1 Search across all 6 games at once
Every page has a search bar at the top. Type any term — a building, edict, mechanic, or character — and you'll get results from all 6 mainline Tropicos in one ranked list. Press / from anywhere to focus the search bar, arrow keys to traverse results, and Enter to open one. Press ? for the full search help dialog.
Try it now: go to the home page and type "rum distillery".
2 Find a strategy walkthrough
The /strategy page indexes 59 cross-game walkthroughs by difficulty — tutorial → easy → medium → hard → very-hard. Pick your game, pick your tier, and read the full strategy block with confidence-graded data.
Need to compare mechanics between games first? /compare lays them side-by-side.
3 Browse the Tropicodex
Every building, edict, character, and mechanic across the series lives in /tropicodex — 3,000+ alphabetical terms. Use the A-Z jump-nav at the top or the live filter to narrow down. Every entry deep-links to the exact heading in the source guide.
For the bigger picture, /almanac dashboards lifetime stats and meta indices.
4 Unlock badges in your Cabinet
Your /cabinet tracks 38 achievement badges across common / rare / epic / legendary tiers — unlocked locally as you read, explore meta pages, set up themes, find easter eggs, or build day-streaks. There's even a Konami code badge hiding somewhere on the site.
Already proud of your collection? Click the 📤 button on /cabinet to share a snapshot URL — visitors will see a "Viewing a shared cabinet" banner.
5 Personalize themes and shortcuts
Top-right of every page is a theme toggle. Cycle through Light → Sepia → Dark → High-Contrast → Auto. Your choice is remembered locally. Mobile users get a ☰ FAB bottom-right with the full meta-page menu.
Want the keyboard shortcut list? /shortcuts has every one — including the focus-mode URL trick: append ?focus=1 to any guide page to strip chrome.
Done with the tour? Jump back to a guide page, browse the site map, or read the FAQ for the deeper details.