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Contents

  • Essentials
    • Introduction
      • Introduction
    • Getting Started
      • Getting Started
      • Getting Started Scenario: Summer Shoals
      • Building Your First City
      • A Tale of Two Cities
      • Developer Cities
    • Roads
      • Roads
      • Road Construction
      • Road Planning and Management
    • Missions
      • Missions
    • Utilities
      • Utilities
      • Power
      • Water
      • Sewage
      • Waste Disposal
      • Utility Management
    • Zoning
      • Zoning
      • RCI Management
    • Government
      • Government
      • City Management
    • City Services
      • City Services
      • Fire
      • Health
      • Police
      • Heroes & Villains Set
      • Parks
    • Education
      • Education
      • Education Management
    • City Specialization
      • City Specialization
      • Mining: The Metals Specialization
      • Drilling: The Petroleum Specialization
      • Trading
      • Electronics
    • Mass Transit
      • Mass Transit
      • Streetcars
      • Trains
      • Boats
      • Planes
      • Mass Transit Management
    • Tourism
      • Tourism
      • Gambling
      • Culture
      • Tourism Management
    • Great Works
      • Great Works
      • International Airport
      • Solar Farm
      • Space Center
      • Great Works Management

    • Disasters
      • Disasters
      • Disaster Management
    • SimCity World
      • SimCity World
      • Achievements
      • SimCity World Interface
  • Regions
    • Region 1
      • Cape Trinity
    • Region 2
      • Whitewater Valley
    • Region 3
      • Reflection Atoll
    • Region 4
      • Viridian Woods
    • Region 5
      • Sunrunner Bay
    • Region 6
      • Discovery Delta
    • Region 7
      • Horizon Archipelago
    • Region 8
      • Titan Gorge
  • Behind the Scenes
    • Behind the Scenes
      • Maxis: A Closer Look
      • SimCity Legacy: The Whole Story
    • Quick Reference
      • Buildings
      • Diagrams
      • Effects on Happiness
      • Challenges
      • Achievements
    • Developer Cities and Chats
      • Developer Cities
      • Developer Chats
  • Updates
    • Nissan Leaf
      • Nissan Leaf
    • Various Updates
      • Various Updates

SimCity Guide › Behind the Scenes › Quick Reference

Challenges

Note

These are just a few of the challenges you can expect after launch. New challenges are released regularly, so check the game or here for details on past and current challenges. And remember, these optional tasks are timed—you need to finish in the top 10% to earn the achievement associated with each challenge, so don’t waste any time.

Icon Name Criteria
500 Alarm Fire Watch out, it's dry out there. Extreme fire hazard! Extinguish 500 fires in the region.
Another Sim Rides the Bus Not everyone can take a limo to work, Moneybags. Some honest, hard workin' Sims have to take the bus. Pick up 100,000 Sims on buses in the region.
Black Gold Get those other regions over a barrel with your oil empire! Sell 100,000 barrels of the region's crude oil.
Blinded by Science Build the region of tomorrow, today! Have 100 high tech industry buildings in the region.
Gone Fission Split the atom to harness the ultimate power! Maintain 10 gigawatts of power in the region using only Nuclear Power Plants.
Heavy Metal Finish Muster your mettle to master metal! Upgrade a Metals HQ to a Metals Global in a city in the region.
Lockdown! There are too many criminals on the loose! Time to crack down on crime! Lock up 500 criminals in holding cells throughout the region.
Population Explosion Encourage a baby boom in the region! Reach 150,000 population in the region.
Soak the Rich Concerned the wealthy aren't paying their fair share? Bleed 1,000,000 in tax revenue from the rich throughout the region!
Soot Yourself Environment schmenvironment, coal is plentiful. Let it burn! Burn 1,000,000 tons of coal in Coal Power Plants throughout the region.
The Final Frontier Build some expensive technology and launch it into orbit! Launch a satellite!
Time to Crate Let's get SimWorld working again. Ship 100,000 crates from industry throughout the region.
Vacation Destination It's vacation time! Get ready for busloads of out of place tourists! Welcome the 100,000th tourist to the region.
What a Waste It smells, it's gross, but you have to deal with it. Treat 1,000,000 gallons of the region's sewage.

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