Jurassic World Evolution: Secrets of Dr Wu

The Secrets of Dr Wu DLC for Jurassic World Evolution was developed and published by Frontier Developments and released in 2018. It was presented as a narrative-driven expansion that deepened the game’s single-player campaign by following the morally ambiguous research of Dr Henry Wu and his secret projects scattered across the Muertes archipelago.

The DLC’s content centres on an original storyline of campaign missions that send players to previously unseen locations, including a hidden hybrid development facility, and tasks them with working covertly for Dr Wu while outwardly cooperating with the game’s Divisions. Players gain access to new dig sites, five additional dinosaurs including three Dr Wu hybrids, and advanced genetic tools that increase control over dinosaur needs, behaviours and social requirements, culminating in research that unlocks the Indominus Rex camouflage gene and other potent genetic manipulations.

Promotion for Secrets of Dr Wu leaned on the intrigue of its story premise and the novelty of hybrid dinosaurs, using the game’s storefront, trailers, developer posts and community channels to showcase the new campaign missions, locations and creature models. Marketing emphasised the darker, experimental tone of the content and framed the pack as a challenging, lore‑rich set of missions that expand both gameplay systems and narrative stakes.

Reception among players was largely positive, with many users praising the DLC’s engaging missions, the addition of hybrid species and the deeper genetic systems that changed how parks and dinosaurs were managed. Community feedback also included discussion about the ethical implications and gameplay balance introduced by hybrids and advanced tools, and some players asked for further tuning, but overall the pack was seen as a substantial and memorable expansion to the base game.