Player Guide
Everything in Online Zoo Builder, from your very first fence to the last research project. 38 animals, 18 buildings, 56 kinds of scenery and 18 research projects, all in one place.
🌱 New player area
New here? Start with these five steps
- Play the tutorial from the main menu. It builds a small zoo with you.
- Build a fence with the hammer, then add animals with the lion.
- Build a factory for food, and drop food bowls in your enclosures.
- Add paths, food stands and scenery so guests have fun and spend money.
- Collect your money and come back each day for the daily gift.
Your zoo
Animals
Every animal you can buy, what it costs, how big it is and what it loves.
Caring for animals
Food bowls, health and the vet, babies, eggs, predators, water and enrichment.
Building your zoo
Fences, paths, placing and moving things, build times and a bigger park.
Buildings
Food stands, fun buildings, factories, vets, aquariums, farms and greenhouses.
Scenery
Trees, statues, benches, lamps and toys, and what each one does.
Running your zoo
Guests and money
Tickets, happy guests, a clean zoo, day and night, weather and special visitors.
Staff and cleaning
Janitors, groundskeepers, entertainers and the cleaning games.
Research
The research tree and every bonus it gives your zoo for good.
Levels, missions and badges
Experience and levels, missions, badges and the daily gift.
Minigames
Quizzes, photo safaris, vet checkups, harvests, mowing and more.
Extras
Still stuck? Press the ? at the bottom right of the game for tips about what's going on in your zoo right now, or ask other players on our Discord.