Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
24 Achievements
GOG
Skyscraper
Own a command tower with 14 levels
11.2%
How to unlock the Skyscraper achievement in Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles - Definitive Guide
KungFuStu72
TrueAchievements
TrueAchievements
Apologies for what is going to be quite a long and rambling solution. But for a simple game this achievement eluded me for a few days and I couldn't find a definitive answer to the problem elsewhere on the internet.
Before we get to the details I'm going to assume you know how to supply your build site with a decent amount of wood, stone and iron. Without those you're not going to be building anything. You don't need a huge surplus but the node you're building on needs the 3 basics. But the real secret to building large towers is workers and foundations. You need lots and lots of workers and loads of foundations. And a bit of space helps. I built on a large area of shallow sea without rocks.
The workers you need come from a citadel (an upgraded outpost) but in its basic form, without a lot of work, a citadel only provides 6 workers, and you need at least 18. So you need to upgrade the citadel with lots of its own foundations. To build these you need to extend the draw line 3 pips from the citadel so the cursor is still a square and click twice. On the second click the cursor will have a tiny + on the edge of the square. You need to surround your citadel with loads of these maxed out foundations.
This citadel is still not going to supply enough workers so you need to connect a number of towers to it. The more towers that are only one walkway away, the larger the working population. Once complete this citadel is going to look like a little city. The outpost you started with is just a small dome building in the centre of a load of urban sprawl.
You then need to start your main tower. This should only be one walkway away from your mega citadel so you're not losing workers. Extend the foundations all around this tower with the 3+ foundations like you did for the citadel. This can only be done with the cursor at the tower base, the lowest three floors when the cursor around the tower is still a circle, not a cog/gear. Now that you've got good foundations and plenty of workers you can build straight up until hopefully the achievement pops.
Notes. You don't need to add higher balconies or the elevated foundations that look like buttresses to hold the tower up. You do not need to fatten your tower in any way. Mine was a tall spire with a big round base. You don't need neighbouring towers with connecting skyways or battlements. You do not need to install a commander. These are all things I tried but are not necessary to gain a simple skyscraper.
It took me a few days and a lot of trawling forums to figure out how this worked. If this solution doesn't solve this achievement for you let me know and I'll try and explain things better.
Before we get to the details I'm going to assume you know how to supply your build site with a decent amount of wood, stone and iron. Without those you're not going to be building anything. You don't need a huge surplus but the node you're building on needs the 3 basics. But the real secret to building large towers is workers and foundations. You need lots and lots of workers and loads of foundations. And a bit of space helps. I built on a large area of shallow sea without rocks.
The workers you need come from a citadel (an upgraded outpost) but in its basic form, without a lot of work, a citadel only provides 6 workers, and you need at least 18. So you need to upgrade the citadel with lots of its own foundations. To build these you need to extend the draw line 3 pips from the citadel so the cursor is still a square and click twice. On the second click the cursor will have a tiny + on the edge of the square. You need to surround your citadel with loads of these maxed out foundations.
This citadel is still not going to supply enough workers so you need to connect a number of towers to it. The more towers that are only one walkway away, the larger the working population. Once complete this citadel is going to look like a little city. The outpost you started with is just a small dome building in the centre of a load of urban sprawl.
You then need to start your main tower. This should only be one walkway away from your mega citadel so you're not losing workers. Extend the foundations all around this tower with the 3+ foundations like you did for the citadel. This can only be done with the cursor at the tower base, the lowest three floors when the cursor around the tower is still a circle, not a cog/gear. Now that you've got good foundations and plenty of workers you can build straight up until hopefully the achievement pops.
Notes. You don't need to add higher balconies or the elevated foundations that look like buttresses to hold the tower up. You do not need to fatten your tower in any way. Mine was a tall spire with a big round base. You don't need neighbouring towers with connecting skyways or battlements. You do not need to install a commander. These are all things I tried but are not necessary to gain a simple skyscraper.
It took me a few days and a lot of trawling forums to figure out how this worked. If this solution doesn't solve this achievement for you let me know and I'll try and explain things better.
