Transport Fever 3 Town Growth — Supplies, Authority & 18 Levels
Towns progress through 18 documented levels. Deliveries generate XP, while Supplies and the weakest of six Authority ratings shape growth.
Read Supplies and Authority
The current Towns manual lists 18 levels. Supplies combines passenger and cargo supply; Authority is constrained by the lowest of Reputation, Happiness, Delivery, Traffic, Noise and Pollution. Read the town overview and relevant data layer before choosing an investment. Exact hidden weights and recovery rates are not supplied by this page.
Documented experience rules
The current manual gives 5 XP for a same-town passenger, 10 for a neighboring origin and 20 for a farther origin. Cargo complexity awards 10/20/40 XP. Level 2 requires 1000 total XP and later requirements rise by a factor of 1.5. These are manual values, not independent game measurements; exact rating-to-multiplier details remain Unknown.
Inspect the weakest rating
Open the town statistics and inspect each of the six ratings. Check whether the problem is unserved passengers, missing demanded cargo, long journeys, late cargo, congestion, residential noise or local pollution. Improve the constrained stage before assuming a larger fleet creates growth.
Demand and progression
Commercial and industrial districts begin with one cargo demand each. The manual adds commercial slots at levels 5 and 9, and industrial slots at 7 and 11. Record the actual current demand before planning the next chain; a marketing cargo total is not a town's request.
Practical workflow and limits
Select one town and keep a record of its level, demand, Supplies, six ratings and passenger origins. Compare before/after under the same difficulty and modifiers. This is editorial inspection guidance; hidden growth weights and a guaranteed recovery time are not established.
Connected operations
Parent: Transport Fever 3 Cities — Town Growth & Authority Ratings ↗
Next action: Transport Fever 3 Cities — Town Growth & Authority Ratings ↗
Planning tool: City Growth Diagnostic ↗
Version and changes: Update desk ↗
Sources and verification
Facts are attributed to official post-launch documentation. Procedures are editorial inspection advice; they do not claim a tested save or release-build benchmark.
Last checked: 2026-10-13 · Evidence before estimates · Corrections