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Butterfly koi

The **Butterfly koi** is the fifth trout in the game.

## Appearance

The Butterfly koi is mostly yellow. It has brown linings on its body. Its fins and tail are shaped like wings of a butterfly and are brown edged. The Butterfly koi also has two antennae on its head with yellow tips on the top. Glowing, white butterflies pop up variously around the vicinity of the Butterfly koi.

## Description

*Famous for its elongated wing-like fins and its love for sweets.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Coral Trout tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 130 in the Dreamy Trip Season 13.
		- Butterfly koi is tamed immediately upon purchase.
	+ Collect 28  in the Oriental Aquarium event.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Ocean.

**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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Butterfly koi is a pun on a real-life butterfly koi, with its appearance designed to resemble a literal butterfly.
	+ Its description plays on how butterflies drink nectar from flowers, hence loving sweets.

## Notes

* The Butterfly koi was released in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022, as a part of the Oriental Aquarium event.
* The Butterfly koi's name has an error. The 'k' in "koi" should be capitalised.
* The Butterfly koi received new butterfly particle effects in version 2.9.0 on the 1st of October 2022.
Centipie

The **Centipie** is the seventh centipede. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their centipede habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

The Centipie is very different in appearance to other centipedes. Its body is coloured a light tan, and its legs are red. Its head resembles a triangular slice of cherry pie, with a pastry and base that are a slightly darker colour to its body, and a red filling. Additionally, the Centipie's antennae and hind legs have been replaced with a pair of cherries, with green stalks and red cherries on the end. However, its most noticeable feature is the large pair of cherries attached to its last 'tail' segment, which replace its final pair of legs.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 5 or greater.
* Centipede tamed.
* Centipede habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1600m in Garden.

**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 Centipie

* Taming mating animals is 10% quicker
* Eating animals is 12% more effective

## Trivia

* The Centipie is based on a pie.
	+ The Baby Centipie's ability "eating animals is 12% more effective" is a reference to pies being a kind of food.
* Its description is a reference to the urban myth that all centipedes have 100 legs due to the prefix of 'centi-'.

## Notes

* The Centipie was released in version 1.16.0 on the 8th of May 2018 on Android and on the 10th of May 2018 on iOS, along with beetles, all other centipedes and butterflies.
	+ Like all beetles, other centipedes and butterflies, the Centipie was bugged on iOS and would not appear up until the release of version 1.16.1 on the 14th of May 2018.
Class: Epic

**Epic animals**, also known as IAP animals, are animals which can only be obtained through in-app purchase (IAP), using real money. They all impact the game in a positive way, and are also playable in game, but are not found naturally in the stampede. There are currently 6 epic animals. When epic animals are purchased, they appear in an isolated habitat to the right of the Shop which automatically has the appearance of something similar to a combination of a level 8 & 9 habitat. The epic habitat cannot be upgraded, and since it cannot be upgraded, epic animals do not have the ability to earn bonus coins in the stampede.

While epic animals may resemble animals of other species, such as the Cash Cow resembling a buffalo, they are of their own species, in which they count as a separate species in missions where the player must ride a certain amount of different animals in a row/in one run.

## Epic Animals

* Cash Cow (2x zoo income)
* Mission Mule (Unlimited missions)
* Revive Raven (Free revives)
* Lucky Lamb (2x rare animals)
* Legendary Lion (Gives all epic animals with added boosts)
* Goldfish (+4 runs in the Ocean per recharge)

## Notes

* The Cash Cow was released in the original release, 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016.
* The Mission Mule was released in version 1.2.0 on the 8th of September 2016.
* The Revive Raven and the Epic Habitat were released in version 1.4.0 on the 14th of December 2016.
	+ The Cash Cow and Mission Mule were part of the buffalo and zebra habitats respectively up until update 1.4.0.
* The Lucky Lamb was released in version 1.19.0 on the 16th of August 2018.
* The Legendary Lion was released in version 1.22.6 on the 3rd of June 2019.
* The Goldfish was released in version 2.0.0 on the 14th of April 2022.
	+ The rarity for all epic animals was changed to Epic (from Legendary).
* Since epic animals don't appear naturally in the stampede, there are no epic animal babies or hats.
Basket-Bull

The **Basket-Bull** is the ninth minotaur in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 5 event.

## Appearance

The Basket-Bull resembles the Minotaur wearing a basketball uniform. The uniform consists of a yellow basketball jersey outlined in blue and the number 23 on it, two wristbands and a headband of the same colour, yellow sneakers, and a yellow-and-blue basketball held in the Basket-Bull's right hand. The Basket-Bull also wears a blue backpack.

## Description

*His height gives him a huge advantage as the leader of the basketball team.*

## Requirements

* Olympus 1 unlocked.
* Minotaur tamed.
* Purchase Season 5's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 15th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Olympus.

