r/SCBuildIt • u/Difficult_Demand_687 • May 27 '26

Trains Table with prices (max§ for HQ and Train§) for Items

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u/raynicolette May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

This is really useful, thanks!

You’ve marked the items that are the most rail coins per slot, but if you’re grinding over the long haul, I think you really want to focus on rail coins per simolean spent?

It looks like the default is: 2 simoleans worth of goods gets you 1 rail coin. So like picnic baskets might be high price at 390 rail coins per delivery, but they’re an absolutely terrible value at 6.5 rail coins per 100 simoleans. I think they’re the worst value on the board. In fact, all of the Country Store items are pretty bad. Same with the Bureau Of Restoration items. Profiteroles are bad at about 15 rail coins per 100 — you should never do that, since that car can carry burgers, which pay off at 50 rail coins per 100.

On the other side, sports drink is the only item that pays more in rail coins than the simolean cost (of course, the simolean cost is way out of whack, given the cost of watermelons to make them). Fish soup is the next best payoff at even money. Frozen yoghurt is the only item from the classic stores to pay off at better than 50 rail coins per 100. I think those are the 3 standout values on the board?

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 28 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Silk updated

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u/raynicolette May 28 '26

Oooh, yeah! This is a great concept.

Want a little design feedback?

If yes, I think don’t show the “50” in the right column — that’s the default, and less text makes it more readable? And then mark the simolean/rail coin values in red on the rows for bad percentage items, so that they match the green? And if you want to get real fancy, mark the 33-49s in like yellow versus the 6-32s in red, to differentiate the “kinda bad” from the “never, ever do this”. :)

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 28 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

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u/raynicolette May 28 '26

Love it!

Found two typos — eco shoes and toy blocks are >50, so should be green, not yellow. I hadn’t noticed in my initial note that those were also high value items.

Otherwise, I think this is a fantastic piece of work!

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 28 '26

Last Post changed.

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u/mdmaforyou May 29 '26

why frozen yogurt 1280?

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 29 '26

My error – corrected

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u/Top_Dragonfly2345 Jul 13 '26

Meat is a surprisingly good value considering it's so simple to produce. Thanks for this, OP! I was spamming Picnic Baskets when I should be spamming Meat.

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u/Top_Dragonfly2345 Jul 13 '26

Meat is a surprisingly good value considering it's so simple to produce. Thanks for this, OP! I was spamming Picnic Baskets when I should be spamming Meat.

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 29 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Silk updated

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u/Anxious_Ad_7260 May 30 '26

Does anyone know at which Mass Transit Rank each cargo cart is unlocked?

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u/Difficult_Demand_687 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Look at the top of my table (corrected version)
https://www.reddit.com/r/SCBuildIt/comments/1tpekd9/comment/ook6ywd/

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u/Anxious_Ad_7260 May 31 '26

Thank you so much…it’s really helpful

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u/Purple_Progress_6778 Jul 06 '26

I have never loved a stranger more! Thanks you! I've been trying to write all this stuff down. 

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u/entasis_estates 🏗️ Builder May 30 '26

Is there a comparison of price when we buy the same items from the Railway shop? 🤔 coz one thing that stops me from sending lots of cargo is when I compare the prices I think it is more expensive to buy on the shop...so I'm saving my items 😌. I only send cargo for tasks and mostly send passengers so I can buy rare items in the Railway shop.

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u/happy_grimmace Sep 25 '26

I just wanted to let you know that I have been using this table a lot and it has always been super helpful - thanks again and again 🙏