Why You're Not Making Money in Planet Zoo

[@horseloverms]

Another good way to make money are breeding and selling exhibit creatures i find the spiders and forest scorpions to be an excellent way to make a good profit. They breed relatively quickly produce a good number of offspring and sell for a good chunk especially if they are gold ribbon.

[@Alextherelic1]

I have a literal infinite golden scorpion farm it makes 1k average

[@horseloverms]

@@Alextherelic1 odd, when i sell my few i make close to 5k, and when i do all my exhibits i make close to 26k+, ive found the more expensive they are to buy the better they sell.

[@Alextherelic1]

@@horseloverms for me they breed way to fast

[@PawsBuild]

This is a great tip! Selling exhibit animals makes a LOT of money! ☺️

[@MixR700]

I use butterflys for this. I have autocull and keep 1male and 3 females of every type in a walkthrough exhibit, and it just autosells them oldest first (since they have SHORT lifespans) for conservation credits. It adds up a ton overtime.

[@nidohime6233]

Kinda makes sense, most of the popular animals are also the expensivest, so is a bad idea to just start with those. I think a good starting zoo would have like two or three small enclosures and one large that can housed many compatible species, or instead a really popular one for that matter.

[@PawsBuild]

That’s a good plan 😊

[@Cr4zYDiScOAlPaCa]

Even though I'm already rather good at Planet Zoo, I still enjoyed how you solved my previous starting issues in less than 2 minutes. For some reason, I thought it was a good idea (at the beginning) to put as much animals in 1 habitat and build donation bins literally everywhere I possibly could, (LoL)

[@Cr4zYDiScOAlPaCa]

By the way, for those who read this, START WITH EITHER AARDVARKS OR NILE MONITORS. They are cheap to support, have low terrain requirements and for some reason, attract a lot of guests. + Nile Monitors breed a bunch of babies, you could definitely sell some to make some extra cash.

[@PawsBuild]

Thanks I’m glad it was helpful and yes Nile Monitors are my fav starting animal! 😊

[@goldendragon_rs2996]

Other animals to avoid early game I found: Primates, they also have extremely high feeding costs. And under 1000 prestige animals. Like flamingos or peacocks. They don’t have the rating to bring in enough guests.

[@nidohime6233]

Kinda like real life, not many people go to a zoo just for look peacocks, and primates needs lots of attention and entertaiment since there are very intelligent.

[@PawsBuild]

Good tips thanks for sharing! 😊

[@irehfan7152]

So i should have animals that are not under 1000 prestige but not too expensive?

[@goldendragon_rs2996]

@@irehfan7152 yes! A good example I’ve found is surprisingly aardvarks.

[@irehfan7152]

@@goldendragon_rs2996 Ok :D, i think all animals betweem 1000 and 5000 (i think that's the max) can work

[@AndrewLeo_]

Great tips, I gotta say. I just started playing the game, and I'm sure it'll become helpful in my Zoo projects moving forward. Thanks.

[@PawsBuild]

Thanks I’m glad it helped! 😊

[@shetlandponygirl]

Another amazing video, thank you!

[@PawsBuild]

Thanks! 😊

[@ghost-srd]

Thank you so much! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@PawsBuild]

Thanks! 😊

[@bethany8315]

I just bought planet zoo this morning. Been playing it all day. Tried to do a franchise zoo and went bankrupt basically instantly 😂 so this video actually helped a little bit. Thx 👍

[@PawsBuild]

Haha I’m glad it helped - I had the same experience when I first started 😂

[@renthemouse]

this is crazy i literally just googled this today!!:)

[@njmoonfrost6145]

I haven’t been able to play the game for like two months now, my pc is being a jerk. But I enjoy watching your videos still. For breeding exhibit animals, get ones that are easier for you to get a mating pair AND one that breeds a lot quicker too. If you doing a theme then it will be a bit more tricker too

[@PawsBuild]

Sorry to hear! Hope it gets sorted soon 😊 Also good tips! 👍

[@darrennorniron]

I definatly hire too many staff and had no idea you can train them!

[@PawsBuild]

Glad I could help! 😊

[@flaviocatarino4328]

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

[@GiraffeFlyingHighInDinoSauce]

I restarted my zoo because of the money problem. By the way I have a pangolin and the other habitat is for a dwarf caiman. Thanks I really need that.

[@PawsBuild]

You’re welcome! 😊

[@GiraffeFlyingHighInDinoSauce]

@@PawsBuild Oh Okay

[@mystery_amalgamate8786]

I'd like to share some internet wisdom with this comment section, and you too Paws! I made a fun little discovery, in my own research on easy ways to make money when you're broke as hell.... and that is, that BUTTERFLIES are the key to early money! Or they're at least one method. Haven't tried it with other exhibit animals yet! But ayo, here- a solid breeding population of all four kinds of Butterflies in the one exhibit, and it seems that people will pay *oodles* to see 'em! Especially as far as donations go, and _boy_ does it add up fast.

[@SovietRussia777]

There's some good stuff in here I didn't even consider! Thank you so much!

[@PawsBuild]

You’re welcome I’m glad it helped! 😊

[@aduckofsomesort]

my franchise zoo only has six habitats but I have to keep like twice as many keepers almost just so my animals don’t starve to death. They’re almost fully trained I have two nearby keeper huts and have work zones.

