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Lantern Dragon

The **Lantern Dragon** is the tenth Chinese dragon in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 6 event.

## Appearance

The Lantern Dragon is a Chinese dragon that is made up of numerous red and yellow lanterns. It also emits a bright yellow glow.

## Description

*The skin of the Lantern Dragon is somewhat transparent, allowing you to see the light it emits.*

## Requirements

* Great Wall 1 unlocked.
* Chinese Dragon tamed.
* Purchase Season 6's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 25th reward in the Golden Trip.

## Trivia

* The Lantern Dragon refers to the fact that Chinese dragons are often painted in lanterns.

## Notes

* The Lantern Dragon was released in version 2.9.0 on the 1st of October 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 6 event.
* Upon release, the description was missing a period at the end.
	+ This was fixed at an unknown date.
Featherweight Games

**Featherweight** is an Australian game developing studio made up of a small team of developers who focus on quality mobile games. They are the primary studio in charge of developing Rodeo Stampede, working in partnership with artist Dan Graf and Yodo1 Games. They were founded in 2014 by Tim Kaldor and Dylan Bevis. Featherweight's other notable hit release was the mobile game Skiing Yeti Mountain, released on the 20th of May 2015. More information here.
Garden 1

**Garden 1** is the fourteenth area unlocked in the Space Zoo, and the first in Garden. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 3

**or:**

* Purchase from Shop

## What is Unlocked

* Ants and their respective habitat (excluding Cant)
* Grasshoppers and their respective habitat
* Spiders and their respective habitat
Fairydactyl

The **Fairydactyl** is the seventh pterodactyl by zoo order in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their pterodactyl habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Fairydactyl, unlike other pterodactyls, has wings comprised of a forewing and hindwing, rather than the single wings of other pterodactyls. Its wingbone and veins on its wings are coloured hot pink, with the membrane being coloured a pink and white gradient, the pink being prominent on the wingtips. Its head is coloured a softer, lighter pink which fades into white at the beak. In its left claw it holds a wand, shaped like a yellow star, and around its neck is a necklace made of white beads that are not attached to each other. Its blonde hair is styled in a side ponytail tied together with a white hairtie, and its crest has a small white square brim, giving the illusion of the crest being a fairy's hat.

## Description

*Leave your loose tooth under your pillow for a big surprise…*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 5 or greater.
* Pterodactyl tamed.
* Pterodactyl habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1800m in Jurassic.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1800m.

## Baby Fairydactyl

* Rare animals appear 6% more often
* Flying animals swoop 8% slower

## Trivia

* The name Fairydactyl is a portmanteau of the words "fairy" and "pterodactyl".
* The Fairydactyl's description references the Tooth Fairy, a well-known fantasy figure, specifically how the Tooth Fairy's well-known trait of taking away the tooth and leaving money in exchange.
	+ The Baby Fairydactyl's ability that increases chance of rare animals may be a reference to how the Tooth Fairy is a fantasy figure.

## Notes

* The Fairydactyl was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.
Immortal Crane

The **Immortal Crane** is the ninth crane in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2021 Chinese New Year Event.

## Appearance

The Immortal Crane looks relatively similar to the base Crane but has some ornate distinguishing features. Its main colour is a creamy off-white, fading to grey near the center of its back. Bright white designs and patterns are visible throughout this area of its body, and there are interestingly shaped stripes of gold near the fronts of its wings. The outer edges of its wings are black, and between the white and black is a small band of blue feathers. Near its tail, two long feathers, coloured electric blue in the middle and fading to black at their tips, are visible, flying out symmetrically around its tail feathers. On its head it wears a highly detailed black and gold diadem over its red crest, resembling a large feather edged with gold, and its head and neck are various shades of grey. Its neck has several large, icy blue spikes increasing in size along its top, culminating in two pentagonal snowflakes of the same colour.

## Description

*A once-in-a-century chance to see this immortal creature, only on an icy day!*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 3 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 150 in the 2021 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 280 in the 2022 Chinese New Year Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 300 in the Badge Shop.
		- Immortal Crane is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 800m in Great Wall.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 800m.

## Trivia

* The Immortal Crane may be a reference to how cranes are considered as immortal creatures in some Chinese mythology.
* The Immortal Crane was released with an affiliated hat, the Immortal of Ice.

## Notes

* The Immortal Crane was released in version 1.29.0 on the 27th of January 2021, however it was not obtainable until the 5th of February when the 2021 Chinese New Year Event began.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane\_in\_Chinese\_mythology
Hip Hop Hippo

The **Hip Hop Hippo** is the fourth type of hippo the player can find in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Hip Hop Hippo has a DJ-like appearance. It sports a red backwards cap with a white rectangle on it and a black peak, as well as black headphones covering both of its ears. The Hip Hop Hippo also wears a white shirt and jungle green pants on its hind legs. It has a significantly darker skin colour than the Hippo, possibly coloured in this way to reflect the large proportion of coloured people involved in hip hop music.

