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[Animal Crossing] Please update for September
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(Thanks to previous OP daddies: @HallowedFaith and @Wassermelone)
New to Animal Crossing? This video ought to explain everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqXkwfV4TGgAlright. If that seems appealing, the next step is to buy the game, and then give us your damn friend code.
Penny-Arcade AC:NL Friend Codes
PA AC New Spreadsheet: September - Edit this one
PA AC Broken Spreadsheet - View old info
Old and probably out of date friend code list that we keep around for...some reason.
1) Submit your 3DS Friend Code here: (It is automatically added to the spreadsheet listed below.
http://bit.ly/pa-submit-friend-code
2) View the list of Friend Codes here:
Note: This list can only be seen through the direct link which can only be found in this thread and is omitted from search engines. Yay google.
http://bit.ly/pa-animalcrossing
http://bit.ly/pa-submit-friend-code
2) View the list of Friend Codes here:
Note: This list can only be seen through the direct link which can only be found in this thread and is omitted from search engines. Yay google.
http://bit.ly/pa-animalcrossing
Content Directory
Links are organized in the following three posts, in order to ease navigation. If you know of a useful website that is not listed, please @_J_ so he can add it to the appropriate section.
OP 2:
- Getting Started
- Helpful Sites
- Gameplay Strategies
OP 3:
- Turnips / Stalk Market
- Your Home
- Your Town
- NPCs
- Exclusive Items
OP 4:
- QR Codes
- Image Convertors
- Image Sharing
- Town Tunes
- Tips / Tricks
September Guides
Calendar
2nd: Labor Day. Picnic Basket from Isabelle
19th: Wheat bundle from Isabelle for the Autumn Moon
21st: Bug-Off
19th: Wheat bundle from Isabelle for the Autumn Moon
21st: Bug-Off
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Town Layout
- ReTail Location: Retail is your primary site for selling items, and your Turnip depot. The two ideal spots for ReTail are either by the train station, or by the dock. The Train station is beneficial since visitors have quick access for selling turnips. The dock is beneficial for selling island beetles. Try to decide which you shall do more often, and then try to generate a town with a ReTail in that location.
- River shape: The main division in your town occurs via the river. Decide how you want your town organized, and then generate a river pattern that compliments this structure. Do you want an even north and south, a very small cutout, a long or short river?
- Bridges: Consider where you will put bridges. Remember that you are limited to three.
- Waterfall access: Some fish only spawn in the waterfall. Ensure that your town has a fishable waterfall location.
- Beach access: Try to avoid generating inaccessible beaches. Either one long strip, or two strips with ramp access is preferable.
- Neighbor Homes: If you want your neighbors consolidated, or spread out, keep this in mind.
Perfect Fruit: Each town starts with one hanging on a tree. Bank it in your train locker until you learn "safe" places to plant trees (where houses won't get dropped on them, or where they'll wither).
Face Style Chart
Helpful Sites
AC:NL drinking game: Take a shot whenever two guides contradict one another!
Nookipedia - Wiki with copious amounts of data.
Thonky.com - Assorted guides to nigh-every feature of New Leaf.
bidoofcrossing.tumblr.com - Assorted guides for nigh-every feature of New Leaf.
Gamefaqs - Comprehensive Gamefaqs-quality guides
New Leaf Official Site - Full of Marketing Hogwash
Animal Crossing Community - A helpful community for trading and acquiring items
MoriDB - Item Database. You can create customized lists of items you have, need, etc.
Gameplay Strategies
@_J_'s Upgrade Schedule
Upgrade schedule, with requirement data.
Daily Chores
Money Rocks
@Jam Warrior provided image for hole placement.
"Use those holes to hold you on the diagonal while you wail away on the button and that last bag will be your only variable."
I need more storage!
Solution #1: Throw your shit out. If you keep items that cannot be ordered from the catalog, and toss out anything you can order, you will find that some storage space frees up.
Solution #2: Add more characters to your town. With one character, you have access to only 866 storage spots. By adding 3 more characters, you gain access to 2,888 inventory slots. Ensure that you are using all possible storage, and then add characters as needed.
