Jurassic World Evolution 2/Updates (2024)

Update 1.1^[1][]

Audio[]

• Audio mix adjustments

Animation[]

• Various animation adjustments
• Fixes to clipping and misalignment issues

Buildings[]

• Various graphical and clipping issues fixed

Cameras[]

• Fixes to various unintended game camera behaviours

Cinematics[]

• Minor adjustments to various intro cinematics

Crashes/Stability and Performance[]

• Various crash and stability fixes
• Optimisations to various game systems

Dinosaur & Flying/Marine Reptiles[]

• Further body and pattern colour balance pass

Dinosaur Needs/Behaviours[]

• Slight balance tweaks on dinosaur needs
• Adjustments on dinosaur movement and navigation
• Adjustments to dinosaur attacks on ranger teams
• Balance tweaks on dinosaur social requirements
• Adjustments on live prey feeder dispensing times
• Adjustments to herd leadership decision making

Dinosaur Infamy[]

• Adjustments across dinosaur infamy levels

Game Modes[]

• Tweaks to economy and objectives
• Adjustments to research unlocks and contracts
• Adjusted dinosaur cosmetic unlocks for Challenge Mode

Guests[]

• Adjustments to guest distribution

Localisation[]

• Fixes and iteration to terminology across all text in game

Park Teams[]

• Tweaks on various park teams
• Fixed issue where notifications sometimes did not display
• Adjustments to tranquilise and transport flow
• Adjustments to gunner accuracy
• Adjustments to the speed at which ranger teams perform status checks

Weather[]

• Updated lighting for environments and storms

UI[]

• Tweaks across UI screens and icons in game
• Added detail to front end menus for the narrative modes and difficulty suggestions for Chaos Theory mode
• Building tooltips added across a number of buildings
• Added trend arrows to the finance value on the HUD
• Added visible arc to transportation UI
• Added raise/lower stand while viewing from lagoon stand
• Adjustments to the park overview finance graphs
• Tweaks to help screen triggers
• Adjustments on mineral and fossil hardness to make it easier to extract/sell

PS5 SIEE only[]

• Fixed 'Controller' Russian terminology

Update 1.1.5 (PC Only)^[2][]

• Fixed issue where the game was only supporting DX12 Feature Level 12_0 - it now supports DX12 Feature Level 11_0 and 11_1 as well
• Lowered minimum GPU memory restrictions to widen the range of specifications able to run the game - Note: The minimum required PC specifications per se have not changed; this means that when attempting to play on lower specification systems the game might not run as intended.
• Updated how the game selects which GPU to use, making the game more robust in selecting the appropriate card
• More information added to GPU error messages on startup; it now lists which GPU it is trying to run the game on
• Fixed issue where the game 'flickers'
• Fixed a minor DLSS memory leak
• Crash fixes

Update 1.1.6 (PC Only)^[3][]

Crashes/Stability[]

• Various crash fixes that target highest frequency crashes

Performance[]

• Fixed issue that had caused reduction in framerate

Render[]

• Further fixes for flickering issues

Update 1.2.0 (Free Update 1)^[5][]

Features[]

Buildings[]

• Added DFW themed buildings to Sandbox mode, including new buildings:
  • Restroom
  • Lagoon
  • Lagoon Hatchery
  • Lagoon Viewing Gallery
  • Shark Feeder
  • Hotel Large
  • Hotel Small
  • Hatchery
  • Large Power Station
  • Small Power Station
  • Viewing Platform
• Existing DFW buildings are also added to Sandbox mode:
  • Science Centre
  • Arrival Point
  • Control Centre
  • Staff Centre
  • Response Facility
  • Paleo-Medical Facility
  • Viewing Gallery
  • Aviary
  • Aviary Hatchery
  • Aviary Viewing Gallery
  • Shelter
• Added extra JP themed buildings to Sandbox mode:
  • Lagoon
  • Lagoon Hatchery
  • Lagoon Viewing Gallery
  • Shark Feeder
  • Aviary
  • Aviary Hatchery
  • Aviary Viewing Gallery
• Added a 'randomise all' button to Amenity and Guest Attraction architecture and colour customisation

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added Sandbox versions of all 5 campaign levels (with appropriate landscape and building space tweaks)
• Added 'Combat Frequency' option to Sandbox settings, letting you decide how often dinosaurs fight
• Added flattened versions of all Sandbox levels with a building space cleared of trees etc; you can chose which one to use in the sandbox settings before starting a new map
• Added Colour Grading options to sandbox settings; these change the colour tone of a level - you can choose from a predefined selection

Campaign[]

• Added level select screen in Campaign mode - once completed, you can now go back and re-play any of the campaign levels

Genome Editing[]

• Updated the skin and pattern colour selection screen from a preview image to colour swatches; it's now easier to select the skin and pattern colour combinations you wish to use
• Added a random swatch for both pattern and skin colour in Genome Editing. You can now hatch a batch of dinosaurs, each with a random skin and/or pattern colour
• Added animal x-ray images to genome editing screen

Landscaping[]

• Added 'auto paint' option to landscaping tools (off by default); with this option on, terrain that is raised or lowered will now automatically update it's texture to match (example, raising the terrain will create a rock texture at the top, which blends down into dirt/grass at the bottom)
• Added perch points for flying reptiles on all placeable rocks
• Improved visual feedback for terrain constraints

UI[]

• Added more details and info to the following buildings' tooltips:
  • Arrival Point
  • Control Centre
  • Expedition Centre
  • Staff Centre
  • Viewing Buildings
  • Customisable Attraction
  • Monorail Station
• Added the ability to click on individual events in the Calamity bar when using mouse and keyboard. When clicking you are taken to the calamity location on the map
• Added extra info to path connection warning message, clarifying that players need to ensure that buildings are connected to the Arrival Point through the path network
• Added an info panel for the transport tool which shows the selected dinosaur and options for selling or loaning, where applicable
• Added "Fossil Storage Full" message at dig sites on the expedition maps
• Added more information to finance overview screen

Accessibility[]

• Added more accessibility options:
  • Added pause function for cinematics, letting you pause the game at any time
  • Added 'signify speaker by colour' option in settings to differentiate between speakers in subtitles
  • Added 'Autosave Interval' in settings, allowing you to adjust autosave frequency between 1 and 20 minutes

Balance Changes[]

• Reduced the frequency of storms and periodic disease outbreaks in Chaos Theory
• Reduced the frequency of periodic disease outbreaks in Challenge levels on easy and medium difficulty
• Dominance changes:
  • Reduced the dominance boost from traits that don't affect combat stats
  • Increased the dominance boost from traits that do affect combat stats
  • Fixed an issue that would cause the Aggressive trait to increase dominance more than intended
  • Reduced the increase in dominance from high infamy
  • Decreased the frequency of leadership challenges
• Decreased the likelihood of dinosaurs fights causing injuries
• Rebalanced the combat stats of dinosaurs that can be involved in group hunts
• Contracts can now be requested more frequently in Challenge mode
• Balanced selling eggs to the black market narrative event
• Balanced economy in various challenge levels
• Balanced Jurassic difficulty on Challenge 1
• Balanced Triceratops comfort objective in Jurassic Park 3 Chaos Theory level (no longer auto completes)

Bug Fixes[]

Audio[]

• Fixed issues that caused outside ambiance to play when inside an aviary dome
• Added in various missing SFX on various animals

Buildings/Fences[]

• Fixed issue where selling a dinosaur/reptile straight from a Paleo Medical Facility could cause the helicopter to get stuck and lock the building
• You are now blocked from demolishing a lagoon that contains a dead reptile until it has been removed
• Fixed issued that caused half of a shark to vanish on a feeder when the camera is close to it
• Gate animation can now be cancelled when opening, not just when closing
• Fixed issues where buildings are warning that they are not powered, even when they don't need power
• Show time remaining whilst lagoons and aviaries are under construction
• Fixed gaps that can be caused when placing curved sections of fences
• Fixed missing physics on buildings that are being demolished
• Turned off the power UI when a power substation is deactivated
• Fixed missing confirmation dialogue box when demolishing certain buildings
• Fixed issues where buildings with vehicles can't be moved short distances because of collisions with the vehicles
• Fixed a situation where Power Output and Fuel Usage information wouldn't appear when a Backup Generator had finished construction
• Fixed the amenity building customisation screen close button not working
• Added better feedback when a repair task is blocked by a dinosaur
• Show running cost of power stations on info panel
• Fixed deactivated Paleo Medical Facility still being able to incorrectly treat dinosaurs/reptiles
• Fixed missing 'guest boost' indication on attraction buildings
• Fixed amenity building signs being reset to default when loading into a save

Crashes/Stability[]

• Various crash fixes
• Fixed softlock that could occur when creating a save whilst airlifting dinosaurs from a hatchery

Dinosaur/Reptile Animations[]

• Fixed missing animation for pre-fight between Sauropelta vs Chungkingosaurus
• Increased animation blend times during fights to make movement smoother
• Fixed issue that caused flying reptiles to continually play 'eat social animations' (which can cause them to not actually eat when they need to)
• Adjusted flying reptiles position when drinking, so they don't appear to sit on top of the water
• Prevent Mosasaurus from clipping through the floor of the lagoon
• Ensure a second animal is present before playing a social eat animation
• Fixed various clipping issues with jump attack animations
• Fixed cases where Dinosaurs could run on the spot
• Fixed cases when animals could slide into various positions/spots in different situations
• Fixed various popping/glitches on different animations
• Fixed various alignment issues with social interactions
• Improved the look/movement of hunt/chase pathing when prey get's into an area the dinosaur can't reach
• Fixed various alignment issues when dinosaurs fight/hunt, including instances of dinosaurs teleporting
• Fixed issue that could cause dinosaurs to turn on the spot
• Reduced the amount of times that the Mosasaurus swims into the shark feeder support
• Fixed various instances of dinosaurs/reptiles distorting whilst being airlifted from hatcheries
• Fixed instances where dinosaurs would stand or lay on dead dinosaurs
• Fixed situations that could cause flying reptiles to clip through the landscape
• Fixed Ichthyosaur sometimes swimming above the lagoon water
• Fixed various issues with hatchery exit animations on various dinosaurs

Dinosaur/Reptile Behaviours[]

• Fixed issue that could cause a dinosaur that has recently become comfortable still attempting to breakout of their enclosure
• Improved ragdoll movement and lessened clipping during different situations (dead, tranquilized)
• Fixed issue where flying reptiles can end up underneath lagoons
• Fixed issue where flying reptiles would attempt to eat from a deactivated piscivore feeder
• Fixed issue that caused dinosaurs to eat from a corpse from the same place and clip into each other
• Fixed situations where an animal may attempt to start a fight with another animal that's dying
• When attempting to tranquilise a sleeping dinosaur, they will now wake up quickly rather than play out the whole rest animation
• Balanced amount of food that dinosaurs can provide carnivores
• Improved flying reptiles ability to hunt goats
• Removed the 'Thirst' need from marine reptiles in the genome library
• Balanced aggressive behaviour triggering fights with marine Vs marine and flying Vs flying
• Improved positioning of dinosaur when it's eating prey that has moved from the position it was killed
• Fix for Indoraptor sometimes not being able to catch goats during a hunt
• Wild dinosaurs will now become domesticated if the player builds anything within their 'wild' territory

Dinosaur/Reptile Injuries & Diseases[]

• Escalated diseases no longer need to be scanned again, and are monitored automatically
• Fixed 'Infected Wounds' not appearing as a disease
• Fixed wrong icon appearing above ill animals that you do have the cure for
• Ensure scars are applied to animals in all appropriate situations, even non lethal ones
• Balance pass on injuries received when a dinosaur attacks a fence
• Rebalanced frequency of 'broken wing' and 'swallowed object' injuries
• Increased the time it takes for a dead animal to discolour
• Predators that die through a group attack now display 'Killed by' rather than 'Hunted by'
• Previously seen ailments will now reveal themselves immediately, without the need for a medical scan

