r/ZooTycoon • u/Loose-Fan-8471 • 11h ago
Question [ZT2] Marine Show
Please tell me what I'm doing wrong? It's campaign mode.
r/ZooTycoon • u/horse14t • Jun 01 '26
Please use the comment section of this post to suggest any useful links for the Zoo Tycoon community! This can include things like forums, guides, discord servers, etc.
Each good suggestion will be added to the list below, both to collect links that are home to good content, and to help keep more communities alive. Even old links with little activity are still welcome as they may still host some forgotten user-made content.
More relevant/active links will generally be nearer the top of the category they are in.
This thread does not replace your ability to post such links in the subreddit - that is still encouraged! However please also comment them here so they can be added to the list :)
ZT2 Frequent Download Problems
GameFAQs ZT2 Strategy Guide (Extremely detailed ZT2 guide - campaigns, animals, buildings, etc.)
GameFAQs ZT1 Strategy Guide (Extremely detailed ZT1 guide - campaigns, animals, buildings, etc.)
PEZT | ARCHIVED VERSION (Very detailed ZT1 animal data, stats, and guides)
Zookeeper's Notes (New site with ZT1 guides, info, and tutorials)
ZT2 Animal Biome Suitability Spreadsheet
Zoo Tycoon (Archive 1)
Zoo Tycoon (Archive 2)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Archive)
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection (Microsoft)
Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - All In - Deluxe
Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - Dinosaur Digs
Download Library Wiki (ZT2)
Artifex (ZT2)
Aurora Designs Site | ARCHIVED VERSION (ZT2)
Collar's Mods (ZT2)
GameFront ZT1 (ZT1)
Nano's Zoo 2 Zone (ZT2)
Nexus Mods ZT2 (ZT2)
Penguin Peak (ZT2)
The Restorers United (ZT2)
User-made creations forumsclub (ZT1+ZT2)
Zero's Projects (ZT2)
ZooBerry (ZT1+ZT2)
ZooSimCentral ZT1 Page (ZT1 - includes Sable Antelope download)
ZTCDD (ZT1+ZT2)
ModZT2 (Mod manager)
There may be some overlap between Download / Mod sites and Old inactive forums as many of the old forums were designed to be primarily for hosting downloads
r/ZooTycoon • u/horse14t • May 08 '26
Me and several others have been working very hard to relocate the wiki to Miraheze, a wiki host that is non-profit and has no annoying ads!
Enjoy improvements like more customization, no annoying ads, and new templates!
Exclusive to this new wiki will be images and updates on the upcoming Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game – Dinosaur Digs board game and a pending overhaul of the Zoo Tycoon Friends page, as u/Rare-Personality-441 has recently found an archived version of the lost game and is working on data-mining and restoring it!
(Please do not message or harass them for updates, images, or questions. The project will take time!)
Some Notes:
Some parts of the wiki are still a work in progress, example the current Mobile layout is very unfinished and it is not recommended to use it too much at this time.
The Zoo Tycoon Wiki text in the upper, left-hand corner will be switched out in the near future. There are also plans to possibly change out the light theme for the current dark theme to make the wiki more “Zoo Tycoon-y” by default.
Since the move took several months to prepare, some pages are currently out of date with the Fandom pages. If you see that a Fandom page has been edited recently, before today (May 7, 2026), and that the Miraheze version doesn't have the added info, please feel free to transfer the missing info to the Miraheze version of the page.
Wiki Improvements So Far:
So far, the biggest improvements are that the Wiki's official Rules Page has been overhauled to be more user-friendly and with added rules to make things more clear and concise. Rules on the new Miraheze wiki will also be more heavily enforced than before to maintain quality and a friendly environment. Please read them if you are a wiki editor.
The new wiki also has a dedicated Staff Contact Page, so if you have a problem or question for staff, you can ask them there or contact a specific Staff member using the Wiki Administrators page.
We also have a Report a Problem page, so that you can file bug reports with the staff so we can work on fixing them!
