Ironman Mode - The Differences
Below is a table consisting of differences from “Regular” and “Ironman” playstyles. This list will continually be reviewed, but should serve as a adequate reference to know what you’re diving into with Ironman style play, and if it’s right for you!
Category | Ironman Mode |
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Contracting - Providing | Contracts have a start fee of $500 or 10%, whichever is greater (Up from $250 or 5%). |
Contracting - Taking | Contracts taken have 30% fees (10 retirement/10 homestead/10 tax) (Compared to 15% for regular). |
Credit | Credit score accrues at 1/2 the speed as a normal farm, with double the penalty for missed payments. |
Equipment - Repairs | Filters wear out 30-50% quicker. |
Homestead - Taxes | Homestead is taxed at double the rates of regular player homesteads. |
Exports | Subject to 10% tariff (Up from 5% regular) |
Land Tokens - Purchasing | Land tokens starting price is $70,000 / token Regular starting price is $40,000 / token |
Land Tokens - Returning | When returning tokens, you only receive 10% of the token value back from getting rid of land. This is down from 25% received back for regular farms. |
Loans - Quantity | Ironman can only have 1 active general loan and 3 asset loans. This is compared to 2 active general and 5 asset loans for regular players. |
Loans - Rates | Ironman cannot receive loans at less than 2x the current prime rate for their credit bracket. |
Loans - Value | Player banks may only lend up to 1/2 of the value they could to a regular player. (10% at 600 Credit versus 20% at 600 credit for regular.) |
Random Events | Random events occur 2x as much, and have a 25% higher chance of being negative compared to regular servers/homesteads. |
Taxes - Property | 7% ($1,700 / acre). (Up From 3-5% for regular) |
Taxes - Assets | 2% (Up from .5-1% for regular) |
Taxes Homestead Allotment | Homestead Tax is 20% in addition to normal yearly taxes. This is double the regular rate of 10%. |
Taxes - Retirement | Retirement Tax is 10% in addition to normal yearly taxes. This is double the regular rate of 5%. |
Workers | Farmhands For Repairs: $250/day, compared to $125 for regular. |
Workers - Homestead | Workers cost 2x as much in all professions daily. |