Joe Wild and Jackson: unlock the equipment your shop needs
Use Wild’s network for contacts and permanent upgrades, then use Jackson for equipment. A network unlock and a machine purchase are separate costs.
Quick answer
Use Wild’s network for contacts and permanent upgrades, then use Jackson for equipment. A network unlock and a machine purchase are separate costs.
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Open and pay for a network upgrade
Keep Joe Wild’s business card and call through the shop phone. The published network reference opens the network on day 7, or day 1 with Skip Intro. Review the selected node’s prerequisites, effect and current price. Available Wild’s Favor is spent before Credits. Confirm the purchase, then inspect whether it delivered equipment, introduced a supplier or enabled a recurring service.
Buy a complete route
For water, acquire the trading/supply unlock before scaling treatment. For wine, acquire Retired Winemaker before expecting its contacts and Jackson stock. Retired Gunsmith, Chemist and farming routes similarly identify a business rather than making every input free. Check a delivered kit before buying duplicates.
Jackson’s role
Use Dr. Jackson for machines, signs and tools. His stock changes with progression and network investment. Jackson Investment I and II expand stock/budget, with Monday’s Special Stock requiring both. Keep Credits for energy, containers and inputs after the machine purchase. If it is not offered, check the upgrade prerequisite and next visit instead of assuming a permanent stock list.
Do not buy a bill by accident
Distinguish a one-time network price from the nightly charge of an enabled referral or warning service. Check that it fixes the current problem: buyers for finished stock, suppliers for idle machinery, or warning time for enforcement. Buying several services while rent is unpaid can remove the benefit of a new business.
Sources & version scope
Sources reviewed November 01, 2026. Official patches establish the changes they describe; earlier community reports are not independently tested in 1.0 here.