Plants and Decorations

Decorations play a vital role in Zoo Management. Placing them provides both *experience points* towards leveling up and *popularity points* for increasing the number of visitors.

### Obtaining

There are 6 categories of zoo decorations provided for purchase & placement; Flowers, Bushes, Trees, Boundaries, Special and Water. These various decorations may cost coins or gems and all have a maximum purchase quantity (*most items have slight purchase limit increases as the player levels up and some may have a small purchase limit increase unlocked with gems*). Once you join a club, another section of decorations are unlocked for purchase (coins and gems), these are subject to locks based on your *Club Member Level*.

Regular Decorations are often received as Level Up and completed Quest rewards. Additional ways to obtain them are from; opening Chests and completing related card puzzles (Bonus & reward decorations obtained from these methods do not count against the purchasable limit!). Unique decorations may also be earned through certain Events and Club contests.

### Types

All decorations (objects & plants) are *functionally* similar in three ways:

1. most do not have to be placed along the pathways!!
2. they all provide first-placement experience points
3. **removing the decoration** will remove the attributed visitor points

➡ The big difference is ongoing maintenance.

#### Objects

Object decorations such as; *Boundaries (Fences), Most 'Special' items = Benches, Lights, Parks, Statues & similar,* do not need maintenance and do not provide additional *level experience points*.

#### Plants

There are several types; Flowers, Bushes, Trees and 'Special' = rose arbors, arches & trellis.

Plant decorations have two major differences from "objects":

1. they occasionally wilt and need to be watered to maintain their full visitor points
2. watering plants gives players additional experience points!
	* Note: At higher levels, there are even some exceptional plants that give *250 experience points* when watered!

Watering can be done manually by the player, or by hiring a Gardener.

### Quest Spoilers

Here is a list of known re*quest*ed costly decorations! Some of which are diamonds, so planning ahead and watching your puzzle pieces can help save you some money! Tip: If you do collect enough puzzle pieces for a "Quest" decoration (especially diamond cost), make sure you do NOT place that item until *after* you've received the Quest to place "it", so that it counts!

* Level 7 - Place 1 Picnic Area plus have 20 decorations; *Reward 3 Pink Orchids*
* Level 13 - *Reward 10 White Iron Fences (these are needed for a Quest later)*
* Level 15+ - Place 1 Rose Arch, 4 Pink Rose Bushes, 14 White Metal Fence *(all of these are diamond-cost decor, the bushes & fence can come from other quest rewards, the rose arch can come from puzzle pieces)*
* Level 17 - *Reward 3 Pink Rose Bushes (these are needed for a Quest)*
* Level 20.5 - Place 1 Zoo Playground; *Reward 1 Elephant Statue*
* Level 25.5 - Place 1 Animal Fountain *(you can use the Zoo Title reward to save coins)*
* Level 34+ - Place 10 Pink Hibiscus (*try to collect them from puzzle pieces, as these are costly diamond bushes)*
* See Also: Quests for Lvls 26-50 ☼ Quests for Lvls 51-75 ☼ Level Up rewards ☼ Zoo Title quest series