Jurassic World Evolution

Released: Jun 11, 2018
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Last updated: 12 Sep 2026, 20:58 GMT

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21 Oct 2025Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution 3 is Out Now!
Jurassic World Evolution 3 is Out Now! Welcome park managers, We’re delighted to celebrate the launch of Jurassic World Evolution 3, which is available now on Steam! View game page Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the next entry in the critically acclaimed Jurassic World Evolution g
06 Jun 2025Developer post
JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 3 RELEASING 21 OCTOBER
Hello Park Managers, We are excited to announce the next entry in the critically acclaimed Jurassic World Evolution franchise, bringing juvenile dinosaurs, a comprehensive breeding system and modular building to your dinosaur parks for the very first time! Pre-purchase now and re
02 Jul 2024Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution 75% off in the Steam Summer Sale!
Greetings Park Managers! Get 75% off Jurassic World Evolution and up to 50% off all available DLC as part of the Steam Summer sale! If you still just can't get enough of Jurassic World Evolution then grab your copy of Jurassic World Evolution 2 which is available for 90% off in t
16 Nov 2021Developer post
Enter a World Evolved - Jurassic World Evolution 2 is available
Hello, Park Managers! Get ready to enter a world evolved: Jurassic World Evolution 2 launched last week on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and is playable via NVIDIA GeForce NOW! It is so exciting for all of us here at Frontier to be able to open the
10 Jun 2021Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution 2 Coming 2021
Hello Park Managers! We are incredibly excited to announce the next chapter in the Jurassic World Evolution brand: Jurassic World Evolution 2, coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, in 2021! Check out the fantastic new trailer below and don't f
17 Mar 2020Developer post
Update from Frontier about the COVID-19 Situation
Hi everyone, We’d like to take a moment to update you all on what’s happening at Frontier with regards to COVID-19, and what you can expect from us in the foreseeable future. In order to safeguard the health and safety of all Frontier employees, we are implementing a work from ho
25 Feb 2020Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Update 1.12.4
Hello Park Managers! We're just released Update 1.12.4 for Jurassic World Evolution, so make sure your game is up to date! Thanks to your reports on our Issue Tracker and feedback, this update includes a variety of changes which you can view below: Update Notes: Sorna Jurassic Pa
Hello Park Managers!
We're just released Update 1.12.4 for Jurassic World Evolution, so make sure your game is up to date! Thanks to your reports on our Issue Tracker and feedback, this update includes a variety of changes which you can view below:
Update Notes:
Sorna Jurassic Park Era Challenge Mode no longer has unexpected Hammond Fees
Nublar Jurassic Park can now be closed/opened in Sandbox Mode
Fixed inconsistent forest coverage from Redwood scenery trees
Removed greenhouse count restriction on Nublar and Sorna Jurassic Park sandbox levels
Various text and localisation fixes
Fixes for several rare crashes
Thank you all! Please keep providing us with your feedback and making reports on our Issue Tracker!
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23 Jan 2020Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Update 1.12.3
Hello park managers! Update 1.12.3 is now available for Jurassic World Evolution. This update features a number of improvements and fixes based on your feedback and reports on our Issue Tracker. You can find the full list of changes below. Update Notes Intro VO should now trigger
Hello park managers!
Update 1.12.3 is now available for Jurassic World Evolution. This update features a number of improvements and fixes based on your feedback and reports on our Issue Tracker. You can find the full list of changes below.
Update Notes
Intro VO should now trigger correctly for JW-era challenge maps
JP gates should now play correct sounds on open and close
JP gates should no longer trap vehicles when closing
Ranger AI can now navigate through truck tour gates, and the JP gate
Removed unused JP park tour upgrade slot
Resolved performance drop when scrolling through slots
Various localisation and text fixes
Various achievement unlock fixes and text corrections
Various fixes for UI sound events
Various audio adjustments and corrections
Fixes for several rare crashes
Many thanks all. Remember to report any issues you encounter on our Issue Tracker so our developers can check them out as soon as possible!
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13 Dec 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution Update 1.12.2
Hi everyone! It's been great to see your feedback on Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park and Free Update 1.12 so far. We've taken a look at the reports we've received and have a new update out now which should fix some of the biggest issues we've seen. Take a look b
Hi everyone!
It's been great to see your feedback on Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park and Free Update 1.12 so far. We've taken a look at the reports we've received and have a new update out now which should fix some of the biggest issues we've seen. Take a look below for the full release notes:
Release Notes

