Animal Crossing Island:
Connect to the houses of four friends and give Tom Nook 50 fossils. You will get a whistle that calls Kapp'n; he will take you toAnimal Crossing Island.
Become friends with Sable:
Go in the Able Sisters store, then find Sable near the sewing machine and talk to her every day until she starts being friendly.
Birthday Cake:
Someone in your town will give you a Birthday Cake when the game is played on your birthday.
Changing time:
If you change the system time to certain extremes you will be punished by nature. When you resume your game, there will be hundreds of weeds everywhere which will take a long time to clear. The only upside is that you may find a four leaf clover.
Donation rewards
Donate the indicated amount of Bells to Boondox to get the corresponding reward:
10,000 Bells: Green Feather
200,000 Bells: Blue Feather
500,000 Bells: Yellow Feather
800,000 Bells: Red Feather
1,100,000 Bells: Purple Feather
1,400,000 Bells: White Feather
6,400,000 Bells: Rainbow Feather
Easier fishing and bug catching:
Walk when fishing, and creep when catching bugs.
Easy money:
Go to the bank and access your account. Save all the money you have into the account. Save the game and turn off the DS. Change the date to ten years later and your money will go up, depending on how much is in there. It usually goes up 99,999 Bells.
Change the system date to January 1st to get mail from your Mom with 10,000 Bells.
At 12:30 on any day, walk along the beach shore and look for fruit. Any fruit you find along the shore will be worth 500 Bells. Additionally, keep hitting rocks with an axe or shovel until finding a special one that gives a bag of Bells. Keep hitting the rocks until the bags stop to appears. Note: This only happens once per day.
Dig up fossils in your town. Have Blathers check them, then sell them to Tom Nook. Many are worth up to 2,000 Bells.
Use the Golden Shovel to bury money. It may grow into a tree that will grow Bells, depending on how much money was buried.
Take your Golden Shovel and dig in random spots. Eventually you will dig up 100 Bells.
Find a star on the ground and dig it up with your shovel, then sell it to Tom Nook. If it is a fossil, talk to the museum owl. Make sure you do not donate it, even when he asks if he can keep it. Sell it to Tom Nook for a few thousand Bells.
Entering Crazy Redd's tent:
To enter Crazy Redd's tent you must give a password the first time and become a member. You can usually find the password by talking to some of the villagers.
Events:
Bug-Off: Every third Sunday in June-September from 12:00 Noon to 6 p.m.
Fireworks Show: Every Saturday in August from 7 p.m. to 12 p.m.
Fishing Tourney: Every third Sunday in January, March, May, November, and December from 12:00 Noon to 6 p.m.
Flower Fest: Second week of April.
Fishes:
The following is a complete list of fish, their location, times to catch them, and their selling price:
Angelfish: 3,000 Bells; river rare May to October, morning, evening, night.
Arapaima: 10,000 Bells; river rare July to September, morning, evening, night.
Arowana: 10,000 Bells; river rare June to September, morning, evening, night.
Barbel Steed: 200 Bells; river all year, all day.
Barred Knifejaw: 5,000 Bells; ocean rare March to November, all day.
Bitterling: 900 Bells; river November to February, all day.
Black Bass: 300 Bells; river all year, all day.
Blue Gill: 120 Bells; river all year, noon.
Blue Marlin: 10,000 Bells; ocean rare July to Sept, all day.
Carp: 300 Bells; river all year, all day.
Cat Fish: 800 Bells; pond May to October, morning, evening, night.
Char: 3,800 Bells; waterfall Mar to June and September to November, morning, evening.
Cherry Salmon: 1,000 Bells; river March to June and September to November, morning, evening.
Clownfish: 650 Bells; ocean April to September, all day and May to August, noon.
Coelacanth: 15,000 Bells; ocean during rain or snow rare all year, morning , evening, night.
Craw Fish: 250 Bells; holding pond April to Sept, all day.
Crucian Carp: 120 Bells; river all year, all day.
Dab: 300 Bells; ocean October to April, all day.
Dace: 200 Bells; river all year, morning, evening, night.
Dorado: 15,000 Bells; river rare June to September, morning, noon, evening.
Eel: 2,000 Bells; river June to Sept, morning, evening, night.
Football Fish: 2,500 Bells; ocean rare November to March, morning, evening, night.
Freshwater Goby: 300 Bells; river rare all year, morning, evening, night.
Frog: 120 Bells; holding pond May to August, all day.
Gar: 6,000 Bells; pond rare June to September, morning, evening, night.
Giant Snakehead: 5,500 Bells; pond July to August, noon.
Gold Fish: 1,300 Bells; river rare all year, all day.
Guppy: 1,300 Bells; river rare April to November, noon.
Hammerhead Shark: 8,000 Bells; ocean rare June to September, all day.
