Starting up in Planet Zoo can be intimidating.

Here’s everything beginners need to know to get started with animals, shops, and staff.

Keeping animal welfare high has other benefits as welllike ensuring your guests are happy and donate to the cause.

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Here’s everything you better know about animal welfare and stress.

From there, a menu will appear and tell you all about the animals' welfare.

Last Meal Quality

The grade level of the food the animal last consumed.

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Hydration

How much water the animal has consumed.

Last Drink Cleanliness

The quality of the water the animal last consumed.

Social

Social Group

How many age-appropriate peers the animal has.

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Space

How much room the animal has to move around, including swimming and climbing space.

Stress

How much distress the animal is in based on their needs.

Habitat

Cleanliness

How sanitary the habitat is.

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Temperature

How warm or cold the habitat is, based on the animal’s needs.

Plants

Whether the foliage matches the animal’s natural habitat.

Hard Shelter

A safe place for the animal to retreat from the guests' view.

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Toy Enrichment in Habitat

The variety of toys in the enclosure.

Interspecies Bonus

A bonus applied when multiple species can be safely housed in one habitat.

Each need has adifferent bar to show the current status.

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If needs aren’t met, protesters may appear!

Build Better Habitats

Increasing thequality of the animal habitatsis the first priority.

Certain animals, like chimpanzees, bonobos, and lemurs willneed climbing spaceas well.

These give them more vertical space to climb,making the habitat feel biggerthan it is.

This allows your guests tomaintain their view without stressingthe animal.

You canedit barriers at any timeto replace sections with one-way glass.

Provide Enrichment

It’s not enough to have a nice place to live.

Animals need something to do!Providing them with toysis the best way to keep them entertained and happy.

Enrichment can be asimple toy or a creative feederthat the animals can play with.

Frozen fruit cubes or tyres are perfect for many animals.

You canfilter through the enrichment toysin the habitat menubased on speciesto find the perfect match for your animals!