Contractors

Contractors become available when a player purchases the first International Slot, which, becomes available at Level 10. To access contracts, click the Contracts button (shown at left), which is at the bottom left corner of the game screen.

Basic principlesEdit

Contractors are a player's business partners. Each contract is a job that helps a particular contractor run his or her business. These jobs include constructing buildings and decorations, delivering resources such as materials () or gold (), and sending locomotives, wagons or train sets. While most contracts have only one task to complete, some contracts require players to complete two or even three tasks. Other contracts allow players to choose between two available tasks; completing either task will fulfill the contract.

In return for the player's assistance, contractors give experience points (abbreviation: XP) () and a reward after each contract is fulfilled. Rewards include buildings, decorations, locomotives, wagons, gems (), and whistles ().

As of 3 Apr 2018, the game has 20 permanent contractors, who offer a total of more than 1,200 contracts, and 1 infinite contractor. Each contractor has a minimum required level players must achieve before working on her/his contracts. This represents the fact that different business people look for business partners with different amounts of experience; the "Easy" contractors ask for little or no experience, while the "Hard" contractors want players to prove themselves before doing business with them. See column "Level" in the table below (for players who started after the 24 Jan 2013 Game Update).

When a player completes a permanent contractor's final contract, the contractor delivers a special reward instead of one of the usual rewards. In addition, the contractor grants the player full use of her/his station, adding the station's passenger limit and passenger income to that of the player's Main Station.

Permanent ContractorsEdit

Name	Level	Contracts	Final Reward	Theme
Mrs. Wilma	10	15	50	Black Hills
Johann	20	35	150	Summer Mountains
Bobby	25	40	Bobby's Desert	Bobby's Desert
Mahatma	28	60	1 International Slot	Orient
George	30	40	2 Depot Slots	Harbour
Otto	35	40	+100 Storage	Meadow
Sam	45	60	-10% Discount on Buildings	Metropolis
Jules	50	20	Steamtopia Theme	Various ^[1]
Alan	55	90	-10% Discount on Mystery Depots	Land Down Under
Wolfgang	65	90	+100% when dispatching any train	Berlin
Mizuki	75	60	2 Train Slots	Nippon
Lucy	85	90	Rain Theme Enhancement	London
Richard	120	Infinite	N/A	Old New York with Starfall Night
Giovanni	150	100	3 Train Slots	Venice
Antoni	165	45	El Capricho , , 15 +100% limit	Barcelona
Ethan	200	60	Red Planet Theme	Red Planet
Christopher	200	60	Chris Reward Set^[2]	Various ^[3]
Ethan II	230	60	Special Maglev Destination	Various ^[4]
Cornelius	250	60	-25% Discount on Flags	Old New York
Ling	300	100	Ling Reward Set^[2]	Neo Hong Kong
Samuel	400	100	Special Hyperloop Destination	Land Down Under
Pierre	500	100	It's a mystery!	Meadow
↑ As Jules travels around the world, the themes at his station changes after completing every contract. Starting with the London theme at contract #1, and ending with the Harbour theme at the final contract, to finally have his own Steamtopia theme after finishing his final contract. ↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 A daily reward sent every 24h to your station. ↑ As Christopher builds the Hyperloop around the world, his stations and themes changed between the contracts. Starting in Asia with Mizuki's station and the Orient theme, changing at contract #22 to Lucy's station with the London theme combined with Night, and with contract #42 switching to the New York theme combined with Night. You will keep this station and theme after the final contract. So with selling the first 3 buildings after contract #20 and the next buildings after contract #40 - you will loose these buildings with each change of stations - you can get some which you can use to earn by buying some Hypergames Banners after you finished all his contracts. ↑ Starting at Red Planet Theme, Ethan II changes his theme with contract #31 to Terraformed Mars Theme.

Scaled ContractorsEdit

Occasionally, a Scaled Contractor will appear in the game for a limited time for certain level groups, giving players more opportunities to earn rewards worthy of their level. They usually appear during certain events or seasons, and their contracts are released daily. Although most contractors only accept Steam, Diesel, and Electric trains, some also accept Maglev and Hyperloop trains.

Your level, at the time a scaled contractor is released, determines your level group in which you will stay, even if your level raised over the group's limit before you accept the first contract or during the run-time.
Once finished, players will not be able to "replay" the contractor if they leveled up to the next level group.
Scaled contractors never grant the use of their stations because of the limited time they are available.

Name	Event	Level	Contracts	Final Reward	Theme
Daniel	Diesel Domination	120 300 700	21	Valve BR I Valve BR II Valve BR III	Harbour
Yaris	Easter	300 500 700 1200 2000	Infinite	N/A	Summer Mountains
Esther	Spring	100 300 500 700	21	Town Courthouse Lotte World Tower Grasp Convention Center	Summer Mountains
Tesla	Electric Extravaganza	120 300 700	21	50 50 60	Various ^[1]
Valentina	Valentine's Day	45 120 300 700	17	50	Polar with Night
Svarta	Winter	120 300 700	21	30 40 50	Various ^[2]
Yaris	Christmas	300 500 700 1200	Infinite	N/A	Santa's Polar with Snowfall
Santa	Christmas	45 120 300 700	21	Red Heart	Polar with Starfall Night
Snow Queen	Winter	45 120 300 700	21	Blue Heart	Winter Lake with Christmas Night
Albert	Halloween	300 500 700	21	Neonythe Tower Vertigon Tower Devil House	Transylvania
Carl	Diesel Domination	30 120 500 700	21	20 40 40 50	Black Hills
Zack	Maglev Madness	30 120 500 700	21	20 30 30 50	Various ^[3]
Valerie	Summer	30 135 250 400 800	12	30 50 50 40 50	San Francisco
↑ Starting his company in Old New York Tesla moves with contract #3 to Harbour, then move with contract #8 to Winter Mountains, finally back to Old New York from contract #13. ↑ Starting in the Scandinavian wilderness with the Nordic Summer Theme, Svarta changes her theme with contract #10 to Winter Lake with Snowfall. ↑ Starting his company in Barcelona Zack moves with contract #10 to San Francisco.

