Park Management Guide

A lot can happen in a dinosaur park, luckily there are a number of helpful tools you can rely on when managing your site.

Site Map

Access the Site Map directly or interact with the Side Menu to view the Site Map to get a high level overview of the site.

The Site Map highlights Buildings, Fences, Vehicles and Dinosaurs in icon form for quick identification.

Items on the Site Map that require attention will be easily identifiable at a glance by their red highlight.

Management Views

Management Views enable you to find specific information about your park with heatmaps and overlays.

Management Views are available for:

Use the Management Views to examine various useful overlays of your level facilities, guests and dinosaurs.

Time Controls

Use Time Controls to pause time, allowing you to take stock of important moments, or spend time planning out the site.

Use time controls to accelerate time, allowing you to speed through long tasks such as dinosaur transportation.

Be careful when using Time Controls to accelerate time, as problems can start to escalate quickly.

Park Rating is determined by your Park Metrics.

There are four Park Metrics that are assessed and combined to determine a site’s final Park Rating. This is a measure of what the site needs in order to be seen as successful.

To be successful a site needs a strong economy behind it to achieve the metrics in the first place. Some metrics will lead to higher profits when met, but others may require upfront spending to achieve.

Each scenario and site will have different Park Metrics as you work to meet the varying requirements of the sectors and groups behind your parks.
You can view what Park Metrics need to be targeted to reach a higher Park Rating in the Control Room menu.

Park Metrics vary and can include elements like your park’s total dinosaur count, income per minute, total money, number of tours etc. When starting a new site first check what Park Metrics your Park Rating will be measured against.

Research can be performed at the Science Centre and offers a wide range of options to expand and enhance the site.

Assign Scientists to perform Research Tasks to unlock access to new buildings, building Upgrades, dig sites, medicine and other operational improvements. Most Research requires specific Skills, money and time to perform.

Access to new nodes in the Research screen requires researching the previous nodes first. Some nodes may have additional unlock requirements listed as well.

Building Upgrades

Some buildings have potential Building Upgrades. These can be unlocked to improve building effectiveness and performance.

Building Upgrades can be researched in the Science Centre. You can also use the Science Centre to research additional Upgrade Slots for buildings.

Once researched you can choose available Building Upgrades from a building's Upgrade Panel.

Reputation is an indicator of your relationship with each key industry sector: the Conservation Sector, the Security Sector and the Entertainment Sector. The higher the Reputation Level, the better.

Reputation can be increased by completing certain Site Objectives, acquiring certain species, and by completing Contracts.

Reputation is shared across all sites in the Campaign, so travelling to a different location and completing objectives is a good way to boost it.

Increase Reputation Levels to gain access to new Campaign Sites, new Research, and certain listings in the Marketplace.

There are two different kinds of Resources in the Campaign. Local Resources are created and used within a single site, and Global Resources are created and can be used across the entire Campaign.

Money, Fossils, and Scientists are all Local Resources. They are created and used within a single site, and cannot be transferred to other sites. They are also never assessed in a global way.

Genome Completion, Research, Expedition Map Progress, Reputation, and Park Rating are Global Resources. Although these are created within sites, they can be used or assessed in a global way.

Reputation and Park Rating in particular allow you to unlock new sites in the campaign.

Over time, infrastructure will begin to degrade due to wear and tear. The site's Maintenance Rating is an ongoing assessment of how well maintained a site's infrastructure is. With a poor rating, infrastructure may prematurely malfunction, or suffer catastrophic damage during severe weather.

Build Maintenance Facilities to assign Maintenance ATV Teams to repair destroyed or sabotaged infrastructure. They can also be assigned tasks to resupply and inspect buildings in order to prevent wear and tear, which in turn promotes a high Maintenance Rating.

Build Maintenance Posts to automate Repair, Reboot, Resupply and Inspection tasks for assigned Maintenance ATV Teams. All infrastructure within the inner radius of the Maintenance Post will be covered, and all fences within the outer radius will also be covered against breakage.

Learn more about completing Park Maintenance in the Operations Guide.

Effectively managing money moving in and out of your park is critical for the longevity of your park and its ability to turn a profit.

Learn more about the ins and outs in the Finances Guide.

Backup Generators use Fuel and provide power to infrastructure within their limited radius.

The rate of Fuel consumption varies based on the amount of Power being used by that infrastructure.

Ranger Teams and Capture Teams use Fuel as they complete their tasks. Ranger Teams will also use Food in order to restock Feeders. Both Food and Fuel is stored at a team's respective facility, and requires regular restocking.

Restock Food and Fuel by interacting with the relevant building directly, or automatically with a Maintenance Patrol. Both methods will incur a cost.

Over time your park may fall prey to sabotage attempts, inclement weather or dinosaur escapes. As Park Manager it’s important that you prepare for these worst-case scenarios, so head to the Calamities and Sabotage Guide to learn more.