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How to research animal, enrichment and stuffs in planetzoo

• Thread starter Willyphua
• Start date Nov 8, 2019

I can't find it, can someone tell me where is it located?  

Build a research center, hire a vet, then in your zoo window one of the tabs is research. You can assign your vet to research an animal, but you have to have that animal in a habitat before you can research it.  

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Play the tutorial in career mode, it shows you how.  

I am playing sandbox mode  

Willyphua said: I am playing sandbox mode Click to expand...

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Yes, we really do recommend playing the Career Mode, as it will teach you some tips and tricks for all other modes!  

Actually I have play the franchise mode when planet zoo release it planet zoo deluxe beta game back then. I guess only career mode I haven yet play  

Planet Zoo – Research Guide

Research is critical and that’s why it’s getting its own information.

What is Research?

If you are in Sandbox Mode then you probably don’t have to worry about this. Research is the most critical column to creating a good zoo. There are two types of research:

Veterinary Research

– For every vet you have is every research you can do. Vets can research a specific animal or a specific medical  thing  like a virus, bacteria, or condition.

– Researching an animal will provide new enrichment, nutrition, and more.

– Researching a medical topic thing will provide better diagnosis, treatment, and pharmacology (it’ll help when your animals get sick)

Mechanic Research

– For every mechanic you have is every research you can do. Mechanics can research a specific theme or a specific construction  thing  like habitats, barriers, or food shops.

– Researching things like habitats, barriers or food shops will yield blueprints, extra objects, and more.

– Researching themes will yield scenery and blueprints to that respective theme.

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Planet Zoo guide: Tips I wish I would’ve known sooner

Planet Zoo is a very good game for very good people, but disaster can strike at any moment.

If you’ve played the original Zoo Tycoon series and Frontier’s previous sim title, Planet Coaster , you’ll have a decent idea of what to expect from Planet Zoo . That said, this game has its own quirks.

To help you cut it as a zoo manager, I’ve assembled tips – from keyboard shortcuts to obscure menus to financial advice – that would’ve made life easier for me. Hopefully, they’ll work wonders for you too.

General tips for Planet Zoo

Here are the best general tips for Planet Zoo:

• From time to time, other players’ avatars will come visit your zoo. Big tip: this isn’t just for show! It’s super easy to overlook, but you can actually earn conservation credits – a coveted resource used to get new animals from the Animal Market – just by saying hi to these VIPs. Whenever you see a “ visiting player ” alert on the left-hand side of the UI, click it, and then you’ll get a prompt to greet them. Your reward? 20 credits!
• Note: you’ll need to have an online connection to see visiting players, and there’s a daily limit on how many conservation credits you can pile up this way. It’s worth the trouble.
• You can also get credits from daily logins . Click “Franchise” from the main menu.
• If it seems like there’s a way to visit other zoos , well, there isn’t – not really . Your best bet is to take a look at the Steam Workshop where users can upload their custom-made items, many of which are as detailed as the official assets. I’d love for Frontier Developments to implement a hassle-free system that lets players tour zoos up-close.

• To earn more conservation credits (and to feel better about yourself), consider breeding and releasing critically endangered species : the Bornean orangutan, Chinese pangolin, gharial, Himalayan brown bear, Lehmann’s poison frog, Lesser Antillean iguana, red ruffed lemur, West African lion, western chimpanzee, and western lowland gorilla.
• It’s possible to breed an albino baby, but it’s up to chance. There’s even an achievement.

Best building tips for Planet Zoo

Here are the best tips for building in Planet Zoo:

• You can add cool-looking windows to your wood, brick, and concrete walls (just to name a few). To do so, click on a wall or habitat, then hit “edit barrier,” and look near the bottom right of your screen for a “Window” option. From here, you can toggle glass windows on and off, and – once researched by Mechanics – even use one-way glass.

• As for making barriers climb-proof , many walls are inherently resistant to would-be climbers (you can hover your mouse over a barrier type to see this info). But for habitat barriers like Wood Logs, one of my personal favorite designs, you can stop animals from climbing out by heading into the “edit barrier” menu, clicking on the right-hand tab found toward the bottom of your screen, and selecting one of the “Climb Proof” options. Just be sure to choose the correct direction (pick “both” if you’re unsure).

• Do you prefer building paths on a grid ? Same! And there’s a way to do in Planet Zoo . First, with the path-laying tool open, you’ll want to click “Align to Grid” at the bottom of your screen – doing so will give your cursor a blue grid. You’ll then need to click on an existing path or building in your zoo to sample it as a point of reference. Once you do that, you’re free to plop down perfectly-spaced paths to your heart’s content.

• Want a more believable-looking zoo? You can make elevated pathways and stairs using the keyboard shortcuts “u” and “j” to raise/lower a pathway while the path building tool is active. Alternatively, you can click to lay down a path, continue holding the left mouse button down, and drag your mouse up to raise the walkway.

• Okay, so say you made an ugly walkway. Say you want to get rid of all the evidence and take out the witnesses. How do you go about that? To delete a path , open up the path tool (from the bottom) and just click “Delete Path” – you can then erase by clicking.
• Bonus tip: you can remove water much the same way (or by clicking your scroll wheel).

• Are you getting a “ terrain modification failed ” error when you try to place paths? This was driving me nuts too. Try turning off the “Flatten Terrain” and “Tunneling” toggles inside the path-laying menu. If you still can’t make new paths that connect to your existing ones, try deleting the original path and starting again with those options off.

• There’s a trick to get your barriers/fences to sit nicely near your paths . The toggle is called “Snap Alongside Barriers” and it’s located in the path tool, so open that up. You’ll then need to click the right-hand tab and scroll down the list to find the option.

