Planet Zoo 2 Wiki: guides, animals and tips for Planet Zoo 2
Planet Zoo 2WikiGuides for every mode and a care guide for every animal, written by players who build zoos for fun.
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Official site38 guides
48 animals
5 tiers
3 modes
Your zoo, figured out
Just bought the game, or stuck on your next accreditation tier?
Habitats, aquariums, welfare, breeding, trading and wildlife reserves, each explained in plain words with the numbers you actually need.
Game Guides
Beginner advice and full strategies for Career, Franchise and Sandbox mode, from your first meerkat habitat to accreditation tier 5.
Featured animalMammal · Caribbean
Manatees are gentle giants that reward a big, clean river habitat. With underwater viewing paths, a manatee river becomes one of the busiest spots in a zoo.
Game modes
Career
A string of hand-made scenarios with goals, dialogue and a story. The best way to learn every tool without pressure.
Sandbox
Unlimited money, every animal and every piece unlocked. Build the zoo in your head and tune the settings to taste.
Franchise
The long game: real money, trading, conservation credits and accreditation tiers across several zoos and reserves.
Popular guides
Accreditation tiers
Franchise mode keeps its most demanding animals behind five tiers. You climb them with zoo reputation stars and wildlife reserve biodiversity stars. Tier 1 is where everyone starts.
One good zoo
Get one zoo to 3 reputation stars. Most players manage it in their starter zoo.
2 of 5 tiers
Go wild
Two 3-star zoos plus a wildlife reserve with 2 biodiversity stars.
3 of 5 tiers
Grow both
Two 4-star zoos and two 3-star reserves. Balance every species role.
4 of 5 tiers
Top of the tree
One 5-star zoo and two 5-star reserves unlock the rarest animals.
5 of 5 tiers
First zoo? Start with the beginner's guide
Which mode to pick, how to build a habitat that passes every check, which staff to hire first, and the early mistakes that waste the most time and money.
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