**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 5m.

## Trivia

* The Basket-Bull is a play on a basketball, depicting it as basketball player instead.
	+ The description further plays on this, as minotaurs are known for being tall, which is advantageous in basketball.

## Notes

* The Basket-Bull was released in version 2.7.0 on the 8th of September 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 5 event.
* Upon release, the Basket-Bull's description was missing a period.
	+ This was fixed at an unknown date.
Chocolate Mousse

The **Chocolate Mousse** is the seventh moose in the stampede. Like all other Sky Zoo level 9 animals, it requires the player to upgrade the respective habitat to level 9.

## Appearance

The Chocolate Mousse has a main body colour of brown, incorporating both deep, rich brown spots and lighter areas. Its horns are the shiny dark brown, with three drops of a chocolate-like substance hanging off on either side, getting longer the farther they get from the Chocolate Mousse's head. The main branch of each of its horns loops around a red ball with white speckles on each side, which may represent a strawberry. A white substance sits in piles on the Chocolate Mousse's head and back, resembling whipped cream.

## Description

*We thought you'd find this pun amoosing.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 5 or greater.
* Alpine Moose tamed.
* Moose habitat upgraded to level 9.
* Ride past 1900m in Mountains.

**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 1900m.

## Baby Chocolate Mousse

* Taming animals is 14% quicker
* Taming mating animals is 14% quicker

## Trivia

* The Chocolate Mousse relates back to a moose in that "mousse" is a homophone of "moose". This is reinstated in the description, which also contains a second moose pun, with 'amusing' being spelt as "amoosing".
* However, the Dark Mousse also plays on this.

## Notes

* The Chocolate Mousse was released on the 8th of September 2016 in version 1.2.0, along with all other Savannah, Jungle and Mountains level 9 animals.
Dan Graf

**Dan Graf** is a self-employed indie developer and animator. He is responsible for creating the art and models of Rodeo Stampede, and has had a long collaboration with Featherweight Games, having teamed up with them 1 whole year before the release of Rodeo Stampede: Sky Zoo Safari. More information here.

## Video

This video is a presentation by Dan Graf at CGAP in 2016, detailing his journey into becoming the artist for Rodeo Stampede and becoming an indie developer.

Warning! This video contains explicit language.
Dimetropunk

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

## Appearance

The Dimetropunk has coral pink skin, and wears a denim-blue short-sleeved jacket over a black skin-tight "shirt" that covers half of its limbs and goes to its backside. Around its neck is a dark navy blue collar with small white pyramidal spikes. Each of its limbs also have square dark navy blue cuffs, with a single spikes on each face. Its sail is made up of tall magenta spikes, as is its mohawk on its head. Sprouting from its nostrils is a white nose ring. Its tail has a thick fuzzy dark olive line running down the centre.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Jurassic 7 or greater.
* Dimetrodon tamed.
* Dimetrodon habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 2200m 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 2200m.

## Baby Dimetropunk

* Crates give 30% more coins
* Rare animals appear 10% more often

## Trivia

* The Dimetropunk is a portmanteau of 'dimetrodon' and 'punk'.
	+ The Dimetropunk references the Swearodactyl in the description, which relates to the punk theme.
	+ Its appearance references punk rock, a genre of music known for its heavy, metallic sound, obscene language and extreme appearances.

## Notes

* The Dimetropunk was released on the 16th of August 2018 in version 1.19.0 along with all other dimetrodons.
Bestffalo

The **Bestffalo** is the twelfth buffalo in the game. It was first released as a part of the Fifth Anniversary Event.

## Appearance

The Bestffalo is identical to the Cape Buffalo, albeit it wears many decorative items. At the front, it wears a celebratory hat, necklace and wrist cuffs coloured gold with blue plating. Streaming from its hat are five red ribbons fanning outward from the centre, where the number 5 is embossed. Blue zig-zag ribbons stretch backwards across its body, towards its rear. Around its waist it wears a skirt similar to a rosette, with a smaller central star coloured red and gold, and mostly dark blue and light blue in the larger section.

## Description

*After running for 5 years, the Buffalo has finally evolved into the Bestffalo!*

## Requirements

* Cape Buffalo tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 180 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 100 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Seventh Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 300 in the Badge Shop.
		- Bestffalo is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 300m 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 300m.

## Trivia

* The name "Bestffalo" is a portmanteau of "best" and "buffalo".

## Notes

* The Bestffalo was released in version 1.50.0 on the 25th of June 2021, as a part of the Fifth Anniversary Event.
Ao Guang

The **Ao Guang** is the third Chinese dragon in zoo order.

