Zoo Tycoon Strategy Guide
Anyone who plays Zoo Tycoon might quickly realize that it’s no walk in the park. While most of the game is designed to be relaxing and fun, it’s also designed to be challenging. Blue Fang, the maker of Zoo Tycoon, added challenge by incorporating real life details like budget, animal food, trash, and even crowding to create a scenario where you have to think, plan, and strategize in order to make your zoo work for long term success.
Food courts are an important way to earn money and keep your guests happy
Zoo Tycoon Strategy
The first parts of this guide are based on setting up your zoo for monetary reasons (you need to get funds so that you can keep building) and the second part is about keeping both your guests and your animals happy. Remember that every animal basically needs a different strategy so your best bet is to muck around and play with each one until you can perfect its exhibit. Usually this takes a lot of money, but you can perfect your zoo.
Getting Started – Usually you have limited funds when you start out so unless you want to use a Zoo Tycoon Cheat, you have to thing strategically. Usually the best idea is to cheaply set up a couple of exhibits so that you get guests coming in and start making money so that you can fund later exhibits. This means choosing animals that are suits to the terrain that is already there (I.E. if you choose Safari then you can set up lions, zebras, and a number of other animals extremely cheaply). On the other hand if you try to set up these animals on grasslands, you might find that you are spending $10,000 or more per exhibit just terraforming. Instead, make a couple that suit the environment and save your money for later exhibits.
Endangered Animals – If you’re starting out with a relatively low budget, consider focusing on an endangered animal. The first birth of an endangered animal in your zoo will garner public attention which usually results in donations. For example the birth of a white Bengal tiger in your zoo awards you $25,000 and the birth of a baby panda awards you $50,000. Of course, both of these animals are expensive to set up to begin with, so be prepared to spend big.
Combine Exhibits – Many animals actually love being penned together. A couple of major rules include that they must be from the same type of terrain (I.E. Safar or Grassland) and they should also be herbivores (no putting hyenas in with the zebras). Combining exhibits allows you to place more animals in less space, meaning that you save money while creating a larger draw. For example you can put zebras, water buffalo, ostriches, and bison all in the same pen! You can also pen Bengals and white Bengals together. Below is a chart detailing most compatible animals in Zoo Tycoon.
Keeping Guests Happy
From the start keeping the guests happy will be [...]
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