## Description

*Goes by the stage name Notorious H.I.P.P.O.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 2 or greater.
* Hippo tamed.
* Ride past 1700m in Jungle.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1700m.

## Trivia

* The Hip Hop Hippo is a play on hip hop, a genre of music incorporating break dancing, DJ record-scratching, sampling and rapping.
	+ The description plays on the music genre hip hop in referencing The Notorious B.I.G., a deceased rapper known as the king of rap and flow.
	+ The Hip Hop Hippo is one of three animals that reference hip hop music, the others being the Dime-metrodon and the G-Rex.

## Notes

* The Hip Hop Hippo was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all original Savannah animals, Jungle and all other original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The Hip Hop Hippo had an error in its name in that the H's in at the front of 'Hop' and 'Hippo' were written with lowercase letters in-game.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.12.1 on the 14th of November 2017.
	+ There was also a punctuation error in the description where a full stop was missing.
		- This was corrected in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018.
* The Hip Hop Hippo's name in the soft launch was originally "Hiphopapotamus".
	+ The description was also different, being "It's lyrics are bottomless."
Giant Gourami

The **Giant Gourami** is the second trout that can be found in the game.

## Appearance

The Giant Gourami is a representation of a real-life giant gourami. It is a different variation of the Coral Trout. It has red and black colourings all over it, with a peach chin.

## Description

*Native to South East Asia, the voracious herbivore is very helpful in controlling pest plants.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Coral Trout tamed.
* Ride past 2000m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is high but not guaranteed due to it being a tier 2 animal. It will appear often but not necessarily in every run, and never before 2000m.

## Baby Giant Gourami

* Eating animals is 10% more effective
* *Oxygen depletes 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Giant Gourami refers to a real-life giant gourami.

## Notes

* The Giant Gourami was released in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
Jurassic 2

**Jurassic 2** is the second area unlocked in the Space Zoo, and the second in Jurassic. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Complete 6 additional Jurassic missions following the Jurassic 1 ship upgrade (6 total Jurassic missions)

## What is Unlocked

* Tyrannosaurus rexes and their respective habitat
G-Rex

The **G-Rex** is the fourth tyrannosaurus rex in the game by zoo order. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their tyrannosaurus rex habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The G-Rex is purple all over, with lighter purple areas on its snout, legs and tail, and darker purple areas everwhere else. Its clothing consists of a black singlet, covering only its chest and upper back, a thick gold chain with a large dollar sign hanging from the bottom, gold shutter shades sitting near its eyes and a black flat cap with a red brim and squatchee that is turned 90° to its left. The G-Rex's teeth, unlike other tyrannosaurus rexes can be seen to be coloured gold as well.

## Description

*2Pac of Eminems for 50 Cents? That's Ludacris!*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 2 or greater.
* Tyrannosaurus Rex tamed.
* Tyrannosaurus rex habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1600m in Jurassic (must be riding an animal slower than a wild tyrannosaurus rex).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1600m.

## Baby G-Rex

* Missions give 10% more coins
* Rare animals appear 5% more often

## Trivia

* The G-Rex is a play on a G, or a gangster. It is a word commonly used in gangs and hip hop culture in the United States.
	+ The description reflects this, referencing four well-known rappers: 2Pac, Eminem, 50 Cent and Ludacris, all of which in the form of puns. The literal translation of the pun would be "Two packs of M&M's for 50 cents? That's ludicrous!"
	+ The Baby G-Rex has 2 abilities that boost coin income. This references how hip-hop culture has a large focus on money and wealth.
	+ The G-Rex is one of three animals that reference hip hop music, the others being the Hip Hop Hippo and the Dime-metrodon.

## Notes

* The G-Rex was released in version 1.8.0 on the 18th of May 2017, along with Jurassic and most Jurassic animals.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=G&amp=true
Dragon

The **Dragon** is the first dragon that can be discovered in the game.

## Appearance

The Dragon has a comical, clumsy proportion, with a short purple head with a soft blue lower jaw, which in turn has a row of spiky white teeth running around its mouth. Two webbed crests run down its back, one from the head to just before the player, the other from just after the player to the tail. Fins are also attached to each side of its head. Its body is thick and clumsy, with purple making up the top and blue the bottom. Four stumpy legs and two wings, with the wing skeleton being purple and the membrane being blue, are attached to the torso, as is its tail, which is relatively long.

## Description

*Winged serpents of Greek legend, these fearsome beasts were large, powerful and very, very cool.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 4 or greater.
* Ride in Olympus.

## Trivia

* The Dragon doesn’t reference a specific dragon, but rather the prominence of dragons in Greek mythology in general, which explains why the Dragon's design is very generic.
* The Baby Dragon's ability reflects how in novels and stories, the protagonist often has to complete a mission against a dragon to gain what is desired.

