Milestones
As a city grows, new population milestones will arise that unlock new services, buildings, zones, and areas for the city as well as giving extra cash.
- New milestones allow you to add new services to your city. When you unlock a new service, you are also given access to a basic building of that type. At later milestones you can unlock new buildings for those services. Usually new buildings provide you with more effective means of managing your city.
- New zones include higher density residential and commercial zones and office zones. Zoning Specializations can alter the types of buildings in a zone.
- Unique buildings include various significant buildings, each with separate unlocking requirements and benefits. Monuments are special unique buildings that are unlocked at the last milestone.
- When a new area is unlocked, you can choose to buy one of the adjacent areas in the area view to expand your city. Some of the areas can have water areas, highways, and/or natural resources. You can have a total of nine areas unlocked by the end of the game, but this could be increased to a total of 25 areas or even 81 areas with Steam Workshop modifications.
List of milestonesEdit
The population requirement to reach a milestone varies depending on the map selected. The exact formula is currently unknown, but it depends on the flatness of and amount of water on tiles in the central 25 with a Manhattan distance of 3 or less from the start square (including the start square itself).
| Milestone | Required Population |
Areas | Features | Services | Zoning | Policies | Roads | Buildings | Money Bonus (₡) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hamlet | 120 - 480 | 1 | Loans Taxes |
Education and Campus Areas Garbage Healthcare |
— | — | — | Community School Elementary School Landfill Site Medical Clinic Recycling Center Snow dump |
20,000 |
| Worthy Village | 240 - 950 | 2 | Districts District Specialization Policies Second Loan Services Policies |
Emergency Services Police Department Unique buildings: Level 1 |
Agriculture Specialization Forestry Specialization Organic and Local Produce Self-Sufficient Buildings |
Power Usage Smoke Detector Distribution Water Usage |
— | Fire House Police Station |
20,000 |
| Tiny Town | 360 - 1,500 | — | Event Policies Fences Industry Areas Landscaping Park Areas Park Policies |
Fishing Industry Industry Areas Parks and Plazas Unique Buildings: Level 2 Unique Buildings: Football Unique Buildings: Concerts |
— | Ad Campaign Advanced Automation Advertisement Campaign Animal Ethics Celebrate! Come One, Come All Even More Fun Fine For Fireworks Fishing License Improved Logistics Improved Work Safety Supervision Main Park Match Security Night Tours Parks and Recreation Park Maintenance Boost Pet Ban Prefer Parks Premium Studio Recycle Garbage Schools Out Smoking Ban Subsidized Youth |
Amusement Park Path (x2) Bicycle Path Gravel Path Nature Reserve Path (x2) Park Path (x2) Pavement Path Zoo Path (x2) Medium Industry Road Small Industry Road (x2) Canals (x6) Fishing Route |
Basketball Court Biodome Botanical Garden Bouncy Castle Park Carousel Park Dog Park Fishing Harbor Fish Market Fresh Water Outlet High School Institute of Creative Arts Japanese Garden Large Playground Magicka Theme Park Paradox Plaza Park Maintenance Building Park with Trees Plaza with Picnic Tables Plaza with Trees Public Library Small Park Small Playground Sports Hall and Gymnasium Tennis Court Vertical Farm Warehouse Yard |
20,000 |
| Boom Town | 650 - 2,600 | 3 | — | Bus Ferry Heating Post Services Taxi Tours Tram Transport Unique Buildings: Level 3 Walking Tours |
Ore Specialization | Extra Insulation Free WiFi High Ticket Prices No Electricity For Heat Only Electricity For Heat Prefer Ferries Recreational Use Recycle Plastic Recycling |
Cloverleaf Intersection Three-Way Intersection Large Roundabout Highway Ramp 2,3,4-Lane Highway Two-way highway Roads with Bus Lane Roads with Tram Track Ferry Pathway |
Advanced Wind Turbine Biofuel Bus Depot Boiler station Bus Depot Cemetery Child Health Center Disaster Response Unit Eldercare Emergency Shelter, Small Ferry Depot Ferry Pier Ferry Stop Fish Factory Geothermal heating plant Medical Helicopter Depot Post Office Radio Mast, Short Small Warehouse Tank Reservoir Taxi Depot Tram depot Wave Power Plant One-Way Toll Booth Two-Way Toll Booth |
