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Zoo

Zoo Information

Players can open the Zoo once they reach level 24. To unlock it simply restore it at the Entrance located near the Train Station.

Develop the Zoo by Collecting Animal Cards, Building Enclosures, and Buying Animals. Fill orders from the Animals and Visitors to earn rewards and unlock Reward Chests. Don’t forget to decorate the it too! When more animals are collected, more decorations will be unlocked.

Find animal cards in reward chests in Town, win them in Events and Regattas, or get them as a Reward for filling Zoo orders.

Note: More information and images will be added soon. If there’s any missing information please leave a comment below or on the Contact Us page.

Developing the Zoo

Collect cards to unlock new animal families for the Zoo. Once you collect all the cards of a specific animal, it can be brought to its new home.

Enclosure Requirements

  1. Buy the Enclosure with Coins.
  2. Collect at least 1 Animal Card related to the Enclosure.
  3. Build the Enclosure with Materials.
    • 3-5 Tcash is rewarded upon completion.
  4. Obtain the specific Animal Cards:
    • Animal Parents (Male/Female)
      • Require 30 Regular cards each. (60 Total)
    • Animal Babies (Male/Female)
      • Require 15 Rare, and 10 Epic cards.

After collecting all 85 cards for an Animal Family the Zoo Book page will be completed and 10-25 Tcash is rewarded depending on the Animal. It requires patience to collect cards, but there are several ways to earn many cards versus the large sum of gems needed to breed Animals previously.

  • Enclosure List – List of materials and costs for all Zoo Enclosures.

Finding Animal Cards

All animal cards received are random, and based on the enclosures that have already been built.

There are several ways to find Animal Cards including:

  1. Participating in Regattas:
    • Opening Regatta Chests.
    • [Decks] Buying them at the Yacht Club (Tokens).
      • Epic Deck – 165 Tokens
  2. Participating in Events:
    • Reaching certain Event Goals. (?)
    • Event Lottery Chests after completing all Goals. (?)
  3. Completing Zoo Orders:
    • Opening Gift Boxes for completing a number of Orders.
      • Higher amounts of Orders rewards More Cards. (?)
  4. Buying them at the Zoo Shop:
    • Buying specific Animal Card(s) for Gems (24h Refresh)
      • For the small amount of Cards it’s not worth the Gems.
    • [Sets] Buying them in the Zoo Shop with Tcash.
    • [Sets] The first Gold Set of Cards is Free to open.
  5. Opening Reward Chests in Town:
    • Opening Reward Chests for reaching Level XP Goals.
    • Opening Reward Chests for Loading Airplanes.
    • [Decks] Opening House of Luck Chests.
    • Opening Gold Treasure Chest Balloons (24h Free / Tcash).
    • Opening Treasure Chests in the Mine. (Free / Tcash).
    • Opening Treasure Chests at the Islands (24h Free).
    • Opening Treasure Chests brought back on Ships (Ingots).

Note: (?) means not confirmed, but it will be updated when possible. For new, missing or incorrect information please leave a comment below.

Animal Card Rarities

Animal cards have 3 different rarities. The rarer the card, the harder it is to obtain.

Colors represent how rare cards are:

  • Regular – Brown Borders
  • Rare – Blue Borders
  • Epic – Yellow Borders

Animal Card Decks and Sets

Find decks of animal cards in Reward Chests in Town, or win them in the House of Luck, Events, and Regattas. Sets of cards can only be opened at the Zoo Shop.

Zoo Shop

The Zoo Shop is located next to the Entrance. Special Card Sets can be purchased there using Tcash, and a Random Animal Card which can be bought with Gems.

At the Zoo Shop there are 4 purchases available including:

  1. Animal Card(s) – Refreshes every 24 hours. Includes all rarities.
  2. Tracker Set – 40 Tcash. Brown and features the most Regular Cards.
  3. Naturalist Set – 100 Tcash. Blue and features the most Rare Cards.
  4. Zoo Keeper Set – 200 Tcash. Gold and features the most Epic Cards.

The color of the Deck or Set matches the color of the Rarest Card they contain.

Random Animal Card(s)

Overall Random Cards are not really worth buying because the Gem costs end up being very high for a small amount of Cards. Also Gems are better spent on helpful Boosters in the Laboratory. The one time it may be worth buying is if it’s the Last Card needed to complete an Animal or Family.

Animal Card Doubles

After accumulating 10 Doubles of Animal Cards they can be traded in at the Zoo Shop for a Special Double Deck which contains 4 Random Cards.

Zoo Shop: Set Comparisons

The table below shows all Sets information and a comparison of their cards.

TcashRegularRareEpic
Tracker Set [T]40 Tcash9 Cards1 Card0 Cards
Naturalist Set [N]100 Tcash15 Cards4 Cards1 Card
• [T] Difference• T+60• T+6• T+3• T+1
Zookeeper Set200 Tcash25 Cards6 Cards4 Cards
• [T] Difference• T+160
• T+16
• T+5
• T+4
• [N] Difference• N+100• N+10• N+2• N+3

Zookeeper Set Comparisons

Below is a comparison of all Sets if 200 Tcash is being spent on Cards.

NOTE: Considering that 942 Cash is earned in total from building all enclosures, it’s generally not a good idea using cash to buy decks in the first place.

TcashRegularRareEpic
Tracker Set [x5]200 Tcash45 Cards5 Cards0 Cards
Naturalist Set [x2]200 Tcash30 Cards8 Cards2 Cards
• [T] Difference• N/A• T-15• T+3• T+2
Zookeeper Set [x1]200 Tcash25 Cards6 Cards4 Cards
• [T] Difference• N/A• T-20• T+1• T+4
• [N] Difference• N/A• N-5• N-2• N+2

Zoo Orders

Complete Orders at the Zoo to unlock Reward Chests! Join Friends and help each other with Zoo Orders by Filling and Sending Requests. Every order filled rewards Coins and XP. A maximum of 3 Help Requests are available every 24h, so use them wisely.