## Notes

* The Dragon was released on the 17th of September 2017 in version 1.11.0 along with other dragons, turtles and hydras.
Legendary Lion Subscription

The Legendary Lion Subscription is one of two subscriptions that can be subscribed to by the player. Like all subscriptions, the Legendary Lion Subscription lasts for a week before the money is paid again for the following week.

## What Is Included

* Legendary Lion
* Celebrity Tour Package
	+ The player is gifted the amount of  their Celebrity Tour is worth.
* Upgraded Cash Cow Buff
	+ The player earns 4x zoo income, but does **not** receive the Cash Cow.
* Revive Raven Buff
	+ The player receive a free revive every run, but does **not** receive the Revive Raven.
* Mission Mule Buff
	+ The player receives unlimited missions instantaneously, but does **not** receive the Mission Mule.
* Upgraded Lucky Lamb Buff
	+ The player can find 400% more rare animals, or 5x the usual amount of rare animals, during the subscription period, but does **not** receive the Lucky Lamb.

## Notes

* The Legendary Lion Subscription was released in version 1.22.6 on the 3rd of June 2019.

## Gallery

The former appearance of the Legendary Lion Subscription screen
Grasshopper

The **Grasshopper** is the first grasshopper that the player can find in the game, and possibly the first animal the player befriends in Garden.

## Appearance

The Grasshopper has six legs, with the largest pair being at the back and the smallest at the front. Its thorax is like a squashed box, and has its two wings attached to it. Its head is potato-shaped, with a mandible that looks like a rabbit’s mouth. Two antennae sit on top of its head. The whole of the Grasshopper's body is dark green, with the exception of some highlights around its mouth and base of its legs, and the tip of its legs, where it is coloured brown.

## Description

*A ground-dwelling vegetarian with powerful back legs.*

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Ride in Garden.

## Trivia

* The Grasshopper is based on a real-life grasshopper.
* The Grasshopper's description references some trivia about real life grasshoppers.
* The Baby Grasshopper's ability where bucks are 4% smaller reflect the adult's in-game ability and behaviour.

## Notes

* The Grasshopper was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Greater Eaglemoth

The **Greater Eaglemoth** is the fifth eagle in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Greater Eaglemoth is distinctly multicoloured, with hues of green, light blue, aqua, teal, orange and yellow featuring throughout its body. Its body and legs are coloured dark teal, and its feet yellow. Its wings have colours blending together (from the wingtip to the centre), from yellow to light blue to yellow again, and back to light blue, with orange feathers in the middle. The base of the wing has stripes which alternate from dark to light. The Greater Eaglemoth's yellow head has a black beak and a pair of lighter antennae with two round heads on top.

## Description

*World's largest flying insect. Attracted to bright lights and shiny objects. Extremely difficult to clean off windshields.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 4 or greater.
* Bald Eagle tamed.
* Ride past 1600m in the Mountains (found perched on rocks off the side of a cliff).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 1600m.

## Baby Greater Eaglemoth

* Rare animals appear 6% more often
* Flying animals swoop 8% slower

## Trivia

* The Greater Eaglemoth is a play on a species of an almost identically-named moth *Amphipyra pyramidoides*, or eagle moth. It however is not visually similar to the Greater Eaglemoth, as the real-life version lacks vivid colouring and markings. Its other name is the copper underwing.
	+ The description further plays on a moth by referencing behaviours and traits of moths and combining them with the traits of an eagle for humour.

## Notes

* The Greater Eaglemoth was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
* The description contains an error in which "Worlds" is missing a possessive apostrophe.
	+ This was fixed at an unknown date.
Jester-Fish

The **Jester-Fish** is the fourth clownfish that can be found in the game.

## Appearance

The Jester-Fish is coloured white with black stripes, and a compass star around its eyes. It has blue eyelines and also has a large red nose, representing a clown's. Its tail is coloured from top to bottom blue, yellow, and red respectively. It wears a jester hat that is divided into blue, yellow, and red sectors. The blue sector has a yellow bell dangling from it, the yellow sector has a red bell, and the red sector has a blue bell.

## Description

*Can easily hold court with their japes and gags!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Clownfish tamed.
* Ride past 1500m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1500m.

## Baby Jester-Fish

* Taming animals is 15% quicker
* *Oxygen depletes 2% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Jester-Fish is a play on a clownfish, where both clowns and jesters entertain people by doing foolish and funny things.
	+ The description further plays on this.
	+ The Jester-Fish is one of six animals that reference a clown or a jester, the other five being the Cryin' Lion, Pennywise the Koala, Funny Bunny, Diplojokus, and Clown Ant-eater.

## Notes

* The Jester-Fish was released in version 2.0.0 on the 14th of April 2022, along with Ocean and all other original Ocean animals and the Ocean Zoo.
Halloween Event 2017

The **2017 Halloween Event** was a limited time event in the game that occurred from the 27th of October to the 14th of November 2017.

