Gold is the bonus currency in Rail Nation. You can obtain and spend gold through the button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
Any gold you have when a server ends will be transferred if you make a new account on the same server.
Using Gold[]
Gold can be used to buy different advantages in the game, for example:
- Plus account, 150 gold for 7 days
- Starter package, 125 gold, must be bought before you reach 600 prestige points
- Buying an engine you haven't researched yet, 50 gold
- Boost an engine, increasing the max speed by 20km/h for an hour, 5 gold
- Hiring a mechanic, which will keep one engine at 100% condition for 8 hours, 10 gold for era 1 and 2 engines, 20 for era 3 & 4, 30 for era 5 & 6
- Instant dispatch; remove the waiting time for an engine at an industry, 1-5 gold, seems to depend on waiting time to be skipped
- Buying clothes and accessories for your avatar
- Upgrading multiple Train Station buildings simultaneously, 20 gold
- Instant finish of Train Station building upgrade, price depends on construction time left
- Instant track building, 3 gold
- Hiring a researcher (rarely a good idea, get a plus account instead), 40 gold for 24 hours
- Buying a lottery ticket, 25 gold
- Repair all trains by one click (still require cash to pay the repairs!), 5 gold
- Opening a spot for an additional worker in your association, 50 gold (valid for 1 worker, not available if your headquarter already allows 3 spots)
Getting Gold[]
The direct way to get gold is to buy it with actual real-life cash (€, etc.), but sometimes you'll earn gold in the game:
- Lottery prizes
- Competitions
- Quests early in the game (but gold obtained in a quest will often be used in the next quest)