# Planet Zoo Planet Zoo - 1.17.1 Update Notes

- Product: Planet Zoo (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planet-zoo)
- Vendor: Frontier Developments
- Date: 2024-05-13
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/703080/view/4192365570711323444
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planet-zoo/releases/2024-05-13-planet-zoo-1.17.1-update-notes

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- **added** — Rustic Wood Fence 2m scenery piece
- **added** — Rustic Wood Fence 4m scenery piece
- **added** — Rustic Wood Fence Post 03 scenery piece
- **fixed** — Hill Radnor Sheep now line up better while performing their mating interaction
- **fixed** — Hill Radnor Sheep now line up better while interacting with the Herb Scent Marker
- **fixed** — Hill Radnor Sheep female now stays a consistent size while interacting with juveniles
- **fixed** — Hill Radnor Sheep now correctly play an interaction between adults and juveniles
- **fixed** — Various animation fixes on the Hill Radnor sheep family
- **fixed** — Alpine Goats now display injuries properly
- **fixed** — Male Sussex Chickens now display injuries properly
- **changed** — Adjusted the American Standard Donkey models to include a cross on their back
- **fixed** — Domesticated animals purchased with CC will no longer show the option to release to wild
- **fixed** — Animal Trading UI should now load correctly in Franchise mode
- **fixed** — Fixed pluralisation of the hire janitors objective in other languages
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where vendors would get stuck trying to take a souvenir shop post
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where guests played the wrong interaction animation with the Reindeer
- **fixed** — Rustic Water Tank scenery item now has the correct price
- **added** — Added the Tamworth Pig tag to the Mudbath enrichment
- **fixed** — The Sprinkler enrichment now correctly unlocks when researching the American Standard Donkey
- **fixed** — The Grazing Ball Feeder enrichment now correctly unlocks when researching the American Standard Donkey

##### Planet Zoo: Barnyard Animal Pack

**Scenery Pieces** - updated set with:

-  Rustic Wood Fence 2m

-  Rustic Wood Fence 4m

-  Rustic Wood Fence Post 03

##### General Bug Fixes and Improvements

**Animals**

-  Hill Radnor Sheep now line up better while performing their mating interaction

-  Hill Radnor Sheep now line up better while interacting with the Herb Scent Marker

-  Hill Radnor Sheep female now stays a consistent size while interacting with juveniles

-  Hill Radnor Sheep now correctly play an interaction between adults and juveniles

-  Various animation fixes on the Hill Radnor sheep family

-  Alpine Goats now display injuries properly

-  Male Sussex Chickens now display injuries properly

-  Adjusted the American Standard Donkey models to include a cross on their back

**Franchise**

-  Domesticated animals purchased with CC will no longer show the option to release to wild

-  Animal Trading UI should now load correctly in Franchise mode

**Localisation**

-  Fixed pluralisation of the hire janitors objective in other languages

**Staff**

-  Fixed an issue where vendors would get stuck trying to take a souvenir shop post

**Guests**

-  Fixed an issue where guests played the wrong interaction animation with the Reindeer

**Scenery**

-  Rustic Water Tank scenery item now has the correct price

-  Added the Tamworth Pig tag to the Mudbath enrichment

-  The Sprinkler enrichment now correctly unlocks when researching the American Standard Donkey

-  The Grazing Ball Feeder enrichment now correctly unlocks when researching the American Standard Donkey

-  The Small Bubble Machine enrichment now correctly unlocks when researching the Sussex Chicken

-  Added the Highland Cattle and Hill Radnor Sheep tag to the Grazing Ball enrichment

-  Rustic Wind Pump icon is now the correct orientation

-  Chicken Hat icon now displays the correct colours

-  The new Coop Shelter blueprints now correctly appear in the shelter submenu for habitat blueprints

**Scenarios**

-  "An Oceanic Challenge" Scenario (Oceania Pack) zoo location is now correctly listed as Temperate - Oceania.

-  Fixed a behavior issue with the Bonobo escaping in the second scenario

**UI**

-  Fixed sorting by status on conservation management tab

-  Release to the wild tooltip on habitats are now extra descriptive

**Challenges**

-  Fixed an issue with domestic animals being the target of release to wild challenges

**Stability**

-  Fixed various crashes, improving game stability