Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia Not Working: Empty List Fixes

What the Zoopedia bug looks like

• The species list down the left side is blank, while the right side still shows one animal's page.
• That page is the Aardvark or the last animal you looked at, and it will not change.
• Typing a name in the search box finds nothing, even with no filters on.
• Scrolling shows a few animals with long empty gaps between them.
• It works when you load the zoo, then goes blank after a while of playing.

The rest of the game carries on as normal. Animal Trading still lists every species, and your animals keep the same needs whether or not the Zoopedia can show them.

The four ways to get the species list back

1. Open the entry from an animal. Select an animal in your zoo and open its Zoopedia entry from its Info Panel, or go to Animal Trading and open the Zoopedia from an animal on offer there. This route loads the page even while the Zoopedia button shows an empty list.
2. Save and load the zoo again. Save, quit to the main menu and load the same save. The list is usually back, though it can empty itself again later in the session.
3. Clear the search and filters. If the Zoopedia keeps showing an old search, delete the text in the search box and reset its filters, then open it again.
4. Restart the game. When a reload does not bring the list back, close Planet Zoo 2 completely and start it again.

Start with the first: it takes a few seconds and needs no reload. If you are planning a new habitat and want to browse many animals, the second gives you the full list for longest.

Who gets it, and what Frontier has said

By November 11, 2026, 63 players had added a report to the entry “Zoopedia not showing animals” on Frontier's issue tracker. The first arrived on October 16, 2026, after Update 1.0.4, and between them they cover PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in Sandbox, Career and Franchise. Frontier marked the entry Acknowledged on October 19, 2026, and the official Help page puts it among the top issues. Reports kept arriving after Update 1.0.9; the latest one we read is from November 8, 2026.

Four other Zoopedia problems have been fixed in updates since launch, but the empty list is not one of them:

• Update 1.0.6 (October 23, 2026): Species from DLC you do not own stayed hidden with the Hide unowned DLC Species option switched off.
• Update 1.0.8 (October 29, 2026): Neutral relationships came out wrong once you had filtered the list.
• Update 1.0.8 (October 29, 2026): Space requirements stayed in metres after you picked feet in the options.
• Update 1.0.10 (November 9, 2026): Exhibit-only animals had no temperature or humidity on their page; both are shown now.

Read Zoopedia entries while it is broken

Every entry also lives on Frontier's website: the official online Zoopedia has the same animal pages as the game. Our Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia lookup puts one animal's habitat, biomes, group size, temperature, space and companions on a single card, and the Planet Zoo 2 habitat planner works out what several animals need when they share a habitat.

Add your report to Frontier's entry

If none of the four fixes works for you, add to the existing entry instead of opening a new one: Frontier QA closes fresh reports of this bug as duplicates and points them back to it. Sign in, say what you see and on which platform, tick Can Reproduce and vote. Other bugs Frontier is working on, and how the tracker statuses work, are on our Planet Zoo 2 known issues page.