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. (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 ==

* '''Culls''' — hunt a set number of a named creature (for example 75 Compsognathus). Higher-level culls target tougher prey in specific [[Creatures|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 [[Weather|forecast]] window, so you can never be handed a rain job in a dry week.
* '''Other writs''' — winning delves, collecting [[Excavation|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 ==

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 [[Skills|skill]] level and/or biome needed before a contract can be dealt.

=== Culls (14) ===

Hunt a set number of a named creature. Higher culls target tougher, biome-locked prey for a little more Marks.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! 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) ===

Complete a number of actions in a gathering or production skill.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! 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) ===

Win a number of [[Expeditions|expeditions]], pinned to a biome or to weather. Weather-pinned bounties only appear when their weather is in the [[Weather|forecast]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! 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) ===

Everything else the valley needs done: winning delves, collecting excavation digs, harvesting crops, taming creatures, or moving goods at the Trading Post.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Contract !! Objective !! Requirement !! Fang Marks
|-
| Delver's Writ || Win 10 [[Delving|delves]] || [[Delving]] 10 || 14
|-
| Excavation Writ || Collect 6 [[Excavation|digs]] || [[Delving]] 10 || 10
|-
| Deep Survey Writ || Collect 12 [[Excavation|digs]] || [[Delving]] 40 || 16
|-
| Harvest Writ || Harvest 30 [[Farming|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 ==

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Offer !! Qty !! Cost (Marks) !! Notes
|-
| {{Icon|huntmasters-saddle}} Huntmaster's Saddle || 1 || 60 || Exchange-exclusive saddle: +30% worker buff, +18 swiftness
|-
| {{Icon|trailwarden-barding}} Trailwarden Barding || 1 || 60 || Exchange-exclusive barding: +27 guard, +13 power
|-
| {{Icon|primal-balm}} Primal Balm || 1 || 12 || Stable-wide injury salve
|-
| {{Icon|fern-poultice}} Fern Poultice || 3 || 5 || Three single-dino salves
|-
| {{Icon|roasted-meat}} Roasted Meat || 25 || 15 || A field-ration crate
|-
| {{Icon|gloomglass-shard}} Gloomglass Shard || 1 || 12 || Rare forge material
|-
| {{Icon|abyssal-pearl}} 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 ==

* [[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

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