Dinosaur/Reptile Models[]

• Fixed texture stretching around the Carcharodontosaurus leg
• Enabled snow/dust settling on dead dinosaurs
• Pteranodon 2001 skin can now be unlocked correctly (to unlock, play Chaos Theory: The Lost World. If you've already finished this level, just load your last save and it should unlock)
• Removed quills from Velociraptor 2001B skin
• Fixed the Suchomimus always having visible lift straps when released
• The Deluxe Edition species are now available by default in Sandbox Mode

Economy[]

• Lowered guest comfort needs
• Added notification when income tax becomes deductible
• Fixed situation that could cause the player not be able to start incubating a marine reptile, even though they have enough money

Expeditions[]

• Moved the Hanson Formation dig site, which contains the Cryolophosaurus, further up the map so that it's accessible
• Expedition helicopter now leaves when performing a live capture

Feeders[]

• Fixed issue that could cause the fish from lagoon fish feeders to swim outside of the lagoon itself
• Fixed meat vanishing early from dinosaurs mouth whilst eating

Foliage/Trees[]

• Fixed cacti blocking navigation of vehicles and dinosaurs, stopping dinosaurs from detecting wetland

Game Settings[]

• Ensured that camera shake is actually turned off, if selected, when placing rocks in sandbox mode. Setting has also been moved to the Accessibility section

Game Modes[]

• Ensured that storms are actually frequent, if the player selects the 'Frequent Storms' sandbox setting
• Fixed various contracts that could be given out in Challenge that can't be completed due to restrictions on the level
• Removed 'Increase Genome' contract from sandbox mode, as players can't increase a genome in that mode
• Various contracts that can't be completed in Chaos Theory mode won't be offered to the player
• Fixed rounding issue in the first Campaign level that could cause the 'ensure Stegosaurus are at 90% comfort' not to be completed, when the Stegosaurus comfort is at 90%
• Stopped highlighting buildings that don't need to be demolished as part of an early objective in the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Chaos Theory level
• Fixed edge case where a player can create a save game just after a failure state, meaning the player can not continue
• The dinosaurs roaming around Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Chaos Theory level no longer count as 'terrorising'
• Fixed various flow issues on Campaign levels that could cause objectives to be incompletable
• Fixed timer in Challenge Mode
• Fixed Wild dinosaurs in Washington State Campaign level wandering up to main facility area, which could cause objectives to not complete

Genome Editing[]

• You should now get better feedback when certain gene modifications need to be unlocked in other areas of the game, not through research
• Variants and patterns unlocked by completing Challenge levels no longer also require a tech tree node to be researched

Guests[]

• Balanced the rate and way in which guests refill a park after it's closed and opened
• Guests now react at photo points during the Jurassic Tour

JW Database[]

• Fixed various data inconsistencies and typos

Landscaping[]

• Stopped terrain being modified underneath buildings that are being demolished
• Fixed issue that could cause terrain tool to not work correctly when flattening/raising terrain around lagoons

Localisation[]

• Fixed various truncated text
• Fixed various typos
• Adjusted language/terminology consistency
• Adjusted subtitles to match VO
• Fixed various missing localisations
• Various localisation updates
• Fix issue that caused missing Chinese localisation
• Fix issue that caused missing Portuguese localisation

Narrative Events[]

• Removed 'Theft Sabotage' events in favour of other, better sabotage ones
• Added details of the scientist involved in applicable narrative events

Optimisations[]

• Optimised territory system

Park Teams[]

• Prevented players being able to erroneously lock on to marine and flying reptiles, when direct controlling ACU helicopter
• Fixed ranger team vehicle being launched into the air when driving over a dead goat
• Ensured the 'danger to vehicle' icon is shown in the appropriate places
• Added extra visual trails to darts fired from the park team to give better aiming feedback to the player
• Fixed issue where the helicopter could clip through the landscape
• Fixed missing animations on Park Team member when switching between equipment
• Fixed Ranger Teams needing to be re-assigned to a drone task after being disabled after a storm
• Ranger Team vehicles now produce tire tracks when going in reverse
• Fixed Response Facility sometimes showing access to 3 vehicles, when it actually has 2
• Fixed controller inputs sometimes being blocked after being forced into direct control
• Ensured destroyed MVUs are added to the calamity bar
• Ensured that renamed Ranger Posts also appear on the Rangers UI
• Drone rotors now spin when in use
• Added shortcut to buy new vehicle from selecting a destroyed one
• Fixed issue causing drones in lagoons and aviaries to sometimes become stuck
• Fixed sometimes not be able to replace a destroyed ranger vehicle
• Added prompt to tell player how to switch targets when locked on to a dinosaur
• Stopped transport helicopters falling to the ground when loading into a save where they're transporting an animal
• Blocked park team vehicles from being directly driven into aviaries as they will not be able to navigate out on their own
• Ranger vehicles that crash into the lagoon will now sink and the vehicle will respawn outside

Park Tours/Transport[]

• Added extra info to tell the player how to fix a tour that has suffered an emergency shut down
• Dead goats on tour tracks despawn more quickly, and don't allow dinosaurs to sleep on tracks either (to lessen the amount of times tours get stuck)
• Fixed issue where monorail track piece would move towards the camera as player pans down

Paths[]

• Fixed flickering issue when trying to place a path junction across a tour path

Photography[]

• Fixed incorrect 'Ranger Team' text when taking a picture that features the Mobile Veterinary Unit

Rendering[]

• Fixed visual artefact that could appearing along the top of water whilst a dinosaur is drinking
• Updated Campaign 2 Colour Grading

Graphics[]

• HDR calibration screen should now work as intended

Scientists[]

• Applying more skill to a task that is needed no longer incorrectly counts as applying a trait
• Fixed 'show unavailable staff' off the bottom of the assign screen when player has large number of scientists
• Fixed images of scientists not appearing straight away when perform research tasks
• Fixed issue that could cause salaries of applicants to be too low
• Fixed various bio inconsistencies
• Players can assign scientists to tasks if they have the a trait that makes the task cheaper so they can afford it

Storms[]

• Ensure all vehicles are appropriately affected by storms

UI[]

• Fixed issue where the 'Ticket Sales' UI was incorrectly stating that Adventure guests desired the Gyrosphere Tour attraction, when they actually want the Jurassic Tour attraction
• Fixed issue that caused a mis-match of progress between the genome grid and details panel
• Added missing button prompt on the Paleo Medical Facility when a healed dinosaur/reptile needs transporting back to an enclosure
• Fixed empty 'Standing By' icon
• Disabled the Paleo Medical Facility 'Transport' button when there are no available helicopters to carry out the task
• Improved visuals when a fossil is selected to be extracted
• Fixed size of the ranger team icon in assign task mode
• Fixed issue where the incubation timer could loop infinitely
• Made various UI panel options cycle round
• When the task log is open, the d-pad can select items in the log, not the build menu
• Fixed some building icons in the build menu not matching the in game model
• Fixed issue that stopped players being able to use the left thumbstick to select options when resupplying response team
• The "Clear Extraction Slots" button will no longer display when fossils are being extracted
• Added missing 'Scientist Limit' data to egg incubation screen
• Delivery tool tip when selling animal confirmation is open is now hidden
• Updated loading animation
• Improved cases where icons and lines on the map view shake whilst the player moves around it
• Fixed issue that sometimes stopped the 'synthesis' button from working on the hatchery screen
• Ensure the live capture event is focused on when the map is opened
• Fixed ESC key not working correctly if the mouse is over the in game HUD
• Fixed negative amenity profit sometimes still showing as blue, and not red
• Fixed hatcheries displaying total number of species available, rather than just ones that can be released through the specific one
• Track junctions should now appear on the map view
• Fixed various missing or broken icons in different research screens
• Fixed the star rating and finance buttons on the HUD becoming unresponsive
• Always show the Cosmetic stat in the Dinosaur Appeal tab on the info window
• Ensured the pause menu can still be accessed whilst the game time is paused and the pause wheel is still open
• General pass on UI focus consistency
• Fixed not being able to use a controller thumbstick to change number of vehicles on a gyrosphere tour

Visuals[]

• Added particle effects when flying reptiles break out of aviaries
• Fixed light still emitting from a flare that has been removed

Update 1.2.1^[6][]

Localisation[]

• Various localisation updates
• Fix issue that caused missing Chinese localisation
• Fix issue that caused missing Portuguese localisation

Graphics[]

• HDR calibration screen should now work as intended

Crashes/Stability[]

• Various crash fixes

Update 1.2.2^[7][]

Audio[]

• Fixed an issue that caused audio to be muted inside the Jurassic Park Era Aviary

Dinosaurs/Reptiles[]

• Renamed the Pteranodon 1997 skin to "Pteranodon 2001".
• The Pteranodon 2001 skin is now unlocked by playing Isla Sorna: Site B Chaos Theory, instead of Jurassic Park: San Diego Chaos Theory
• Added quills back to the 2001A Velociraptor skin
• Fixed an issue that caused 2001 Velociraptors to be missing teeth
• Fixed an instance of dinosaurs becoming stuck
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed flying reptiles to phase through aviaries

Sandbox[]

• Balanced target appeal, target income and target visitors
• Target income now changes when the difficulty is changed

Settings[]

• (consoles only) Fixed HDR brightness screen setup on consoles

Stability[]

• Various stability fixes

Update 1.3.0 (Update 2)^[8][]

Features[]

• Added "Species Viewer" to the Main Menu
  • Allow players to observe their prehistoric species in more detail
  • All Species can be viewed by default
  • Cycle through various animation examples
  • Cycle between different Skin and Pattern colours
  • Alter the position and rotation of the lighting and the colour grade
  • See and hear the species name pronunciation
• Added a "First Person View" option in all levels
  • Dedicated button on the Build Menu that will ask the player to select a starting position to enter First Person View
  • Navigate the open areas of your parks
  • The player can switch between Low and High Speed movement
  • The player can switch between Low and Normal View height
  • Toggle a light on/off
  • Enter Attractions Views and Rides
  • Interact with Buildings and Vehicles in your park
• Added additional Decorations to each of the 3 Building Eras
  • 22 x Facility Pieces
    1. DFW Container (DFW)
    2. Blue Container (JW)
    3. White Container (JW)
    4. Large Wood Crate (JP)
    5. Container Fuel Tank (JW/DFW)
    6. Supplies Pile 1 (JW/DFW)
    7. Supplies Pile 2 (JW/DFW)
    8. Concrete Barrier (JW/JP)
    9. Stegosaurus Cage (JP)
    10. T. rex Cage (JP)
    11. Velociraptor Cage (JP)
    12. Indoraptor Cage (JW)
    13. Construction Crane (JW/JP)
    14. Tent Small (JW/JP)
    15. Tent Large (JW/JP)
    16. Velociraptor Paddock (JP)
    17. Helipad Arrival Sign (JP)
    18. Unpacked Container (DFW)
    19. Storage Shack (DFW)
    20. Maintenance Cover (DFW)
    21. Trailer Office (DFW)
    22. Camera Post (DFW)
  • 26 x Decoration Pieces
    1. Aviary Banner (JW)
    2. Lagoon Banner (JW)
    3. Spinosaurus Skeleton (JW)
    4. Jurassic World Signage - Aviary (JW)
    5. Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
    6. Jurassic World Signage - Gyrosphere (JW)
    7. Jurassic World Signage - Lagoon (JW)
    8. Poles (JW)
    9. Poles (Awning) (JW)
    10. Poles (Birds) (JW)
    11. Aviary Perch Point - Large (JW)
    12. Aviary Perch Point - Small (JW)
    13. Tree Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
    14. Tree Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
    15. Tree Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
    16. Foliage Planter 1 (JW/JP/DFW)
    17. Foliage Planter 2 (JW/JP/DFW)
    18. Foliage Planter 3 (JW/JP/DFW)
    19. Amber Planter 1 (JW)
    20. Amber Planter 2 (JW)
    21. Amber Planter 3 (JW)
    22. Fountain 1 (JW)
    23. Fountain 2 (JW)
    24. Fountain 3 (JW)
    25. Fountain 4 (JW)
    26. Jurassic Park Pillar (JP)
  • Trees
    • Added forest comfort to single placed trees
    • Added new single placed trees
      • 3 x Large Trees (Unique per biome)
      • 3 x Medium Trees (Unique per biome)
      • 2 x Small Trees (Unique per biome)
      • 2 x Bushy Trees (Unique per biome)