## About

The Halloween Event 2017 contained very few changes to gameplay, with the only addition being ghosts which could be seen on the back of animals in the stampede, in which if the player rode an animal with a ghost on its back, the ghost would be scared away and the player would earn one ghost (). Halloween themed music identical to that of the previous year replaced the regular music for each island, although certain islands occasionally bugged out and did not have any music. Pumpkin shaped shrubs could be found in each map, again reused from the previous year, although apart from this, no changes were made to the appearance of the stampede. The Sky Zoo featured a Halloween-themed gate and cannon area, as well and Halloween intro music as soon as the game was opened.

Three new Halloween themed animals and hats were added into the game, available from a shop for purchase with  for a limited time.

While these hats and animals have expired, the player can still obtain them in the future events.

## Hats

 Sorcerer | 50
 Werewolf | 75

## Animals

 Thriller Wolf | Wolf | Mountains 2 | 200

## Gallery

The notice for the 2017 Halloween EventThe ghost found on the backs of animals that were required to be scared away
Garden 3

**Garden 3** is the sixteenth area unlocked in the Space Zoo, and the third in Garden. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Complete 9 additional Garden missions following the Garden 2 ship upgrade (15 total Garden missions)

## What is Unlocked

* Dragonflies and their respective habitat
Jean Lafishe

The **Jean Lafishe** is the fifth clownfish in the game.

## Appearance

The Jean Lafishe looks quite similar to the Clownfish in colour, albeit the Jean Lafishe is browner. It has one dark brown stripe on its body centre. It wears a dark blue pirate hat, with its upper edge being golden yellow, and a pink feather on its top, and wears a similarly coloured jacket on its body with an extended collar. The Jean Lafishe's fins are replaced with yellow cleaning brushes with pink wires. The Jean Lafishe also has its nose covered with a white skull.

## Description

*A French pirate who was also a very capable spy thanks to his small size and agility!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Clownfish tamed.
* Ride past 1000m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1000m.

## Trivia

* The Jean Lafishe is a play on Jean Lafitte, a well-known pirate.
	+ The Baby Jean Lafishe's ability where crates give 10% more coins also alludes to this fact, as pirates are known to collect treasure and coins.
	+ The Crabtopher Condent, Caliblow Jack, Captain Dave, and Blackfin are the other Ocean animals that reference pirates.

## Notes

* The Jean Lafishe was released in version 2.5.0 on the 9th of August 2022.
* The Jean Lafishe lacks the jacket that the baby wears.
	+ This was fixed in version 3.2.0 on the 20th of July 2023.

## Gallery

The former appearance of the Jean LafisheAn icon of the former Jean Lafishe
Halloween Event 2016

The **2016 Halloween Event** is a limited time event in the game that occurred from the 20th of October to the 4th of November 2016.

## About

The event, being the first event ever in Rodeo Stampede, did not feature any drastic changes in gameplay. However, music (stampede and zoo), zoo appearance (sky changed to night, rain added), crate appearance and mechanisms and the appearance and lighting of zone and obstacles changed to be Halloween themed. Crates, which changed in appearance from skulls to smiley pumpkin cubes, were the only change in gameplay, with approximately half of all crates that the player smashes being 'treats', where the amount of coins is doubled, and the other half being 'tricks', with green smoke rising from the smashed crate and obscuring the player's view temporarily. The crate's appearance (smiley pumpkin cube or skull), did not affect the result.

What was new about the event was the introduction of four 'spooky' new regular animals, which were released for Halloween but are permanent and can be befriended at all times.

## Animals

 Slimenoceros | Rhino | Jungle 3 | > 1300m
 Ghoast | Goat | Mountains 1 | > 1300m
 Wombatman | Wombat | Outback 2 | > 1300m

## Notes

* The Halloween Event received some backlash over how the lighting, particularly in Savannah, was too dark and difficult to play in.
* This and the Winter Holiday Event 2016 were the only events that brought minor changes to the Sky Zoo’s soundtrack to fit the event’s theme.
Garden

**Garden** is the eighth zone released in the game, in version 1.15.0 on the 21st of March 2018. It is the third Space Zoo zone, requiring missions to upgrade the ship and habitats, and  to play. It is unlocked when the player reaches Outback 3 in the Sky Zoo, or can be unlocked prior to this via purchase in the Shop. Its only new feature is the addition of webs strung across the stampede in various places, which jolt (slow the player for a short moment) the player slightly when riding a ground level animal, and trigger the appearance of spiders running in from behind to eat the player like tyrannosaurus rexes. Other features include mushrooms for trees and miscellaneous objects such as coins and cans as rocks, overhanging rocks and acorns as the collectible.

For specifics on each part in Garden, see the table below.

