Industry areas

The Industries DLC added the ability to create specialized industrial zones called "Industry Areas" with user placed buildings, as opposed to the base game's growable buildings in the specialized zoned industry. The two types can both be utilized in the same city. Zoned industry can exist within Industry Areas, but most of the user placed buildings from the Industries DLC need to be within an Industry Area. Exceptions are the warehouses and Unique Factories, as well as the Postal Service buildings.

The buildings come in 5 types: extractors, processors, factory, auxiliary, and warehouses. Extractors create raw products at a rate dependent on resource abundance and building maximum. Raw products are then used by processors to create one of two processed materials known generically as "Special Goods". There are 8 types of Special Goods, two for each Industry type. Auxiliary buildings increase the efficiency of extractors and processors. Factories then take the Special Goods and use them to create "Luxury Goods" that can be exported or sent to commercial zones. Factories do not need to be placed in specialized zones and may require Special Goods from multiple different specializations. Warehouses store materials to be shipped to other buildings and don't need to be placed in a specialized zone. There are raw product storage areas specific to each specialization and general warehouses that can also hold processed materials.

Creating an Industry Area

A very small Industry Area will be created upon deploying one of the four Main Buildings. This Area must be enlarged in order to place additional buildings within the Industry Area, as they must be within it to work. Alternately, an Industry Area may be created first, and then the Main Building can be placed within it.

Creating or enlarging an area is achieved with an area paint brush found in the Districts and Areas menu in the game. See Districts and Areas for more detailed information on creating an Area.

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  Paint Industry Area

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  Erase Industry Area

Main Buildings

Each Industry Area must have a Main Building that will define what type (Farming, Forestry, Oil, Ore) of Industrial Area it is, and it is the first building to be placed. As soon as it is placed, it generates a small industry area covering itself which can be expanded from there. Police service and garbage collection will take place through this building, while the fire service will go directly to the building on fire. The Main Building is required for the other buildings in the Industrial Area to operate. The appearance of the Main Building changes when the Industry Area reaches level 3 and level 5.

Leveling up

Industry Areas level up as you produce resources and supply jobs. They start at level 1 and max out at 5. Each level unlocks new buildings, increases production rates by 4% and lowers pollution rates by 10%.

Level	Resources Produced	Workers employed
1	Place Main Building
2	500	150
3	1,500	350
4	4,500	550
5	13,500	800

Forest Industry Area

Forests are a renewable resource giving a modest increase in tax incomes. Forestry does not pollute the ground, but it is noisy (think sawmills and forestry tools/machines).

The forest natural resource can be artificially created by planting trees in an area. These will be treated by the game as equivalent to natural forests. The forest industry is also renewable so it does not ever run out, unlike oil and ore industries. There are special trucks for the forest industry that are log trucks and the factories look slightly different.

Forestry mostly provides jobs at low education levels, with a limited amount of jobs available for well and highly educated workers.

Forest Industry Extractors

All Forest Industry Extractors produce the raw resource "Raw Forest Products". They use no electricity and produce no noise or pollution.

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Small Tree Plantation	1	4,000	8	0	0	320	0	8×8 = 64	20	0.3125	4,800	600	75
	Medium Tree Plantation	3	8,000	24	0	0	400	0	8×16 = 128	40	0.3125	8,000	333.3333	62.5
	Large Tree Plantation	5	12,000	40	0	0	480	0	16×16 = 256	50	0.1953	11,200	280	43.75
	Small Tree Sapling Field	2	5,500	16	0	0	400	0	8×8 = 64	25	0.3906	6,400	400	100
	Large Tree Sapling Field	4	10,000	32	0	0	480	0	8×16 = 128	45	0.3516	9,600	300	75

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Forest Industry Processors

Paper	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Biomass Pellet Plant	2	20,000	240	25	50	320	1440	16×8 = 128	70	0.5469	3,200	13.3333	25
	Pulp Mill	5	30,000	352	30	70	960	1600	16×8 = 128	95	0.7422	6,400	18.1818	50

Planed Timber	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Sawmill	1	15,000	160	0	50	320	640	6×6 = 36	46	1.2778	3,200	20	88.8889
	Engineered Wood Plant	4	25,000	288	0	50	480	1440	8×8 = 64	90	1.4063	6,400	22.2222	100

