Contracts
Contracts are timed tasks issued by the Contract Board. Completing them pays out Fang Marks, a currency you spend at the Mark Exchange. The Contract Board unlocks at Hunting level 10.
How contracts work
[edit | edit source]- The Contract Board deals a small hand of contracts, refreshing on a rotation every 12 hours.
- You can hold and complete up to three claims per rotation — the board itself is the real limit on how many Marks you earn. (The Shop's Bounty Stipend upgrade raises this to four.)
- Only contracts you are eligible for appear: each may require a certain skill level, or that a particular biome is unlocked, so undoable tasks stay off the board.
- If a contract doesn't suit you, reroll that slot for a different eligible one — once per slot, per rotation.
- Each contract has a completion condition — hunt a number of a specific creature, perform a number of gathers or crafts in a skill, win a number of expeditions, or complete delves, excavation digs, harvests, tames, or trades.
- Fang Marks pay out at roughly 1 Mark per 2 minutes of directed play.
Contract types
[edit | edit source]- Culls — hunt a set number of a named creature (for example 75 Compsognathus). Higher-level culls target tougher prey in specific biomes for more Marks, and now run all the way up to Hunting 92 (the Cull Purussaurus writ) after the late board was filled in.
- Supply orders — complete a number of actions in a gathering or production skill (Foraging, Logging, Mining, Fishing, Cooking, Crafting, Smithing, Alchemy).
- Patrol bounties — win a number of expeditions, sometimes pinned to a specific biome or to weather. Weather-pinned bounties (Rain Runner, Snow Strider) now only appear when their weather is actually in the forecast window, so you can never be handed a rain job in a dry week.
- Other writs — winning delves, collecting excavation digs, harvesting crops, taming creatures, or moving goods at the Trading Post.
Contract rewards scale from 6 Marks for the simplest tasks up to 16 Marks for the toughest endgame patrols and surveys — the toughest culls top out lower, at 9.
Every contract
[edit | edit source]The board draws from 35 contracts in all. Only ones you're eligible for (skill level and biome met) appear, and only three are claimable per rotation. "Requirement" lists the skill level and/or biome needed before a contract can be dealt.
Culls (14)
[edit | edit source]Hunt a set number of a named creature. Higher culls target tougher, biome-locked prey for a little more Marks.
| Contract | Objective | Requirement | Fang Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cull Compsognathus | Hunt 75 | — | 6 |
| Cull Titanis | Hunt 65 | Hunting 6 | 6 |
| Cull Gallimimus | Hunt 60 | Hunting 12 | 6 |
| Cull Pachycephalosaurus | Hunt 45 | Hunting 25 | 6 |
| Cull Raptors | Hunt 40 | Hunting 40 | 7 |
| Cull Kentrosaurus | Hunt 38 | Hunting 45, Redwood Wilds | 7 |
| Cull Deinosuchus | Hunt 36 | Hunting 55, Murkwater Swamp | 8 |
| Cull Cave Crocs | Hunt 34 | Hunting 60, Cavern Depths | 8 |
| Cull Utahraptors | Hunt 32 | Hunting 66, Scorched Badlands | 8 |
| Cull Woolly Bison | Hunt 30 | Hunting 70, Frozen Wastes | 8 |
| Cull Acrocanthosaurus | Hunt 28 | Hunting 78, Ashen Peaks | 8 |
| Cull Teratornis | Hunt 27 | Hunting 82, Skyreach Plateau | 8 |
| Cull Vale Stalkers | Hunt 28 | Hunting 85, Sundered Vale | 9 |
| Cull Purussaurus | Hunt 26 | Hunting 92, Sundered Vale | 9 |
Supply orders (8)
[edit | edit source]Complete a number of actions in a gathering or production skill.