866 Not-Clothing-Specific Storage, 1 Home:
- 16 Personal Inventory
- 10 Personal Letter Inventory
- 180 Locker
- 288 Home (48 per room) 4x Homes = 1152
- 180 Letters
- 192 Museum (48 per room)
2888 Not-Clothing-Specific Storage, 4 Homes:
- 64 Personal Inventory
- 40 Personal Letter Inventory
- 720 Locker
- 1152 Home (48 per room)
- 720 Letters
- 192 Museum (48 per room)
Your Home
Moridb.com - Item Database. Search by category, item theme, and fashion theme.
Feng Shui
...decrease the price of items sold by villagers
...increase the probability of success of Bell Trees
...decrease the cost of art appearing in Redd's tent
Green on South
...increase the probability of Spotlight items appearing at Timmy&Tommy's
...increase the probability of genuine art appearing in Redd's tent
...increase the probability of receiving genuine art from villagers
...increase the probability of receiving exclusive items from Saharah
...decrease the probability of embarrassing sounds when sitting
Easiest means of acquiring green: Place Potted Ivy on south wall.
Red on East
...increase the probability of receiving Mario Theme and Nintendo Set items from Fortune Cookies
...increase the probability of receiving genuine art from villagers
...increase the probability of receiving exclusive items from Saharah
...decrease the probability of embarrassing sounds when sitting
Source
Optimal Feng Shui Configuration
To maximize Feng Shui:
a) Place Potted Ivy and/or Shamrock Clocks on the south walls.
b) Place Lily-Pad Tables along the south walls.
c) Place Festive Wreaths, Alpinist Hats, Bulb Boppers, Frog Caps, Green Caps, Green Headgears, Green Knit Hats, Green New Year's Hats, Green-Pumpkin Heads, Headkerchiefs, Hero's Caps, Kappa Caps, Li'l Bro's Hats, Mailman's Hats, Makar's Masks, Melon Hats, Retro Helmets, Shamrock Hats, Tingle Hoods, Watermelon Hats, Wizard's Caps, Cucumber Packs, Eye Masks, Green Glasses, Leafs, and/or Green Feathers on the Lily-Pad Tables.
d) Place Hibiscus Clocks and/or Holiday Stockings on the east walls.
e) Place Flower Tables along the east walls.
f) Place Balloon-Dog Lamps, Cassette Players, Crab Clocks, Dharmas, Dollys, Executive Toys, Giant Dharmas, Holiday Candles, Mini Dharmas, Miniature Cars, Simple Kettles, Sketchbooks, Bandanas, Bicycle Helmets, Big Bro's Hats, Celebration Hats, Hibiscus Hairpins, Racing Helmets, Red Caps, Red Headgears, Red Hoods, Red New Year's Hats, Red Ogre Masks, Red Ribbons, Red Team Hats, Red-Pumpkin Heads, Wrestling Masks, Ladder Shades, Red Glasses, Red Noses, Red Feathers, Red Tulips, Red Pansies, Red Cosmos, Red Roses, Red Carnations, and/or Red Lilies on the Flower Tables.
g) Place Golden Wall Torches on the west walls.
h) Place Lemon Tables along the west walls.
i) Place Buckets, Coins, Genie's Lamps, Kettles, Lucky Gold Cats, Odd Clocks, Super Stars, Triforces, Crowns, Diving Masks, Football Helmets, Roman Helmets, Safety Helmets, School Hats, Star Boppers, Star Hairpins, Swimming Caps, Tulip Hats, Wario Hats, Y. New Year's Hats, Yellow Caps, Yellow Ribbons, Yellow-Pumpkin Heads, Beaks, Lemon Packs, Yellow Glasses, Yellow Feathers, Yellow Tulips, Yellow Pansies, Yellow Cosmos, Yellow Roses, Gold Roses, Yellow Lilies, Yellow Violets, and/or Dandelions on the Lemon Tables.
