Planet Zoo Update 1.13.0 Patch Notes

Planet Zoo’s latest update, 1.13.0, is live, bringing a new DLC and a free update. Players will experience new Animal Sociality, tools, customization options, several bug fixes, and UI changes in this update. 

These changes will help bring freshness to the game and fix the issues players have been experiencing regarding camera angles, controls, and performance.

Details of the update were obtained from an official Steam post. We’ve included everything you need to know regarding the free content DLC and the update below. Be sure to check out our Latest News section for more great content!

Planet Zoo Update 1.13.0 Patch Notes

New Content – Planet Zoo: Tropical Pack

Unfortunately, the Topical Pack isn’t a free DLC, and it costs 9.99 USD. 

NEW – Animals

• New animals in the Planet Zoo: Tropical Pack:
  • Asian Water Monitor
  • Fossa
  • Lar Gibbon
  • Red River Hog 
  • Brown-Throated Sloth

NEW – Career Scenario 

• There aren’t many places that exude as much charm as this primeval forest, soon to be the location of the new ‘Summer Project’: a jungle paradise zoo developed and built by young socialite and up-and-coming conservationist Tiffany Summers. 
• She’ll be running it under the ever-watchful eye of her father’s rather familiar-looking right-hand man.

NEW – Scenery Pieces

• Indonesian Mossy Stone Step
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Small
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Half Small
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Quarter Small
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Corner Small
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Large
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Half Large
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Quarter Large
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Flower Corner Large
• Indonesian Gilded Stone Swirl
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Swirl
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Block 0.5m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Block Thick 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Block Thin 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Block Thick 2m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Block Thin 2m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Trim Smooth 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Trim Smooth 2m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Trim Leaf 2m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Trim Swirl 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Trim Palm 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Cornice Midsection
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Cornice Corner
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Column Base
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Column Topper
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Base 1m
• Indonesian Mossy Stone Base 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Fence
• Indonesian Stained Timber Fence Post
• Indonesian Stained Timber Fence Support
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thick 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thick 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thick 4m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thin 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thin 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Thin 4m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Plank 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Plank 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Plank 4m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Panel 2m x 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Panel 1m x 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Panel 1m x 0.5m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Panel Angled 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Panel Angled 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Beam Cap
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thick 0.5m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thick 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thick 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thin 0.5m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thin 1m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Thin 2m
• Indonesian Stained Timber Pole Cap
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Trim Small
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Arch
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Arch Half
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Cap Large
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Cap Small
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Corner
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Flower
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Triangle Large
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Triangle Small
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Trim Medium
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Trim Large
• Indonesian Painted Wooden Horn
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Trim Small
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Arch
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Arch Half
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Cap Large
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Cap Small
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Corner
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Flower
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Triangle Large
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Triangle Small
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Trim Medium
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Trim Large
• Indonesian Gilded Wooden Horn
• Indonesian Door Handle Metal
