5 Star Animals

[Issyecatwhisperer]

How do I get a 5 star rating for an animal?

Genetics shows nothing to do with it.

Please reply quickly

[daisy]

You have to raise them well. Make sure they are well fed, healthy, enriched, etc. It's easier with an animal you raise from a baby. You will get the 5 stars over time

[Issyecatwhisperer]

Thank you (=

[XtReMz98]

The last scenario requires to get 6 of them. I had 3 already by the time I was tackling gold. With proper space/lvl3food/plants+terrain/food enrichment, they were usually 85% welfare, which is enough to, with time, to slightly increase their ranks towards the 5-star rating. Even quicker if you replace toy enrichment to keep them at 97-98% welfare, but that implies pausing the game or slowing it down, so unsure which methods is quickest to reach 5-star.

Other important thing if they mate and have their young within the enclosure, as they will mature and thus fight for alpha status. A fight could mean full meltdown on the animal welfare, so keep a close look on any "XXX has mature" within your park and instantly sell/release to wild this new adult, while keeping your 4-star grizzly bear safe from any harm as you 3-speed for what felt like an hour to achieve the 3 animals I was missing.

Bengal Tiger, Grizzly Bear, Reticulated Giraffe, Cheetah were the one that promoted up the faster, which leads me to suspect that Conservation Only Animals are good candidate to 5-star as opposed to cash-available animals. Long-life expectancy would also mean longer time before they die to nail 5-star (had 1 timber wolf at 4-star and it died of old age).

[stefy66000]

Bisons, buffalo and wildbeest are also animals that can reach 5-star rather easily.

[Mysteria]

Or you’re like me and a random springbok is your last five star animal.