Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim, featuring authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them. Experience a globe-trotting campaign or let your imagination run wild in the freedom of Sandbox mode. Create unique habitats and vast landscapes, make big decisions and meaningful choices, and nurture your animals as you construct and manage the world’s wildest zoos.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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Reputation & Points
A zoo's reputation is calculated by looking at the following factors:
Guests
No zoo would be complete without guests to enjoy and learn more about the animals that call it home.
Guest Needs
All guests are unique. However, they do enter the zoo with a set of needs that they wish to fulfil or at least maintain.
Happiness
At 100% this indicates that the guest is as happy as possible, but over time the happiness level will tick down, meaning that the guest is becoming unhappy.
Staff
Staff are the lifeblood of your zoo and keep it running like a well oiled machine.
How to Hire Staff
Staff are hired from the Staff page in the Zoo Management screen or from the Staff List in the browser on console. When the desired staff member has been selected, they will become attached to the reticle and be deployed by placing them on a path.
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.
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.
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 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:
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.