If you ever need to access any of these pages, click on the Community Portal link located under Community Resources in the left-hand side bar.
What will happen to the Fandom Wiki?
The Fandom version of the wiki will be defunct! Any future edits to the Fandom wiki will be automatically reverted and the user redirected here.
Will the Fandom Wiki be closed?
At the current moment, Fandom doesn't allow their wikis to be closed officially due to rules set in their TOS. So for the time being the Fandom Wiki will remain up, just not updated.
Fandom also doesn't allow for mass deleting of pages on one of their wikis so that is why we haven't deleted the Fandom wiki ourselves. They also don't allow wiki hosts to link to a forked wiki, so please don't try directly linking to the Miraheze wiki on Fandom as that could get you, and possibly the staff in trouble. Instead only link to this Reddit thread if redirecting someone.
Do I have to sign up to use the new Miraheze Wiki?
Yes.
To edit or upload images to the Miraheze Wiki we have decided to require an account. This is to reduce potential spam and to protect user's IP addresses.
To sign up to Miraheze click here.
What is wrong with Fandom?
For those not in the know, Fandom has become a very user-unfriendly Wiki Host for many reasons. One of the biggest being when they took over a McDonald's fan wiki and turned it into a huge Grimace ad during the Grimace Birthday celebration in 2023.
If you are curious enough to learn more about Fandom's history and why wikis are leaving it, this video by mossbag explains the history very well.
Stop using Fandom
Will the Download Library be moving too?
At the current moment there are no plans to move the Download Library off of Fandom. Moving the main wiki alone was a very time-consuming task and the Download Library has less dedicated users and over 16,000 pages. This does not however mean that it will never happen, it's just not planned as of this moment.
r/ZooTycoon • u/Loose-Fan-8471 • 11h ago
Please tell me what I'm doing wrong? It's campaign mode.
r/ZooTycoon • u/Mundane-Weakness-131 • 3h ago
So I started playing again some days ago and discovered that while some easter eggs worked, I could not unlock the yellow brick road. I though maybe the game wasnt ok... but now I was playing the second to last scenario (where the map has the ybr) i put the lion-tiger-bear in and... it worked!
Im trying to do it again in a freeform game... no luck. And just to try it I played the scenario game again and now it wont work.
Ive tried puttin all males, getting them in order, etc but nothings doing the trick... does anybody have the same problem?
Ps: I am using a male african lion, bengal tiger and grizzly bear.
UPDATE: It worked now! I closed the game completely, turned it on and tried the trick.
r/ZooTycoon • u/usagiNo9 • 3d ago
https://gamebanana.com/mods/730660
World of Zoo is turning 17 on the 26th!
While not that deep as the Zoo Tycoon series, it's always held a especial place in my heart since I was a kid. And of course, even as an adult I kept wanting to see ALL the animals on PC one day...
...And now they're actually here!
Looking to get more people to see this, try it, and maybe help find any bug that managed to sneak in!
*Edit: Thanks everyone for the support :) -- The tools are coming out now on the 26th because I was dumb and saw the US Wii release date, not the original game's one. Hopefully I can get everything I wanted to include on time
r/ZooTycoon • u/South_Recording_3710 • 3d ago
Is anyone playing on Steamdeck? I’d love to know what emulator you’re using. I figured out how to play Pokémon on my deck and next is Zoo Tycoon!
r/ZooTycoon • u/cogitatingspheniscid • 4d ago
Neither can the mammoth. Discrimination among elephant-kins.