• Okay, just a few more control tips: you can painlessly decrease/increase the size of the terrain painter and the terrain sculptor using the bracket keys, [ and ] respectively.
• You can also raise/lower objects by holding the shift key while moving them around. This is so helpful for larger structures that are comprised of multiple smaller pieces (like caves made of rocks) or getting trees to sit in your zoo at variable heights.
• Also, if you want fine control over objects when rotating them, hold the Z key.

• There’s a vital HUD element that’ll be way too easily overlooked by anyone who skips the tutorial in Planet Zoo ‘s Career mode. See the radar button in the bottom left-hand corner? Learn it. Love it. Clicking the radar will give you access to lots of valuable info. You can see temperature heat maps, water quality, areas with (and without) electricity, details on how your staff buildings are negatively impacting guests, and more.

• If it seems as if items like education boards, speakers, and benches are constantly breaking down , hire more Security guards. (Also, you’ll need to replace them.) I discovered this tidbit after watching a teen stomp on one of my benches. The little jerk!

• If you’re the type of person who reads guides before buying a game to get a feel for it, first: me too ! Second: here’s an image of all the animals in Planet Zoo . (Note: the pygmy hippo, Thomson’s gazelle, and Komodo dragon are Deluxe Edition exclusives.)

Best tips for making money in Planet Zoo

Here are the best tips for money-making in Planet Zoo:

• How do you make more money? Well, if you’re just starting out, don’t bite off more than you can chew . Make a single habitat, get your animals situated, and have your Veterinarians research the species so that you can add the appropriate enrichment toys and feeders.
• Education matters too. Vet research goes hand in hand with increasing your education rating and your guests’ willingness to donate money (the primary source of income).
• You’ll want to make ample use of the Conservation Education Board (throughout your zoo), the Exhibit Education Board (near exhibits), the Habitat Education Stand (near habitats), and Educational Speakers (all over). And Donation Boxes, of course.
• I’d also strongly discourage building Food and Drink stalls while your zoo is still getting off the ground. They’re pricey to construct, and Vendor wages quickly add up. That said, I would consider building an Information Center – they sell umbrellas and audio guides.

Best habitat tips for Planet Zoo

Here are the habitat best tips for Planet Zoo:

• If you’re wondering what size a habitat should be , it depends on the species. Find their Zoopedia file and click the “Natural Habitat” tab for exact details about their land, water, climbing, and temperature needs. (Speaking of, don’t forget heaters and coolers.)
• To figure out the size of a habitat before you transfer any animals, click on the habitat you want to inspect and tab over to “Terrain” – you’ll see the land and water area.

• How do you know which plants to use in a habitat ? Click on an animal, switch to their “Environment” tab, and note the specific Continents and Biomes listed here. Now, go into the “Nature” menu (found at the bottom of the screen) and use the filter button to show only those Continents and Biomes. Note: this isn’t 100% foolproof.
• If a plant is ill-suited, after you plop it down, you’ll see a little red warning symbol in your animal’s “Environment” tab. You can remove them right from this menu by clicking the red X.

• What about food, water, and enrichment items ? The latter require Vet research for each species (though certain items overlap). Once again, filtering is your best bet.
• Click on the “Habitat” button at the bottom of the screen, then filter by species. Done !

• Don’t neglect habitat walls ! They’ll deteriorate over time – especially if you play Planet Zoo at high speed – and your critters will cause a ruckus. Here are a few pointers.
• If you select a habitat, you can then click “Call Mechanic” to fix it up. Easy peasy.
• Or you can click on a habitat, swap to the right-most tab (“Maintenance”), and change the “Routine Visits” option from “Once a year” to something more regular.
• If you have a bunch of habitats, you might want a summary. Click the “Zoo” button on the bottom left of the screen, then mouse over to the “Animals” page, then switch to the “Habitats” tab. Got me? Good. From here, you’ll see how every habitat barrier is doing, and you can click on the little destination icon to pull up individual habitat pages.

• Is an animal’s Nutrition rating lower than you’d like? You may want to bump up your food quality. The more you research a species (with Vets), the better food you’ll be able to produce, but there’s more to it – you have to manually change the meal plan.
• Click on a habitat, then switch to the “Animals” tab, and change the food quality from Grade 1 to Grade 2 or Grade 3. If you don’t have these options yet, you need to do more research. The higher the grade, the pricier the food, so don’t go bankrupting yourself.

• Unlike other tycoon games, you can’t manually feed animals or clean habitats.
• If your keepers aren’t feeding animals properly , it’s worth explaining their behavior, because it can seem nonsensical. “ Keepers will work out how much food they need to prepare for a habitat based on how many animals are in the habitat. They will then prioritize filling enrichment feeders before standard feeders. This can mean that if all of the prepared food is placed in enrichment feeders, the standard feeders won’t be filled.”
• If keepers aren’t cleaning habitats well enough, you may want to promote your existing staff or bring on some fresh faces to help out. You can increase a staff member’s rating by opening the Zoo menu (at the bottom of the screen), going to the “Staff” tab, and putting your cursor next to an employee’s star rating. You’ll see a little arrow appear.  

• Too many bundles of joy? Take a chill pill. You can give your animals contraceptives . Click on the “Zoo” button at the bottom, then head to the “Animals” tab. On the far right, there’s a “Contraception” toggle. Note: you can reverse this at any time.

• There’s a Zoopedia shortcut to save you from having to scroll down the usual list. Click on an animal in your zoo to bring up their welfare summary. Now, look for this icon:

• Selling and trading animals in Planet Zoo is a two-step process. First, locate the animal, click on them to bring up their summary, and look for a “Send animal to storage in Trade Centre” button below the “Call Vet” and “Call Keeper” buttons. Click it!