Source
Home Remodeling
HHA Tee - 10,000
HHA Pennant - 20,000
HHA Jacket - 30,000
Silver HHA Plaque - 50,000
Gold HHA Plaque - 70,000
Silver HHA Trophy - 90,000
Gold HHA Trophy - 100,000
Gold House Model - 150,000
HHA Exterior Prizes
Golden Roof - 300,000
Golden Wall - 500,000
Golden Door - 700,000
Golden Fence - 900,000
Golden Mailpost - 1,100,000
Bidoof Prize Guide
Note: The Interior and Exterior theme challenges are two different systems, each with their own set of rewards. If a player switches to Exterior before acquiring all of the Interior prizes, they will have to switch back to Interior to unlock the rest of those Interior prizes.
HHA Item Values - thonky guide
HHA Guide - Gamefaqs guide. Ctrl+F to the "Happy Home Academy" section
Themes
Exterior Theme Pieces - Incomplete list, with pictures
Exterior Pieces[/url - thonky list. Seems to be complete, but without pictures.
Exterior items - Ctrol+F to "13) HOUSE EXTERIOR REFORMS"
Sample Exterior Theme Home
Exterior - All but pavement is Trendy
Main - Minimalist carpet, walls, and two lamps. 3 Brewster Gyroids also count for trendy. I decided main room could not be jammed full of items, since I need access to the doors, so I moved everything to other rooms last night.
East - Modern carpet and some mannequins, but empty other than that. Items were moved to other rooms.
North - Full Astro and partial Modern
West - Partial Striped (missing lamp) with some Minimalist and Modern
Top - Full sleek and full minimalist (excluding wall / floor)
Your Town
Hybrid Flowers - Thonky Guide
Flowers / Bushes - List of all flowers and bushes available in game.
Tree / Bush won't grow in a spot? - Speculation on infertile zones, and how to avoid.
Public Works - All projects, with pictures
Perfect Town Guide - explains Cleanliness, Abundant Nature, and Abundant Living rating categories
NPCs
Brewster Coffee Preferences - a list of every neighbor's coffee preference, for use when working for Brewster. Credit to @SilverWind
Crazy Redd - Pictures of Real / Fake items.
Cyrus - Custom Furniture Images, by our very own @tiloah
Gracie - Fashion Checks
Sporty
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Cute
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Iconic
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Rock 'n' Roll
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Official
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Ornate
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Flashy
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Modern
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Historical
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Basic
Hat/Acc:
Top:
Bottom:
Shoes:
Blathers Museum Shop Items
Tripping / Katrina / Lucky Items
If you find yourself tripping often, this is due to bad luck. Below are guides to Katarina the fortune teller, and lucky items.
Katarina - Bidoofcrossing Guide
Lucky Items - AC Wikia Guide to Lucky Items
After 20 fortunes are told in your town you will get the Katarina Public Works Project. The Prima Guide says 20 to anyone (including visitors). Some online guides say that only your own fortune being told counts.
Exclusive Items
DLC
Bank Account Items
100,000 bells: Box of Tissues no theme
500,000 bells: Letter Set no theme
1,000,000 bells: Piggy Bank Harmonious
5,000,000 bells: Aluminum Briefcase Sci-Fi, Trendy
10,000,000 bells: Post-Office Poster no theme
20,000,000 bells: Safe Sci-Fi
50,000,000 bells: Mailman's Hat no theme, "Official" Look
100,000,000 bells: ABD no theme
Best Buy Items
How to obtain items without going to Best Buy
Step 1: Change the SSID on your wireless network to "Bestbuy".
Step 2: Rename your wireless network name within your 3DS wireless settings.
Step 3: Load Animal Crossing.
Step 4: Go to the post office.
Step 5: Talk to Pelly / Phyllis.
Step 6: Click the 'Ask about a present' option.
Neighbor Pictures
Your neighbors may give you their picture if you are their bestest-buddy. Since the guides do not offer much information regarding picture acquisition, herein is some information from PAers who received pictures.
QR Code Downloads
QRCrossing.com - Collection of various QR Codes
Pathmagic.tumblr.com - QR Codes for path tiles.
matome.javer.jp - Japanese site of QR Codes
Game Consoles
Pokémon Portraits
Assorted Nintendo Clothing
QR Code Owner modifier
Here's a guide from @Zetx on how to change the ownership of an existing item:
2. Download AnimalCrossingQR / Version .2 zip
3. Load up the image:
4. Set author information as default
5. Load desired image
6. Hit 'Load Default'
7. Hit 'Create QR Code'
Ex. Original image created by @Yunniecorn:
New QR code with myself as the owner:
A pie-brella!
