Papers, Please

Papers, Please

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Scripted entrants and effectiveness
By TSx* Naxer
This guide will tell you how to earn lots of money and predict if papers are good or bad before even looking at them
   
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Introduction
So, are you getting bankrupt after few days? Fear no more because today after reading this guide you will be kicking entrants butts swimming in money after those days you couldn't make.
A lot of info has been taken from my game experience and wiki (yes this game has it's own wiki!).
Mostly it's from my experience. Be aware that this guide might contain spoilers and is only for those people who don't care about people and want to serve Arstotzka well.
How to serve Arstotzka well.

So you want this? Or maybe just some money?
You get those plaques when you get no citations.

But let's finally get to stuff you want to know.

1. Checking strategy

This is very simple. Just don't use your Inspect option. If entrant will make a tiny, little mistake you can safely deny him/her. For example a woman enters your boot and says that she visits friends for 2 weeks while her entry permit says that she stays for 1 month. Don't inspect that since she will always correct herself and you have to look for further mistakes. Just kick her out deny her and you saved yourself lots of time.
Note that after day 18 where "reason for denial" is installed you can't do it like that, however you still can boost that up. If for example names doesn't match you can inspect this and deny without further inspecting.

2. New documents & rules

At the beginning of each day you get new instructions what to check. If new document is introduced the first entrant will have it and will always have correct papers I'm not sure about asylium document thought.
This goes in another way as well. If goverment wants now people to be denied because *put reason here* the first entrant will always have that reason to be denied.

3. Scripted entrants

Scripted entrants are those people who have special text added. Those people have always set place in queue and some of their info will never change. For example, Jorij Costava looks always the same and always has the same name.

During play you will meet people who will ask you to let pass someone. Guess what, those people always have wrong papers and it's clearly visible most of the times. If you want to work hard for your country then just don't care about what people ask and deny them.

Here is big spoiler but if you played day 12 you can safely read it.
At day 12 you will meet a guy that after checking his papers will ask you to get some engineers to his company by giving bussiness cards to them. Engineers will always have valid papers but might make mistake by saying their purpose of coming or duration of stay.

Some scripted people might want to make a deal with you to let them pass. Those people won't have some of their documents for sure.

Another scripted entrants might not be so important and their papers might be valid or not. This is just to tell you that not every scripted person has valid papers or vice versa.

4. Extra

Some people come to your boot but are not entrants. By that I mean either guards or officials. However the game counts them as entrants which means you get money for listening to them and if they are first on the day the clock won't even start.
That's it.
You didn't expect long guide for such simple game, did you? Anyway I'd like to remind you that this guide is mostly for people who don't care about people's problems or EZIC and just want to get rich.
If you found any mistake then feel free to yell at me like hater comment below. Also I'm sorry for my English since you know... I'm not English. :P
21 Comments
thatfinnKonsta 25 Mar @ 1:20am 
this helped thank you
✯ ZarKiiFreeman ☮ 25 Feb @ 10:38am 
pro tip 2: family dont need heat and food every day. buy every 2 days for easy money saving
Felix Joyful 10 Dec, 2022 @ 3:54am 
your imperfect English makes this guide extra immersive! =p
uhlpro 18 Jul, 2022 @ 1:29pm 
Ive noticed every person who gives you a pink vice card has good papers, saves alot of time
laryssrs 21 Feb, 2022 @ 12:12pm 
The things is that if you deny someone with clear paper, you will be punished anyways
AugmentedRazor 25 Aug, 2020 @ 2:01pm 
that was in 2018, I'm cringe.
5foot11killaa 24 Aug, 2020 @ 6:08pm 
@diethyl stop
AugmentedRazor 20 May, 2018 @ 3:04pm 
They need to make a achievement where its called 'NO THOTS!' Where you deny all thots lol
AugmentedRazor 20 May, 2018 @ 2:58pm 
@TAC0CAT I say A lol! XDD
Kaso 18 Mar, 2018 @ 1:24pm 
Prostitues/Strippers always have valid papers apart from Dari Ludum who can be detained using the note from a stripper you get earlier in the day, this also gives you a special headline the next day