TRANSPORT
FEVER 3 FIELD GUIDE
PRE-RELEASE NOTES
TRANSPORT FEVER 3 · PLAYER OPERATIONS

Keep the network moving.

Find where a shipment or passenger route stops. Follow a focused fix for loading, warehouse transfers or worker delivery.

Find a task Check the sources

Transport Fever 3 releases September 29, 2026. Preview footage may differ from the release build.

A cargo ship carrying bulk materials travels along a wooded river in Transport Fever 3
01 / CARGO ON THE WATEROfficial Urban Games press screenshot
01 / START HERE

What are you trying to fix?

Choose the symptom first. Similar looking cargo problems can have different causes.

SEA → ROAD

Fish will not move from ship to truck

Check the ship line’s load and unload direction before looking at the harbor transfer. A ship that has no fish and a port that cannot store fish are separate problems.

Known ruleTransfer between lines needs warehouse storage; the port itself does not store the cargo.
Follow the repair steps Developer answer
PEOPLE → PRODUCTION

Workers are not reaching an industry

The developer confirms that people from nearby towns can raise an industry’s output. Preview footage shows passenger routes reaching fishing grounds and a farm.

What to checkFollow the passenger journey to the industry, then read the worker booster on its panel.
Follow the passenger route Developer cargo blog
INDUSTRY → VEHICLE

The station has no cargo

In TF3, produced cargo waits at the industry until a vehicle collects it. Check the producer, loading point and vehicle before treating an empty station as a production failure.

Known ruleAn industry can load vehicles at its own dock; a separate station must be in its catchment.
Trace the pickup Developer cargo blog
LINE → WAREHOUSE → LINE

Cargo stops at a transfer

Trace an incoming vehicle, warehouse stock and the next vehicle. A platform or port alone does not store cargo for another line.

First checkFind the first place cargo disappears. If the inbound vehicle is empty, repair pickup before storage.
Trace the warehouse handoff Developer transfer answer
LOAD → VEHICLE TYPE

The vehicle will not load this cargo

TF3 has four cargo categories. Check whether the vehicle and any specialized loading module match the cargo, or run a universal vehicle to test the route.

Four classesLiquid · bulk · flatbed · goods. The developer gives examples for each; a complete release-build vehicle list is still to come.
Match cargo and vehicle Developer cargo categories
02 / TRACE A SHIPMENT

Find the first broken link.

A blank station, an idle warehouse and an empty delivery truck look similar from the map. Follow one load from its origin and stop at the first missing handoff.

  1. 01

    Origin

    Is cargo waiting at the producing industry?

    Check industry pickup →
  2. 02

    Inbound vehicle

    Does the right vehicle collect and unload it?

    Check cargo compatibility →
  3. 03

    Warehouse

    Does cargo arrive in storage for the next line?

    Trace the handoff →
  4. 04

    Onward line

    Does the next vehicle leave with the load?

    Check the outgoing leg →

Moving people to an industry is a different route: follow the fishing-ground worker task.

03 / FIELD NOTES

Three rules worth knowing before you build.

These are announced systems. Exact placement, capacity and release build steps need a fresh check when the game launches.

  1. 01

    Cargo waits at its origin

    Produced cargo has no preset destination and remains at the producer until you collect it.

  2. 02

    A transfer needs storage

    Stations and ports do not serve as line to line storage. Add a warehouse for cargo changing lines.

  3. 03

    Workers can boost output

    Supplying workers from nearby towns can increase production at an industry.

04 / WATCH THE NETWORK

See Transport Fever 3 in motion.

Urban Games' official gameplay overview shows cargo networks, warehouses and the management screens used to inspect them. The player loads only when you choose to play.

Open the official gameplay overview on YouTube ↗

For cargo categories, docks and warehouse modules, watch the developer's Industries and Cargo first look ↗.

05 / ORIGINAL SOURCES

See the evidence in context.

DEVELOPER BLOGIndustries and CargoDEVELOPER ANSWERWarehouse transfer rulePREVIEW GAMEPLAYFish route and harbor repair