Added unlock to allow driving of tour vehicles
Moved Pteranodon reputation unlock to Sorna Security to match the Aviary. Changed operations strength requirement of Pteranodon fossils to match.
Added track gate rotation to HUD control prompts and changed console button for gate rotation when editing the park tour track
Fixed map icon crashes
Fixed ACU helicopter occasionally clipping through the ground
Redwood trees now fulfill forest need
Restrooms now connect to paths correctly
Camera and audio fixes for JP buildings
Various UI fixes
Various text changes
Various localisation fixes
Thank you for your feedback so far!
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10 Dec 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park OUT NOW
Hi everyone, The day we've all been waiting for is here! We're excited to announce that Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park and Free Update 1.12 are out now! Join Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm on Isla Nublar, in an all new storyline where you
Hi everyone,
The day we've all been waiting for is here! We're excited to announce that Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park and Free Update 1.12 are out now!
Watch on YouTube
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144410/Jurassic_World_Evolution_Return_To_Jurassic_Park/
Join Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm on Isla Nublar, in an all new storyline where you'll rebuild and open the greatest attraction on earth, Jurassic Park. Use your skill as an expert park manager to overcome intriguing new challenges, and show the world you've got what it takes to handle the heat when life finds a way!
For anyone who may have missed our previous announcement, this fantastic new expansion pack contains a whole host a brand new story missions, classic buildings inspired by film, dinosaur skin variants you'll most definitely recognise, two new dinosaurs, the Pteranodon and Compsognathus, and much more! Don't forget, Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park comes alongside free update 1.12, with features that have been highly requested from the community like new Ranger team functions and a restroom requirement for guests.
Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park is available now for £15.99/€19.99/$19.99 (prices may vary depending on region, you will need to own the base game to play the new content).
Take a look below at the full release notes to see a list of all of the awesome features included!
Return to Jurassic Park Content
Story

New story involving Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and John Hammond (Mackenzie Grey)
Added 7 'Return to Jurassic Park' story missions
Locations

1993 Isla Nublar added (Sand)
1993 Isla Sorna added (Shale)
Dinosaurs
Added Aviary and Pteranodon
Pteranodons can be hatched into an Aviary
Pteranodons have a number of cosmetic variants
Pteranodons can escape if the Aviary suffers storm damage
Pteranodons can die of old age
Added Compsognathus
Added legacy dinosaurs