## Tips and Strategies

Garden is a difficult zone for starters due to its severe lack of animals with good attributes and abundance of obstacles, such as mushrooms (trees) and rocks. Webs, while altering the player's motion slightly, do not affect the player themselves too greatly, and are really only a minor inconvenience. Spiders are also a constant threat due to its very quick pace when chasing, arriving swiftly after a web is run into, catching the player unawares. The fact that ants lurch the player back slightly before throwing them off increases the chance of being eaten. Grasshoppers are abysmal to begin with, with it being almost impossible to turn with control until it is upgraded to level 6. Additionally, the first 1000m of Garden is difficult due to the darkness of the ground, where the player should turn up their brightness on their device in order to see obstacles better. Overall, to get a high score, the player must play through enough to upgrade their grasshopper habitat greatly, as well as jump as early as possible upon running into a web when on an ant. Players can also use beetles and centipedes for short bursts that allow the player to be invincible to almost everything and resistant to animals respectively.

Click here for Garden secret animals.

## Notes

* Garden was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with the first five Garden species.
* Garden, Olympus and Ocean are the only zones without any animal species found past 1000m.

## Gallery

Garden between 1000 and 2000mGarden after 2000mAcorns that can be collected to complete missionsThe notice when the first part of Garden was releasedThe notice when the second part of Garden was released
Dragonwhy

The **Dragonwhy** is the fourth dragonfly. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their dragonfly habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Dragonwhy has the same body template as the Dragonfly, although it is coloured green all over, with a slightly darker green body and dark green legs. On each wing, which do not contain any sections of 'transparent' membrane, top and bottom, are embossed white question marks, with the question marks on the top of the left wings and bottom of the right facing backwards. Another embossed question mark sits in between the four wings. A white question mark also ends the Dragonwhy's tail. Finally, the Dragonwhy wears white lens-less glasses on its head.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 3 or greater.
* Dragonfly tamed.
* Dragonfly habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1200m in Garden.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1200m.

## Baby Dragonwhy

* Fire burns 12% slower
* Animals handle ice 12% better

## Trivia

* The Dragonwhy is a play on the word "why", hence all the question marks on the Dragonwhy.
	+ The description references the saying "why not?", poking fun at the Dragonwhy's own name.
	+ The Baby Dragonwhy has an absurd combination of abilities, boosting terrain-related stats which cannot all be used at once. This may be poking fun at the Dragonwhy; after all, it can only be wondered *why* these abilities were put together, and they are confusing.

## Notes

* The Dragonwhy was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Halloween

**Halloween** is an event holiday. It occurs around the 31st of October, which was the date when Halloween happens in the real life.

## Gameplay

The 2016 Halloween Event was the first ever event in the game. Because of this, its format was drastically different from other events. All released animals were permanent, and could be found in the stampede at any time. The Sky Zoo and the zones at the time featured a change in lighting and Halloween-themed decorations, and all music was replaced by the Halloween Hustle soundtrack.

In subsequent years, the Halloween format became quite repetitive. The player could obtain limited items from the event shop, with ghosts (). To get ghosts, the player had to ride animals in the stampede that had ghosts floating over them, to "scare them away". Upon landing on an animal with a ghost, the player would earn one . Halloween would become one of the most neglected event holidays in the game, with the 2018 Halloween Event being identical to the 2017 one, except with 3 new hats; the 2019 event being completely neglected and the 2020 Halloween Event being released late, well after the 31st of October, and being a direct copy of the 2018 event.

## Events

* Halloween Event 2016
* Halloween Event 2017
* Halloween Event 2018
* Halloween Event 2019 was not released
* Halloween Event 2020
* Halloween Event 2021
* Halloween Event 2022

## Currency

Halloween has only ever featured one currency:

* Ghosts ()

## Soundtrack

During Halloween events, all zone music is usually replaced by Halloween Hustle:
Jurassic 5

**Jurassic 5** is the fifth area in the Space Zoo, and the fifth in Jurassic. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Complete 9 additional Jurassic missions following the Jurassic 4 ship upgrade (33 total Jurassic missions)

## What is Unlocked

* Pterodactyls and their respective habitat
* Deeplodocus
* Anglerosaurus
Lamburgerini

The **Lamburgerini** is the seventh sheep in the stampede. It is unlocked by upgrading the sheep habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Lamburgerini is notable for taking the appearance of a cheeseburger. It body is comprised of two hamburger buns, the top one having white dots on it representing sesame seeds. Between the buns is a single light green lettuce leaf, a single tomato, a dark brown cooked beef patty and a single slice of cheese, in order from top to bottom. Its ears, legs and tail are golden and shaped like rectangular prisms, resembling french fries.

## Description

*This fast food set a lamb speed record.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 1 or greater.
* Merino Sheep tamed.
* Sheep habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1200m in Outback.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1200m.