35,000 |
| Busy Town | 1,200 - 5,000 | — | City planning policies | Sightseeing Bus Tours Trolleybus Unique Buildings: Modern Japan (CCP) Unique Buildings: Level 4 Unique Buildings: Leisure & Tourism |
Oil Specialization Tourism Specialization |
Algae-based Water Filtering Anti-slip Studs Bike Ban On Sidewalks Book Fair Boost Connections Combustion Engine Ban Electric Cars Encourage Biking Fast Recovery Filter Industrial Waste Free Public Transport Heavy Traffic Ban Helicopter Priority NIMBY No Rebuilding Old Town Studded Tires Workers' Union |
Decorative roads 2,3,4-Lane Highway with Sound Barrier Two-way highway with Sound Barrier Roads with Bicycle Lane Roads with Trolleybus Wires Asymmetrical three-lane Road |
Beach Volleyball Court Bus Station Community Pool Ferry and Bus Exchange Stop Fire Helicopter Depot Fire Station Fish Farm Fishing Pier Fishing Tours General Hospital Geothermal Power Plant Hospital Intelligence Agency Jet Ski Rental Marina Medical Laboratory Medium Warehouse Oil Power Plant Police Headquarters Pumping Service Restaurant Pier Riding Stable Road Maintenance Depot Sightseeing Bus Depot Skatepark Trolleybus Depot Tropical Garden Tsunami Warning Buoy Weather Radar |
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| Big Town | 1,800 - 7,500 | 4 | Campus Areas Taxation policies |
Blimp Campus Areas Metro Sports Arenas Trade School Campus Area Unique Buildings: Level 5 |
High-Density Commercial High-Density Residential IT Cluster Leisure Specialization Office Zone |
Advertisement Campaign (Varsity) Airplane Tours Automated Sorting Automated Toll Dolphin-safe Fishing Educational Blimps Education Boost Fan Club Support For-Profit Education Free Lunch Harsh Prison Sentences Industry 4.0 Let Go Of Leisure Lightning Rods Student Healthcare Sustainable Fishing Tax raises (x5) Tax reliefs (x5) Tourist Travel Card VIP Area |
Blimp Pathway Trade School Path (x2) |
Aquatics Center Blimp Depot Blimp Stop Bus-Intercity Bus Hub Deep Space Radar Earthquake Sensor Elevated Metro Station Emergency Shelter, Large Faculty Firewatch Tower Fishing Island Hot Air Balloon Tours Incineration Plant Intercity Bus Station Metro Station Modern Technology Institute Large Warehouse Police Helicopter Depot Post Sorting Facility Prison Radio Mast, Tall Sauna Solar Updraft Tower University One-Way Large Toll Booth Two-Way Large Toll Booth Underground Metro Station Waste Disposal Unit |
45,000 |
| Small City | 2,600 - 11,000 | — | — | Cable Cars Monorail Train Unique Buildings: Level 6 |
— | Big Business Benefactor High Tech Housing Highrise Ban Industrial Space Planning Small Business Enthusiast |
Cable Car Cables Monorail Tracks Roads with Monorail Tracks |
Basketball Arena Cargo Train Terminal Hydro Power Plant Train Station Multi-platform Train Station (x2) Cable Car Stop (x2) Metro-Intercity Bus Hub Metro-Monorail-Train Hub Monorail Station Monorail Station with road Monorail-Bus Hub Yoga Garden |
— |
| Big City | 4,000 - 17,000 | 5 | — | Liberal Arts College Campus Area | — | Visiting Scholars | Liberal Arts Path (x2) | Advanced Inland Water Treatment Plant Crematorium Cryopreservatory Floating Garbage Collector Large Water Tower Track and Field Stadium Train-Metro Hub Water Treatment Plant |
— |
| Grand City | 5,000 - 22,000 | — | Third Loan | — | — | — | — | Baseball Park Bus-Metro Hub Intercity Bus Terminal Solar Power Plant Waste Processing Complex Waste Transfer Facility |
— |
| Capital City | 8,000 - 36,000 | 6 | — | Ship University Campus Area |
— | Universal Education | University Path (x2) | American Football Stadium Cargo Harbor Eco Advanced Inland Water Treatment Plant Eco Water Treatment Plant Harbor |
— |
| Colossal City | 11,000 - 50,000 | 7 | — | — | — | — | Helicopter Pathway | Cargo Hub Floating Cafe Helicopter Depot Helicopter Stop Nuclear Power Plant Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plant ChirpX Launch Site |
— |
| Metropolis | 16,000 - 70,000 | 8 | — | Plane | — | — | — | Airport Cargo Airport |
— |
| Megalopolis | 20,000 - 90,000 | 9 (25) (81) |
Monuments | — | — | — | — | Cargo Airport Hub International Airport Metropolitan Airport |
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| Milestone | Required Population |
Areas | Features | Services | Zoning | Policies | Roads | Buildings | Money Bonus (₡) |
