City map Icon

[Guor]

What are the requirements for the city icon mark on map for your own town?

[Lane]

My city has a lot of buildings and feeds itself without having to buy any kind of materials or food. I have the highest level walls and a lot of people. But I still dont have the town icon. Although I wish your settlement could get the town icon, I don't think it's possible to get it. Maybe someone will make a mod that lets you get the town icon in the future.

[Guor]

Im pretty sure you can because i ve seen it in my previous save. I dont really get how but if i am not mistaken is was done when i upgraded my lvl 3 walls to lvl 4. Although in my latest run i have researched pretty much everything before settling down and built the higher tech walls straight-up.I have tried a lot of things but i can't seem to make it happen again.

Anyone got any tips?

[Helios]

Pretty sure it depends how much space you occupy did not have the icon until i addet another wall after loading some saves https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/950724929037066946/8EDA714BFC69E8E1B70D03AECF6C94DFDB6A10A1/

[Guor]

I will give that a try.

[Guor]

Update : Somehow I managed to make it happen. I used Helios advice and extended my walls built a couple of city lamps and a few extra harpoons.
Still not sure what triggers it.

[Peco4418]

sorry for necroing, but this is the latest post about this topic.

Finally figured it out! After adding around 14 mark 2 turrets to my outpost it changed to a city. Walls also upgraded another one to a town, so in my opinion, it is the walls/gates and turret number that dictate the icon of an outpost, although I didn't pin down the exact number since I had to restart the game to have it take effect. 10 turrets is definitely the minimum.

[Dynamiez]

Nope. One of my outposts has only 8 Turret and mark 3 walls. And it has the town icon

[Wanted111who]

I wanted to know what is the mechanic behind town rank,

I mean if we go to heft requesting alliance with Outpost options, the standard fees is 75000 cats. In my current save, it only cost me 10k cats to make an alliance with UC and also 10k cats with TG via Outpost options, it is 65k cats cheaper than the standard fees.

Slave trader raid will ignore my base, saying something like "wow, impressive Outpost, forget it, not worth attacking it." When they reach infront of my gate, then abort the raid and run away.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102218843

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102218964

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102219026

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2102218916

I was trying to figure out what cause it and am still looking for answer until today.

I suspects is number of buildings, but it can be because of squad size or the Outpost area or all 3 combined? I don't know.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Wanted111who:

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I suspects is number of buildings, but it can be because of squad size or the Outpost area or all 3 combined? I don't know.

I'm pretty sure it's based on the number of "built" things and buildings. ie: Exterior building items/improvements. I don't think basing it on Squad size would make sense, since that's often fluctuating. As for Area, that seems a bit too contrived and also a bit more complicated to calculate versus building count.

[Shidan]

It's also definitely not just the number of things, or the area. As I tried building tons of the same building over a vast area once, and while I did level up the outpost to higher levels, it never reached town status no matter what.

My guess is that it is determines by a formula that looks for amount of buildings, and types of buildings. Walls of some kind seem to be a requirement for the max level, and it's possible there are some other requirements.

Unless the devs ever decide to explain it, we'll probably never know the actual conditions.

[Wanted111who]

Originally posted by Shidan:

It's also definitely not just the number of things, or the area. As I tried building tons of the same building over a vast area once, and while I did level up the outpost to higher levels, it never reached town status no matter what.

My guess is that it is determines by a formula that looks for amount of buildings, and types of buildings. Walls of some kind seem to be a requirement for the max level, and it's possible there are some other requirements.

Unless the devs ever decide to explain it, we'll probably never know the actual conditions.

This is bugging me for a while... I meant, so not fulfilling didn't know what I did to get there. In future when I do another new game start, I wouldn't know what to do to get back the same status and knowing I can reach this level isn't helping at all, I rather not to know it. At least then I wouldn't be too bothered by it when I start another new game but precisely I know it can be done... Well.. I guessed I just have to try the luck.

Now this cross my mind, is it electricity consumption? It's just too many variables.

Also is it the max? Or it is just second best and there is another tier where we can completely ally with UC and TG free of charge using Outpost option? IDK.

[Shenji]

I only have 2 turrets and most walls were lv2 and I had my town mark just after I built a guard tower, the 7th or 8th housing in my base, but I have plenty of farms.

[bobsmail]

Originally posted by Lane:

My city has a lot of buildings and feeds itself without having to buy any kind of materials or food. I have the highest level walls and a lot of people. But I still dont have the town icon. Although I wish your settlement could get the town icon, I don't think it's possible to get it. Maybe someone will make a mod that lets you get the town icon in the future.

For me I built a research desk(even though I did not need it) and presto, I got town status with four buildings

[Jerba IV]

Originally posted by Peco4418:

sorry for necroing, but this is the latest post about this topic.

Finally figured it out! After adding around 14 mark 2 turrets to my outpost it changed to a city. Walls also upgraded another one to a town, so in my opinion, it is the walls/gates and turret number that dictate the icon of an outpost, although I didn't pin down the exact number since I had to restart the game to have it take effect. 10 turrets is definitely the minimum.

Hi! I was reading this topic, 'cause my town didn't get the propper icon. So i figured it out: The icon is changed by the number of defence buildings that you have:

-If you put only walls, no matter what lvl are, you get the Tower Icon.
-If you put 8 turrets, you get the Town Icon.
-If you has no defences at all, but at least 3 buildings, you get the village icon.

Have a nice day buddys.

(Sorry bout my bad english)

[[PTF] BMY]

Originally posted by Jerba IV:

Originally posted by Peco4418:

sorry for necroing, but this is the latest post about this topic.

Finally figured it out! After adding around 14 mark 2 turrets to my outpost it changed to a city. Walls also upgraded another one to a town, so in my opinion, it is the walls/gates and turret number that dictate the icon of an outpost, although I didn't pin down the exact number since I had to restart the game to have it take effect. 10 turrets is definitely the minimum.

Hi! I was reading this topic, 'cause my town didn't get the propper icon. So i figured it out: The icon is changed by the number of defence buildings that you have:

-If you put only walls, no matter what lvl are, you get the Tower Icon.
-If you put 8 turrets, you get the Town Icon.
-If you has no defences at all, but at least 3 buildings, you get the village icon.

Have a nice day buddys.

(Sorry bout my bad english)

I have a town icon with no turrets and a village icon with 1 building.