All 96 Food and Habitat Enrichment Items in Planet Zoo 2

Enrichment items are the toys and food feeders you place in an animal's habitat to give it something to do and keep it healthy. In Planet Zoo 2, they matter because an animal's mood depends partly on whether its needs are being met. Knowing what these items do, how to unlock them, and where to put them is the quickest way to keep your animals thriving.

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Food enrichment

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Bamboo Feeder

A hollow bamboo tube holds food above a dish so animals can reach in and feed.

Price: $300
Species That Use It: 25
Animals That Use It: African Penguin; African Wild Dog; Asian Small-Clawed Otter; Eurasian Bittern; Eurasian Brown Bear; Eurasian Lynx; Gharial; Golden Eagle; Grey Wolf; Grizzly Bear; Javan Green Magpie; Komodo Dragon; Lion; Long-Eared Owl; Meerkat; Nile Monitor; Saltwater Crocodile; Secretarybird; Shoebill; Snow Leopard; Spotted Hyena; Sumatran Tiger; Sunda Pangolin; White-Backed Vulture; White-Tailed Sea-Eagle

Barrel Feeder - Hanging

A barrel suspended in a frame swings when large grazers push it to release food.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 17
Animals That Use It: African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Bactrian Camel; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Cape Buffalo; Common Hippopotamus; Common Ostrich; European Bison; Gemsbok; Masai Giraffe; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Red Deer; Reticulated Giraffe; Sable Antelope; Black Rhinoceros

Barrel Feeder - Large

A floor-standing barrel feeder holds food for elephants, rhinos and other large grazers to reach.

Price: $300
Species That Use It: 11
Animals That Use It: African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Bactrian Camel; Black Rhinoceros; Cape Buffalo; Common Hippopotamus; European Bison; Gemsbok; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Sable Antelope

Barrel Feeder - Small

A low barrel feeder gives tapirs, boars and antelope a compact place to forage.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 9
Animals That Use It: Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Malayan Tapir; North Sulawesi Babirusa; Nyala; Red Deer; Springbok; Thomson's Gazelle; Wild Boar

Block of Frozen Fish

A frozen fish block gives penguins, otters and fish-eating reptiles a solid food source to work at.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 13
Animals That Use It: African Penguin; Asian Small-Clawed Otter; Eurasian Bittern; Eurasian Brown Bear; Golden Eagle; Grizzly Bear; Komodo Dragon; Nile Monitor; Shoebill; Sumatran Tiger; White-Tailed Sea-Eagle; Gharial; Saltwater Crocodile

Block of Frozen Fruit

A frozen fruit block gives bears, tortoises and primates a chilled food item to feed from.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 7
Animals That Use It: Eurasian Beaver; Eurasian Brown Bear; Galápagos Giant Tortoise; Grizzly Bear; Sun Bear; Western Chimpanzee; Western Lowland Gorilla

Dog Ball

Food falls from the dog ball as animals push it across the ground.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 19
Animals That Use It: Aardvark; African Wild Dog; Asian Small-Clawed Otter; Binturong; Common Ostrich; Common Warthog; Galápagos Giant Tortoise; Gemsbok; Grey Wolf; North Sulawesi Babirusa; Nyala; Red Deer; Red Panda; Secretarybird; Shoebill; Spotted Hyena; Springbok; Thomson's Gazelle; Wild Boar

Fixed Roller Feeder - Large

A large fixed roller releases food as elephants, bears and gorillas turn its mounted drum.