• Next, open up the Animal Trading menu (it’s on the bottom of the screen, right above your zoo’s money) and head to the “Animal Storage” tab. From here, you’ll be able to trade or release to the wild for conservation credits, or quick trade for cold hard cash.
• Note: you can’t ditch your juveniles/infants. You’ll need to raise your animals until they reach adulthood/sexual maturity before selling them off. Good luck!

• If you’ve started exploring other players’ blueprints and you can’t figure out why they’re locked, you may be missing upgrades. Remember: vets and mechanics can research.
• To take nice screenshots, press the G key to hide the interface and then hit F12.

What? You want more Planet Zoo tips? I’m spent! This Himalayan brown bear breeding program doesn’t run itself. For more inspiration, go hit up the subreddit and see what other keepers are up to.

A Beginner's Guide to Planet Zoo – The Animals

All you need to know about caring for animals in Planet Zoo

Hayo Zookeepers!

In this third part of our Beginner’s Guide to Planet Zoo series we’re focusing on the stars of the show – the animals of Planet Zoo!

The standard edition of Planet Zoo features 72 unique animals, rising to a total of 180 animals with all DLC*. With so many unique animals to populate your zoo, all with their own quirks and requirements, there’s a lot to learn. Luckily this guide is here to kit you out with all the knowledge you need to keep your animals happy and healthy.

*Planet Zoo: Console Edition will receive all existing animals and DLC by March 2025.

Types of Animals

There are two kinds of animals in Planet Zoo. Each has its own trading area.

• Habitat animals – larger animals for example giant pandas and elephants.
• Exhibit animals – smaller animals such as the giant forest scorpion or Gila monster.

Adopting Animals

Before Adopting an Animal

Before adding a new animal to a habitat in the zoo, you will need the following:

• A Trade Centre facility.
• A power source.
• A vet or caretaker.
• Some cash or conservation credits.

Once the Trade Centre is powered (and connected by path to the habitat's gate), you're ready to start adopting animals!

How to Adopt an Animal

To adopt an animal:

• Open the appropriate trading screen to view the current list of animals.
• Select the animal you are looking for.
• Once you have sufficient funds, select 'Adopt'.
• Once you adopt an animal, it is stored in your Trade Centre and is ready to be welcomed into your zoo.

Newly adopted animals can be added to the zoo directly from the animal market and there are four types of places you can send an animal:

• Trade Centre

It's a good idea to send the animal to a quarantine facility before sending it to a habitat, as it reduces the risk of bringing infections into the zoo.

In the case of exhibit animals, only one species can be housed in a single exhibit.

Once an animal has been scheduled for transport, the nearest caretaker or vet will try to fulfil the request and take the animal to its new home.

Animal Welfare

Animals in Planet Zoo have four core needs:

These combine to affect the animal's overall welfare.

Animals with higher welfare will live longer, are less prone to illness, attract more guests and generate more donations. Animals with lower welfare can become sick and, in the worst cases, can even die. Poor animal welfare can also attract Protesters to your zoo.

You can examine an animal's welfare levels by selecting the animal in the world and viewing the first tab in its Animal Info panel, or by observing the Animal tab in the Zoo Management screen.

Information for individual species requirements can also be found in the Zoopedia.

Nutrition Welfare

Nutrition is made up of four components:

• Nourishment – whether the animal has been able to find enough food.
• Last Meal Quality – the nutritional quality of the animal’s last meal. Improved food types can be found for your animals through research.
• Hydration – whether the animal has been able to access water.
• Last Drink Cleanliness – the quality of the last drink an animal had.

Social Welfare

Each animal has its own social preferences. Specific preferences for individual species can be found in the Zoopedia.

These preferences are broken down into three categories:

Social Group

Every animal has a preference for the number of animals of the same species it wishes to coexist with. It may be necessary to adopt, separate or remove animals to find the right balance. Depending on species, you may need to also consider balancing genders and managing alpha power struggles.

There are three kinds of space that an animal may want to navigate within it’s habitat:

Some animals also require an underwater area of sufficient size and depth to satisfy their space welfare.

As the number of animals in a habitat increases so does the amount of space they need.

Animals may get stressed by losing fights and being viewed by guests.

Not all animals are affected by guest viewing in the same way; more confident animals are resilient to a larger number of viewing guests. Animals will attempt to reduce their stress by seeking shelter, hiding or climbing to block or reduce the guests' view. A good habitat will provide shy animals with opportunities to do this.

Habitat Welfare

The ideal habitat will resemble the animal's natural environment.

Cleanliness

Affected by dung, rotten food, skeletons, litter, carcasses and untreated water. While keepers can deal with the first four, a vet is needed to remove carcasses and a water treatment facility is needed to clean water.

Temperature

The ideal temperature range for each species is listed in the Zoopedia. Animals have some tolerance to temperatures outside this range but will start to suffer if the discrepancy is too great.

Each species prefers a unique distribution of terrain types.

Ideally plants in a habitat should match the continent and biome of the animals within it. For example, if an animal prefers the temperate biome in North America, try to ensure that there are North American plants in the habitat. Filters can be applied within the browser to help you more locate the right foliage for your animals. The coverage and the density of plants in a habitat is also important for its welfare.

Hard Shelter

Caves, overhangs, and other solid structures of sufficient size allow animals to rest and hide from the elements. Shelter also serves as a location for stressed animals to recuperate.

Enrichment Welfare

Animals in captivity benefit from activities which stimulate and emulate their natural behaviours.

Enrichment items provide that stimulation, either through food or play. Each animal has a set of enrichment items that they will use; some are available upon acquiring the animal and others are unlocked by performing vet research.

Food Enrichment

Provides nutrition to the animal and also stimulates their enrichment welfare.

