Workers

Workers are an element in the game Factory Town. They are primarily used to harvest and transfer items from point A to B. You can add workers from the Build (B) Menu and select Workers

From ver.130 ,worker behavior can be multi copy to same type.

Workers now separated into Workers (Land water & air units) and Rail Cars (rail required) on build menu.

Worker types

If in no need to move, a worker can "pass" (pick from one structure and drop in another) its full capacity each second.

Besides Worker, others types of workers have requirement to make one.


Type	Image	Capacity	Cost	Function
Worker	thumb	1	1 Pop. 5 Gold Coins	Allows the harvest and collection of items. Can not mine hard materials. Has smaller size than a tile, therefore if ordered to transport goods between structures separated by a tile, will have to walk through that tile, decreasing "passing" efficiency from 1/s to ~ 0.78/s.
Wagon	thumb	4	1 Pop. 40 Gold Coins, 4 Wood Wheel, 4 Planks	Can quickly carry multiple items between buildings, especially on roads. Can not harvest items.
Caravan	thumb	8x4=32	1 Pop. 250 Gold Coins, 4 Iron Wheel, 10 Reinforced Plank	A high-capacity vehicle. Also does not harvest items.
Wooden Minecart		10	40 Gold Coins, 4 Wood Wheel, 10 Planks	Allows transport of small quantity of goods over long distances. Doesn't require population to be operated.
Metal Minecart	thumb	50 20(old)	100 Gold Coins, 4 Iron Wheel, 10 Iron Plate	Allows transport of high quantity of goods over long distances. (Can use Minecart Loaders for fast loading and unloading. Can also be attached to a Train.) Doesn't require population to be operated.
Below four are required a Train Stop to load /unload
Boxcar	thumb	50	500 Gold Coins, 8 Iron Wheel, 10 Reinforced Plank	Rail car that can transport large amounts of goods. Doesn't require population to be operated.
Tank Car	thumb	100	500 Gold Coins, 8 Iron Wheel, 40 Iron Plate	Rail car that can transport very large amounts of liquid. Doesn't require population to be operated.
Hopper Car	thumb	100	500 Gold Coins, 8 Iron Wheel, 40 Iron Plate	Rail car that can transport very large amounts of coal, ores, grain. and other granular bulk cargo. Doesn't require population to be operated.
Steam Locomotive	thumb	-	50 Red Coins, 10 Iron Wheel, 40 Iron Plate	A vehicle that can be used to pull multiple train cars on rail tiles. Doesn't require population to be operated.
Harvester Drill	thumb	12	2 Pop. 200 Gold Coins, 6 Iron Wheel, 10 Gear, 20 Iron Plate	Slow moving but powerful drill with a high carrying capacity. Can harvest hard materials that other workers cannot.
Raft	thumb	5	1 Pop. 20 Gold Coins 4 Planks	A worker unit that can harvest fish, or land resources adjacent to water (and at sea level). It can also act as a transport between buildings.
Fishing Boat	thumb	10	1 Pop. 80 Gold Coins 20 Planks	Same as a raft, except faster and has more capacity.
Cargo Boat	thumb	20x4=80	2 Pop. 500 Gold Coins, 20 Iron Plate, 20 Reinforced Plank	Same as a raft and a boat, but is faster and has more capacity.
Airship	thumb	25*4=100	4 Pop.	A flying contraption that carries lots of goods through the air.