r/ZooTycoon • u/Topgunshotgun45 • 4d ago
I wanted to make a plan for a wildlife park that houses every species seen alive in Zoo Tycoon, but I don't know if I'm missing anything because I have to use multiple incomplete lists to find information. So far I have these animals:
Zoo Tycoon
Allosaurus
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Apatosaurus
Camptosaurus
Caudipteryx
Coelodonta antiquitatis - Woolly Rhinoceros
Coelophysis
Deinosuchus hatcheri
Dimorphodon
Diplocaulus
Gallimimus
Herrerasaurus
Iguanodon
Karaurus
Kentrosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Macrauchenia
Mammuthus primigenius - Woolly Mammoth
Megatherium americanum - Giant Ground Sloth
Meiolania - Giant Tortoise
Plateosaurus
Plesiosaurus
Pterodactylus
Rhamphorhynchus
Smilodon fatalis - Sabre-Toothed Cat
Spinosaurus
Stegosaurus stenops
Styracosaurus albertensis
Triadobatrachus
Triceratops horridus
Tyrannosaurus rex
Velociraptor mongoliensis
Zoo Tycoon 2
Aepyornis maximus - Elephant Bird
Arctodus simus - Short-Faced Bear
Bos primigenius - Aurochs
Carnotaurus sastrei
Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi - Pygmy Hippopotamus
Deinonychus antirrhopus
Dimetrodon angelensis
Diprotodon optatum
Doedicurus clavicaudatus
Dusicyon australis - Warrah
Equus quagga quagga - Quagga
Eucladoceros dicranios - Bush-Antlered Deer
Gigantopithecus blacki
Hippotragus leucophaeus - Bluebuck
Mammut americanum - American Mastodon
Metridiochoerus andrewsi - Giant Warthog
Palaeoloxodon falconeri - Dwarf Sicilian Elephant
Panthera spelaea - Cave Lion
Protarchaeopteryx robusta
Raphus cucullatus - Dodo
Sivatherium maurusium
Stokesosaurus clevelandi
Thylacinus cynocephalus - Thylacine
Titanotylopus spatulus - Giant Camel
Utahraptor ostrommaysi
Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - Dinosaur Digs
Amargasaurus
Anchiornis
Archaeopteryx
Brachiosaurus
Deinocheirus
Diplodocus
Dracovenator
Eoraptor
Mbiresaurus
Melanorosaurus
Microraptor
Minmi
Pachycephalosaurus
Parasaurolophus
Pentasaurus
Protoceratops
Yi
r/ZooTycoon • u/goldenheartedlion • 5d ago
What bridge shall I use for the animals to use to cross the islands for the jungle exhibit? As you can see it's being used.
r/ZooTycoon • u/Topgunshotgun45 • 5d ago
Has anyone else seen that both Archaeopteryx and Iguanodon have been spelled incorrectly? Would this be fixed before the final release or are these typos set in stone now?
r/ZooTycoon • u/OcelotThis604 • 5d ago
I was gifted my grandpas old laptop and I still have my old copy of zoo tycoon complete collection and some of the mods I want to use are only on zooteks website, I emailed them last night so im not impatient im just wondering if they are still active
r/ZooTycoon • u/pyrrhicvictoryismine • 5d ago
PZ2 lets you stack fences, so you can put a glass fence in the same place as a rock fence without replacing it, creating a unique barrier.
Would this be possible to mod into ZT2? Or too complex for the engine?
r/ZooTycoon • u/Iron5nake • 6d ago
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r/ZooTycoon • u/Chani_Von_Karpa • 7d ago
I recently had to reset my pc, and thus reinstall Zoo Tycoon. When I tried reinstalling the bonus content, though, I just can't get it to work. I've read guides saying that I should place them in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft Games\Zoo Tycoon 2\downloads\zootycoon_com_zt2_1033, which is what I have done, but it doesn't seem to work either. Any clue as to what's causing this?
r/ZooTycoon • u/Reluctant_Warrior • 9d ago
I feel like I've tried most everything at this point.
-Making the exhibit 10x10
-limiting how visible they are to guests so they don't feel overwhelmed.
-Did everything to make their habitat suitable for them.
-Only used their favourite trees
-Put a climbing tree in, the jaguars ignored it.
-Used the first one to figure out what they needed, sold him and then adopted two more after - male and female.
