rionkimchi
02-02-12, 03:46 PM
It's been a while since I posted lists of the best animals for earning gold & XP, and the game has gone through a couple of updates since then, during which the amounts of gold/XP and times have been "adjusted" for some animals. So I thought I'd update the lists with the latest data.
Earning gold is more complex than XP... it depends on the number of animals you have, whether you've upgraded the habitat (once or twice), the collection frequency, and whether it's been "toured" or not. XP does not depend on the # of animals but does depend on collection frequency and touring. The maxmium XP any animal earns is 10, but some that earn less than 10 earn more per hour than others than earn a higher total amount.
As far as I can tell, if you have 2, 3 or 4 animals, you can multiply the gold that 1 animal earns by the number of animals you have.
I am not sure if there is a "formula / rule" about gold earned, for upgrading habitats. If you know this please reply.
If you collect more often, you earn more gold from the animals that "reset" in a shorter period of time. However, if you collect less often, the higher frequency animals just sit there waiting for you to collect again.
Touring adds +20 gold and +1 XP to whatever the "un-toured" amount is.
These lists are for 1 animal (and so "habitat not upgraded"), and un-toured. They include ONLY animals and attractions that do NOT cost gems.
The "high" collection frequency is every 2 hours on average... that's once an hour for 12 hours of the day, and zero for the other 12 hours of the day such as while you're sleeping or at school/work.
The "low" collection frequency is every 12 hours - - 2X per day.
XP - ANIMALS
TOP 20, MAXIMUM XP per hour, HIGH COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Rhino
Hyena
Mountain Goat
Harp Seal
Bottlenose Dolphin
Frilled Neck Lizard
Giant Anteater
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Sloth
Puffin
Albino Python
Buffalo
Iguana
Polar Bear
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Porcupine
Kangaroo
TOP 22, MAXIMUM XP per hour, LOW COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Frilled Neck Lizard
Mountain Goat
Giant Anteater
Puffin
Albino Python
Harp Seal
Rhino
Civet
Capuchin Monkey
Hyena
Okapi
Jack Rabbit
Big Horned Sheep
Orangutan
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Gray Wolf
Capybara
Impala
The above 2 lists have 31 unique animals between them, for MAX XP:
Rhino
Hyena
Mountain Goat
Harp Seal
Bottlenose Dolphin
Frilled Neck Lizard
Giant Anteater
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Sloth
Puffin
Albino Python
Buffalo
Iguana
Polar Bear
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Porcupine
Kangaroo
Civet
Capuchin Monkey
Okapi
Jack Rabbit
Big Horned Sheep
Orangutan
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Gray Wolf
Capybara
Impala
XP - ATTRACTIONS
You do get a one-time bonus of XP for buying an attraction. The best one in this regard is the
CAROUSEL.
You get the most XP (62) per GOLD spent (500) and it "builds" instantly. Use the carousel if you have plenty of gold and want to quickly shoot up into the next level. Buy one, place it, get the bonus, sell it (or store it) and repeat. You need a space equal in size to an animal habitat to run this trick.
GOLD - ANIMALS
TOP 20, MAXIMUM GOLD per Hour, HIGH COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Mountain Goat
Frilled Neck Lizard
Tasmanian Wolf
Flying Monkey
Rhino
Hyena
Giant Anteater
Big Horned Sheep
Kangaroo
Orangutan
Gharial
Harp Seal
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Fennec Fox
Manx Sheep
African Vulture
TOP 20, MAXIMUM GOLD per Hour, LOW COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Big Horned Sheep
Frilled Neck Lizard
Orangutan
Mountain Goat
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Giant Anteater
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Albino Python
Civet
Mammoth
Harp Seal
Capuchin Monkey
The above 2 lists have 26 unique animals between them for MAX GOLD per hour:
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Big Horned Sheep
Frilled Neck Lizard
Orangutan
Mountain Goat
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Giant Anteater
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Albino Python
Civet
Mammoth
Harp Seal
Capuchin Monkey
Rhino
Hyena
Kangaroo
Bald Eagle
Fennec Fox
African Vulture
Because so many of the best gold-earning animals are expensive, and/or cannot be obtained until the higher levels, here is a list of the top animals that cost <10,000 gold
(combined/consolidated from both high & low collection frequencies):
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Civet
Mammoth
Capuchin Monkey
Caribou
Fennec Fox
Capybara
African Wild Dog
Ringtail Lemur
Tree Frog
Giraffe
Walrus
Buffalo
Horned Toad
Llama
Rhino
Clydesdale
Hyena
Kangaroo
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Bottlenose Dolphin
Iguana
Polar Bear
Porcupine
Koala
GOLD - ATTRACTIONS
Attractions take up varying amounts of space vs. the animals. For example, 2 ice cream stands fit into the space of 1 sandwich shop, 9 ice cream stands fit into the space that 1 animal habitat occupies. So the ranking of attractions, and attractions vs. animals has to take this into account. First though, let's look at just attractions.
