Just How Hard is Mission 20?

[theallenfamily3]

I hear it's a killer. Anyone got a guide to beating it?

[Skulker_S]

it´s really not that hard
but it took my a second try, the first one (mainly farms) was an utter failure.
the next time i used tourism to get started, soon mines and later industry

[Sexy Borsch]

A lot of people beat it on YouTube, so you can check it out. I'm on mission 17 now and it's been easy so far with DLC buildings (plantations and cement factories).

[la_nague]

well yeah, plantation are like cheating. Might as well build a money press :D

[Eadrick Tudoria]

There is a crucial step that you must NOT do on the final mision until your economy is very stable.

THis isnt really a spoiler so here's the step: When asked to raise pay to 20$ DON'T do it unless your ecomony can sustain that and still get very steady profits.

What makes Mission 20 so hard is the list of things to do. Most missions have maybe 6 or 7 major things you must do. On 20, you'll have 14 or 15 VERY EXPENSIVE things to do, and the clock is ticking.

[theallenfamily3]

When does that task come along and can I do the rest before that one?

[Eadrick Tudoria]

The task to have the pay set at 20$ is VERY early and no, you can't skip it and come back to it.

If you must know and don't mind spoliers, look at the list of steps here:



Mission 20: Tropican Utopia

1. Population of 100 people
2. Set 20$ Minimum Wage
3. 300 People
4. 2 Hospitals & 2 Cathedrals
5. EDICTS: Food for the People, Free Housing, Social Security
6. 3 Monuments: Christ the Savior, Nuclear Program, Golden Statue
7. DO ALL THE ABOVE BY 2012

That's according to this wiki: http://tropico.wikia.com/wiki/Missions_%28Tropico_4%29
Mssion 20 is about halfway down that webpage.

That same wiki also says that the optional quests are to raise the satisfaction of each faction up to 65%. For me, that didn't seem optional. I HAD to do it for the next step to trigger.

As you can see, the 20$ wage is #2, and #3 on up will not activate untill #2 is done. So if you prematurely complete #2, you are stuck with that wage, you CANNOT lower it, the game prevents it. So once you get to #6 you are going to need tens of thousands of dollars to build those three "monuments" and a 20$ minimum wage can make saving up money very tough if you are not properly prepared.

Keep in mind that since it is the last mission, your people are moody, crime will be constant, disasters will happen, and rebel attacks are common.

[theallenfamily3]

Hmmm, looks hard.

[Eadrick Tudoria]

It is, for sure. But it is definitely do-able.

For this game, this mission is particularly hard. But as far as video games in general are, this game, by comparison isn't very hard.

[theallenfamily3]

Oh, just had a thought, say, for the 65% healthcare, I build two hospitals, will that count later on towards the two hospitals and two cathedrals?

[b0wter]

In general I found it quite easy to use tourism as a way to get things started and then focus on rum. Using a custom avatar with the rum destillery background boosts your income enormously.

[Muzzer AWOG]

just dont do everything when your told to if u can hold it off hold it off until you have built anything and everything you want with a shed load of money then proceed its what i do with every single mission

[moge]

Did it in first try :)

Had a nice mix of tourist and industry...

[Grub-ber]

Yea pretty straightforward managed it first try.

[DeL]

was easy

[Voice From Beyond]

This mission sucked. I was just leisurely moving along, making sure I wasn't going to go broke. It was 2025 when I got to the last objective only to find out I was 13 years past a time limit that is unstated before you begin.