Jungle House Locked Room Coin: Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
The coin in the Jungle House locked room is easy to miss once you are inside. Here is the route to reach it and the spot where most players lose time.
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The Jungle House locked room coin is inside that locked room in Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo, so your goal is to get that room open first [1]. The route runs through a trapdoor, a flooded room and a lock that Gromit can open [2].
Entering the jungle house, Wallace and Gromit are dropped through a trapdoor into a flooded room, where they are nearly crushed before Gromit unlocks the way out [2]. That unlock is the step you need to remember, because the locked room is reached only after it.
This page covers only this coin, not every collectible in the game. The steps below follow the route to the locked room and point out where players most often get stuck, so you can keep moving.
How do you get into the Jungle House?
The route into the Jungle House begins with a fall, not a door. Entering the building sets off a sequence where a trapdoor drops Wallace and Gromit into a flooded room. [2]
- Walk Wallace and Gromit into the jungle house and let the scene carry them forward.
- Let the corner happen. The corner he drops them through opens a trapdoor beneath them.
- Expect the flooded room. They land in the water and are nearly crushed before Gromit unlocks the way out. [2]
- Keep moving. The locked room is not in the entrance area, so push on past the flooded room rather than going back to the start.
That fall is the whole opening stretch of the route. Once you are through, you are on the path into the rest of the jungle house, and nothing in this stretch asks you to fight or search. Just keep following the route forward.
What opens the locked room and releases the coin?
The coin is in the locked room, so that room is where you start. A coin is in that room. [1] You cannot collect it until the room is open, so the steps below focus on getting in.
Start with the corner pots
Begin with the pots in the entrance room. Move the 4 pots in the corners of the entrance room off the switches. [1] This opens the door with the polar bear. [1] Keep the corner pots and switches in mind as you go, because moving them is how you open doors here.
The floor 3 coin
The second coin comes from the floor 3 button. There is a button on floor 3 that spawns a coin on top of a platform. [3] Treat it as a separate coin source, and look for the platform it drops onto even after you have the locked-room coin.
Where do most players get stuck on this puzzle?
Most players get stuck because they miss how the flooded room connects to the lock. After the drop, Wallace and Gromit end up in a room where they are nearly crushed before Gromit unlocks the way forward [2]. Treat that flooded room as part of the puzzle, not just a hazard to escape.
Gromit's unlock is the key action. When a room seems closed, look for the spot where he can work the lock instead of hunting for a hidden switch elsewhere. A common trap is reaching the flooded room, seeing no exit, and assuming you are stuck. Stop, look at what Gromit can do in that room, and try that first.
Stay in the jungle area until you have the coin. If you leave early, you will have to backtrack later, and that costs you time you do not need to spend.
Are there other coins to collect in the zoo?
Every stage has thirty coins scattered around it, and they are the last major collectable in the game. [4]
Each time you find one, Gromit dances a little jig, so you know right away that you picked it up. [4]
Because the coins are spread across a whole stage, it helps to glance around each room before you leave it. A quick scan of the floor and walls can turn up one you would otherwise walk past. Start with the corners and the spots near doorways, since those are easy to skip in a hurry.
If you only need the Jungle House coin, grab that one and keep moving. Treat the rest as a bonus rather than a requirement, and let the story carry you forward. Your first pass through a stage is a good time to collect what you can see, since you are already looking around.
What should you do after you get the coin?
Once you have the coin, your job is to keep moving through the Jungle House rather than stopping to celebrate. The coin is a collectible, not a gate, so you carry on from where the room left you. Gromit's little jig is your cue that the find counted. [4]
If you want the full set, search the rest of the stage for the remaining coins. Each stage has thirty of them scattered around, and they are the last major collectible in the game. Finding them is optional, so you can pick them up as you pass through each area. [4]
Come back to this page if the route changes after a patch. Puzzle layouts can shift when the developers update the game, and this walkthrough reflects the route as described here. Keep the Jungle House exit in mind as your next goal, and you will be back in the zoo's flow before you know it.