Master RollerCoaster Tycoon 3's career mode with our quick and easy walkthrough. Learn requirements, tips, and strategies for each level, starting with Vanilla Hills and Goldrush!
This section provides a quick and easy way to get through each level in RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 career mode. It lists requirements, level-specific tips, and other useful information such as available rides.
The walkthrough is designed to help you complete levels as quickly as possible, allowing you to enjoy planning your park your own way later.
4.1. Vanilla Hills
Description: Turn this starting plot into the talk of the town and achieve Apprentice, Entrepreneur, or Tycoon status.
Apprentice Level Requirements:
- Guests in Park: 400
- Minimum park value: £20,000.00
Apprentice Level Difficulty:
Laughably Easy
Entrepreneur Level Requirements:
- Guests in Park: 500
- Minimum park value: £50,000.00
Entrepreneur Level Difficulty:
Very Easy
Tycoon Level Requirements:
- Guests in Park: 600
- Minimum park value: £100,000.00
Tycoon Level Difficulty:
Very Easy
Vanilla Hills is your first career mode park, designed to ease you in. You start with two rides (Top Spin and the "High Flier" Suspended Swinging roller coaster), a large garden, and £10,000 (£5,000 of which is a loan).
Initial Steps:
- Hire one more janitor and one more mechanic.
- Start a single week's ad campaign in the national newspaper to attract guests.
- Pay off the loan immediately, as every penny counts and interest erodes your initial capital.
- Use a Generic theme for your park.
- Place small rides like a Merry-Go-Round and dodgems near the exit.
- Consider building a Cheshire Cats ride (or use a pre-made design).
- Place an information kiosk beside the entrance.
- Install a toilet and an ATM close to the first rides.
- Adjust ride prices according to the established formula.
You should pass the Apprentice level within approximately 5 minutes. Entrepreneur and Tycoon levels involve similar strategies; reinvest all income into new rides to increase guest numbers and park value. You should achieve Tycoon status within 30 minutes to 1 hour.
4.2. Goldrush!
Description: Use this unstable abandoned mining area to showcase low-rise coasters that make up in adrenaline what they lack in height.
Apprentice Level Requirements:
- Minimum coaster excitement: 3
- Two coasters
- Minimum coaster length: 1000.66ft
- Total monthly ride income: £300
Apprentice Level Difficulty:
Laughably Easy
Entrepreneur Level Requirements:
- Repay Loan
- Total monthly ride income: £500.00
Entrepreneur Level Difficulty:
Side-splittingly laughably Easy
Tycoon Level Requirements:
- Minimum coaster excitement: 4
- Two coasters
- Minimum coaster length: 1213.91ft
- Total monthly ride income: £700
Tycoon Level Difficulty:
Very Easy
This is considered the easiest level in the game, with exceptionally simple goals that can be achieved within one or two months. You start with a pre-made coaster, a TNT Vortex ride, and a Mine Drop ride, along with £12,000 (£1,000 of which is a loan).
Initial Steps:
- Pay off the £1,000 loan immediately due to its high 10.9% interest rate, costing £109 per month.
- Place an information desk beside the entrance.
- Connect the path between Mine Drop and TNT Vortex, as Mine Drop is inconveniently located.
- Ensure all rides are opened.
- To meet the first two Apprentice level requirements, open the RollerCoaster ride menu and select the designs for "S...
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