Ticket to Ride – How to Unlock All Conductor Level Achievements

This guide will tell you about Conductor achievements and show you two ways to get the Level 5 prestatie. Due to slow progress and news about servers shutting down, I had to find a new method to unlock these achievements. But before we continue, please be adviced that reports suggests that using the 2nd method results to some crashing problems. Als dat gebeurt, you can refer to our Ticket to Ride troubleshooting guide.

What Counts for Conductor Achievements

After doing some testing, I figured out that only the following things matter for Conductor achievements:

1. Online ranked games,
2. Solo games against bots,
3. Tutorial games (strange but true!)

Keep in mind that progress for offline games (both solo and tutorial) is saved only on your device.

Methode 1: Unlock Using Bots

Ja, you got it right—tutorial games contribute to the achievement, and that’s the strategy we’re going to employ. Completing one tutorial game takes approximately 70 seconden, which is nearly four times faster than a game against bots when farming. If you play 20,000 games, it would take about 389 uur, equivalent to around 16 dagen.

To make this process less tedious, we’ll use AutoHotkey. Manually going through the tutorial 20,000 times would be extremely boring. Here’s the script; just ensure you:

1. Always run it on the same PC, as progress isn’t saved on the cloud/servers.
2. Use AutoHotkey v1.1, as the script isn’t compatible with the newer version (download it from hier).
3. Set your display resolution to 1920×1080.
4. Run the game in fullscreen mode.
5. Launch the game and the ahk script, then press the F2 key to initiate the script.
6. Stop the script with the F3 key before exiting the game.

; This script will keep playing Ticket To Ride

F2::

SetDefaultMouseSpeed,6
WinWaitActive Ticket to Ride
Run()

F3::ExitApp


Run() {
    while true {
        StartNewTutorialGame()
        DrawTicket()
        if (CheckIsStuck()) {
            Restart()
            doorgaan
        }
        PlayMiamiAtlanta()
        PlayAtlantaWashington()
        DrawSecondAndFourth()
        PlayWashingtonNewYork()
        DrawNewTicket()
        DrawFourthAndDeck()
        PlayNewYorkMontreal()
        DrawNewTicket()
        DrawFourthAndFifth()
        PlayMontrealChicago()
        DrawSecondAndDeck()
        PlayChicagoDuluth()
        DrawSecondAndDeck()
        PlayDuluthDenver()
        ConfirmLastTurn()
        Draw2Deck()
        ClickForwardAndQuit()
    }
}

StartNewTutorialGame()
{
    ;Click Play
    Click, 713, 299
    Slaap, 1000
    ;Click Tutorial
    Click, 1061, 139
    Slaap, 1000
    ;Click Go
    Click, 1000, 839
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawTicket()
{
    Klikken, 1846, 345
    Slaap, 1000
    Klikken, 1846, 903
    Slaap, 1000
}

PlayMiamiAtlanta()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1506, 883
    Slaap, 1000
}

PlayAtlantaWashington()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1496, 653
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawSecondAndFourth()
{
    Slaap, 2000
    DrawSecond()
    DrawFourth()
}

PlayWashingtonNewYork()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1566, 405
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawNewTicket()
{
    Slaap, 1000
    ;Click Go
    Click, 1000, 939
    Slaap, 1000
    ;Click Ticket Pile
    Click, 1846, 100
    Slaap, 1000
    DrawTicket()
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawFourthAndDeck()
{
    Slaap, 2000
    DrawFourth()
    DrawFromDeck()
}

PlayNewYorkMontreal()
{
    Klikken, 850, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1566, 305
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawFourthAndFifth()
{
    Slaap, 2000
    DrawFourth()
    DrawFifth()
}

PlayMontrealChicago()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1366, 305
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawSecondAndDeck()
{
    Slaap, 1000
    DrawSecond()
    DrawFromDeck()
}

PlayChicagoDuluth()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 1166, 365
    Slaap, 1000
}

PlayDuluthDenver()
{
    Klikken, 1000, 959
    Slaap, 500
    Klikken, 876, 445
    Slaap, 1000
}

Draw2Deck()
{
    Slaap, 1000
    DrawFromDeck()
    DrawFromDeck()
}

ConfirmLastTurn()
{
    Slaap, 2000
    ;Click Go
    Click, 1000, 839
    Slaap, 1000
    Send, {Binnenkomen 100}
}

DrawFirst()
{
    
}

DrawSecond()
{
    Klikken, 1846, 345
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawThird()
{

}

DrawFourth()
{
    Klikken, 1846, 557
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawFifth()
{
    Klikken, 1846, 757
    Slaap, 1000
}

DrawFromDeck()
{
    Klikken, 1846, 803
    Slaap, 1000
}

ClickForwardAndQuit()
{
    Slaap, 1000
    ; Forward
    Click, 1446, 957
    Slaap, 1000
    ; Quit
    Click, 877, 42
    Slaap, 1000
}

CheckIsStuck()
{
    PixelGetColor, kleur, 1000, 550, RGB
    if (color = 0xF4EFE1)
    {
        Slaap, 1000
        return true
    }
    else
    {
        return false
    }
}

Restart()
{
    Slaap, 1000
    Send, {Ontsnappen 100}
    Slaap, 1000
    Send, {Ontsnappen 100}
    Slaap, 1000
    Send, {Binnenkomen 100}
}

Feel free to try different values for DefaultMouseSpeed and Sleep times, but based on my experience, the ones mentioned above are the most reliable. Af en toe, the tutorial may get stuck while drawing the ticket. I’ve incorporated some logic into the script to automatically restart it if that happens.

Methode 2: Unlock By Editing Save Files

Als 390 hours still feels like too much, and you’re open to a bit of cheating, there’s a way to reach your goal much faster. The progress for offline games is stored locally in the UserDefault.xml file, located in local app data:

%localappdata%\Days of Wonder\Ticket to Ride\UserDefault.xml

Here’s what you can do:

1. Open the file in your favorite text editor (ensure the game is not running).
2. Zoek naar de <NbSoloGamesPlayed> element, zoals dit: <NbSoloGamesPlayed>12345</NbSoloGamesPlayed>.
3. Update the value to 200000 (or any desired number) and save the file.
4. Run the game, and you should be done. (You might need to play one more game, but I didn’t test that).