Relics

Relics are equippable items that grant passive effects. Most relics are obtained randomly through quests, but some (e.g. Virtual Machine) have unique obtaining conditions.

About relics

What are relics?

• Relics are equippable items that grant passive effects.
• Each relic has a unique ability with its own use cases and strategies.
• There is a long cooldown between equipping new relics.
• Experiment with different relics and choose wisely on which one to use!

Obtaining relics

When sending animals on a quest, they have a small chance of returning with a relic. Once found, a relic remains in your inventory forever and cannot be obtained a second time.

There are also a few special relics that must be obtained through other means...

— “About Relics” dialogue

A new relic can be equipped every 12 hours. Efficiency and Mango can decrease this cooldown.

The player can equip one relic at a time. A second relic slot can be unlocked from leader XP upgrades.

List of relics

Relics

Emoji	Name	Description (in-game)	Flavor text	Unique obtaining condition
	API Key	Reveals cooldown, timestamps, and other hidden info on the online zoo API.	Nerd.	Yes
	Bubble Tea	Grants a 70% chance to reduce each rescue cooldown by 1 hour, otherwise raises it by 2 hours.	(no flavor text)	No
	Candle	While cursed, reduces your rescue cooldown. Reduces more time based on how close the curse is to expiring, and also slightly increases luck if the curse isn't weakened.	It's probably haunted.	No
	Checkered Flag	Animals can be rescued up to five minutes before your cooldown actually finishes. Rescuing during this period will reduce your next cooldown by 20 minutes. Also reduces quest cooldown by 1 hour when triggered.	(no flavor text)	No
	Cursed Dice	50% chance to find a pair when rescuing, 50% chance to find nothing.	Anything that follows is entirely RNG's fault.	No
	Decearing Egg	Grants a 50% chance of obtaining an egg when rescuing an egg-laying animal.	You feel like making a delicious breakfast.	Yes
	Firecracker	Regular food items shorten your quest instead of your rescue cooldown. Leader abilities reduce your rescue cooldown by 50% less but reduce your quest duration by 50% more.	Use responsibly.	No
	Flashlight	Doubles the effects of any quest modifiers applied by animals, but guarantees 1 less animal or item. Must be equipped when claiming the quest reward.	(no flavor text)	No
	Frying Pan	Boosts the effect of regular cooldown-reducing food items by 25%, and increases the chance of finding better ones.	What are you cooking?	No
	Hourglass	Increases luck and reduces your rescue cooldown by 20 minutes if your rescue didn't have a notification or auto-rescue.		No
	Juice Box	Randomly reduces each rescue cooldown by 5-25 minutes, plus an additional four minutes for each point of luck.	These tasted better back in third grade.	No
	Lantern	Releasing an animal reduces your rescue cooldown by 30 more minutes, and increases luck for your next rescue up to 5 times.	(no flavor text)	No
	Magnifying Glass	Grants a 20% chance to rescue an animal needed to increase your completion percentage.	Maybe you'll find something nice.	No
	Mechanic Cap	Allows the Mechanic to upgrade any item at any time, from the items menu. Items not in the Mechanic's daily stock take 50% longer to upgrade.	You feel like buying your niece McDonald's.	Yes
	Moving Box	Reduces your rescue cooldown by 90 minutes, but weakens by 3 minutes for each item you have. Rescued animals will never hold items.	Be mindful of how much you hoard!	No
	Necklace	Weakens any curses obtained while equipped, but makes them last 2 extra days. Must be equipped while the curse is received, but can be unequipped once it is weakened.	Any evil spirits will be weakened.	No
	Sack	Making a shop purchase reduces your rescue cooldown by 1 hour. Increases your max number of shop purchases by 2.	Spending is power!	No
	Satellite	Grants a 5% chance of rescuing for you, as soon as your rescue cooldown expires. Increases by 1% for every 3 remaining rescue notifications (up to 20% chance)	It will only function if the bot is able to DM you.	No
	Shopping Cart	Greatly increases the chance of finding items, but raises your rescue cooldown by 1 hour when you get one.	Return it when you're finished!	No
	Twin Cherry	Increases the chance to find pairs but decreases the chance to find items. Rescuing a pair reduces your rescue cooldown by 30 minutes.	(no flavor text)	No
	Virtual Machine	Rescues done via the terminal have increased luck.	You feel like telling people about Linux.	Yes