Toy Enrichment 

Keeps animals active and engaged in their habitats. This engagement declines over time making it less effective. Removing all instances of a type of enrichment toy from a habitat will help restore its novelty bonuses.

Social Enrichment

Many species happily coexist in the wild. This interspecies coexistence boosts the overall enrichment welfare for an animal and can significantly offset enrichment toy penalties caused by lack of novelty.

Exhibit Welfare

Just as with habitats, the welfare of an animal in an exhibit is important for its survival and its chances of breeding successfully.

Exhibit welfare is split into the following categories:

• Nutrition – indicates whether an animal has had access to food or water recently.
• Social Health – a reflection of whether the exhibit is crowded and whether the correct balance of sexes has been achieved.
• Suitability – measures whether there is sufficient enrichment present for the animal.

Animal Health

There are two ways an animal can become unwell in Planet Zoo.

The primary sources of infection are:

• Contagion from other sick animals in the same habitat.
• Dirty habitats caused by a buildup of dung, rotting food, corpses, guest food and dirty water.
• Feeding from the ground.

Quarantining newly adopted animals will help to block new diseases entering the zoo, as it gives vets a chance to detect and treat diseases before they are introduced into the wider population.

To help reduce the chances of infection, keepers can be deployed to clean habitats and water treatment facilities can be used to keep bodies of water clear. Keepers and vets may detect an illness either whilst it is incubating or in an infectious state when they examine a habitat.

You can choose to box animals and have them sent to quarantine to reduce the likelihood of an infection spreading. Animals are transferred to quarantine by caretakers and will be moved automatically into a vet surgery by a vet when one becomes available.

There is a chance that animals will recover on their own, but the likelihood of this happening depends on their welfare and immunity. A vet will always heal an animal faster and more reliably. Animals that have caught a disease will become immune to future infections by the same one.

Physical injury

Animals can become injured either through fights amongst themselves or attacks from their predators.

Fighting within a species normally occurs due to one of three issues:

• Dominance fights where an animal is attempting to take alpha status from another.
• Fighting due to social imbalances in the group makeup.
• Stress fighting due to overcrowding.

Often fighting can be avoided through good animal husbandry and predation can be avoided by separating unsuitable animals.

Treatment for injuries follows the same process as for disease, but animals with light injuries may also heal themselves over time depending on the animal's welfare and immunity.

Injuries that heal will leave the animal with a permanent scar.

Animal Lifecycle

In Planet Zoo animals transition from infancy into adulthood and if looked after well will live to a healthy old age.

The lifespan of an animal is affected by:

• Overall welfare throughout the animal's life
• Starvation and Dehydration

If you keep your animal in optimal welfare, treat illnesses quickly and limit injuries, they will live longer. When an animal dies, ensure there is a keeper or vet present to take away the body, and don't forget to check the social welfare of cohabiting animals.

Animal Locomotion

Animals in Planet Zoo can move around their environment in a number of ways, these include:

• Wading (shallow water)
• Surface swimming (commences when too deep for wading)
• Wading (submerged)

The species of animal will dictate which of these locomotion types are possible.

For instance primates cannot swim, elephants cannot jump, hippos can wade submerged but don't swim, and so on. For an animal to be able to traverse an area it must be able to fit through it.

In the case of land traversal, the steepness of the slope can become too great for an animal to walk up it and it may become untraversable. This varies from animal to animal. When possible, climbing occurs on surfaces that are too steep to walk upon.

Climbing animals need to be able to grip the surface to be able to climb, which restricts their climbing to soft surfaces such as wood, surfaces with grips or handholds or hard surfaces that they can grasp fully such as a pole.

Enabling Heatmaps will allow you to see the traversable area within habitats.

Appeal to Guests

Guests come to your zoo to see your animals and are attracted to different animals for different reasons.

The source of this attraction is the animal's Appeal and is based on a number of factors:

Species Appeal

Some species are just more interesting and therefore appealing to guests than others and will have a high Appeal score.

Genetic Quality

Within a given species, animals with the strongest genetics tend to be the most appealing to guests. When looking at the animal exchange, look out for the shiny medals; these indicate the animal's genetic strength.

Not only will animals with great genetics have a tendency to produce strong offspring, they are also likely to be larger and healthier than other animals, therefore improving their appeal.

Star Rating

If an animal is well looked after and therefore has excellent welfare, its star rating improves over time. The larger the rating, the higher the appeal If the rating reaches five stars, the animal becomes extremely attractive to guests.

Animal Breeding

Animal breeding is an important aspect of any zoo and it must be carefully nurtured and managed to control your animal populations.

Chance of Success

The chance of a successful mating encounter is based on a number of factors:

• The current welfare of both parents
• The fertility level of both parents
• Breeding programmes
• Species fertility
• Animals will never successfully mate if the overall welfare of either animal is below 66%.

The best possibility of animals having offspring comes from good welfare, well researched breeding programmes and good animal husbandry practices.

Animal Genetics

Every animal in Planet Zoo has its own genome, passed down to it from its parents. Breeding animals can accentuate these genetic expressions with results both positive and negative.

Each animal has genes that express the following traits:

• Additive Genes - tend to reinforce a trait, such as size, when two animals breed.
• Diversity Genes - provide improved genetic outputs in offspring when the genetic information from both parents is different.

Parents with similar genetic information tend to occur with inbreeding and the offspring of these mates will have compromised traits such as low fertility.

• Contraception

To control a population, it may be necessary to moderate breeding. This can be done in the following ways:

• Physical separation

Contraception can be modified either in the animal's info panel or in the Animals Overview screen.

Animal Star Rating

Each animal has an Animal Star Rating that is rated out of 5 stars. This rating increases over time based on how well you look after your animal; a higher welfare will mean their star rating rises faster. An animal's lifespan also affects how easy it is to reach a 5 star rating. The better the animal's Longevity gene the more time there is for the animal to reach 5 stars.

