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Demolition

The excavator clears houses, buildings and roads: what it costs and what you get back.

With the excavator in the Colony build menu you clear space. Drag a rectangle or click a single building. The preview shows the price first.

Cost per tile

WhatPrice per tile
Residential house400 $
Shop600 $
Factory800 $
Large building2,000 $
Road10 $

Large buildings cost a little more: 10% surcharge per tile of edge length beyond one.

What you get back

  • From large buildings you get 10% of the building material back, no money.
  • Tear down a Bits Cube and you get its voucher back.

Zones stay

If you demolish a zone house, the district remains. The area stays blocked for 5 min so you can place something else in peace. After that the city builds there on its own again.

Rocks and mesas are not removed with the excavator but directly at the rock (Boulders, Mesas and Toxic Lakes).