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Forest Industry Auxiliary

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Notes
	Forestry Main Building	0	20,000	120	0	20	192	480	10×8 = 80	40	0.5	Required to specialize zone in forestry
	Forestry Worker's Barracks	2	12,000	160	0	25	240	240	13×12 = 156	35	0.2244	Increase production rate by 5% per building, max 100%
	Forestry Maintenance Building	4	30,000	200	0	25	160	480	9×15 = 135	50	0.3704	Increase storage capacity by 5% per building

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Forest Industry Storage Buildings

Storage for "Raw Forest Products" only. Raw Forest Products are produced by all Forestry Industry Area extractor buildings and by zoned forest industry extractors. Raw Forest Products may be imported at a cost, or produced locally and exported for money.

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Trucks	Trucks/cell	Capacity	Capacity (Units/₡)	Capacity (Units/cell)
	Small Log Yard	1	5,000	12	0	20	160	80	8×8 = 64	12	0.1875	300,000	25,000.00	4,687.50
	Saw Dust Storage	2	6,500	20	0	25	240	160	6×8 = 48	15	0.3125	400,000	20,000.00	8,333.33
	Large Log Yard	3	10,000	24	0	35	320	240	12×13 = 156	20	0.1282	500,000	20,833.33	3,205.13
	Wood Chip Storage	4	15,000	40	0	50	400	400	13×8 = 104	25	0.2404	600,000	15,000.00	5,769.23

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Farming Industry Area

Fertile land is a renewable resource that gives a modest increase in tax income and, with the correct setup, food for the city, without producing extra ground pollution. Instead, the agriculture Specialization will have an increased demand on the city's water supply.

Farming mostly provides jobs at low education levels, with a limited amount of jobs available for well and highly educated workers. Farmed produce can be both exported for money or used to supply Commercial zones with the "Organic and Local Produce" specialization.

Farming Industry Extractors

All Farming Industry Extractors produce the raw resource "Crops".

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Small Crop Field	1	4,000	12	0	0	400	0	4×8 = 32	20	0.625	4,800	400	150
	Medium Crop Field	3	8,000	28	0	0	560	0	8×8 = 64	22	0.3438	8,000	285.7143	125
	Large Crop Field	5	12,000	40	0	0	640	0	8×16 = 128	27	0.2109	11,200	280	87.5
	Small Fruit Field	1	4,000	12	0	0	400	0	4×8 = 32	20	0.625	4,800	400	150
	Medium Fruit Field	3	8,000	28	0	0	560	0	8×8 = 64	22	0.3438	8,000	285.7143	125
	Large Fruit Field	5	12,000	40	0	0	640	0	8×16 = 128	27	0.2109	11,200	280	87.5

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Farming Industry Processors

Animal Products	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Small Animal Pasture	1	7,500	40	0	25	400	0	6×8 = 48	25	0.5208	2,400	60	50
	Large Animal Pasture	5	20,000	160	0	50	560	0	10×14 = 140	33	0.2357	5,600	35	40
	Cattle Shed	2	12,000	160	20	50	320	240	4×7 = 28	55	1.9643	3,200	20	114.2857
	Milking Parlor	3	14,000	192	25	50	240	640	5×9 = 45	70	1.5556	4,000	20.8333	88.8889
	Slaughterhouse	4	16,000	224	25	50	240	480	14×15 - 6 = 204	85	0.4167	4,800	21.4286	22.8571

Flour	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Flour Mill	2	15,000	160	20	50	160	640	6×8 = 48	45	0.9375	4,000	25	83.3333

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Farming Industry Auxiliary

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Notes
	Farming Main Building	0	15,000	160	0	20	192	480	7×4 = 28	50	1.7857	Required to specialize zone in farming
	Farm Worker's Barracks	2	10,000	160	0	25	240	240	4×2 = 8	40	5	Increase production rate by 5% per building, max 100%
	Farm Maintenance Building	4	25,000	200	0	25	160	480	6×3 = 18	75	4.1667	Increase storage capacity by 5% per building

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Farming Industry Storage Buildings

Storage for "Crops" only. Crops are produced by all Farming Industry Area extractor buildings and by zoned farming industry extractors. Crops may be imported at a cost, or produced locally and exported for money.

