License

Licenses are the main career progression system in Derail Valley. Earning or purchasing a license unlocks new features such as new locomotives to drive, hauling more cargo of different types and more job types. There are 22 licenses in the game, three of which are earned after completing the tutorial. The other 19 are unlocked by purchasing them at a career manager while having no active fees. After unlocking most licenses, there will be an increase to your copay and a decrease in time to earn job bonuses. Licenses that are tiered require lower tiers to be purchased first. A table showing costs and benefits is below (Standard difficulty). Some jobs require more than one license simultaneously (e.g. Freight Haul + Train Length 2 + Hazmat 3). It is not necessary to carry any papers of the bought licenses in the player's inventory - they may be left anywhere and ultimately will show up in the Lost & Found. Player can check a list of bought licenses at a career manager at any time.

License name	Cost	Insurance copay	Time bonus deadline	Removes Derail discount	Unlocks	Prerequisite
Train Driver	Tutorial	N/A	N/A	No	Taking jobs up to 5 cars long	N/A
Freight Haul	Tutorial	N/A	N/A	No	Taking freight haul jobs	N/A
Shunting	1,000	N/A	N/A	No	Taking shunting jobs	N/A
Multiple Unit	30,000	+5,000	-1%	N/A	Connecting multiple locomotives using the MU cable	Concurrent Orders 1
Manual Service	20,000	+7,000	N/A	No	Manually servicing locomotives at service stations	Train Length 1
Logistical Haul	20,000	N/A	+5%	N/A	Taking logistical haul jobs	Concurrent Orders 1
DE2	Tutorial	N/A	N/A	No	Using DE2 shunters in Derail Valley (DE2 Shunter is good for hauling weights upto 400t)	N/A
DE6	200,000	+30,000	-2%	N/A	Using DE6 locomotives in Derail Valley (DE6 locomotive is good for hauling weights upto 1400t)	Concurrent Orders 2
DM3	30,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	Using DM3 shunters in Derail Valley	N/A
DH4	50,000	+10,000	-2%	N/A	Using DH4 switchers in Derail Valley	Train Length 2
S060	20,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	Using S060 shunters in Derail Valley	N/A
S282	50,000	+10,000	-2%	N/A	Using S282 locomotives in Derail Valley (S282 locomotive is good for hauling weights upto 1000t, braking of S282 is better than DE6 and DE2)	Concurrent Orders 2
Concurrent Orders 1	10,000	+4,000	-2%	Yes	Taking two jobs at the same time	N/A
Concurrent Orders 2	20,000	+10,000	-5%	N/A	Taking any number of jobs at the same time	Concurrent Orders 1
Train Length 1	10,000	+1,900	-2%	Yes	Taking jobs up to 10 cars long	N/A
Train Length 2	20,000	+10,000	-2%	N/A	Taking jobs of any car amount	Train Length 1
Hazmat 1	40,000	+38,000	-4%	No	Taking jobs involving sensitive, flammable cargo	N/A
Hazmat 2	130,000	+150,000	-4%	No	Taking jobs of more hazardous cargo	Hazmat 1
Hazmat 3	290,000	+300,000	-5%	No	Taking jobs of the most dangerous hazardous material cargo	Hazmat 2
Military 1	100,000	+300,000	N/A	No	Taking jobs based in restricted military zones	N/A
Military 2	30,000	N/A	-4%	No	Taking jobs with fragile, highly valuable military cargo	Military 1
Military 3	400,000	+300,000	-5%	No	Taking jobs with the most valuable, top secret military cargo	Military 2

History

Build 87:

• Added Multiple-Unit Control
  • Requires a new MU license to use

Build 82:

• Updated DE6 license text to say it’s capable of loads up to 1400t

Build 81:

• Added Shunting license
  • Costs $1k, serves to introduce player to the concept of working with occupied tracks
• Added Logistical Haul license
  • Costs $20k, serves to prevent beginners from taking logi jobs in early game
  • Requires having a CCUR1 license, as these shouldn’t be hauled alone
  • Increases time bonus deadline by 5%
• Added Manual Servicing license
  • Costs $20k, serves to prevent beginners from servicing manually while having low copay
  • This prevents players from wasting money on servicing in early game
• Buying licenses DE6 and SH282 now requires having a CCUR2 license

• Trying to buy a dependent license will now write the exact needed license at Career Manager

• Added Freight Haul license, auto-acquired on game start
• Greatly reduced cost of Military 2 license
• Rebalanced copay/time effects and prices of some licenses

Build 80:

• Revamped Licenses
  • Licenses can now be a requirement for already existing jobs
  • Some licenses now have a tier-based progression
  • Added Hazmat license (3 tiers)
  • Added Military license (3 tiers)
  • Added Concurrent Job license (2 tiers, now required to do concurrent jobs)