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Anonymous
10 years ago

How to quickly complete Silver and Gold projects

A lot of people seem to be struggling with Epic Projects, so I thought I would type something up to save me replying to people one at a time.

Tips:

  • Increase your storage as high as possible.
  • Stock up with items before you begin. Typically with items that are hard to find in GTHQ, and items that take a long time to build (eg, 3-5x cream, beef, cheese etc) 
  • Keep 50-100k coins on hand for shopping in GTHQ.
  • Start a project in a specialization you have the most 3 token buildings with. I recommend 6-8 x 3 token buildings. Note: you can move the epic building within range of a specialization and refresh the plans until you get your specialization of choice.
  • Try and ignore the 1-2 token buildings. The tasks weigh the same, but give less points in return.

Bronze projects are very easy, anyone at any level should be able to complete them.

Silver is also very achievable, providing you plan ahead, otherwise be prepared to shop til you drop!

Gold is achievable by anyone with enough planning and coins for shopping. Alternatively you could use a lot of speed-up tokens. If you only just unlocked Projects, don't expect to be able to achieve this. You're meant to build your way up to this level by building Bronze projects, then using those speed-up tokens to help you achieve Silver, then later Gold (once you have the storage and coins).

Here's what you can expect to get from tasks as you near 160 points: 5x Fire Pits / Cherry Cheesecake / Burgers / Cheese / Milk etc. Expensive items to buy, and lengthy build times. It ain't gonna be cheap!

The key to obtaining any of those levels is always going to fall back on what specialization buildings you have. I can't stress enough the importance of having a lot of 3 token buildings. 1 & 2 token buildings have the same tasks as the 3 token buildings, they are not easier to complete.

Note: Although you may have 16 specialization buildings, only 8 tasks will be active at any one time. So if you had 8x 3 token buildings, and 8x 1 token buildings, the task bubbles may all eventually be on the 1 token buildings after you complete the 3 token tasks, which would force you to complete more 1 token tasks in order to get the task bubbles to appear on the 3 token buildings again. It's best to limit your number of 1 and 2 token buildings to the bare minimum, and have at least 8x 3 token buildings to make it easier to complete.

Which specializations did I build?

Education: University (25 keys, the only building worth 3 tokens). I only kept 1x Community College since it's required to build more universities.

Transportation: Heliport (20 keys, the only building worth 3 tokens). The only other building I kept was the Department of Transportation, since it's required to build more Heliports.

Beach: Merman Statue, Aquarium, Astro-twirl Rocket Ride, Sailorman's Ride, Luxury Boat Marine (all 3 tokens). For highest population, stick to the 22/50 key 3 token buildings at the end, the only non-3 token building required is the Lighthouse.

Entertainment: Sydney Opera House (25 keys, 3 tokens), Ferris Wheel (28 keys, 3 tokens, my preference due to footprint), Sumo Hall (50 keys, 3 tokens). You must keep the 1 token Entertainment HQ in order to build all of these.

Mountain: Mountainside Train Station, Ski Resort, Observatory, Mount SimCity, Mountain Palace, Castle (all 3 tokens). I only kept the 1 token Mountain Lift in order to build more Ski Resorts. You can delete it if you prefer to build Mountain Palace and Castle for higher population.

Gambling: Luxurious Casino (10 keys, 2 tokens), Luxurious Casino Tower (12 keys, 2 tokens) - there's no 3 token buildings!  I kept 1 Luxurious Casino so I could build more Luxurious Casino Towers. I deleted the 1 token Gambling HQ.

Landmarks: Empire State Building (20 keys, 3 tokens), Statue of Liberty (30 keys, 3 tokens), Washington Monument (40 keys, 3 tokens, my preference), Himeji Castle (60 keys, 3 tokens), Eiffel Tower (40 keys, 3 tokens). You must keep the 1 token Department of Culture.

Here's a record of the gold building I completed yesterday:

1. My storage full, and lots of items produced, ready for the project

2. The building the project is happening on. Note the population (regular residential building).

3. Project started, Beach! I have 7 x 3 token beach specializations, and 5 x 2 token.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago
    It's worth mentioning that you can "ditch" 2 token buildings (like the lighthouse) by stowing them. You can still buy sailorman's pier even if you have the lighthouse stowed away (and the lighthouse won't give you 2 token projects while it's stowed.)

    Just be sure to stow any non 3 token buildings BEFORE you start your epic project (after you start, bulldoze becomes the only option.)
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Not entirely true. You just can't stowe them when they have a task. If you complete that task you can stowe it right up until the next task appears

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

     It would be good if one stayed in level 25 as there are lesser time consuming items to manufacture and also most of the specializations are unlocked provided you do not want landmark specialization buidings.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Out of interest how many  buildings with 3 epic points do people have? I currently focused all my attention on education and have no specialization buildings of any of type.  I currently have four Universties and am working towards my fifth.

    im also interested to know what type of items people are creating and hoarding prior to starting a challenge.  I guess a lot of this will be dependant on your  max storage which S why I'm currently spending all my free gold on upgrading this as quickly as possible.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Ya, I know how you feel. I'm getting addicted to this game quickly. Sometimes I just want to stop. But I can't.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    A great explanation of how to handle epic projects with one glaring omission:

    Join an active club. I achieved silver level in just minutes even though I didn't have many items produced or full factories (my storage was loaded with mostly rare items at the time). What I didn't have, club members supplied readily. Being part of an active club is much better than endlessly searching Global for items you may or may not find.

    By the way, my mountain speciality had 3 1-token and 3 2-token buildings, yet I always had plenty of options with my 6 3-token buildings. I never needed to complete any 1-token tasks and only did a couple of 2-token tasks because they had easy, low-value items I could get rid of.

    I chose to stop at silver because I believe the gold speedups aren't worth the trouble. I get more than enough gold speedups from the Challenge of Mayors (I usually have about 20 on hand at any time), and using them can be difficult without wasting them. You find yourself making things you don't need just to keep the store churning or you end up with far more items than you need. Silver speedups are the sweet spot. 

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