Skyscrapers are very tall buildings with multiple floors. They can save you a lot of space and allow more people to stay in small areas.
This article will show you how to increase your buildings to make skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines.
How to get Skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines
- Construct high-density zone
This is always the first step to making skyscrapers.
However, before you can build high-density zones, your city must have at least 7500 citizens. With such a population, your city will be pretty developed.
So you have to ensure that the much-needed amenities such as health infrastructures, high-end industries, and police stations are in place. This way, you’ll be able to attract more people to move into your city.
Some high-density zones to build are
- High-Density Residential Zone
- High-Density Commercial Zone
- Office Zone
After the construction process is finished, click on the building and check its information.
Do not worry if the game doesn’t display any information
- Upgrade the buildings
After building high density zones, the next thing is to upgrade them to level 5. It is at this point that they are now referred to as skyscrapers.
However, to upgrade your buildings, the game must first show you the buildings’ upgrade requirements, and to view these, you must fulfill the residents’ needs.
Even though you already have hospitals and public transportation, it is not enough at times.
To upgrade buildings, focus on increasing the education level and land value.
Other buildings to consider erecting include;
- Fire stations
- Cemeteries
- Medical clinics
- Police headquarters
- Schools
- Bustop and lines
After these constructions are completed, return to your high-density zones and select the tallest building you can find. By now, you can see the upgrade requirements appear.
The displayed requirements vary according to the citizens’ needs, and the more you meet these needs, the sooner you can upgrade the buildings.
Usually, the citizen will demand education or better law enforcement.
Whatever needs may appear, meet them as much as possible, and you’ll reach level 5 in no time.
- IT Cluster – Green Cities DLC
This method is helpful if you wish to make a standard office skyscraper.
Note that standard offices don’t have skyscrapers. However, with the IT Cluster DLC, you can switch your office zone to form skyscrapers.
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How to increase education level in Cities: Skylines
There are three levels of education in Cities: Skylines, the elementary school to make the citizens “educated”, the high school, making them “well educated,” and the University: to make the adults “highly educated.”
To increase the education level on Cities: Skylines, all you have to do is make sure you have enough buildings to keep the infographic slider in the green – all roads should show up green on your educational network.
If you wish to build more skyscrapers, visit your high density zones and repeat the same process.
How to increase Land value on Cities: Skylines
To increase your land value and chances of making skyscrapers fast, you need to improve your leisure rating. To do this, add decorations like parks and plazas to your city.
So if the game shows that a building needs a higher land value, erect some parks. As well as raising your land value, these buildings also provide relaxation, making your citizens happy.
Tips to making cities Skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines
- Make sure your city is desirable enough. Invest in building basic city amenities, including healthcare centers and education.
- Use other transportation options than just roads. Consider elevated rail, subways, and monorails.
- Add more civics and ensure crime is low.
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Things to take note of
Skyscrapers do not appear in the European style in Cities; Skylines. So, you will have to switch to vanilla to make skyscrapers. This is because European buildings do not grow as tall.
To get the ‘vanilla’ style, paint the building you want transform to a skyscraper and click on the district. It will display a panel from where you can change the building style in that district.
However, note that changing the map will delete the old buildings.
You can also use mods if you want the vanilla service buildings (schools, police stations, etc.)
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Conclusion
To make skyscrapers in Cities: Skylines, build high-density zones. To do this, construct plenty of services and buildings like fire, health, police, parks, trash, and education. This raises the land value, which will eventually make residences upgrade automatically.
At level 5, your zones become skyscrapers.