A new Zoo Order will appear every 3 hours (8 free per day). The time until a new order arrives is shown at the bottom of the window. The Next Order can be immediately received by speeding it up with up to 7 Tcash (3 hours). The Tcash cost ranges from 1-7 depending on the time left until the next order.

A Gift Box is rewarded every time a set amount of Orders are sent. Each Box contains various rewards including Cards, Gems, Tcash, etc.

When Gift Boxes are earned the amount of Orders required increases:

  • First Gift Box is 3 > 5 > 7 > 9 > 12 which is the Max Orders per Gift Box.

Zoo Order Board

To view what goods are needed for Zoo Orders, tap the order board at the Town’s Bus Station. A list of customers and their 2 requested items will be shown and the time left until a new order appears.

There’s a maximum of 8 Zoo Orders that can be stored at once. When the board is full no new orders will appear until one is filled. Orders cannot expire or be dumped.

Changing an Animals Name

How to change an Animal’s Name:

  1. Go to the Animal Collection by tapping the Zoo Book Icon in the bottom right corner.
    • A photo album of the animals will open.
  2. Tap the image of the animal that is going to be changed.
  3. Enter a new name in the pop up window by tapping the name area or assign a random name using the button on the left.
  4. Tap the check mark to confirm the new name.

Related Pages

  • Zoo Changes – A comparison of all old and new changes made to the Zoo.
  • Zoo Enclosures – A complete list of materials and costs for all Zoo Enclosures.
  • Zoo Expansions – All information on the materials and costs for Zoo Expansions.
  • Decoration Changes – Information and comparisons of all changes made to any decorations.

26 thoughts on “Zoo

  1. I built all my restuarants in zoo had almost all the animals.I used a free booster(expand your barn twice as big) and BOOM. ALL my ZOO disappeared. Lost all restuarants,animals,encloserers. EVERYTHING is GONE!!!I can still read my animal book though.I get nothing now..

    1. Hi Evelyn, if your Zoo is still missing please go to the settings in-game and send a ticket to Playrix’s Customer Support. They should be able to help solve your problem.

  2. I can’t figure out how to fill orders for the zoo visitors. I have the items but haven’t found how to complete it.

  3. I’m new to Township (Level 2) and I absolutely love it!! Thanks for such a wonderful app.
    I’ve been searching every where and cannot find the answer to this question.
    Is it mandatory to have the Zoo?? Could I just update the entrance and leave it at that??
    I really have no interest in the Zoo although I’m sure that it is as adorable as all the rest of the app. Thank you.

    1. Hi Trish, sorry for the late reply. If you haven’t already built it it is optional, however I’d recommend starting it eventually since Regatta, and possibly other areas of the game require a Zoo.

  4. I am not receiving the Tcash when completing a full family of animals…this has happened at least 4 times! The gift bos on each page says 10 Tcash to be awarded when the entire set of cards for all members of the fam is collected…but I’m not receiving! I read somewhere to log off and come back on…didn’t work…help please!!

      1. Hi, if you are still having problems receiving the Cash for completing full families please report it using the in-game support. And Playrix’s Customer Support should be able to help.

  5. What happens when you have collected ALL of the animal cards and have completed all of the animals…bit..like me..you have 4 more enclosures to buy/build. What kind of rewards do you get when finishing zoo tasks in regatta or special events? They seem random and whereas I’d get multiple animal cards…now..I only get 1 item..like a slab…or hammer….sometimes useful..often not…feels like once you have been playing awhile you now have a book of completed animal families with no where to go..esp. when it takes so long to save up coins and specific materials for current enclosure needed. Any suggestions

    1. Hi Patt, when all Zoo animal families are completed you will get the corresponding achievements including Cash. More importantly all Zoo cards received will be Doubles, so you can get lots of rewards like Cash, ingots, barn tools, mine tools, expansion tools, and building materials. Congrats on making it so far.

  6. Thank you so much for the updated information, very helpful. However since the update , the amount of animals needed for unlocking decorations in the zoo is inaccurate & frustrating. The date palm tree says you need so many animals, and I am well over that figure yet the date palm is still not unlocked. It would be appreciated if accurate information on the new figures of animals or animal families needed for zoo decorations could be made available, as I have not found any new updated information online yet. Still searching each day for new accurate information. Lol

    1. I’ll make a note of that while I’m working on the decoration page. If you somehow managed to find the decoration information and post a link to it I can add it as soon as the page is available in May.

  7. Why isnt the amount of zoo orders based on the amount of animals or enclosures that you have? So it gives you more of a reason to focus on your zoo than your town. Having it maxed out at 8 is pretty annoying, so when I need the coins, Id rather spend it on my town instead. Yes, I know that you get tcash for completing the enclosures with all the animals. But to me, that is not that worth it. Not for the amount of coins I have to spend on all the enclosures.

    1. If you’re early on in the game extra market boxes, more friends, co-op requests, and hiring the dealer can all help with those high quantities of goods. Later on you’ll get a decent amount of Cash for working on the Zoo as well as other materials, gems, etc. so it pays off in the end. Good luck!

  8. Thank you so much for putting all this useful information in one place! Especially the Zoo Enclosure info! I have felt lost with out that! Now I can choose which enclosure to build by what supplies I have the most of on hand! Kudos to you!

    1. You’re very welcome! Most pages and tables have been updated today with even more information. That’s exactly what this wiki is for. It will only get better and better, and I appreciate the nice comment. Cheers!

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