A very helpful/useful guide for Let’s Build a Zoo – Unlocking all achievements + DLC

Achievements are organized and their requirements for unlocking are listed.

Introduction

Let’s Build a Zoo includes 39 achievements, each requiring a different amount of effort.

I’ve added extra info to the harder ones to hopefully help you complete all of them.

Progression

These are the paths you’ll take as you expand and improve your zoo.

Super Trader

Complete 10 trades.

The world map offers several possible trades. Other zoos might offer you two animals in exchange of a certain animal. This achievement can be earned by completing any 10 of the tasks.

Check the “Cartographer’ achievement below for more info on how to get the correct variant.

Lion City

Complete the trade for Lion in Singapore.

The trade of the lion will be the last one to unlock, so you’ll first need to finish your animal collection.

Cartographer

Map your first Genome

This one requires you to find 10 different variations of a particular animal. These are unlocked by breeding in the nursery.

After selecting the animal that you want to breed, you will be shown all the possible variant combinations. Each of these options can have multiple outcomes in terms of the type of offspring produced. These options often have different probabilities, as indicated by the bar below. However, these eventually become more even as you actively breed for each option.

Breeding available pairings can create new variants. You can also choose variants which allow for new breeding pairings, giving you the opportunity to access new variants. Expand your breeding capability and focus on completing one animal’s genome at a time. This makes it easier to maintain and focus your breeding efforts.

Map Master

Map 56 standard Animal Genomes

You’ll be required to unlock the 10 variants of 56 out of 67 animal types that are available in Let’s Build a Zoo.

You will need to complete the entire game to get all the animals. It is best to keep working on it throughout your game, as the process can be tedious and not very exciting.

See the achievement “Cartographer” for more details on the breeding required.

Researcher

Research 20 things

After unlocking the Research Hub, use your points to unlock 20 of the options.

Superior Researcher

Research 233 Things

This requires that you unlock the vast majority of options available in the Research Hub. By now, you have a number of additional research options.

Tasks

Throughout the entire game, you will be asked to complete specific objectives by different characters. These achievements require you to simply complete some of these quests.

Captain Cola

Convince Captain Cola of a promotion for your zoo.

Captain Cola will ask you to put in your zoo various items that are related to his company.

Route Planner

Unlock 5 bus routes.

Steve, the transport planner wants you to reach a certain number of visitors multiple times before unlocking the 4 additional routes.

He Sells Sanctuary

Complete the Goth quests.

Andrew the Goth wants you to extend your zoo’s opening hours multiple times. For this, just research the different types lamps in the research hub.

Sky Writer

Take a flight visit!

Russel Case will give you a single quest late in the game asking you to raise a flamingo. As a reward for your efforts, he will start flying over your zoo in his plane, promoting it.

Monster Matinee

Complete all Kaiju Cosplay challenges.

Tomoyuki is the first to approach you and gives you multiple quests.

New Zoo

Unlock a 2nd zoo.

Kathleen the Investor gives you a number of tasks to help you progress through the game. She will also guide you towards expanding your zoo. Clicking on the green “Transport’ icon in the upper-left corner will allow you to purchase a second zoo.

Zoo Performance

To achieve these goals, you will need to expand and develop the zoo while meeting different criteria that are related to its success.

Decorator

Get a 100% Deco Rating

This one is simple. You need to decorate your entire zoo. The heat map shows you how well you did.

It’s easier to start with a small, confined zoo.

Transport Mogul

Own at least ten buses

You should unlock this sooner than later. You can have 10 buses of any kind, distributed in any order you want.

Cash King

Earn at least $5,000 in a single-day.

As you expand, you will attract more and people who will spend more on tickets. This will happen as you play the game.

Ticket Master

Sell a minimum of 100 dollars worth of tickets.

You can set your ticket price at any time using the entrance gate.

This achievement will only be a success if at least one visitor buys a ticket at that price. So you can’t get it immediately. As your zoo becomes larger, more people are willing to pay for admission. This will eventually allow you to set a price of 100 dollars.

Land Owner

Buy all the land in the zoo.

It is as simple as that. Just buy all of the land around the area where you start. This will take a lot more grinding towards the final stages of the game. As each additional piece increases the price, the numbers can get ridiculous.

Morality is Good

Let’s Build a Zoo includes a Morality system that allows you to develop your zoo on a good or bad basis. The following achievements either force you to choose the good path or make it easier by increasing your score.

Snitch

Send a member of a black-market to prison.

During your game play, you’ll encounter a situation where you are offered money to exchange for certain animals. You can report the dealer by using the option provided.

Green Machine

Build your own Wind Turbine

The windmill can be unlocked at the research hub, but it requires that you build 5 good points.

The Saint

Have 200 positive points.

This achievement can only be unlocked by achieving the maximum number of good points.

By clicking on the Morality Meter at the top of the page, you can get an overview of how morally responsible you are. By clicking on the categories, you can see the different options to gain good (and evil!) points. You’ll need to maximize each of these choices.