Added 1993 T. rex model variant
Added 1997 T. rex skin variant (to 1993 model)
Added 2001 T. rex skin variant (to 1993 model)
Added 1993 Velociraptor model variant
Added 1997 Velociraptor male skin variant (to 1993 model)
Added 1997 Velociraptor female skin variant (to 1993 model)
Added 2001 Velociraptor with spines model variant
Added 2001 Velociraptor model without spines variant
Added 1993 Triceratops model variant
Added 1997 Stegosaurus model variant
Added 1993 Brachiosaurus model variant
Added 2001 Brachiosaurus model variant
Added 1997 Parasaurolophus skin variant
Added 2001 Parasaurolophus skin variant
Added 2001 Ankylosaurus model variant
Many of the new variants also have some colour variants available
Only era appropriate dinosaurs are available in Return to Jurassic Park Campaign and JP era Challenge Mode
Jurassic Park Era Building Set
Added Visitor Centre
Added Arrival Helipad
Added Ranger Outpost
Added Hatchery
Added Park Tour
Added Geothermal Power Station
Added Jurassic Park Hotel
Added Emergency Bunker
Added Jurassic Cafe
Added Jurassic Gifts
Added Jurassic Park Storm Defence Station
Added Light Cable Fence
Added Electrified Cable Fence
Added Heavy Cable Fence
Added Jurassic Park Pylon
Added Jurassic Park Substation
Added Jurassic Park Gate
Added Jurassic Park Tour Gate
Added Jurassic Park Entrance Gate
Added Jurassic Park Cheap path
Added Jurassic Park Normal path
Added Jurassic Park Fancy path
Added Jurassic Park Feeders and Extended Feeders
Construction cladding recoloured for Jurassic Park era buildings
Added Jurassic Park Scenery
Added Velociraptor Pen
Added 'East Dock' sign and variants
Added 'Dilophosaurus' enclosure marker and other species variants
Added Jurassic Park restroom scenery item
Added Ground Light scenery item
Guests
Economy changes when playing in JP modes
3 groups of 1990s style variants for guests
Tourist style guests
Security/Operations style guests
Ranger style guests
Management
Added JP era management variations for campaign and challenge modes
Transport Rating and Fun Rating are not present in JP era
In JP era modes contracts are issued by appropriate characters for that era - the modern era divisions and associated reputation are removed
All prices adjusted to 1990s equivalents
Tour Ride
Added Park Tour
Can be attacked in the same manner as ranger vehicles
Added a sandbox toggle
Dinosaur visibility is covered by Park Tours when in JP modes
Dinosaur Visibility is a more important aspect of Facility Rating in JP modes
Added Night Vision research upgrade
Added Binoculars research upgrade
Binoculars improves the vision range of the Park Tour vehicles
Added Cameras research upgrade
UI
Add era toggle (choose JP or JW building sets) for Challenge and Sandbox Modes
Combined UI for Visitors Center (Research, Expeditions and Fossils)
Updated various UI aspects to reflect era difference when in 93 era modes
Challenge Mode
Added 2 new Challenge mode maps (Nublar 1993 and Sorna 1993)
Ability to play any Challenge map in either the Jurassic World or Jurassic Park era (after completing Mission 2 of "Return to Jurassic Park")
Sandbox Mode
Added 2 new Sandbox mode maps (Nublar 1993 and Sorna 1993)
To unlock JP-era for challenge mode and sandbox play, players must have first finished Mission 2 of the Return to Jurassic Park campaign (in addition to any other requirements to unlock the selected island).
LUTs
Added ability to switch between the Jurassic World and Return to Jurassic Park full screen colour setting (via the Gameplay menu)
Audio
Added "Return to Jurassic Park" versions of all gameplay/misc VO using the "Return to Jurassic Park" actors
Achievements
Added new achievements
Vehicles
Legacy style ranger added
Legacy style ranger driver added
1.12 Free Update Content
Danger for Ranger Teams
Aggressive or dangerous dinosaurs can try to attack ranger teams
Certain dinosaurs will react aggressively if a ranger vehicle is driven too quickly or noisily when near them
Ranger vehicles can take damage if attacked by a dinosaur - too much damage will result in the destruction of the vehicle
Tolerance to ranger teams is determined per species
Honking will now reduce the tolerance of any dinosaurs in range
Added a calamity warning when ranger teams are being attacked
Flares can be used to distract dinosaurs that would normally attack the ranger vehicles
Can be fired manually
Can be deployed as a task
Added a sandbox toggle
Added passenger reactions to collisions
Restroom Need
Guests now have a restroom need which is satisfied by placing Restrooms nearby in a similar fashion to the existing guest need buildings
Added toilet need management view
Added JW era restroom building
Added a warning for existing games that they'll need to add Restrooms to satisfy the new restroom need
Ranger Functions on ACU
Certain ranger team functions can be unlocked for use by the ACU
Fire healing/medication darts
Fire flares
Photo Mode
Ranger team functions on the ACU are unlocked for use via the JW campaign (3 stars on Isla Sorna)
The Ranger Team tranquilise dinosaurs ability is unlocked via the JW campaign (3 stars on Isla Sorna)
Capture Mode
Added Legacy Night Vision view to Capture Mode
Scenery
Added Redwood Tree scenery items
General Fixes & Tweaks
Buildings
Fixed Power Station tooltip and info panel showing incorrect output value during a power surge
Fixed ordering of Greenhouse upgrades in the UI
Changed 'Building - switch camera' buttons so they are bound to the same as 'Gyrosphere - switch vehicle' control
Show the overcrowding percentage on the tooltips for hotels
Removed the Advanced Storm Defence station from the building menu on Sanctuary as it can't be researched and isn't supposed to be available
Capture Mode
Fixed an issue where, while a transport team is lifting a dead dinosaur, looking away from it using the capture cam would cause it to disappear
Challenge Mode
For Challenge mode random dinosaur order, hybrid research is now unlocked at the same island rating at which both source genomes are unlocked
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs will now wake up if honked at or within a ranger vehicle's tolerance zone
Added a habitat gene slot to Olorotitan
Fixed low-res and cut off Carcharodontosaurus damage
Fixed dinosaurs getting stuck in idle loops when they suddenly can't reach a point they were graze-walking towards
Fixed a tranquillised Olorotitan distorting during transport
Fixed incorrect positioning when eating from a carcass
Improved direction checking after a hunt
Improved transitions for dinosaur idles
Ragdoll tidy up pass for small dinosaurs
Various animation tweaks and fixes
Islands
Increased Light Rain intensity on campaign Sanctuary to make surfaces appear wetter
Fixed Claire Challenge/Sandbox island files having no entertainment guests saved
Fixed banding in atmospheric fog
Research
When active research fails to match its requirements, only cancel research if a centre was demolished. Otherwise, pause and allow cancellation
Fixed Improved Construction research display for reduced building costs
Sandbox
Fixed changing from dusk -> day/night cycle in sandbox / lighting settings
Stability
Fixed a crash when loading a save with an expedition in the pre-leaving state
Fixed a lock on exit after deleting save games and attempting to change islands
Fixed a crash when a dying dinosaur tries to fight
Terrain
Fixed some graphical issues when attempting to paint then remove Crag and Vibrant shrubbery from Sand and Dirt
Fixed forest and remove nature selection not correctly remembering when menu was re-opened
Better prevention of camera clipping on terrain skirt
UI
Added Gyrospheres and Jurassic Tour rides to the map
Fixed the Palaeofeeder setup being blocked if player has insufficient funds while using a gamepad
Fixed GUI issues when switching to gamepad while navigating through the "Management
View" list on info panels in guest buildings
Various text and localisation fixes
Vehicles
Added first person mode to Ranger Team vehicles when driving
Added unable-to-add-task reason for no health
Disabled kicking out player control if Ranger Team is upside down
If player is in photo/gunner mode and ranger is upside down, it will go back to driving mode
If ranger is upside down, you can't go into photo/gunner mode
Vehicle skins are now automatically unlocked in Sandbox mode (assuming you have the correct dlc/platform for it)
Insufficient power/incomplete tracks will now cause all tour vehicles to stop until this is rectified. This is on all tours (Jurassic Park, Jurassic Tour, Gyrosphere)
"Switch vehicles" added to tours. Use Q/E on keyboard, up/down d-pad on controller
Stopped ranger from teleporting at park boundary if it is under player control (drive, photo, gunner mode)
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26 Nov 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection OUT NOW
Hi everyone, Are you ready to become the Alpha? Four brand new Velociraptor skins are coming to the game in a very special dinosaur cosmetic DLC, the Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection! Look-a-likes of Charlie, Delta, Echo and Blue are waiting for you to incub
Hi everyone,
Are you ready to become the Alpha? Four brand new Velociraptor skins are coming to the game in a very special dinosaur cosmetic DLC, the Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection! Look-a-likes of Charlie, Delta, Echo and Blue are waiting for you to incubate right now!
Become the Alpha with the brand new Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection, the complete skin set of the original Jurassic World Velociraptors! With this pack you'll gain access to new, unlockable genes which will allow you to incubate Velociraptors with these fantastic new skins.
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Blue
Release Notes:
Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection

