Railway Empire – Chapter 3 – Over the Mississippi Tips

by Falagar / Articles, Misc. Guides / 19 Jun 2018

Scenario: In this non-linear order, you are now moving from the east coast to attempt to build a very large bridge over the Mississippi. Whereas normally you pay money, this map will require you to build bridge-building resources unique to this map. You will be joined by The Trickster and The Lady on this map.

1854 – Connect 10 Rural Businesses

1856 – Connect 250,000 people to your network

It might seem wise to connect in chronological order but connect as many cities as you can first. The rural businesses can come after once you figure out what sorts of things each city will need and in what amounts. There are a lot of easy-to-access cities. Head east and north first, and then look to the south. Starting with a large number of connected cities will give a large boon.

To figure out what resources to connect to what cities select a city and see what it demands. A demand under 0.5 will not support one train. You will need to connect multiple resources to multiple cities (via one train) to make a profit. Please focus on the demands over one as they can support a train. Demands over three can support two trains.

Chicago is a good place to start linking everything up to. It is surrounded by towns and has a giant population meaning they will take in almost all goods.

After completing these goals, you can unlock Rock Island, which is not somewhere the game will allow you to build to initially.

OPTIONAL 1854 – Reach a population of 100,000 in Toledo

This is a fairly easy objective to accomplish. Connect the Indianapolis, Chicago, and Grand Rapids to Toledo. This will do most of the work. After this, connect a source of Fruit and whatever resources it needs to build its industry. If you build a museum, it will help get it to the appropriate number faster.

Optional 1856 – Connect cities Chicago, St. Louis, and Louisville

Chicago is in the middle of the map. St. Louis is to the southwest. Louisville is to the southeast. It’s just a good idea to connect them regardless.

1858 – Deliver 50 Loads of Lumber to Rock Island

To accomplish this, you need to have a city that produces Lumber. Lumber is produced from Wood. Connect a wood source to a Lumber production and connect that city to Rock Island. The easiest way to do it is to purchase a Lumber business near Rock Island. But connecting a random one will work, and you will have time.

If Rock City builds a lumber yard, you will have to buy it and destroy it; otherwise, it will not take Lumber deliveries.

1861 – Transport 100 passengers from Toledo to Omaha without stopping

You cannot cross the Mississippi river without using the bridge you built. So you have two paths.

Falagar

He is the founder and editor of Magic Game World. He loved gaming from the moment he got a PlayStation 1 with Gran Turismo on his 7th birthday.
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