| Contract | Objective | Requirement | Fang Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foraging Order | 40 Foraging actions | — | 6 |
| Timber Order | 40 Logging actions | — | 6 |
| Ore Order | 40 Mining actions | — | 6 |
| Catch Order | 40 Fishing actions | — | 6 |
| Field Rations | 30 Cooking actions | Cooking 5 | 7 |
| Outfitter's Order | 25 Crafting actions | Crafting 5 | 7 |
| Forge Order | 25 Smithing actions | Smithing 5 | 8 |
| Brewer's Order | 20 Alchemy actions | Alchemy 5 | 8 |
Patrol bounties (7)
[edit | edit source]Win a number of expeditions, pinned to a biome or to weather. Weather-pinned bounties only appear when their weather is in the forecast.
| Contract | Objective | Requirement | Fang Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassland Patrols | Win 10 Grasslands expeditions | Expeditions 1 | 8 |
| Redwood Patrols | Win 10 Redwood Wilds expeditions | Redwood Wilds | 9 |
| Deep Patrols | Win 8 Cavern Depths expeditions | Cavern Depths | 12 |
| Tundra Patrols | Win 8 Frozen Wastes expeditions | Frozen Wastes | 14 |
| Vale Patrols | Win 6 Sundered Vale expeditions | Sundered Vale | 16 |
| Rain Runner | Win 5 expeditions during Rain | Expeditions 5 | 10 |
| Snow Strider | Win 5 expeditions during Snowfall | Expeditions 5 | 10 |
Other writs (6)
[edit | edit source]Everything else the valley needs done: winning delves, collecting excavation digs, harvesting crops, taming creatures, or moving goods at the Trading Post.
| Contract | Objective | Requirement | Fang Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delver's Writ | Win 10 delves | Delving 10 | 14 |
| Excavation Writ | Collect 6 digs | Delving 10 | 10 |
| Deep Survey Writ | Collect 12 digs | Delving 40 | 16 |
| Harvest Writ | Harvest 30 crops | Farming 1 | 8 |
| Tamer's Writ | Tame 3 creatures | Taming 5 | 10 |
| Trade Writ | Trade 40 goods at the Trading Post | Hunting 15 | 8 |
The Mark Exchange
[edit | edit source]Fang Marks are spent at the Mark Exchange on gear and supplies:
| Offer | Qty | Cost (Marks) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntmaster's Saddle | 1 | 60 | Exchange-exclusive saddle: +30% worker buff, +18 swiftness |
| Trailwarden Barding | 1 | 60 | Exchange-exclusive barding: +27 guard, +13 power |
| Primal Balm | 1 | 12 | Stable-wide injury salve |
| Fern Poultice | 3 | 5 | Three single-dino salves |
| Roasted Meat | 25 | 15 | A field-ration crate |
| Gloomglass Shard | 1 | 12 | Rare forge material |
| Abyssal Pearl | 1 | 10 | Rare forge material |
Choice and weekly offers. Beyond the standing stock, the Exchange also sells:
- Sheet Commission (150 Marks) — any blueprint sheet you haven't studied yet.
- Trophy Crate (20 Marks) — any alpha trophy from a guardian you've beaten.
- Golden Fang Banner (500 Marks) — a one-of-a-kind cosmetic, the Exchange's big-ticket sink.
- Weekly restock — once per real week: a Primal Catalyst (120 Marks, the endgame breeding crate) and an Age Catalyst (40 Marks, for the Tribe). A rotating fourth slot (100 Marks) cycles on a fixed weekly schedule through the Ridgeback Saddle, Duskwarden Barding, Longstride Saddle, and Nightwarden Barding — deterministic, not random.
The Mark Exchange also stocks the Field Ledger upgrade (+1 Dispatch mission slot), priced at 60 Fang Marks. See Shop for details.
Related pages
[edit | edit source]- Creatures — targets of cull contracts
- Excavation — the Excavation Writ and Deep Survey Writ
- Dispatch — extra mission slots from the Field Ledger
- Trading Post — the Trade Writ
- Shop — the Amber-priced upgrade counterpart, and the Bounty Stipend that widens the board
