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Economy
Status: Draft. Live in the sandbox campaign. Every number on this page is TEMP: they are first guesses that are still being tuned.
Your outfit runs on cash, with Influence, Respect and research alongside it. All cash comes from the buildings in the towns you hold. There's no stipend, no supply and no building upkeep. You grow by taking more towns or upgrading the ones you have, and you spend on your men.
How you use it
- Watch Cash on the outfit card (OUTFIT screen) or the top bar. It shows cash in hand and net cash a day.
- Grow the take: claim towns next to yours, and UPGRADE towns you hold.
- Put the right man in charge. A town's manager adds cash from his stats, and in OUTFIT → TOWNS, CHANGE shows what each candidate would add.
- Keep the roster within its seats. Going over cuts your income.
How it works
The purses
| Purse | What it is for | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | Claims, town upgrades, soldiers' wages and kit | Buildings in your towns |
| Influence | Politics; the outfit's standing | Neighbourhoods and Union Locals |
| Respect | Hiring soldiers, buying levels, making capos | Every bit of Respect a man earns also lands in the outfit's wallet |
| Research | The research tree, which also holds the tier steps | A daily rate, plus Libraries |
There is no supply in the sandbox, and Factories make none.
How a town pays
| Rule | Live |
|---|---|
| Buildings earn | Every building earns a little cash a day. None costs upkeep |
| Level | Each town level doubles what its buildings earn |
| Manager | Every town has a manager: the boss, unless you put a capo in charge. In an Office, each Business point above 5 adds cash, and in a Casino or Strip Club each Charm point above 5 does. Both scale with the building's level |
| Too many towns for one man | A manager runs a set number of towns at full pay. Each town past that cuts what all of his towns pay |
| Grip | A newly claimed town starts at 0 grip and pays a reduced share, rising to full pay as grip climbs to 100. A town with a local leader settles faster |
| Nothing paid | An occupied, raided or besieged town pays its owner nothing |
| All to the outfit | A manager keeps no share. Every dollar goes to the outfit's purse |
What you spend
| Line | Live |
|---|---|
| Character wages | A small daily wage for each adult member (the boss counts) |
| Wages | Each soldier's daily wage, set by his class |
| Crowded outfit | Going over the roster cuts your town take by a share, and every member likes the boss less. Nobody is forced out |
| Claims and upgrades | Paid upfront in cash |
| Factories | Cut what your soldiers cost to run (wages and kit), more with each level and with the manager's Muscle |
Net cash a day is one ledger: character wages, town take, the crowding cut and wages. What it shows is what lands in the purse.
Numbers (all TEMP)
| Number | Value | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Starting cash | $5,000 | settlement_economy.start_cash |
| Building cash a day at level 1 | Office $50 · Casino $80 · Strip Club $40 · Chop Shop $30 · Factory, Gun Shop, Sword Shop $20 · Neighbourhood $15 · Union Local, Library, Dojo, Clinic, Burial Spot $10 | building data with settlement_economy and foundation overrides |
| Level multiplier | ×2 per level above 1 | foundation.level_mult |
| Manager cash, per stat point above 5, × level | Office $25 (Business) · Casino $30 (Charm) · Strip Club $20 (Charm) | cash_per_stat_above |
| Towns per manager at full pay | 4, +1 at tier 3 | manager_town_cap, foundation.tier_rewards |
| Each town over that | −25% on all his towns | manager_overflow_penalty |
| Grip | Pays 35% at 0 grip, rising to 100%; +1.5 grip a day, +4 with a local leader | control_income_floor, foundation.control_gain_per_day, control_gain_anchor |
| Character wage | $0.10 a day per adult member | settlement_economy.member_wage |
| Roster over by 1 / 2 / 3 / 4+ | −10% / −25% / −45% / −60% income; −15 opinion of the boss per head over | roster_over_income_cut, roster_over_opinion |
| Factory army-cost cut | 3% per level, +1% per Muscle point above 5 × level, capped at 50% | foundation.factory_army_cut, factory_army_cut_per_muscle_above, factory_army_cut_cap |
| Influence | Starts at 20. Neighbourhood +0.5 a day × level. Union Local +2 a day × level, +1 per Charm point above 5 × level | influence_start, foundation.neighbourhood_influence, union_influence_base, union_influence_per_charm_above |
| Hire a soldier | 40 Respect + 8 × his best skill | foundation.hire_respect_base, hire_respect_per_skill |
See also
- Payroll & wages: what your men cost
- Map & territory: the towns that pay
- Outfit & seats: the OUTFIT screen, managers and the roster
- Respect & leveling: the Respect wallet
- Mechanics
Locked vs leftover
| Locked (document this) | Leftover / do not claim |
|---|---|
| All cash comes from buildings in towns | A seat stipend |
| No supply; Factories cut army costs instead | Supply as a second purse, and Factories making supply |
| No building upkeep, so nothing goes dark | DARK buildings for unpaid upkeep |
| A fixed set of buildings per town; grow by claiming or upgrading | Building new buildings in a town |
| Managers by town, with a cap on towns per man | Personal reach and borough capos gating income |
| Hires paid in Respect | Hires paid in cash |
| Market shelves, Services and Connections (cash for Influence) |
Sources
src/systems/economy.gd, src/systems/town_management.gd, src/systems/frontier_council.gd, src/systems/development.gd, src/systems/influence.gd, src/systems/squads.gd (class wages), data/buildings.json, data/config.json (foundation, settlement_economy)