## Baby Lamburgerini

* Taming animals is 15% quicker
* Eating animals is 10% more effective

## Trivia

* The Lamburgerini plays on both a Lamborghini, a popular luxury supercar, and a hamburger simultaneously.
	+ The description references both a Lamborghini's high speed and how hamburgers are a form of fast food. It also makes a pun on the land speed record.
	+ The Baby Lamburgerini's abilities regarding ridden animals being faster and eating animals being more effective also play on these.
* The Lamburgerini was previously referenced in the Bufferrari description.

## Notes

* The Lamburgerini was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
Jungle 5

**Jungle 5** is the tenth area in the game, and the final area in Jungle. There are requirements that must be met before the player can unlock it.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 4
* Complete 27 missions
* Upgrade hippo habitat to level 6
* Pay 8100

## What is Unlocked

* Toucans and their respective habitat (excludes Asbirdation)

## Changes to Stampede

The stampede now has giant central rocks that appear after 1000m.

## Notes

* The price of upgrading to Jungle 5 and the amount of missions required to be completed changed in version 1.5.0. The price was initially 9000, and the number of missions was initially 30.
Legendary Lion

The Legendary Lion is the fifth epic animal. It can only be obtained from the Legendary Lion Subscription, and only for a limited time. To obtain it permanently, the player must pay a certain amount of money (amount varies between countries) to renew the subscription every week for an infinite time, effectively meaning it cannot realistically be obtained permanently.

## Appearance

The Legendary Lion's appearance resembles that of the Lion, albeit, its fur is golden in colour, and has a more extensive mane; spiky and golden in colour. Just behind this is a glowing white ring comprised of two parts, with serrated edges to give the Legendary Lion a powerful, otherworldly appearance. Most notably, the Legendary Lion sports a pair of wings similar to that of a pegasus, coloured beige with a white leading edge. A unicorn's horn, white in colour, sits atop its head, while it releases a trail of glowing golden shards behind it as it runs. Finally, its tail is long and golden, with a beige arrowhead tip.

## Ability

The Legendary Lion is unlocked when the player subscribes to the Legendary Lion Subscription, which grants the player the abilities of all other epic animals for the period of the subscription. The abilities of the Cash Cow and the Lucky Lamb will be doubled from the usual amount, meaning the player receives a 4x boost for both zoo income and rare animal appearances. However, if the player does not have the actual epic animal, they will get the ability but won't have the animal.

## Behaviour

* **When ridden:** The Legendary Lion runs at a brisk pace and can eat all animals except big animals by running into them, like lions.
* **When angry:** Unlike lions, the Legendary Lion jumps around when angry, floating up in the air and flapping its wings every jump.
* **In habitat:** Mostly remains curled up, sleeping. Will occasionally walk around.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** Rears up and lunges, roaring to the sky.

## Trivia

* The Legendary Lion's description references its in-game ability.
* Like most epic animals, the Legendary Lion's name incorporates alliteration.
* The Legendary Lion is the only animal in the game which cannot be obtained permanently without having to renew infinitely every week.

## Notes

* The Legendary Lion was released on the 29th of May 2019 in version 1.22.6.
* The Legendary Lion's appearance was updated in version 1.26.3 on the 27th of March 2020. Previously, the Legendary Lion's horn and wings were gold in colour. It also lacked the glowing wreath or ring around the front of its body, instead having a brown second layer to its mane.

## Gallery

The former appearance of the Legendary LionAn icon of the former Legendary Lion
Fiery Phoemu

The **Fiery Phoemu** is the sixth emu. It is a boss animal, requiring the player to complete a minigame to tame it. After successfully taming, it can be found permanently in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Fiery Phoemu is coloured completely in shades of red and orange. Its neck and legs are peach-coloured, and its red feet have a thin red band around each of its ankles, as well as a thick one. Its tail fans out into a bright, light orange semicircle, with six darker orange markings on each side branching out from the stem, which attaches the fan to its backside. Its torso is coloured orange, and the sides of its torso have a darker gradient. Stretching out further than usual are its wings, which also curl downwards unlike the wings of other emus. Finally, a fiery crown sits atop its head, which has larger 'spikes' or flames at the front and blends into red at the base.

## Description

*Rises from the ashes of its predecessor to spread its wings and… run along the ground.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 3 or greater.
* Emu tamed.
* Emu habitat upgraded to level 3 or higher.
* Unlock (see how to unlock boss mission here) and complete Fiery Phoemu boss mission (tips for completion are below). From here it can be found in Outback permanently.
* To be found in the stampede: Ride past 2200m in Outback.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 2200m.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The player is required to chase a Fiery Phoemu on an emu through a section of Outback that is similar in appearance to Outback past 2000m without walls, that features all trees and bushes being on fire, rocks and the occasional pool of water, usually beside a flaming obstacle. It is imperative that the player is very close to the Fiery Phoemu before they jump to lasso it, as the high speed of the Fiery Phoemu makes it very likely that the player will fall short. To make it easier, the player should have their emu habitat upgraded to level 6, meaning that emus will take longer to burn, reducing the panic of needing to find a water pool quickly, and the player can jump further from emus, minimising the risk of the player falling short when jumping.