## Appearance

The Ao Guang has a body similar to that of the Chinese Dragon, except it has a pinkish colour (which turns orange-ish at the tail) and purple gradients down its body. Its head and limbs are coloured by reddish-orange gradients. Its sail feathers are coloured plum, bristly and aligned. It has white hair that is stroked backwards, extending from the bridge of the nose to the end of its head, and a goatee under its lower jaw. It also has a pair of white eyebrows, and a pair of white whiskers, which is curled at the tips. Its tail feathers are also bigger than the Chinese Dragon's.

## Description

*Dragon king of the Sea. Gave the Monkey King his famous golden staff weapon.*

## Requirements

* Great Wall 1 unlocked.
* Chinese Dragon tamed.
* Ride past 800m in Great Wall.

**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 800m.

## Baby Ao Guang

* Missions give 15% more coins
* *Energy drains 1% slower in the Great Wall (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Ao Guang's description is based on the Ao Guang (敖广), also known as The Dragon King of the East Seas (東海龍王) in Chinese religion, that appeared in many works including Journey to the West.
	+ The Monkey King is referenced in the description, as both Monkey King and Ao Guang are characters from the book Journey to the West.

## Notes

* The Ao Guang was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Chinese New Year Event 2021

The **2021 Chinese New Year Event** was an event that ran from the 5th to the 22nd of February 2021.

## About

This event was very similar to the 2020 Winter Holiday Event. Another new currency, fireworks (), was added. An advent calendar-style daily tasks system was also added, virtually identical to the 2020 Winter Holiday Event, in which the player could complete various goals or missions to earn more , and get exclusive decorations, hats and animals.

Apart from this, the gameplay was similar to previous Chinese New Year events (2019 and earlier). To get more  than those offered in the daily tasks, the player had to ride animals that had a floating firework (right) above them. As soon as the player landed on the animal, a  would be earned. Fireworks could also be earned by smashing the returning firework shrubs; smashing one would give one . The exclusive Chinese New Year crates also returned, which gave slightly more  than the usual amount.

The shop in the 2021 event was also more elaborate than previous years, featuring decorations, animals and hats. 3 new hats and 3 new animals were introduced, as well as decorations for all parts of the zoo. The player could trade in their  to obtain these. Interestingly, the previous year's exclusive animals and hats did not return.

## Daily Tasks

* Day 1
* Day 2
* Day 3
* Day 4
* Day 5
* Day 6
* Day 7
* Day 8
* Day 9
* Day 10

## Exchange

### Special Offers

There was one item that could exclusively only be obtained from the special offers, which were bundles that required real money to purchase. It was available only in the Spring Ultra Value Pack.

* Big Carp

## Notes

* The player was able to carry over any leftover  from the 2020 Winter Holiday Event, and have them return as .
	+ This suggests that the 2021 Chinese New Year Event was a direct copy of the 2020 Winter Holiday Event.
* Many daily tasks had errors with plurals being in place when it wasn’t correct.
* Android and iOS versions had items in the Exchange listed in different orders.

## Gallery

The crates in the 2021 CNY eventOcassional shrubs in the event that gave 1 firework when smashed
Aloha Octopus

The **Aloha Octopus** is the second octopus in the game.

## Appearance

The Aloha Octopus is just like the Octopus, but is cyan blue, has purple stripes and has three starfish on it.

## Description

*A boneless dancer delivers the best hula!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Octopus tamed.
* Ride past 500m 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 500m.

## Trivia

* The Aloha Octopus references Hawaiian dance styles. "Aloha" is a commonly used phrase in Hawaii, which means "Hello".
	+ Its description further supports this, mentioning the hula, a prominent Hawaiian dance.

## Notes

* The Aloha Octopus was released in version 2.14.0 on the 14th of January 2023.
* Like all other octopus babies, the Baby Aloha Octopus was bugged in that its colours were dull and muted.
	+ This was fixed in version 2.15.0 on the 17th of February 2023.
Cricket

The **Cricket** is the sixth grasshopper in the game. It is a boss animal, meaning that in order to tame it, the player must complete a minigame called a boss mission. After successfully taming, it can be found permanently in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Cricket's body is coloured navy blue on top, which fades into a play dough green colour. Covering its body and at least half of each of its legs are cricket whites, and a cricket bat sits by its right side. Its wings are coloured mint green. On its head is a cricket helmet, with a blue top and a white grille.

## Requirements

* Garden 1 unlocked.
* Grasshopper tamed.
* Grasshopper habitat upgraded to level 7.
* Unlock (see how to unlock boss mission here) and complete Cricket boss mission (tips for completion are below). From here it can be found in Garden permanently.
* To be found in the stampede: Ride past 1600m in Garden.

**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.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The Cricket boss mission is not very difficult, with the player simply being required to jump through a scatter of giant coins. There is enough space between for the player to easily pick out where they want to land without having to change their decision. The player must be over level 6 to complete this mission, meaning steering isn't a major issue.

