Escape the Zoo drops you into a monkey cage on Roblox and asks one question: how do you get out? The game currently ships with two completed escape paths. One has you tunneling out through the floor, and the other has you blowing the place up. Both end the run, but they need very different strategies, and the failure conditions are not the same.
Quick answer: Dig straight down through the cage floor and break out underground for the Sewer Ending, or save 1,000 Bananas, buy C4 from the Gorilla trader, and plant all four charges around the zoo during daytime for the C4 Ending.
Escape the Zoo endings overview
Only two endings are live in the game right now. A third ending has been confirmed by the developers and is scheduled to arrive with Update 4 on May 16, 2026. Until that update goes live, the table below covers every ending you can actually complete.
| Ending | Primary requirement | Best time to act | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewer Ending | Dig a deep tunnel out of the cage | Daytime (cover hole at night) | You escape underground; game ends |
| C4 Ending | 1,000 Bananas + 4 C4 charges placed | Daytime only | The zoo is destroyed; game ends |
Sewer Ending: Dig out through the tunnel
The Sewer Ending is the default route and the one the game nudges you toward from the start. The whole loop is built around digging straight down inside your cage, surviving guard patrols, and reaching the bottom of the dig meter on the right side of the screen.
Step 1: Start a run and immediately dig through the cage floor. Use the shovel on the patch of dirt inside the enclosure and break ground straight down. Keep your hunger bar topped up, because you cannot dig on an empty stomach.
Step 2: Cover the hole every time night begins. A prompt at the top of the screen warns that guards are patrolling. If a guard spots the open tunnel, the run ends. Place the cover back over the hole and wait it out, then resume in the morning.
Step 3: Sell items to the Elephant trader as your sack fills. Junk you dig up converts to Bananas, which you can spend on hunger restores or sack upgrades from the Gorilla so you can dig longer between trips to the surface.
Step 4: Keep mining downward and widen the shaft when it gets crowded. The depth bar on the right side of the screen tracks your progress. When it fills, the tunnel breaks through, and your character escapes underground.
You will know it worked when the screen transitions out of the cage and shows the escape sequence. Police search the zoo but cannot find you, which confirms the Sewer Ending.
C4 Ending: Blow up the zoo (Chaos Ending)
The second ending is sometimes called the Chaos Ending. Instead of escaping quietly, you destroy the zoo using four C4 charges sold by the Gorilla trader. Each charge costs nothing on its own, but the gated purchase needs 1,000 Bananas, which is the slow part of the run.
Step 1: Pick the Hoarder class at the start. Hoarder begins with extra sack slots, so each dig trip nets more sellable items and more Bananas per cycle. This is the fastest economy class for the C4 route.
Step 2: Farm Bananas by digging and selling. Focus only on items that sell well to the Elephant. Avoid spending Bananas on food, dynamite, or rockets. Eat the free food the workers hand out, or steal food from visiting tourists when your hunger bar drops.
Step 3: Buy the C4 from the Gorilla once you hit 1,000 Bananas. The shop entry is labeled as the game ender. You will receive the C4 charges in your inventory, ready to be placed.
Step 4: Wait for daytime, then leave the cage through the side door in the right corner while visitors are around. Guards do not catch you mixed in with the crowd during the day, but they will end the run instantly at night.
Step 5: Follow the on-screen markers to all four C4 placement spots across the zoo and plant a charge at each one. The fourth charge triggers the detonation automatically.
The ending fires the moment the last C4 is placed. All four charges blow, the zoo collapses into chaos, and the run resolves into the C4 Ending screen.
Common failure reasons
Most failed runs come down to a small handful of mistakes that apply to both endings.
| Mistake | What happens | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Digging at night with the hole uncovered | Guard spots you, run ends | Cover the hole before night begins |
| Placing C4 at night | Guards catch you outside the cage | Only leave the cage during daytime crowds |
| Empty hunger bar | Cannot dig, run stalls | Eat free worker food or steal from tourists |
| Spending Bananas on dynamite | Slows C4 savings, low payoff | Skip dynamite, save for C4 only |
Upcoming third ending
A third ending has been confirmed by the developers and is set to release with Update 4 on May 16, 2026. No mechanics for that ending have been published yet, and it is not playable on live servers as of this writing. Until Update 4 deploys, the Sewer Ending and the C4 Ending are the only two completions counted toward the game.
Whichever route you pick, the run loop is the same at its core. Dig, eat, sell, and time your moves around the day-night cycle. The Sewer Ending rewards patience and careful covering of the hole. The C4 Ending rewards a fast Banana economy and a clean daytime sprint to all four placement spots.