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Trucks	Trucks/cell	Capacity	Capacity (Units/₡)	Capacity (Units/cell)
	Small Grain Silo	1	6,000	16	0	20	80	160	1×2 = 2	12	6	300,000	18,750.00	150,000.00
	Small Barn	2	12,000	32	0	20	240	240	2×3 = 6	15	2.5	400,000	12,500.00	66,666.67
	Large Barn	4	18,000	48	0	35	400	320	2×4 = 8	20	2.5	500,000	10,416.67	62,500.00
	Large Grain Silo	5	22,000	64	0	35	320	400	3×4 = 12	25	2.0833	600,000	9,375.00	50,000.00

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Oil Industry Area

Oil is a limited resource that will increase tax income significantly, but it also produces significant ground pollution and requires more electricity than other industry. Extracted oil can be used as fuel in oil power plants if it is extracted using specialized industry, but not when using DLC oil industry buildings. The oil industry buildings are similar to the ones in real life, comprised of a small and simple oil extractor and sometimes a small building.

The oil industry provides jobs at a variety of education levels.

Oil Industry Extractors

All Oil Industry Extractors produce the raw resource "Oil".

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Small Oil Pump	1	8,000	24	30	40	240	480	1×2 = 2	18	9	4,800	200	2,400.00
	Large Oil Pump	3	16,000	48	50	60	400	960	3×3 = 9	30	3.3333	8,000	166.6667	888.8889
	Small Oil Drilling Rig	2	12,000	40	40	40	240	640	2×3 = 6	30	5	6,400	160	1,066.67
	Large Oil Drilling Rig	4	20,000	80	60	60	320	800	4×4 = 16	50	3.125	9,600	120	600
	Offshore Oil Drilling Platform	5	45,000	160	50	40	240	1250	15×6 = 90	90	1	11,200	70	124.4444

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Oil Industry Processors

Petroleum	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Oil Sludge Pyrolysis Plant	1	25,000	240	50	50	240	800	3×4 = 12	70	5.8333	4,000	16.6667	333.3333
	Waste Oil Refining Plant	4	35,000	400	80	50	240	1120	3×4 = 12	90	7.5	8,000	20	666.6667

Plastics	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Petrochemical Plant	2	30,000	320	70	50	320	1600	4×7 = 28	80	2.8571	4,000	12.5	142.8571
	Naphtha Cracker Plant	5	40,000	480	70	50	240	1600	12×6 = 72	100	1.3889	8,000	16.6667	111.1111

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Oil Industry Auxiliary

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Notes
	Oil Industry Main Building	0	30,000	240	0	50	192	480	9×11 = 99	45	0.4545	Required to specialize zone in oil industry
	Oil Industry Worker's Barracks	2	15,000	224	0	25	240	240	4×7 = 28	40	1.4286	Increase production rate by 5% per building, max 100%
	Oil Industry Maintenance Building	4	35,000	288	0	25	160	640	6×7 = 42	50	1.1905	Increase storage capacity by 5% per building

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Oil Industry Storage Buildings

Storage for "Oil" only. Oil is obtained by Oil Industry Area extractor buildings and by zoned oil industry extractors. Oil may be imported at a cost, or extracted locally and exported for money.

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Trucks	Trucks/cell	Capacity	Capacity (Units/₡)	Capacity (Units/cell)
	Small Crude Oil Tank Farm	1	7,500	32	0	40	240	80	7×8 = 56	12	0.2143	300,000	9,375.00	5,357.14
	Large Crude Oil Tank Farm	5	30,000	128	0	60	400	160	10×11 = 110	25	0.2273	600,000	4,687.50	5,454.55
	Crude Oil Storage Cavern	2	12,000	64	0	25	320	800	7×7 = 49	15	0.3061	400,000	6,250.00	8,163.27
	Oil Industry Storage	3	20,000	96	0	50	240	960	6×5 = 30	20	0.6667	500,000	5,208.33	16,666.67

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Ore Industry Area

Ore is a limited resource that produces more tax income and sizable ground pollution, although not as much as oil industry. Ore industry requires more electricity than usual industry, but less than oil industry. Extracted ore can be used as fuel in coal power plants.

