Progression

Progression in Cities: Skylines II takes three forms: Milestones, Development, and Map Tiles.

Milestones

Each city will gain Experience Points (XP) both passively every 1.5 in-game hours from Population and Happiness and upon placing new buildings, roads and grid connections. Once enough XP has been accumulated a Milestone will be reached. Milestones grant an immediate bonus of Money, Development Points, and Expansion Permits, increase the loan limit, and unlock additional game features.

Milestone	Money	Development points	Expansion permits	Loan limit	Unlocked zones	Unlocked policies	Unlocked services	Unlocked features
Tiny Village	+₡600,000	+1	+3	+₡100,000	Medium Density Row Housing		File:Healthcare.png Healthcare & Deathcare File:Garbage Management.png Garbage Management	Map Tiles City Budget City Statistics Four-Lane Roads
Small Village	+₡700,000	+2 (Total 3)	+4 (Total 7)	+₡150,000	Medium Density Housing		File:Education.png Education & Research	Taxation
Large Village	+₡800,000	+3 (Total 6)	+5 (Total 12)	+₡200,000	Livestock Farming Rock Stone Mining		File:Fire & Rescue.png Fire & Rescue File:Police.png Police & Administration	Service Budgets
Grand Village	+₡1,000,000	+4 (Total 10)	+6 (Total 18)	+₡250,000	File:ZoneResidentialLowRent.png Low Rent Housing File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Low Density Offices Grain Farming Forestry	Taxi Minimum Fare Taxi Minimum Fare	Transportation Parks & Recreation	District Creation Tool Production Panel Policies Transportation Overview Natural Disasters
Tiny Town	+₡1,200,000	+5 (Total 15)	+7 (Total 25)	+₡400,000	File:ZoneResidentialMixed.png Mixed Housing Vegetable Farming Coal Mining	Pre-Release Programs Pre-Release Programs Roadside Parking Fee Roadside Parking Fee Recycling Recycling Speed Bumps Speed Bumps Energy Consumption Awareness Energy Consumption Awareness	File:Communications.png Communications
Boom Town	+₡1,400,000	+6 (Total 21)	+8 (Total 33)	+₡500,000	Textile Fiber Farming	Heavy Traffic Ban Heavy Traffic Ban Advanced Pollution Management Advanced Pollution Management
Busy Town	+₡1,600,000	+7 (Total 28)	+9 (Total 42)	+₡600,000	Ore Mining	Gated Community Gated Community
Big Town	+₡1,900,000	+8 (Total 36)	+10 (Total 52)	+₡700,000	File:ZoneResidentialHigh.png High Density Housing Oil Drilling
Great Town	+₡2,200,000	+9 (Total 45)	+12 (Total 64)	+₡800,000	File:ZoneCommercialHigh.png High Density Business
Small City	+₡2,500,000	+10 (Total 55)	+15 (Total 79)	+₡900,000	File:ZoneOfficeHigh.png High Density Offices	High Speed Highways High-Speed Highways Combustion Engine Ban Combustion Engine Ban City Promotion City Promotion
Big City	+₡2,800,000	+11 (Total 66)	+18 (Total 97)	+₡1,100,000
Large City	+₡3,200,000	+12 (Total 78)	+21 (Total 118)	+₡1,300,000
Huge City	+₡3,600,000	+13 (Total 91)	+24 (Total 142)	+₡1,500,000
Grand City	+₡4,000,000	+14 (Total 105)	+28 (Total 170)	+₡1,700,000
Metropolis	+₡4,400,000	+15 (Total 120)	+32 (Total 202)	+₡1,900,000
Thriving Metropolis	+₡4,900,000	+17 (Total 137)	+36 (Total 238)	+₡2,100,000
Flourishing Metropolis	+₡5,400,000	+19 (Total 156)	+41 (Total 279)	+₡2,300,000
Expansive Metropolis	+₡5,900,000	+21 (Total 177)	+46 (Total 325)	+₡2,600,000
Massive Metropolis	+₡6,400,000	+25 (Total 202)	+51 (Total 376)	+₡3,000,000
Megalopolis	+₡7,000,000	+30 (Total 232)	+56 (Total 432)	+₡4,000,000

Development

Main article: Development Tree

File:Transportation tree.png

Transportation development tree

When a new service in unlocked via a Milestone, only its basic buildings and features will be available. Additional buildings and features are unlocked via the Development Tree using Development Points. Unlocking all Milestones will grant enough points to ultimately unlock the entire Development Tree.

Each Development Tree is divided into different Tiers and has a varying number of Nodes to unlock. Tier 1 nodes cost 1 point, tier 2 nodes cost 2 points, tier 3 nodes cost 4 points and tier 4 nodes cost 8 points. The first Tier includes the basic buildings and functions of the service and this Node is automatically unlocked when you gain access to the service. As an example, when you first unlock Public Transportation, you have access to both Buses and Taxis as well as things like Stops and the Line Tool. The subsequent Tiers offer more advanced options which cost more Development Points to unlock, but provide you with new options.

Some services, such as Public Transportation, have multiple Branches with different options, and while you need to purchase the previous Nodes on a branch to unlock the next one, you do not need to purchase everything in a Tier to move on. For example, you can gain access to the International Airport without needing to unlock Water, Tram, or Subway transportation - as long as you have enough Development Points to afford it.

Map Tiles

Each map is made up of 441 tiles of 0.4km² each. When creating a new city only 9 tiles will start purchased and additional tiles can be purchased after the first milestone is reached. Each tile costs 1 File:ExpansionPermit.png Expansion Permits and Money that scales with the buildable area. Multiple tiles can be selected at once for purchase by clicking on them or dragging a selection area. Selecting one or more tiles will list the total buildable area as well as natural resources. Newly purchased tiles do not have to be connected to each other.

The cost for each new map tile is calculated based on a series of factors, including:

• Number of existing map tiles unlocked (including those apart of the pending purchase if selecting multiple at once). Cost per tile appears to increase by ₡125 per map tile unlocked (needs to be validated by assessing source code).
• Amount of building area in map tile(s) unlocked. Cost is approximately ₡1,184 per 10,000m² (0.1184 ₡/m²).
• Amount of resources within map tile(s) unlocked. Cost is approximately:
  • ₡18.6 per ton of Wood or Ore
  • ₡55.6 per kg of Oil
  • ₡53.9 per m³ of File:Water & Sewage.pngGroundwater
  • ₡16.9 per m² of Fertile Land.