Quick Start
Build a Zoo in Four Easy Steps
The first thing your zoo needs is an exhibit for animals to live in. Let’s build it!
1Click the Construction button. 
This button opens a panel with a bunch of tabs
on it. The tab with a fence on it should already be selected for you—click it if it isn’t. Then click one of the fences.
2Move the cursor to the grassy area. Click and drag the cursor to construct a section of fence, and then release the mouse button.
Do it again until you’ve made a closed-in area.
You’ve built an exhibit! Click OK to accept the displayed name or type a new name in the box that pops up.
Now you need to place an animal inside your exhibit.
3 Click the Adopt Animals button. 
This button opens a panel showing lots of animals to pick from. Click one of them.
4Move the cursor to the exhibit, and then click anywhere inside the exhibit to place your animal.
That’s it!
You’re ready to start building a bigger
and better zoo. Adopt more animals, hire staff members, and accommodate the needs of your guests.
No animals were harmed in the making of this game.
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Getting Started |
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Playing Zoo Tycoon |
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Using the Zoo Tools |
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Construction ................................................................................................................................................. |
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Modifying the Zoo Terrain .......................................................................................................... |
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Adopt Animals............................................................................................................................................ |
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Buy Structures ........................................................................................................................................... |
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Hire Staff ....................................................................................................................................................... |
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Managing Your Zoo |
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Undo Previous Action Button..................................................................................................... |
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Clear Objects Tab .................................................................................................................................. |
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Message List Tab ..................................................................................................................................... |
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Research and Conservation Tab .............................................................................................. |
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Scenario Information Tab ............................................................................................................. |
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Game Options Tab ................................................................................................................................ |
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Map ........................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Accessing Information About Your Zoo |
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Pause/Resume Game Button ....................................................................................................... |
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Current Date Bar ................................................................................................................................... |
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Available Cash Bar ................................................................................................................................ |
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ZooStatus Button .................................................................................................................................. |
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Animal List Button .............................................................................................................................. |
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Animal Happiness Bar....................................................................................................................... |
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Guest List Button .................................................................................................................................. |
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Guest Happiness Bar .......................................................................................................................... |
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Exhibit List Button ............................................................................................................................. |
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Staff List Button .................................................................................................................................... |
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Animal, Guest, and Staff Information Panels |
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Animal Information Panel .............................................................................................................. |
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Guest Information Panel................................................................................................................. |
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Staff Information Panel ................................................................................................................... |
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Table of Contents
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Getting Started
Welcome to Zoo Tycoon™. You can now build your ultimate zoo! Stock it with all kinds of exotic animals, put in tons of objects, and include all sorts of attractions to attract more guests as you build your perfect zoo.
To install Zoo Tycoon
1Insert the Zoo Tycoon disc into your CD-ROM drive. The main Setup screen will appear.
Note: If Setup does not begin automatically when the disc is inserted, right-click My Computer, click Open, double-click the CD-ROM drive, and then double-click
Setup.exe.
2Click Install, and then follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
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Playing Zoo Tycoon
When you first start Zoo Tycoon, you’re given a tutorial to follow. After you complete the first tutorial, or after you exit it on your own, you will be given the following options at the Main menu.
Play Scenario Game Begin playing scenarios—win-or-lose games with predetermined goals.
Play Freeform Game Let your imagination run wild—the only way to lose is to run out of money.
Load Saved Game Load a Zoo Tycoon game you’ve saved earlier or downloaded from the Internet.
Continue Saved Game Return to the game you last played.
Get New Zoo Tycoon Items You can get new animals and zoo objects from Microsoft or other players via the Internet or from sources like a CD-ROM. If you connect to a Microsoft server, the game will compare the Zoo Tycoon files on your hard drive to the latest versions on the Microsoft server and update the files, if necessary.
Freeform Game Zoo Maps
If you’re new to Zoo Tycoon, choose a small zoo because it will be easier to manage. You can preset how much money your zoo will have before you start playing. The less money you have when the game starts, the more challenging the game will be.
