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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 can't go wrong with an early dynamite. You can't always get one early, but make sure you save some bolts to buy it and upgrade it to max as soon as possible. The level 3 dynamite is really strong at breaking through areas ahead fast so you'll always want at least one on your train.

You should save up as many bolts at the beginning as possible and not spend them until you see a water, dynamite, or track cart. Upgrading carts early just means that you have to pay more bolts to replace them later. The high score wagons wait for track crafting cart, water tank, storage before upgrading, see picture below for placement.

 

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===Placement===

===Placement===

[[File:Screen Shot 2020-01-13 at 11.38.03 AM.png|thumb|475x475px|Wagon placement for Hard High Score 4069m]]

[[File:Screen Shot 2020-01-13 at 11.38.03 AM.png|thumb|475x475px|Wagon placement for Hard High Score 4069m]]

[ There's plenty more to discuss here for anyone interested ]

[ There's plenty more to discuss here for anyone interested ]

===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 biome. With that said, the world record pushes it to double that on Easy. 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.

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 biome. With that 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.

====Bolts====

====Bolts====

Something to keep in mind when avoiding engine upgrades for a long time, is that you don't have to care about missions or the hidden bolts in the map. For example, if you're pushing really far into the first grassland biome, you will have more bolts than you can even use. So once you have your train maxed out for the first biome, don't waste time on difficult missions or hidden bolts in the map.

Something to keep in mind when avoiding engine upgrades for a long time is that you don't have to care about missions or the hidden bolts in the map. For example, if you're pushing really far into the first grassland biome, you will have more bolts than you can even use. So once you have your train maxed out for the first biome, don't waste time on difficult missions or hidden bolts on the map.

==Track placement==

==Track placement==

This category attempts to share insights and tips on efficient routing

This category attempts to share insights and tips on efficient routing

=== Path clearing ===

=== Path clearing ===

When mining a path through resources for the train, it is helpful to ensure that the entire cleared route is at least 2 spaces in width so that players can move alongside the train without a bottleneck. If time allows, increasing the width to 3 spaces will allow multiple players to move back and forth instead of having to take turns.

When mining a path through resources for the train, it is helpful to ensure that the entire cleared route is at least 2 spaces in width so that players can move alongside the train without a bottleneck. If time allows, increasing the width to 3 spaces will allow multiple players to move back and forth instead of having to take turns.  You want to always cut 4 squares in before placing dynamite to get maximum efficiency of a Tier 3 tnt explosion.

==Teamwork & Responsibilities==

==Teamwork & Responsibilities==

It is important to designate a single person to lay tracks because 2 people can't lay tracks at the same time without causing the tracks to be double placed and possibly derailing the train.  The ideal team is 3 players: 1 miner, 1 track layer, and 1 resource gatherer/dynamite user.  The players can multitask but, as the train gains speed, they must focus on their own tasks.

It is important to designate a single person to lay tracks because 2 people can't lay tracks at the same time without causing the tracks to be double placed and possibly derailing the train.  The ideal team is 3 players: 1 miner, 1 tracklayer, and 1 resource gatherer/dynamite user.  The players can multitask but, as the train gains speed, they must focus on their own tasks.