## Baby Fiery Phoemu

* Jump from animals 9% faster
* *Fire burns 3% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Fiery Phoemu is a play on a phoenix.
	+ The description reflects this, referencing a mythological phoenix's traits and abilities while playing on this by referencing an emu's inability to fly.
	+ The Baby Fiery Phoemu's passive ability where fire burns 3% slower may references a phoenix's fiery nature.

## Notes

* The Fiery Phoemu was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
* The Fiery Phoemu could sometime sprint out off the track due to a glitch, making the player sometimes overshoot their jump and be unable to latch onto it.
Dolphin in Shining Armor

The **Dolphin in Shining Armor** is the sixth dolphin in the game. It was first released as a part of the Ocean Romance event.

## Appearance

The Dolphin in Shining Armor is a light blue dolphin with dark blue spots on it. It is wearing a knight helmet, and its side fins and tail are covered in metal armour. It has a brown strap with yellow belt attached to it. It has a red strand of hair instead of a top fin. Like all dolphins, its mouth is coloured pink.

## Description

*On an adventure to rescue his princess in distress.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Dolphin tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Dreamy Trip Season 13.
		- Dolphin in Shining Armor is tamed immediately upon purchase.
	+ Collect 42  in the Ocean Romance event.
* Once obtained, ride past 1500m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1500m.

## Trivia

* The Dolphin in Shining Armor references the Dolsel in Distress in its description, alluding to the fact that in princess stories, typical knights save princesses in distress.
	+ The Dolphin in Shining Armor is one of five animals that reference a knight or a chevalier, the other four being the Ostri Chevalier, the Knight Hawk, the Knight Owl, and the Knightmaratops.
* The Dolphin in Shining Armor was released with an affiliated hat, the Knight in Shining Armor.

## Notes

* The Dolphin in Shining Armor was released in version 2.6.0 on the 22nd of August 2022, as a part of the Ocean Romance event, along with the original Dolphin species.
Flight Attendant

The **Flight Attendant** is the seventh eagle in the stampede. Like all other Sky Zoo level 9 animals, it requires the player to level the eagle habitat up to level 9.

## Appearance

The Flight Attendant has a main body colour of cream, with its wingtip feathers being light blue at the top and purple at the base. Its wings also have blue stripes running across the wings near the wingtip feathers. The back part of each main section of the wing is purple. The Flight Attendant's head is brown, with blue panels on the sides of its head, a black beak with a light orange lining and a hat typical of a flight attendant, coloured sky blue with a darker blue top.

## Description

*Please stay seated and keep your lasso secure. Enjoy your flight!*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 4 or greater.
* Bald Eagle tamed.
* Eagle habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1200m in Mountains (found perched on rocks off the side of a cliff).

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1200m.

## Trivia

* The Flight Attendant is a play on a flight attendant, or a host or hostess on a commercial flight.
	+ The description references a typical pre-flight message delivered to the passengers by the pilot through the intercom.
	+ The Baby Flight Attendant also references a flight in its greater than normal ability regarding flying animal swoop speed.
* Intriguingly, the Baby Flight Attendant is missing the hat that the adult wears.

## Notes

* The Flight Attendant was released on the 8th of September 2016 in version 1.2.0, along with all other Savannah, Jungle and Mountains level 9 animals.
Giraxxus

The **Giraxxus** is the fifth giraffe that the player can befriend in the game.

## Appearance

The Giraxxus has dull orange coloured skin with burgundy spots. It has long pale burgundy ossicones, resembling dragon's horns, which fade into white at the top and large burgundy dragon-style wings by the sides of its torso as its main features. Its legs are mainly orange with dark burgundy hooves.

## Description

*A good old friend of the Diabuffalo, they often hang together at conventions.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Savannah 3 or greater.
* Giraffe tamed.
* Ride past 2200m in Savannah.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is extremely low due to it being a tier 5 animal. It will appear randomly but very rarely, and never before 2200m.

## Trivia

* The Giraxxus is a reference to Lord Jaraxxus from World of Warcraft.
	+ In turn, the description is a reference to how World of Warcraft and Diablo, which the Diabuffalo is based on, are made by the same developers, which is why they would "hang together at conventions".
* In version 0.1.0 in the soft launch, the word "conventions" was replaced with "parties".

## Notes

* The Giraxxus was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all other original Savannah animals, Jungle and all original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The description was changed in update 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016, with the original description having the word "Diabuffalo" changed to "Diabluffalo".
	+ This appears to be a mistake, accidentally referencing the soft launch name of the Diabuffalo. This description was also the original description of the Giraxxus in the soft launch, in versions 0.1.0 and 0.2.0.
	+ It was reverted in version 1.13.0 on the 14th of December 2017.
* Until an unknown date, the description read "A good old friend of the Diabuffalo...", however, the 'old' has since been removed.
Firebug

The **Firebug** is the seventh VIP animal.

