Cities: Skylines II

36 Achievements

1,000

Key to the City

Unlock each building available in the base game.

1.22%

How to unlock the Key to the City achievement in Cities: Skylines II - Definitive Guide

THEpaynexkiller

TrueAchievements

28 Dec 2023 19:38

This achievement is for fulfilling the needs of each of the unlockable city tiles.

Unlock each building available in the base game.

To unlock this you must not only unlock all the different service buildings through the development tree but also unlock all signature buildings both from the European and the North American style. Luckily, industry and office signature buildings are shared between the two styles.

Many zone types have NA and EU variants that players can set as they fill in new areas. Signature buildings also have NA and EU versions, but players can place both types of zones in one city and thus earn and place every variant. In fact, players can replace an existing zone with NA or EU and quickly earn the other variant without changing the city's demographics. The big downside to this approach is that the replacement buildings start at level one.

Residential Signature Buildings

Rock Musician Mansion/Pop Musician Manor

Milestone 1 2,500 cells of Low Density Housing

+2 Well-Being in 547 yds

Film Actor Mansion/Theater Actor Mansion

Milestone 1 10,000 cells of Low Density Housing 10,000 media goods produced

+4 Well-Being in 1,094 yds

Painter Mansion/Sculptor Mansion

Milestone 1 25,000 cells of Low Density Housing Citizen Happiness: 60%

+6 Well-Being in 1,640 yds

Polaris Suites/Corundum Condos

Milestone 2 500 cells of Medium Density Housing

+4 Well-Being in 1,094 yds

Rubique Apartments/Old Factory Condos

Milestone 2 2,500 cells of Medium Density Housing

+8 Well-Being in 1.2 miles

Gatehouse Residences/Deuclidia Apartments

Milestone 2 5,000 cells of Medium Density Housing

+10 Well-Being in 1.6 miles

Baltar Pines/Vertigo Square

Milestone 1 1,000 cells of Row Housing

+3 Well-Being in 820 yds

Vista Building/Constellation Apartments

Milestone 1 5,000 cells of Row Housing

+5 Well-Being in 1,367 yds

CO10 Condos/Mollari Palace

Milestone 1 10,000 cells of Row Housing

+7 Well-Being in 1.2 miles

Watanabe Tower/Waveform Tower

Milestone 8 50 level 5 High Density Housing Buildings

+6 Well-Being in 1,640 yds

Century Castle/Halo Heights

Milestone 8 100 level 5 High Density Housing Buildings

+10 Well-Being in 1.6 miles

Colossal Tower/The Grass Crown

200 level 5 High Density Housing Buildings

+12 Well-Being in 1.9 miles

Mixed Housing Signature Buildings

Special Bonus

Ironpress Building/Epicurian Garden

Milestone 5 500 cells of Mixed Housing

+1% City Attractiveness +4 Well-Being in 820 yds 5 Attractiveness

Ember Suites/Figura Building

Milestone 5 2,500 cells of Mixed Housing

+1% City Attractiveness +8 Well-Being in 1,367 yds 10 Attractiveness

Cane Residences/Ludo Square

Milestone 5 5,000 cells of Mixed Housing

+1% City Attractiveness +10 Well-Being in 1.2 miles 15 Attractiveness

Commercial Signature Buildings
Name (NA/EU)

Requirements

Special Bonus

Streamline Diner/Villa City

Milestone 1 4,000 cells of Low Density Business

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +3 Well-Being in 547 yds 5 Attractiveness

Food Station/Auto Center

Milestone 1 7,000 cells of Low Density Business

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +3 Well-Being in 1,094 yds 10 Attractiveness

One Stop Station/Marketplace

Milestone 1 15,000 cells of Low Density Business

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +3 Well-Being in 1,640 yds 15 Attractiveness

Square Center/Fashion Square

Milestone 9 60 level 5 High Density Business Buildings

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +5 Well-Being in 1,094 yds 10 Attractiveness

The Marvelous Marble/Activity Plaza

Milestone 9 120 level 5 High Density Business Buildings

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +5 Well-Being in 1,640 yds 20 Attractiveness

The Capacitor Building/The Emerald Building

Milestone 9 240 level 5 High Density Business Buildings

-1% Import Costs +1% City Attractiveness +5 Well-Being in 1.2 miles 30 Attractiveness

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Industrial Signature Buildings

Name

Vehicle Factory

Milestone 3 10 Oil Drilling Hub Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +10% resources in all Oil Deposits

Ground Earth

Milestone 3 10 Mining Hub Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +10% resources in all Ore Deposits

Dairy House

Milestone 3 10 Agriculture Hub Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +2% City Export Profits

Paper Factory

Milestone 3 10 Forestry Hub Buildings

+5% City Industrial Efficiency

Chemical Plant

Milestone 1 8,000 cells of Industrial Buildings

+1% City Industrial Efficiency

Fuel Plant

Milestone 1 50 level 5 Industrial Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency -5% Industrial Ground Pollution -5% Industrial Air Pollution

Switchon

Milestone 1 1 College 100 level 5 Industrial Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +1% College Graduation Rate

