The game has a built-in mod 'Unlimited Oil and Ore - oil and ore are not reduced from terrain', which prevents them from being depleted. This can be quite a shock for the city’s transportation system and supply chain, as a zone which previously supplied raw material will transform into one that needs to import it. If the specialization isn’t removed from the zone, these buildings will be replaced with specialized secondary industry facilities. Once this occurs, the production buildings will complain of a lack of natural resources and eventually will become abandoned if not able to import said resources. Oil and ore extraction however consumes the resource, eventually depleting it entirely. Planting trees will replace fertile land with forestry, and the fertile land will be removed permanently. See Industry Areas, Unique Factories and Warehouses.ĭepletion of resources įorestry and farming are renewable resources, which will continue to produce raw materials indefinitely.

The Industries DLC added new buildings and mechanics to the game that make use of the Natural Resources. Agriculture and forestry buildings have roughly similar employment statistics to level 1 generic industry, whereas oil and ore buildings are similar in this regard to moderately developed generic industry.Īvailable only with the Industries DLC enabled. Industrial specialized buildings do not level up, regardless of their circumstances. Note: The game manual gives the forestry pollution rate as '+7%', but this is not borne out by game-play. Turns all fresh water used into waste water Specializations cannot be applied until the appropriate milestone has been reached. Specialized industry lengthens the supply chain of goods in your city, which may be desirable if you wish to create more jobs, re-balance imports and exports, or otherwise take more control of the flow of freight through your city.Įach of the natural resources and specializations related to those has its own advantages and disadvantages. Industrial specializations will yield more tax income from the specialized zones if there are relevant natural resources present. If created over an area without the associated resource, the zone will be populated with only processing facilities and require the raw materials to be brought in from elsewhere. For example, industrial zones with oil industry specialization will have oil pumps and petroleum processing facilities, and zones with the forestry specialization will have forest and saw mills.Ī specialized zone does not necessarily need to be created over a supply of that natural resource. New buildings will begin to appear in the affected industrial zone, changing its appearance. You can benefit from these by zoning industrial zones over the natural resources, specifying the area as a district and applying the relevant industrial specialization in the districts menu.

Skylines import map