Patch notes
Every Planet Zoo 2 update since release, newest first, with its date, its main changes and the full notes.
Version 1.0.8
5 updates since release
Current version
1.0.8
Latest update
29 Oct 2026
Release
13 Oct 2026
Updates since release
5
Animals are no longer lost when Franchise crashes during a release, negative Conservation Credits are reset, two loading crashes are fixed and the Save menu keeps saves apart by location. Exhibit births spread across the breeding season.
Resume on a Franchise save showed a connection error and then blocked loading into every game mode. The hotfix came out the same day as Update 1.0.6. No saves were lost.
26 species are offered in Franchise Trading from a lower Accreditation Tier, and Tiers 3 to 5 need less in some modes. Autosaves work again, habitat roof repairs no longer cost huge sums, and exhibit animals breed less often.
Franchise zoos load more reliably, Edge Scrolling is a Keyboard and Mouse setting again and settings stay saved after a restart. Three Career softlocks are fixed, and Wildlife Reserves cost the right Conservation Credits in Franchise.
Planned downtime from 07:00 BST (06:00 UTC). Online features, Franchise mode and the Workshop among them, were unavailable.
The first update after release. DLSS and FSR work again, custom keybindings no longer reset, Franchise mode is more stable, animals escape and get boxed less often, and the default angle snap is 1 degree.
Planet Zoo 2 released with 136 animals, Career, Franchise and Sandbox modes, and Wildlife Reserves.
Animals and items changed since release
These values differ between the release version and the current version. The linked pages show the new values.
| Page | What changed | At release | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoebill | Feeder | Forage Box | Forage Pool |
| Bactrian Camel | Colour morphs | Leucistic, Darker Variation, Piebald | Leucistic, Piebald |
| Long-Tailed Parakeet | Mating season | Spring | Winter and Spring |
| Desert Horned Viper | Mating season | Summer | Spring |
| Golden Trevally | Mating season | Summer | Spring and Summer |
| Fire Salamander | Age at sexual maturity in the Zoopedia text | 3 to 6 months | 3 to 6 years |
| Aardvark Reintroduction | What the project asks for | Breeding Pair | Release Group |
| All animals | How the Zoopedia shows gestation | Whole months, such as 4 months | One decimal, such as 4.4 months |
| Giant Forest Scorpion | Litter size | 2-6 | 1-4 |
| Accreditation | Animals offered in Franchise Trading from Tier 1 | 32 | 44 |
| Accreditation | Accreditation Tier 5, depending on the game mode | 2 Zoos and 3 Wildlife Reserves | 1 Zoo and 2 Wildlife Reserves |
Coming next
Frontier is targeting the next update for the week of 2 November 2026. Its status post lists what the team is looking into, such as animals being boxed too often and guests using restaurants.