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This category aims to provide guidance for when to purchase, what to purchase, and where to place your wagons, as well as other strategic guidance you might need to know.

This category aims to provide guidance for when to purchase, what to purchase, and where to place your wagons, as well as other strategic guidance you might need to know.

===Purchases===

===Purchases===

You should save up as many [[bolts]] at the beginning as possible and not spend them until [[Dynamite Wagon|Dynamite]] appears. If you have accumulated at least 7 bolts and the cart selection is not in your favor, you may purchase upgrades for the [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]], [[Storage Wagon|Storage]] and [[Tank Wagon|Tank]], keeping in mind that you can earn up to 3 bolts per level. See the picture below for wagon placement.

You should save up as many [[bolts]] at the beginning as possible and not spend them until [[Dynamite Wagon|Dynamite]] appears. If you have accumulated at least 7 bolts and the cart selection is not in your favor, you may purchase upgrades for the [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]], [[Storage Wagon|Storage]] and [[Tank Wagon|Tank]], keeping in mind that you can earn up to 3 bolts per level. Below are wagon configurations from each particular difficulty that have been used to achieve the current world records. You may also notice that certain wagons are purchased in multiples. When this is done, the cost to buy the same wagon increases by 1 bolt each time to balance out the ability to purchase overpowerful wagons with ease. The same rule applies when upgrading 2 wagons of the same level, whereas one wagon would have its upgrade cost increased by 1 bolt. In this situation, you would choose one of the wagons and fully upgrade it to its LVL 3 maximum first.

===Placement===

===Placement===

The world record for distance swaps the positions of the [[Tank_Wagon|Tank]] and [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]] wagons with two [[Dynamite_Wagon|Dynamite Wagons]] near the back, in front of the [[Tank Wagon|Tank]]. There are a few reasons for this: ideally, your tank of water will not need to be filled or extinguished as often as you will need to pull tracks off and place them. The tank of water can also be refilled from the engine making its default position redundant. You want a rearward water reserve allowing it to be refilled from either end of the [[train]] and your tracks as far forward as possible to allow the designated track layer to easily pull tracks off whilst refilling the [[Storage Wagon|Storage]]. Also, running to the rear of the [[train]] to pickup tracks is very inefficient and could possibly derail the [[train]] at high speeds and one-way pinches if you have not placed enough tracks ahead. You can swap wagons around as early as the completion of the first station. While in the shop, simply pickup the [[Tank Wagon|Tank]] and drop it in place of the [[Crafting_Wagon|Crafter]].

The world record for distance swaps the positions of the [[Tank_Wagon|Tank]] and [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]] wagons with two [[Dynamite Wagon|Dynamite Wagons]] near the back, in front of the [[Tank Wagon|Tank]]. There are a few reasons for this: ideally, your tank of water will not need to be filled or extinguished as often as you will need to pull tracks off and place them. The tank of water can also be refilled from the engine making its default position redundant. You want a rearward water reserve allowing it to be refilled from either end of the [[train]] and your tracks as far forward as possible to allow the designated track layer to easily pull tracks off whilst refilling the [[Storage Wagon|Storage]]. Also, running to the rear of the [[train]] to pickup tracks is very inefficient and could possibly derail the [[train]] at high speeds and one-way pinches if you have not placed enough tracks ahead. You can swap wagons around as early as the completion of the first station. While in the shop, simply pickup the [[Tank Wagon|Tank]] and drop it in place of the [[Crafting_Wagon|Crafter]].

===Engines & Speed===

===Engines & Speed===

When do you buy that engine upgrade? Well, if you have an experienced team, you can push to 600-700m fairly safely in the first [[Biomes|biome]]. With that being said, the world record pushes it to double that on Easy and over 1000m on Hard. Ideally, you want to avoid buying a new engine until the [[train]] is going too fast for your team. That will vary based on your team's experience level of course. You should be trying to push the speed as high as possible and feel comfortable playing at around 0.650m/s or even higher. If your team still has a surplus of tracks on the [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]] upon reaching the end of your current station, you may be able to push onwards a few more stations.

When do you buy that engine upgrade? Well, if you have an experienced team, you can push to 600-700m fairly safely in the first [[Biomes|biome]]. With that being said, the world record pushes it to double that on Easy and over 1000m on Hard. Ideally, you want to avoid buying a new engine until the [[train]] is going too fast for your team. That will vary based on your team's experience level of course. You should be trying to push the speed as high as possible and feel comfortable playing at around 0.650m/s or even higher. If your team still has a surplus of tracks on the [[Crafting Wagon|Crafter]] upon reaching the end of your current station, you may be able to push onwards a few more stations.