## Appearance

The Firebug has an orange-coloured body similar to the Pillbug. It is cloaked in yellow fire with a white center that gives off a reddish glow. Its antenna is orange with a darker variant of the colour at the tips. When angry, the Firebug curls up into a blazing ball, producing a long, bright streak behind.

## Requirements

* Spend enough real money in the game to reach VIP level 7 (amount varies per country and currency).

## Abilities

* Energy drains 30% slower in the Garden
* Turn faster when riding on rolling Firebug
* When rolling, Firebug will throw you clear if you crash
* Get bonus coins while travelling at top speed on Firebug

1. ↑ **Note:** The ability is an improvement on those of upgraded pillbugs, which the Firebug is based on.

## Behaviour

* **When ridden:** The Firebug scuttles along.
* **When angry:** The Firebug jumps up, wraps itself into a ball and rolls forwards, taking the shape of a fireball. It is able to steer relatively well, accelerating faster and faster.
* **In habitat:** The Firebug scuttles awkwardly, occasionally having a look from side to side.
	+ **Selected in habitat:** The Firebug moves its body from side to side.

## Trivia

* The Firebug is a portmanteau of "fire" and "pillbug", as reflected in the description.
	+ The description includes the idiom hot on your heels, meaning to follow closely behind someone. This plays on both the Firebug's fiery theme and appearance, as well as its speed when angry, being based on a pillbug.

## Notes

* The Firebug was released in version 1.24.0 on the 23rd of October 2019 on iOS and the 25th of October on Android, along with all pangolins, roosters, kirins and other VIP animals.
* The Firebug was originally going to be named the "Pillblaze".
* In version 1.26.1 on the 17th of February 2020, the Firebug gained abilities that made it equal to an upgraded pillbug, with some improved attributes.
Emu

The **Emu** is the first emu that the player can tame.

## Appearance

The Emu has long grey legs, dark brown toes, a dark brown and black torso fading to a creamy, beige front and underbelly. A white line runs down its sides, from its neck to its backside. It also possesses a small beady head with a short and pointy black beak.

## Description

*A soft-feathered flightless bird. Females lay eggs to be incubated, hatched and raised by the males.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 3 or greater.
* Ride in Outback.

## Trivia

* The Emu is based on a real-life emu.
* The Emu's description is made up of accurate information about real-life emus.

## Notes

* The Emu was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
Dolphitrus

The **Dolphitrus** is the third dolphin that the player can find in the game.

## Appearance

The Dolphitrus is a dolphin that is coloured orange, and both the fins and the fluke are all slices of oranges. Its underbelly is coloured peach. Like all other dolphins, its mouth is coloured pink. The Dolphitrus is also holding a green stick in its mouth.

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Dolphin tamed.
* Ride past 1000m in Ocean.

**Note:** Its chance of appearing is medium due to it being a tier 3 animal. It will appear in just over half the runs the player does, and never before 1000m.

## Baby Dolphitrus

* Eating animals is 12% more effective
* *Oxygen depletes 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Dolphitrus is a portmanteau of the words "dolphin" and "citrus".
	+ The appearance seems to be based on an orange, a fruit that is part of the citrus family.
	+ The Baby Dolphitrus's unusually high boost in effectiveness of eating animals when sidekicked plays on this.

## Notes

* The Dolphitrus was released in version 2.6.0 on the 22nd of August 2022, along with the original Dolphin species.
* The Dolphitrus's rarity was changed from Common to Rare in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
Giant Turtle

The **Giant Turtle** is the first turtle that can be discovered in Olympus.

## Appearance

With a golden shell and four green flippers, the Giant Turtle has the distinct appearance of a turtle. Its shell has a square pattern in which the thick outlines are darker, and also has a square spiral in each square. It can also be seen that the bottom of the Giant Turtle is made up of another golden shell layer. In between the two layers is a blurry teal area, which its spotted aqua flippers originate from. Its head, also spotty and coloured teal, is short and mostly round, and also sprouts from between the two shell layers, as does its tail, which is shorter than its back flippers and shaped like an elongated trapezium.

## Description

*These huge turtles are a lot faster than you'd think. Especially in water.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 5 or greater.
* Ride in Olympus.

## Trivia

* The description outlines the Giant Turtle and other turtles' behaviour in-game.
	+ The Baby Giant Turtle's ability reflects the behaviour of the adult.

## Notes

* The Giant Turtle was released on the 17th of September 2017 in version 1.11.0 along with dragons, other turtles and hydras.
* The Giant Turtle does not appear to be a reference to any specific turtles in mythology, unlike most other Olympus animals.