Industrial Zone Placement Guide

With the release of the June 2019 patch, the rules of adjacency for the Industrial Zone (IZ) were dramatically modified: Mines and Lumbermills, and Districts provide a minor bonus (+0. 5) Quarries and Strategic Resources provide a standard bonus (+1) Aqueducts, Canals, and Dams provide a major bonus (+2) For many players, the loss of the simple "+1 from Mines and Quarries" has made their old IZ strategy ineffective - simply placing an IZ near some mines may only give 1-2 adjacency now. Yet the new industrial zone can now regularly achieve previously incredible numbers - +6 or more! Navigating these new rules can be a bit difficult, especially if one isn't used to district planning. That is why this guide exists. I have played a lot of games with the new patch getting a feel for the new system, and I've created some handy templates, which allow a player to quickly size up terrain and instantly recognize a good template to place down. The new Map Tacks are a life saver here! Templates: Spoiler :