Legal Gathering and Processing

Most resource routes follow the same pattern: gather raw material, process it, then sell the finished product.

Before leaving town

• Purchase the processing licence for your chosen route.
• Use a vehicle with enough storage for the trip.
• Bring food, water, fuel money and basic medical supplies.
• Plan the field, processor and trader locations on the map.

Gathering

Travel to the marked field or mine and use the gathering action while inside the zone. Apples and peaches produce five items per gathering cycle. Common legal mines such as sand, salt, copper and iron also produce five raw items per cycle. Diamond and oil gathering produces three per cycle.

Processing

Take the raw resource to its matching processor. The processing interaction checks the appropriate licence. Without it, processing may be unavailable or cost more depending on the activity.

Selling

Transport the processed goods to the correct trader and sell them from your virtual inventory. Market values may change, so compare routes by travel time, risk, licence cost and storage—not only the displayed unit price.

Recommended early routes

• Apples or peaches for a brand-new player
• Copper after purchasing the £10,000 processing licence
• Sand, salt or silicon after purchasing the £15,000 matching licence
• Iron once a £35,000 licence and larger vehicle are affordable

Practical advice

• Lock your vehicle whenever you leave it.
• Avoid blocking processors and traders.
• Do not leave a loaded vehicle unattended.
• Bank profits regularly rather than carrying large amounts of cash.