Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

59 Achievements

1,500

80-100h

Xbox One

Xbox Series

Close to the Animals

Completed all 3 interactions with the animals.

8.45%

How to unlock the Close to the Animals achievement in Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection - Definitive Guide

Stouty108

TrueAchievements

19 Nov 2020 14:55

Apparently this achievement is still glitched, so it's recommended you do this right at the start of the game before completing the tutorial.

Edit: It may also only unlock if you do all three interaction types in one session, so it's worth just getting this glitchy achievement out of the way!

The three types of interaction are sensory, feeding and hose. Each interaction can only be used with certain animals and requires the relevant exhibit item, obtained by clicking on the exhibit, and going through Edit Exhibit > Exhibit Items > Interactions.

The animals that you can use the interactions with are:
Sensory - Chimpanzees, Cougars, Jaguars, Lions and Tigers
Feeding - Alpacas, Antelopes, Elephants, Giraffes, Llamas and Kangaroos
Hose - Bears, Elephants, Hippos, and Rhinos

So, to get this achievement quickly, start a Sandbox Zoo, create exhibits for animals from each of the above lists, and add in the interactions. Once the interactions are in place, drop into Zoo View with

, move your zookeeper over to the interaction then follow the button prompts to complete the interaction. Rinse and repeat for the other two interactions and there you go!

19 Nov 2020 14:55

9 Comments

My first time playing.
Seen this achievement warning in the walkthrough.

Earned 2 chevos.........

The Everyone's got to Start Somewhere achievement in Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection worth 10 pointsStart your first zoo.

The If You Build Them achievement in Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection worth 11 pointsBuild your 1st exhibit.

Built 3 tropical areas each with its own interaction.
Sensory Chimps.
Feeding Kangaroos.
Hosing Elephants.

The Hosing didn't show progress.
Water cannon shot through the elephants.

Glitch ?!

Quit and restarted the game.
Built all again.
Did the Hosing first.
This time it progressed.

Achievement popped.

The Close to the Animals achievement in Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection worth 35 pointsComplete all 3 interactions with the animals.

By Ix x LEMON x xI on 19 Jan 2022 00:05

it only worked for me once i did all three in one session

By Bunny Breakfast on 07 Aug 2021 20:20

@Adude - If you complete the tutorial, this achievement may not unlock no matter what you do. I'm not sure if this is still an issue for people, so I put the warning in just in case.

@Bunny Breakfast - interesting, I'll edit the guide to suggest that people do it all in one session just in case.

By Stouty108 on 19 Aug 2021 14:03

This was buggy for me and stopped at 66%. I ended up unlocking it after completing all of the other achievements, exiting the game, deleting my save everywhere, starting a new game, starting sandbox mode, declining the tutorial, building the three exhibits, and starting with the hose interaction. Once that was done, the achievement popped and I got my 100%!

By coldraught on 26 Mar 2023 01:35

For some reason this was stuck at 66% and wouldn’t register the hose. Paused the game and saved my zoo then the achievement popped

By RCone138 on 21 Nov 2023 19:54

Can confirm that coldraught’s workaround did it for me. I’d also been glitched at 66% for ages. I deleted my save data (both local and on the cloud), then I reinstalled the game for good measure. I followed the method in the walkthrough and it popped midway through the hose interaction for me! Absolutely thrilled that it worked

By minisim24 on 26 Jan 2024 22:09

To those of you reading this AFTER doing the tutorial.
My one interaction was stuck with the sensory-play-thingy. I refused to start over just for this, so I kept trying. What worked, was that when it prompted for "face mode", I only did one interaction, went out of "face mode" and continued normally. I didn't get the "clip saved" prompt, but I noticed my amount on the Play Time award increase.

Also, I am unable to use the hose-thingy on Bears. It only works on Elephants and Rhinos

By FrancCoetzee on 06 Mar 2024 23:40

What is the glitch? I did already have the achievement, because I was paying attention to just the point of the tutorial, but just wondering.

By Adude on 28 Apr 2021 21:59

For anyone who has no idea to build the zoo(since you just started), you can load up a campaign level. I used 'Kidding Around', in Canada from the original campaign(just keep going right until you see it), and placed a hose interaction on the bears (bottom left), sensory interaction on the tigers (top left) and food interaction on the elephant (bottom right). To do so, just press 'A' while hovering over the exhibit, and then choose 'Exhibit Interaction', then the right interaction. You can also move quicker between exhibits by going back into Tycoon View (Y) and hovering over the interaction before going into Zoo View (Y).

By DuelinDonuts on 18 Jan 2022 19:29

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