Underwater Cities – Deluxe Upgrade Guide
Underwater Cities – Deluxe Upgrade Guide
Upgrade your Underwater Cities experience with premium components designed to improve clarity, immersion and gameplay flow. This guide shows how each upgrade set works, what it replaces, and how it enhances your strategy beneath the ocean surface.
Why Upgrade Underwater Cities?
Underwater Cities is a highly strategic Eurogame focused on building underwater networks, managing resources and optimizing actions. With so many tokens, tunnels, buildings and cities in play, having clear and durable components makes a significant difference—especially when those components enhance both functionality and immersion.
- Better visibility thanks to distinct shapes and colors
- Smoother turns with tactile pieces easy to pick up and move
- Faster resource management during late-game production
- Improved immersion through thematic elements like transparent domes and tunnels
- A premium aesthetic with pastel-toned resources designed for visual clarity
Underwater Cities Deluxe Upgrade Sets
Below you will find every deluxe set available for Underwater Cities, along with their unique improvements and visual enhancements:
Buildings Set (111 pieces)
Stackable buildings designed for clarity and smooth gameplay. Each structure—Desalination Plants, Farms and Laboratories—is fully stackable for easy visibility at a glance. The city domes are crafted using transparent filament, creating a subtle underwater effect that mimics looking through the surface of the sea.
Resources Set (127 pieces)
A complete replacement for all resources in Underwater Cities and New Discoveries. Each token features pastel color tones specially chosen to be more visually attractive and easier to distinguish on the table. Clear denominations and vibrant yet soft colors help support faster, more immersive gameplay.
Action Markers Set (24 pieces)
Includes thematic Submarines (which replace the cardboard action tiles for greater immersion) and Divers/Submarinistas as player markers. Using submarines for action selection adds a strong thematic layer that feels more connected to the underwater world of the game.
Cities Set (31 pieces)
Non-Symbiotic Cities, Symbiotic Cities and the Special City recreated in a premium, durable format designed for readability and visual impact. The transparent dome style matches the rest of the upgrade line for consistency.
Tunnels Set (47 pieces)
Double-sided tunnels that provide excellent visibility when connecting your underwater network. Each tunnel is produced with transparent filament to simulate an underwater tube extending from one undersea city to another—making the map feel more alive and thematic.
Complete Deluxe Bundle (340 pieces)
The full Underwater Cities upgrade experience: Buildings, Resources, Cities, Tunnels and Action Markers. A total transformation for both the base game and the New Discoveries expansion, combining transparency effects, pastel resources and thematic markers into one unified set.
How These Upgrades Improve Gameplay
- Clearer engine building thanks to stackable buildings and distinctive city domes
- Reduced table clutter with compact, durable components
- Improved action tracking using submarines instead of flat cardboard tiles
- More thematic connections through transparent tunnels linking underwater structures
- Better visual flow with pastel resource tokens designed for readability
Compatibility
- Underwater Cities (Base Game)
- Underwater Cities: New Discoveries Expansion
- Underwater Cities: Data Era
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these components official?
No. These are premium, unofficial accessories designed and produced by DeluxyGames. Underwater Cities and related trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Do these upgrades replace all cardboard tokens?
Yes. Every token, city, tunnel, resource and action marker is fully replaced by these deluxe components, including transparent domes and tunnels for added thematic depth.
What material are they made of?
All components are produced using high-quality PLA bioplastic — durable, eco-friendly and visually clear, especially for the transparent elements.
Do you ship internationally?
Yes. DeluxyGames ships worldwide.
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