Dinosaurs
Added four new raptor skins
General Fixes & Tweaks

Dinosaurs
Nasutoceratops, Homalocephale and Acrocanthosaurus animation fixes
Various localisation fixes
Various stability fixes
The Jurassic World Evolution: Raptor Squad Skin Collection is OUT NOW for £1.49/€1.99/$1.99 (prices may vary depending on your region).
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14 Nov 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution: Return to Jurassic Park Coming 10 December
Hi everyone, Are you ready to embark on a brand new adventure? Go back in time to 1993 where the dinosaurs have taken over Isla Nublar, and reclaim the islands in order to rebuild Hammond's vision for the greatest attraction on earth, Jurassic Park! Jurassic World Evolution: Retu
17 Sep 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Update 1.10 and Herbivore Dinosaur Pack
Hi everyone! We're pleased to announce that Free Update 1.10 and the Jurassic World Evolution: Herbivore Dinosaur Pack are out now! For those who may have missed the announcement yesterday, our free Update 1.10 is bringing sandbox mode to all islands and locations, as well as som
Hi everyone!
We're pleased to announce that Free Update 1.10 and the Jurassic World Evolution: Herbivore Dinosaur Pack are out now!
For those who may have missed the announcement yesterday, our free Update 1.10 is bringing sandbox mode to all islands and locations, as well as some tweaks and fixes to ensure the game is playing as smoothly as possible. Along with the free update, is a brand new paid content pack, the Jurassic World Evolution: Herbivore Pack, with three fantastic new dinosaurs: Dryosaurus, Nigersaurus and Homalocephale!
We're really excited to see what you do with the islands in sandbox mode, so be sure to keep sharing your creations with us :)
Full release note can be found below:
Release Notes:
Herbivore Dinosaur Pack

