Question 1

What is the best 5-ingredient mix for Sour Diesel?

Accepted Answer

Cuke → Mega Bean → Iodine → Motor Oil → Viagor, in that order. The 5 ingredients cost $27 total and the final mix sells at $132 — $70 of mixing profit per unit over the $35 base.

Question 2

Why only 5 ingredients when 8 slots are open?

Accepted Answer

Diminishing returns: each extra ingredient is another purchase plus time at the station, and the cheapest profitable ones unlock later in the game. This page is the profit-optimal recipe at exactly 5 ingredients — if you want the absolute maximum, the full recipe is on the Sour Diesel best mix page.

Question 3

Does the order of the 5 ingredients matter?

Accepted Answer

Yes — transformations fire on whatever is already in the bucket at that moment, so this exact order is what the solver verified. Swapping steps can change the final effect list and the price.

Step	Ingredient	Effect added	Price after
1	Cuke$2	Energizing	$48
2	Motor Oil$6Paranoia→Anti-gravity	Slippery	$116
3	Mega Bean$7Energizing→Cyclopean	Foggy	$72
4	Iodine$8Refreshing→Thought-ProvokingFoggy→Paranoia	Jennerising	$85
5	Viagor$4	Tropic Thunder	$132
Total		cost $27 · sell $132	profit $70

Sour Diesel Mix with 5 Ingredients

The recipe, step by step

Why stop at 5?

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