## Baby Cricket

* Bucks are 10% smaller
* *Lasso shrinks 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Cricket is a pun on the sport cricket and the insect cricket, an insect closely related to grasshoppers.
	+ The cricket references continue in the Cricket's appearance and its description, which references leg before wicket (lbw), a form of dismissal in cricket. This plays on how crickets have six legs as opposed to two, like humans.

## Notes

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

The **Blackfin** is the fourth shark in the game.

## Appearance

The Blackfin is a black coloured shark with a beige lower half, and red gills. It wears a navy jacket draped over its back, with sleeves that hang loosely. The jacket has gold lining and gold bands around each sleeve. There are also gold buttons on the sleeves and the front of the jacket. Covering its left pectoral fin is a white hook with a grey base. It wears a typical pirate hat, navy in colour and outlined with gold like the jacket. Tied around the base is a red band with a knot at the back, while the front features a white embossed fishbone logo, parodying a typical skull and crossbones. The same fishbone logo can be seen on its black eyepatch which covers its right eye.

## Description

*Has a hording problem, especially when it comes to treasure.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Shark 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.

## Trivia

* The Blackfin is a reference to Blackbeard, possibly the most famous and notorious pirate of all time.
	+ The description jokes about how pirates live to loot and discover treasure.
		- The pirate and loot theme is further continued in the baby ability "Crates give 18% more coins".
	+ The Crabtopher Condent, Caliblow Jack, Captain Dave, and **Blackfin** are the other Ocean animals that reference pirates.

## Notes

* The Blackfin 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.
* The description contains a spelling error in "hording". It should be spelt "hoarding".
Candylamb

The **Candylamb** is the third sheep in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Candylamb is mainly pink blue and white, with feet, legs and decorative extras on the body. It has a pink afro with a spiral on top covering the top of its head, as well as a blue tipped nose and horns on the side of its head, resembling candy canes. Its body is a creamy pink colour with pale blue stripes, its feet are the classical white and its legs are the same colour as the Merino Sheep. Its body is decorated with pink and blue wool front to back. It can easily be distinguished by the colours covering its body and the sweet feel, given by the soft, bright colours.

## Description

*A sweet little ball of cotton candy. Catches licks from all the other sheep in the herd.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 1 or greater.
* Merino Sheep tamed.
* Ride past 800m in Outback.

**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 800m.

## Baby Candylamb

* Taming animals is 12% quicker
* Eating animals is 9% more effective

## Trivia

* The Candylamb is a play on fairy floss, known as cotton candy in the United States of America. This is a reverse play on a sheep as sheep's wool is considered soft and fluffy, like cotton.
	+ This is reiterated in the description.
	+ The Baby Candylamb's ability where eating animals becomes 9% more effective plays on the theme of cotton candy as cotton candy is a food that is eaten.
* The Candylamb's name is also a play on the board game Candyland.
* The Kangollipop is the other Outback animal that is a play on candy.

## Notes

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

The **Booster** is the third rooster that the player can find, by zoo order.

## Appearance

The Booster wears a white daredevil suit, with cool dark purple, almost blue, stripes on the sides of the legs and at the cuffs of its sleeves. Such stripes are also featured on the sides of the Booster's body, meeting at its chest and stretching vertically down. Its suit also features a prominent collar, comprised of two white points bent downwards. A similarly white helmet, with a purple stripe running down the centre and a grille protecting the Booster's face sits atop its head. The Booster's body is largely rosemary or magenta, barring its wingtips, where it blends into dark purple. Attached to its rear is a magenta rocket booster with a dull orange opening, from which a fiery jet stream bursts out of. Its feet are orange.

## Description

*Most roosters crow at the sun... This rooster wants to meet the sun.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 5 or greater.
* Rooster tamed.
* Ride past 800m in Great Wall.

**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 800m.

## Baby Booster

* Ridden animals are 8% faster
* Mating animals appear 8% more often

## Trivia

* The Booster references a rocket booster, as alluded to by its name. It is a rhyming play on 'rooster', as "booster" rhymes with it.
	+ The description also relates to this reference, relating back to the context of a rooster.
	+ The Baby Booster's ability to increase riding speed is referring to the boost mechanic of the booster.
* The Booster is one of three animals having a space theme, the others being A Pollo 11 and Space Panda.

## Notes

* The Booster 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, other roosters, kirins and VIP animals.
Baby shark

*Not to be confused with the Baby Shark, the baby of the base shark.*

The **Baby shark** is the fifth shark in the game.

## Appearance

The Baby shark is a light blue shark with a white underbelly. It is wearing a yellow cap. It is carrying an almost black school bag with a strap attached it. Both the bag and the strap have yellow markings on them. Around its neck is a red necktie.