Price: $500
Species That Use It: 6
Animals That Use It: African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Eurasian Brown Bear; Grizzly Bear; Sumatran Orangutan; Western Lowland Gorilla

Fixed Roller Feeder - Small

A compact fixed roller gives pandas, chimps and siamangs food to reach by turning the drum.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 4
Animals That Use It: Giant Panda; Western Chimpanzee; Siamang; Sun Bear

Forage Box

A shallow box of loose substrate lets primates, pangolins and boars search for food.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 8
Animals That Use It: Golden Lion Tamarin; North Sulawesi Babirusa; Red Panda; Sumatran Orangutan; Sunda Pangolin; Western Chimpanzee; Western Lowland Gorilla; Wild Boar

Forage Pool

A shallow pool gives flamingos and shoebills a water-filled place to sift for food.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 2
Animals That Use It: Greater Flamingo; Shoebill

Forage Tray

An underwater tray lets rays and pufferfish search through a layer of food.

Price: $150
Species That Use It: 3
Animals That Use It: Blackspotted Puffer; Javanese Cownose Ray; Ocellated Eagle Ray

Foraging Wall

A wall-mounted feeder gives bears and pandas food to find in its openings.

Price: $200
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Eurasian Brown Bear; Giant Panda; Grizzly Bear; Red Panda; Sun Bear

Frozen Blood Pumpkin

A frozen, blood-scented pumpkin gives carnivores a food item to investigate and feed from.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 13
Animals That Use It: African Wild Dog; Eurasian Brown Bear; Eurasian Lynx; Grey Wolf; Komodo Dragon; Lion; Nile Monitor; Snow Leopard; Spotted Hyena; Sumatran Tiger; African Leopard; Grizzly Bear; Saltwater Crocodile

Fruit Spike Tree

A tree-shaped feeder holds fruit on spikes for primates and other climbing animals to pick at.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 14
Animals That Use It: Binturong; Eurasian Beaver; Galápagos Giant Tortoise; Golden Lion Tamarin; Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo; Great Hornbill; Malayan Tapir; Mountain Hare; Ring-Tailed Lemur; Siamang; Sumatran Orangutan; Toco Toucan; Western Chimpanzee; Western Lowland Gorilla

Grazing Ball Feeder

Large grazers roll the ball feeder to reach the forage inside.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 10
Animals That Use It: Bactrian Camel; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Cape Buffalo; Eurasian Brown Bear; European Bison; Grizzly Bear; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Sable Antelope

Hanging Grazer Feeder

A hanging feeder places forage above ground for herbivores to pull down.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 16
Animals That Use It: Bactrian Camel; Black Rhinoceros; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Cape Buffalo; Common Ostrich; European Bison; Nyala; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Red Deer; Sable Antelope; Thomson's Gazelle; Gemsbok; Malayan Tapir; Springbok

Melon Feeder

A whole melon sits on a low feeder for animals to nibble and eat.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 44
Animals That Use It: Aardvark; African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Bactrian Camel; Binturong; Black Rhinoceros; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Cape Buffalo; Common Hippopotamus; Common Ostrich; Common Warthog; Eurasian Beaver; Eurasian Brown Bear; European Bison; Galápagos Giant Tortoise; Gemsbok; Giant Panda; Golden Lion Tamarin; Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo; Great Hornbill; Grizzly Bear; Long-Tailed Parakeet; Malayan Tapir; Masai Giraffe; Mountain Hare; North Sulawesi Babirusa; Nyala; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Red Deer; Red Panda; Reticulated Giraffe; Ring-Tailed Lemur; Sable Antelope; Siamang; Springbok; Sumatran Orangutan; Sun Bear; Thomson's Gazelle; Toco Toucan; Western Chimpanzee; Western Lowland Gorilla; Wild Boar

Natural Termite Mound

A natural-looking mound hides food for aardvarks, pangolins and chimpanzees to forage out.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 3
Animals That Use It: Aardvark; Western Chimpanzee; Sunda Pangolin

Perch Feeder

A dish on a raised perch lets eagles, owls and vultures feed off the ground.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Golden Eagle; Javan Green Magpie; Long-Eared Owl; White-Backed Vulture; White-Tailed Sea-Eagle

Piñata Pronghorn

Predators tug at a pronghorn-shaped food piñata to get at its contents.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 8
Animals That Use It: African Leopard; African Wild Dog; Eurasian Lynx; Grey Wolf; Lion; Snow Leopard; Spotted Hyena; Sumatran Tiger

Piñata Zebra

Predators tug at a zebra-shaped food piñata to get at its contents.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 8
Animals That Use It: African Leopard; African Wild Dog; Eurasian Lynx; Grey Wolf; Lion; Snow Leopard; Spotted Hyena; Sumatran Tiger

Restraint Feeder

A slanted restraint board holds food in place while large cats and reptiles feed.

