Planet Zoo 2 Franchise accreditation levels and animal unlocks

See the five launch accreditation tiers, their zoo and reserve star requirements, and the limits of the available unlock data.

By Game Guide PortSource reviewed:

Applies to: Franchise mode launch build · recheck after patches

Quick answer

The launch progression has five reported tiers. Reaching Tier 5 requires two zoos with three Reputation Stars and three Wildlife Reserves with three Biodiversity Stars; the live Accreditation screen takes priority after updates.

Large managed zoo in Planet Zoo 2
Official Planet Zoo 2 Steam screenshot · © Frontier Developments · Source ↗

Find accreditation

Accreditation is the Franchise progression gate tied to animal access. Launch players point to the planet view for current objectives and progress. Use that live screen because the reviewed official public pages do not publish a complete tier-by-tier table.

Progress the tier

A launch-day guide based on the in-game Accreditation screen reports five tiers. Tier 2 needs one zoo at three Reputation Stars; tiers 3–5 need two three-star zoos plus one, two or three Wildlife Reserves at three Biodiversity Stars. Because Frontier's public feature page does not publish this full table, verify the live objectives after any update.

What still needs checking

This draft deliberately omits a copied unlock chart: tiers, objective values and animal gates need direct in-game or Frontier documentation. When those are available, update the page with the build number and exact menu labels.

Launch accreditation requirements

TierReported unlock requirementSpecies reward
1Starting tier32 species
21 zoo with 3 Reputation Stars33 species
32 three-star zoos + 1 reserve with 3 Biodiversity Stars31 species
42 three-star zoos + 2 three-star reserves30 species
52 three-star zoos + 3 three-star reserves10 species

The counts above describe the launch-day guide's unlock rewards. The in-game screen remains authoritative if a patch changes progression.

Progression loop

  1. Open the Franchise planet view and read the active accreditation objectives.
  2. Raise zoo Reputation Stars or reserve Biodiversity Stars as named by the current tier.
  3. Create the additional zoo or reserve required by later tiers; one zoo alone cannot reach Tier 5 under the launch rules.
  4. Return to the animal market and recheck previously restricted species after the tier unlocks.

Locked is different from empty

What you seeMost relevant check
Species or tier explicitly lockedAccreditation progress
Unlocked filter returns no listingsPlayer supply and server status
Connection errorOnline-service status
One listing unaffordableCurrency and listing price

What still needs direct verification

The reviewed guide reports the number of species unlocked at each tier but does not provide a species-by-species gate list. This page therefore does not guess which tier unlocks a particular animal. That list should be added only from the current in-game interface or an official Frontier table.

Sources

How this guide was checked

Official Frontier, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and support pages anchor release, platform and feature facts. Zoopedia-derived figures are identified and dated; community posts are used for questions and current incident context, not as proof of game mechanics.

Not independently play-tested. This is not a claim that every platform or game version was tested. Source review: Oct 14, 2026.