When you start a new game in Rise of Industry, the first thing you do is place your Headquarters, also known as the HQ Building. The Headquarters building provides a general overview of several different functions.
Functions of the Headquarters[]
The Headquarters building has 5 main functions; Overview, Research, Loans, Contracts and Advancement.
Overview[]
In the overview you can do the following:
- View the total value of all your assets
- Choose a new headquarters model, after unlocking one of the following:
- 8 unlocks in the rural specialization
- 18 unlocks in the rural specialization
- 7 unlocks in the light industry
- 17 unlocks in the light industry
- 4 unlocks in the heavy industry
- 14 unlocks in the heavy industry
- Relocate your Headquarters
Research[]
In the research tab you can view or change the following:
- Set your monthly research (Tech Tree) investment amount. The investment amount can be set between $0, $100k, $250, $1M, $2.5M and $5M.
- View your current research and unlock queue
- Go directly to the Tech Tree
Loans[]
In the Loans tab you can view or do the following:
- You current running loans and the option to pay them back immediatly
- Take out a new loan
Contracts[]
The contracts tab shows the following:
- Your current active contracts
Advancement[]
The advancement tab shows the following:
- Settlements that desire to grow to the next size and require certain building materials to do so