Quality of Life Updates[]

• All dinosaurs, skins and patterns available by default when beginning a Sandbox level
  • Does not apply to Challenge Mode Cosmetic rewards
• All buildings are now available by default when beginning a Sandbox level
• Minerals can now be instantly sold rather than added to the Extraction Queue
• Accessibility Options
  • Enter the "Accessibility Settings" when starting the game for the first time after setting the game's brightness
  • Added Dinosaur Highlight accessibility option
  • Shortened subtitles at larger font sizes
• New building upgrades
  • Science Centre
    • Cheaper Research
      • Tasks cost 25% less
    • Faster Research
      • Task time reduced by 50%
    • Extra Scientist
      • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
  • Expedition Centre
    • Cheaper Expeditions
      • Tasks cost 25% less
    • Faster Transit
      • Expeditions are 25% quicker
    • Extra Scientist
      • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
  • Hatcheries
    • Cheaper Genetics
      • Costs reduced by 20%
    • Accelerated Growth
      • Speeds up Synthesis and Incubation by 25%
    • Extra Scientist
      • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
  • Paleo Medical Facility
    • Automatic Resupply
      • Unlimited fuel/resources
    • Faster Treatment
      • Decreases task time by 50%
    • Cheaper Treatment
      • Decreases task cost by 50%
    • Extra Scientist
      • Increase the Scientist Limit of Tasks from this building by 1
  • Response Facility
    • Automatic Resupply
      • Unlimited fuel/resources
  • Staff Centres
    • Improved Costs
      • Tasks globally cost 10% less
    • Specialist Facility
      • Globally increases the value of the Specialist staff traits by 1
  • Control Centres
    • Improved Motivation
      • All scientists Unrest meter increased by 1
    • Improved Efficiency
      • Tasks globally time reduced by 20%
• Contracts:
  • Additional Contracts
    • Sell Dinosaurs
    • Increase Largest Territory Herd/Size
    • Build Lagoon
    • Build Aviary
    • Cohabitation
    • Complete an Expedition
    • Release a Dinosaur
    • Photo Multiple Species at Once
  • Changed "Photo with Species" contracts to ensure the players own the selected species
  • Added time completion bonus to large number of contracts
• Ranger Post improvements
  • Allow MVUs to be assigned to Ranger Posts
    • Within range of the post, MVUs automatically treat Minor Injuries and Diseases that can be cured by medical darts, and heal dinosaurs with Critical Health.
  • MVU, Ranger and Capture Teams can now be assigned from a Ranger Post
  • Ranger Patrols now prioritise dinos needing welfare scans above all other tasks
• Added Bankruptcy Warning and Timer
• Improved building tooltips
  • Ranger Posts
  • Science Centre
• Sandbox Mode Improvements
  • Ability to turn expeditions and fossils On/Off
  • Ability to turn research On/Off
  • Ability to adjust Task Time length (10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
  • Added Jurassic Difficulty to Money and Appeal Difficulty
  • Ability to turn Scientists On/Off
• Ailments Improvements
  • Added new “Chronic Stress” disease type for marine reptiles that causes fighting and lack of appetite
  • Changing Common Cold to a territory issue caused disease rather than a random one
  • All territory-caused diseases can be cured by fixing territory issues
  • Added a help screen when a new disease source first appears in the park
  • Selecting a dinosaur with an active monitored ailment or injury should take you to the ailments tab by default
  • Button in Ailment Tab now opens Comfort Tab
  • Added new "Hyperoxalemia" disease that causes low fatigue and low max health, and is caused by a lack of High Leaves
  • Added new notifications for when an injury is diagnosed and needs player treatment
• Added Filters for Expedition Map
  • Species Type
  • Expedition Cost
  • Expedition Time
  • Scientist Skill
• Tour Rides
  • Added a Jurassic World Gate for use on Jurassic Tour and Gyrosphere attractions
  • Allow tour photo points to be triggered by player-driven tour vehicles
• UI
  • Present the total scientists skill pool when hiring scientists
  • Improved Decorations UI to handle larger number of decorations
  • Added a display map icon for dinosaurs that are the subject of a transport request
  • VO subtitles will now pause when the game speed is paused
  • Added a display map icon for dinosaurs assigned to be tranquilised
  • Added an arrow to indicate the required turn direction (indicates the direction of input the player needs to apply) when the gunner is not facing the target
  • Added Dinosaur Status to Park List on the Map
  • Added a filter to the Map that displays calamities
  • Specify on the tool tip and info panel when it is just the power cable attached to a building that needs repairing
  • Added dotted circles around aviary domes and lagoon pools to aid alignment
  • Added the ability to refresh contracts sooner for a cost
  • Prevent players from buying upgrades they can't afford
• Hatchery
  • Player now informed if the hatchery is not opening because it's blocked by a dinosaur
  • Prevent dinosaurs from falling asleep in front of hatchery exits
• Jurassic World Database
  • Show a "Wingspan" stat for flying reptiles
• Aviaries
  • Aviaries now count as destroyed as soon as the first panel is broken
• Dino Behaviours
  • Indominus Rex and Velociraptors will now share territory
  • Dinosaurs may now flee when group attack start
  • Dinosaurs may charge on group attack start
  • Prey can now outrun predators if they run out of stamina
  • Tweaked Iguanodon combat stats
  • When a dinosaur throws another during a jump attack it now does a minimum amount of damage
• Capture Teams
  • Helicopters now resist gravity when in photo mode
• Vehicles
  • Adjusted driving model so all Ranger Teams drive in a more similar way
• Added DLAA on PC

Bug Fixes[]

• Dinosaur Behaviour
  • Additional fixes for dinosaurs getting stuck
  • Additional fixes for dinosaurs and flying reptiles escaping their enclosures
  • Fix for dinosaurs stuck in constant panic
  • Fix for dinosaurs dying of old age whilst being transported
  • Only diseases which impose a max stamina of less than 70% and injuries that cause the Fatigue effect now prevent running
  • Make flying reptiles immune to "Damaged Tooth" injury
  • Prevent dinosaurs from going to sleep immediately after waking up from tranquilisation
  • Dinosaurs eating live food can now fulfil the "Photograph a Dinosaur Eating" contract
  • Fixed airlifted released reptiles from popping onto the ground on the Classic and DFW Lagoon Hatcheries
  • Various animation bug fixes on dinosaur behaviours
• Dinosaurs
  • 2001 Male/Female Velociraptors - Eyes, hands and head art fixes
• UI
  • "Synthesis Failure" changed to "Egg Failure" in Sandbox Mode
  • Split appeal between duplicate attraction buildings
  • Fixed shops not updating when shop type was changed
  • Fixed missing Dr. Alan Grant entry in the Jurassic World Database
  • Preserve vehicle ranger post assignments when changing vehicle skins
  • Marine and Flying Reptiles now have their own bio group
• Buildings
  • Gates build instantly instead of waiting for the fences
  • Arrival building helicopters now leave and returns to signify the arrival of guests
  • Updated Flying Enclosure sign and UI icon so that it uses the correct texture
  • Fix for tuna escaping the lagoon
  • Prevent guests from entering destroyed/inoperable buildings
  • Various art improvement bug fixes across numerous buildings and assets
• Park Teams
  • Park Teams no longer get stuck in land hatcheries
  • Storms no longer damage parked vehicles
  • Vehicles "damaged by storm" are not drivable at all
• Economy
  • Prevent park rating dropping after releasing the first dinosaur(s) via airlift
  • Fixed fuel/food of the Response Facility and/or Paleo Medical Facility going to 0 when saving/loading a game
• Animations
  • Fixed seated guests from using the wrong animation
  • Guests trapped with no way to return to a path now disappear after 30 seconds
• Game Modes
  • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Updated amenity construction mission stage so you can build any size, not just a small one
  • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Increase comfort requirement for Velociraptors
  • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park - Block access to build menus during hatchery research objective to prevent the player from getting stuck
  • Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park: San Diego - Banned Monorail construction contract
  • Chaos Theory: Isla Sorna: Site B - Re-enable storms
  • Chaos Theory: Return to Isla Nublar - Added Viewing Gallery to research so it is available to build
  • Campaign - Pennsylvania - Ignore dead dinosaurs in the final comfort check
  • Improvements to vehicle navigation in Challenge - Southwest USA
  • Various contract fixes
• Foliage
  • Balanced/Improved the wind effect on foliage during extreme weather events and also resting states
  • Adding Barrel Cactus into the desert shrub brush
• Further fixes to HDR on consoles and PC
• Various localisation and text fixes for all languages
• Various optimisations for game performance
• Various stability fixes

Update 1.3.1 (Steam Only)^[9][]

Stem Deck Support[]

• Added Steam Deck support to Jurassic World Evolution 2
• Ensure the on-screen keyboard appears appropriately on the Steam Deck
• Disabled driver date check on Steam Deck
• Added a default graphics preset which appears in Graphics Settings UI only on Steam Deck

Update 1.3.2^[10][]

• Removed killing tranquillised dinosaurs from the hunt behaviour
• The UI now displays accurate Area territory needs for a combined Indominus rex / Velociraptor pack
• Environmental needs are now consistent across members of a combined Indominus Rex / Velociraptor pack
• The Kentrosaurus and Ouranosaurus Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack variants no longer have blank entries in the Park List sidebar in the map
• Fixed Scorpios rex not unlocking with certain sandbox settings
• Fixed instances where after completing the research for 'Additional Upgrade Slot', the second slot for upgrades doesn't unlock
• Fixed occasionally being stuck on the main menu on Epic
• Stability
  • Game crashes trying to generate a live capture event for the Ouranosaurus or Kentrosaurus Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack variants
  • Various other stability fixes

Update 1.3.3^[11][]

• Added Aviary Perch Points to all building era sets
• Additional fixes to prevent flying reptiles becoming stuck and starving to death
• Stability fixes
  • Fixed a rare crash assigning rangers to a lagoon hatchery
  • Fixed a crash when going into financial ruin after already completing the objectives of Chaos Theory level 1, 2 or 4
  • Fixed a crash caused by disease settings in Sandbox Mode not updating correctly when switching from No Disease to Low/Mid/High Disease
  • Various other stability fixes

Update 1.4.0 (Update 3)^[12][]

Features[]

Game Modes[]