Morality – Evil

The Morality system in the game allows for different ways to develop your Zoo. These next achievements will either require you to follow the evil route or make it easier for you by increasing your evil score.

Bad Hot Dog

Sell a hotdog of the worst quality possible.

Create a hotdog stand, click “Manage Shop”, and then select it. Next, drag the “Adjust Recipe : Meats” slider in the middle window all the way left, toward “Eyes and Tails”. You’ll likely also need to adjust “Adjustment: Seasoning” in the upper right corner so it says “0%”.

If needed, adjust your price lower on the left-hand side of the window in order to lure people. Otherwise, just wait until someone buys a hot dog.

Broken Teeth

Break some teeth

This achievement is a part of a quest where Dr. Driller asks that you sell 500 portions unpopped popcorn in order to earn some evil points.

To fulfill the requirement you must build a popcorn stall, select it and click on the “Manage Shops button”. Then, drag the “Adjust Recipe Popcorns” slider to the left of the window, towards “Unpopped”. You may need to adjust “Adjust Salt”, located in the upper right corner, so that it says “0%”.

Reduce the price of your junk on the left side window. Wait until you sell enough to complete the quest.

Protest

Have a protestor visit you.

Protestors will show up if you do not provide the right care for your animals, e.g. when they are not given enough water or enrichment.

Dealer

Sell 10 animals in the black market.

You’ll encounter events where you’re offered cash in exchange for certain pets. Simply accept the offer 10 more times.

Tastes Like Bacon

Build a Bacon Factory

The bacon factory unlocks from the research center and requires 10 evil points.

Factory Boss

You should have at least six different types of evil factories in your zoo.

There are currently thirteen factories in the game. Each requires between five and one hundred evil points to construct. Just build 6 different ones from all of them.

Criminal Mastermind

Have 200 evil points.

You need to get the most evil points to unlock it.

By clicking on the Morality Meter at the top of the page, you can get an overview of how morally responsible you are. By clicking on the categories, you can see the different options to gain evil (and/or good) points. You’ll need to maximize each of these choices.

Various

These achievements are a mixture of different requirements that don’t really fit into any particular category. The majority of them are quite basic.

Have a baby!

One of your pets must give birth

This should happen almost instantly when you put two animals of opposite sexes in the same enclosure.

Big Birther

Your breeding program should produce 100 babies (Nursery-born only).

This one requires you to unlock the nursery in the Research Hub. It will allow you to manually bred two animals. Just do this 100 more times, just like you will do for the “Cartographer’ and “Map Master’ achievements.

Hybrid Moments

Create your own hybrid animal

To unlock this achievement, you must have the CRISPR Splicer available early via an event.

Just build the building. Select it and then select “Select DNA Pair”. Select any two animals you have from different species. Then, simply wait until the cplicing is complete.

You can only splice animals after unlocking at least five variants. For more information on how to achieve this, please check out the “Cartographers” achievement.

Trampoline

Buy a trampoline.

The trampoline can be unlocked as early as the research hub. You can unlock it at the research hub, and then place one in any enclosure.

Gonky

Use a Gonky as a mascot.

Mascots unlock through the research center. At that point, you can hire them via the “Park Staff Button” by clicking the entrance gate to your zoo. You can then open the mascot job post and wait for applicants. Wait until a Gonky appears and hire the mascot.

Fired Up

How to fire an employee

Select any employee from the “Park Staff Menu” at the entrance of your zoo. Select “Fire” and confirm you want them to go.

DLC – Dinosaur Island

The first DLC for the game includes some new achievements. To achieve them, you must create a dinosaur island zoo and complete its campaign.

The dinosaur zoo is available for free at any time during the game. To do this, enter the world map by clicking the green “Transports” icon on the upper left.

Pooped Out

Build a bio-waste storage on Dinosaur Island.

The research hub is the key to unlocking the bio-waste store.

Contrary the description of the achievement, I got it after adding the building to an ordinary zoo.

Bernie And Friends

Employ a Bernie mascot.

Bernie is the sole mascot in this DLC.

Mascots become available to hire after unlocking them through the research center. Select the entrance gate for your zoo, then click on “Park Staff”. This will bring you to a job posting for mascots. You can then wait for the applications and accept one.

Death Metal Death

Complete all Critical Options for King Sapphire.

As you progress through the DLC, you will receive multiple events that involve King Sapphire. He wants to enter into your enclosures. You can accept his requests or deny them. This achievement will unlock after dealing with any of the last ones.

Dinosaur Rebirth

Clone your first dinosaur.

When you enter the dinosaur Island zoo, this is the first step.

Simply click on the “Clone Animals button” and choose the dinosaur you want. Then, just wait until the cloning is complete.

A Mammoth Discovery

Complete the Mammoth dig.

In this DLC new species are discovered when investing in dig sites located on the world map. The mammoth should be available early.

Dino-Mite

Discover all 51 Dinosaurs/Animals.

There are 51 dinosaurs in this DLC. To earn this achievement, you will need to unlock them all. The base game animals do not count towards this achievement.

 

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