# Planet Zoo Zookeepers Animal Pack & Free Update 1.18 - Product: Planet Zoo (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planet-zoo) - Vendor: Frontier Developments - Date: 2024-10-15 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/703080/view/6706514098924251973 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/planet-zoo/releases/2024-10-15-zookeepers-animal-pack-free-update-1.18 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Seven new animals: Pallas Cat, Hamadryas Baboon, Markhor, Spectacled Bear, African Spurred Tortoise, Kirk's Dik-Dik, and Coquerel's Sifaka - **added** — Over 95 new scenery pieces including bunting, marquee tents, lanterns, and picnic benches - **added** — New career scenario at Frontier Zoo celebrating Planet Zoo's 5th anniversary with Emma Goodwin - **added** — African Leopard available free to all PC players - **added** — New avatar hats available for purchase in the Hats Fantastic shop - **added** — New jelly cake enrichment item - **added** — Iconic blueprints for players to use - **added** — Limited-time Community Challenge event running until October 21st with boosted animal rewards and avatar outfit unlocks Hayo Zookeepers! It's time to head back to your zoos with the Zookeepers Animal Pack! ##### **SEVEN NEW ANIMALS** Welcome seven highly requested animals to your zoo! This pack includes... The secretive **Pallas Cat**, believed to be the oldest living cat species. The **Hamadryas Baboon**, with its striking looks and structured social dynamic. The rugged **Markhor**, the largest of the goat family with its impressive spiral horns! The **Spectacled Bear**, South America's only native bear species and also, the smallest bear species. This pack also includes the sizable **African Spurred Tortoise**, which can weight over 120lbs! The delicate yet speedy **Kirk’s Dik-Dik**, and the tree-dwelling **Coquerel’s Sifaka**. Create an unforgettable experience for your guests and make your Zoo even more special, with their unique characters and behaviours! ##### **STUNNING NEW SCENERY PIECES** Alongside these iconic new additions, the Zookeepers Animal Pack also features over** 95 stunning scenery pieces** to really ensure your guests can celebrate the upcoming **Planet Zoo 5th anniversary** in style, including decorative** bunting** and marvellous **marquee tents**, as well as a selection of **lanterns** to illuminate your zoo. **Picnic benches** are perfect for your guests to stop and enjoy lunch as well as additional seating, in case your guests would like to just relax and enjoy the view. ##### **A NEW CAMPAIGN SCENARIO** We are celebrating the 5th anniversary of Planet Zoo, and you are invited to the party ...to help us prepare of course. It is your job to help get the **Frontier Zoo** in order and ready for the grand event! We want the very best for our animals, so spare no expense. Set at the famous Frontier Zoo, you'll work alongside returning favourite **Emma Goodwin** as you help to prepare, manage, and pull off the perfect party for all visitors and animals to enjoy. It's time to set the stage for an unforgettable celebration that will go down in Planet Zoo history! ##### **FREE UPDATE 1.18** We've also released free update 1.18 alongside this pack, which includes the **African Leopard** - available to all of our PC players for FREE! But it doesn't stop there... You'll also have a selection of **avatar hats** available to purchase from the Hats Fantastic shop, alongside a selection of **scenery pieces** to help bring the party to life, We've even included some iconic **blueprints** for you to use! You'll receive a brand new **jelly cake** enrichment item for free too, as we don't want your animals to miss out on the fun! As well as all of that, there is also another limited-time event happening in-game with a **Community Challenge** running until the 21st October! In this special event, you'll receive a boosted animal in return for every 5 animals you release (with a 1 in 50 chance of having Piebald or Albino colouring!) Alongside this you will also gain a complete Avatar outfit for every 20 animals released - so you really can celebrate in style! ##### **Planet Zoo - 1.18.0 Update Notes** This update contains bug fixes, updates and some new content. **New Content - Planet Zoo: Zookeepers Animal Pack ** **NEW - Animals** New animals in the Planet Zoo: Zookeepers Animal Pack: - Hamadryas Baboon - Markhor - Spectacled Bear - Pallas's Cat - Coquerel's Sifaka - Kirk's Dik Dik - African Spurred Tortoise **NEW - Career Scenario** - Emma is working on a new project where your expertise would be invaluable! Frontier Zoo is turning 5, and they’re throwing a big celebration at their HQ Zoo to mark the occasion. Help out and make sure it's a Zoo-per Anniversary they'll never forget! **NEW - Scenery Pieces** - Zookeeper Bench - Zookeeper Bin - Zookeeper Buntings Curved 1m - Zookeeper Buntings Curved 2m - Zookeeper Buntings Curved 4m - Zookeeper Buntings Straight 1m - Zookeeper Buntings Straight 2m - Zookeeper Buntings Straight 4m - Zookeeper Flower Light 01 - Zookeeper Flower Light 02 _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/703080/view/6706514098924251973]_