Shop Upgrade
Faster Check-In
Updated:
Skip the patient's self-introduction; forms placed immediately. $250 ($20 budget variant exists for hesitation-removal only).
Overview
Faster Check-In compresses per-patient intake time at the admission window. Per Fandom, there are actually two related upgrades — the $20 'Visitors check in faster' (eliminates hesitation delay only) and the $250 'Faster check in' (skips self-introduction; forms placed immediately). The $20 variant is one of the cheapest upgrades in the entire supplies shop and pays back almost immediately; the $250 variant is the comprehensive intake-acceleration upgrade.
Both are most valuable on lobby-focused playstyles — Secretary class specifically, since Secretary's per-check-in sanity income (+1 per intake) scales linearly with how many check-ins fire per shift. Combined with Extra Check-In Window (second admission slot), the upgrade chain effectively doubles the Secretary's sanity-income rate across the shift.
Video Guide
What This Upgrade Does
- Skips the patient's self-introduction step at the admit window
- Forms placed immediately rather than after dialogue completion
- Budget variant ($20 Visitors check in faster): eliminates hesitation delay only
- Premium variant ($250 Faster check-in): skips self-intro AND removes hesitation
- Persistent across shifts in the same run
Cost vs Value Analysis
Pros
- ✓ $20 budget variant pays back in 1-2 intakes — strongest cost-efficiency in the shop
- ✓ $250 premium variant comprehensively skips intake dialogue + form placement
- ✓ Directly multiplies Secretary class sanity income (per-check-in passive scales)
- ✓ Stacks with Extra Check-In Window for dual-window simultaneous intake
Cons
- ✗ $250 premium variant is expensive compared to other Shift 3+ upgrades
- ✗ Minimal value on treatment-focused playstyles (Doctor, Surgeon spend less time at the desk)
- ✗ Hesitation delay (the $20 variant's target) is often shorter than self-intro time anyway
- ✗ Doesn't help on shifts with low intake volume (e.g., post-ambulance recovery shifts)
At a Glance
At a Glance
- Cost
- $250 Animal Coins (or $20 budget variant)
- Stackable
- Two variants exist
- Category
- Upgrade
When to Buy This Upgrade
Buy the $20 'Visitors check in faster' variant on Shift 3 immediately — it's one of the cheapest upgrades in the shop and pays back the cost within 1-2 patient intakes. Almost no scenario where this isn't worth buying.
Buy the $250 'Faster check in' premium variant on Shift 4+ if you're playing Secretary class or any lobby-focused playstyle. The self-intro skip is significant for high-volume shifts — Ambulance Event surges specifically benefit because intake throughput is the constraint during those 6-patient waves.
Delay or skip the $250 variant if you're running treatment-focused classes (Doctor, Surgeon, Surgeon-leaning teams). Those classes spend less time at the desk, so the per-patient intake compression has less compounding value.
For maximum Secretary configuration: Extra Check-In Window ($190-200) + Faster Check-In Premium ($250) + Visitors check in faster ($20) + Secretary class itself ($120 Animal Coins). Total class+upgrade investment: $580-590. The combination produces the highest documented sanity-income rate from front-desk operations.
Patch History
Per Fandom, the 'Faster check-in' upgrade was added in the 2026-06-26 update. The 'Visitors check in faster' budget variant has been in the shop earlier per AH documentation. No documented price changes to either variant.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Two variants per Fandom: $20 for 'Visitors check in faster' (hesitation delay removal) and $250 for 'Faster check in' (skips self-introduction + form placement). The $20 variant is one of the cheapest upgrades in the shop.
- $20 variant eliminates the patient's hesitation delay before introducing themselves. $250 variant skips the entire self-introduction and places forms immediately — comprehensive intake compression.
- Secretary class. The per-check-in sanity income (+1) scales linearly with how many check-ins fire per shift. Combined with Extra Check-In Window, the Secretary configuration produces the highest documented sanity-income rate.
- The $250 'Faster check-in' premium variant was added in the 2026-06-26 update per Fandom. The $20 budget variant has been in the shop earlier.
- Yes if you're playing Secretary — the $20 variant pays back almost immediately and is worth buying regardless. The $250 variant compounds the savings. For other classes, the $20 variant alone is sufficient.
- Yes — the 6-patient Ambulance surges starting Shift 4 are intake-throughput-constrained. Both variants compress per-patient intake time, which directly helps during the surge bottleneck.
- Yes — different upgrade types. Extra Check-In Window adds a second admission slot; Faster Check-In compresses time at each slot. The combination is the Secretary class's optimal upgrade chain.