• Added 5 new Challenge levels based on the Chaos Theory maps, available once the player earns 2, 4, 5, 7, and 9 stars across all maps in Challenge Mode
  • 1 - Isla Nublar 1993 (Jurassic Park)
  • 2 - San Diego (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
  • 3 - Isla Sorna (Jurassic Park III)
  • 4 - Isla Nublar 2015 (Jurassic World)
  • 5 - Isla Nublar 2018 (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)
• Added new Challenge conditions
  • Intelligent Dinosaurs
    • Found within Jurassic Park, The Lost World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Challenge maps
    • Random chance that some dinosaur species will gain the Intelligent Trait
    • Dinosaurs will extend an Area of Interest beyond their Territory and through fences they can break
    • Dinosaurs will attempt to break fences to reach Food, Guests or Prey in their Area of Interest
  • Fussy Dinosaurs
    • Found within The Lost World and Jurassic World Challenge map
    • Dinosaurs comfort thresholds are raised, so a higher territory satisfaction is needed for a dinosaur to be comfortable
  • Automated Dinosaur Shipments
    • Found within The Lost World Challenge map
    • At the start of a level, every few minutes a Narrative Events will pop up that lets the player choose between two (groups of) dinosaurs with specific traits to be delivered soon
    • Once the player has selected which dinosaurs they want a countdown timer will begin
  • Tour Areas
    • Found within the Jurassic Park 3 Challenge Map
    • Added new Tour Area where building rules are limited
      • Players can only build:
        • Tour vehicle tracks
        • Paleo/environment alterations
        • Electricity lines
  • New Species Appeal Bonus
    • Found within the Jurassic World Challenge Map
    • When a new species is released into the park the global dinosaur appeal is multiplied by a certain amount
  • Disloyal Scientist Trait
    • Found within the Jurassic Park Challenge Map
    • Unrest meter goes up more when scientists perform tasks. This is indicated in the panel on the right when a task is assigned

Park Teams[]

• Added Dinosaur Wrangling feature to Ranger Teams
  • A way to move herbivore dinosaurs around without the need for tranquilizing or the transport team.
  • Two new pieces of Equipment for the Ranger Team
    • Players directly controlling a Ranger Team can now Summon or Send
      • Summon
        • Summon has two modes: Cone and Circle
          • Dinosaurs can also be summoned directly using lock on
        • Most dinosaurs within the highlighted area will run towards the Ranger Team
      • Send
        • Dinosaurs within the highlighted area will be sent to the point in the distance
    • Gates will open automatically - in certain situations - to allow wrangled dinosaurs to pass through
    • Note: all dinosaurs will be able to navigate through automatically-opened gates
    • Gates will be visually highlighted to indicate that they will open
  • Added a Sandbox Setting to enable wrangling for "All Dinosaurs"

Buildings[]

• Added a DFW Guided Tour ride and added it as part of the "DFW Building Set" for Sandbox Mode

Achievements[]

• Added 3 new achievements and trophies for Xbox, Playstation, and Steam

Quality of Life Updates[]

Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X[]

• Added ability to lock the framerate to 30 FPS

Sandbox Mode[]

• Removed the Operations Buildings Limit in Sandbox Mode
  • Allow for Operations buildings to be placed above their limits for decorative effect
    • Decorative Buildings are clearly marked to differentiate them from Active Buildings
  • Added Sandbox Setting to turn On/Off
• Added Sandbox Setting to turn off Status Checks
• Added Sandbox Setting to turn off Dinosaur Injuries

Transport Tool[]

• Add ability for players to select multiple dinosaurs with the transport tool at any one time

Main Menu[]

• Replaced the "Newsletter" section of the front end with a "Community" page
  • Contains links to official social media channels for JWE2 for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Frontier Customer Support

Species Viewer[]

• Added a "Reset Lighting" button
• Re-ordered the Animation buttons to reduce glitches between movements

Dinosaur Behaviours[]

• Prevent injuries from occurring as a result of alpha leadership challenges
• Alpha leadership contests/fights (aka dominance fights) are now explicitly decided by dominance rather than combat stats reducing repeated fighting in herds
• Rebalanced all the dominance values for traits, so certain traits make a dinosaur more likely to become the alpha than others
• Removed poor cohabitation comfort values as a cause of Common Cold
• Cohabitation Balance
  • Adding a Likes relationship between Hadrosaurid and Ornithomimosaurid
  • Reducing the neutral contention multiplier from 25% to 18% (making Cohabitation more forgiving overall)
  • Adding Likes relationships between specific dinosaurs that dislike each others' categories:
    • Chasmosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus
    • Chasmosaurus and Styracosaurus
    • Pachyrhinosaurus and Styracosaurus
    • Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus
    • Camarasaurus and Brachiosaurus
    • Parasaurolophus and Maiasaura
    • Chungkingosaurus and Gigantspinosaurus
    • Gigantspinosaurus and Huayangosaurus
  • Upping combat stats of various sauropods
  • Made it so more dinosaurs are needed in general to start jump attacks on Sauropods
• Changing the "population needs" text to "Area Need Growth" and clarifying the trait effect in the gene editing

Tour Rides[]

• All Tour Rides now function as transport, connecting separate areas of the park and improving the transport rating
• Stations can now connect multiple areas of the park without path or monorail connections (or multiple arrival points) on a single connected tour
• Increase the number of vehicles base on Tour Length and added a slider to allow players to adjust the distance

Contracts[]

• Added a "Photo Value" Contract to take a photo of at least a certain value

Gene Editing[]

• Added the difference in price to Genome Editing if you modify the genome
• Adjusted the Species Limit to a percentage rather than an integer and now warns you at 90%
• Allow non-default sets to be chosen when randomising dinosaur cosmetics

Capture Mode[]

• Added frame logos for Camp Cretaceous and Jurassic World Dominion

Game Modifications[]

• Added notifications to alert players if local files have been modified

Research[]

• Nodes are now ordered vertically to improve readability in big research trees

Accessibility[]

• Added new options for highlighting dinosaurs in Accessibility Settings
  • Added Colour Blind option for Dinosaur Highlight
  • ACU Highlight Distance
    • This gives control over the highlight radius when in ACU modes
  • Ranger Highlight Distance
    • This gives control over the highlight radius when in Ranger modes
  • Highlight Opacity
    • This will operate as a multiplier for the dinosaur highlight opacity
• Added a button to toggle the accessibility dinosaur highlight on/off in view modes

Scientists[]

• Added time and cash symbols into the traits section of the staff assignment UI

Audio[]

• Added Tour Fact VO lines for:
  • Buildings
  • Vehicles

Park Teams[]

• Added ability to access the Map from Ranger and MVU Teams

View Modes[]

• Amenities stats are now per-month rather than per-minute in Management View Mode
• Dinosaurs are now highlighted in Visibility View Mode

Engine[]

• Added Ray traced Ambient Occlusion on PC with Nvidia compatible graphics cards

Bug Fixes[]

• Game Modes
  • Fixed which Film Cosmetic Sets appear in which levels. Main change is that all cosmetics are available in Challenge
    • DFW Campaign - NONE
    • Dominion Campaign / Chaos Theory - Era-appropriate skins
    • Challenge & Sandbox - ALL available
• Campaign Mode
  • Campaign 1 - Fixed the Power Generator being "Incorrectly Aligned" if you place it in the tutorial box validly, but angled in a certain place
• Chaos Theory Mode
  • Jurassic Park - Don't allow the pre-placed generators to be moved/deleted until after the hatchery has been built
• Challenge Mode
  • Fixed Challenge Rewards not being rewarded if you save/load your game as you hit 5 stars
• Park Teams
  • Fixed Tours, Gyrospheres and Park Teams being able to be pushed through fences and buildings by dinosaurs
  • Removed flares fired by Ranger Teams into the lagoons
• Dinosaur Behaviour
  • Additional fixes for cases of dinosaurs or reptiles getting stuck
  • Various animation bug fixes on dinosaur behaviours
  • Prevent dinosaurs trying to claim territory whilst they're being airlifted across the level
  • Fix for predators not dying in a group attack and standing in place at 0% health
  • Modified severity of burn injuries
• Buildings and Decorations
  • Fixed misaligned cursor when placing a lagoon viewing gallery on an invalid spot
  • Various art improvement bug fixes across numerous buildings and assets
• JW Database
  • Fix newly added entries not being automatically unlocked if you already completed the criteria to unlock it, when the criteria is to complete a Chaos Theory career. This will allow the Alan Grant entry introduced in 1.3.0 to unlock without the need to replay anything
• UI
  • Fixed "Ticket Sales Per Minute" showing as partly filled at 0%
  • Pressing enter on keyboard while inputting text in the save name will now confirm the save name
  • Don't show the "Staff Busy" message when there's insufficient staff skill on a task
  • Hide the Expedition Filter UI when assigning Scientists to an Expedition
  • Fixed invisible focus and direction issues on Amenity Colour Swatches Panel
  • Management View Colour Blind Setting now shows an example image of each setting
  • Fix for occasionally losing controller focus and getting stuck in the Species Viewer Animation picker
  • Fix for occasionally being unable to access the JW Database from a Dinosaur Statistics UI
  • No longer display the switch page prompt when using the keyboard
  • Dinosaur silhouettes now appear correctly for Remote Capture events
  • Fixed issue where Calamity Bar could appear visible during cinematics
  • Fixed issue where internal modules on Amenities could be double counted when editing them
  • Stop UI autocycling between amenities when pressing left stick with the colour picker and swatches open
  • Changed all references to PR to be "Publicity Rating" or Publicity" for clarity and consistency
  • Removed the 3rd Help Tile for the Jurassic World Database now that all content is available by default in Sandbox Mode without research
  • Fixed the Hatchery info panel stopping working when you enter and exit the hatchery bay rapidly
  • Fixed Hatchery hardlocking if you repeatedly pressed A on synthesis with Scientists turned off
  • Corrected information on Avian Pox as this spreads through direct contact and not randomly through the park
• Terrain
  • Snow brush in Campaign 4 - Oregon now changes the terrain as a circle rather than a square
• Audio
  • Stop playing new VO when the "Request new contract" button is pressed repeatedly
• Animation
  • Fixed some sauropods getting up from ragdoll on their wrong sides
• Localisation
  • Adjusted subtitles for Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Japanese so subtitles more consistently fit within 2 lines
  • Various localisation and text fixes for all languages
• Various optimisations for game performance on Playstation 4 and Xbox One consoles
• Various stability fixes

Bug Fixes - Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack[]

• Dinosaur Behaviours
  • Scorpios Rex now has a Hunt need and will kill more frequently
  • Monolophosaurus will now climb fences rather than attacking them
• Audio
  • Added VO debut lines for Scorpios rex and Monolophosaurus
• Animation
  • Fixed the Scorpios Rex legs remaining static when it's attacked by a group

Update 1.4.3 (PC Only)^[13][]

• Fixed broken shadows and rendering on the latest Nvidia Driver 516.40

Update 1.44^[14][]

Base Game[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Additional fix for dinosaurs and species being stuck after landscape painting and fence placement edits
• Fix for dinosaurs standing still for a few minutes trying to perform a dominance fight a long distance away
• Fix for dinosaurs navigating through a fence after failing to attack a vehicle
• Stop wrangled dinosaurs from causing issues to the game economy unless they actually hit a guest.

UI[]

• Power hubs now show running cost in their Info Panel
• Emergency shelters now show their coverage tooltip in the hover Tooltip
• Don't declare wrangled dinosaurs as threats when we detect that they can access guests
• Fixed an issue where the help screens would still adjust layout to fit in subtitles, even if subtitles are disabled
• Fixed an issue where the building upgrade button could have its label overlapped by the button prompt
• Fix for Biosyn Sandbox Mode build tab being visible when you don't have the DLC installed
• Fixed a softlock when double-tapping multiple buttons in the Staff Hiring screen
• Improvements to performance while a dinosaur is pinned with the landscape panel open
• Fix for an issue in which the options menu would appear misaligned and lose most functionality while scrolling by dragging the scrollbar.
• Guided tour tracks now appear in the map view.
• Allow players to back out of selecting dinosaur placement mode whilst using dinosaur transport multi-selection tool.