Added Dryosaurus
Added Homalocephale
Added Nigersaurus
Update 1.10.1 Free Content
Sandbox mode for all islands can now be unlocked (DLC islands need to have DLC purchased)
Islands are unlocked through Campaign Play
Research unlocks are checkpointed through Campaign Play
Added sand tool to various islands when in standalone sandbox mode:
Isla Matanceros
Isla Tacano
Isla Sorna
Tacaño Research Facility
Nublar North

General Fixes & Tweaks
Contracts
Prevent offered Claire's Sanctuary dinosaur contracts prior to ability to unlock them
Fish eating dinosaurs are now included for carnivore specific contracts
Dinosaurs
Fixed Indoraptor sometimes not eating from carnivore feeders
Prevent issue where diseases will not break out on an island if it is populated with only carnivores
Adjusted minimum separation values for various dinosaurs to reduce intersection when they are grouping
Dinosaurs no longer graze immediately after release to stop clipping with other released dinos
Various animation fixes/tweaks
Terrain Tools
Allow player to paint over the building and path-generated dirt texture
Feeders
Improved how paleo feeders interact with the sandbox Infinite Feeders option:
When changing the desired plants for a paleo feeder, if Infinite Feeders is enabled, immediately populate the feeder with the desired plants, rather than waiting for a ranger to fill the feeder.
Don't show the "Requires Ranger Setup" prompt when modifying the feeder contents if Infinite Feeders is enabled.

Sandbox
Sandbox option now available from the Main Menu
Added option for Creative or Standard play styles for new Sandbox games - the usual options are still available once in the island
Standalone sandbox saves only occupy a single save slot (like Challenge Mode saves)
Disable the Hammond Foundation Fee sandbox setting when the Cash setting is "Unlimited", to better indicate to the player that the Hammond Foundation Fee has no effect when cash is unlimited
Increase the rain intensity value for Light Rain on Nublar, all Challenge, and all standalone Sandbox islands.
Stability
Fixed a crash when queuing vehicle tasks
Fixed crash when a dino is destroyed whilst cursor is over the dino when in the map
UI
Fixed some InGen DB entries to match values from paleobotany requirements
Inverting gamepad axis now only changes rotation for gamepad, and inverting keyboard axis now correctly changes rotation for keyboard
Volcanic diseased dinosaurs regenerate health to just before threshold to get rid of GUI spam
Vehicles
Despawn darts that hit low-LOD capsules of dinosaurs as this can make dart appear to float in air instead of hitting dinosaur
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16 Sep 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - A New Update is Coming 17 September!
Hi everyone! We're excited to announce a new update is coming to Jurassic World Evolution tomorrow! We've been listening to your feedback as the year has progressed, and we're very pleased to be able to tell you that sandbox mode will be available to play on every single island a
27 Aug 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution Update 1.9
Hi everyone! We're pleased to announce free update 1.9 is live on all platforms right now, which includes a brand new dinosaur! The Nasutoceratops is the newest dinosaur to come to Jurassic World Evolution, with bull like horns that help to protect her against any predators who m
Hi everyone!
We're pleased to announce free update 1.9 is live on all platforms right now, which includes a brand new dinosaur!
https://youtu.be/eZl_ALmTd8g
The Nasutoceratops is the newest dinosaur to come to Jurassic World Evolution, with bull like horns that help to protect her against any predators who may attack! Alongside this fantastic new dinosaur we've fixed up some bugs to ensure your playing experience remains as smooth as ever. Full release notes can be found below:
Release Notes

Dinosaurs
Added the Nasutoceratops
Fixed a situation where a park could become potentially immune to disease
Fixed Troodon and Olorotitan fossil contracts from being offered too early during the main Campaign
Buildings
Autocancel active research if the research centres requirement is not met. Add an extra line when deleting research centres to warn of this
Stability
Fixed tutorial soft lock
UI
Fixed incorrect dinosaur label when attempting to transport a dinosaur immediately after being notified that a Ranger/ACU tasks are full
After deleting a save, remain on the same tab on the load/save UI, don't switch back to the default tab
Palaeobotany feeder UI will now automatically close the more details tab to avoid focus issues
Fixed erroneous 'medication successful' message when medication is not researched

