Westward 3: Gold Rush
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Good news for all Westward series fans, Westward 3: Gold Rush is now available for download!
When gold is discovered in the Northern California wilderness, speculators flock west in hopes of striking it rich.
Along the way the kind-hearted, but financially struggling, Baron family welcomes three weary travelers into their home and offers them a place to rest.
Grateful for their hospitality, the pioneers make a promise to repay the family for their kindness and generosity when they are settled.
Steer the fortunes of three adventurous pioneers as they build and defend their ever-growing settlement from dangerous bandits determined to cheat or steal from anyone they cross.
Explore uncharted terrain rich in natural resources – where gold is abundant and treachery hides behind every handshake – and gather the supplies needed to build your dusty tent settlement into a thriving boomtown.
Customize your town with over 50 buildings, upgrades and luxury items, and hire lawmen and gunslingers to keep the peace.
In Westward 3: Gold Rush, fortune is yours for the taking!
- Explore all-new environments.
- Powerful building, weapon and environmental upgrades.
- Battle new enemies, including ferocious wild animals.
- High degree of replayability.
- Depth and challenge.
- Unlock secret items hidden throughout Westward 3.
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current rating 3.60
I feel as if I’vebeen playing Earthquake Valley for ever. Does anyone have any tips for getting through it.I can’t get above 15 people even though I have a sheriffs office. HELP!!!
Hi. I am stuck on trying to get the engine for the Mechanic. I have tried several times to feed the fire by putting my person on the fire after collecting wood but nothing happens. Is there something I am missing? Any assistance would greatly be appreciated!
Hi Freedom,
If I remember rightly, click on the box above the fire and it should ask if you want to feed the fire. It also doesn’t seem to matter if you let one of them go out and just concentrate on the other one. Split your law keepers between the two fires though as the wolves will still attack both.
Marion…did you actually hire a sherrif??
freedom…be sure you have enough wood to feed it!
Marion,
You need the luxury fortification in order to get through earthquake.
How do you get the ostrich farm?
I seem to be way behind everyone!! Really stuck on ‘Con the Swindler’, all I need to do is cross the river to meet Willy but I don’t seem to be able to get across. Please help!
How do you get the lumber jack off the island I cant blow any thing up in the water to clear obstructions or place a bridge anywhere on it. I am loosing my mind please someone give me a way off this quest!!!!!!!!!!!
PeeWeeswife.
Build your first bridge across to the island that has the supplies on it. If you go back to early pages of this discussion several of us have given full instructions on how to do it. Ignore going up into the wood and building the store. (You only need 3 dynamite by the way.
I’m still on Earthquake valley, and yes I do have a sheriff and I have got fortification. It’s driving me nuts.
MARION
please help me, I’m on ‘Con the Swindler’ and it says I need to cross the river to meet Willy but I can’t get across, looks like I need to rescue lumberjacks to get a bridge to him but that quest isn’t coming up, how long does it take to come up after they’ve taken my panning mines off me?
what can I did: 7 votes more for the election ??? Help :-)!
I found I didn’t need all the votes – I won the election before I’d done earthquake valley, but I don’t know what triggered it. It may have been building a rail station.
Ok, rescuing the lumberjacks. You paddle downriver on the main town, to where the 2 people are standing on the wee island. If the time is right they will speak to you and ask you to rescue the lumberjacks. This will lead to the bridge building tutorial. When you’ve completed that, you are met by 2 lumberjacks who ask you to rescue the other 5. Get 1 working on the lumber mill and the other collecting gold etc. Ignore the chap that asks you to rebuild his store. Take your Hero along the river to where it meets the other river,and build a bridge across to the island where there are a lot of supplies. There is a lumberjack there as well but you can’t reach him. Collect 2 dynamite from here and then go back to where you can enter the river. Wade in to where you can reach the rocks that block it, set the dynamite and blow them up. Carry on wading round and rescue the man (and supplies) get him working on the mainland picking up things, getting gold, wood etc, anyway as you rescue them, get them working. Blow up the next rocks and rescue the 2nd man. Move on to the island (at the bottom of the screen) and build a bridge across to where the woman is waiting. Rescue her, and then build a bridge across from her to the island where there are more supplies (the middle one) It will look as if you have 2 bridges side by side. Pick up dynamite and then back on the land and head up to where the other woman is blocked in by rocks. Blow them up and rescue her. Head back to the main land, and either your Hero or someone else can build a bridge across to where the last woman is just opposite the lumber mill.
Hope this helps.
Back in the real world, build a bridge from the land on the right to land of the left (where the bandits are),then build a bridge from there to the wee island where the stranded 2 are. I left this wee bridge there, because then you can walk into the water if you want to.
By the way, this will also get you across the river to meet Willie.