• Indonesian Door Handle Ring
• Indonesian Door Handle Wood
• Indonesian Drapery Hanging
• Indonesian Drapery Corner 1m
• Indonesian Drapery Corner 2m
• Indonesian Drapery Trim
• Indonesian Drapery Curtain Top
• Indonesian Drapery Curtain Bottom
• Indonesian Drapery Loop
• Indonesian Drapery Knot
• Indonesian Drapery Tie
• Indonesian Drapery Wide 1m
• Indonesian Drapery Wide 2m
• Indonesian Earthenware Pot 01
• Indonesian Earthenware Pot 02
• Indonesian Earthenware Pot 03
• Indonesian Earthenware Pot 04
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Arch
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Arch Square
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Arch Square Tunnel
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Arch Tunnel
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Large Window
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Shop Front
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Station Surround 01
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Station Surround 02
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall 1m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall 4m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Door
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Slope 1m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Slope 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Slope 4m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Curved 1m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Curved 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Curved 4m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Column Thin 1m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Column Thin 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Column Thin 4m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Floor
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Floor Quarter Circle
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Floor Quarter Circle Mirrored
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Gable 1m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Gable 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Panel 1m x 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Panel 2m x 2m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Panel 1m x 4m
• Indonesian Temple Brick Wall Panel 4m x 2m
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Eave 1m
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Eave 2m
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Eave 4m
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Eave Corner
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Eave End
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Gable Large
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Gable Small
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Midsection Large
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Midsection Small
• Indonesian Thatch Roof Wedge
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Topper 2m
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Topper 4m
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Topper End
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Section 1m
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Section 2m
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Section 4m
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Cap
• Indonesian Pagoda Roof Corner
• Indonesian Tonkonan Roof End
• Indonesian Tonkonan Roof Midsection
• Indonesian Roof Topper
• Indonesian Lantern
• Indonesian Lantern Bracket
• Indonesian Lantern Pole
• Tropical Sculpture Asian Water Monitor Head
• Tropical Sculpture Fossa Head
• Tropical Sculpture Lar Gibbon Head
• Tropical Sculpture Red River Hog Head
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Arm Left
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Arm Right
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Body Eighth Turn
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Body Quarter Turn
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Body Straight
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Tail
• Tropical Sculpture Snake Torso
• Tropical Sculpture Human Legs
• Tropical Sculpture Human Torso
• Tropical Sculpture Topper
• Indonesian Bench
• Indonesian Bin
• Indonesian Picnic Bench
• Bark Panel 01
• Bark Panel 02
• Bark Panel 03
• Indonesian Fence Panel
• Indonesian Lattice Panel 1m x 1m
• Indonesian Umbrella
• Indonesian Straw Tassle
• Indonesian Bamboo Panel 01
• Indonesian Bamboo Panel 02
• Indonesian Drum
• Indonesian Wooden Trellis
• Indonesian Package Bag 01
• Indonesian Package Bag 02
• Indonesian Package Cardboard 01
• Indonesian Package Cardboard 02
• Tropical Animal Sign Fossa
• Tropical Animal Sign Lar Gibbon 01
• Tropical Animal Sign Lar Gibbon 02
• Tropical Animal Sign Lar Gibbon 03
• Tropical Animal Sign Red River Hog
• Tropical Animal Sign Brown-Throated Sloth
• Tropical Animal Sign Asian Water Monitor 01
• Tropical Animal Sign Asian Water Monitor 02
• Indonesian Zoo Entrance
• Indonesian Keeper Hut Large
• Indonesian Keeper Hut Small
• Indonesian Quarantine Large
• Indonesian Quarantine Small
• Indonesian Research Centre Large
• Indonesian Research Centre Small
• Indonesian Staff Room Large
• Indonesian Staff Room Small
• Indonesian Trade Centre
• Indonesian Veterinary Surgery
• Indonesian Workshop
• Indonesian Toilet Large
• Indonesian Toilet Small
• Indonesian Shop Large [Shell]
• Indonesian Shop Small [Shell]
• Indonesian Archway 01
• Indonesian Archway 02
• Indonesian Centrepiece 01
• Indonesian Centrepiece 02
• Indonesian Spired Roof House
• Indonesian Temple
• Indonesian Tongkonan House
• Indonesian Walkthrough Exhibit
• Indonesian Bicycle
• Indonesian Gate
• Indonesian Nature Scene
• Indonesian Pagoda Tower
• Indonesian Ruins Corner
• Indonesian Ruins Doorway
• Indonesian Ruins Entrance
• Indonesian Ruins Wall
• Indonesian Shrine

