Volcano

Learn about Volcanoes in SimCity 2000, activated via the Debug menu. Discover how they cause destruction and what to do after.

Volcanoes are highly visual disasters that cause significant destruction in SimCity 2000. They never occur randomly and can only be activated through the Debug menu. The Portland scenario is the only instance where a volcano is featured. Volcanoes are too traumatic and disastrous to be allowed to occur randomly, as this would have upset many players.

Volcanoes can be identified as a growing hill from which toxic clouds and fires sprout. The toxic clouds flow downhill into your city, causing buildings in their path to become abandoned. Volcanoes can vary in size, from very small to the maximum height the simulator allows for ground elevation. If your computer has a slow processing speed, volcanoes may take a considerable amount of time to complete their eruption cycle.

After a volcano has finished its course, you must clean up the resulting fires and rebuild your city as effectively as possible. A large hill will remain as a permanent reminder of the volcano's presence. You will likely want to level this hill to reclaim the space it occupies, but be prepared to pay for this land reclamation.