Dymphna, to get the Ostrich farm you need to collect all the eggs.
what can I did: 7 votes more for the election ??? Help me:-)!
Marion, I could kiss you!!!!
I need 6 more experience points in the Earthquake quest to get the hotel unlocked, how do i get them???? PLease help….i have pop 20 and all buildings built….but town happiness is down -25 due to low population??????? Help..i am grateful
where is: Haunted town and what can I did? I need 7 Votes more. Help!
Hello, can someone help me? I need to know how to plant the trees?
sincerely,
desperate
What do i need to do to find the key for the hidden treasure?
Ok, finally got the last egg – you have to have all the fish out of the area in order to click on that egg. Go figure.
How do I get to the second treasure hunt?
The hat in the center of the inventory of hats?
And the last item in the store?
Thanks
Martin – you need to build things like flower pots, outhouses, church, graveyard, lanterns and the such in order to get your last few points.
Thanks Lea, although if you don’t mind I’ll pass on your very kind offer. I take it your rescued them all.
YAY!!!! I got through Earthquake Valley. I saved every happy point as I got it (like every minute) but I got there. Oh, and I got the last 7 votes……….even though the election was won by Redds dad ages ago.
Andy, at the back of the wooded area up in top right there is a tunnel entrance. Build a light there and the rest will follow.
Martin, let your supplies build up or make sure you have the general store (so you can swap.) Build toilets, lights and flower beds, any new building will gain you points and happiness. Keep checking your town stats, and try and keep people employed, tents to a minimum, and the buildings repaired. Don’t be afraid to destroy them yourself if earthquakes or fire has damaged them so much that there isn’t much difference in rebuilding or repairing, and quite often you will get some salvage from blowing them up. Save your game often, then if a disaster drops your points you can go back.
Anyway, despite whatever time this post is timed at it is really 1 am here in Scotland so I’m off to bed to dream about this stupid game!!!!
Why haven’t I got all the goods and all the hats in the shops?
Andy – you need to build a lantern in front of the tunnel in the NE corner of the game. Then when you go in there you can get to the Haunted village. Be sure to keep adding people just fast enough to keep resources coming and not loose the game.
Yes, and Andy, DON’T feed them. Also, try and get your Church built asap. It slows the horseman down, if it doesn’t stop him altogether. I also blew up any buildings I didn’t need – the farm, the gun shop and the silo – it gives you more wood for building housing. Put someone into the general store, get your 2 dynamite asap , and then it doesn’t matter if they get possessed.
I stuck at hidden eggs quest. I have built a bridge on the river just next to a cave and now the last egg is there and i cannot blow the bridge up. And also Ä° cannot find the key for the hidden treasure, maybe it is in that cave too however there is bridge and i cannot get the egg and the cave. Please help!
Blue – why can’t you blow the bridge up? The key is in the tunnel on the right hand side so you need to be able to get in there. If you can’tblow up the bridge, I think you’ll need to take your game back to pre bridge. Sorry.
I am desperate. My hero keeps killing the dog in Lost & Hound. How do I stop that from happening? I’ve tried moving the hero in short spurts, but every he stops, he shoots.
Does anyone know why I didn’t get the winery plans when I finished the keg quest? My daughter got the plans on her game but I didn’t
blue- you cant blow up the bridge with dynomite. you need to click on the bridge then hit the bomb button
I really need help. I can’t find the crate that the bandits were guarding. I killed them and I shot the gun shop down, but there was a gold mine behind it. I can’t find a crate anywhere!!! HELP!!!
outofmymind – you need to move the character quicker, don’t let him stop. As soon as he starts to stop click on a spot beyond him towards the kennel.
Sassy-Sue – you need to make about 5 planters and keep watering them until they all turn purple. Then there will be a woman who wants to speak to you.
i got every trophy, except the 3rd item in the gen. store, please help, also, the mystery trophy, i don’t know how to get that. thanks a lot
@Katie #481
>I really need help. I can’t find the crate that the bandits were guarding. I killed
>them and I shot the gun shop down, but there was a gold mine behind it. I
>can’t find a crate anywhere!!! HELP!!!
You think that was the only nest of vipers in them thar hills? Keep looking for another bandit camp further north.
I’m on the quest with the pumpkin head horseman. I can’t seem to figure it out. got as far as builing the cemitarys. but my people were still pumkinheads. Help any clues how to defeat this one.
In order to get the skins off the bear you have to first build a trade post and then the tanery. Shoot down the gun store that the bandits are in front of, they will then shoot at you so have back up.
Where do I find the white bunny????
I can’t seem to find the red flowers. Please help.
Does anyone know how to defeat the headless horseman?
I need help figuring out how to get the secret items unlock?
