EASY PROFIT Making Money in Franchise Mode | Tutorial | Planet Zoo

[@PlasticSwans]

As requested, the staff building in this video is now available on the Steam Workshop here steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1874074823

[@luriwerfer3]

top tutorial and thx for the link

[@The_SilverMane]

This helped so much. I am a bit sad that I will have to restart my career Zoo from scratch again but honestly, worth it.

[@PlasticSwans]

Sorry to hear that! I had to restart numerous times to figure out a way that worked. I did an exhibition zoo, a bigger animal zoo. Nope, tortoises all the way! That's what works

[@The_SilverMane]

@@PlasticSwans Reminds me of Jurassic World Evolution where it's sensible to start with the the cheapest Dinosaurs since they bring in a ton of guests and money and then slowly work your way up

[@PlasticSwans]

@@The_SilverMane I think it's a deliberate game mechanic so people can get traction. The problem is that some people want to go big right from the start. Me included! My first few attempts I started with some big enclosures, and ran out of money fast! Maybe if bigger/more difficult animals were locked until you reach a certain amount of money in the bank would help everyone starting out.

[@bernadine6695]

I have to restart 3 times because none of my zoos were making money

[@bellanyvus112]

@@PlasticSwans Same, it’s trial & error w/this game for sure. I just started a new franchise, we’ll see if this one is any better lol I just want to make a 5star zoo w/all the exotic animals I like, is that too much to ask!!??

[@soniabu2316]

I wish I’d seen this video when I first started playing three months ago, my first franchise zoo failed because I spent way too much money trying to make my zoo look nice, in the end I had to take a bunch of loans and ended up going bankrupt trying to pay them all off. Glad to know that you’re helping other beginners avoid the same fate! (Side note, another great species I’ve found that is really good to start with are the Nile monitors, like the tortoises they’re cheap and have very easy requirements, and attract enough guests that it will start earning income pretty much immediately. They also breed a lot which is helpful)

[@PlasticSwans]

Your first attempt, is word for word same as mine! First couple of go's I spent way too much putting the paths out and decorating stuff, taking out the loans and realising I'd gone way too big too early. The nile monitors are also a great species to start off with! They used to have tons of babies per pregnancy, but I think they reduced it down a bit recently.

[@stefan7936]

I just lowered the entrance fees. I increased the prices at the food and drink stands and the toilets and thus generated more income because more guests came because of the low entrance fees.

[@PlasticSwans]

That sounds like a solid idea! I'll have to try it out. I haven't played franchise mode in a really long time though

[@americanchannel-h8t]

Great job finally someone showed me how to get this thing going

[@bernadine6695]

I'm now at my 3rd zoo that falling bad, I have googled stuff and sticked to them but its not working

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

I had to shut down 25 different zoos

[@Susan-pg7yc]

Thank you SO much! Of all the videos I've watched, this is the only one that showed me exactly how to start off right. Well done.

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad I could help. I really struggled starting off, it took me about 14 attempts not to go bust straight away! I thought it'd be good to share

[@tamarasorbo1550]

My boyfriend sent me this video, he got this game for me a couple of days ago (he knows how much I love animals haha), and I had gone in the negative profits so this really helped thank you!!

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad to help! Starting out is tough

[@boogaardrules24]

Ok thank you sooo much for making this video and responding to people's questions in the comment section. I really appreciate all of the work you put into figuring this method out and sharing it with us. Liked and subbed ❤

[@QuesadillaWizard]

Thank you so much for this video. This allowed me to actually get started in the game without instantly going bankrupt. Now I can play and learn as I play.

[@letsgoinsane7385]

you deserve a lot more subs

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks!

[@Cashlessness]

I stopped playing for a while, and I recently came back because of the New DLC, I opened up a new franchise zoo and I couldn't figure out why it wasnt making money. I never had that problem before, so i as watching your video and as soon as you said "donation box" i felt so stupid. I can't believe I forgot about the donation boxes.

