Contracts & Worker Licenses — Fastest Path to Tier 3

License tiers

Licenses gate machine tiers and placement slots. You earn license points (LP) by completing contracts and leveling your claim. Tiers stack: each tier requires the previous one plus a point threshold.

How to earn points

• Every contract grants LP on first completion.
• Repeatable contracts grant reduced LP but still count toward leveling.
• Claim level-ups also grant a flat LP bonus.

Fastest path to L3

1. Greenpark L5 (Beginner) — unlocks the first claim level and Logistics L1.
2. Copper ingot batch (Metal) — fast LP, feeds Smelter L2.
3. Limestone → cement (Production, new in 1.4) — high LP, unlocks Logistics L3.
4. Stack the cement contract with a parallel copper line so neither line starves.

What unlocks

• Logistics L3 — faster belt tiers and +4 placement slots.
• Smelter L2 — 2.5s ingots, the biggest single throughput jump.
• Reaching both lets you run a 4-crusher + 2-smelter copper line that clears late contracts comfortably.

Tip

Don't rush L3 on a single line. Build the cement loop first — it pays back its LP cost within two completions and is what actually gates the top tier.