Buildings and Vehicles[]

• Player controlled vehicle wheels should no longer clip into buildings
• Fixed large Dinosaurs blocking their own hatchery exit for 60 seconds
• Fixed an issue where drones would get stuck when attempting to exit an aviary hatchery.
• Fix for game blocker where if player had 1 aviary and 1 PMF and were unable to place a flying reptile in either location.
• Fixed guided tours leaving the building at a slow rate
• Fixed guests not sitting in the right place in lagoon audience stands
• Fixed vehicles shaking when driving
• Allow player driven guided tour vehicles to go through aviary tour gates
• Fixed vehicle wheels from clipping the ground

Sandbox Mode[]

• Fixed an issue where you could select cosmetic variants of a building that is locked by research in sandbox mode
• Added Small and Medium Modern fences to the Jurassic Park building set for Sandbox mode
• Fixed Park Tour track placement not appearing in Park Tour UI in Sandbox Mode

Jurassic World Database[]

• Added Invisible Tour Gate and DFW Tour Gate to the Sandbox tech tree to make the database entry unlockable.

Campaign[]

• Fixed an issue where the Capture Team would stay at the Response Facility during the Allosaurus cutscene in Campaign 2 if assigned to a ranger post.

Audio[]

• Fixed decoration objects having no rotation audio after being placed
• DFW Guided tour VO no longer refers to Jurassic World
• Fixed some reverb on some VO lines

Other Fixes[]

• Fixed an issue where the camera would be in the wrong location after loading a save file
• Adjusted English translations so they work with both singular and plural
• Updated translations for mismatched subtitles in all languages
• Various localisation fixes in all languages
• Various stability and crash fixes

Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Reduced ragdoll shaking on the Quetzalcoatlus

Campaign[]

• Fix hovering paths allowing you to delete charred ruins

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added Biosyn Valley specific biome tree set for Sandbox Mode
• Added decoration variants of the Rustler Defences for Sandbox mode
• Added Aviary perch points to the Biosyn Era set
• Fixed an issue where the decoration menu could be empty if filtering by 'Biosyn' in a different menu.

UI[]

• Fixed fossils showing in amber mine extractions
• Updated Scorched Earth help screen
• Added a recharging icon over rebooting flashbang rustler defences
• Filled empty text box with the name of the cleared charred ruins when inspecting scientists in the control centre.
• Fixed missing UI image for Quetzalcoatlus fossils
• Fixed invisible gate being remembered as a fence selection

Jurassic World Database[]

• Dominion Biosyn Expansion new species are now automatically unlocked in the JWDB

Buildings and Vehicles[]

• Reduced instances of Rustler vehicles clipping through each other
• Removed flicker on the Biosyn MVU
• Fixed Invisible Gate not animating consistently

Jurassic World Dominion Chaos Theory[]

• Fixed an issue where loading an autosave will prevent Rustlers attacking your park, blocking progress.
• Added roundworm dart to the tech tree
• Removed redundant unlock requirement for Lagoon & Aviary at the end of the level
• Fixed Rustler vehicles being forced through a fence when rammed by Ranger teams
• Players will now be taken to the correct research node when selecting 'Go To Research' from the Rustler Defences menu

Audio[]

• Fixed placement audio on Rustler Defences

Update 1.4.6 (PlayStation Only)^[15][]

• Various stability and crash fixes

Update 1.4.6 (PC and Xbox)^[16][]

• Various stability and crash fixes

Update 1.5.0 (Update 4)^[17][]

Features[]

Park Teams[]

• Added the ability to wake up tranquillised dinosaurs using the new "Stimulant Dart" either directly or through task assignment
• Added the ability to manually take control of an aviary or lagoon drone from the aviary or lagoon hatcheries. Manually perform tasks such as:
  • Tranquillise
  • Stimulate
  • Medicate
  • Feeder Resupply
  • Photos
  • Medical and Welfare Scans

Dinosaur Behaviours[]

• Capture Team helicopters can now be attacked by flying reptiles
  • Certain escaped flying reptiles will now attack Capture Teams
    • Cearadactylus
    • Geosternbergia
    • Maaradactylus
    • Pteranodon
    • Tropeognathus
    • Quetzalcoatlus
  • Capture Teams now show a condition bar
  • Destroyed Capture Teams need to have replacement teams purchased
• Marine reptiles will now attack lagoon walls when uncomfortable and can become injured

Decorations[]

• Added the ability to change the colour of certain lights within certain Decorationswith a new Lighting tab within the Decorations panel
  • New subsection containing all the decorations with editable lights in a single place
  • Added "Edit Light Colour" mode that allows you to click and paint lights within the level quickly
    • The game will swap over to night time setting while in this mode, to aid light colour changes
• Added land-based decorations
  • 4 x Jurassic Park Banners (JP)
  • 1 x Jurassic Park Light (JP)
  • 1 x Spinosaurus Sign (JP)
  • 1 x Toilet (JP)
• Added ability to attach decorations to the edges of all lagoons and added the following decorations
  • 1 x Lagoon Fountain (All)
  • 2 x Lagoon Planters (All)
  • 1 x Lagoon Jurassic Park Banner (JP)
  • 1 x Lagoon Jurassic Park Pillars (JP)
  • 2 x Lagoon Jurassic World Sails (JW)
• Added ability to attach decorations to the bottom of all lagoons and added the following decorations
  • 2 x Lagoon Cages (All)
  • 4 x Lagoon Lights (All)
  • 5 x Lagoon Rocks (All)
  • 2 x Lagoon Boats (All)
  • 2 x Lagoon Thermal Vents (All)
  • 5 x Lagoon Coral (All)
  • 1 x Indominus Rex Skeleton (All)
• Added amenity and attraction building decorations
  • 3 x Planters
  • 1 x Amber Planter
  • 2 x Fountains
  • 1 x Pole
  • 1 x Jurassic Park Pillar

Capture Mode[]

• Added additional overlay options to the Capture Mode filters
  • Added 6 x postcard overlays
  • Added 4 x stamp overlays

Quality of Life Updates[]

• Cameras
  • Game camera can now be moved into the water of lagoons
• Lagoons
  • Adjusted the clarity/transparency of the lagoon water
• Buildings
  • Adjusted the clarity of the lagoon viewing stands glass so you can see more into the lagoon water
  • Added the ability to toggle between multiple viewing points on guest buildings
    • Added viewing points to the Amphitheatre building
  • Added option to hide the UI when in Guest Views
• Park Teams
  • When one dinosaur is welfare scanned by a Ranger Team, it will now also scan all dinosaurs in its territory and all dinosaurs in cohabiting/shared territories
  • Made it possible to re-open a park tour by assigning a Ranger Team to any building connected to its tour network, instead of just a single building
• Tours
  • Allow tours to be connected in either direction
  • Players can now choose the travel direction of their tours
  • Show the tour travel direction on the track
• Dinosaurs
  • Readjusted the scale of the Jurassic Park 3 Pteranodon
  • Optimised and reduced the cost of feathered species for the Species Limit on PS4 and Xbox One consoles
  • Enable marine reptiles' status icons to be visible underwater
• Dinosaur Behaviours
  • Dinosaurs have an extra chance to gain certain traits in biomes with extreme climates.
    • In Alpine and Taiga biomes, dinosaurs are more likely to gain the Hungry trait.
    • In Desert biomes, dinosaurs are more likely to gain the Thirsty trait.
  • Cohabitation Balance
    • Added a Likes relationship between Hadrosaurid and Ceratopsids
    • Added a Likes relationship between Ornithomimosaurids and Ceratopsids
    • Ceratopsids can now cohabit with other Ceratopsids, with certain exceptions
      • Triceratops can't cohabit with Styracosaurus, Torosaurus or Sinoceratops
      • Torosaurus can't cohabit with Styracosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus or Sinoceratops
      • Styracosaurus can't cohabit with Sinoceratops
      • Sinoceratops can't cohabit with Pachyrhinosaurus
      • Nasutoceratops can't cohabit with Chasmosaurus or Pentaceratops
      • Chasmosaurus can't cohabit with Pentaceratops
    • Territories now decay quicker in cases where the area is not desirable, or overlaps other disliked territories, or the territory is over the size it needs to be.
  • When two dinosaurs fight over territory overlap, remove the territory of the loser around where the fight happens
  • Marine Reptile territory stats will now decay slightly slower
  • Allow dinosaurs that don't fight their own species to choose a new Alpha or Herd Leader using social interactions rather than combat
  • Make flying reptiles regain stamina when eating and drinking
• Sandbox Mode
  • Redesigned the Sandbox Settings so it's more readable
  • Custom settings now are saved between sessions
  • Added the ability to create negative Traits when Gene Editing
  • Added the ability to have infinite Traits when Gene Editing
  • Added the ability to have infinite Trait points when Gene Editing
  • Added new Cohabitation Sandbox Setting with settings for Normal, All Like or No Dislike
  • Added new Instant Construction/Destruction Setting
  • Added new Infinite Candidate Refreshes setting
  • Prevent the "Dinosaur Combat Frequency" setting from disabling dinosaurs hunting guests
• Challenge Mode
  • Blocked deletion of Control Centre in Challenge 06
  • Exceeding the Challenge species limit no longer flags the save as requiring a higher spec platform
  • Setup per level save images for Chaos Theory Challenge Mode saves
• Chaos Theory Mode
  • Return to Isla Nublar - Added fail state to dinosaur scanning stage - all dinosaurs must be kept alive
  • Jurassic World Dominion - Changing button prompt during second wrangling objective to use the correct button
• Loading Screens
  • Added quotes from Jurassic World Dominion to the loading screen quote pool
• UI
  • Made Path Capacity and Overcrowding information visible during path placement
  • Made path heatmap information more responsive to changes in the park
  • Added the ability to use right mouse click to back out on the full screen management screens
  • Change the "Missions" title in Management screens to "Missions & Contracts" in some levels
  • Added a "Guest Park Issues" section to the Finances management screen to help guide players to how to improve their parks
  • Display star rating targets on "area locked" icons that are locked by star rating
  • Map icons for buildings, fences and tracks in locked areas now also appear grayed out to further highlight the difference between locked areas and non-locked areas.
  • Added time remaining to next refresh of Scientists in the hiring pool
  • Allow the player to refresh Scientists in the hiring pool
    • Can be used once per financial period
    • Players will need to pay to refresh the pool
  • Added the Scientist name to the task list for Rest tasks
  • Added option to assign scientists to rest directly from the task allocation screen
  • Improved map feedback for blueprint fences
  • Now allow hyphen input when renaming assets
  • Contracts - Changed all profit and revenue contracts to use per minute values, rather than per month.
  • Fixed wrong save image for Sierra Nevada sandbox level
  • Long dinosaur names do not get truncated anymore in the egg select panel
  • Pylon wires blocking construction will now be highlighted with red
• Accessibility
  • Added an accessibility option to allow for setting a custom HUD background opacity
• Terrain
  • Now allow terrain editing around destination flares on the landscape

Bug Fixes[]

