Zoo Tycoon
48 Achievements
1,000
40-50h
A Gift from a Friend
Bred an animal using one gifted from a friend.
10
0.27%
How to unlock the A Gift from a Friend achievement in Zoo Tycoon - Definitive Guide
So while in the edit exhibit menu chose animals then chose view animal find the one you want then select it. From the edit animal menu go to trade and then select donate. From there you will select the friend to send it to.
Next you will need to get the animal donated to you. After get back to the animals screen in the exhibit go to donated animals from there you will select the animal and then you can breed. Hopefully you've alread done that before but if not make sure you have a breeding center and a staff member assigned to that exhibit.
If something is not clear please let me know.
I almost forgot its been reported that lvl 15 animals do not breed so do not use them just to be safe.
Update* Super Fly 1988, says he has been able to breed lvl 15 animals, which may yet be another difference between the 360 and the xb1 versions
Update ** I tried to get my lvl 15s to breed but no dice.
Update*** campotech says you can get this with with multiple profiles on the same console
Edit the exhibit and adopt two female Indian Elephants above level 6 (you’ll see this info when choosing which elephant to adopt). Return to editing to add items to the exhibit, select Animal Care and build a Fruit Feeding Station. Press left or right bumper to move to another item slot and build a Vegetable Feeding Station and then a Cleaning Station. Back out to the Exhibit Items and build a Wading Pool Enrichment.
Now build a Breeding Center and hire a level 3 staff member. Assign them to the exhibit with the two elephants. Now have your friend donate a male Indian Elephant above level 6 to you. They’ll have to adopt it, view the animal in their exhibit and choose to trade it. Once it’s been sent, return to your exhibit and retrieve it from Donated Animals.
All that’s left now is to wait. While you’re waiting, it may be in your best interest to maintain the exhibit (i.e. picking up poop and refilling the feed/cleaning station). Eventually, they’ll breed and you’ll receive a notification on the top left of your screen (this is all RNG so it could be fairly quick or you may end up waiting 15+ minutes). You’ll then have a pregnant elephant and will have to wait another 10+ minutes before the baby is born. Once it’s finally born the achievement will pop.
*GLITCHY, MIGHT NOT UNLOCK*
This achievement requires that you breed an animal that was gifted to you by a friend. To gift an animal, select Edit Exhibit>Animals>View Animals. Use the bumpers to select the animal you want to gift. Push to select the animal and then choose Trade>Donate. A list of your friend will come up. Choose one and confirm to ship the animal to a friend. It will be removed from your zoo.
After you have been gifted a animal, when you load up any zoo it will pop-up that you have a donated animal available. Add it to an exhibit with the Edit Exhibit Menu. Select Animals>Donated Animals. Choose the one from your friend and confirm. It will now be in your zoo. It is suggested that you rename the animal to something like "ACHIEVEMENT ANIMAL" as a reminder to yourself not to get rid of the gifted animal before breeding it to unlock this achievement. Now, just pair it up with the opposite sex of the same species (maybe more than one) and wait for it to breed. See "One of Everything" for more information on breeding. The achievement will unlock as soon as the new baby animal is born.
NOTE: If you do not breed the animals and it reaches Level 15, you have missed your chance. You will need to be gifted another animals to try again.