Image Convertors
nicofinder app Version 2 - Japanese web app. Upload an image, and the app converts it into an AC bitmap.
nicofinder app Version 1 - Same as the above, but works slightly less well.
Pattdesign - Another image convertor. Doesn't seem to be working at the moment.
Image Sharing
Nintendo 3DS share - Official method for sharing pictures on Tumblr or Twitter.
Zetx' upload to imgur tool - Visit this url from your 3DS browser to upload screenshots.
QR Code that will take your 3DS browser directly to the url:
Town Tunes
Town Theme FAQ - gamefaqs
QRCrossing Melody List - Themes already created and available.
QRCrossing Melody Creator - Create your own melodies!
Tips / Tricks
The Save and Quit method for Public Works acquisition
Camper Reset Trick
How to select where your new villagers will place there homes.
Yeah. That's the other reason why I wanted it.
There is a very real possibility that I will be banned from my own thread.
There's no point in returning once you have the whole set, and have duplicates of the items for which you desire duplicates.
I have the Broken Pillar (as well as a complete pillar) and a Flaming (tiki) torch.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Just want to say thanks to the fossil fairy who buried two fossils I didn't have outside my house last night.
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/27349568/#Comment_27349568
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Currently, I still have way too many common items. It's chipped away a little bit from where it started this morning, but more people are welcome to join as long as you follow the rules of drop-offs for swapping.
Other than that, I have (by section):
Special Event items | Balloon Set (may be phased into previous category) | Nintendo Items | Tools | Fossils
I hope to expand the selection to Gyroids once I start getting more duplicates, but as it is, I don't have as much as I'd feel comfortable to start displaying for free taking.
Axes are available upon request and ample compensation.
Pitfalls are always welcome to enhance my border system.
Should other suggestions prove valuable, I may implement them as well.
Omnar closes temporarily for in-house trading of goods every once in a while, so please be patient as it should only take about 30 minutes to an hour to complete the transfers.
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
Shake all the trees in your town. You will usually find ~1k in coins, 0-2 pieces of furniture, and there are five bees in the trees every day. They each sell for 2,500 bells, with the hives selling for 500 bells.
Hit all the rocks in town with your shovel. There is a money rock and a gem rock every day. Pro tip: Dig holes all around you before you hit the rock so that you don't slide backwards if it's a money rock
Buy everything in Nookington Junction/any upgraded version. The upgrades for the store is based on how much money you spend / items you buy from them. This includes the fortune cookie. Clean those raccoons out!
Dig up anything you see buried. You will always find four fossils everyday. Some days you will find 3 Gyroids(crazy wood guys) buried as well, or pitfalls seeds. All of these items are fairly rare(pitfalls are great for annoying neighbors or trolling your friends) and valuable!
Buy out the flower shop every day. Buying 50 saplings will get you a Gold Axe. Buy 50 flowers and you get a silver watering can.
Check Tom Nooks House store. There may be a unique house upgrade for the path/fence/roof/housestyle that wasn't there the day before
BUY OUT the Abel Sisters store for new clothing/accessories. You never know when your perfect Jack the ripper look can be completed.
Check your beaches for unique items/rare shells. Mysterious items and/or persons can wash up on your shores!
Check Retail for turnip prices, new furniture, and special prices. If an item is on the chalkboard out front Reese will pay double for it!
Go to the island. The medal store gets updated daily, as well as new selection of tours every day
Donate new fossils/fish/bugs/sea-creatures to Blathers.
Talk to all of your villagers! Often you can get hard to find furniture pieces from interactions with villagers. Try and carry furniture/fish/bugs with you as they will often want to trade or buy what you have
Go swimming in the ocean and find that scallop! Pascal is an otter who will ask for the scallop you find. He gives you an item from the sea collection which is hard to find!
Try and build a new public works project every day. It may be hard to find the funds, but the bigger and better projects are unlocked later on.
Go into your villagers' house when they're home and look in their closet. Sometimes they will give you a random item.
