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"Freelancer" achievement explained...

By shau--ni

Small guide for player trying to optain the Freelancer achievement (& Hard Working).

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English isn't my main language, if I've misspelled something please message me.

The issue with Rise Of Industry is that some achievement counters will reset after loading a save.
Therefore, the achievement description is false. It's also the case for "Hard Working".

Freelancer : Complete 50 Contracts across all playthoughs.
-- Complete 50 Contracts in one playthough without reloading.

Hard working : Place 1,000 Buildings across all playthoughs.
-- Place 1,000 Buildings in one playthough without reloading.

What I've done is, start a new game with easy settings : a lot of resources, small map and without AI. After scooting the map, I decided to go for iron as I had coal and iron close to me. I unlocked the iron in the Tech Tree AND ONLY the iron. Contracts only concern resources unlocked in the Tech Tree, so it's better to focus on just one thing. Once my industry was set up, I simply accepted every contract. It should be doable with every tier 1 resource. It took me 2 to 3 hours.

1. Small iron undustry is enough.‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎‎‏‏‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎2. About 500 buildings with the console open.

For both achievement, you can track your progress with the console.

Console shortcut is [Ctrl] + [Backspace]

-- you can obviously obtain it while playing the game normally. But if you start investing into 5 or more industries to produce tier 2 products, you will have a hard time responding to all requests. It will also require playing the game for a very long session.

TL;DR

YOU CAN'T : RELOAD A SAVE · GO BACK TO THE MAIN MENU · QUIT THE GAME
YOU CAN : PAUSE · MODIFY THE DIFFICULTY SETTINGS · PLAY SOLO WITHOUT AI
-- I've seen people online (astats) saying that you have to play against at least 1 AI, it's false.

History :

13/03/2022 : first upload with 2 achievements.

Have fun playing the game yourself. Ask me anything if you need some help.
And feel free to contact me if you want me to add something. I will be happy to quote you.

https://steamhost.cn/app/671440/Rise_of_Industry/

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Gato Alien 27 Feb, 2024 @ 3:40pm

Thank bro

giggles 1 Jul, 2023 @ 1:36pm

Wtf this is ridiculous. Spent about 40 hours on a map monopolizing everything, never got any achievements. Made a new game for achievements, spend 10 hours on that, no achievements. Turns out you can't load a save and get achievements, thats insane! Thanks for the explanation. Gonna have to "cheat" and use your tactic to get the achievements I've already earned 3x over.

Olvo the Builder YT 2 Apr, 2023 @ 3:51pm

"Once my industry was set up, I simply accepted every contract. It should be doable with every tier 1 resource."
I suggest 1 resource on the second level ( i think that is tier one but i got confused leaving it at lvl 1) thinking they wanted each item at lvl 1 (gold, polmers, titanium, thorium etc) but lvl 2 made it so that it it was only the one item they want (titanium cases, thorium rods)

Olvo the Builder YT 2 Apr, 2023 @ 3:42pm

finally got freelancer, i hit a deadlock at 39 then i upgraded one town and left tech tree where it was and slowly got the contracts with thorium rods and titanium casings. idk if i needed titanium but i tested that before upgrading town and didnt get any more contracts till i upgraded town

Olvo the Builder YT 2 Apr, 2023 @ 11:09am

ty for this!

A few notes i have tested out for freelancer, it is save locked not save load issue IE only the same save can get the achievement. I got to owning a medium map on normal with 20 contracts competed and rarely got contracts after that so started a new game (in2130 for thos cheevos) small and just got thorium rods with like 16 plants to knock each one out quick. i did not see my amount in steam till hitting 21. it seems to help having low funds to get the contract or there is a limited set of contracts (i got to 28 last night and fell asleep and when i woke up no more contracts with 2 bil $ +) today i hit 38 and while intentionally draining funds lost track and went bankrupt for 3rd time so restarted from save, (4 contracts back) did 1 contract and steam dropped to 35 and is now back to 39 on its achievement score. i dont seem to be gettin more contracts atm (i did miss a few) but now all 3 towns want an upgrade so will try upgrading one to see where it gets me

Commandant Lusankya [FR] 1 Jan, 2023 @ 7:56am

Finalement réussi ! En vitesse x10 après le prototype automobile ; le jeu me demandant beaucoup de produits de la chaine de production de voiture

shau--ni [author] 31 Dec, 2022 @ 4:14am

@CommandantLusankya,
hm, de mémoire je n'attendais pas autant entre chaque contrat. Peut-être qu'il y a un réglage à modifier à la création de la map. Perso, j'ai farm en regardant une série sur le côté tellement c'était long et chi*nt. Bon courage en tout cas.

Commandant Lusankya [FR] 31 Dec, 2022 @ 3:51am

Merci pour ton guide. Je poursuis en anglais ;)
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This anti-savegame rule sucks.
I've get hardworking on small map : I prefer building irrigation towers cause it takes less space. Then i can delete it by hundred and rebuild them, it also counts (or take loans ti finance it).

But it's a far long way for contracts : I get 9-10 per hour ; so impossible for me to get all 50 in a row without playing all night long ... :(

Josemo 16 Apr, 2022 @ 5:45pm

Thanks alot, i found your post in forum and landed here. Damn what time i wastet...

shau--ni [author] 30 Mar, 2022 @ 10:08am

Merci @Makishimu ! Pas besoin de commande, dès que tu aura placé un bâtiment ou terminé un contrat, un message apparaîtra automatiquement dans la console. Et tu n'as pas besoin d'avoir la console ouverte constamment.

[Log]: Achievement progress: Hard working ???/1000
[Log]: Achievement progress: Freelancer ??/50

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