Cities: Skylines
119 Achievements
2580 XP
60-80h
Epic
Get Your Snowshoes Ready!
Experience snowfall
5 XP
0.4%
How to unlock the Get Your Snowshoes Ready! achievement in Cities: Skylines - Definitive Guide
To start, you need to select one of the "Winter" maps. They are Snowy Coast, Icy Islands, and Frosty River.
When it actually starts to snow might vary a bit depending on how fast you play and some other unknown variables. The first snowfall I experienced was while playing on the Snowy Coast map. I was playing at 3X speed, and it started snowing immediately as I hit "Boom Town" level, which is a population of 2400 (I don't think that was a coincidence). In real time, I was playing about an hour, but again that will change depending upon how fast you build up your town.
Some experimentation might be needed, but I'm fairly certain that the appearance of snow is related to your population level, since this is when heating buildings become available.
Edit: So I started up a couple of cities and didn't touch anything, putting the speed at 3X. The time it snowed was random but averaged about 15 minutes. Again, I don't know if there are some variables that affect this, but be sure that it will snow if you select a winter theme. Just be patient. This is confirmed in comments by JumboWario. Thank You.
Please provide feedback if you've seen differently.
4 Comments
Snow is random. Started a new city and didn't do anything and it started showing in a couple minutes.
By JumboWario on 27 Mar 2018 13:57
Thanks! This is helpful.
By Fifthmusketeer on 04 Feb 2019 22:38
To unlock the Get Your Snowshoes Ready trophy in Cities: Skylines, you will need to purchase and install the Snowfall DLC.
Once installed, start a game on one of the three Winter maps: Snowy Coast, Icy Islands or Frosty River. You don't have to build anything on the map (although you will need to for other trophies in the DLC). After around 10-15 minutes you should see snow for the first time, although it does appear to be random when it actually begins to snow.
Once it snows in game, the trophy will unlock.
Once installed, start a game on one of the three Winter maps: Snowy Coast, Icy Islands or Frosty River. You don't have to build anything on the map (although you will need to for other trophies in the DLC). After around 10-15 minutes you should see snow for the first time, although it does appear to be random when it actually begins to snow.
Once it snows in game, the trophy will unlock.