NEW – Foliage

• Rafflesia Large
• Rafflesia Small
• Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant Pitcher
• Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant
• Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant Small
• Attenborough’s Pitcher Plant Pitcher Small
• Basket Fern 01
• Basket Fern 02
• Basket Fern 03
• Tetrastigma Vine 01
• Tetrastigma Vine 02
• Tetrastigma Vine 03
• Tetrastigma Vine 04

NEW – Avatar Costume 

• Brown-Throated Sloth avatar costume

New Content in the Free Update

NEW – Animal Sociality

• Improving the feedback provided to players when and why overcrowding issues happen, sociality introduces the concept of Outsiders, Bonded animals, and Leaders to Planet Zoo
• Outsiders
  • Outsiders cannot mate, interact, herd, or participate in other social behavior with the group. Fights occurring due to overpopulation are directed at Outsiders rather than everyone beginning to infight as soon as the habitat becomes overcrowded.
  • An animal’s Outsider status is shown in its info panel and highlighted in the habitat info panel’s animal list.
  • Outsiders are generated if animals are introduced (or mature into) a habitat where it would exceed the population limits and gender ratio limits or are rejected based on a new criterion: maturation type.
  • Four maturation types define how animals interact with their matured offspring:
    • Gregarious – meaning grown offspring is accepted into the group regardless of gender. Timber Wolves or Flamingoes are examples of a gregarious species.
    • Matrilineal – meaning male offspring related to the habitat’s alpha is becoming outsiders, while the female line is accepted to remain in the group. Plains Zebras or West African Lions are examples of matrilineal species.
    • Patrilineal – meaning female offspring related to the habitat’s alpha is becoming outsiders, while the male line is accepted to remain in the group. Western Chimpanzees are examples of patrilineal species.
    • Solitary – meaning offspring of either gender are becoming outsiders while their parents are present in the habitat. Siberian Tigers or Grizzly Bears are examples of solitary species.
  • A species’ maturation type is listed in its Zoopedia entry in the reproduction section.
  • Outsider relationships can be lost if the reason for an animal being considered an Outsider is no longer valid, i.e., the animal fits into the habitat’s population limits or gender ratio again, or it is no longer related to the current alpha. In this case, they enter an integration phase, after which they lose their Outsider status and can participate in the habitat’s social environment again.
• Bonds
  • Animals can also become Bonded – these are individual, friendly relationships between two animals. Bonding happens between all juveniles of the same parents in a habitat or on a low chance upon social interaction or plays chases in adults.
  • Bonded animals do not fight each other, even if one animal becomes an Outsider to the habitat.
  • It is unlikely for all animals in a habitat to form bonds with each other. However, this may enable brothers of an alpha lion to remain in the habitat even though they would technically exceed the gender ratio of the species.
  • Outsider and Bonded relationships will be lost over time if the animals are removed from their habitat – so careful management of separation and reintroduction is required.
• Leaders
  • In some species, the alpha animal tends to lead and guide the group but does not claim exclusive mating rights. These leaders will now display a crown icon next to their gender symbol instead of the alpha icon to provide clearer information about their social and reproductive status in your groups.

NEW – Null Paths

• When placing any of the natural paths with the option “Kerb on the ground path” turned off, they turn into Null Paths: paths that will become indistinguishable from the terrain they are placed on
• Like Null Barriers, Null Paths will still be highlighted with a white outline when editing terrain, building, or hiring and moving around staff members to help you find them again. This can be disabled via the new “Highlight hidden paths” dropdown in the building browser’s settings.
• Normal path behavior still applies to Null Paths – the terrain can be painted but not deformed around them, and they obstruct water and facility placement.

NEW – Climbing Asset toggle

• Any climbable scenery or nature object now comes with a toggle on its info panel to turn off the climbable functionality of the piece. This toggle is also available for grouped scenery or multi-selections of pieces, showing you the current status of all pieces (climbable, mixed, not climbable) and the option to change it for all objects at once
• In the animal traversable area heatmap, pieces whose climbing functionality has been turned off would technically be traversable by your animals; otherwise will highlight in black instead of green.

NEW – Brachiation Extension

• Brachiation has been extended to vines, trees, and beams

NEW – Multi-Axis Advanced Movement

• Advanced Movement tool now features connecting handles between all adjacent directional axes; grabbing and dragging the handles moves the object along both connected axes simultaneously, allowing for much finer control when creating intricate buildings.

NEW – Transport Ride UI Updates

• Transport Ride info panels have received a touch-up, improving their set-up and information
• Ride prices are no longer set per station but directly on the ride info panel’s finance tab. Existing ride prices will average between all their station’s individual prices
• Additionally, ride and station info panels now contain further information on their Overview tabs, which will help plan zoo layouts around your rides:
  • Ride info panel:
    • Species seen from the ride over the last 12 months
  • Station info panel:
    • Species seen en route between this and the next station over the last 12 months
    • Guest facilities within walking distance from this station
• Guests whose wishlisted animals are visible from a ride now have a greater desire to purchase a ticket for the ride

NEW – Foliage

• Tropical Leaf Litter 01
• Tropical Leaf Litter 02
• Tropical Leaf Litter 03
• Tropical Leaf Litter 04
• Kentia Palm 01
• Kentia Palm 02
• Kentia Palm 03
• Kentia Palm 04
• Tangled Liana 1m 01
• Tangled Liana 1m 02
• Tangled Liana 1m 03
• Tangled Liana 1m 04
• Tangled Liana 2m 01
• Tangled Liana 2m 02
• Tangled Liana 2m Curved
• Tangled Liana 3m 01
• Tangled Liana 3m 02
• Tangled Liana 3m Curved
• Tangled Liana 4m 01
• Tangled Liana 4m 02
• Cecropia Tree Sapling