Animal Coat Variation

An animal's coat can have both colour and pattern variation depending on species. Coat variation is passed on through genetics. This includes rare genetic variations such as albino animals. If you’re looking to encourage a particular coat variation, breeding animals with the same coat variation increases the chance of this passing to their offspring.

However, be sure to maintain a good level of genetic diversity in your breeding pairs or you may bring in more compromised traits.

Releasing to the Wild

Animals can be released to the wild as a part of a conservation drive to increase numbers in their natural habitat. Releasing animals to the wild will generate Conservation Credits and will also boost the zoo's conservation rating. The number of Credits returned from this will reduce for repeat releases of the same species within a short period of time.

Animals cannot be released to the wild when they are juvenile, sterile, elderly or sick.

Trading Animals

Animals can be traded for cash and conservation credits.

Before you can trade an animal, you must send it to the Trade Centre. Animals cannot be traded when they are juvenile, sterile or elderly.

If an animal can't be traded or released to the wild, it can be rehomed; doing so costs money. Once an animal is rehomed, there is no way to get it back.

Trade in Franchise Mode

You can only trade for conservation credits in Franchise Mode. To list the animal on the market for Conservation Credits, select 'Trade.' Other players will then be able to adopt your animal while the animal is listed. If the animal isn't adopted before the listing expires, it will return to the Animal Storage.

In any mode of the game, you can quickly sell the animal for cash. This is instant but doesn't generate Conservation Credits.

The heart of any zoo is its animals and now you have the knowledge you need to keep them happy and healthy for a long, long time.

Looking to start building your Zoo, but not sure where to start? Head over to the previous part of this guide which covers everything you need to know about building your zoo . Ready to start welcoming guests and filling staff rooms? Read the next guide in the series, which is focused on staff and guests .

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Official Planco Dictionary

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Mechanic Research

Mechanic Research is a tab in the Zoo screen. It allow players to unlock more game content. Player first need to build a Workshop and have a Mechanic working.

• 1 Description
• 2.1 Scenery Themes
• 2.2.1 Food Shops
• 2.2.2 Drink Shops
• 2.2.3 Souvenir Shops
• 2.3.1 Habitats
• 2.3.2 Barriers
• 2.3.3 Shelters and Climbing
• 2.4.1 Staff Facifilities
• 2.4.2 Power
• 2.4.3 Transport Rides
• 3 References

Description [ ]

Mechanics will visit the Workshop to undertake their research. Only one mechanic can use a Workshop at a given time. This process takes time and a Mechanic may need to visit a Staff Room to take a break.

They can also be called to a higher priority task unless research has been set as their only available task type (in their info panel under Employment tab). Mechanics that have been called away from their research will return to it when they can.

Rewards [ ]

Scenery themes [ ].

There are a lot of Themes in the base game. Some DLCs also introduce additional themes. Each theme has their own section in the Mechanic Research tab. Leveling up on these themes unlock more content in the according theme.

• Level 1: Theme Scenery Items. Usually 200+ items.
• Level 2: Theme Blueprints Level 1. ~15 items.
• Level 3: Theme Blueprints Level 2. ~10 items.
• Level 4: Theme Blueprints Level 3. ~4 items.

Guests Buildings [ ]

Food shops [ ].

• Level 1: Hotdog Squad shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 2: Pizza Pen shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 3: Cosmic Cow Ice Cream shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 4: Missy Good shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 5: Mexelente shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 6: Monsieur Frites shops and decorations (8 items).

Drink Shops [ ]

• Level 1: Gulpee Slush shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 2: Pipshot Water shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 3: Street Fox Coffee shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 4: Cosmic Cow Milkshakes shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 5: Pipshot Juice shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 6: Gulpee Energy shops and decorations (8 items).
• Level 7: Pipshot Smoothies shops and decorations (8 items).

Souvenir Shops [ ]

• Level 1: Just A Momento shops and decorations (6 items).
• Level 2: Hat's Fantastic shops and decorations (7 items).

Animal Related [ ]

Habitats [ ].

• Level 1: Blueprints Level 1 (3 items).
• Level 2: Blueprints Level 2 (2 items).
• Level 3: Blueprints Level 3 (2 items).

Barriers [ ]

• Level 1: Gabion
• Level 2: Chain - Steel Posts.
• Level 3: Concrete
• Level 4: Electric
• Level 5: One Way Glass
• Level 6: Thick Glass

Shelters and Climbing [ ]

• Level 1: Blueprints Level 1 (20 items).
• Level 2: Blueprints Level 2 (23 items).
• Level 3: Blueprints Level 3 (12 items).

Staff Facifilities [ ]

• Level 1: Large Keeper Hut (15 items).
• Level 2: Large Staff Room (15 items).
• Level 3: Large Quarantine (15 items).
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Planet Zoo: 10 beginner’s tips and tricks for becoming the ultimate zookeeper

After a long wait,  Planet Zoo  has arrived on console to bring the popular zoo management game to a new player base. With so much to take in, it can be daunting—but we’re here to help.

Planet Zoo   has everything you need in a zoo builder, including an expansive  list of animals  you can add, hours of entertainment in campaign and scenario modes, and a Sandbox where you can let your creative freedom run wild.

If you want to create a zoo that even David Attenborough would be proud of, we’ve outlined some of the best tips for beginners in  Planet Zoo.

Play the campaign

Though it may be tempting to dive straight into Franchise or Sandbox mode to build the zoo of your dreams, the campaign and timed scenarios are a great way to learn all sorts of skills you need to call upon.