## Description

*Baby shark ddu du ddu du, go to school ddu du ddu du.*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Shark 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.

## Trivia

* The Baby shark is a reference to the song "Baby Shark" by Pinkfong.
* The Baby shark's name is "Baby shark" instead of "Baby *Shark*" (with a capital "S"), possibly to avoid confusion with the baby of the base shark.

## Notes

* The Baby shark was released in version 2.8.0 on the 19th of September 2022.
Camelflage

The **Camelflage** is the second camel in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Camelflage greatly resembles the Camel, although it wears a dark green hood with darker green stripes or wrinkles in it. It also has a camo pattern composed of green, white, grey and brown streaks, covering the top of its head to its tail and the upper part of its legs.

## Description

*What? Why are you staring at empty space? Nothing to see here.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 4 or greater.
* Camel tamed.
* Ride past 1200m in Outback.

**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 1200m.

## Trivia

* The name "Camelflage" is a portmanteau of the words 'camel' and 'camouflage'. It is also a pun on 'camouflage'.
* The Camelflage's description references how camouflage is intended to make the wearer harder to detect.

## Notes

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

The **Combat Wombat** is the second wombat in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Combat Wombat resembles the Wombat outfitted for combat. It now wears a pair of shades and has a black mop of slicked-back hair. Its body is covered up by its camouflage uniform, coloured in various sades of yellow and tan. Its legs are green, with the very ends coloured solid black. Finally, it wears a black waistband holding a generic pistol on its right.

## Description

*A veteran digger; highly trained wombat specialist, experienced in all forms of trench warfare.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 2 or greater.
* Wombat tamed.
* Ride past 500m in Outback.

**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 500m.

## Trivia

* The Combat Wombat's name is an example of rhyme.
	+ The Combat Wombat's description makes a note of a wombat's digging skill, as trench warfare requires digging a trench. This falls in line with the combat theme.

## Notes

* The Combat Wombat was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
Avian Attorney

The **Avian Attorney** is the seventh phoenix in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their phoenix habitat to level 5 or higher.

## Appearance

Being a recolour of the Phoenix, the Avian Attorney is mostly coloured black, with a white collar and gradient on its wings and tail. The Avian Attorney wears a red tie around its neck, beneath its collar. Notably, its head feathers are even darker in colour, spiky in appearance with a zig-zagged white stripe on each side, in a possible allusion to Phoenix Wright's extreme hairstyle.

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 3 or greater.
* Phoenix tamed.
* Phoenix habitat upgraded to level 5 or higher.
* Ride past 1800m in Olympus.

**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 Avian Attorney

* Flying animals swoop 12% slower
* Fire burns 12% slower

## Trivia

* The Avian Attorney is a reference to the character Phoenix Wright from the *Ace Attorney* series of visual novels.
	+ Its species, phoenix, plays on one half of his name.
	+ The Avian Attorney's description references both the right for anyone to have a defence and the other half of Phoenix Wright's name.
* The Baby Avian Attorney's abilities all boosting attributes by 12% may be a reference to the date of Ace Attorney's initial release, October 12, 2001.

## Notes

* The Avian Attorney was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.
Bumper Car Hippo

The **Bumper Car Hippo** is the ninth hippo. It was first released as a part of the Third Anniversary Event.

## Appearance

The Bumper Car Hippo is mostly pink, with its body largely resembling a dodgem or bumper car. Its ears and a small section around its eyes are coloured red, as are all of its legs and the lower half of its torso and head. The pink and red sections are separated by a thick white line. A bulbous black bumper bar surrounds the majority of the Bumper Car Hippo's body. At the front, the Bumper Car Hippo has yellow headlights replacing a hippo's usual nostrils, while at the back, the Bumper Car Hippo has two red taillights as well as a black antenna with a red cube on top. The Bumper Car Hippo also features a black steering wheel just in front of where the player sits, and a square opening similar to a bumper car.

## Description

*Crashing into other animals just got even more fun!*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 2 or greater.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 50 in the Third Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 250 in the Fourth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Fifth Anniversary Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the Summer Party.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2022 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.
	+ Purchase for 250 in the Badge Shop.
		- Bumper Car Hippo is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 1200m in Jungle (Bumper Car Hippo match can be tamed).

**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 1200m.

## Trivia

* The Bumper Car Hippo is based on a bumper car, which may reference a hippopotamus' sheer size.
	+ The description references a hippo's in-game behaviour of crashing things while charging.

## Notes

* The Bumper Car Hippo was first released on the 19th of June 2019 as part of the Third Anniversary Event.
* The Bumper Car Hippo, along with the BuffaloBQ and the Birthdaysaurus, was among the first event animals to have a breeding time of 6hrs and be a part of tier 3.
Alectryon

The **Alectryon** is the fifth phoenix in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their phoenix habitat to level 2 or higher.

