Upgrade your dream metropolis in Cities: Skylines with these unlockable features, policies, buildings and services.
Every massive megapolis has to start somewhere, and Cities beginners might find themselves lacking certain services and fixtures at the start. Getting airports and power plants requires population, and hitting milestones adds more options to the mayoral table. See everything that’s unlockable in Cities: Skylines with the bonuses list below and truly master your town’s fiscal destiny.
Unlockable Population Bonuses
Note: Reach these population milestones to upgrade your city area and unlock buildings, policies, features and services.
Little Hamlet – Population: 500
- Buildings Unlocked: Landfill Site, Elementary School, Medical Clinic
Features Unlocked: Taxes, Loans
Services Unlocked: Education, Garbage, Healthcare
Worthy Village – Population: 1000
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 1 Unique Buildings, Fire House, Police Station
Features Unlocked: Second Loan, Districts
Services Unlocked: Fire Department, Police Department
Policies Unlocked: Services, Power Usage, Smoke Detector, Water Usage, Distribution
Zoning Unlocked: Forestry, Agriculture
Tiny Town – Population: 1300
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 2 Unique Buildings, High School
Features Unlocked: Decoration
Policies Unlocked: Smoking Ban, Decorations, Pet Ban, Parks & Recreation
Boom Town – Population: 2400
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 3 Unique Buildings, Turbine, Advanced Wind Turbine, Bus Depot, Cemetery
Services Unlocked: Bus, Transport
Policies Unlocked: Recreational Use, Recycling
Zoning Unlocked: Ore Industry
Roads Unlocked: Cloverleaf, Intersection, Highway, Highway Ramp, Three-Way Intersection, Large Roundabout
Busy Town – Population: 4600
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 4 Unique Buildings, Oil Power Plant, Hospital, Police Headquarters, Fire Station
Features Unlocked: City Planning Policies
Policies Unlocked: Heavy Traffic Ban, Free Public Transport
Zoning Unlocked: Oil Industry
Roads Unlocked: Highway w/ Sound Barrier, Decorative Road
Big Town – Population: 7000
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 5 Unique Buildings, Incineration Plant, University, Metro Station
Features Unlocked: Taxation Policies
Services Unlocked: Metro
Policies Unlocked: Education Boost, Tax Raise, Tax Relief,
Zoning Unlocked: Residential, High Density Residential, High Density Commercial, Office
Small City – Population: 10000
- Buildings Unlocked: Level 6 Unique Buildings, Hydro Power Plant, Train Station, Cargo Train Terminal
Services Unlocked: Train
Features Unlocked: Big Business Benefactor, Small Business Enthusiast, High Tech Housing, Highrise Ban, Industrial Space Planning
Big City – Population: 16000
- Buildings Unlocked: Water Treatment, Plant, Crematorium
Grand City – Population: 19000
- Buildings Unlocked: Solar Power Plant
Features Unlocked: Third Loan
Capital City – Population: 30000
- Buildings Unlocked: Harbor, Cargo Harbor
Services Unlocked: Ship
Colossal City – Population: 40000
- Buildings Unlocked: Nuclear Power Plant
Metropolis – Population: 65000
- Buildings Unlocked: Airport
Services Unlocked: Planes
Megapolis – Population: 80000
- Features Unlocked: Monuments
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Published: Mar 20, 2015 06:35 pm