The ore industry provides jobs at a variety of education levels.

Ore Industry Extractors

All Ore Industry Extractors produce the raw resource "Ore".

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Small Ore Mine	1	6,500	16	30	40	240	320	6×9 = 54	25	0.463	4,800	300	88.8889
	Medium Ore Mine	3	13,000	48	40	40	320	480	11×14 = 154	30	0.1948	8,000	166.6667	51.9481
	Large Ore Mine	5	35,000	128	50	50	480	1120	8×26 = 208	80	0.3846	11,200	87.5	53.8462
	Small Ore Mine Underground	2	10,000	32	40	40	240	480	6×9 = 54	35	0.6481	6,400	200	118.5185
	Large Ore Mine Underground	4	18,000	64	50	50	400	960	7×13 = 91	55	0.6044	9,600	150	105.4945
	Seabed Mining Vessel	3	25,000	60	40	40	320	560	15×7 = 105	50	0.4762	8,800	146.6667	83.8095

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Ore Industry Processors

Glass	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Glass Manufacturing Plant	2	25,000	256	20	40	240	1920	8×14 = 112	60	0.5357	3,200	12.5	28.5714
	Fibreglass Plant	4	35,000	384	60	50	320	1120	16×6 = 96	85	0.8854	6,400	16.6667	66.6667

Metals	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Production (Units/week)	Production (Units/₡)	Production (Units/cell)
	Ore Grinding Mill	1	20,000	192	50	100	240	1600	7×7 = 49	45	0.9184	3,200	16.6667	65.3061
	Rotary Kiln Plant	3	30,000	320	60	75	320	1280	16×16 = 256	65	0.2539	6,400	20	25

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Ore Industry Auxiliary

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Workplaces	Jobs/cell	Notes
	Ore Industry Main Building	0	25,000	200	0	50	192	480	10×6 = 60	45	0.75	Required to specialize zone in ore industry
	Ore Industry Worker's Barracks	2	14,000	192	0	25	240	240	7×6 = 42	40	0.9524	Increase production rate by 5% per building, max 100%
	Ore Industry Maintenance Building	4	32,000	256	0	25	160	640	13×7 = 91	50	0.5495	Increase storage capacity by 5% per building

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Ore Industry Storage Buildings

Storage for "Ore" only. Ore is mined by Ore Industry Area extractor buildings and by zoned ore industry extractors. Ore may be imported at a cost, or exported for money.

	Building	Level Unlocked	Cost (₡)	Upkeep (₡/week)	Pollution	Noise Pollution	Water (m3/week)	Electricity (kW/week)	Size (cells)	Trucks	Trucks/cell	Capacity	Capacity (Units/₡)	Capacity (Units/cell)
	Sand Storage	1	6,000	24	10	10	160	80	12×12 = 144	12	0.0833	300,000	12,500.00	2,083.33
	Ore Storage	2	10,000	48	10	10	240	80	12×12 = 144	15	0.1042	400,000	8,333.33	2,777.78
	Ore Industry Storage	4	15,000	72	0	25	320	240	8×16 = 128	20	0.1563	500,000	6,944.44	3,906.25
	Raw Mineral Storage	5	21,000	96	20	25	400	160	10×14 = 140	25	0.1786	600,000	6,250.00	4,285.71

Note: Bold represents highest values, italic represents lowest values.

Efficiency

Every level adds 4% more production efficiency, up to a maximum of 16% more efficiency. Increasing the budget for industry areas adds up to 25% more efficiency, but it also increases the upkeep costs of the buildings by up to 50%. Barracks add 5% more efficiency per building, up to 100%, and the cost varies (160, 160, 192, 224). The policy "Advanced Automation", in the industrial tab, adds 10% more efficiency and increases costs by 10%. These bonuses stack multiplicatively, so the theoretical maximum efficiency is 1.16*1.25*2*1.1=319%. However, there is an upper limit of 255% production efficiency in the game.

Depletion of Resources

Main article: Depletion of Resources