[@PlasticSwans]

Haha, we've all been there!

[@CrimsonAcro]

thank you so much this will help out my zoo a lot I’ve had to restart several times

[@PlasticSwans]

No problem I had to restart loads too!

[@Electricgaming122]

Same I feel you

[@bernadine6695]

Same

[@Mungadungalis]

Nice video. I’m new to Zoo and appreciate what you’ve done. Thank you. I started my zoo with exhibits. A few bugs and a couple of snakes. Cheap, quick and profitable! Had no idea how fast time moves in this game though so actually I think it took a couple of “years”.

[@beccakellyvlogs]

loved it. it helped me so much i didn't know where to start and know i do

[@captainsnaggles159]

Great tutorial. I'm really excited to play this when it comes out and feel like I'm ready to make some money right off the bat! Thanks, Swans!

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! My zoos failed so yours don't have to 😄

[@nutcracker4694]

this video reminded me of why my zoo keeps failing... i put no donation boxes..... well atleast now i have like 20 healthy warthogs to add to my next zoo

[@Puphahadd]

Thank you for the animal suggestion. instantly gave me profits!

[@Sharps777]

Thanks for brill tutorial. Subscribed and wait for more

[@luciadwhpanimallover9222]

Nice video. This helps however with the food drinks, toilets I disagree as when I first started without them people were complaining there was no food drink or toilets even though I only had 1 or 2 enclosures

[@jeffbenjamin4877]

She posted this quite some time ago, I believe the game has changed a bit since then

[@troyelliss7133]

Thanks for this guide! Helped me out alot.

[@tragicplumbob]

Thank you so much, I finally have a successful zoo 😭🤣🧡🧡🧡

[@PlasticSwans]

I'm really glad this helped!

[@sebastiandragonheart]

Discovered your channel through the Project Hospital series. Love the fact that you do Planet Zoo as well! Sub'd and looking forward to checking out your other content :)

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I started this channel to record what I was doing in Planet Coaster, and transitioned over to Planet Zoo when it released last year.

[@Omfgwhtavid]

you sound like you're from somewhere surrounding liverpool, nice video too!

[@PlasticSwans]

Indeed, Liverpudlian here. Glad you enjoyed this!

[@ItsLangerz]

@@PlasticSwans Snap!

[@krypticxz_9759]

Thanks this helps a lot I had a zoo but I was in debt so I had to stop so I made. New one

[@PlasticSwans]

Happy to help, I hope the info was still ok - this video was made last year during the early days so I wasn't sure if it'd still work!

[@grubhub2388]

Charge 1$ for toilet use

[@fisknik3099]

I actualy knew what to do to not go bankrupt. Thanks

[@unitymonstaa3767]

Such an excellent video thank you!

[@hildegunnurdahl5130]

I prefer starting with exhibits... far less hassle and some can be sold for cash pretty much immediately (the Goliath and titan beetles are brilliant there). ... I just add the 'remove youngest' immediately and then sell them regularly and make sure to buy new ones when the oldest ones dies (which they do far too often). The education box for exhibits + donation box is a must... (I usually buy 4 exhibits immediately and have at least one of these two and then some longer lived ones in the other two/three)... adding an info center (and trash cans) + drink and food stand (and toilet + tables nearby) when I get a bit more cash... and as long as you're patient the money will start building up after that... Adding a habitat or two after once you can afford it... :-)

[@hildegunnurdahl5130]

.... With my 4 (I usually place them together like the expensive ones (place them together first as the fourth becomes a path and it's just easier to move them into position after)... the sale of drinks and food (and info items) + use of toilets is high for me even if ai do get some complaints of my zoo being small. And then it's just to wait.

[@PlasticSwans]

Guests will give way more in donations than I expected!

[@mathdarven5634]

Oooooh, donation boxes. That's what I forgot when starting my franchise mode.

