How to Make a Good Zoo in Zoo Tycoon

Step-by-Step Guide

1. 1

   Step 1: Make a handful of exhibits; five is a good number.

   Pick animals that are cheap to maintain.
2. 2

   Step 2: Click on the animal you've placed in the exhibit

   Click on the face, and it will tell you what the animal wants in its cage.
   
   Follow the instructions to make your animal happy. , Your animals will be unhappy if they have no food, which only the zoo keeper can provide. , Select dirt path, and make several longer rows of it, making a good sized square of land dirt.
   
   Put a drink stand, a food stand (sea dog or hot dog are the best for the beginning of your zoo) a few picnic tables, a few restrooms and a few trash cans. ,, People will pay to watch the orcas/dolphins show. ,,, They are slightly pricey, but they don't have any upkeep costs, and they earn money fast.
   
   In a few months, one had made me $18,000. , If after profit, the number is in parenthesis, then that's how much your building has lost.
   
   Either lower the prices or sell the building.
3. 3

   Step 3: and you will see a zoo keeper face on the right of the small box that pops up in the bottom right corner of your screen.

4. 4

   Step 4: Hire a zoo keeper to look after your animals.

5. 5

   Step 5: Make a food court.

6. 6

   Step 6: Hire a maintenance worker to mend fences and pick up trash.

7. 7

   Step 7: After a while

8. 8

   Step 8: you should make an aquarium with bottle nosed dolphins or orcas

9. 9

   Step 9: and then put a show tank next to them

10. 10

    Step 10: along with stands.

11. 11

    Step 11: You'll have to hire a marine specialist

12. 12

    Step 12: instead of a zookeeper

13. 13

    Step 13: for marine animals.

14. 14

    Step 14: You have to make the marine specialist have the show tank as one of their assignments

15. 15

    Step 15: or else they won't do shows.

16. 16

    Step 16: As soon as you can

17. 17

    Step 17: make a compost building (away from where people walk because they don't like the smell).

18. 18

    Step 18: Check your store and food buildings to make sure they are making you money.

Detailed Guide

About the Author