) but optional for the rest of the store.
Tactical impact: without Jump Height Tier 1, you can collect every A7 floor pile item but you physically cannot complete the top-tier row placements once stretching shelves push rows vertically. This means A7 cannot be 100% cleared without Tier 1 active.
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What This Upgrade Does
- Unlock top-shelf placement in hygiene aisles
- Priority slot 6 in the recommended purchase path
- Category: speed
- Requires: Carry 2 + Speed 2
Value vs Opportunity Cost
Pros
- ✓ Compounds time-to-shelve ratio when paired with category-adjacent upgrades
- ✓ Documented as priority slot 6 in the canonical upgrade order
Cons
- ✗ Higher-tier upgrades cost more currency than Tier 1 entries
- ✗ No major opportunity costs beyond the in-run currency expenditure
At a Glance
At a Glance
- Priority
- Tier 6
- Category
- speed
- Tier
- 1
- Prerequisites
- Carry 2 + Speed 2
When to Buy This Upgrade
Buy Jump Height Tier 1 in the early-mid game once carry/speed Tier 1-2 are unlocked.
The decision rule is: never buy automation or utility before basic capacity and speed are at Tier 2+. Jump Height Tier 1's priority slot of 6 means it sits in the mid-tier opportunity-cost band. If you skip Jump Height Tier 1 entirely, the run still completes — but you'll spend roughly 20-40% more time per aisle once stretching shelves kick in. Most stretching-shelf strategies assume Carry Tier 3+ and Speed Tier 2+ are active by the time mid-store aisles (A4-A6) appear in your run.
Note prerequisites: Carry 2 + Speed 2. The dependency chain is real — newer Tier upgrades read your existing Tier as a gating check.
Buy this sixth, after the carry+speed+carry-Tier-3 baseline. If you're skipping A7 (rare in completion runs), you can defer Jump Height entirely.
If you skip it: A7 maxes at roughly 60-70% completion regardless of how many items you sort, because the top-tier placements are physically unreachable.
Tactical note: Jump Height Tier 1 also marginally improves A3 (Dairy) cooler-bay top placements once those bays stretch vertically. The A7 impact is much larger, but the A3 utility is a small bonus.
Patch History
Jump Height Tier 1 has been part of the Clean the Supermarket progression tree since the Tidyverse launch on 2026-06-16. Its placement at priority slot 6 in the canonical /build/upgrade-order/ reference has been stable across every documented patch through 2026-06-29. The effect (unlock top-shelf placement in hygiene aisles) and prerequisites (Carry 2 + Speed 2) have not been re-tuned in any post-launch update. Any future Tidyverse patch that affects this upgrade's priority slot, effect, or prerequisite chain will be documented here with the patch date and old-vs-new state for transparency. As of 2026-06-29 the canonical purchase order tree remains unchanged.
Synergies With Other Upgrades
Frequently Asked Questions
- Jump Height Tier 1 is priority slot 6 in the canonical Clean the Supermarket upgrade order. It's a mid-game purchase that unlocks more aggressive sorting patterns. See [/wiki/upgrades](/wiki/upgrades) for the full 12-upgrade priority order.
- Unlock top-shelf placement in hygiene aisles. Tactical impact: without Jump Height Tier 1, you can collect every A7 floor pile item but you physically cannot complete the top-tier row placements once stretching shelves push rows vertically. This means A7 cannot be 100% cleared without Tier 1 active.
- Yes — Jump Height Tier 1 requires Carry 2 + Speed 2 before it can be purchased. The dependency chain is enforced by the game's upgrade tree, so you can't skip ahead.
- If you skip it: A7 maxes at roughly 60-70% completion regardless of how many items you sort, because the top-tier placements are physically unreachable.
- Jump Height Tier 1 has no direct multiplicative synergies with other upgrades. It's an unlock, not a throughput multiplier. Pairs naturally with Carry Tier 2-3 (more items per trip means fewer trips up to the top tier).
- Mid-game, once the foundational carry+speed baseline is active and you're transitioning into mid-store aisles (A5-A8).
- Yes for completion-focused runs. The mid-game purchases are where the carry+speed baseline starts paying compound dividends. Less essential for very-short runs.
- Upgrades persist with your save data. Be cautious of the T-key on PC — pressing it can hard-wipe your save with no confirmation on some builds. See [/guides/how-to-play](/guides/how-to-play) for save-protection tips.