[@PlasticSwans]

Just be careful with this, I think the next update of the game due next week the developers are nerfing this mechanic a little as it's been too easy to gain heaps of cash from those boxes!

[@mathdarven5634]

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on the patch notes. Though it wasn't my only mistake (forgetting to put any donation box), so being able to make just about enough cash to keep my zoo running is enough. I also may have made an habitat too ambitious for my tortoises. For now it's going fine.

[@vidya_gaming_dad]

I always get complaints that the admission price is too high if I raise prices.

[@PlasticSwans]

It's a pretty fine balance. I'm still not certain what factors contribute to what price you can charge. I think it's got something to do with the overall zoo score, education score, number of animals etc. I'd have to do some extensive testing to figure it out.

[@angelo2956]

ty i did start like in your video and it looks like i'm getting money now :D

[@NannyOggins]

Many thanks for this, I started my first run through ( yesterday) with flamingoes, then realized how many are needed in a flock for them to be happy! A real noob move! 😏😜

[@gazverse]

Very helpful ty. You got a new sub :)

[@Dan55888]

I was lucky and was able to adopt a few albino warthogs and played it slow from there, getting some cheap pronghorns next

[@dickgrayson6860]

Very helpful video! Thank you!

[@PlasticSwans]

No problem, so glad it helped!

[@Emjay_____71]

nice vid for a newbie, thanks x

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad it was helpful!

[@crockdog9838]

Please listen to this video it is very useful also get a chief beef shop and a gulpee shop, in my zoo there is alot of people going on the shops even tho I started not long ago with this tutorial

[@Synrix]

After i did the aldabra tortoises i put in aardvarks! Cannyou help me with the layout? I dont really know if i should continue with the layout like yours to the bottom of the map, put it to the side, and what do i do for animals with big enclosures? (E.g. hippopotamus)

[@PlasticSwans]

Rule of thumb is to keep everything as close together as possible, honestly I'm not sure if this layout is the best optimised, I pulled this together when the game was still in beta and updates have made a lot of changes. @PaulsLey has some amazing starter tutorials that might be helpful though! @adamup has also produced some recent layout tutorials that might be helpful? Good luck!

[@idalyse07]

I also know you make more money if you have education boards because then they get educated on the animal and they give more donations

[@PlasticSwans]

I did not know that! It makes perfect sense though. Note to self: education boards everywhere

[@idalyse07]

Plastic Swans it’s such a good thing to use to make money, that and speakers around the educations board🙈 it was actually another youtuber PaulsLey who taught me it🙈

[@Dorkidiot]

Do u think u could upload ur staff area from this video to the workshop? It’s so simple and efficient I love it

[@PlasticSwans]

Hey absolutely, I'll leave a comment here with the link

[@lifeofamanda31]

Plastic Swans can you add the link? I need this!!

[@PlasticSwans]

@@lifeofamanda31 I've pinned the link as the top comment cheers :)

[@wingknight5049]

Thanks for that, very helpful

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad I could be of help!

[@bluebowser3347]

I was hoping this video would show how to be successful on the open market

[@PlasticSwans]

Unfortunately I haven't played much of franchise mode since the game was in early launch. It just doesn't hold my interest as much as using creative mode

[@masterman3178]

How do you build those waist high fences

[@PlasticSwans]

This is just the habitat barriers

[@graceainsleigh9777]

ok this is dumb but whenever I try to get an animal into the habitat it says invalid location I can only put it in the trade center or quarantine it won’t let me put it anywhere else

[@PlasticSwans]

That sounds like a bug, but check that you have the barrier going all the way around the perimeter and that it's connected to the gate. Have you tried a couple locations or is it only doing it on the one habitat?

[@graceainsleigh9777]

@@PlasticSwans i’ve tried multiple location, multiple zoos, and I even restarted the game but it’s still doing that.

[@Galaxy-rj1kj]

I just deal with my brokenness by just selling all other animals and then by buying lions.. I had to restart but I followed this but difference isn’t I just put my big lion storage in a little habitat and put plenty of donation boxes got off when I had around 50k so imma see how it goes and yeah

[@JamieReynolds89]

might buy this for my girlfriend as she likes sims and its kinda the same concept?

