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There are 100 tiles, on a 10x10 grid. You start out with 9 tiles, leaving 91 total land expansions.

Some expansions cost the base plus 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, or 100%. These are the grids with items on them, for the most part. However, not all grids with items have an extra cost, and not all grids with an extra cost have items. Cost of land will be increased around 4.17% after every purchase.


Assuming the base prize is 100% you would pay 200% for a land expansion at max. Regarding this information you can buy 200% first save Simoleons because a 100% expansion will just cost 10000 more, a 200% 20000. Using this information you'll find a grid picture in the gallery below provided from the SimCitySocialFriends-group in Facebook helping you find all the mean 200% tiles first which are left in your city!

Land Expansion Cost[]

Expansion # Permits Base cost Population
1 1 2000 100
2 2 3000 300
3 3 8000 1000
4 4 12000 1500
5 5 15000 2000
6 6 18000 2500
7 7
8 8
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13 8800
14 14
15 15
16 16 80000
17 17 90000
18 18 100000
19 19
20 20 135000
21 21 150000
22 22 168000
23 23 180000
24 24 210000
25 25 220000
26 26 230000
27 27 240000
28 28 250000
29 29 260000
30 30 270000
31 31 280000
32 32 290000 35400
33 33 300000 36000
34 34 310000
35 35 320000
36 36 330000
37 37 340000 42000
38 38 350000
39 39 360000
40 40 370000
41 40 380000
42 40 390000
43 40 400000
44 40 410000
45 40 420000
46 40 430000
47 40 440000
48 40 450000
49 40 460000
50 40 470000
51 40 480000
52 40 490000
53 40 500000
54 40 510000
55 40 520000
56 40 530000
57 40 540000
58 40 550000
59 40 560000
60 40 570000
61 40 580000
62 40 590000
63 40 600000
64 40 610000
65 40 620000
66 40 630000
67 40 640000
68 40 650000
69 40 660000
70 40 670000
71 40 680000
72 40 690000
73 40 700000
74 40 710000
75 40 720000
76 40 730000
77 40 740000
78 40 750000
79 40 760000
80 40 770000
81 40 800000
82 40 850000
83 40 880000
84 40 900000 170000
85 40 950000 180000
86 40 1000000 190000
87 40 2000000 200000
88 40 5000000 210000
89 40 8000000 220000
90 40 10000000 230000

Grid[]

This table shows the grid of potential land expansions and their cost multiplier based on their location. It also includes some wonders and natural decorations as points of reference.

10x10 map bright
100% 100% 175%
Crater Lake
100% 100% 150%
Beautiful Lagoon
100% 100% 200%
Skull Cave
100%
100% 100% 150%
Geyser
100% 175%
Waterfall
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
175%
Burial Mound
175%
Small Lagoon
110% 150% 120% 125%
Wild Giraffes
150%
Natural Spring
150%
Bubbling Swamp
150%
Ancient Tree
100%
200% 200% Start Start
Natural Spring
Start Start 150% 100% 200%
Sphinx
100%
200% 200% 200%
Exotic Flowers
Start Start Start 150%
Wild Horses
150% 100% 100%
200%
Gem Mine
200%
200% Start Start Start 120% 150%
Jutting Granite Rock
120%
Wild Giraffes
200%
Pyramid
100% 100% 150%
Ancient Chalk Art
150% 120% 100%
Wildflower Meadow
100% 100% 100% 100%
120%
Wild Horses
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 150%
Ancient Ruins
120%
Pleasant Meadow
100% 200%
Magma Veins
150%
Yggdrasil
100% 100% 150%
Rock Formation
100% 120%
Flagrant Flowers
100% 100% 100% 100%
200%
Fossil Dig
100% 200%
Standing Stones
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 200%
Gaping Crevasse

Maps[]

Lowest Cost Strategy[]

Since the the base cost increases each time you purchase an expansion, the order you pick to purchase your expansions can change your total cost significantly. If you pick the lowest cost expansions first, the highest cost expansions will be even higher when you get to them. If you try to get the most expensive expansions out for the way first, you will spend a lot less on your land overall.

The following two strategies show how total land cost depends on order.

Worst Case[]

If you pick the lowest cost first your order will look like this:

  • 46x 100%
  • 1x 110%
  • 7x 120%
  • 1x 125%
  • 16x 150%
  • 4x 175%
  • 15x 200%

Using the base costs found in the table above, your total cost will come out to roughly:

  • 101,680,000Simoleons

Best Case[]

If you try to get rid of the highest cost spots first your order will look roughly like this:

  • 8x 200%
  • 2x 175%
  • 2x (150%, 100%, 200%)
  • 100%, 120%, 200%, 100%, 200%, 100%, 200%
  • 100%, 120%, 150%, 200%, 100%, 200%
  • 120%, 175%
  • 110%, 150%, 175%
  • 10x 150%
  • 150%, 100%, 120%, 100%, 150%
  • 1x 125%
  • 2x 120%
  • 100%, 120%
  • 36x 100%

Using the base costs found in the table above, your total cost will come out to roughly:

  • 64,684,000Simoleons

This comes out be be much less expensive than pick the lowest spots first with a savings of about:

  • 36,996,000Simoleons

Note: There may be an even better order of picking land expansions. This is the best known so far. If you know of a better order, please feel free to change the information above, or leave a message in the comments below.

These calculations show that trying to get the most expensive land expansions first is MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE than trying to get the least expensive expansions first.

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