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Using the Zoo Tools
Design exhibits that keep the animals happy. A well-cared-for animal is more likely to frolic and generally seems “happier” to guests. Guests will stay longer in your zoo if they see playful animals in attractive exhibits. This means more money for your zoo because guests buy more food, beverages, and gifts the longer they stay in the zoo. More money allows you to build bigger and better exhibits and to stock them with more exotic animals.
A good zoo manager:
•Constructs exciting exhibits.
•Makes animals and guests happy.
•Manages funds effectively.
•Hires hardworking staff members.
•Oversees research and conservation programs.
•Makes the zoo beautiful.
The zoo tools help you perform all of these tasks. The Zoo Tycoon interface has four large buttons, located along the upper-left side of the screen. You will use these buttons in building your zoo. Names and descriptions of each button follow.
Click the right mouse button to deselect any tool you’ve chosen.
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Undo
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Fences tab
Zoo Paths tab
Foliage tab
Rocks tab
Terrain Type tab
Terrain Height tab
Manual Gate Placement button
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Fences Tab
Fences define the boundary of an exhibit. The fence must fully enclose an area in order for the exhibit to house animals. The outside back cover of this manual contains instructions for building a fence.
Everything placed within
the fence becomes a part
of the exhibit
Guests prefer a fence that gives them an unobstructed view of the animals in the exhibit, as well as one that allows them to feel close to the animals. Some animals, however, like the privacy that a solid fence provides. You will have to decide which fence type is best for each exhibit and animal.
As exhibit fences age, they wear out and must be replaced to prevent animals from escaping. Maintenance workers repair fences, or you can replace them yourself.
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Exhibit fences are used to contain animals. You can also build
decorative fences that will beautify your zoo.
Exhibit Space
Most animals are happier with larger exhibits, but large exhibits are expensive to build. You must judge for yourself how much space is adequate to keep the animal
from becoming unhappy. You can start with a small exhibit and then
make it larger by adding additional fence segments later.
Some animals require more space than others, with cheetahs requiring the most space and chimpanzees, gazelles, and wildebeests requiring the least.
Exhibit Gates
The exhibit gate is used by zookeepers to enter exhibits so they can care for the animals. You can get information about the exhibit by clicking the gate, which produces the Exhibit List panel (see page 30). The game automatically puts a gate in the exhibit’s fence, or you can place it yourself.
To place a gate in a new location
•Click the Manual Gate Placement button, and then click the segment of fence where you want the gate to be located.
The closer exhibit gates are to each other, the more efficient the zookeepers will be in tending to the animals. Don’t block the exhibit gate with objects; zookeepers need to easily get in and out of the exhibit.
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Zoo Paths Tab
Guests will become lost if they don’t have paths to follow. Staff members don’t need paths.
To build a path
1Click the Zoo Paths tab, and then click the type of path you want.
2Move the cursor to the area of the zoo where you want the path to start, click and drag the cursor to build a section of path, and then release the mouse button to end the path.
If you’re not satisfied with the path you’ve built, you can remove it by clicking the Undo Previous Action button.
Paths will connect with each other as long as the terrain is flat or slopes gently. If it doesn’t, you may be left with a broken path (see illustration below). If there are sharp
inclines or cliffs, smooth the terrain with the terrain leveling tools (see page 13).
Broken path
Foliage Tab
Clicking the Foliage tab gives you access to a variety of trees and bushes that are important to the happiness of the zoo animals. Check the selected plant’s habitat and location information (located at the bottom of the Foliage panel) to make sure an animal will like the foliage in its exhibit.
Topiary
Topiary (plants shaped to look like animals) is expensive but worth it if you’re interested in beautifying your zoo.
Flowerbeds
Colorful flowerbeds add to the beauty of your zoo and please guests.
Don’t put a tree next to a fence if you
have animals that can climb—
they’ll use the tree to escape!
Try not to place trees in front of areas where guests are likely
to stop to view the animals. If guests can’t see the animals, the guests will become unhappy.
Rocks Tab
Some animals enjoy climbing on rocks. If an animal
likes rocks but doesn’t find any—or enough—in its exhibit, it may not like the exhibit and become unhappy.
Note that both foliage and rocks can be placed in an exhibit for animals—but foliage and rocks can also be placed around the zoo grounds to beautify them.
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