## Appearance

The Alectryon has an orange-and-green colour scheme, with the dark green, so dark that it is almost black, used for the outside of its wings, and the inside of its tail. Unique to the Alectryon is a large red crest and caruncles, similar to that of a rooster.

## Description

*Because he failed to warn Ares that the Sun god Helios was coming, Ares turned Alectryon into a rooster so he would always announce the coming of the Sun.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Olympus 3 or greater.
* Phoenix tamed.
* Phoenix habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
* Ride past 1300m in Olympus.

**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 1300m.

## Baby Alectryon

* Flying animals swoop 6% slower
* *Animals get angry 1% slower (passive)*

## Trivia

* The Alectryon is a reference to the myth of Alectryon in name and description.

## Notes

* The Alectryon was released on the 18th of August 2017 in version 1.10.0 along with Olympus and the first five Olympus species.
* The Alectryon's description contains an error in that "alectryon" should be capitalised.
	+ This was corrected in version 1.17.0 on the 24th of May 2018.
Dark Mousse

The **Dark Mousse** is the sixth moose that can be discovered in the stampede. Like most secret animals, it can only be found by completing a special task.

## Appearance

The Dark Mousse is entirely grey in colour, barring only its hooves and antlers. Its hooves have purple rings above them. In its mouth, it holds a purple lamp with a brown stick and between its antlers, which are brown and jagged in appearance, are purple bolts of lightning. It has a brown and purple saddle on the back which has five purple hanging crystals on each side.

## Description

*Keeper of ancient secrets. Channels arcane power from the void. Made of chocolate.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 5 or greater.
* Ride eight different animal species uninterrupted in a row in Mountains.
	+ The player must start on an animal from a different zone, or an epic animal, in order to do this. A tip is to first jump onto a rarer animal (e.g. an eagle) and stay on it until a rarer animal which cannot be ridden infinitely is found (e.g. a yak), before jumping on the remaining animal species.

**Note:** Due to it being a secret animal, it will appear **every time** the player completes the above requirements.

## Trivia

* The Dark Mousse is a play on dark chocolate mousse, a light dessert made from dark chocolate and whipped egg white. "Mousse" is a homophone with 'moose'.
* The description references a stereotypical super-teacher or master who knows of all the dark secrets of the universe, and also references dark chocolate mousse.

## Notes

* The Dark Mousse was released in version 1.1.0 on the 26th of July 2016 along with Mountains and all other Mountains species.
Art and Design Events

**Art and design events** are a form of social event. They have been hosted on both Facebook and KTplay. They were showcases of people's drawing talents and gave players the chance to design new animals that they wanted in the game. Often the player could earn rewards, such as free epic animals, free , free  and some other rare animals.

## Events

* Insect Contest
* Fan Art Competition
* Savannah Design Contest
* 6th Anniversary Animal Design Competition
* Halloween Design Contest
* Animal Design Competition
Brazeb

The **Brazeb** is the second type of zebra in the game.

## Appearance

The Brazeb looks similar to the Zebra, except with a body which is predominantly black with bronze vertical stripes, which fade into white on its legs and head. It has a white nose and a tail which is coloured similarly to its body with a white tip.

## Description

*The Zebra's backwards cousin - actually a brown horse with bleached highlights.*

## Requirements

* Zebra tamed.
* Ride past 600m in Savannah.

**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 600m.

## Trivia

* "Brazeb" is an obvious play on 'zebra', switching the first and second syllables of 'zebra' around.
* It resembles an okapi, a short-necked animal closely related to the giraffe.
* Some say that it can also resemble a zorse (or zebroid), which is a hybrid of a male zebra and female horse.
* The Brazeb is known as the "Reverzebra" in the Poki version of the game, likely to be a beta name.
* The Brazeb had a different description in version 0.1.0 in the soft launch. It was previously "The backwards cousin of a zebra.".

## Notes

* The Brazeb 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.
Blue Whale

The **Blue Whale** is the first blue whale that the player can tame.

## Appearance

The Blue Whale has a mottled blue grey colour for its fins, flippers, back and tail with a white underside with lines representing the ventral pleat. Its baleen is a murky yellow.

## Description

*The biggest animal that ever lived. It measures up to 33 meters in length and 150 tons in weight!*

## Requirements

* Ocean Zoo unlocked.
* Ride in Ocean.

## Trivia

* The Blue Whale is based on a real-life blue whale.
* The description references trivia about real life blue whales.

## Notes

* The Blue Whale was released in version 2.4.0 on the 18th of July 2022, along with the other blue whale species.
* The Blue Whale was the app icon mascot temporarily, in version 2.6.0, to celebrate the release of the dolphins.
Anglelephant

The **Anglelephant** is the thirteenth elephant in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 3 event.