From the very basics, like raising enclosure fences and ensuring your animals have access to clean water, to the more advanced, the campaign is the perfect guide to begin your journey—and there are some fantastic buildings and designs you can take inspiration from.

Start small

Animals like elephants are likely at the top of your list in  Planet Zoo  for creatures you want to add to your zoo, but the best tactic is to start small and build from there. After all, if you were opening a zoo in real life, you probably wouldn’t start with the largest land mammal in the world.

Aardvark’s, Ostriches, and Warthogs are great options to start off with, along with the added bonus of getting Species Enrichment if paired in an enclosure with other animals (more on that later), and it isn’t expensive to build the perfect environment for any of them.

Avoid large carnivores early on

Similarly to the above, lions and tigers may be among the most eye-catching and famous animals you want to add to your zoo in  Planet Zoo,  but they are also the most costly. In  Planet Zoo,  feeding carnivores is a lot more expensive than feeding the non-meat eaters.

Adding a large carnivore to your zoo too early can quickly deplete your funds and leave you with your back against the wall, struggling to make ends meet, so I highly recommend steering clear until you are much more established.

Make use of the Workshop

Planet Zoo  has a staggering amount of build items you can use to create your own buildings, shelters, and anything else you can think of, though it can also be daunting. If, like me, you’re not the most creative player, the  Planet Zoo  Workshop is the place for you.

In the Workshop, you can save and download designs created by other players to add to your zoo. Just be careful in Franchise mode, as you need to have researched all the specific parts included in the build to place it.

Buy animals for cash

There are two forms of currency in Planet Zoo, with cash being the primary one and the most easy to make, while the other is Conservation Credits—which are earned by selling animals on the marketplace or releasing them to the wild.

Conservation Credits are an extremely valuable resource in Planet Zoo and should be saved for the very best animals with high genetics, rare patterns, or ones that are just overly expensive. As such, don’t use your Conservation Credits early on when adding basic animals.

The downside, however, is that animals purchased with cash cannot be later released in the wild to earn Conservation Credits. Instead, use them as your breeding animals and release the offspring.

Don’t forget Donation Boxes

Cash is king in  Planet Zoo,  and while entrance tickets, merchandise, and food may seem like the primary money makers, Donation Boxes can single-handedly drive your zoo to success—so don’t forget to place them.

As a general rule, you should add at least one Donation Box per enclosure and should position the Donation Box in an area where guests have the best view of the animals. You can also use Education items in the area to increase the donation amounts.

Pay attention to social requirements

Once you have built the perfect enclosure in  Planet Zoo,  there are many animal requirements that won’t vary. Social requirements, however, fluctuate regularly, so you keep a very close eye on this.

Each animal has a social requirement, which is how many adult animals can be in a group, and it’s easy to tick over the threshold when baby creatures grow up. Similarly, more guests can result in higher foot traffic around an enclosure, increasing stress.

You can always stop animals from breeding by using contraceptives, or trade the offspring away for Conservation Credits, and use one-way glass on exhibit walls to reduce the stress.

Always research

When playing in Franchise, the Campaign, or Timed Scenarios, not all items are available immediately and have to be researched. When adding a new animal to your zoo, be sure to start vet research immediately.

Similarly, mechanic research is extremely beneficial as it unlocks one-way glass, more buildings, stronger fences, and more.

To get the best out of research, you can have one vet and a mechanic at your zoo who are solely dedicated to the research and do not complete any other tasks.

Use work zones

As your zoo grows, the number of employees on your payroll increases, too, and it can be easy to lose track. Once your zoo is big enough, it can be a mess trying to ensure everything gets the attention it needs—but work zones are the solution.

Using work zones, you can divide up areas of your zoo and assign workers to dedicate themselves to those zones—just make sure you include a Staff Room in the work zone so that your workers can get a well-deserved rest.

Read the Zoopedia

Planet Zoo’s  Zoopedia is full of vital information on animals. The Zoopedia details their requirements, biome, continent, and other useful tidbits of information, including what other species they can be paired with to gain an enrichment bonus.

When designing a new enclosure, make sure to check out the Zoopedia to find out the minimum size required for the animal you want to add, as well as whether they need areas for swimming or climbing.

Planet Zoo: Beginner's Tips For Building From Scratch

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Planet Zoo begins by easing you into the complex task of running a zoo quite slowly. No matter if you are playing on PC, or have Planet Zoo: Console Edition for Xbox Series S|X or PlayStation 5, there are three different zoos for you to manage that are considered tutorials. Each one introduces new concepts and completing them all gives you a good overview of zoo management. Then Nancy leaves.

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In some ways, this is a blessing, as she can be quite annoying and sassy, but it also marks the beginning of you having to design and build a zoo pretty much from scratch. If you panicked when you set foot in Maple Leaf Wildlife Park and found only some staff buildings and nothing else, then don't worry. Here's how to build a zoo completely from scratch.

For this guide we're using Maple Leaf Wildlife Park as our example , but the advice is the same for any zoo you need to build from scratch. The only difference here is that we begin this map with a Vet Surgery, Trade Centre, Small Staff Room, Quarantine, and Keeper Hut already in place.

If you don't have these staff buildings, then you'll need them since the heart of your zoo is the staff buildings . Here's what you'll need and the function of each one.

The shell cost is just for the building itself and while it will function, it will have a negative effect on visitors in a larger radius. The building cost included here is for the base game default pre-built option.

Every Staff Building

You can manage without a Workshop and Research Centre initially, but you will want to build a Research Centre early on to help maintain animal welfare . Even level one animal research makes a huge difference, as it unlocks vital enrichment items.

Mechanic Research is less important in the early game, although this varies depending on your aim. Extra shops will improve income, and stronger fences will help reduce the chances of animal escape.