Top 4 Attractions, Gold per Hour per Square, High Collection Frequency
--> Ice Cream Stand <--
Sandwich Shop
Hot Dog
Popcorn Stand
Top 4 Attractions, Gold per Hour per Square, Low Collection Frequency
--> Ice Cream Stand <--
Gift Shop
Sandwich Shop
Botanical Center
Notice that ice cream stands are pretty much always the best. You'd have to collect on average every 30 minutes (that's every 15 minutes all day long and none during sleep) and ONLY THEN would Hot Dogs or Popcorn equal ice cream stands.
Now, to compare ATTRACTIONS to ANIMALS...
...under high collection frequency, only 2 animals beat ice cream stands:
- SLOTH
- JACK RABBIT
...with low collection frequency, a few more beat ice cream stands:
- Sloth
- Jack Rabbit
- Flying Monkey
- Gharial
- Big Horned Sheep
- Frilled Neck Lizard
- Orangutan
- Mountain Goat
- Manx Sheep
- Honduran White Bat
...though a few more come close. You may want to place these if your fingers are getting tired!
- Giant Anteater
- Tasmanian Wolf
- Gray Wolf
- Harpy Eagle
- Puffin
- Civet
- Mammoth
- Harp Seal
- Capuchin Monkey
ENJOY !!
Storm-8 ID = rionkimchi ; Zoo name = Coolio Zoolio
Earning gold is more complex than XP... it depends on the number of animals you have, whether you've upgraded the habitat (once or twice), the collection frequency, and whether it's been "toured" or not. XP does not depend on the # of animals but does depend on collection frequency and touring. The maxmium XP any animal earns is 10, but some that earn less than 10 earn more per hour than others than earn a higher total amount.
As far as I can tell, if you have 2, 3 or 4 animals, you can multiply the gold that 1 animal earns by the number of animals you have.
I am not sure if there is a "formula / rule" about gold earned, for upgrading habitats. If you know this please reply.
If you collect more often, you earn more gold from the animals that "reset" in a shorter period of time. However, if you collect less often, the higher frequency animals just sit there waiting for you to collect again.
Touring adds +20 gold and +1 XP to whatever the "un-toured" amount is.
These lists are for 1 animal (and so "habitat not upgraded"), and un-toured. They include ONLY animals and attractions that do NOT cost gems.
The "high" collection frequency is every 2 hours on average... that's once an hour for 12 hours of the day, and zero for the other 12 hours of the day such as while you're sleeping or at school/work.
The "low" collection frequency is every 12 hours - - 2X per day.
XP - ANIMALS
TOP 20, MAXIMUM XP per hour, HIGH COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Rhino
Hyena
Mountain Goat
Harp Seal
Bottlenose Dolphin
Frilled Neck Lizard
Giant Anteater
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Sloth
Puffin
Albino Python
Buffalo
Iguana
Polar Bear
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Porcupine
Kangaroo
TOP 22, MAXIMUM XP per hour, LOW COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Frilled Neck Lizard
Mountain Goat
Giant Anteater
Puffin
Albino Python
Harp Seal
Rhino
Civet
Capuchin Monkey
Hyena
Okapi
Jack Rabbit
Big Horned Sheep
Orangutan
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Gray Wolf
Capybara
Impala
The above 2 lists have 31 unique animals between them, for MAX XP:
Rhino
Hyena
Mountain Goat
Harp Seal
Bottlenose Dolphin
Frilled Neck Lizard
Giant Anteater
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Sloth
Puffin
Albino Python
Buffalo
Iguana
Polar Bear
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Porcupine
Kangaroo
Civet
Capuchin Monkey
Okapi
Jack Rabbit
Big Horned Sheep
Orangutan
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Gray Wolf
Capybara
Impala
XP - ATTRACTIONS
You do get a one-time bonus of XP for buying an attraction. The best one in this regard is the
CAROUSEL.
