Statue of Colossalus Unlock Guide for Cities: Skylines

Statue of Colossalus
DLC	Parklife
Level	6
Build Cost	₡200,000
Upkeep Cost	₡2,000/week
Milestone Required	Big Town
Entertainment Value	100
Noise Pollution	100
Visitor Capacity	340

The Statue of Colossalus is a level 6 unique building from the Cities: Skylines Parklife DLC.

To unlock it, you need to create level 5 park areas for each of the four types in the game (City Park, Amusement Park, Zoo, and Nature Reserve). You’ll also need to reach the Small City milestone, which happens between 2,600 – 11,000 population, depending on the map.

And for this specific unlock, ‘Park area’ refers to the custom park areas you can create with the Parklife DLC. The four park area types are:

City park
Amusement park
Zoo
Nature reserve

The Statue of Colossalus is one of the more time-consuming unique buildings to unlock, as you’ll need to create four park areas and have each of them reach the maximum level (5).

Of course, developing high-level park areas is generally a good thing to do anyway. Since this will provide your city with higher resident happiness and extra income.

Tip: Just like ploppable parks and plazas, Parklife park areas also fulfill your citizens’ leisure needs and increase land value nearby.

Once you’ve got your four level 5 park areas built, you’ll be able build the Statue of Colossalus from the level 6 tab of the unique buildings menu for ₡200,000.

The Statue of Colossalus in the level 6 Unique Buildings tab.

Building Your Park Areas

The process of creating and maintaining your park areas is basically the same for all four park types.

Park areas are unlocked upon reaching the Tiny Town milestone (360 – 1,600 population).

Step 1: Go to Districts and Areas and select the Paint Park Area tool.

Step 2: Paint over the part of the map you wish to use for that park area.

Use the Paint Park Area tool to set your park’s boundaries.

Step 3: Build at least one road going into that park area, and have it connect to the rest of your road network.

Step 4: Open the “Parks and Plazas” menu and click on the tab of the park area type you wish to build.

Step 5: Choose either the main gate or the small main gate and place it along that road.

Go to Parks and Plazas, select the tab of your desired park area type, and build a main gate.

Step 6: Build footpaths within your park area for visitors to walk on.

Step 7: Place the various attractions and decorations from that park type’s tab along these paths. More assets become available to you as your park levels up.

Build your park using the various paths, attractions, and decorations you’ll find in each park area tab.

The Different Park Area Types

The four park area types basically work in the same way; they simply have different attractions and decorations.

The assets for each park area can be found in their own tab in the Parks and Plazas menu.

#1: City Park

The City Park tab

A City Park is great for creating a relaxing green space in the middle of your residential districts.

Its assets are not particularly big, so it’s possible to have a compact but high-level park right in the middle of your city.

A level 5 city park in the middle of a high-density residential district.

City park attractions are not very expensive to build or maintain. That makes it a great choice for getting a grasp on Parklife’s mechanics for the first time.

#2: Amusement Park

The Amusement Park tab

The Amusement Park area initially starts out with smaller, inexpensive attractions, such as game booths and rotating cups.

As you level up, you gain access to more impressive features – such as a ferris wheel and rollercoaster.

Be aware that amusement park rides can be expensive in terms of upkeep!

So periodically check your Park Area Info panel to make sure you’re not losing more money than you’d like.

#3: Zoo Area

The zoo has the largest and most expensive assets among the four park types.

You get large enclosures of different types of animals.

Tip: We actually have a separate guide dedicated to the Zoo park area with tips and tricks to get you started here.

#4: Nature Reserve

The nature reserve mostly features camping facilities and viewing docks.

It’s a great way to make use of your map’s beautiful landscapes that you don’t want to level for zoning.

The Nature Reserve tab

You’ll want to include some body of water (e.g., lake or river) in your nature reserve park area to make use of the fishing cabins and viewing decks.

Some viewing decks along a river

How To Level Up Your Park Areas

Simply placing a park area main gate creates a level 1 park area. Each park area can upgrade to a maximum level of 5.

Each level requires hitting milestones related to 2 specific metrics:

Total number of visitors over time
Entertainment value

With the exception of the City Park, the park area level milestones are all identical for the other 3 Park areas.

Here’s a table detailing all the metrics you’ll need for each level of each Park Area type:

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	City Park		Amusement Park, Nature Reserve, Zoo
Level	Entertainment	Visitors	Entertainment	Visitors
1	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)
2	220	500	250	500
3	420	2,500	500	2,500
4	720	5,000	1,000	5,000
5	1,120	10,000	2,000	10,000

Clicking the name of a park on a map will bring up its info panel, where you can see your progress towards the level milestones.

How To Get Visitors to your Park Areas

Hitting the required number of visitors mainly involves making your park more convenient (see the tips section below).

Your citizens are less likely to visit a park area if it’s well out of their way.

As much as possible, keep your parks fairly close to your residences so that your citizens can easily walk or bike there.

Don’t forget that on top of helping the park level up faster, getting more visitors also means you make more money from ticket sales.

How To Increase Entertainment Value

Each attraction or decoration you add to your park area increases its entertainment value a certain amount.

As you level up your park, more assets (including ones with higher entertainment values) will become available to you.

Tip: Multiple instances of the same asset type will stack. Take advantage of this in the earlier levels, when you don’t have many park attraction assets unlocked yet.

Multiple instances of assets, like these three gazebos, will stack towards your park’s total entertainment value.

Tips for Leveling Up Your Park Areas

Tip #1: Provide Public Transportation

One of the most important things you can do to boost your park area visitor numbers is to make the commute there more convenient.

Place a metro/monorail station, or a bus/tram stop near your park entrance.

A metro station right next to the zoo main gate.

Tip #2: Use Intercity Public Transport

If you have unlocked and can afford intercity public transport, it can significantly increase the number of tourists that visit your park areas.

An intercity bus station is the cheapest option.

But a train station, passenger harbor, or airport will also bring in tourists in greater numbers.

Tip #3: Use the Prop Line Tool Mod

If you’re ok with using mods, the Prop Line Tool is fantastic for decorating your park areas.

The mod lets you place long lines of trees, park benches, and tiles, rather than having to place and align them individually.

These kinds of decorations add to your park’s entertainment value, so you won’t want to skimp on them!

This is especially important in the earlier levels of your park areas, when you only have a small selection of park area assets unlocked.

Note: Using any mods disables Steam achievements.

Use the Prop Line Tool mod to make placing multiple props easier.

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