Next community challenge: IT'S TEMPERATE TIME

[moorwiesen]

7 days, 7 hours, 52 minutes, 46 seconds
NEXT COMMUNITY CHALLENGE
IT'S TEMPERATE TIME
Release 4 star Temperate Animals

As said many times before, the star rating of an animal goes up over time. So this time you will have to keep and raise your offspring. As a number one tip: breed with parents, that already have the 4 stars or a very good rating. The genetics do influence how fast the stars are raising, but it is not the only factor. Look what animals reach 4 stars fastest and breed them (I will investigate). Some animals take a few years to be adult and start their starraising, others age very quickly and will get stars faster.

Temperate Animals: (we have a lot we can choose here)
American Alligator
Bactrian Camel
Baird's Tapir
Bengal Tiger
Binturong
California Sea Lion
Chinese Pangolin
Clouded Leopard
Colombian White-Faced Capuchin Monkey
Cougar
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Dhole
Eurasian Lynx
European Badger
European Fallow Deer
Formosan Black Bear
Gharial
Giant Panda
Greater Flamingo
Grey Seal
Grizzly Bear
Indian Elephant
Indian Peafowl
Indian Rhinoceros
Jaguar
Japanese Macaque
Koala
Llama
Moose
North American Beaver
Platypus
Pronghorn Antelope
Red Panda
Red-Crowned Crane
Siberian Tiger
Sun Bear
Timber Wolf

[grampers62]

Your on the right track Moorwiesen.
The animal appeal rating seems directly tied to the star rating. Noticing those and comparing to same age animals points to animals that will star up the quickest. But one must be cautious with that approach as animals in the trade center will gain stars while in limbo! Also note that juvenile appeal will reset when an animal matures making those numbers useless.

[Heichou]

Does anyone have tips for a newbie what temp animals are apealling but also easy to breed, AND dont cost a hand and leg in CC

[Jaggid Edje]

@moorwiesen, you missed one temperate animal in the list. The Malayan Tapir. Just for completions sake.

@Heichou, I honestly rarely pay attention to star ratings of animals except for when we have these challenges so really don't have a feel for which animals are "best" for it, though there are as many opinions as there are players on it from what I've seen in the past.

I tend to get the most when doing this type of challenge from whichever animals I had with good starting genetics in the first place. Felines, Ursines and Canines are the the ones I notice most often getting to 5-stars, but I've got 4-5 star animals of pretty much every species in my various zoos.
Personally, I had just started a temperate zoo a few days ago anyway and will have one habitat for every animal on the list by the time the challenge starts. I'll have to keep track of what I release so I can walk away from the challenge with a better idea of what the real answer is.

BTW, food quality matters in terms of how quickly star rating goes up, so don't skimp on feeding during the challenge.

[grampers62]

Jaguars and Pronghorn can breed well and cost less to get star ratings easy but the pronghorn will take much longer to gain that fourth star. Peafowl and Llamas breed like mad but have a low base appeal which means getting 4 stars is crazy. So one needs to get animals that have a better base appeal at maturation which means a good breeding pair might cost 1000 CC This is not a complete list but just some notes.

[moorwiesen]

Red Panda and Binturong are a very good and easy start. Just make sure you start with very good genetics and high pointed parents. Red Panda are very good breeders and even though it says they only want to be two in one habitat, they can be more with only a little drop in welfare.

Bengal Tiger, Clouded Leopard and Cougar might be more expensive, but you get very good breeders on the market and they have multiple offspring with fast star raise.

Eurasian Lynx, European Badger and European Fallow Deer are also fast breeding and with the right start in genetics, they do get four stars relatively quickly. They are quite cheap in upkeep.

Greater Flamingo, Indian Peafowl, Japanese Macaque, Llama, Moose, North American Beaver and Pronghorn Antelope are very cheap to get, easy to keep but take a while to get the needes star rank. They are also some of my starter animals for every zoo, so don't be too worried about the costs.

[turdsmcpoop]

What's the difference between the star ratings and the gold/silver/bronze ratings?

[Jaggid Edje]

Gold/silver/bronze are a factor just of the animal's genetic quality and are set when they are first born, and never change.
Star Rating is a factor of the animal's overall well being and increases over time based on how well you look after an animal and how long it has been in your zoo. Genetics and appeal are a factor in this, but welfare and time-in-zoo also are.

[grampers62]

Been wondering.... Do you guys think melanistic traits might play a part in it? I usually pay little attention to that factor in animals and dump the albinos rather quick.

[Jaggid Edje]

Interesting question. I almost never keep albinos in my habitats, I always release or sell them unless i have no other choice (market and my own storage both have to lack non-albino breeding stock).

[moorwiesen]

Just to make things complete: WE DID IT! Congratulations and good job! Remember you can still release animals to raise in your rank and get better rewards!

To the question about colors: My albino Red Kangaroo are definitely faster raising in stars. They have the same genetics and age, as their normal colored siblings, but a higher star rank.

[grampers62]

I was expecting that to be the case but never closely looked into it. Obviously the system has some simple facets and others that are cleverly hidden till one looks closely.

[turdsmcpoop]

Here's what I won from the community challenge:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806410135

What animals did you win?

[grampers62]

Pretty good breeding stock you received.

[turdsmcpoop]

I don't have places for either of them but they're going to decide how my next sections are themed.

[Heichou]

I got a albino bonobo, a turtle and another white reptile idk the name right now