Staff Building Placement

It's recommended to place the Animal Trade Centre, Vet Surgery, and Quarantine close together, as animals will often be transferred between the three.

Staff Rooms and Keeper Huts are best placed in pairs around the zoo. A keeper having easy access to both of these buildings from all habitats or exhibits they will be in charge of helps them work more efficiently.

In this scenario, adding the extra staff buildings just to the right of the existing ones helps keep things together and looks much neater. However, you don't have access to the wooden buildings, so if you want to replicate them you'll need to duplicate the existing ones then edit them to fit the extras.

Your Workshop and Research centre can go anywhere , but we recommend grouping them with the main buildings . It allows vets to get to Quarantine or Surgery faster, and also minimises the negative effects of the building.

There are fewer required guest facilities , but they are equally vital at an early stage , if not more so. If guests aren't provided for, then they will leave. Guest facilities will keep them in the park , and keep them spending and donating to your zoo.

Here are the main categories of guest facilities and their functions.

Every Guest Building

You can also get vending machines and counters for all food and drink stalls, except Bernie's Bakes, which doesn't have a vending machine. All shops (including Bernie's Bakes) have a counter option.

Vending machines are a cheap way to add extra food and drink options in areas which need it, since they just require occasional refills from a mechanic, rather than a dedicated vendor. However, they don't satisfy guests as much as the stalls do.

Guest Facility Placement

You'll want to have at least one food and drink stall, as well as some toilets . Ideally, these should be fairly central to an area of the park with a group of habitats and exhibits, so they are easy to access. As the park expands, include a second set in the new area.

If you have areas slightly out of the way due to the park terrain, add a small set of toilets and a couple of vending machines to help keep guests' needs up.

Every habitat and exhibit should also have a donation box near it. You'll want to add these to any viewing points, or areas where guests congregate. They are cheap, and you will collect a lot of money from them. The happier guests are, the more they will donate. To make them happy you should:

• Increase animal welfare - Happier animals make happier guests.
• Prioritise high appeal animals when possible - The more appealing the animal the more generous the guest.
• Have good guest facilities in the area - Guests who have access to food, drink and toilets are much happier.

It's also good to spread ATMs around, so guests can increase the money in their pockets and donate more of it to your zoo!

Planet Zoo: A Beginners Guide To Habitats, Exhibits And Animal Care

Become the best zookeeper in Planet Zoo with this guide to habitats, exhibits, and maintaining high animal welfare.

Staff facility buildings will have a negative impact on guests that pass by them. The image above shows two different sizes of staff building, both as a shell and with the default shell around them. As you can see, the size of the red area is increased for buildings without any decor.

To avoid negative impact on guests, the best way to negate this negative effect from your staff buildings is actually to add them in the same way the core facilities have been added to Mapleleaf Wildlife Park.

All staff buildings here are together but set aside far enough from the main path that the red markers won't reach it. Access to them is added using a staff path , which means guests won't walk along it.

Similarly, a great way to keep Keeper Huts and Staff Rooms away from guests is to have a staff path running between enclosures and then add the staff buildings at the back , with guest viewing access at the front.

Exhibits are cheaper, smaller, and easier to set up than habitats , and they still keep the guests happy. A good zoo will require a variety of animals , but having a handful of exhibits dotted around a smaller zoo will help hold guest's interest.

A singular exhibit costs $3,000 for the shell or $3,800 with the basic building. You can also purchase the Medium Exhibit building, which holds two exhibit animals, for $7,065 or the Large Exhibit building, which holds four, for $13,700.

Once you've purchased an exhibit, you'll need to head to the Exhibit Trading screen to purchase an exhibit animal to inhabit it.

Exhibit animals start at just $100 or so and the vast majority are under $1,000 each. Exhibits also only have a running cost for power and food. There are no extra costs for terrain, fauna etc.

These will be added automatically to suit the animal, and you'll just need to adjust the temperature and humidity.

An exhibit will start at around 40% suitability and this can be increased via research. Just remember to go into the layout tab of the exhibit to add newly researched items and increase this percentage.

Exhibit animals fill small gaps in the zoo and keep guests interested. Each exhibit will be visible from multiple sides , so you can minimise the crowding. More popular exhibits will need more viewing sites, so use smaller enclosures for these.

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Next, you'll need a habitat animal to keep guests interested in your zoo and fulfill the level criteria . When you are just starting out the costs of both the animal itself, and creating its exhibit will make a difference . Here are some things to look out for:

• How much space do they need? - A larger enclosure will cost more in fencing.
• How much foliage do they need? - The higher the percentage of foliage they need the more it will cost to meet it.
• How large does the social group of animals need to be? - More animals mean more cost.
• How often do they reproduce? - Offspring can be sold or released for cash or conservation credits so frequenty offspring can produce a source of income.
• How much appeal do they have? - Animals with a higher appeal will attract more guests and in turn more donations.

Balancing these things will help you keep your zoo in order as you add your habitat animals.

You'll need to hire some staff to keep things running . Here's what they all do:

You will need one keeper per two habitats or four exhibits . For other staff, caretakers, security, guides, and mechanics should be slowly increased with the size of the park. Have at least one vet, ideally two, if you want to keep research steady. You should also have one extra vendor per three or so shops.

Staff Management

The best way to balance staff is to check the Staff List. Here you can assign work zones to staff and also see how tired they are, how happy they are, and how much work load they have. This is the easiest way to balance their needs and your park needs.

You'll also need to make sure you add in all the extras to keep things flowing . These are:

• Utilities - Make sure you have clean water and power covering the park.
• Paths - Everything needs to be connected with a path. Staff paths will only allow staff to walk here, other paths will be used by guests.
• Benches - Make sure guests can sit. It's also good to add picnic benches near food stalls, but these need to be on a path.
• Trash Cans - The more you have, the less trash will be on the ground, ruining your zoo's appeal.