• Sandbox Mode
  • With Infinite Lifespan turned on, removed visible ageing and stamina effects from occurring
  • Washington - Fixed the capture camera not being able to reach the floor
  • Jurassic World - Added Monorail to arrival point building limit list; prevents you from placing additional functioning arrival points
  • Fixed scientist training levels not becoming re-locked when enabling research in sandbox mode
  • Hidden any scientist-related information in building tool-tips when scientists are disabled in sandbox mode
  • Fixed reloading save on Isla Nublar 1993 resetting the colour grade to "Jurassic Park"
• Challenge Mode
  • Jurassic World/Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom - Changed mission giver to be Cabot Finch
• Campaign Mode
  • Fixed situation where scientists could have their maximum skill levels increased when being carried over from one campaign level to the next
• UI
  • Fixed "Demolish" shortcut not being present when building
  • Hidden the Calamity bar when in Gene Editing
  • Fixed the Ranger Team Flare taking priority use of the F key and cannot be rebound by the player
  • Added Antarctica landmass to the Expedition Map and moved the dig site for the Hanson formation
  • Added the Dominion film logo to the Sinoceratops
  • Updated Claire Dearing portrait during the Jurassic World Chaos Theory level
  • Territory along the edge of aviaries better matches the shape of the aviary domes
  • Fixed the Champlain Valley skin variant colour not matching in game colour for Edmontosaurus
  • Hidden Difficulty In Save/Load Island Menus for Sandbox levels
• Buildings and Decorations
  • Various building art and optimisation improvements
  • Fixed the DFW Emergency Shelter costing half the price of all other Emergency Shelters
  • Fixed DFW era decorations being place-able on Chaos Theory 3
  • Fixed some Jurassic Park buildings having Jurassic World logos on them
  • Fixed being unable to demolish enclosure marker decorations with single demolish tool
• Dinosaurs
  • Increased the maximum number of transport flares in world at once
  • Fixed comatose dinosaurs waking up when shot with tranquillisation dart
  • Fixed dinosaurs with comatose caused by Hypothermia being woken up when shot by Capture Teams
  • Removed ivy poisoning from triggering outside of specific Chaos Theory levels
  • Fixed multiple disease deaths displaying a different disease to one the dinosaur had
  • Fixed some dinosaurs getting stuck at the end of locomotion or in social interactions
  • Additional fix to keep flying and marine reptiles in their enclosures
  • Fixed flying reptiles getting stuck inside aviary hatcheries when you use multi transport only
  • Adjusted the less vibrant pattern on the Jurassic World Pteranodon
  • Fixed ragdolling dinosaurs interacting with buildings when being winched
• First Person View
  • Fixed not being able to begin First Person View mode in shallow water
  • After accessing a building from First Person View, fixed the player not being returned to First Person View afterwards if they performed certain actions
• Guests
  • Fixed guests not avoiding AI-driven gyrospheres
• Jurassic World Database
  • Fixed Tylosaurus having incorrect diet information
  • Added JWDB image for comfort gene mod
• Park Teams and Tours
  • Fixed helicopters when transporting multiple dinosaurs clipping into each other
  • Fixed Jurassic Tour vehicles spawning off to the side of the track and becoming stuck
• Species Viewer
  • Fixed Wuerhosaurus and Kentrosaurus Camp Cretaceous variants pose issues in the Species Viewer
• Environments
  • Fixed grass flickering unnaturally
• Localisation
  • Fixed translations for Korean, French, Italian, Russian, German, and Mexican Spanish according to players’ feedback.
  • Fixed mismatches between audio and subtitles
  • Various localisation issues fixed across 13 languages
• Misc
  • Various stability issues fixed
  • Various optimisations
  • Various text issues fixed

Dominion Biosyn Expansion Features[]

Added additional amenity and attraction building decorations

• 1 x Biosyn Lights
• 1 x Biosyn Fountains
• 1 x Biosyn Sculptures

Dominion Biosyn Expansion Quality of Life Updates[]

• Campaign
  • Added prompt text to tell the player they need 100% genome for feathered dinosaur species

Dominion Biosyn Expansion Bug Fixes[]

• UI
  • Fixed "Demolish" shortcut not being present when building the Hyperloop
  • Fixed Hatchery Upgrades research in Biosyn campaign not granting additional upgrade slot
  • Fixed missing Quetzalcoatlus fossil images in expedition map
• Campaign
  • Fixed Scorched Earth building area being expanded around the Biosyn HQ
• Decorations
  • Rustler defence decorations can now be placed on paths
• Chaos Theory
  • Jurassic World Dominion - Removed 'Swallowed Phone' from the list of injuries available so that we don't get the odd instance of a live captured Compsognathus having it
• Challenge/Sandbox Mode
  • Reduced number of Therezinosaurus & Dimetrodon fossils as some were left over after getting to 100% genome
• Jurassic World Database
  • Fixed Therizinosaurus length discrepancy
• Dinosaurs
  • Fixed Therizinosaurus missing fight animations with some opponents
  • Fixed some carnivores becoming stuck when group attacking the Giganotosaurus 2022 variant
  • Updated the Dimetrodon's cohabitation list
    • Likes:
      • Compsognathus
    • Dislikes:
      • Carnivores
      • Therizinosaurus

Update 1.5.1^[18][]

• Various stability and crash fixes
• Fix for UI not showing that you can scan prehistoric species via player controlled drones

Update 1.5.10 (1st Anniversary Update)^[19][]

• Added Zipline attraction - available in Jurassic World era
• Added access to time controls when in first person view for Audience Stands and Tour Rides

Update 1.6.0 (Update 5)^[20][]

Features[]

Game Modes[]

• Five DFW Campaign levels are now available to play as challenge mode maps when the player earns 3, 5, 7, 9, and 2 stars respectively across all maps in Challenge Mode
  • 1 - Arizona Breakout
  • 2 - Washington State Wreckage
  • 3 - Pennsylvania Headquarters
  • 4 - Oregon Aviary
  • 5 - California Photography
• Added new Challenge conditions
  • Tranquilliser Upgrades
    • Found within Arizona Breakout, Washington State Wreckage and Pennsylvania Headquarters
    • Default Tranquillisers now only work on dinosaurs with Level 1 and 2 Security Ratings
    • Research additional upgrades
  • Psychological Trauma
    • Found within Washington State Wreckage and Pennsylvania Headquarters
    • Dinosaurs within the ailment of "Psychological Trauma" require scientists with the trait of "Psychologist" to cure them
  • Photo Level
    • Found within California Photography
    • Added new timed Photography mission type to reach 5 stars
  • Staff Hiring Requirements
    • Found within Pennsylvania Headquarters and Oregon Aviary
    • Specific Staff members (Experts) have requirements that need to be met before they let you hire them.
    • Experts will also have more skill points and two specific character traits
    • Experts are available for a fixed period of time and cannot be refreshed

Tiny Dinosaur Behaviours[]

• Added group attacks for tiny dinosaurs on guests and goats
  • Applies to Moros intrepidus and Compsognathus
• Turned off collision between tiny dinosaurs and guests
  • Applies to the Lystrosaurus, Oviraptor, Moros intrepidus, and Compsognathus
• Turned off collision between tiny dinosaurs and vehicles
  • Applies to the Lystrosaurus, Oviraptor, Moros intrepidus, and Compsognathus
• Adjusted navigation logic so tiny dinosaurs navigate around water
  • Applies to the Lystrosaurus, Oviraptor, Moros intrepidus, and Compsognathus

PS4 to PS5[]

• Added ability for players to import their PS4 saves to the PS5 version of the game

Achievements[]

• Added 2 new achievements and trophies for Xbox, PlayStation and Steam

Quality of Life Updates[]

UI[]

• Show the outlines of territories / dinosaurs of that species when transporting a dinosaur
• Added dinosaur highlight when assigning tranquillise and transport tasks
• Show an "ailment + tranquillise" icon when controlling the Capture Team or adding a new task
• Highlight disliked dinosaurs or show an icon when transporting
• Adjusted how territory is displayed during terrain editing with a pinned dinosaur to only show contentious overlaps to reduce clutter
• Highlight liked plants during terrain editing
• Highlight currently placed brush during terrain editing
• Disable the "Challenge Mode" splash on Challenge: San Diego and Challenge: Return to Isla Nublar
• Made Lagoon and Aviary preview rings highlight the map boundary
• Send the fight notification earlier to provide more notice on a fight occurring
• Added notification when a Tour is disabled by a storm
• Research Outposts now show a reduced view symbol during conditions that reduce the visibility from the Outposts
• Inspecting a dinosaur's territory now highlights the other dinosaurs in the territory when the alpha is selected
• Added Body Variant selector to the genome editor and Species Viewer for dinosaurs whose variants now have their own selectable skin and pattern colours
  • Affects these species:
    • Giganotosaurus and Dreadnoughtus (Dominion Biosyn Expansion required)
    • Kentrosaurus and Ouranosaurus (Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack required)
    • Iguanodon (Dominion Malta Expansion required)
  • Includes the ability to randomly choose skin colour within a single variant (on all platforms), or across both variants (on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series)
  • Display the variant imagery of these species when showing a dinosaur image such as Gene Library, Research, Dinosaur Exchange and Park Management

Dinosaurs[]

• Made sure tour vehicles honk at dinosaurs blocking their way, and make sleeping dinosaurs react to being honked at
• Added ability to show a dinosaur's liked paleo preferences whilst editing environment
• Dinosaur cohabitation
  • Parasaurolophus and Maiasaura are now friendly to each other
  • Pyroraptor now dislikes Scorpios rex and Indominus rex
  • Australovenator now dislikes Scorpios rex
• Territory decays more slowly near desirable feeders that are inside the territory
  • Made lagoon feeders more lenient when deciding if they're inside a territory. This makes it easier for marine reptiles to maintain their comfort levels even if the territory decays a short distance away from the feeder's position on the lagoon wall.

Jurassic World Database[]

• Added Kayla Watts and Soyona Santos to the Jurassic World Database

Camera[]

• Improvements to lagoon decoration placement
  • Camera is kept below the water surface while rotating it
  • Camera will not leave the lagoon when moving into the lagoon walls
  • Made it easier to put the camera near the water surface by zooming out without leaving the water
  • The position of the object being placed is more consistent while rotating the camera

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added ability to set time of day and day length to Sandbox settings

Supported PCs Only[]

• Added support for NVIDIA Streamline, DLSS3 and NVIDIA Reflex

Quality of Life Updates - Camp Cretaceous Dinosaur Pack[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Kentrosaurus (Camp Cretaceous Variant)
  • Added 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options
• Ouranosaurus (Camp Cretaceous Variant)
  • Added 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options

Quality of Life Updates - Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

Scenery[]

• Added new rocks as part of the biome set used for Biosyn levels

Dinosaurs[]

• Dreadnoughtus 2022
  • Added 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options
• Giganotosaurus 2022
  • Added 12 body colour x 7 pattern colour options

Bug Fixes[]

Vehicles[]

• Prevented helicopters from being buried under the terrain
• Adjusted the speed in which gates open for Tour vehicles to be quicker
• Adjusted the position of the aerial drone's photo camera so that the gun barrel isn't visible at any rotation

Dinosaurs[]

• Fixed flying reptiles ragdoll states falling through the floor
• Fixed large sauropods ragdolling unnaturally when being transported
• Fixed camera going wild when Kronosaurus attacks Lagoon wall, when viewing from certain angles
• Fixed dinosaurs occasionally ragdolling unnaturally when being lowered onto a Paleo-Medical Facility
• Fixed dinosaurs occasionally ragdolling unnaturally when being tranquillised a second time
• Prevented dinosaurs from attempting to eat from empty fish feeders
• Fixed delivered dinosaurs potentially arriving with feeder-related diseases where the cure cannot be immediately researched
• Infected feeders now cannot be moved or deleted preventing completion of related research cures
• Fixed 'medication available' showing in Sandbox levels for diseases when cure has not been researched
• Fixed situation where dinosaurs would remain stationary for long periods when there was lots of food nearby that was all unreachable
• Fixed a case of flying dinosaurs getting stuck in flight
• Fixed rare case of dinosaurs leaving enclosures without breaking out

UI[]

• Fixed pressing up on the D-pad in the Power menu selecting a non-existent item
• Hide vehicle status icons during in-world cinematics at the start of scenarios
• Added Dominion logo to some of the missing film characters
• Disabled Capture Mode in building view modes to prevent the camera clipping through walls and escaping
• Fixed several Styxosaurus skins not matching their preview in the Species Viewer
• Fixed being able to spam keys during load to get into management screens before island intro cutscenes have started playing
• Fixed being unable to access the level select for the DFW and Biosyn Dominion campaigns if progress had previously been made through the campaign, but no save file for the campaign still existed

Sandbox Mode[]

• Fixed "flatten terrain" option not saving when using it in a custom Sandbox setting

Landscapes[]

• Fixed background mountains vanishing in Arizona Campaign level

Decorations[]