NEW – Scenery

• Rough Rope Large
• Rough Rope Small
• Wagon Wheel
• Bicycle Wheel
• Large Candle
• Thin Candle
• Tiled Stone Path

NEW – Blueprints 

• Natural Brachiation Frame

General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Animals

• Dall Sheep can now use Goat Climbing Mountain
• Fixed a bug preventing the game from updating the usage of Pinata Pronghorn and Pinata Zebra
• Animals can now hang down on plants and at increased beam angles
• Fixed an issue where the Zoopedia for the Cloudless Sulphur, European Peacock, Menelaus Blue Morpho, Monarch, and Old World Swallowtail would list the Exhibit instead of the Walkthrough Exhibit as their suitable boundary
• Fixed the size of the Goliath Beetle’s Fun Fact #2 in US-English
• Fixed Zoopedia scientific names for Wild Water Buffalo, European Badger, European Fallow Deer, Fennec Fox, Alpine Ibex, African Penguin, Eurasian Lynx, and Fire Salamander in Polish
• Polished Chew Toy’s interaction to avoid audio to loop on a collision
• Clarified information on the animal’s enrichment tab with new headings and tooltips
• Added options to disable timeline notifications for exhibit species

Camera

• ‘Rotate Camera Left’ and ‘Rotate Camera Right’ can now be rebound under ‘General Shortcuts.’ Previously the ‘Change Rotate To Raise’ option would disable rotation or the raise/lower controls; now, they will both work if bound to different keys.

Controls

• The bulldozer tool now supports separate Nature and Construction categories to allow for the deletion of foliage without editing buildings or vice versa.
• Fixed shops and counters being wrongly classified as nature/construction objects for the bulldozer tool
• Fixed an issue where the terrain stamp could get stuck when toggling fill mode

Game Modes

• The progress of ‘Months Without Crime’ is displayed during the ‘Reduce Crime’ Challenge.

Guests

• Shops’ guest happiness rating is no longer wildly affected by a single unhappy guest.

Localization

• New string to cover the case where a habitat object isn’t usable by adults of a species
• Added localized text when players create a train track in a loop and try to add a second station
• Added new plurals for Keepers, Vets, and Educators

Scenario

• Fixed an issue where you could complete the one-way glass objective in the Goodwin House scenario with any barrier type
• Fixed transport ride issue stopping guests from using the last carriage in Yamaguchi Prefecture Tranquility Zoo scenario.

Scenery

• Fixed issues where education boards were displaying incorrect location information compared to their respective Zoopedia entries
• Fixed inconsistency between the information displayed on Education Boards and images on the TV screen
• Fixed an issue where certain plants would not display the correct biome information
• When saving habitat blueprints, we now save the entire building/scenery groups, including parts outside the habitat.
• Fixed multiple visual issues on the Twilight Porch Gates blueprint
• Removed grid icon from several Twilight Masonwork non-grid pieces
• Fixed the names of the Aquatic Pack’s Painted Slate Roof 2m Corner Inverted and Painted Slate Roof 4m Corner Inverted assets being swapped
• Added temperate biome suitability to the bald cypress foliage
• Fixed graphical issue on Olive Tree 01

Staff

• Fixed educators displaying as ‘Education speakers overlapping’ in heat maps ‘Guest education coverage’ mode
• Fixed sorting by work zone in the staff management tab

UI

• Fixed newborn exhibit animals not being filtered in the animal management tab.
• Fixed sorting by capacity in the staff room management tab
• Fixed an issue where objects would stay rotated after hovering over the UI when using Position Snap Rotation
• Removed misleading information about having well-educated guests contributing to passive Conservation Credit income, as guest education doesn’t directly affect the Conservation Credit income. Guest education still improves Zoo Reputation, which is one of the factors driving ticking Conservation Credit gain
• Fixed animal talk problem status, which incorrectly read ‘Habitat does not contain selected species.’
• Fixed objects highlight the inconsistency in the color editor
• Fixed sorting by power costs and status on the quarantine management tab

Performance

• Improve performance when multi-selecting many habitat walls by limiting the number of height label widgets we show at once
• Slightly reduced RAM usage in large zoos with lots of guests, water, or enrichment objects
• Saves files are slightly smaller for large zoos with lots of water or climbable scenery.

Stability

• Fixed rare crashes on start-up
• Fixed a rare crash while editing habitats