🚀 I'm brand new to Tropico — where do I start?
Pick the game you own and jump to its Getting Started section:
- Tropico 1 — Getting Started
- Tropico 2: Pirate Cove — Getting Started
- Tropico 3 — Getting Started
- Tropico 4 — Getting Started
- Tropico 5 — Getting Started
- Tropico 6 — Getting Started
If you came from an older Tropico, the "Coming from Tropico 1" transition guide is on each newer game's page (T2-T6 each have one).
💰 How do I make money fast?
Every Tropico has different export chains. The Economy section tells you which ones pay the most:
- Tropico 1 — Economy (rum, cigars, jewelry chains)
- Tropico 2 — Economy & Plunder (lumber, raiding, rum)
- Tropico 3 — Economy (cars, gold mining, tobacco)
- Tropico 4 — Economy (electronics in Modern Times, cars + cigars before)
- Tropico 5 — Economy (cars + electronics in MT era)
- Tropico 6 — Economy (archipelago + raids + brokers)
🗳️ How do I win an election?
Elections work differently per game. The Elections section covers speech mechanics, faction-targeting, and rigging:
👤 What's the best El Presidente trait?
Trait stacking varies by game. Each guide has a dedicated El Presidente Creation section ranking traits:
🛠️ How do mods + cheats work?
Every game has its own mod scene (or lack thereof). Save game locations, cheat codes, and modding tools are documented per game:
🧭 What are all the meta tools on this site?
TropicoHead is more than 6 game guides — there are cross-game tools to help you navigate:
- 🎯 Strategy index — filterable list of every campaign + scenario walkthrough across all 6 games
- 📊 Compare — side-by-side building + edict tables across games
- 📚 Tropicodex — alphabetical glossary (3,127 named terms) with deep links to source sections
- 🔍 Audit — content gaps dashboard (worst-gap files first)
- 📖 Tropican Almanac — meta-stats dashboard
- 🏛️ Cabinet — 21-badge achievement system + global leaderboard
- 🎲 Random — surprise me with a random section
📢 How do I contribute?
Sign in via the "🗝️ Show your papers" button on any guide page, then:
- Click "✏️ Propose an edit" on any section — submit a markdown improvement; other signed-in users vote up/down
- Open the Citizen Plaza chat strip (📢) on any game page — drop tips, jokes, or corrections
- For the highest-impact gaps to fix, browse the 🔍 audit dashboard
Full contribution guide is on credits.html.