• Fixed Fish particles around Lagoon decorations going upside down
• Fixed lagoon lights not rendering through viewing gallery glass

First Person View[]

• Fixed being able to drop out of an ACU helicopter into a hatchery's enclosure

Misc[]

• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes
• Various audio fixes
• Various text and localisation fixes

Bug Fix - Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

• Ensure the Therizinosaurus is rotated correctly before being lowered into the Paleo-Medical Facility

Bug Fix - Late Cretaceous Pack[]

• Fixed the Alamosaurus occasionally distorting when being airlifted

Update 1.6.2^[21][]

• Various stability fixes

Update 1.6.3 (Steam only)^[22][]

• Fixed being unable to synthesise within the Hatchery on the Steam Deck version of the game

Update 1.6.4^[23][]

• Fixed the Allosaurus in Challenge 15 not being counted towards the mission condition
• Fixed the Iguanodon getting stuck when attempting to kick a vehicle
• Fixed no more flying or marine reptiles in Germany Challenge mode. (Medium and up)
• Fixed helicopters falling down to the ground when loading a save
• Various stability fixes

Dominion Malta Expansion[]

• Allowed Ziplines to be placed across natural lagoon in San Marie Bay

Update 1.7.0 (Update 6)^[24][]

Features[]

Capture Mode[]

• Added new Camera Type to Capture Mode, the Cinematic Camera
  • Added ability to adjust settings such as Time and Camera Movement
  • Added ability to adjust between various focus areas within your park such as: Dinosaurs, Viewing Galleries, Tours, Park Teams, Hotels, Ranger Posts, Ziplines, Feeders, Path View, and Panoramic View
  • Add existing Overlays of Postcards, Stamps, Logos, Letterboxes, Filters, and Guidelines

Buildings[]

• Added new 'Remote Viewing Galleries' feature with 2 x new attractions, the 'Log Viewing Gallery' and the 'Dome Viewing Gallery'
  • These can be found within the 'Attractions' menu and are available in all building styles
  • Galleries need to be connected to an Entrance Building using an underground connection
• Added Zipline variants for DFW and Jurassic Park Building Styles

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added 6 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square levels
  • These are based on the 6 different biome types within the game
• Added 3 x expanded Sandbox levels
  • These are for Southwest USA, San Diego and California levels
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Decoration Foliage' (found under the 'Environment' sub-section) that allows players to use foliage from all biomes or the level's specific biome
  • This is only available on PC and next-gen console
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Unlimited Feeder Reserves' (found under the 'Dinosaurs' sub-section)
  • Setting this to 'on' will mean that feeders no longer need to be refilled by Ranger Teams
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Income Tax' (found under the 'Park' sub-section)
  • Reduces how much income your park generates and has 4 settings: None, Low, Medium and High
• Added new Sandbox Setting for 'Wild Capture Frequency' (found under the 'Park' sub-section)
  • Control how often wild capture events will occur and has 4 settings: None, Low, Medium and High
  • This requires the 'Expeditions and Fossils' setting to be turned ON to be adjustable

Quality of Life[]

Buildings[]

• Toilets, Amenities, and Shelters will now build instantly rather than over a short period of time
• Added the ability to place multiples of the same building without need to enter the build menu each time
  • Using CTRL + Mouseclick on mouse/keyboard or RB/R1 on controllers
• Infected feeders can no longer be deleted, this is to prevent players from being able to block themselves from researching related cures
• Added ability for 'Release via Airlift' to Aviary Hatcheries allowing players to release flying reptiles outside an Aviary

Dinosaurs[]

• Small dinosaurs will now raise their heads when they are walking through water
• Small dinosaurs can now navigate through water when they would have been blocked before
• Adjustments to sauropod combat
  • Carnivores now may fail a hunt depending on combat stats
  • The Bleed Out state now only starts once a sauropod reaches 15% health, rather than after any carnivore attack
  • If a carnivore fails to successfully hunt a sauropod, it will wait for a period of time before trying again
  • Adjusted feedback for when the Bleed Out state is affecting a dinosaur
• Adjusted UI cohabitation feedback on Therizinosaurus, Indominus rex, Velociraptor, and Indoraptor to more clearly reflect their likes/dislikes

Sandbox Mode[]

• Arrival Point now starts opened in Sandbox Mode, and on moving Arrival Points we maintain their status as opened/cloReferencessed

UI[]

• Amenity Management Screen
  • Simplified the Amenity Management screen by removing guest demographic information & best performing amenity
  • Added the total number of guests in the park to the "guests served" statistic
  • Added configuration rating statistic which shows how well amenities are configured & therefore how satisfied the local guest demographics are
  • Added shortcuts to view modes for amenity configuration and amenity coverage
• Added a "Delete" confirmation prompt when trying to delete a Hatchery with active synthesis or incubation tasks
• Replaced park reports and contracts with small notifications if they trigger during full screen contexts (e.g. driving Park Teams, editing terrain)
  • Added gameplay setting to 'always minimise park reports and contract notifications"
• Added a new 'Random Rock Placement' option to Landscaping tools. This option automatically selects a new rock from the same biome type after placement
• Added Management View toggles whilst inside various placement modes
  • Feeders - Added ability to toggle Ranger Posts View on/off
  • Monorail/Tours - Added ability to toggle Visibility View on/off
  • Amenities - Added ability to toggle between Amenity Coverage & Overcrowding views
  • Fences - Added ability to toggle between Power and Visibility views
  • Remote Viewing Galleries - Added ability to toggle Visibility View on/off
• Made Billboard Icons appear above a forest when a dinosaur enters them
• Added new time control for "Slow Motion" accessible on the main HUD and via the radial menu on controller
• Disable carets on financial items in monthly report when there is no change from previous months
• Increased the transparency of Dinosaur Visibility highlights to improve readability
• Restrict lock-on to valid targets whilst in a Ranger or Capture Team
• Subtitles are now wider at their larger text sizes in order to fit in more text
• Moved the weapon/equipment switch prompt to a more visible location when controlling a Park Team
• Added unique map icons for medium and large Amenity buildings

PS4 to PS5[]

• Added ability for players to import their PS4 player progressto the PS5 version of the game
  • This will merge progress and will not overwrite progress on the PS5 (if any)

Chaos Theory[]

• Made some adjustments in Chaos Theory 5 during Brachiosaurus stage to make objective goal clearer
• Chaos Theory 2 - Fixed mismatch between actual target and text on objective UI for amenity income objective
• Chaos Theory 4 - Fixed number format for park rating objective

Audio[]

• VO Characters' introductionsare now tracked account wide and will only play once per account rather than once per Career
  • Added Setting for 'Repeat Introductions' (found under the 'Audio' sub-section) to toggle this on/off

Quality of Life - Dominion Malta Expansion[]

UI[]

• Added option to Select/Deselect all of a specific species option to the Cargo Ship in the Dinosaur Exchange and the Island Map

Features - Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added 2 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square levels
  • These are based on the Biosyn Sanctuary and Sierra Nevada levels

Features - Dominion Malta Expansion[]

• Added 1 x additional large, flat Sandbox Square level
  • This is based on the Mediterranean biome the Campaign levels are based in
• Added 1x expanded Sandbox level for San Marie Bay
  • Replaces the Natural Lagoon with buildable ground and greatly expands the play area

Bug Fixes[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Fixed some marine reptiles starving to death when trying to hunt with low stamina
• Fixed Marine reptiles not hunting/eating food until food bar is red, unintentional bug created by cohabitation changes related to Tuna
• Fixed Camarasaurus' head clipping through the ground during the grooming animation in the Species Viewer
• Fixed the Apatosaurus losing its eyes in particular instances
• Fixed Triceratops JP 1993 skin not closing its eyes
• Fixed Diplodocus spines detaching from their bodies when viewed at a distance
• Fixed Mosasaurus angling upwards when released from the lagoon hatchery, causing it to clip through the gate

UI[]

• Fixed the Stimulant bar going over 100% when you manually aim/fire
• Fixed Calamity bar displaying 'Multiple Dinosaur Threats' rather than 'Dinosaur Threat'
• Fixed an issue with the Ranger Team compass showing wrong feeder icons
• Fixed an issue where selling fossils rapidly could result in loss of control functionality in the Fossils screen

JWDB[]

• Made references to geological eras consistent across multiple places
• Fixed inconsistent era string for the Nodosaurus

Buildings[]

• Adjusted the Jurassic Park Marine Shark Feeder so vehicles can access for re-supply

Vehicles[]

• Prevent transport helicopters from blocking other helis from delivering dinos with their waiting positions

Audio[]

• Fixed Jurassic Tour VO incorrectly referring to Spinosaurus as from North America

Misc[]

• Fixed minimising the game while in 'Fullscreen' mode and then re-opening changing it to 'Windowed' mode
• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes
• Various audio fixes
• Various text and localisation fixes

Bug Fixes - Early Cretaceous Pack[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Changed Minmi genome size classification from medium to small

Bug Fixes - Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Adjusted dig site fossils for Dimetrodon so there aren't any left over once you reach 100% genome
• Fixed dinosaurs occasionally passing through invisible fences

Bug Fixes - Dominion Malta Expansion[]

Dinosaurs[]

• Fixed Oviraptor feathers flickering in low wind settings
• Fixed fish feeder dispensing issues in San Marie Bay causing Marine reptiles to starve to death
• Fixed the Atrociraptor legs becoming distorted when attacking guests on sloped terrain

Vehicles[]

• Fixed the Malta Response Facility not letting players repair the vehicle

Sandbox Mode[]

• Updated Malta Sandbox economy values

UI[]

• Fixed L3 becoming non-functional for pinned dinosaur request when reentering the Dinosaur Exchange

Campaign[]

• Fixed the trust limit not increasing after the second island if the autosave is loaded
• Fixed dinosaurs dropping off the transport helicopter when transferred towards the Cargo Ship

Update 1.7.2^[25][]

• Decorations
  • Restored Supply Piles 01 and Supply Piles 02 decorations to their pre-Update 6 visuals
  • Added Supply Piles 03 and Supply Piles 04 (duplicated from Update 6's unintentional replacement of Supply Piles 01 and 02)
• Gene Editor - The variant carousal now doesn't use the LB/RB input anymore
• Build Menu - Display the detached viewing galleries when the Building Styles filter is applied in Sandbox modes with "All Buildings"
• Fixed cinematic camera mode causing occasional frame rate issues on busy parks
• Removed the gap between the play area and background forests on maps
  • This will still cause a small gap on existing saves, new saves will have no gap
  • Affects:
    • Isla Nublar 1993
    • Isla Nublar 2015
    • Canada
    • Sierra Nevada (Dominion Biosyn Expansion)
    • Biosyn (Dominion Biosyn Expansion)
    • Malta (Dominion Malta Expansion)
• Various localised text fixes

Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Update (Update 1.7.10)^[26][]

• Added Jurassic Park Decorations
  • Les Gigantes Mural
  • Jurassic Park Banner - Classic
  • Fallen Tree
  • Jurassic Park Sign
  • Mr. DNA Sculpture
  • Classic Bunker
  • Classic Table and Chairs
  • T. rex Skeleton
  • Alamosaurus Skeleton
  • Jurassic Park Banner Arch
  • Classic Maintenance Shed
  • Classic Wall - Straight
  • Classic Wall - Arch
  • Classic Wall - Curved
  • Umbrella - Open
  • Umbrella - Closed
  • Jurassic Park Gate Arch
  • Big Pile of Dung
• Added Jurassic Park Pylons/Fences/Gates
  • Classic Pylon
  • Classic Airlock Gate
  • Small Electrified Fence
• Added Jurassic Park Paths
  • Classic Facility Path
  • Classic Standard Path
  • Classic Wide Path
  • Classic Main Thoroughfare
  • Classic Luxury Standard Path
  • Classic Luxury Wide Path
  • Classic Luxury Main Thoroughfare

