Black Woods Cities: Skylines map guide

Black Woods is one of the base game maps for Cities: Skylines, with 69% of the map area buildable. Its most abundant natural resource is forestry (18.5% of the map). Its in-game coordinates are 66° latitude and 98° longitude.

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69%Buildable land#26 of 57

4 / 4Highway / rail routes inoutside connections

60,000Megalopolis population#50 lowest of 57

10–25°CDaytime temperature50–77°F

Natural resources on Black Woods

Share of the whole map covered by each resource. Bars are scaled to the richest map in the database for that resource, so you can compare maps at a glance.

Forestry18.5% #24

Fertile Land3.3% #33

Ore5.9% #24

Oil5.7% #14

Water21.7% #21

Rank (#) is out of 57 maps; 1 = most of that resource.

Outside connections

Outside connections on Black Woods: 4 highway, 4 rail, 1 shipping, 4 air routes.

Outside connections of Black Woods
Connection	Incoming routes	Outgoing routes
Highways	4	4
Rails	4	4
Shipping channels	1	1
Air ways	4	4

Milestones: population required

Milestones start at 320 citizens (Little Hamlet) and the final milestone, Megalopolis, requires 60,000 citizens — #50 lowest requirement among 57 maps.

Population needed for each milestone on Black Woods
Milestone	Citizens required
Little Hamlet	320
Worthy Village	650
Tiny Town	1,000
Boom Town	1,800
Busy Town	3,600
Big Town	5,500
Small City	7,500
Big City	12,000
Grand City	15,000
Capital City	24,000
Colossal City	34,000
Metropolis	48,000
Megalopolis	60,000

Climate and weather

Daytime temperatures range from 10°C to 25°C (50–77°F) and drop to 1–11°C (33–51°F) at night. Daytime rain has a 15% probability, nighttime rain 20%, and fog 15% by day and 20% by night. The Northern Lights can appear (25% probability).