Talk to Sable! After a while you'll get her to be friends with you and she'll let you use the QR machine so you can share patterns.*
Water all your flowers. This may sounds tedious but it builds villager satisfaction, and it regrows the grass beneath them though, as well as making them more likely to hybridize the next day.
Talk to Brewster everyday (The Roost Cafe) If you go and get coffee their everyday for a while, he'll eventually offer you a part time job that pays pretty hefty if you do it right! Plus he gives you a coffee beans that can be put up for 9-10k bells in the flea market and other animals will buy it!
Update your Dream Suite town. You get 5000 bells every time, and it takes about 30 seconds.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Awesome. Would much appreciate you ordering them for me. Internet issues currently but hopefully will leave myself open tomorrow to collect all this stuff people are getting for me!
Especially the infamous "J Guide"
STEAM: Quical
Check out my youtube channel, maybe subscribe?: NerdAndOrGeek
Also--does anyone have good turnip prices today? Mine is at 166, which is higher than the 134 of yesterday afternoon. I'm never able to check the morning prices, so I don't know what it's doing in between...
Switch: SW-7603-3284-4227
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I can confirm that there are horrible multi-stage hybrid breedings (e.g. for a blue rose you'd need to breed red x yellow for orange, and white x white for purple, THEN orange x purple for special red, THEN special red x special red for blue).
Switch: SW-7603-3284-4227
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Yup. All spoilery spoils.
Weird. Maybe the hosting costs were too much for all those images? *shrug*
Don't forget http://pathmagic.tumblr.com/
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Though apparently every flower remembers its parents now and can breed as they do.
Methinks they went a bit overboard with the hidden complexity this edition!
I'm having a bitch and a half time trying to get one of every flower.
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
You are awesome. The guide thing may be an issue because it was listed as unorderable in 3 places
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
Official Guide says it is obtainable from Timmy & Tommy, and that it can be ordered from catalog.
I am going to make the most awesome sectional sofa.
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
I thought that was weird too. They had an indiegogo campaign (that is supposed to end today or tomorrow) for doing a bunch of site upgrades and features. Oddly, indiegogo is down too so I can't check on the status of that.
I'm hoping it's just down as part of the upgrades they want to do. Wasn't @HallowedFaith the guy behind the site in the first place? Where's he gone to?
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
I'm currently missing: blue roses; purple pansies; black lilies; black cosmos. The last one shouldn't be complicated at all--I've got seven orange cosmos just sitting there-- but RNG just hates me for some reason.
Purple pansies are going to give me the most grief, I just know it.
Switch: SW-7603-3284-4227
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I have a single black lily that just grew today. I'll keep watering it in the hopes of another sprouting.
As for the rest, if I see any in the following days, I'll let you know and try to maximize offspring potential for myself and for you.
Edit: Sorry about the extended downtime of Omnar2. Got a call about a potential job opportunity.
Good news all-around today!
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
VillagerDB Wish List
No that is fine. I need to sleep. I thought today was Friday...not sure why.
Oh man, thank you. I'd love a black cosmos if you can spare one. Do you need any flowers? Fossils? Furniture?
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Nope. Just happy to help out.
I may ask for stuff in the future, but right now I'm just truckin' along trying to do things on my own.
Maybe I'll try to start putting sets together for the HHA and all those trophies...
Yelling at butts will never NOT be funny. Thanks, Psy!
Also, Abby is awesome. Keep up with TLH because it's the tits!
I love League of Legends, but seriously...screw you, Teemo.
I'm looking for:
Regal Series:
regal dresser
Exotic Series:
exotic bureau (not to be confused with alpine wardrobe)
exotic chest
Alpine Series:
alpine table (not to be confused with alpine low table)
alpine wall
Ranch Series:
ranch chair (not to be confused with reach armchair)
ranch wall
ranch bookcase
What I can offer:
complete minimalist series
complete modern wood series
anything from regal, exotic, alpine, or ranch series other than what's listed above
And of course, if you don't have anything I want, I'm still perfectly happy to let you touch my stuff for your catalog.
Alrighty. Though if you do go Trendy theme, let me know and I can hand over a bunch of things to you.
I added both of your friend codes, and finally sucked it up and put myself on the July list. 0473-7774-3652.
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