Thank you for your support!
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09 Jul 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution Update 1.8.3
Hi everyone, A new update is available for Jurassic World Evolution right now! Update 1.8.3 introduces a new addition to your sandbox island. One of the key points we've seen upon reading your feedback was that you'd like sand to be available on Isla Nublar, but there were some t
Hi everyone,
A new update is available for Jurassic World Evolution right now! Update 1.8.3 introduces a new addition to your sandbox island. One of the key points we've seen upon reading your feedback was that you'd like sand to be available on Isla Nublar, but there were some technical obstacles in the way which meant many of our solutions would not have been safe to implement. We're pleased to say though, the team have been working hard since update 1.8 launched and have found a way to add sand on Isla Nublar without causing issues to your existing islands!
Along with the addition of sand on Isla Nublar, we have a range of fixes for bugs that you've reported since update 1.8 released.
Thank you all for your reports, feedback and support.
Update Notes

Added sand to Isla Nublar sandbox
Fixed crash caused by vehicle task queues
Fixed crash from loading older saves
Fixed crash caused by delayed autosaves
Fixed "Executive Treatment" achievement (players will need to re-attempt this achievement from the start of Mission 3, but it will now unlock correctly)
Fixed Challenge Menu focusing issue
Fixed contract item progress placement issues
Fixed Ranger/ACU names bleeding out of UI
Fixed Indoraptor sometimes not eating from carnivore feeders
Fixed carnivores to eat from carcasses they haven't just hunted.
Fixed piscivores using the wrong feeding animation when eating from carcasses
Removed visibility cone from the Greenhouse
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27 Jun 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution Update 1.8.2
Greetings park managers! We've just released a brand new update for Jurassic World Evolution featuring a number of fixes for issues raised since Update 1.8. This update should resolve a number of stability issues as well as improvements to audio during Jurassic World Evolution: C
Greetings park managers!
We've just released a brand new update for Jurassic World Evolution featuring a number of fixes for issues raised since Update 1.8. This update should resolve a number of stability issues as well as improvements to audio during Jurassic World Evolution: Claire's Sanctuary. You can find the full Update Notes below.
Update Notes
Audio
Fix for audio cutting out when rumble is active
Dinosaurs
Prevent small dinosaurs escaping through tour ride/gyrosphere gates
Pachycephalosaurid attack / defence re-balanced:
Assigned missing defence stats
Adjust stats to better reflect size differences
Fixed some Ouranosaurus animations
Adjusted the weight of Albertosaurus in InGen DB
Updated the InGen DB genus for Albertosaurus and Ouranosaurus
Updated closed eye animation for the Albertosaurus
Improvements to Spinoraptor fish feeder animations
Audio tweaks for the Spinoraptor and T.rex

Missions
Fixed sometimes showing incorrect dinosaur names for missions on Sanctuary
Scenery
Scenery trees & rocks now are placed in water rather than on its surface
Fixed some graphical artefacts on the islands
Allow button rebind for scenery random rotation & entering delete mode
Stability
Fixed hang/softlock when backing out of greenhouse panel with your cursor over the greenhouse
Fixed a crash with dinosaur UI
UI
Fixed missing HUD when replacing a seed in greenhouse
Added tooltips for Off-Grid Wu buildings (research centre, expedition centre, fossil centre)
Fixed greenhouse subtitle text truncation
Various localisation fixes
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18 Jun 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Update 1.8 and Jurassic World Evolution: Claire's Sanctuary Available Now!
Hello everyone, We're very happy to announce that our free update 1.8.1 and Jurassic World Evolution: Claire's Sanctuary are live right now! Update 1.8.1 is available for all Jurassic World Evolution players to download right now on your chosen platforms, and includes some hugely
Hello everyone,
We're very happy to announce that our free update 1.8.1 and Jurassic World Evolution: Claire's Sanctuary are live right now!
Update 1.8.1 is available for all Jurassic World Evolution players to download right now on your chosen platforms, and includes some hugely exciting features such as: terrain painting, scenery items, Spinosaurid care and much more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvptoT8zYno
Claire's Sanctuary is a brand new, major campaign expansion pack featuring the fantastic Bryce Dallas Howard reprising her role as Claire Dearing as you help her save the dinosaurs from imminent disaster! To go with this brilliant new story-line, there are three new dinosaurs coming to the islands: Albertosaurus, a ferocious tyrannosaur with two distinctive crests above its eyes; Ouranosaurus, a powerful herbivore with a thick muscular sail on its back going from the top of its neck to the tip of its tail; and finally, the Euoplocephalus, one of the largest known Ankylosaurian dinosaurs, equipped with a wide skull and toothless beak. As well as these dinosaurs, there are some incredible Paleobotany features too, including a Greenhouse building where you can research new plants to feed your dinosaurs their preferred foods, along with a whole new transport system by way of the Jurassic Tour vehicles to give your guests the ride of a lifetime, and much more!
Claire's Sanctuary is available to purchase now on the platform of your choice for £12.99 (€14.99/$14.99) depending on your region. Please note you will need to own the base game to be able to play this new content.
Thank you for your continued support, we're looking forward to hearing all about your new experiences with this update!
Release Notes:
Paid Content/Features
Added new Claire Dearing campaign mode: Claire's Sanctuary
Added new story missions
Added new locations
Isla Nublar North
Sanctuary
Added Challenge Mode for new locations

