Cities: Skylines II
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Create and manage your own city without restrictions. Offering a deep simulation and a living economy, Cities: Skylines II will challenge your decision-making skills and allow you to build the cities of your dreams. Get ready for a new epic scale in the most realistic city builder - ever.
The biggest and most famous (infamous?) of the city builders. Large cities of an epic scale, and at the same time some fairly epic performance requirements.
Most of the achievements are pretty straightforward - but by far the hardest is You Little Stalker!, not because you have to do anything (you don't) but just because as your city grows the simulation speed inevitably slows, and so this takes a really, really long time to unlock.
Besides that, for Key to the City many buildings have to upgrade to level 5 to unlock the corresponding landmark building - this can also take an age to complete, especially on larger cities.
Otherwise no known glitches (some early glitched achievements were fixed soon after launch in an early patch).
A few different scenarios may be needed for weather effects like The Size of Golf Balls!, but aside from that it can pretty much all be done in one large (and very long!) game.
FAQ
- Are there missable achievements in Cities: Skylines II?
- None so far. 10 of 46 not yet checked.
- Are there glitched achievements in Cities: Skylines II?
- None so far. 10 of 46 not yet checked.
My First City
Common42.7%Build city with residential, commercial and industrial zones, water, and electricity.
Technically this is optional, but in practise it'd be nigh on impossible to miss this during the course of building out a city. You'll get it pretty quickly.
Strength Through Diversity
Uncommon30.2%Have buildings from all four zone types in a single city.
This is Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Office. This is easy to get as soon as your city is large enough to be able to zone the different types.
Royal Flush
Uncommon29.2%Reach enough milestones to unlock all city services in a single city.
All Smiles
Uncommon23.2%Have at least 1000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 75%.
This is easy and can be achieved pretty quickly; any decent city will do it. Keep an eye on the happy icon toward the right of the icon row at the bottom of the screen and address any issues reported there.
Understandably, citizens like low-ish taxes, parks, good services (medical, police, fire, etc) and having education and jobs. Standard stuff, really.
The Explorer
Uncommon20.4%Unlock 50 map tiles in a single city.
More map tiles can be unlocked as your city grows and passes the various milestones. 50 tiles isn't too many and will be easy enough to get as your population grows.
Making a Mark
Uncommon16.4%Build 5 signature buildings in a single city.
You'll need this on the way to Key to the City - signature buildings are in the icon next to zoning. Each one has a different requirement for your city to be able to unlock it; the tooltip for each will explain what the requirement is; it'll be either X units of a certain zoning type, or & buildings levelled up to level 5 or similar. The first 5 (any 5) are pretty easy; pick the zoning ones.
Now They're All Ash Trees
Uncommon15.7%Experience a forest fire.
Out for a Spin
Uncommon15.3%Experience a tornado.
Executive Decision
Uncommon13.6%Assign a policy to a city district.
Colossal Gardener
Uncommon13.5%Plant 100 trees or bushes with the landscaping tool in a single city.
The Size of Golf Balls!
Uncommon12.7%Experience a hailstorm.
Groundskeeper
Uncommon12.7%Build 10 parks in a single city.
Happy to Be of Service
Uncommon12.5%Create a city district and assign a city service to that district.
Four Seasons
Uncommon10.4%Experience all four seasons by building a city in a climate with a snowy winter.
The Architect
Rare9.7%Build 10 signature buildings in a single city.
Zero Emission
Rare9.7%Have a city that produces electricity by only using renewable energy sources.
The Deep End
Rare9.6%Have a total loan of at least 200,000 in a single city.
A Little Bit of TLC
Rare9.5%Have 6,000 citizens treated at medical clinics or hospitals in a single city.
Everything the Light Touches
Rare9.4%Unlock 150 map tiles in a single city.
Up and Away!
Rare6.9%Build any airport.
Top of the Class
Rare6.8%Build a city where at least 15% of the population has a university level of education.
Six Figures
Rare6.7%Reach a population of 100,000.
Go Anywhere
Rare6.0%Have 20 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two.
Simply Irresistible
Rare5.9%Have at least 1000 citizens and a city attractiveness rating of 90.
The Inspector
Rare5.4%Have a look at each individual info view panel.
Squasher-Downer
Rare5.3%Bulldoze a total of 1000 buildings.
Welcome, One and All!
Very rare4.8%Have a total of 6,000 tourist visits in a single city.
Snapshot!
Very rare3.8%Use the photo mode to take a screenshot
Calling the Shots
Very rare3.6%Have 5 city policies active simultaneously.
Key to the City
Very rare2.6%Unlock each building available in the base game.
Per the in-game notes on the achievement - this does need to be in a single city.
The requirements for each unique building are clearly listed in the game, as is whether each has been unlocked/built - so this is easy to track.
However it will take a while as some buildings require hundreds of regular buildings to have upgraded to level 5 - so your biggest enemy will be simulation speed slowing down causing this to take forever as your city inevitably grows.
Its probably best to leave the (easier) regular residential ones to last and focus on commercial/industrial - either way it'll take a loooonnnng time. Almost as long as You Little Stalker!
The Last Mile Marker
Very rare2.5%Reach milestone 20.
Spiderwebbing
Very rare1.1%Have 50 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two.
Wide Variety
Very rare1.1%Create 10 different districts in a single city and assign policies to each.
Cartography
Ultra rare0.6%Use the editor to make a map.
One of Everything
Ultra rare0.6%Build all unique city service buildings in a single city.
A Different Platformer
Ultra rare0.5%Gather 2 000 tons of Oil with the offshore oil platforms in one city.
Ship It
Ultra rare0.5%Transfer 24 000 tons of resources through Ports.
How Much Is the Fish?
Ultra rare0.4%Gather 10 000 tons of Fish resource by fishing boats or fish farms in one city.
It's Pronounced "Key"!
Ultra rare0.4%Build 5 kilometers of Quays in one city.
This Is Not My Happy Place
Ultra rare0.3%Have at least 1000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 25%.
I Made This
Ultra rare0.2%Use the editor to make an asset of any other type than map.
Draw Me Like One of Your Lift Bridges
Ultra rare0.2%Build 5 Draw- or Lift Bridges in one city.
You Little Stalker!
Ultra rare0.1%Follow a citizen's lifepath from childhood to old age.
The game has a follow mechanic where you can tag individual citizens to keep tabs on them, using the icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
To tag a citizen, click on them whilst they're walking about and hit the Follow icon in the info box that appears.
For this achievement, find a child and tag them to follow them. Then just wait until they reach old age.
Do this right at the beginning of a city, as quickly as possible - because it will take a really really long time for them to reach old age.
Your enemy here will be game simulation speed, so try to keep the city small and efficient so you don't lose too much CPU to simulating millions of citizens and waiting until you yourself die of old age before this unlocks...
Pier-fect!
Ultra rare0.1%Build 2 kilometers of Piers in one city.
The Good Stuff
Ultra rare0.1%Listen to two different radio stations around the clock each.
Things Are Not Looking Up
Ultra rare0.1%Experience a rat infestation.
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