Price: $500
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Komodo Dragon; Lion; Nile Monitor; Saltwater Crocodile; Sumatran Tiger

Ribbed Feeder

A ribbed rack holds food for birds of prey and reptiles to pick out.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Golden Eagle; Komodo Dragon; Sumatran Tiger; White-Backed Vulture; White-Tailed Sea-Eagle

Rotation Line Feeder

A rotating arm carries food around the feeder, encouraging cats and wild dogs to follow it.

Price: $300
Species That Use It: 6
Animals That Use It: African Leopard; African Wild Dog; Eurasian Lynx; Grey Wolf; Snow Leopard; Spotted Hyena

Scarecrow Feeder

A scarecrow feeder gives grazers and birds a raised bowl of food to pick from.

Price: $125
Species That Use It: 13
Animals That Use It: Bactrian Camel; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Cape Buffalo; European Bison; Gemsbok; Nyala; Plains Zebra; Przewalski's Horse; Red Deer; Sable Antelope; Thomson's Gazelle; Springbok

Skittle Feeder

Food sits beneath a pin-shaped feeder that owls and meerkats can nudge.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 2
Animals That Use It: Long-Eared Owl; Meerkat

Slow Feeder

A slow feeder makes aardvarks and other foragers take smaller amounts of food at a time.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Aardvark; Common Ostrich; Eurasian Bittern; Greater Flamingo; Sunda Pangolin

Suspended Bait

Suspended bait gives fish and sharks a target to approach and feed on.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 11
Animals That Use It: Blacktip Reef Shark; Clown Triggerfish; Dolphinfish; Giant Grouper; Great Hammerhead; Humphead Wrasse; Indo-Pacific Leopard Shark; Ocean Sunfish; Red Lionfish; Sailfin Snapper; Sand Tiger Shark

Suspended Forager

A hanging feeder gives tree-dwelling mammals food to reach while climbing.

Price: $500
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Golden Lion Tamarin; Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo; Binturong; Ring-Tailed Lemur; Western Chimpanzee

Suspended High Grazer Feeder

A high-mounted feeder lets giraffes and other tall grazers reach food above the ground.

Price: $500
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Masai Giraffe; Reticulated Giraffe; African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Bactrian Camel

Suspended Perch Feeder

A hanging perch with a food dish gives toucans, parakeets and tree-kangaroos an elevated feeding spot.

Price: $200
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo; Great Hornbill; Long-Tailed Parakeet; Ring-Tailed Lemur; Toco Toucan

Suspended Puzzle Feeder

A hanging puzzle feeder makes primates and parakeets handle its container to reach the food.

Price: $200
Species That Use It: 4
Animals That Use It: Golden Lion Tamarin; Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo; Long-Tailed Parakeet; Ring-Tailed Lemur

Suspended Spike Feeder

A hanging spike presents food where parrots and toucans can peck it free.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 2
Animals That Use It: Long-Tailed Parakeet; Toco Toucan

Suspended Veggie Feeder

A hanging vegetable feeder gives tortoises, boars and birds food to pull from above.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 8
Animals That Use It: Common Warthog; Galápagos Giant Tortoise; Great Hornbill; Long-Tailed Parakeet; Mountain Hare; North Sulawesi Babirusa; Toco Toucan; Wild Boar

