Mayor

How to win the Mayor election, what the Mayor controls, and how the city vault gets robbed.

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The Mayor runs Ironhaven. You can't pick the Mayor job from the job list. You win it by standing in an election at the Election Clerk. Only one Mayor holds the seat, and it needs Character level 5. The job pays £73,000 salary.

Winning the Election

Enter. Speak to the Election Clerk and pay the £5,000 candidate fee.

Wait for the countdown. Once 2 candidates have entered, voting opens 60 seconds later. The ballot holds up to 8.

Vote. Voting stays open for 45 seconds. Anyone can vote from the banner at the top of their screen or at the clerk. You get one vote, and candidates may vote for themselves.

Win. The candidate with the most votes becomes Mayor and the old Mayor goes back to Citizen. If nobody votes, nobody becomes Mayor.

You can withdraw before voting opens and get your fee back. After voting opens the fee is final. If candidates drop below 2 while the election waits, it's cancelled and the next person to enter restarts the countdown.

After an election finishes, nobody can start a new one for 60 minutes.

Dying doesn't cost you the job unless you die during an active police raid inside the Police Department district.

The Mayor's Desk

Use the Mayor's desk at the Police Department to open the city menu. Only the Mayor can. The tabs are Dashboard, Upgrades, Taxes, Catalog, Laws, Licenses, Officials, Civilians, Wanted, Warrant, Announcement, Lockdown and Statistics.

Tab	What you do
Taxes	Set the tax rate for each district. Rates go back to default when you leave office.
Laws	Add and remove the city laws. Everyone sees a New law message from City Hall.
Wanted and Warrant	Make a player wanted with a reason and duration, clear it, and issue search warrants.
Licenses	Grant or revoke gun licenses.
Officials	Promote a Police Officer to SWAT, or demote any other government official (not a Mayor) to Citizen.
Announcement	Post a message of up to 256 characters on your Announcements Screens.
Lockdown	Start or stop a city lockdown.
Catalog	Buy city boards from the city vault: Announcements Screen £500, Wanted Board £750, City Board £1,500.

Upgrades

You buy upgrades from the city vault.

Upgrade	Effect
Reinforced Doors	City doors take 30, 45, 60, 75 or 90 seconds to lockpick. Costs £2,500, £4,500, £7,500, £15,000 and £25,000.
Health Insurance	Up to 100 extra HP for government jobs over 50 levels
Kevlar	Up to 100 extra armour for government jobs over 50 levels
Fitness Subscription	Up to 30% extra walk and run speed for government jobs over 50 levels
Reinforcements	Extra weapon packages for police over 25 levels
Paycheck Bonus	+0.5% on paychecks per level, up to +50% over 100 levels
Capacity	Raises the vault limit, from £595,000 at level 1 up to £10,000,000 at level 20

When a Mayor leaves office their upgrades, appointments and deposit and withdraw limits reset for the next Mayor, and the boards they bought are removed. The money in the vault stays.

The City Vault

The Mayor's vault at the Police Department holds the city's money. It starts with room for £250,000. Taxes from paychecks pay into it.

Only the Mayor can deposit or withdraw, and only within about 9.5 metres of it.
Each Mayor can deposit up to £5,000,000 and withdraw up to £50,000 during their term.

Robbing It

Only criminal jobs can rob the vault. Press E on it. You need:

A Mayor online.
At least 3 government players online.
At least 10 players on the server.
A Police Department raid declared first.

Stay alive for 3 minutes without leaving the area. If you die, disconnect or go too far, the robbery fails. After any attempt the vault has a 5 minute cooldown. A successful robbery pays you the whole balance straight into your wallet, plus 150 XP, and empties the vault. The alarm sounds for 30 seconds when it starts and police are told. Killing a robber pays £15,000 and 75 XP.