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In My Lovely Wife, you’ll take on the role of Jake who has recently become a widower. After forming a partnership with a mysterious researcher, he’ll be tasked with generating Carnal Essence by summoning and pimping out various succubi. This guide will walk you through setting yourself up to fund your quest to bring Jake’s lovely wife back from the dead.
The main way to make money in the game is to send your succubi to work at Willard’s Hotel. There they can Sing, Dance, Host or provide Room Service to the guests. At first, only the Singing option will be available. To unlock the rest, you’ll need to raise money by singing to invest in the other services. As new services become available, you can assign 1 succubus to each service at a time. Also note that Room Service generates the most money followed by Hosting, Dancing then Singing. Another thing to keep in mind is that sending a succubus to Dancing, Hosting or Room Service also decreases their affection for Jake by a certain percentage. This isn’t a big deal though as you can raise a Succubus’ affection easily by taking them on a date.
The next thing I want to talk about is the Charm School. By sending your succubus to learn at the school, they will raise their charm level. This in turn increases the amount of money they can make when working at Willard’s Hotel and Aphrodite Brothel. Just like the hotel, only the Mannerism class is available at the start. You’ll need to raise some money to invest in the other classes to unlock them. You’ll then be able to send a succubus to each class available. Again, keep in mind that the other classes generate more charm but also lower the succubus’ affection for Jake.
One more thing to note is that as you progress through the game, you’ll gain the ability to unlock skills for Jake. These skills can increase the amount of money earned when sending a succubus to work the hotel and also increase the amount of Charm a succubus can learn up to a max of 500.
Now that we have explained the concepts behind how money is generated, below is how we set ourselves up to easily generate money in My Lovely Wife. Please note that this is just what I did as it fit my playstyle for this game which was to just prioritize making money over the Carnal Essence (which is needed to progress the story). This set me up to easily get all of the endings to the game.
- Send a succubus to work at Willard’s Hotel until you reach 5,000 money
- Buy the room construction from Phillip’s Warehouse for 5,000 money to unlock the third room
- Summon another succubus and assign them to the third room
- Pick a succubus and send her to the Charm School until her charm is maxed out
- Send that succubus with maxed charm to Willard’s Hotel while sending a different succubus to the Charm School to max out their charm
- By this time you should have enough or be close to having enough gold to invest in Dancing
- Send both succubi with maxed charm to the hotel
From this point, I did things as they were needed and started by saving up enough money to unlock the 4th room construction to get another succubus. Then I focused on maxing the charm and flair (leveled up at the Noire School) for all of my succubi. I also prioritized investing in Willard’s Hotel to unlock Hosting and Room Service while also investing in Aphrodite Brothel to unlock both Tycoon and Bureaucrat clients. My next move was to unlock the 5th and final room so I could have 5 succubi. I also started using my succubi to max out all of Jake’s skills which increased the overall money and Carnal Essence generated from the hotel and brothel. From there, I invested in the rest of the places and played the objectives to reach the end of the game.
