Wax Heads does not usually stop you with a traditional puzzle. It stops you with two plausible records, a customer who remembers the wrong title, or a clue hidden on a sleeve, phone post, magazine, outfit, or receipt. This route gives the Rad choice for every sale across Tracks 1-19, while also flagging the drink orders, multi-record checkouts, and optional receipt codes that are easy to mistake for story choices.
Current-build boundary: research was frozen on July 19, 2026 using the post-launch PC record and the official June 10 Patch #1.0.5 notes. That patch changed a few failure points for achievement hunters and corrected Track 15 dialogue presentation. If an older guide disagrees with a later community list, the route below favors the later answer when it also matches the customer’s visible clue.
Choose the rule for wrong answers before Track 1
Customer Is Always Right is the practical first-run mode because a rejected album can be taken back and replaced. No Refunds makes the deduction stick. The story route is the same, but a wrong pick is much more expensive when you are protecting a Rad streak. If you want to solve blind, read the customer first, decide whether the clue points to an artist, cover, history, price, or mood, and reveal only that customer’s row below.
Three checks prevent most false answers:
- Rotate or open the record when the clue mentions the disc, a note, a symbol sequence, liner text, or a hidden credit.
- Read the latest Phonogram post and the newest store magazine before assuming an artist name is literal.
- For two- or three-person orders, place every required album in the cart before printing the receipt.
The shop changes as the story advances. A shelf direction from Track 2 can be useless by Track 15, so this route identifies the artist and title first and uses location only as a tie-breaker.
Tracks 1-4 teach when a literal request is the trap
| Track | Customer | Rad choice | Decision check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mimi Superfan Tony Alexis Winston Kelly |
Mimi – Still Mimi Let’s Fuzz – Untitled Grass The Secret Male Choir Club – Vol Two: Edmund Hall Roland Tipsy – Peep Sister – Snake |
Still Mimi is marked new. Tony’s pick is the steep discount beside Bad Toes. Peep carries the saxophone clue. The rain cloud Kelly describes is on the disc for Snake, not its sleeve. |
| 2 | Billy Chloe Kaz Lewis Clarissa |
Bad Toes – Bad Toes Sister – Sister Ego, Sunny Side Up – Self Deprecating Toast and Jam Bad Toes – Bad Toes Mimi – Still Mimi |
Give Chloe the self-titled red/lightning Sister record rather than the harsher Door to a Light. Clarissa describes her own taste, but the birthday purchase is for her daughter, which turns “nothing new” into the new Mimi album. |
| 3 | Craig Mascot Dad Lawrence Chip Lennington Patri |
Bricked Ego – Can Yer Grins! Gareth Gringle – Going Gringles Brick Dog – Live at the Snack Bar 2013 Gareth Gringle – Going Gringles Bricked Ego – Can Yer Grins! |
Craig’s puppy names point to the surviving Brick Dog members. For Mascot Dad, his reaction to the beard clue matters more than his muffled noises. Lawrence wants pre-solo Brick Dog without Gringle. |
| 4 | Ishaan Rod Ali Patri Hank at the Apple Bed |
Bad Toes – Bad Toes Ego, Sunny Side Up – Self Deprecating Toast and Jam Brick Dog – Bruck Let’s Fuzz – Untitled Grass Can’t drink |
Paul’s zine establishes Bad Toes as local. Rod wants an earlier band, not the supergroup release. Older pages call the Let’s Fuzz title “Unlimited Grass”; use the Let’s Fuzz grass record shown as Untitled Grass in the later list. For Hank, pick Can’t, not the similar beer substitute named in one early summary. |
Rod also opens the optional Wax Pack chain. Put heart, cat, cat, cat, heart on his receipt to recover the storage-room clue. The symbols do not improve his Rad rating; they unlock a separate secret route.