Hello, I am trying to solve the mistery of the haunted town. I have tried everything I can think of and led my hero all over but I have no clue. Can anyone help?
pls….i been trying
Win the election
hire jack as town mayon
collect 2 more votes for election
also i have 1 grape farm but no winely….
pls help me to finish those
hey, I’m back. I have been playing chocolatier decadance by design cool game. anyway back to westward 3. I am seeing a lot of questions on pages 8, 9, and 10 that have been answered on previous pages. I know it’s a pain but if you go back and read ALL of the pages you will find the answers you are looking for.
1) to get the bunny you need to build 3 farms growing carrots.
2)to get the red flowers build a flower planter and have someone water it the flowers will turn red. water them again and they will turn purple. turn 5 planters purple and a lady will show up to offer you grape seeds for $50. take it. it unlocks one of the mystery clues in the store.
3) depending on which mystery trophy you are talking about. You get one for generousity by having 10 of your townspeople to throw a coin into the fountain. to get the general store trophy you have to have wine, cheese, and boots for sell in the general store.
4)To stop your hero from killing the pet “dog” have your hero turn around and the pet will follow him/her into the pen. everytime you have your hero stop he/she will turn around and start shooting again so try to not have them stop between the pot and the backside of the pen. the pen will automatically close when the pet goes in. It works the same way the roundup quest did in ww2.
5)have you gotten your grapes? You may need to have your grapes before the winery will show up for you to be able to build a winery. I’m not sure. I didn’t have this problem.
6) to plant trees you have to buy them in the store and then you can buy them to plant in the general store for $80 a plant. have your hero or one of your lumberjacks plant them. It will give you a green circle just like when you are trying to build a lumber stand.
hope this helps some so you don’t have to go back and read everything. but it is really helpful to go back and read through all of the comments from #1 to the very last one. Might take a little while but a wealth of information is awaiting for you in all of the comments. Make sure you get all of your quests done in campaign one before you leave because just like ww2 you CAN’T go back. I missed almost all of the quests in campaign 1 the first time I played. Reading the posts help me get through the game and get all of my trophies. Hope this helps.
marion,
to get all of the hats you have to finish the game. to get the boots you have to have I believe a tannery, a ranch raising cattle and a blacksmith. (might not need the blacksmith) you have to have a trading post to be able to build a tannery. to get cheese you have to finish all of the trading post challenges in campaign 1 and 2 to get the butter churn. build 3 ranches and 3 butter churns. to get the wine you need 3 farms growing grapes and 3 wineries. if one says sour grapes you need to blow it up and build another until you have 3 that say winery. also if you read the earlier posts it gives a list of the hats and how to get them. FYI to get the hat trophy you have to sell at least 1 of every hat. earlier posts tells you exactly what you need to get boots. I don’t have my game open right now to go look.
Haunted Valley- here’s a hint, the pumpkin head guy can’t possess someone if he can’t catch them.
Okay…. I have seen a couple of people ask this question, but have not yet seen where anyone answered it. So, I’m sorry if I just missed it. I am having trouble figuring out how to get across the river to talk to Willy. Do I need a bridge? If so…. it never does show me James so I can go to the Lumberjack Challenge. Am I missing something?? Someone help me please!
SAME PROBLEM SCOTT HAD:
CAN’T CLEAR RIVER ON BANDIT’S SIDE!!!!!!
HERO WON’T GO OVER THERE, SAYS NEED TO HIRE GUND, BUT HIRED ALL 3 AND DEFEATED BANDITS.
HELPHELPHELPHELPHELPHELPHELPHELP
Esther to get across the river to talk to Willy you have to blow up the rocks in the river to the left of the propector in the river and walk through the water up to the 2 people who are on a sand bar. the man will talk to you about saving the lumberjacks. Sometimes he gives your the option to go right them to go save them. This will open up the bridge tutioral and you get the ability to build bridges. You have to build a lumber mill before you can build bridges after you get back from saving the lumberjacks. build a bridge to get them off of the sandbar and and then you will be able to go meet Willy. Be sure you finish all the of the quests before you finish the challenge to drill the gold mine with guy Willy supposeably wants to help you double-cross. Once you leave campaign one you can’t come back just like the previous ww games. also if you go to page 4 comment 174 it addresses something about the lumberjacks. also on page 5 post number 243 will take you to a link to a complete walkthrough with 2 updates.
sly- can’t remember what problem scott was having. I will go read some again and try to give you a answer.
sly here is your answer at least I think this is what you are looking for:
Having trouble with groups of bandits (and not enough money to hire gunslingers?)
Spoiler
When you go up to a group slowly, you can get one bandit to follow you a little way from the rest. Shoot this guy and then go get another and do the same. It saves money on gunslingers and really helps in the Wanted Poster missions.
hey sorry for the misspelled words forgot to check my spelling before I posted.
hi ppl i need help cause i need to save up for a bank but i keep on losing money so please can some one help me and when u get the inventer how u fix all the buildings.