Savva Bay

A Vanilla Map by Steel

• Vanilla map
• Boreal theme
• Mass Transit DLC required

Welcome to Savva Bay! This is a boreal themed map based on the Pacific Northwest. This map features all of my personal favorite things, including a nice inner bay area from the ocean for fishing, multiple rivers, mountainous regions, forested areas, and plenty of flat buildable space for large sprawling cities and industries. I have tried to keep things simple and straightforward while giving vanilla players options for versatility and playability!

Savva is a Russian forename derived from an original Greek name, Sabas, that means “old man” or “grandfather” which I felt fit the vibes of a quaint but established region of the Pacific Northwest that could be located anywhere from Northern California all the way up to Alaska.

The map includes two rail lines, one in the main starting tile and another which can be accessed further south in an abandoned industrial area. I have included significant amounts of every industrial resource, even oil despite there not being much oil in the PNW, as I enjoy being able to build all of the industries with the Industries DLC.

Because it’s a boreal PNW map, it must have tons of trees! I have placed about 220k trees which should leave plenty of available usage for the 250k tree limit in the base game.

This map is not a 1:1, but the heightmap is loosely based off of Astoria, Oregon and adjusted and cleaned up to suit for customization, with adjustments to the coastlines, rivers, mountains, the dried gully, and lake for looks and playability. The dried gully/wash is a unique feature in particular.

The main highway connection is a custom vanilla 4-way interchange into the starting tile that wraps around the topography of the hill and rail line a bit for better space utilization.

This is my first published map for Cities:Skylines and I’m super grateful to my Brit building buddy Jakey for helping playtest and the CS Map Makers Discord, particularly Uncle Ron, Sidai, Bringer of Fire, AvoirRev, and Pretstag for their incredible help and feedback on this map project.

This is a vanilla map so the only thing required to play is the Mass Transit DLC. However, to get the full value out of this map, I recommend a custom theme and LUT for better looks and one of the 81 or 25 tiles mods to maximize playability.

Recommended Theme: SCT-Homecoming by Raffa
Recommended LUT: Photorealistic by Reaper
Recommended Mods: 81 Tiles or 25 Tiles

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I would love to see your builds on this map!

Much Love,
Steel