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

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.

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)

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.

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

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.

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!!

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 ❤

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.

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

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”.

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.

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

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!

Charge 1$ for toilet use

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

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

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

you deserve a lot more subs

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

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

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 :)

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

Thanks for this guide! Helped me out alot.

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

Thanks for brill tutorial. Subscribed and wait for more

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

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! 😏😜

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

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

Such an excellent video thank you!

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

Very helpful ty. You got a new sub :)

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

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

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

Very helpful video! Thank you!

nice vid for a newbie, thanks x

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

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

Thanks for that, very helpful

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

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

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.

Thank you!

Awesome video. Subbed. Do you stream on twitch?

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

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)

Thank you Plastic Swans :)

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

very useful 😻

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

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

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

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

How do you build those waist high fences

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

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

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.

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

im stuck at nutrition and habitat

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

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:(

Good guide tnx :)

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

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

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

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

Does the other turtle work well

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

Thank you for this I hAve -18,000 dOlLars

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

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

Thx

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Iam 11k in debt