## Appearance

The Anglelephant is completely brown in colour, with darker brown scale-like patterns on its body. Its ears are like fins, with a lighter brown membrane between dark brown bones. A cyan lamp hangs from a stalk protruding from the top of its head. Its tusks are grey in colour.

## Requirements

* Purchase Season 3's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 25th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m 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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Anglelephant is a portmanteau of "anglerfish" and "elephant".
	+ The description further plays on this, referencing an anglerfish's esca, which is the light on top of its head.

## Notes

* The Anglelephant was released in version 2.2.0 on the 26th of May 2022, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 3 event.
* Upon release, the Anglelephant had a mistake in its description. "A head" should be written as "ahead".
Colonel Yak

The **Colonel Yak** is the twelfth yak in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 11 event.

## Appearance

The Colonel Yak has an Uncle Sam-like appearance, with a brown face painted in three white lines, a blue furry body which ends with red and white lines with three white stars on the shoulders, a blue mop of hair, and dark blue feet and nose. Its most prominent feature, though, is its hat, which has a red base, a vertical red and white stripe pattern, a blue band with white stars on it around the base and a red top.

## Description

*You've seen cowboy, but this Colonel was once a yakboy!*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 3 or greater.
* Yak tamed.
* Purchase Season 11's Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 15th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Mountains.

**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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Colonel Yak's appearance is based on Uncle Sam, the iconic American figure representing the United States.
* The Colonel Yak's description plays on the word 'cowboy' as yaks and cows are closely related.

## Notes

* The Colonel Yak was released in version 3.1.0 on the 7th of July 2023, as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 11 event.
* In the description, 'Colonel' is incorrectly capitalised.
Christmas Taming Goat

The **Christmas Taming Goat** is the tenth goat in the game. It was first released as a part of the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.

## Description

*Santa Claus wanted to change his mount, so this year the tame sheep took Santa Claus to spend Christmas with everyone.*

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Mountains 1 or greater.
* Mountain Goat tamed.
* Obtain in events:
	+ Purchase for 200 in the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.
		- Christmas Taming Goat is tamed immediately upon purchase.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m in Mountains.

**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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Christmas Taming Goat plays on Santa's reindeer, which help him fly through the skies and reach children's houses.

## Notes

* The Christmas Taming Goat was released in version 3.8.0 on the 15th of December 2023 as a part of the 2023 Winter Holiday Event.
Chinese New Year

**Chinese New Year** (often abbreviated as 'CNY') is an event holiday celebrated in Rodeo Stampede. It occurs near the start of the year, usually from January to February, around the Lunar or Chinese New Year. As the name suggests, most decorations and themes are Chinese New Year related.

## Gameplay

Chinese New Year events have had the most gameplay change of any event holiday. The first Chinese New Year event was also the first to feature a shop where the player could purchase limited-time animals, however these were later re-released as endangered animals. In that event, the player could ride special non-tameable animals, the Chinese dragon (also later re-released to be permanent) and Chinese lion, which were indestructible and gave ingots () for obstacles smashed. Using the , the player could buy festive animals and hats from the shop.

In 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, the player had to ride animals that had lanterns floating over their backs to earn lanterns (). This was effectively the same as the Halloween event gameplay, and was later reused in the 2021 Chinese New Year Event too, albeit using fireworks () instead. Once again, the player could use these currencies to purchase festive items from the event shop. In 2019, the player was even able to purchase the then-new Great Wall zone from the event shop.

The 2020 Chinese New Year Event had the most unique gameplay of all Chinese New Year events, featuring a "boss battle". The player could tame new limited-time animals from completing a boss mission featuring that animal. Once the player tamed the boss, subsequent successful attempts at the mission would reward , with harder missions giving more . These lanterns could be used to purchase other animals and hats from the event shop.

## Events

* Chinese New Year Event 2017
* Chinese New Year Event 2018
* Chinese New Year Event 2019
* Chinese New Year Event 2020
* Chinese New Year Event 2021
* Chinese New Year Event 2022
* Chinese New Year Event 2023 was not released. It was instead replaced by the Dreamy Trip Season 8 event.

## Currency

So far, 3 unique currencies have been used for Chinese New Year events:

* Ingots ()
* Lanterns ()
* Fireworks ()

## Soundtrack

The Chinese New Year events replaced all music in the game with the Chinese New Year theme:
Crane

The **Crane** is the first crane available in the game.

## Appearance

The Crane has a light grey body and wings with black stalk-like legs, wing tips, back of the neck, head, and tail. The front of its neck is also light grey. The top of its head is a vibrant, dominant red. Overall, the Crane has a neck that is longer than its body and legs combined. Around its neck is a ruff of feathers, coloured light grey.

## Description

*Feeds on fish and veggies. A known symbol of luck and long-life.*

## Requirements

* Space Zoo upgraded to Great Wall 3 or greater.
* Ride in Great Wall.