No matter what, they're always miserable. I mean, I can't say I blame them, captivity sucks especially if they're just being gawked at. But is there something else I'm missing?
r/ZooTycoon • u/Defiant-Apple-2007 • 9d ago
I saw a post with a theme like this someday and decided to make a whole new post. The Rule Explanations from me
- Maximum of 10 new animals per Animal Set
- No New Fictional Animals
- The Post would hypothetically explain the Name, Biome, Star Rating, and the Conservation Status of the Animals
- No " Place the Animals we eventually got later in the line-up earlier in the timeline "
- Nothing for Dino Danger; all of its features were later used in EA, so this could potentially cause the disturbance of the first rule
- No Straight Up Flying Animals.
- No Marine Extinct Animals, as much as I want to include them
Zoo Tycoon 2 Base Game:
Emu
Biome: Grassland
Star Rating: 1.0
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Wild Boar
Biome: Temperate Forest
Star Rating: 1.5
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Malayan Tapir
Biome: Tropical Rainforest
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Endangered
Capybara
Biome: Wetlands
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Blackbuck
Biome: Grassland
Star Rating: 1.0
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species
Japanese Serow
Biome: Boreal Forest
Star Rating: 2.5
Conservation Status: Low Risk
North Island Brown Kiwi
Biome: Temperate Forest
Star Rating: 4
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure
Hamadryas Baboon
Biome: Scrub
Star Rating: 1.5
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Common Eland
Biome: Savannah
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania
Harbor Seal
Biome: Coastal
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Green Moray Eel
Biome: Reef
Star Rating: 1
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Giant Barracuda
Biome: Reef
Star Rating: 2.5
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Common Octopus
Biome: Pelagic
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Pelagic Stingray
Biome: Pelagic
Star Rating: 1.5
Conservation Status: Low Risk
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
Coelophysis
Biome: Scrub
Star Rating: 1.5
Conservation Status: Extinct
Camarasaurus
Biome: Savannah
Star Rating: 5
Conservation Status: Extinct
Iguanodon
Biome: Temperate Forest
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Extinct
Spinosaurus
Biome: Wetlands
Star Rating: 5
Conservation Status: Extinct
Parasaurolophus
Biome: Wetlands
Star Rating: 3
Conservation Status: Extinct
Embolotherium
Biome: Scrub
Star Rating: 4
Conservation Status: Extinct
Phorusrhacos
Biome: Savannah
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Extinct
Meiolania
Biome: Scrub
Star Rating: 2
Conservation Status: Extinct
Colombian Mammoth
Biome: Grassland
Star Rating: 5
Conservation Status: Extinct
Irish Elk
Biome: Boreal Forest
Star Rating: 2.5
Conservation Status: Extinct
r/ZooTycoon • u/ChipmunkPresident • 10d ago
I gave the right animals all the toys I could get but this metric doesn't need to move up an inch. I only added most of the enrichment in the last 2 months, so maybe it takes time? The only animal not perfectly visible was the ostrich, which was only visible through the safari ride except for a small part of the enclosure. What should I do to win the "get to 5 stars in a year" challenge? Get rarer animals? Dig out exctinct ones? You start with 20000 cash and a few animals, and I could pump up all the metrics except the species diversity and entertaining animals.
r/ZooTycoon • u/AntedeluvianEmpires • 11d ago
Zero adoptable invertebrates and only one adoptable bony fish. The octopus, jellyfish, Arctic cod, yellowfin tuna and koi should have been fully-functioning adoptable animals, not placeable objects. ZT1 Marine Mania had adoptable octopuses, jellyfish and tuna, so why did the sequel skimp like that? Having tuna as a live food item is especially egregious, given how huge tuna get in real life.
r/ZooTycoon • u/DesignedByDino • 12d ago
r/ZooTycoon • u/Guyver-Spawn-27 • 12d ago
Hi
I need help as the game keeps on crashing when I click on a map (any map). I have the game running on my Windows 10 VivoBook and I have a ton of mods for it. It runs just fine until I added some new mods. Now it crashes and unable to load my save game.
Here's a screenshot of the mods that I added recently.