How to play
Safari Ranger

Find the Lodge. Get your briefing.

Every level hides a Ranger's Lodge. There are no targets on your HUD until you find it. Walk inside, head to the map on the wall, and open it to receive that day's briefing — the species you need to photograph to clear the level. Mission animals only start moving after the briefing.

Lodges glow at night and always have a road leading to them.

Pick up the tracker map

Once you've taken the briefing, a rolled parchment tracker map spawns somewhere on the level. Walk over it and every remaining target species pulses as a red lion paw print on your minimap — even in unexplored bush.

Paws respect the time of day. Nocturnal-only species don't show in full daylight; diurnal species hide at midnight. At dawn and dusk, every paw shows.

Photograph the targets

Three hearts. Use them wisely.

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START OF LEVEL

CAN RUIN YOUR DAY

Get too close to a buffalo, lion, hippo, rhino, elephant or a riled-up hyena and they will charge. Each hit costs a heart. Lose all three and the run ends. Stay in your vehicle near dangerous game — engine noise warns them off before they trigger.

Hunt the hidden Workshops

On levels 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 a bush Workshop hides a special vehicle parked out front. Step out of your current ride, walk up to the parked one, and a pop-up confirms it's been added to your Garage — permanently. The Scrambler and Quad bike share a workshop and unlock together.

Workshops glow like the Lodge after dark. No stars, no shop — just find them.

Earn your stars

Day, night & twilight

☀ DAY

Sun's up

Plains game grazes in the open. Eagles and vultures soar. Big cats laze on rocks.

⌖ DAWN & DUSK

Twilight overlap

Every species is active at once. Your best window to photograph the rare ones — and the tracker map lights up every paw print at the same time.

☾ NIGHT

After dark

Hyenas hunt in packs. Civets, genets and bushbabies appear. The eagle-owl glides between kopjes. Use your headlights.

Watch the acacias

Leopards (and other shy animals) hide in acacias. A tail dangling from the canopy by day, or glowing eyes at night, give them away. Snap the shot the moment you spot the rustle — stray too close and they'll burst out on top of you.

Read the terrain

Plains

Open grassland. Springbok, zebra, wildebeest.

Bush

Thick cover. Leopards, kudu, baboons hide here.

Rocky outcrop

Kopjes. Lions sun themselves; caracals stalk.

Riverbed

Dry channel. Elephants browse, pythons coil.

Shallows

Reedy edge. Crocodiles wait, hippos wallow.

Deep water

Not drivable. Slows you on foot.

Red sand

Kalahari dunes. Aardwolf, oryx, jackals roam.

Track

Carved road. Quieter, faster driving.

Controls

The garage

Each vehicle has its own speed, off-road grip and engine noise — quieter rides spook less wildlife. Find them at the bush Workshops on milestone levels.

Series Rover

Starter

Vintage starter. Slow but the bush barely notices it.

Land Cruiser

Level 10 Workshop

Heavier, louder, built for any terrain.

Scrambler

Level 20 Workshop

Fast and nimble — but every animal hears you coming.

Quad bike

Level 20 Workshop

Great off-road grip for rocky outcrops and shallows.

Defender TDI

Level 30 Workshop

Quietest workhorse. Balanced ranger 4×4.

Game Viewer Defender

Level 40 Workshop

Open-top tiered seating — great for groups, tall for spotting.

Willy's Jeep

Level 50 Workshop

Defender stats, open-top — but fastest across every terrain.

The roster · Levels 1–10

Springbok

Herding · Day

Zebra

Herding · Day

Giraffe

Tall · Day

Cape Buffalo

Charges · ★★

Elephant

Charges · ★★★

White Rhino

Charges · ★★★

Hippo

Submerges · ★★★

Nile Croc

Ambush · ★★

Lion

Apex · ★★★

Leopard

Acacia ambush · Night

Spotted Hyena

Pack · Night

Wild Dog

Pack · Day

Eagle-Owl

Rare · Night

Secretary Bird

Rare · Day

Expansion roster · Levels 11–30

Cheetah

Fastest · Day

Chacma Baboon

Troop · Day

Greater Kudu

Spiral horns · Day

Caracal

Acrobat · Night

Jackal

Pair · Any

Honey Badger

Fearless · Night

Rock Python

Coiled · Day

Warthog

Tusks · Day

Black Rhino

Furious · ★★★

Wildebeest

Migration · Day

Ostrich

Flightless · Day

Porcupine

Quills · Night

Black-Maned Lion

Kalahari · ★★★

Lioness

Hunter · ★★★

Aardvark

Burrower · Night

Sable Antelope

Curved horns · Day

Eland

Largest antelope · Day

Monitor Lizard

Riverbed · Day

Black Mamba

Venomous · Day

Pangolin

Super rare · Night

The newest arrivals · Levels 31–40

Birds of prey and small nocturnal mammals join the reserve. Photograph them in the campaign to unlock them in Free Ranger mode.

Martial Eagle

Apex raptor · Day

Bateleur

Soaring · Day

Lappet-faced Vulture

Scavenger · Day

Lesser Bushbaby

Leaping · Night

African Civet

Solitary · Night

Small-spotted Genet

Slinky · Night

Aardwolf

Super rare · Any

Serval

Long-legged cat · Any

African Wild Cat

Tabby ancestor · Any

White-tailed Mongoose

Bushy tail · Night

Free Ranger mode

Free Ranger is endless, randomly seeded patrols with no timer and no required targets. Every species you've photographed in the campaign joins the spawn pool — so it grows from 14 (early game) up to all 44 once you've cleared level 50. Pick a duration, roll a world seed, and roam.

Surprise around every corner