Upgrade your dream metropolis in Cities: Skylines with these unlockable features, policies, buildings and services.

Every massive megapolis has to start somewhere, and Cities beginners might find themselves lacking certain services and fixtures at the start. Getting airports and power plants requires population, and hitting milestones adds more options to the mayoral table. See everything that’s unlockable in Cities: Skylines with the bonuses list below and truly master your town’s fiscal destiny.

Unlockable Population Bonuses

Note: Reach these population milestones to upgrade your city area and unlock buildings, policies, features and services.

Little Hamlet – Population: 500

Buildings Unlocked: Landfill Site, Elementary School, Medical Clinic
Features Unlocked: Taxes, Loans
Services Unlocked: Education, Garbage, Healthcare

Worthy Village – Population: 1000

Buildings Unlocked: Level 1 Unique Buildings, Fire House, Police Station
Features Unlocked: Second Loan, Districts
Services Unlocked: Fire Department, Police Department
Policies Unlocked: Services, Power Usage, Smoke Detector, Water Usage, Distribution
Zoning Unlocked: Forestry, Agriculture

Tiny Town – Population: 1300

Buildings Unlocked: Level 2 Unique Buildings, High School
Features Unlocked: Decoration
Policies Unlocked: Smoking Ban, Decorations, Pet Ban, Parks & Recreation

Boom Town – Population: 2400

Buildings Unlocked: Level 3 Unique Buildings, Turbine, Advanced Wind Turbine, Bus Depot, Cemetery
Services Unlocked: Bus, Transport
Policies Unlocked: Recreational Use, Recycling
Zoning Unlocked: Ore Industry
Roads Unlocked: Cloverleaf, Intersection, Highway, Highway Ramp, Three-Way Intersection, Large Roundabout

Busy Town – Population: 4600

Buildings Unlocked: Level 4 Unique Buildings, Oil Power Plant, Hospital, Police Headquarters, Fire Station
Features Unlocked: City Planning Policies
Policies Unlocked: Heavy Traffic Ban, Free Public Transport
Zoning Unlocked: Oil Industry
Roads Unlocked: Highway w/ Sound Barrier, Decorative Road

Big Town – Population: 7000

Buildings Unlocked: Level 5 Unique Buildings, Incineration Plant, University, Metro Station
Features Unlocked: Taxation Policies
Services Unlocked: Metro
Policies Unlocked: Education Boost, Tax Raise, Tax Relief,
Zoning Unlocked: Residential, High Density Residential, High Density Commercial, Office

Small City – Population: 10000

Buildings Unlocked: Level 6 Unique Buildings, Hydro Power Plant, Train Station, Cargo Train Terminal
Services Unlocked: Train
Features Unlocked: Big Business Benefactor, Small Business Enthusiast, High Tech Housing, Highrise Ban, Industrial Space Planning

Big City – Population: 16000

Buildings Unlocked: Water Treatment, Plant, Crematorium

Grand City – Population: 19000

Buildings Unlocked: Solar Power Plant
Features Unlocked: Third Loan

Capital City – Population: 30000

Buildings Unlocked: Harbor, Cargo Harbor
Services Unlocked: Ship

Colossal City – Population: 40000

Buildings Unlocked: Nuclear Power Plant

Metropolis – Population: 65000

Buildings Unlocked: Airport
Services Unlocked: Planes

Megapolis – Population: 80000

Features Unlocked: Monuments

Source: [1], [2]

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