Good infrastructure is vital so think about where guests will walk.

Here's what you need to do, in order, when starting a zoo.

• Add Staff Facilities - You can ignore workshop and research centre initially if you prefer. Make sure to connect them to each other and your main path with staff paths.
• Add Basic Guest Facilities - Toilets, a drink stall and a food stall are the most important so make sure to add these.
• An Exhibit - A dual exhibit is a good starter as one keep can manage this and a habitat.
• A Habitat - Make sure to balance costs and appeal.
• Donation Bin - Add these where guests congregate.
• Paths, Benches and Bins - You should add these to increase guest comfort.
• Hire Staff - A keeper, vet, caretaker, and mechanic are most vital. You can add security and guides later.

Once these basics are in place expand slowly as your funds allow.

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As players build and grow their perfect zoo in  Planet Zoo , they may need to get involved in the sale, trade, or release of certain animals to help make profits. This usually happens when players are working on a  campaign in Franchise Mode , as they will need to sell, trade, or release animals into the wild to lower costs and continue to earn cash or Conservation Credits. Becoming an expert in animal genetics and breeding in Planet Zoo can help players in any game mode, however. All animals in  Planet Zoo  have a  relatively complex genetics system , which consists of the animal's size, longevity, fertility, and immunity. Often players have the most control over the animal's size and longevity stats through breeding. If players are selective about the breeding process, they can easily create offspring with the most desirable traits that can earn them a small fortune in cash or Conservation Credits. This can help players make needed improvements to the zoo or add new habitats, enclosures, and vendors.

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Players won't need to become expert biologists to properly breed their animals. Instead, they will simply need to make sure each animal's welfare stats are as high as possible, provide strategic breeding situations for their animals, and use contraceptives strategically. Players can also hire keepers and researchers to improve the chances of successfully breeding their animals for life in the wild, the best possible sale, or a better quality of life at the zoo. Here are some tips and strategies for players who want to become the best breeders in Planet Zoo .

Animal Genetics in Planet Zoo

There are four major attributes that make up any individual animal at a player's zoo. These percentages are defined in the Genetic Makeup section of any animal's profile and consist of:

• Size : The maximum size an individual creature will reach
• Longevity : The life expectancy for this creature
• Fertility : How easy it is for successful breeding of this creature
• Immunity : The likelihood of this creature avoiding disease

There are also hidden values embedded into each animal's genetics that will determine how well each one can transfer its genes to the next generation.

Players will have the easiest time manipulating genes to get animals with 100% size and longevity. Fertility and immunity are more random and require more work and research to maximize.

The animals that fetch the highest prices or most Conservation Credits are usually the ones with high or maxed out size and longevity stats, though animals with high or maxed out stats in all four categories are ideal. Each time animals breed, it is likely they will have improved genetics from those of the parents, provided one of the parent animals was not inbred.

Only animals who have reached maturation will be available for breeding. Juveniles cannot breed.

How to Improve Breeding in Planet Zoo

Players who want to begin breeding their animals should set up a separate breeding area in their park, accessible only to staff. While this isn't required, and animals will breed if they want to in their main enclosure, building a breeding habitat can speed up the process or ensure it takes place at all. The ideal breeding habitat will contain the male animal and the maximum amount of female animals the male can mate with at a time. This information is contained in the animal's Zoopedia page in the Lifecycle section.

Players will need to build a habitat that can contain all the animals comfortably and that can maximize their welfare stats to at least over 80%. This means the enclosure should contain:

• Good, consistent food source
• A large enough social group
• An appropriate and pleasant habitat with some shelter
• Enrichment, like toys and a keeper

Once players have the breeding habitat set up, they will need to assign a keeper or two who can care specifically for those animals and be attentive to their needs.

Next, players will want to invest in a researcher. They will need to hire a researcher and assign them to the animal they would like to breed. The player will need to wait for the researcher to fully research the animal, which can unlock a fertility bonus of up to 60% depending on the creature. This will improve the chances of a successful breeding.

When the researcher finishes, players should move their animals into the breeding habitat. They will need to simply wait a few days until nature takes its course and the female animal has her offspring.

Each generation should have improved size and longevity stats from those of the parents. To improve immunity and fertility, players will need to click on each animal and use the Compare Mates function to determine which of them have the best stats in these areas. Fertility and immunity are more random and cannot be as easily manipulated, so players will need to compare mates for any of their animals with 100% size and longevity to determine the chances of producing offspring with 100% to fertility and immunity. While this doesn't guarantee an animal with 100% to all stats, it greatly improves the chances of producing one down the line.

Players should be sure to keep a decent male-to-female ratio in their habitats and trade or sell any males who have bred with all adult females. Players can use the cash or Conservation Credits they made from breeding to purchase a new male with the best possible stats to avoid any instances of possible inbreeding. Inbreeding will tank the offspring's immunity and fertility stats and make it more difficult if not impossible for players to breed, sell, trade, or release these animals.

If there are animals players would rather not breed, or if players want to prevent breeding outside the breeding habitat, they can allow zookeepers to provide contraceptives to their animals. To do this, they will need to visit an individual animal's profile and click the pill icon next to the animal's gender icon to toggle it on. They can also do this from the  Zoo  panel under the  Animals  page. Once animals have gone to the breeding habitat, players can toggle their contraception off to ensure only the animals they want breeding will be able to produce offspring.

Players can make high scores on the leader board from breeding, and their animal's stats are shared with the rest of the Planet Zoo community in Franchise Mode. There are few better ways to make enough money to turn a profit on a zoo in Franchise Mode, so players should find a strategy that works best for them and get started.

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