[@PlasticSwans]

It's a lot like Sims, but check the specs and make sure her computer can run Planet Zoo. People have reported issues if their computers don't meet the specification.

[@JamieReynolds89]

@@PlasticSwans thanks and it will run it fine, its msi 2070 super gaming x / ryzen 5 3600 lol

[@simonandre9365]

Thanks for advice! Very useful. Sadly, this beta doesn't allow us to build quickly nice zoos, with bears or lions as example...

[@oliverterry5941]

where do u get that shelter for the animals? works perfect

[@PlasticSwans]

I made this using the breeze block wall pieces and the basic asphalt roof that's part of the construction pieces you get at the start of the game

[@oliverterry5941]

@@PlasticSwans im not very good at the game. i definitely wanna make it, looks so professional like its actually from a zoo. GOOD JOB!

[@oliverterry5941]

WHAT WAS THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE PATH?

[@PlasticSwans]

@@oliverterry5941 Unfortunately I've lost this save now because this was created during the beta, but I always try to set paths at least six-wide. I think this one was about 8-wide?

[@oliverterry5941]

@@PlasticSwans I played yesterday and your set up is perfect got tortoises and breeding making so much money right now on 100k

[@littlelionmanOO]

Thank you!

[@sneakyraptor1469]

Ik I'm really late to thing (just got the game) but do guests like albinos or no?in one of my zoos I have a albino and I have no clue if guests like them more Edit:thanks for this btw I could never get far from building to much

[@PlasticSwans]

I'm not sure to be honest, I've never managed to breed an albino yet!

[@karinalusy]

very useful 😻

[@PlasticSwans]

Glad to help!

[@dennisjensen3591]

Hello Then i build this my zookeeper and the other staff keep saying " there is no path to my workzone" can U help? I build it like U did but, cant figure it out whats wrong:(

[@PlasticSwans]

Hi there! I've had this issue before, where for some reason the path laid down just doesn't register, I'd suggest deleting and relaying the path to the buildings in the work zone and see if that helps. Also make sure there's paths between every building and the habitats too.

[@snoredizzle3242]

Awesome video. Subbed. Do you stream on twitch?

[@PlasticSwans]

Thanks! I used to stream on Twitch and still have a channel there, but I was streaming to about 3 people lol so never felt like it was worth the effort.

[@generalsaufenberg4931]

just put the price for adults on 25, and 20 for the kids. it works fine. also you can lower the loans from your staff a bit.

[@CaseyBleu]

I only have 4 enclosures and people flood my vendors / bathrooms.

[@PlasticSwans]

That's annoying! I've had it where the snack machines break down within 5 minutes of placing, plus the toilet floods.

[@GamesCooky]

I started somewhat big with Grizzly bears. I'm making money, but i'm sure i could have made more. I'm not bankrupt though so it's fine.

[@wiegraf-FNC]

Build 4 exhibits or more, buy a couple of titan beetle for each. Research them to max. Sell their babies everynow and then. Profit.

[@PlasticSwans]

Snakes and butterflies do really well too!

[@wlecometothejungle5464]

I don’t have enough points to start a new zoo, so I tried deleting two of my enclosures with animals and left the one with the tortoise. It didn’t work, I have no guests, and I’m almost a thousand dollars in debt :/ I don’t know what to do

[@Udangpetot96]

maybe u closed the park? or try checking ur finance management. or you have way too many staff etc.

[@LunaLynn]

Does the other turtle work well

[@PlasticSwans]

Not sure to be honest, but I'd assume it's kind of the same as Aldabra, in that they don't really cost a lot to look after but have lots of babies you can rear and sell for profit

[@mohdali1582]

im stuck at nutrition and habitat

[@jurassiccinematics5549]

My first and second animals were painted dogs and a bengal tiger.

