To make money, you COULD cheat by hitting + 4 ($) - each
time you do it you get $10,000, but if you decide to go this way, be
sure to do it before you start building, because it makes your fences
deteriorate and mucks up your tanks (if you have any).
If you DON'T want to cheat, here are my money-making suggestions:
- When making an exhibit, try to put your animals in towards the end of
the month - that way, you can wait until the first of the next month
before hiring a zookeeper to feed/care for them, which saves $800
- When you first start your zoo, guests aren't hungry/thirsty/tired
because they have those meters on full when they first come in. Wait
until February to put in food places.
- Use restaurants. They satisfy hunger, thirst and restroom needs all at
the same time, plus there's no trash. No trash means NO maintenance
workers until fences deteriorate! Others may argue that guests like the
food stands better, and that they will make more money over the long
run, but I'm not sure they're taking the maintenence worker's wages into
account.
- Put in an animal theater. Guests love them and they make a lot of
money. Like the restaurant, wait until February first to place it.
Carousels will also make some money for you
- Decorate later. First things first, make your animals happy by
bringing the suitability up as high as you can. This will make the
animals happy, and happy animals mean happy guests. Happy guests mean
BENEFACTORS!!
You also get a bonus the first time you hit 99% suitability, which I
believe is $15,000.
- Utilize the outer wall of the zoo. It will save you money on building
fences. Also, used shared fences, as it means more money saved on
fences.
- Raise your entrance fee to $29. Cheap = up to $19, Normal = $19.25 to
$29, High = $29.25 to $49, and Expensive = $49.25 to $100. Unless you
are wanting to keep guests out of your zoo (which can be a good thing if
you don't want crowded animals), try not to raise your fee over $29.
Less that $29 is just money you could have had without impacting the
rate your guests will come.
- Put in exhibits for animals that breed quickly such as the warthog -
sell off the adults and get some extra income!
- Endangered species such as the white bengal, okapi, black leopard,
snow leopard and pandas will give you a $ bonus when they breed for the
first time. The bonus for breeding pandas is $50,000!
time you do it you get $10,000, but if you decide to go this way, be
sure to do it before you start building, because it makes your fences
deteriorate and mucks up your tanks (if you have any).
If you DON'T want to cheat, here are my money-making suggestions:
- When making an exhibit, try to put your animals in towards the end of
the month - that way, you can wait until the first of the next month
before hiring a zookeeper to feed/care for them, which saves $800
- When you first start your zoo, guests aren't hungry/thirsty/tired
because they have those meters on full when they first come in. Wait
until February to put in food places.
- Use restaurants. They satisfy hunger, thirst and restroom needs all at
the same time, plus there's no trash. No trash means NO maintenance
workers until fences deteriorate! Others may argue that guests like the
food stands better, and that they will make more money over the long
run, but I'm not sure they're taking the maintenence worker's wages into
account.
- Put in an animal theater. Guests love them and they make a lot of
money. Like the restaurant, wait until February first to place it.
Carousels will also make some money for you
- Decorate later. First things first, make your animals happy by
bringing the suitability up as high as you can. This will make the
animals happy, and happy animals mean happy guests. Happy guests mean
BENEFACTORS!!
You also get a bonus the first time you hit 99% suitability, which I
believe is $15,000.
- Utilize the outer wall of the zoo. It will save you money on building
fences. Also, used shared fences, as it means more money saved on
fences.
- Raise your entrance fee to $29. Cheap = up to $19, Normal = $19.25 to
$29, High = $29.25 to $49, and Expensive = $49.25 to $100. Unless you
are wanting to keep guests out of your zoo (which can be a good thing if
you don't want crowded animals), try not to raise your fee over $29.
Less that $29 is just money you could have had without impacting the
rate your guests will come.
- Put in exhibits for animals that breed quickly such as the warthog -
sell off the adults and get some extra income!
- Endangered species such as the white bengal, okapi, black leopard,
snow leopard and pandas will give you a $ bonus when they breed for the
first time. The bonus for breeding pandas is $50,000!
