Editing 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 ==

* 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.
* 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 the offered contracts don't suit you, a '''reroll''' deals a fresh set.
* 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, complete delves, harvests, tames, or trades.
* Fang Marks pay out at roughly 1 Mark per 2 minutes of directed play.

== Contract types ==

* '''Culls''' — hunt a set number of a named creature (for example 25 Compsognathus). Higher-level culls target tougher prey in specific [[Creatures|biomes]] for more Marks.
* '''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 (rain or snowfall).
* '''Other writs''' — winning delves, harvesting crops, taming creatures, or moving goods at the [[Trading Post]].

Contract rewards scale from 3 Marks for the simplest tasks up to 15 Marks for the toughest endgame culls and patrols.

== The Mark Exchange ==

Fang Marks are spent at the Mark Exchange on gear and supplies:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Offer !! Qty !! Cost (Marks) !! Notes
|-
| Huntmaster's Saddle || 1 || 45 || Exchange-exclusive saddle: +30% worker buff, +10 swiftness
|-
| Trailwarden's Barding || 1 || 45 || Exchange-exclusive barding: +15 guard, +10 power
|-
| Primal Balm || 1 || 8 || Stable-wide injury salve
|-
| Fern Poultice || 3 || 5 || Three single-dino salves
|-
| Roasted Meat || 25 || 4 || A field-ration crate
|}

The Mark Exchange also stocks the '''Field Ledger''' upgrade (+1 [[Dispatch]] mission slot), priced at 60 Fang Marks. See [[Shop]] for details.

== Related pages ==

* [[Creatures]] — targets of cull contracts
* [[Dispatch]] — extra mission slots from the Field Ledger
* [[Trading Post]] — the Trade Writ
* [[Shop]] — the Amber-priced upgrade counterpart

[[Category:Contracts]]
[[Category:Game Mechanics]]