Bug Fixes[]

• Added the Insectivore Feeder to the following Challenge levels
  • Arizona Breakout
  • Washington State Wreckage
  • Pennsylvania Headquarters
  • Oregon Aviary
• Adjusted live feeder settings to ensure they're producing goats and fish to support larger dinosaur populations

Free Update 7 (Update 1.8.1)^[27][]

Features[]

Custom Challenge Mode[]

• Players are now able to create their own challenges with 'Custom Challenge Mode'
• Select a map - Choose from one of four preset difficulties, or create your own experience with over 40 customisable settings for you to adjust to your own liking
• Then choose up to 3 objectives which will be required to complete your challenge
• Each custom challenge will generate its own unique Share Code, which you can then share with others and have them recreate your personal configuration

Buildings[]

• Added new "Lagoon Viewing Dome" which works as a "Remote Viewing Gallery" for the lagoon
• Added the "Amphitheatre" as a placeable building in Sandbox Mode on all levels as part of the "Jurassic Park" building style
• When buildings are marked for deletion, scaffolding now shows immediately
• Remote viewing entrances can now be snapped to lagoon edges

Gene Splicer/Species Viewer[]

• Added the ability to mark skin and pattern colour variants as favourites
• Added ability whilst in the Hatchery genome editing menu to only randomise your favorited colour variants

Sandbox Mode[]

• Added a new setting "Dinosaur Danger to Guests" (found under the "Dinosaurs" section)
  • When set to "off", dinosaurs will not be considered a danger to guests and guests will not flee or be attacked by them
  • This can be set to "off", "on" or "on (carnivores only)"
• Added ability as part of Demolish to Cosmetically Damage buildings in Sandbox Mode allowing players to make buildings look damaged without affecting gameplay
• Removed all unlock requirements on Sandbox levels so that all levels are available without requiring progression in other game modes
• Added "Intelligent" and "Fussy" traits into Sandbox Mode
  • Allowing "Intelligent" dinosaurs requires the Dinosaur Escapes setting to be "on"
  • "Fussy" dinosaurs is an additional setting as part of Dinosaur Comfort settings

Jurassic World Database[]

• Added the ability to view different dinosaur model variants in the JWDB

Dinosaurs[]

• Added the ability to Favourite a Dinosaur and be notified when that dinosaur is performing interesting behaviours
• Reduced all sauropod territory requirements by 25%
• Adjusted Spinosaurus posing in all behaviours and movements
• Added new social behaviours to Ichythosurus, Plesiosaurus, Kronosaurus, Elasmosaurus, Attenborosaurus, Styxosaurus and Liopleuropdon
• Marine reptile transport no longer always goes to the centre of a lagoon
• Enabled Proceratosaurus and Monolophosaurus to attack Ranger Teams
• Contact points for Ranger Team vehicles have been rebalanced, allowing for accurate engagements from dinosaurs

Species Viewer[]

• Added ability to view behaviours in slow motion in the Species Viewer

Bug Fixes[]

• Removed duplicate 'Extra Scientist' & 'Storm Defence' upgrades from Malta Acquisition Centre
• Fixed Contracts to purchase Authorities or Underground-listed dinosaurs appearing in Sandbox Mode on Malta maps
• Fixed automated Ranger Teams briefly displaying the "Can't reach destination" status when assigned to a Ranger Post they can reach
• Enabled hunts by large marine reptiles on small and medium ones when they're hungry and don't have enough feeders
• Adjusted vehicle spawn point spatial box sizes for JP Response Facility so that Ranger Teams don't act blocked when parked
• Fixed the absences of the Herrerasaurus and Megalosaurus so they'll appear as part of the Dominion Malta Expansion campaign
• Feathered Species Pack and Prehistoric Marine Species Pack (when owned) species are now also available in the Malta Dinosaur Exchange as part of the Dominion Malta Expansion
• Fixed duplicate traits appearing for a Scientist when sent to rest when they were disgruntled
• Fixed the vehicle radio in the Isla Nublar Square Sandbox playing the wrong station
• Adjusted staff generation to provide more skilled applicants
• Fixed Mr. DNA decoration appearing in the lights sub-menu
• Set the correct helicopter for the Biosyn Expedition Centre's decorative variant
• Fixed being unable to accelerate or brake when switching the camera to the inside of a Ranger Team when using a controller
• The Heavy Fence is now available when using the DFW Building Style
• Fixed weather and disease not appearing on Sierra Nevada square Sandbox level
• Fixed Dinosaur Exchange Contracts appearing in Northwest USA Challenge level
• Small and tiny pterosaurus will no longer cause panic just by flying near other dinosaurs
• The Malta Staff Centre should now count towards the shared building limit on all Sandbox maps
• Fixed bug where some Sauropod species would require an extra stimulant dart to wake when at 100%
• Fixed bug where carnivore and live prey feeders could be placed on and clip into San Marie Lagoon attachment point platforms
• Fixed Log Viewing Gallery and Dome Viewing Gallery negatively affecting transport rating
• Additional fixes for dinosaurs and ranger teams getting stuck in place
• Fixed players being blocked during the Dominion Malta Expansion if you transport Atrociraptors to another island before the player moves
• Prevent vehicles being able to drive through a fence when a invisible fence joins a regular fence
• Fixed aviary drone not being fully controllable when aviary is below a certain height.
• Fixed tour vehicles flipping/bouncing in groups
• Fixed research prompts for dinosaur tranquiliser not working during Washington State Wreckage Challenge level

Misc[]

• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes
• Various audio fixes
• Various text and localisation fixes

Update 1.8.2^[28][]

Bug Fixes[]

• Lagoon Viewing Domes and Lagoon Rock Platforms should no longer float on the surface of Lagoons after loading a save. Players with this issue need to save and reload their game again to resolve it
• Hunting packs of dinosaurs should no longer panic after attacking and taking down another dinosaur
• Fixed certain cases of dinosaurs disliking their own species
• Added the research required to counter the "Fussy" trait in Sandbox or Custom Challenge Mode
• "Building Style" and "Staff and Guests" category details are no longer switched in the Custom Challenge Mode set-up
• Genome Modification Limits should now be applied as intended in Custom Challenge mode
• Fixed an instance where all missions would vanish during Chaos Theory: Jurassic Park's introduction dialogue

Prehistoric Marine Species Pack[]

• Nothosaurus has found her courage and should no longer panic when seeing the Archelon. This will also allow Nothosaurus to use Lagoon Rock Platforms alongside Archelon

Misc[]

• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes

Update 1.9.1 (Update 8)^[29][]

New Dinosaur Variants[]

• Allosaurus 2022
• Dimorphodon 2022
• Pteranodon 2001
• Brachiosaurus 2001
• Stegosaurus 1997

Automated hatcheries[]

• Hatcheries can now be automated to more easily manage dinosaur populations. Park managers can set a target population number which the hatchery will aim to maintain
• Use the automation button on the hatchery to enable it
• Dinosaurs can be released via the hatchery door or delivered to another enclosure
• Available in all hatchery types; land, aviary and lagoon

Species Unlock Shuffling[]

• This is a new setting to partially randomise the order in which species can be unlocked on the tech tree for both Custom Challenge and Sandbox mode.

Pack Chase Behaviour[]

• Selected carnivorous dinosaurs will now chase alongside a same species hunter as they go after their prey
• Applies to:
  • Yutyrannus
  • Australovenator
  • Concavenator
  • Cryolophosaurus
  • Herrerasaurus
  • Monolophosaurus
  • Utahraptor
  • Troodon

New Decorations[]

• Added additional Decorations in all Building Style
  • 2x Bin
  • 1x Sun lounger
  • 3x Bench 1
  • 2x Plant pot
  • 2x Fountain
  • Lagoon Attraction Banner

Prebuilt layouts[]

• Prebuilt layouts are now available as options in Sandbox and Custom Challenge Mode inspired by Campaign, Challenge and Chaos Theory levels, with existing paths, buildings, enclosures etc...
• You can find those new preset starting layouts on the following maps:
  • United Kingdom
  • Isla Nublar 1993
  • San Diego
  • Isla Sorna
  • Isla Nublar 2015
  • Sierra Nevada (Dominion Biosyn Expansion)
  • Arizona
  • Washington State
  • Oregon
  • California
  • San Albertus (Dominion Malta Expansion)
  • San Marie (Dominion Malta Expansion)
  • Santaegidius (Dominion Malta Expansion)

Park Teams[]

• You can now pass through Tour Gates when manually controlling MVUs & Ranger Team vehicles

Capture Mode[]

• While in Capture Mode the player can now change the time of day and the weather
• Time of Day/Weather options will not affect gameplay, and will revert back to default when Capture Mode is closed.
• Available weather effects are map specific

Airlift releases[]

• Players can now queue multiple asset releases for Airlift when one is already occurring.

Gene Library[]

• A search bar has been added on the Genome Library and the Species Viewer to facilitate the search of species.

Show unresearched feeders in the build menu[]

• The feeder menu will now show unresearched items

Path replacement brush[]

• Added a new replacement mode for the path creation tool which will overwrite the paths selected by the brush
• Players can change the radius of the brush

Bug Fixes[]

• Dinosaurs are now less likely to leave and forget their territory without a clear threat
• Park Teams can now pass through Biosyn Sanctuary forests when controlled by the AI
• All alternative vehicle skins available to the player are now present in Custom Challenge mode
• Adjusted Custom Challenge sabotage risk difficulty tooltip to clarify its functionality
• Players can now enable/disable the Comfort characteristic and Fussy trait appropriately in Custom Challenge and Sandbox modes
• Reduced guest count requirements for Large Hotels so Malta buildings-only playthroughs are more feasible
• Troodon, Struthiomimus, and other small animals no longer shake the ground when the camera is focused on them
• Fixed an issue where Transport helicopters would not deliver flying reptiles between Aviaries
• Add "Decoration Foliage" setting to Custom Challenge mode, to enable/disable decorative foliage from all biomes
• Lagoon sections can no longer be deleted while a marine reptile is being transported to that lagoon
• Dinosaurs are now quicker to eat from hunted prey in certain situations
• Tuna will no longer obstruct the placement of Decorations and Buildings on edge of Lagoons
• Research contracts should no longer be offered in Sandbox when research is disabled
• Fixed rare instances where the players was not being able to sell the Carnotaurus in the Malta campaign
• The Lagoon Platform is now available in the Malta Campaign
• Fixed storms not appearing on Biosyn Sanctuary Sandbox levels
• Single placement tree decorations now use the autumn variants in the autumn temperate square map
• Dinosaurs will now prioritise eating and drinking over fleeing when these needs are critically low
• Dinosaur kills by poison now contribute to kill statistics

Misc[]

• Various stability fixes
• Various animation fixes
• Various audio fixes
• Various text and localisation fixes

Update 1.9.2 (Update 8)^[30][]

• You can now select the "Modify Genome" button whilst in Automated Hatcheries allowing gene editing of automated species
• Species created by Automated Hatcheries can now generate traits
• Stopped VO playing during the Washington State Pre-built Sandbox cinematics
• Fixed the Open Park button being disabled in the Isla Sorna prebuilt layout
• Fixed bug where guests would stand still when a vehicle was blocked/parked
• Reduced likelihood of rangers becoming blocked when navigating between points
• Fixed bug where dinosaurs would occasionally not perform drinking behaviours correctly
• Fixed typo in American English for Time of Day settings
• Fixed bug where changing tabs in the Species Viewer would occasionally not restore control to the player

Cretaceous Predator Pack[]

• Gigantoraptor will now hunt guests, small carnivores and small herbivores
• Increased the lifespan of the Concavenator

Dominion Biosyn Expansion[]

• "San Marine Bay" has been corrected to "San Marie Bay".