Thriving
Research enables care beyond baseline welfare, with announced lifespan and donation benefits.
Still to verify: Required research level, species conditions and benefit amounts.
Database · Index
Research index
Announced research systems, unlock purposes and unresolved progression values.
Announced systems and objects
These functions are described by Frontier. Costs and operating limits have not been tested in a game build.
Wildlife Reserve research
Reserve research unlocks higher species research levels and supports conservation.
Still to verify: Full research tree, unlock costs and timings.
Records on this index
A record is published only when a source supports it. Nothing here is imported from Planet Zoo (2019); every claim carries a label.
Research unlock
research-unlock · 0 verified records
Includes buildings, items and content unlocks from research or progress.
What do the evidence labels mean?
Confirmed: Directly supported by an official source captured for this edition, or a statement about the wiki’s own editorial method. Announced: Stated by an official source; the detailed implementation is not yet verified. Observed: First-hand gameplay observation; not recreated or tested by this wiki. Reported: Provided through a brief or secondary channel; not yet independently rechecked against an official source. Inferred: A reasonable reading of an official statement; not stated outright and not guaranteed. Unresolved: No verifiable evidence exists yet. Published as an open question. Outdated: Superseded by a newer statement or from an earlier edition.
Pending verification tasks
These come straight from the launch-day QA checklist. A task is done when its records carry sources.
- Verify the research system and its unlock chain.