Seasonal ContractorsEdit

Occasionally, a Seasonal contractor will appear in the game for a limited time, giving players more opportunities to earn rewards. They usually appear during certain events or seasons, their contracts are released daily, and start right after the Game Update.

Seasonal contractors never grant the use of their stations because of the limited time they are available.

Name	Event	Level	Contracts	Final Reward	Theme
Yaris	TS Anniversary	700	Infinite	N/A	Bratislava
François	Train Tales Festival	250	21	Detective Statue	Various ^[1]
Robin	Sports	120	14	World Champ , 25	Metropolis
Jiu	Winter Games	120	21	Incheon , 8	Winter Mountains with Snowfall
Ebenezer	Christmas	340	20	Spirit (Locomotive) , 12	Black Hills with Christmas Night
Arpad	Halloween	220	14	60	Transylvania
Spring Wilma	Spring	170	7	75	Meadow
Valentina	Unique Events	42	14	30	Land Down Under
Ralphie & Rudy	Christmas	345	24	100	Santa's Polar
Mrs. Claus	Christmas	145	24	75	Santa's Polar
Santa	Christmas	45	24	50	Winter Lake
Zombill	Halloween	115	14	50	Transylvania
Valerie	Summer	135+ (2016) 135-249 (2018)	12	50	San Francisco
ESET Android	ESET	52	15	Android Monument	Bratislava
Esther	Spring	100+ (2016) 100-299 (2019)	21	Town Courthouse ^[2]	Summer Mountains
Valentina	Unique Events	33	8	30	Rio
Bertha	Christmas	120	10	Blizzard , 9	Santa's Polar
Santa	Christmas	24	24	50	Polar
Anastasia	Halloween	58	20	Undead Carbon , , +500%	Transylvania
Fritz	Oktoberfest	(2015) 21 (2017) 22	14	50	Meadow
Dave	Music	100	21	50	San Francisco
Charlie	Easter	27	17	Easter Panes , , +650%	Meadow
Valentina	Valentine's Day	49+ (2015) 49-119 (2019)	17	50	Polar with Night
Mrs. Claus	Christmas	24	25	Mrs. Claus' Bricks , , +650%	Winter Lake
Peter Sagan	Tour de France	35	25	50	Nordic Summer
Valentina	Winter Games	(2014) 20 (2018) 22	21	Winners Medals , , +500%	Polar
Santa	Christmas	1	33	New Year's Pumpkin	Snowy Metropolis
Santa	Christmas	15	35	Presents Sleigh , , +500%	Santa's Polar
Santa	Christmas	1	26	Santa's Tree Carrier , , +400%	Santa's Polar
Dracula	Halloween	(2013) 11 (2017) 15	13	Gargoyle Bill Carrier , , +500%	Transylvania
Fritz	Oktoberfest	20	20	Oktoberfest Wood , , +500%	Bavaria
Peter	Tour de France	25	27	Winner's Cup	Nordic Summer
↑ During the travel of the Orient Express the themes changes often. Starting in the Harbour theme, travelling through a Summer Mountain region, reaching the snowy Winter Mountains and crossing them in the Night to reach in the morning the meadowly Lausanne. Staying there over Night the jouney will be continued through meadows to reach with the last contract London. ↑ Final reward was changed; in 2016 as non scaled contractor it was Cumnock Hall , , 11 +20 Gifts per hour limit

Competitive ContractorsEdit

Occasionally, a Competitive Contractor will appear in the game for a limited time, giving players more opportunities to earn rewards. They usually appear during certain events or seasons. When they start, their contracts are announced at the TrainStation Info page and all contracts are released at once. They usually appear at 18:00, and leave the game at 12:00 (GMT).

Competitive contractors never grant the use of their stations because of the limited time they are available.

Name	Event	Level	Contracts	Final Reward	Theme
Manager Carl	Diesel Domination	400	7	150	Black Hills
CEO Ling	Hyperloop Hype	200	12	75	Eriport
Champion Jiu	Winter Games	450	8	PWG Gold Medal	Snowy Metropolis with Night
Daniel	Diesel Domination	450	7	150	Harbour
Alex	Maglev Madness	500	7	150	Western

Trip times and costsEdit

The trip time for an international train on Standard Route is 4 hours.
Lower level contract partners have a decreased travel time:

30 minutes to Wilma
1 hour to Johann
2 hours to Bobby

The "Cancel Train" option is available only for the first 3 minutes of the trip. After 3 minutes, this option no longer appears in the Trains screen, and the player receives credit for all appropriate achievements.

An international train will arrive at a contractor's station five minutes after being dispatched.

On occasion, Pixel Federation will offer shorter international routes for a limited time. During these limited periods the Standard Route will be reduced to 3 hours. This reduction will not be applied to a Competitive contractor.

An international train will wait in a contractor's station for one hour. If the player manually collects the train's load, the contractor will receive 110% of what the train carries. After one hour, the train will give the contractor 100% of the train's load, and depart the contractor's station.

With the 17 Oct 2016 Game Update, the previous Fast Route was replaced with International Train Speed-Up - you no longer have to wait until your ITs gets back, you can recall them immediately any time you need!
Speed-up prices - paid with - decrease with remaining journey time!

Historical: Before the above mentioned Update you had to choose every time you send out an international train between