Scavenge junk by knocking over trash cans, searching dumpsters, and scouring the wilderness, then cash it in at the per-area vending-machine checkpoint. Spend the cash on food, tools, repair supplies, and raccoon cosmetics — donuts also serve as both health snacks and distraction bait for guard dogs and hornets.
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What trash cans and dumpsters drop
The Steam copy tells raccoons to "Knock over trash cans, search dumpsters, and scour the wilderness for helpful items as well as valuable trash." In the demo:
- Knocking cans over or digging through dumpsters yields everything from donuts and junk food to repair supplies like planks and power wrenches.
- Higher or harder-to-reach cans tend to hold the better haul.
- Reaching the top cans usually needs a stack, a seesaw trick, or one raccoon launching off another's shoulders.
What to do next
Search before moving the wagon
Check cans and dumpsters for valuables, food, and repair supplies.
Protect the haul
Use donuts for health or distraction and keep tools for the next obstacle.
Use the checkpoint vending machine
Sell scavenged junk, then buy food, tools, repairs, or cosmetics as needed.
What vending machines are for
Vending machines are the in-world shop and are placed at the end of each area as the run's checkpoint. The flow described in the demo write-up is: "At the end of each level, you reach a checkpoint where you can sell your scavenged junk for cash to buy food, cosmetics, tools, and repair supplies."
- Sell junk you hauled in to convert it into spendable cash.
- Buy food, raccoon cosmetics, repair tools, and replacement parts at the same machine.
- The vending machine is also where the in-world Wishlist prompt sits, which confirms the machine as the dedicated sell-and-buy hub between areas.
Donuts as health snacks and distraction bait
Donuts function as the raccoons' health-restoring snack. Coverage of the game notes: "Donuts are also crucial, serving as health-restoring snacks for your raccoon."
- Survival pickup: a raccoon low on health needs a donut before it can keep pushing the cart.
- Distraction bait: donuts double as decoy food for guard dogs or hornets while the squad rolls the wagon past the threat.
Raccoon cosmetics
Cosmetics run from small accessories to full character reskins. Coverage of the game lists "plenty of cosmetics to unlock for your furry friends, from headphones to a reskin that transforms them more into a red panda."
- Named examples include headphones and a red panda reskin, alongside other hat-style options.
- The unlock path is the vending-machine economy: scavenge junk across each area, sell it at the end-of-area checkpoint for cash, then spend the cash on cosmetics, food, and tools.