Zoober



Zoobers (formerly known as pets) are creatures that can be bought for 7,000 coins in Work at a Pizza Place. They are treated like pets, hence their former name. They have responsibilities that needs to be filled by the player, otherwise zoobers will be emotional and make crying sounds.

Addition
Zoobers were added in December 2015 in the Christmas Update.

Changing the term “pet” into “zoobers”
Around 2018, the term “pet” was dropped and changed to “zoober”. However the term “zoober” was filtered in roblox chat and therefore, players still refer it as pets or use bypass words such as “zoo b e r”.

Free zoobers
Free zoobers were added in the game around August 2021. They can be only obtained once and they have three options for three types of zoobers: Bunny, dog and cat. Players found the update obsolete as they have no purpose in the game.

Description
Zoobers are pet-like creatures that can have its specie chosen by the player. As its pet-like nature, it has different responsibilities that need to be fulfilled by the player, otherwise it will become sad and will whine all the time if it is not cared by the owner. Zoobers can be renamed after this update.

Zoober types
There are 15 types of zoobers. Each amount of resposibilities vary.





Zoober hats
Zoober hats customize the appearance of your zoober. Only one can be worn at a time.

Tricks

 * Holding: A Zoober can be held by pressing the hold button on the Zoober. Selecting another Zoober will have the player release their Zoober. Pressing stop while it’s held will make the Zoober release from the owner.


 * Stay: A Zoober can stay by pressing the stay button on the Zoober. The Zoober doesn’t move after staying. Pressing stop while make the Zoober move once again. If the player resets his/her character or dies, the zoober will start moving again.

Care and responsibility
A zoober has four stats: Feed, sleep, pet and play. If the owner doesn’t take care of his/her zoober, it will start making crying sounds with a sad face with emotional eyes.


 * Feed: Your inventory will be equipped with kibble (currently unused name) which your pet will come to your hand and eat the kibble with an opening and closing face. If your zoober is not eating, try holding it and feed it again.Zooberpet.png


 * Sleep: Your zoober sleeps on your shoulders or above your head. Waking them up will cause them to cry, however they will recover a few seconds later.


 * Pet: Your camera will be zoomed into the face of your zoober. To pet your zoober, you have to gently move your cursor to the zoober.
 * Play: Your inventory will have a small ball for your zoober to play fetch. The zoober will move fast in excitement when holding the ball. Tap anywhere to throw the ball and after throwing, your Zoober will catch the ball. After they catch the ball, they will come to the player and have the responsibility filled.

Bugs and glitches

 * A zoober can despawn randomly. After it despawns, it appears again with a “yay” sound. This glitch won’t occur in Party Island.
 * A zoober can have it’s ear asset removed. This glitch/bug is connected to the zoober despawn glitch.
 * Hats worn by zoobers can be removed. This glitch/bug is connected to the zoober despawn glitch.

Criticism
Zoobers are known for being too expensive, costing 7,000 coins. They are a waste of coins as they do not give benefit to a player. Their whine or crying sounds is somewhat annoying if one of their responsibilities has reached to 0 and they won’t stop until the player fills their responsibilites again. This was undone agter the August 2021 update and will only make crying sounds when the player jumps while they’re sleeping.

Trivia

 * The default zoober might resemble a pet rock due to it’s lack of body parts.
 * They resemble meeps from MeepCity.


 * Zoobers are formerly known as pets. The reason for its name change is possibly having “pet” too generic.
 * However the GUI for zoober hats still has zoobers called “pet”.


 * There is a bug where if a zoober owner resets his/her character or dies, his/her zoober will sometimes whine or make crying sounds.
 * The pitch of a zoober’s sounds/voice varies in size.
 * The moose has the lowest pitch and the largest in size, while the bug has the highest pitch and smallest in size.