In this TIPS section, discover an invaluable source of knowledge and strategies to enhance your SimCity BuildIt experience.
Organized into three skill levels, these tips are designed to help you optimize your gameplay and reach new levels of success. In the basic section (colored green), you will find 20 fundamental tips to master the essential aspects of the game. Advance to the next level (blue color) with another 20 Medium tips that will provide you with deeper details and more city strategies. And for those looking to take their game to the next level, our exclusive section for registered users features the most advanced and sophisticated tips.
Remember: These are not tricks (the tricks are in another section).
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Keep your sims' happiness at 100% to always collect the maximum in taxes.
Especially when starting a city, long roads can cost a lot of Simoleon coins to upgrade, so it's always good to introduce a crossroads in them to make upgrades cheaper.
Keeping traffic flowing smoothly is the best way to keep your citizens happy and paying more taxes. Improve the roads as soon as you are asked to do so (at high risk of traffic jams -red-), but if you can, do so only when they are at moderate risk -yellow-
If you follow the trick on how to invest your SimCash, you'll know that having plenty of slots available in your trade depot is a good idea. Bearing in mind, then, that you are not going to have problems with space in your trade depot, always sell products to the Global Market at the maximum price to get the maximum return on sales. Promote it and wait. Depending on the product it will take more or less time, but you will sell everything.
AlgSome factories, power plants, sewage pipes and garbage dumps or incinerators are a major source of pollution. Move them away from residential areas, where their radius of action will not affect them. This will keep your citizens happy and you can bring happiness to the idyllic 100%.
Ensure basic fire, police and sanitation services are covered in all residential buildings.
Just like the previous tip, you should take care of supplies (power, water, sewage and waste management). There should be no shortage of these services.
One way to increase population without having to expand buildings is to put in parks or landscaping that covers residential buildings. Depending on the type, you can increase the population of your city a little more, but be careful not to spend all your money or gold keys on this. Try to balance these specialisations.
Especially in young cities, check that Education, Transport and Beach have their slot in the city. It will give you an extra benefit with the increase in population it generates. With the increase in city experience you can also acquire Entertainment, Mountain, Gaming and Monuments.
Since you don't have a lot of money when you start a city, you should make the most of the buildings you have by expanding them. The buildings that are already built and that you improve, give you more population and you don't need so many basic services
You need 80,000 inhabitants in your city to qualify to build the High-Tech factories, which offer you 5 production slots. It is very important to have these factories as soon as possible. Check out the trick on how to get more money in Simcity BuildIt in the tricks section of the website and you'll understand how important it can be.
Try to play every journal. It's better to play a little but every day, than 7 hours at a time just one day a week. Among the things you can do on a daily basis is to collect the coins collected by your Town Hall.
Your citizens' thought balloons sometimes give you goodies that might be interesting. Open them every time you see them, as just another daily task, and you'll find that every now and then you get a little reward.
When one ship leaves, the next one comes in a few hours. Just see what the next ship is going to ask for, and set up factories and commercial buildings with the goods it will need, so that you will have those materials once it arrives. This will get you golden keys fairly quickly, which you can use on numerous occasions according to your preferences.
While the port is a great ally for getting golden keys, the airport only serves to open up new residential areas. And while it may look attractive (and it is), the residential areas of Paris, London or Tokyo are not the best at certain times (see trick on this).
Golden keys are a precious resource in Simcity BuildIt. Don't waste them. If you play in club wars, they are very valuable for acquiring new attacks or upgrading existing ones. Gold keys are used to buy new buildings, landscaping, etc. (especially if you do design contests), and they are very easy to waste, so manage them wisely.
The Tower of Doctor Vu offers you to unlock disasters in your city, and repairing buildings can earn you Simoleon coins or golden keys. Don't hesitate to open it as soon as possible to get more golden keys. Also in the market, once you open the tower, you can already see the Vu items.
On a journal the game gives you a gift box with products that you can always use. Pick it up every journal, and every 7 chests will give you a gold chest, with special products, coins, SimCash, etc. that will be very interesting. Also, if something doesn't interest you, you can sell it on the global trade market and get some extra coins.
Your neighbour Daniel renews his trade depot every day, and always sells at regular price. Don't hesitate to take everything he has to offer and visit him every journal. Anything you don't want, sell it on Global Trade at the maximum to get a few coins. You always do business with it.
Your club should be an ally in pursuing your interests. Offer your help to your fellow members and receive it as well, so that you grow faster.