[@aduckofsomesort]

And cost isn’t an issue I’ve actually been doing really good with that

[@DiaborMagics]

Thanks for the video. So I guess my main mistake is starting with wolves and too much staff then? I started in sandbox with as only difference to normal more money so I can see how things go, but I just keep losing money. The wolves require a big habitat and eat meat so I guess they are expensive, but I figured the donations would do the trick as they're not as expensive as the big cats for example (saw that in a sheet I found). But while I started with only 1 employee of all kinds except the security guard and entertainer, I hired an entertainer quickly because guests keep complaining that theyre not educated (and that keeps happening), I hired a second keeper and vet once I got a few exhibits because the staff I had complained about high workload. I hired extra vendors after placing my drinks and food stands because their workload was too high as well. Extra caretakers because for some reason they just don't pick up enough of the litter. They seem pretty lazy. I placed bins, got 3 caretakers and still guests complain about litter. And my park is just wolves and 3 exhibits; pretty small. Another thing is that I got as tip to get exhibit animals as they breed quick and you can sell the offspring. But none of them have even mated yet and the Boas were mature from the start and we're 4 years in now since I got them (7 years since I got the wolves, who finally became alphas and mated after 3 years). So, how do you keep staff count low when there's continuous complaints from all sides? And I assume that when I place a second exhibit, I would need another keeper and vet etc. because otherwise they have to do too much and walk too far. I don't see how I can keep staff count low without problems. I have been training them bit by bit, but isn't it also true that while 1 is training, they can't attend to other things? In that case, don't you need 2 at minimum so 1 can train and 1 can do the job? Also, I placed an animal talks and it has seen 0 use in 5 years. Not sure how that works. One last thing, not really about management but just fun: how can I change the names of the items sold in shops? I don't really want to use the game's default names for drinks and such. I am fairly sure you could rename things in Coaster. Is it not possible in Zoo? I couldn't figure it out :( it's nice to rename things according to themes imo.

[@PawsBuild]

Oh true I think you can rename the items but not 100% sure on how to do it if it’s not just a case of clicking the name and typing in a new one 🤔 I’ve made a couple of franchise series on the channel so maybe seeing the first ep of one of those would help demonstrate a balance that works? 😊

[@DiaborMagics]

@@PawsBuild haha good idea (and smart channel marketing haha), i will check one out :D

[@Enigmaprince]

NIce. I really enjoy your videos and im still in the very beginning tutorial so yah im new lol. Just a quick question. If those big cats such as Lions, Tigers are so costly you can never benefit from having them or are they just for decoration when u are like very rich?

[@PawsBuild]

Good question! Those animals do have a lot of appeal so they will bring in a lot of guests which will earn you money through tickets sales, guest facilities, donations etc throughout your whole zoo so they’re definitely great to have but they’re a bit of a high-stakes buy in the early game which for new players isn’t really ideal because unless you run your zoo optimally it’s v easy to run out of money 😅 Hope this answer helps! ☺️

[@ultraapple3997]

I tried all of this and it works! 😃

[@PawsBuild]

I’m glad it was helpful! I hope you enjoy the game ☺️

[@Alextherelic1]

This helped way to much thank yiu

[@PawsBuild]

You’re welcome I hope you enjoy the game! 😊

[@BrodyNotCody]

Thank you so much it helped me a lot. 👍

[@PawsBuild]

That’s great to hear! 😊

[@BrodyNotCody]

@@PawsBuild I’ve never had someone with that many subscribers reply to me thank you so much

[@PawsBuild]

@@BrodyNotCody I always try to reply to everyone! Love chatting with you all 😊

[@JerryJeffer-db2py]

I recommend the Nile lizards

[@PawsBuild]

Great recommendation 😊

[@sumpfwiesel7320]

Also...Employees do not pay more than necessary, money income from toilets and EC machines.

[@renthemouse]

amazingg video:)

[@PawsBuild]

Thanks! 😊

[@SuperBrand1234]

I see now, I get so very frustrated on both franchise and challenge modes.

[@PawsBuild]

I’m glad this helped! Can be frustrating when you’re losing money and you don’t know how to fix it ☺️

[@SuperBrand1234]

@@PawsBuild yeah, we always have to start with a small and cheap animal

[@JarlenMcfly]

francies quikly become breeding animals for better price, exhibit creatures are the best way to get early money. You can pretty much just have 2 exhibit + happitat with 3 peacocks an you are good to go, but quikly you can go over to tiger or whatever you wanna do. But i find breeding is key, an having 4 happitat close to eachother where i can move them to avoid in-breeding an just store 5 tigers an sell for money in the next zoo you gonna open in francies an have like 100k extra to start with. I have a 100% african elefant male, that just come out when the female elefant an good to go, orherwise he live in storage so he dont age.

[@PawsBuild]

Good tips 😊

[@Tiath107]

I realise I'm doing everything wrong :')

[@donkarnage6986]

This game is so easy, you will easy get 3 mil.. how can people go in minus?

[@PawsBuild]

That’s great you’re finding it easy! I’d definitely recommend harder difficulties it can make your zoos a bit of a handful haha!

[@donkarnage6986]

@@PawsBuild after 1 habitat, you will get a lot of gold on hard!. Dont start with lions and your good! Place a drink food and bloons shop.. Where is the hard part? Why do you think the game is hard?

[@richyr5876]

I’m negative -$23,500 right now 🫣I got to much staff 🤦‍♂️

[@PawsBuild]

Been there! 🤣