Istanbul Gets a 25% Construction Boost This Weekend

November 12, 2026

Istanbul Gets a 25% Construction Boost This Weekend

Istanbul is ready for a building weekend. From Friday, November 13, 2026 at 9 AM PT through Monday, November 16, 2026 at 9 AM PT, property owners can put 25% more construction power behind eligible builds and push their structures closer to completion.

Finish the structure that has been waiting, move a block toward your vision, and invite friends to help shape neighborhoods that are ready to welcome new residents.

Build Istanbul Together

This is the weekend to turn plans into progress. Choose the Istanbul property you want to move forward, rally friends around the build, and watch one project after another move closer to the finish line.

Bring back an Upland friend who has been away, invite someone new to discover the city, and help develop neighborhoods with more finished buildings ready to welcome residents. Every project adds another piece to the Istanbul you want to see.

  • Boost Starts: Friday, November 13, 2026 at 9 AM PT
  • Boost Ends: Monday, November 16, 2026 at 9 AM PT
  • Where: All Eligible construction in Istanbul
  • Boost: 25% additional construction power

How the 25% Boost Works

The 25% event boost applies to one standalone structure at a time on each property in Istanbul, prioritizing the structure closest to completion. Once that structure is finished, the boost moves to the next structure closest to completion. All structures continue receiving their staked SPARKLET, but only the selected structure receives the boost on contributions from the owner, other players, and deployed construction vehicles.

Construction Crews operate as usual. On a property with multiple builds, the Construction Crew supports the structure closest to completion, then moves to the next closest.

Here are a few quick examples of effective construction power during the event:

  • Your own stake: 100 staked SPARKLET provides 125 construction power during the event.
  • Help from another player or a vehicle: Your 100 SPARKLET plus 100 from another player or a construction vehicle provides 250 total construction power.
  • Combine all three: Your 100 SPARKLET, another player’s 100, and a vehicle contributing 100 provides 375 total construction power.
  • With a Construction Crew: 100 staked SPARKLET plus three different vehicles contributing 100 each provides 507 construction power. The owner and vehicle contributions become 500 after the boost. The crew’s 5% bonus is separately boosted to 6.25% and rounded up to 7%, adding 7% more based on the 100 staked SPARKLET.

These figures represent construction power, not extra SPARKLET deposited into your wallet. Vehicles contribute to the boosted build total rather than receiving a separate second 25% multiplier.

Construction Vehicles On Sale

Three individual construction vehicles are going on sale alongside the boost weekend. Each can add construction power to an eligible build or its corresponding Service Structure when deployed on an eligible property the player owns. A vehicle can strengthen the boosted total this weekend, but no vehicle is required to participate.

New to Construction Vehicles? Learn more about how vehicles work here and how Construction Crews can give you even bigger boosts here.

Registration Opens: Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 9 AM PT
Sale Begins: Friday, November 13, 2026 at 9 AM PT

Road Roller

The Road Roller brings sturdy jobsite character to a growing Istanbul block. Purchasing the Road Roller Sale grants one Road Roller service truck. Deploy it on an eligible property you own to boost construction or its corresponding Service Structure.

Price: $175

Motor Grader

The Motor Grader looks right at home beside a project entering its final stretch. Purchasing the Motor Grader Sale grants one Motor Grader service truck. Deploy it on an eligible property you own to boost construction or its corresponding Service Structure.

Price: $190

Wrecking Ball Crane

The Wrecking Ball Crane adds unmistakable heavy-machinery presence to an ambitious development. Purchasing the Wrecking Ball Crane Sale grants one Wrecking Ball Crane service truck. Deploy it on an eligible property you own to boost construction or its corresponding Service Structure.

Price: $190

Bring Istanbul’s Next Chapter to Life

Get your Istanbul projects moving, rally your friends, and put the weekend boost to work. Invite back an Uplander who has been away or introduce someone new to the city, then build the neighborhoods and structures that will welcome Istanbul’s next residents.

From one finished structure to the next, let’s build Istanbul together.