Termite Mound

A termite mound feeder lets aardvarks, meerkats and apes forage for insect food.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 6
Animals That Use It: Secretarybird; Sumatran Orangutan; Sunda Pangolin; Western Chimpanzee; Aardvark; Meerkat

Tool Puzzle Feeder

A tool-based puzzle feeder makes apes work a mechanism to reach the food inside.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 4
Animals That Use It: Siamang; Sumatran Orangutan; Western Chimpanzee; Western Lowland Gorilla

Tree Forager

A tree-mounted food holder gives red pandas and binturongs food to seek out above ground.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 2
Animals That Use It: Binturong; Red Panda

Tree Scatter Feeder

A tree-like feeder spreads food among its branches for elephants and bears to search through.

Price: $500
Species That Use It: 5
Animals That Use It: African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Eurasian Brown Bear; Giant Panda; Grizzly Bear

Veggie Bundle

A bundle of vegetables gives manatees, turtles and beavers plant food to nibble.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 3
Animals That Use It: Eurasian Beaver; Hawksbill Turtle; West Indian Manatee

Veggie Jelly Cake

A vegetable jelly cake gives grazers and siamangs a soft item to feed from.

Price: $100
Species That Use It: 7
Animals That Use It: African Savannah Elephant; Asian Elephant; Black Wildebeest; Blue Wildebeest; Siamang; Springbok; Thomson's Gazelle

What Enrichment Items Do for Your Animals

Enrichment gives an animal appropriate ways to interact with its surroundings, so it has something to engage with rather than sitting idle. In Planet Zoo 2, an animal's mood is shaped by the quality of its habitat and the care it gets from you. When enrichment runs short, the animal can turn lethargic and visibly unhappy, while well-cared-for animals show a wider range of natural behaviors.

Enrichment is also one of the things the game tracks for an animal's welfare, alongside its social group, the plants in its habitat, and its access to water and shelter.

Habitat and Food Enrichment in Planet Zoo 2

Every animal has two enrichment bars in Planet Zoo 2, one for habitat items, often called toys, and one for food. Each bar is tracked on its own, so both need your attention.

When you click either bar, the habitat menu opens with only the items that suit that animal. An item that works for one species isn't automatically right for another, so the same toy can be a great pick in one enclosure and a poor one in the next.

How to Unlock Enrichment Items

You can't place enrichment items until you research them. Enrichment research is split into topics, and each one unlocks a set of habitat or food items. Research is grouped by item type rather than by animal, so finishing one topic can unlock items for several animals at once. Frozen Food-Based Enrichments is a good example: researching that category opens those items across multiple animals together.

Since one topic can help more than one exhibit, it pays to research in batches rather than one animal at a time. Research the species you already own first, then move on to the enrichment that suits their welfare needs. That keeps your research pointed at the animals who need it most.

How to Place Enrichment Items So They Count

An item only helps if the animal can reach it, so place it where the animal can get to it easily. Larger groups may need more than one item to fill the bar all the way. Be careful with space too, since extra items can take up room the animal needs to move around. Adding one item at a time makes it easier to see what helped, and after each change, watch the animal and check its welfare information again.

Which Enrichment Items Matter Most

No single enrichment item is best for every animal. The right pick depends on which bar is low for that particular animal. Find the category that's in the red or falling, fix that first, and avoid copying a habitat layout from a different species.

FAQ

How do I unlock enrichment items in Planet Zoo 2?

Through Enrichment research. Sandbox mode has no research at all, so every enrichment item is available there from the start, which makes it a handy place to try layouts before using them in Career or Franchise.

Do enrichment research topics carry over between my zoos?

They do in franchise mode, where research is shared across all your zoos. A topic you finish once is available in the others, so you won't have to unlock the same items again for each new zoo.

Why is my animal still unhappy even though it has enrichment?

Enrichment is only one of the things that shape an animal's mood. A shortage of regular food or fresh drinking water can leave an animal lethargic too, so check those as well before deciding the toys aren't working.