## Trivia

* The Crane is based on a real-life red-crowned crane.
* The description mentions some trivia about cranes, including their symbolic nature in China and real life diet.

## Notes

* The Crane was released in version 1.22.0 on the 28th of January 2019 along with Great Wall and the first five Great Wall species.
Dairy Cattle

The **Dairy Cattle** is the fifteenth buffalo in the game. It was first released as a part of the Dreamy Trip Season 12 event.

## Appearance

The Dairy Cattle is identical to the Forest Buffalo, albeit having a black and white body, and instead of a plain body, it has light brown horns and has a yellow snout. The ears are white in colour, although the inside of the ear is pink.

## Requirements

* Purchase Season 12’s Golden Trip.
	+ Given as the 5th reward in the Golden Trip.
* Once obtained, ride past 2000m 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 2000m.

## Trivia

* The Dairy Cattle is a play on a dairy cattle.

## Notes

* The Dairy Cattle was released in version 3.4.0 on the 8th of September 2023.
Conan the Baabaarian

The **Conan the Baabaarian** is the sixth sheep evident in the game. It is a boss animal, requiring the player to complete a boss mission to befriend. After successfully taming, it can be found permanently in the stampede.

## Appearance

The Conan the Baabaarian most distinctly has long white horns which curl almost 360°, a coffee brown garment covering the front half of its torso, a belt coloured dark brown with small beige squares running around in a pattern and 'pants' which are pecan coffee brown, separated by a tall zig-zag pattern. Less distinctly, the Conan the Baabaarian has a special dark brown headband with grey details and a rectangle at the front which hangs lower than the other parts of the headband, shaggy black hair which extends to the bottom of its torso, a necklace with three white teeth hanging from it, and legs coloured completely coffee brown.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Outback 1 or greater.
* Merino Sheep tamed.
* Sheep habitat upgraded to level 6 or higher.
* Unlock (see how to unlock boss mission here) and complete Conan the Baabaarian boss mission (tips for completion are below). From here it can be found in Outback permanently.
* To be found in the stampede: Ride past 1600m 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 1600m.

## Tips for Boss Mission

The Conan the Baabaarian boss mission is very difficult and requires many attempts to complete. The player is faced with a stage requiring the player to navigate a Conan the Baabaarian through sections of barrages from drop bears and several packs of sheep. To avoid the drop bears, the player can try to start close to the trees before moving away quickly as the drop bear jumps. The player can push other sheep in the stampede that are in the way, meaning they only have to watch out for the drop bears.

## Baby Conan the Baabaarian

* Jump from animals 8% higher
* Taming animals is 20% quicker

## Trivia

* The Conan the Baabaarian is a play on the 1982 film *Conan the Barbarian*, which was based on the 'Conan' book series.
	+ The Conan the Baabaarian's name is a play on the "baa" sound that a sheep makes.
	+ The description may be a reference to 'Conan the Conqueror', one of the books of the original *Conan* series. It also plays on vegetarianism to save animals, such as sheep, from cruel deaths being slaughtered for food.

## Notes

* The Conan the Baabaarian was released in version 1.3.0 on the 13th of October 2016 along with Outback and all other Outback species.
A Sleak Journey

The **A Sleak Journey** is a limited time event in the game that started from the 16th of March 2023 and ended on the 8th of April 2023.

## About

The gameplay format requires the player to complete missions to finish a puzzle consisting of 42 pieces. The player is able to watch an ad to add 2 more missions, and an ad to change the available missions. Milestones at collecting 14, 28, and 42 pieces gave Sushi Chef, the Electric Eel, and the Unagi Roll respectively.

## Gallery

The rules for the eventThe completed puzzleDitto
Alligator

The **Alligator** is the first alligator that the player can discover in the game, and possibly the first animal that can be tamed in Jungle.

## Appearance

The Alligator resembles a real life alligator, with green skin and a long mouth which can open very wide to reveal two rows of small sharp white teeth and a bright pink interior when eating animals. Its four stubby legs each have three white claws at the end. It has a long tail extending horizontally behind it. Unlike a real life alligator, its back is relatively smooth looking and plain rather than bumpy and with scales.

## Requirements

* Sky Zoo upgraded to Jungle 1 or greater.
* Ride in Jungle (always found beside water).

## Trivia

* The Alligator is based on a real-life alligator.
* The Alligator's description relates to both its in-game and real life behaviour.
	+ The Baby Alligator's abilities also allude to this.

## Notes

* The Alligator was released in the original release, version 1.0.0, on the 22nd of June 2016, along with Savannah and all orignal Savannah animals, Jungle and all other original Jungle animals, and the Sky Zoo.
* The Alligator is present in all three Jungle boss missions.