Tracks 5-9 start hiding answers outside the conversation
| Track | Customer or task | Rad choice | Where the proof lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Theo Kaz Winston Jarhead Dennis Tony |
Nia Pixel – Now Play This Snarl – Deadly Last Gasp of Freedom RXX – Levitation Jarhead – The Bloated Belljar Pale – Ghost Bucket |
Turn over Now Play This for the game code. Phonogram identifies RXX as Reggie Xavier. Dennis wants the leftmost Jarhead confession record; an early walkthrough transcribes the title as “Blooded,” while the later guide calls it The Bloated Belljar. Tony wants a discount specifically from the new stock. |
| 6 | Summer Mei Billy Steven Hidden Customer |
Dirt – Rearview Collapse Pink Sq. – Campsite Snarl – Eye Tried Gecko Jester – Absurd Realities Mimi – Mecha Mimi Meets Mother |
Steven’s gecko-patterned coat is more useful than his pile of band merchandise. The hidden customer is resolved through the current Phonogram story around Mimi. |
| 7 | Chloe and Marco Gordy Lin and Roy Priya Darren |
Nia Pixel – Now Play This Sister – Snake Shatter Fist – Shatter Fist and Snarl – Deadly Last Gasp of Freedom Dirt – Rearview Collapse Mimi – Mecha Mimi Meets Mother |
The magazine corrects “Kevin” to Calvin and separates his double-thumbs-up pick from his number-one record. For the optional Milk Bottle key, Priya’s receipt is cat, gravestone, sick face, heart, metal horns. |
| 8 | Ali and Patri George Mike Lira and Mascot Dad Rashida Morgan at the Apple Bed |
Minnie & Minx – Fundam Snarl – Eye Tried Pale – Ghost Bucket Minnie & Minx – Fundam Snarl – Deadly Last Gasp of Freedom 15 Eunomia Helles drink |
Eye Tried is the loud collector’s edition. Ghost Bucket’s sleeve text supplies the stoner-rock clue. Morgan asks for a beer tied to outer space, which is why the asteroid-brewed Helles fits. |
| 9 | Theo Kelsey Alicia Mystery Shopper |
Shy Robot – Continue…? Aiko Suzuki – Wind Poems Ego, Sunny Side Up – Self Deprecating Toast and Jam Shy Robot – Continue…? |
Kelsey wants the yellow, sun-like disc rather than a sunny cover. Alicia’s “daring weasel” wording points back to Robbie Dare and his earliest band. The masked shopper supplies the Shy Robot visual pun. |
Tracks 10-13 turn each day’s new stock into the answer set
| Track | Customer or task | Rad choice | Disambiguation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Will Roz Kaz Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Isabella Aggelos June |
Roberta D / Shy Robot – Chrome Lick Roberta D – Gro))) Roberta D / Shy Robot – Chrome Lick Roberta D – Ghost Hardware (top/early edition) Roberta D – Crab Dream Roberta D – Xtac-500 Roberta D – Doomsday Hero (Drought) |
“Go Romane Trick” is a sound-alike for Chrome Lick, not Romantique. Inspect Xtac-500’s disc for the goblin. June rules out the space, demon, and iceberg variants, leaving Drought. |
| 11 | Tony Lewis Rashida Winston |
Wavemaster – Down Up Jarhead – Pit RXX – Levitation Becoming Violet – Faces in Faces |
The basement opens here. Tony wants its deepest markdown. Lewis says he saw the faces record last week, which excludes newly opened basement stock. Hank’s magazine gives the 40th-anniversary clue for Winston. |
| 12 | Isabella Dai MC Chizzel Jon Gelk Man Abi at the Apple Bed |
Aiko Suzuki – Wind Poems Bricked Ego – Can Yer Grins! Nia Pixel – Bust Base Still Going – Dad’s Socks Minnie & Minx – Fundam Mull of Satire drink |
Use the day’s Phonogram post for Dai and Gelk Man. MC Chizzel’s optional Cottage key uses skull, metal horns, metal horns, skull on the receipt. At the show after Abi’s drink, click the stage icons only when they flash. |
| 13 | Nathan Lira and Mascot Dad George |
Claw Dia – Nimbus Joyride The Oi Oi’s – Pint and a Packet of Crisps Maria Estrella – Gifted |
Nimbus Joyride is the electronic, aloof alternative to Shy Robot. The Oi Oi’s sleeve supplies the football-anthem history. “Historic stature” identifies Estrella rather than a genre. |
Track 14 is a story stop; Track 15 tests originals against remixes
Track 14 has no customer recommendation. The shutter does not open, and the scene advances through the staff conversation. Do not reload because no sales prompt appears.
