🚂 What is “Rail Nation: Clash!”?

Clash! is an exciting mini-game in the Rail Nation lobby, launching alongside the Masters tournament. In each match, you’ll compete against two opponents on a symmetrical track map, with each player starting with their locomotive in a separate corner. You can earn unique career achievements and prizes! ✨

🗺️ Where to find Clash!

You can access Clash! through the Rail Nation lobby once the game has become active and you’ve logged into your game account. It will appear under “Your game worlds”.

🛤️ How to play

• Starting a game: When you begin a game, the system will randomly pair you with two opponents, who will be different for each game you play. The game can begin only once all players have been loaded into the map.
• Move your locomotive: Click on the next waypoint on the map to choose the direction of your locomotive. Your locomotive moves faster when it runs over multiple tracks without stopping. The route you’ve travelled is highlighted in your locomotive’s colour on the map. The horizontal tracks are longer than the diagonal ones.
• Maintain high speed: To maintain your locomotive’s speed and gain an advantage, you can select up to two waypoints ahead. This means that while your locomotive is on its way to a waypoint, you can already click on the next one, allowing your locomotive to move directly to the next destination without slowing down.

• Changing your route: If your locomotive hasn’t yet started on a selected track, you can change its direction by clicking on a different neighbouring waypoint.
• Stopping: If you don’t select a new waypoint, your locomotive will stop at the current one.

📦 Collecting goods

• Goods icons: Goods icons appear randomly on the waypoints. To collect them, simply move to or pass through the waypoint with the icon.
• Scoring points: Each collected goods icon earns you one point. The first player to collect 10 points wins the match.

⚠️ Avoiding collisions

• Opponent’s track: If you cross a track that another player has already coloured, their locomotive will reset to the starting point.
• Your track: If you cross your own track or if an opponent crosses it, your locomotive will be reset.

• Head-on collisions: If two locomotives collide head-on, both players will be reset to the starting point.

🏁 Game modes

• Training rounds: Play as many training rounds as you want. They’re great for practice but won’t affect your ranking.
• Ranked rounds: You can play up to 5 ranked rounds per day. Only ranked rounds count towards your Clash! ranking. The day resets at 00:00 UTC.

🗓️ 2024 tournament schedule

• Training phase: (20th–22nd Sep) – Play and train against other players. Points don’t count towards the ranking yet.
• Preliminary round: (23rd–29th Sep) – Basic points: 1st place gets 6 points, 2nd place gets 4 points, 3rd place gets 2 points.
• Round of sixteen: (30th Sep–6th Oct) – Points are doubled: 1st place earns 12 points, 2nd place earns 8 points, 3rd place earns 4 points.
• Quarter finals: (7th Oct to 13th Oct) – Points are tripled: 1st place gets 18 points, 2nd place gets 12 points, 3rd place gets 6 points.
• Semi finals: (14th–20th Oct) – Points are quadrupled: 1st place earns 24 points, 2nd place earns 16 points, 3rd place earns 8 points.
• Finals: (21st–22nd Oct) – Points are multiplied by five: 1st place gets 30 points, 2nd place gets 20 points, 3rd place gets 10 points.
• Final training phase: (23rd–27th Oct) – Play for fun; no changes will be made to the ranking anymore. Rankings and rewards are finalised at the end of this week.

🏆 Prizes

🎖️ Career achievements

📝 Important notes

• You need a registered Rail Nation account to play.
• You can only participate in Rail Nation: Clash! with one Rail Nation account. Any attempts to cheat or manipulate your ranking will lead to your disqualification.
• While you can play unlimited training rounds, ranked games are limited to five per day.

Join this fun tournament, test your skills and aim for the top spot on the leaderboard. Good luck and enjoy the ride! 🎉🏆

Your Rail Nation Team