You get the most XP (62) per GOLD spent (500) and it "builds" instantly. Use the carousel if you have plenty of gold and want to quickly shoot up into the next level. Buy one, place it, get the bonus, sell it (or store it) and repeat. You need a space equal in size to an animal habitat to run this trick.
GOLD - ANIMALS
TOP 20, MAXIMUM GOLD per Hour, HIGH COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Mountain Goat
Frilled Neck Lizard
Tasmanian Wolf
Flying Monkey
Rhino
Hyena
Giant Anteater
Big Horned Sheep
Kangaroo
Orangutan
Gharial
Harp Seal
Bald Eagle
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Fennec Fox
Manx Sheep
African Vulture
TOP 20, MAXIMUM GOLD per Hour, LOW COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Big Horned Sheep
Frilled Neck Lizard
Orangutan
Mountain Goat
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Giant Anteater
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Albino Python
Civet
Mammoth
Harp Seal
Capuchin Monkey
The above 2 lists have 26 unique animals between them for MAX GOLD per hour:
Sloth
Jack Rabbit
Flying Monkey
Gharial
Big Horned Sheep
Frilled Neck Lizard
Orangutan
Mountain Goat
Manx Sheep
Honduran White Bat
Giant Anteater
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Albino Python
Civet
Mammoth
Harp Seal
Capuchin Monkey
Rhino
Hyena
Kangaroo
Bald Eagle
Fennec Fox
African Vulture
Because so many of the best gold-earning animals are expensive, and/or cannot be obtained until the higher levels, here is a list of the top animals that cost <10,000 gold
(combined/consolidated from both high & low collection frequencies):
Tasmanian Wolf
Gray Wolf
Harpy Eagle
Puffin
Civet
Mammoth
Capuchin Monkey
Caribou
Fennec Fox
Capybara
African Wild Dog
Ringtail Lemur
Tree Frog
Giraffe
Walrus
Buffalo
Horned Toad
Llama
Rhino
Clydesdale
Hyena
Kangaroo
Bald Eagle
African Vulture
Camel
Bottlenose Dolphin
Iguana
Polar Bear
Porcupine
Koala
GOLD - ATTRACTIONS
Attractions take up varying amounts of space vs. the animals. For example, 2 ice cream stands fit into the space of 1 sandwich shop, 9 ice cream stands fit into the space that 1 animal habitat occupies. So the ranking of attractions, and attractions vs. animals has to take this into account. First though, let's look at just attractions.
Top 4 Attractions, Gold per Hour per Square, High Collection Frequency
--> Ice Cream Stand <--
Sandwich Shop
Hot Dog
Popcorn Stand
Top 4 Attractions, Gold per Hour per Square, Low Collection Frequency
--> Ice Cream Stand <--
Gift Shop
Sandwich Shop
Botanical Center
Notice that ice cream stands are pretty much always the best. You'd have to collect on average every 30 minutes (that's every 15 minutes all day long and none during sleep) and ONLY THEN would Hot Dogs or Popcorn equal ice cream stands.
Now, to compare ATTRACTIONS to ANIMALS...
...under high collection frequency, only 2 animals beat ice cream stands:
- SLOTH
- JACK RABBIT
...with low collection frequency, a few more beat ice cream stands:
- Sloth
- Jack Rabbit
- Flying Monkey
- Gharial
- Big Horned Sheep
- Frilled Neck Lizard
- Orangutan
- Mountain Goat
- Manx Sheep
- Honduran White Bat
...though a few more come close. You may want to place these if your fingers are getting tired!
- Giant Anteater
- Tasmanian Wolf
- Gray Wolf
- Harpy Eagle
- Puffin
- Civet
- Mammoth
- Harp Seal
- Capuchin Monkey
ENJOY !!
Storm-8 ID = rionkimchi ; Zoo name = Coolio Zoolio