[@mohdali1582]

can anyone help me with nutrition and habitat please for tortoise?

[@PlasticSwans]

Is this any help? kzbin.info/www/bejne/inS5cpVro9mMr7s

[@Astrid856]

I think you forgot 1 really easy money maker. Exhibits are amazing at generating money, and are cheaper to keep than bigger animals

[@PlasticSwans]

At the time I made this video, it was still in the beta stage and exhibits were a bit more unstable. When I started with exhibits I was going bankrupt super quick! I think updates have balanced this a bit better since then, so yes, fair point, I think exhibits are definitely worth putting in early, partcicularly since they reproduce so often

[@nidohime6233]

Imagine losing an entire zoo full of strange and endangered animals just because you have a debt of two pennies.

[@LM-tr1bh]

Thank you Plastic Swans :)

[@_voy_]

I have negative 4,500 dollars and i dont want to restart, what should i do?

[@PlasticSwans]

Hmm, how many exhibits do you have? How many staff and vendors? First I'd suggest firing all of your vendors for now and get rid of the buildings if they're costing maintenance. Then look at how many animals you have, and other staff. Look at maintenance costs on the finance tab and get rid of anything that is costing a lot to maintain. I seriously recommend cutting back to just two habitats - find your biggest earners and keep those, fingers crossed you can turn around a profit!

[@_voy_]

@@PlasticSwans i have two dog things and a ostrich, i got 4 vendors a vet 1 or 2 feeder guys. i already had two habitats, it is my first zoo where i figured out how to place the cool guys, i didnt do the tutorial cuz i didnt know it was a thing.

[@PlasticSwans]

@@_voy_ Yeah you might have to start again, or take a loan? If you take a loan you can afford to purchase some of the 'money maker' small animals, such as the peafowl and tortoises. I've found those two rake in the cash after a couple of months!

[@_voy_]

@@PlasticSwans Aww, i really dont want to restart. My favourite part is making a good looking zoo but i guess that will wait

[@masonwong7194]

@@_voy_ thats how i failed. Id do what she says and than once you have money you can wipe your zoo buildings, put your animals in the trade center and build a nice looking layout

[@mytry976]

Like yeah there Is no problem with overbuilding but if you Will overbuild that much that Will cost you 38k And dont Have finished first hsbitah, yep thats the problem

[@Susan-pg7yc]

How many meters do you recommend the dimensions of habitats be? Thanks!

[@PlasticSwans]

Hi Suzy, it really depends on each animal - some require a lot more space than others. The in-game zoopedia, I think the 2nd tab for each animal tells you how much space they each need though, if that helps?

[@mtpstv94]

Guys these are habitats, not exhibits. Exhibits are a different thing entirely in PZ. ;)

[@PlasticSwans]

Yep, I have a habit of calling them the wrong things!

[@originalritny]

I'm 20k in debt on year 20 idk how to get out of it

[@PlasticSwans]

This happened to me, granted it was a while ago. Turned out I had too many of the same type of animals. It seems like the game calculates number of guests coming in based on what varieties of animals you have, but it doesn't go up when you get more of the same animal. If you have too many of the same animal it just costs more to look after them. That's what happened to me, not sure if you're experiencing the same thing

[@jeffreyferguson6453]

I didn’t use and tutorials and got over 300 000 cash like not lying!

[@סהראשכנזי-נ8כ]

Good guide tnx :)

[@awomanshootingsomething5811]

Thank you for this I hAve -18,000 dOlLars

[@Ldocu]

I think your forgetting education. Education brings more revenue from donations.

[@captainpug1288]

Thx

[@calknudsen934]

👍🐢

[@esmokebaby]

Iam 11k in debt

[@PlasticSwans]

I've honestly struggled if I'm already in debt to claw back - I'd suggest cutting down on staff, and hope the animals start breeding super quick, you can start selling them when they mature to help. I think you can sell some of the animals too if you need some breathing room