Planet Zoo: Free Update 1.13 Patch Notes & Tropical Pack Details

Planet Zoo is a popular tycoon game in which you construct your own zoo. You can fill it with animals, decide on attractions, and more. With it being a popular zoo tycoon game, the developer, Frontier Development, regularly updates it and details new content in patch notes. This may leave you wondering what is in the new 1.13 Planet Zoo update.

All Planet Zoo Patch Notes - What's New? Complete Patch Notes and Details

New Content - Planet Zoo: Tropical Pack

NEW - Animals

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

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New Content - Free Update 1.13.0

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 are unable to mate, interact, herd, or participate in any other social behaviour 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 as well as 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, gender ratio limits, or are rejected based on a new criteria: maturation type
There are four maturation types, which define how animals interact with their matured offspring: Gregarious - meaning matured offspring is accepted into the group regardless of their gender. Timber Wolves or Flamingoes are examples of a gregarious species
Matrilineal - meaning male offspring related to the habitat's alpha are becoming outsiders, while the female line is accepted to remain in the group. Plains Zebras or West African Lions are examples of a matrilineal species
Patrilineal - meaning female offspring related to the habitat's alpha are becoming outsiders, while the male line is accepted to remain in the group. Western Chimpanzees are examples of a 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 a solitary speciesA 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 are 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 play chases in adults
Bonded animals do not fight each other, even if one animal ends up being an Outsider to the habitat
It is unlikely for all animals in a habitat to form bonds among 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
Both 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, in place 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 ground path" turned off, they turn into Null Paths: paths that will become indistinguishable from the terrain they are placed on
Like with 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 setting
Normal path behaviour of course still applies to Null Paths - 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 of 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 but would technically be traversable by your animals otherwise will highlight black instead of green.

NEW - Brachiation Extension

Brachiation has been extended to vines, trees and beams (any assets where a Siamang or a Lar Gibbon can hang down).

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 at the same time, 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 now no longer set per station, but on the ride info panel's finance tab directly. Existing ride's prices will average between all their stations individual prices
Additionally, ride and station info panels now contain further information on their Overview tabs, which will be helpful in planning 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

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General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Animals

Dall Sheep can now use Goat Climbing Mountain
Fixed a bug preventing the game to update 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, Fire Salamander in Polish
Polished Chew Toy's interaction to avoid audio to loop on collision
Clarified information on 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 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 'Months Without Crime' progress 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 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 information displayed on Education Boards and images on TV screen
Fixed an issue where certain plants would not display the correct biome information
When saving habitat blueprints, now we save the entire building/scenery groups including parts outside the habitat
Fixed multiple visual issues on 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 new-born 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 inconsistency in colour editor
Fixed sorting by power costs and status on quarantine management tab

Performance

Improve performance when multiselecting 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

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