Pharma

Milestone 1 1 Medical University 10,000 Population

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education

Oil Refinery

Milestone 1 1 Technical University 10,000 cells of Industrial Buildings

+2% City Industrial Efficiency +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education

Office Signature Buildings

Special Bonus

Principiis

Milestone 4 2,000 cells of Low Density Office

-2% Crime Rate in 547 yds +5 Well-Being in 547 yds +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +1% Office Efficiency 5 Attractiveness

Coder Park

Milestone 4 5,000 cells of Low Density Office

+5 Well-Being in 1,094 yds +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +1% Office Efficiency 10 Attractiveness

Incaserium

Milestone 4 10,000 cells of Low Density Office

+5 Well-Being in 1,640 yds +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +1% Office Efficiency 15 Attractiveness

Multistory Multimedia

Milestone 10 5 Radio Masts 3,000 cells of High Density Office

+5 Well-Being in 1,094 yds +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +2% Office Efficiency 10 Attractiveness

Waterfall Array

Milestone 10 1 Server Farm 6,000 cells of High Density Office

+5 Well-Being in 1,640 yds +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +2% Office Efficiency 20 Attractiveness

Stylus Tower

Milestone 10 12,000 cells of High Density Office

+5 Well-Being in 1.2 miles +1% University Graduation Rate +5% Interest in University Education +2% Office Efficiency 30 Attractiveness

28 Dec 2023 19:38

12 Comments

How to get level 5 for High Density Housing Buildings? In my city all high density housing buildings stuck at level 3-4, but happiness is green and taxes are low. Is it a bug in simulation, I got relatively slow CPU (Ryzen 5 5600)?

By SLowRider Dima on 04 Jan 2024 13:15

It takes fucking hours. I mean serious hours.

I just maxed my high density out by basically deleting the rest of the city, I have 381k population atm. The trick to it is: Don't over Area everything. Make sure there's no 'unoccupied houses' anywhere.

By THEpaynexkiller on 06 Jan 2024 06:35

Posted this in the thread too but here's some tips if you want to add them.

- Make sure you subsidize to the max. -10% taxes on commercials. 0% fees on water, electricity etcetera. This should be very easy later on. I still make $90m monthly.
- When leaving your PC running, go to some far corner of the map and look away from the map. Set your resolution lower and variable resolution to constant. Game will run like shit but it'll run much faster. Lock Windows afterwards. (Win key + L)
- In the General tab in Options, set Performance Preference to "Simulation speed". Not sure how much this speeds everything up but it can't hurt.
- Set autosaves to 30 min or longer. 5 minutes has started to crash the game for me much more often.

+1 from me.

By Lvx on 06 Jan 2024 12:04

After 5 nights of leaving my PC on I've finally unlocked the first of the 3 High Residential buildings! It's painfully slow still and the game pauses when you unlock stuff so that likely cost me some time too.

By Lvx on 09 Jan 2024 08:46

The best way to get around the game pausing is to press the ` button. It disables the hud and therefore you can leave your PC on for as many hours as possible and the popup won't interrupt you!

By THEpaynexkiller on 09 Jan 2024 22:54

I unlocked all NA stuff, only to now find out EU is seperate. Honestly fuck this game. I can't take another 2 weeks of letting my PC run.

I don't even see how I am going to do this in the same city. Demolishing all high residential makes everyone leave and there is zero demand for more.

Can it be done in a seperate city?

I genuinely don't see how people get this in 30 hours without using dev mode to make stuff level faster.

By Lvx on 12 Jan 2024 21:57

I'm actually at the same point, I can't leave this game on any longer. Not with how high the energy prices currently are!

By THEpaynexkiller on 16 Jan 2024 04:40

Fun fact, I messaged the entire top 15. The people that did reply all admitted to using the dev console lol.
No point in reporting it and last time I even insinuated this in a thread I got told off by staff. Goes to show you're better off just ignoring the rules and pretending you didn't...
I'll wait for an optimization patch or for mods to hopefully fix this once their mod store goes live. Can't be bothered running the game anymore.

By Lvx on 26 Jan 2024 00:59

Alright, finally just sat on it today. The best way to go about it, is after you complete the EU stuff is to get rid of all of your Zones that are already done, so you don't get the 'Empty Households' thing. That basically means you have Empty buildings (or half full residential lots.) Just deleting/Reputting down stuff, keeping your tax at minus numbers.

By THEpaynexkiller on 28 Jan 2024 20:14

This can now be unlocked pretty much instantly by starting a new map with 'Unlock All' enabled whilst having downloaded the 'Achievement Enabler' mod from the in-game mod store.

Sure is a waste of the money I spent on power running this piece of shit...

By Lvx on 02 Apr 2024 18:02

Didn't think I'd read that you've downloaded an 'achievement unlocker' mod for this game, but there you go.

By THEpaynexkiller on 04 Apr 2024 05:44

It's through the in-game mod store, which is why I did it.
Surviving Mars has the exact same situation.

If the game didn't run like ass I would've played it for much longer but I lost all interest.

By Lvx on 06 Apr 2024 00:20

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