Added new dinosaurs
Albertosaurus
Euoplocephalus
Ouranosaurus
Added new dinosaurs to dig sites
Added Palaeobotany features
Greenhouse building added
Can research plants
Researched plants can be grown in the new Greenhouse building
Each species has preferred plants
Each species has plants that are harmful to it
Give a prestige and lifespan bonus/penalty based on a dinosaur's palaeobotany satisfaction levels
Palaeofeeders can be stocked with plants grown at a Greenhouse
Added Jurassic Tour
Added new station building
Added new truck vehicle
Added new achievements

Free Content/Features
Added new terrain painting options
Palettes for each island are taken from the base materials used on that island - typically Rock and Grass, with Sand on some islands like Isla Muerta
Added dirt paint layer
Added new shrub brushes
Isla Muerta shrubs are now available on all islands
Isla Pena shrub now available on all islands
Standard shrub now available on all islands
Added new vibrant shrub to all islands
Added new natural scenery items
Added 6 individual rock variants
Added 5 individual tree variants
Added a random rotation toggle for placing scenery
Dinosaurs
Added wetland need for enclosures and spinosaurids
Added fish feeders for spinosaurids
Pachycephalosauridae can now defend themselves against small theropods
Added terrain contour line options to the gameplay menu. Off by default
When editing terrain
When placing buildings
Challenge Mode
Added random dig site option when starting a new Challenge Mode game
Change saves so they are saved on a per island basis so using less space
Tour rides
Allow tour ride vehicles to pass through enclosures fences by adding automatic gates
Added VO audio tour to the tour rides
Added bespoke music to the tour ride audio
Added an option to set the number of vehicles on a tour ride

General Fixes & Tweaks
Buildings
Added a tooltip for terrain constraints caused by already-placed buildings
Show edge highlights when placing a building if the automatic flattening is beyond the maximum allowed level
Highlight a building if it is preventing a new building from being placed
Added specific messages for a building being obstructed by water (or by requiring water and being obstructed by land)
Added staff and guests information to shop tooltips
Added power consumption to building tooltips while in the power view mode
When a building is prevented from being placed by constraints with the edge of the map, highlight the boundary in red
Added tooltip for active expeditions to the Expedition Centre
Added tooltip for active research to the Research Centre
Added tooltip for active extractions to the Fossil Centre
Added a tool tip to the Hammond Creation Lab to show currently incubating dinosaurs and their progress
Improved player feedback on shops - low coverage reports (eg for food, drink) now may identify a building causing the problem
Fixed incorrect shelter coverage calculation
Show correct path on connection point with buildings
Reduced angle snap to 22.5 degrees
Allow smaller movements when rotating a building during placement
Feeder placement UI now organised into a grid
Capture Mode
Added capture-mode-specific Y Invert and Sensitivity options, for both mouse and gamepad
Challenge Mode
Challenge Mode difficulty selection now initially show the correct picture and info
Dinosaurs
Sauropods are now no longer panicked by large carnivores
Dinosaurs are more likely to sleep at night
Added scenery prestige - a boost to dinosaur prestige when near individually placed natural scenery
Stopped dead dinos running their behaviour briefly on load
If a dino fight is aborted in the injured state, stop processing the fight and unmark the dinos for death
Made incubation costs consistent between min and max genome, basing the value off whatever the current max genome value is
Allow dinosaurs to be selected while obscured by forest
Text for "incubating" and "ready for release" in Hammond Creation Lab behave correctly
Decreased the vehicle threat radius, and lowered dinosaur flee timer for
vehicle threats to reduce panicking dinosaurs caused by the vehicles
Stopped dinosaurs from grazing when walking over rock or sand
Fixed an issue where a dinosaur could become stuck in its idle target
Allow very sick dinosaurs to still get angry
Dinosaurs being transported no longer contribute to enclosure population
Tweaked Carcharodontosaurus materials to fix detail issue
Fixed excessive head wobble when a dinosaur is drowsy/sick
Various animation tweaks/fixes
Fences
Improve how fences (and paths) are segmented to prevent an issue were they could not be split when a section is deleted
Guests
Allow science and security guests in locations with visible audiences
Islands
Made the small and medium brush sizes smaller for the terrain painting and shrub brushes
Monorails
Support for multiple monorails on a loop track:
A route can now have multiple trains running on it.
A loop track now spawns a train at each station.
Trains on a loop now start in reverse if their station is reversed.
Trains leave slightly quicker after a storm so that the trains don't bunch up together too much
Only consider monorails for transport rating if they are properly operational
Fixed bug where the visible dinosaur count would show incorrectly when a station is deactivated