Track 15 deliberately fills the store with distorted copies. The dependable authenticity test is the checkout price: an artificial remix prints at GBP 0.10. Use the red cancel button to leave the receipt and choose again. Dan Luffy accepts an artificial copy; the other four customers need these originals:
- Pat: Becoming Violet – Masquerade, the original middle copy.
- James Grenth: James Grenth – Hands On Me, the original top copy in his section.
- Willow: Becoming Violet – 15 Minute Break, the early record she associates with the beginning.
- Morgan: Willow – Dove Can Still Fly, the original rather than a cheap duplicate.
Patch #1.0.5 corrected Track 15 narrator-text presentation. If the scene still labels dialogue strangely, update the client before treating it as a broken trigger.
Tracks 16-19 punish incomplete carts more than obscure music lore
| Track | Customer or task | Rad choice | Checkout risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Kaz Vinnie Spoon Chloe, Marco, Eduardo June Winston Paul at the Apple Bed |
Brick Dog – Sinking The Old Knots – Hair Flops Sister – Cave Coven, Nia Pixel – Bust Base, Jarhead – Pit Becoming Violet – Faces in Faces Minnie & Minx – Fundam A Certain Tipple drink |
The family needs all three records in one cart. Vinnie’s optional Mask key uses the hand-eye/Hamsa, skull, flame, metal horns icons. Paul’s drink is mixed but contains no citrus. |
| 17 | Ali Billy Margarita Daisy Patri |
Lea Webber – Tense Glass Girl Junk – Girl Junk and Da Kneez – Stay in Bed Maria Estrella – Gifted Da Kneez – Stay in Bed Brick Dog – Sinking |
Billy requires two Sick, Sad World Records releases together. Margarita misremembers every artist name; Estrella is the useful translation. Patri’s “familiar loss” points to Brick Dog’s dead former singer. |
| 18 | Delivery Man Zak Mimi Superfan Tony Chip Lennington Willow |
Lea Webber – Tense Glass Glorf: The Movie – Original Soundtrack Snarl – Eye Tried Bad Toes – Chipped Nails Willow – Dove Can Still Fly |
Zak reverses the title into “Glassed Tense.” His optional Slippers key uses gravestone, skull, skull, skull. Tony now wants the most expensive record, so current Phonogram pricing matters more than the sleeve’s printed figure. |
| 19 | Teddy Tom Winston, Rashida, Ryan Ali and Patri Mystery Figure Linney Hurst Clive |
Teddy Tom & The Two Stans – The Best of You… Willow – Dove Can Still Fly, Brick Dog – Bruck, Nia Pixel – Bust Base Gecko Jester – Absurd Realities Mimi – Mecha Mimi Meets Mother Da Kneez – Stay in Bed Gareth Gringle – Going Gringles |
Match the triple order by person: Winston gets the rare Willow copy, Rashida gets the reunited Brick Dog record, and Ryan gets the Grip Records Nia Pixel release. The closing lyric selections are story expression; the captured guides do not support a separate Rad answer for them. |
If the right title still produces the wrong result
- Check the artist-title pair, not only the title. Several names recur, and Track 15 adds copies that differ only by authenticity and checkout price.
- Reopen the sleeve. Kelly, Theo, Aggelos, MC Chizzel, and the Wax Pack customers hide decisive information on the disc, back cover, clothing, or receipt sequence.
- Refresh the clue source. Phonogram changes with the track; the magazines and zines establish aliases, guest credits, local status, reviews, and anniversaries.
- Keep joint orders together. Lin and Roy, Chloe’s family, Billy’s two-band request, and the Track 19 trio fail if the receipt is printed after only one album.
- Update before diagnosing a save. Patch #1.02 fixed discounted pricing, basement browsing highlights, and save-state problems around Track 4, Track 8, and Track 17. Patch #1.0.5 fixed a duplicate confirmation involving Steven in Customer Is Always Right mode.
Sources and current game record
The official Steam listing identifies AppID 2769240, Patattie Games as developer, Curve Games as publisher, and May 5, 2026 as the release date. Official Steam announcements supplied the patch boundary, and Steam’s official screenshot feed supplied the three untouched 1920×1080 JPGs used here. The 19-track route was reconciled across a readable three-part walkthrough, an independent early-track guide, and later community guides. A thin hub, the achievement-only pages, blocked publisher page, third-party images, and videos without independently checked metadata were not used to invent route steps.