Power
Display the GUI line showing the shape of the power cable when building a substation with connected pylon
Sandbox
Set habitat requirements to 'disabled' in sandbox settings will cause wetland need to be satisfied, as well as forest and grassland
Fixed dinosaur escape setting not working correctly
Added sandbox settings menu tooltips
Sandbox settings reset now correctly resets time of day & cycle length
Stability
Fixed a UI crash when in the map
Fixed a physics system crash
Fixed crash when altering window mode display properties
Fixed a rare crash when editing terrain near a monorail
Fixed a crash when trying to load a save game with invalid data
Fixed a crash when adding orders to a ranger task list
Various memory optimisations to existing code and art assets
Tour Rides
Display the GUI line showing the shape of the gyrosphere track when placing a gyrosphere gate
Give more freedom to the gyrosphere first person camera. Hide the guests, position the camera in one of the seats, and increase the range of turning
Follow gyrosphere that was clicked on when choosing Ride Gyrosphere
Fixed guests in gyrospheres and tour trucks to correctly represent the entertainment/science/security composition of the park guests on paths
Highlight the entire gyrosphere track during editing
Transport
The walking distance considered is now only the distance on paths from the destination monorail station to the building, as long as the source monorail station is within the allowed distance of the entrance
The allowed walking distance from monorail stations has been increased from 300 to 500 (the allowed walking distance from the entrance remains at 600)
In the transport view mode, highlight monorail stations blue or red to indicate that they themselves do or don't (respectively) have transport coverage. This ignores occupancy, but is designed to show the player whether they have placed their monorail station close enough to the entrance to pick up a connection
UI
Gate icons on the map will now reflect whether a player has set a gate to open (It will still show a closed icon for 'automatic' opening of gates for jeeps and the like)
Made the 'Manage' tab the default for all shop info panels, and the 'Dispense' tab is the default for feeders. Players no longer need to switch from the default 'Status' tab to perform regular actions
Fixed 'reset' for gameplay options menu 'Lighting Settings'
Gameplay is now paused while the InGen Database is open
Fixed incorrect image being used for Skin and scale toughness gene v1.0 research items
Tooltip when picking dinosaur tranq/medicate/transport targets will now always display dino name
Fixed gamepad icons to appear tinted a light shade of blue when displaying multiple inputs bound to a single action
Various text fixes
Various localisation fixes
Vehicles
Allow player control of height when in ACU gunner mode
Tweaked physics for AI vehicles
First person vehicle camera improvements
Rotate the camera using the current up vector, not the world vector, so it doesn't tilt weirdly when looking up/down in a car that's on a slope
Apply smoothing to the rotation when looking around
When calculating the current transform, reduce the pitch and roll so it's halfway between world space (no pitch/roll) and the vehicle's space
Added option to gameplay menu to focus on selected vehicle when clicking on it, defaults to true to match current behaviour. If set to false, don't focus on vehicle when selected, or when cycling through vehicles. Also disable gamepad movement as this is used for the vehicle control menu, as we do when using the ranger team shortcut
Fixed issue with transport helicopter getting stuck when trying to move a dinosaur
Original post
03 Jun 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Claire's Sanctuary Coming 18 June!
"Okay, here's the plan: this is Sanctuary. It's a paradise built to sustain multiple species. Our job is to secure as many dinosaurs from Isla Nublar as we can. We need to relocate, rehabilitate, and release them." Jurassic World Evolution: Claire's Sanctuary is coming on 18 June
28 May 2019Developer post
Jurassic World Evolution - Update 1.8 Coming 18 June
Hi everyone, We're very excited to announce another new update is coming to Jurassic World Evolution on 18 June! The free 1.8 update will bring a whole range of features to the game that have been widely requested by the Jurassic World Evolution community. If you caught our recen