Horse Mackeral: 150 Bells; ocean all year, all day.
Jelly Fish: 100 Bells; ocean August, all day.
Killifish: 300 Bells; holding pond rare April to August, all day.
King Salmon: 1,800 Bells; river rare September, all day.
Koi: 2,000 Bells; river rare all year, morning, evening, night.
Loach: 300 Bells; river March to May, all day.
Ocean Sunfish: 4,000 Bells; ocean rare April to September, morning noon, evening.
Octopus: 500 Bells; Ocean September to January and March to July, all day.
Olive Flounder: 800 Bells; Ocean rare all year, all day.
Pale Chub: 200 Bells; river all year, noon.
Piranha: 2,500 Bells; river rare June to September, noon, night.
Pond Smelt: 300 Bells; pond December to February, all day.
Popeyed Goldfish: 1,300 Bells; river rare all year, all day.
Puffer Fish: 240 Bells; ocean July to September, all day and August, all day.
Rainbow Trout: 800 Bells; river March to June and September to November, morning, evening.
Red Snapper: 3,000 Bells; ocean all year, all day.
Salmon: 700 Bells; river September, all day.
Sea Bass: 160 Bells; ocean all year, all day.
Sea Butterfly: 1,000 Bells; ocean December to February, all day.
Seahorse: 1,100 Bells; ocean April to November, all day and May to September, noon.
Shark: 15,000 Bells; ocean rare June to September, morning, evening, night.
Squid: 400 Bells; Ocean December to Aug, all day.
Stringfish: 15,000 Bells; river rare December to February, morning, evening, night.
Sweetfish: 900 Bells; river July to September, all day.
Tuna: 7,000 Bells; ocean rare November to March, all day.
Yellow Perch: 240 Bells; river October to March or November to February, all day.
Zebra Turkey Fish: 400 Bells; ocean April to November, all day and May to September, noon.
Free furniture:
Sometimes when you go to the Town Hall, the recycling box may have furniture that you need. The lost and found at the Main Gate also may have free items. Talk to Booker, the dog on the left, to get to the lost and found.
Furniture themes:
Most items are available in Tom Nook's store or Redd's tent.
Boxing theme:
Ringside Table, Boxing Barricade, Judge's Bell, Weight Bench, Red Corner, Blue Corner, 2 Neutral Corners, Boxing Mat, Speed Bag, Sandbag
Wallpaper: Ringside Seating
Flooring: Boxing Ring Mat
Construction theme:
Iron Frame, Wet Roadway Sign, Orange Cone, Traffic Cone, Striped Cone, Jackhammer, Saw Horse, Detour Arrow, Handcart, Manhole Cover, Cement Mixer, Steam Roller
Wallpaper: Blue Tarp
Flooring: Closed Road
Mad Scientist theme:
Medicine Chest, Lab Chair, Amazing Machine, Complex Machine, Lab Bench, Florence Flask, Unknown Machine
Wallpaper: Lab Wall
Flooring: Lab Floor
Mossy Garden theme:
Bird Feeder, Bug Zapper, Picnic Table, Birdhouse, Hammock, Tiki Torch, Backyard Pool, Barbecue, Lawn Chair, Mr. and Mrs. Flamingo, Sprinkler, Garden Gnome, Lawn Mower, Bird Bath
Wallpaper: Backyard Fence
Flooring: Backyard Lawn
Nursery theme:
Rocking Horse, Cradle, Wobbelina, Elephant Slide, Baby Bed, Dolly, Train Set, Clackercart, Merry-Go-Round, Stroller
Wallpaper: Playroom Wall
Flooring Playroom Rug
Pirate theme:
Helm, Ship Compass, Barrel, Anchor, Keg, Ship Cannon
Wallpaper: Sea View
Flooring: Ship Deck
Note: Available only through Pascal.
Space theme:
Flying Saucer, Lunar Rover, Asteroid, Satellite, Space Station, Moon, Rocket, Lunar Lander, Spaceman Sam, Space Shuttle
Wallpaper: Lunar Horizon
Flooring: Lunar Surface
Western theme:
Western Fence, Storefront, Cow Skull, Tumbleweed, Saddle Fence, Wagon Wheel, Watering Trough, Well, Desert Cactus, Covered Wagon
Wallpaper: Western Vista
Flooring: Western Desert
Getting money:
Buy a fishing rod or bug net. If catching fish, keep the fish if they are rare or at least worth 1,000 Bells. If not, throw it back. You can also collect seashells of the same value. If catching bugs, catch them by listening to their sounds or watch for their colors. You can also look for treasure and many other things to collect money.
Golden Axe:
Give a Scallop Seashell to Pascal to get the Golden Axe. Note: This requires some trading. Start by purchasing a Red Turnip from Joan. Trade it to Wendel for a Turban or Country Guitar when he appears in town. If Wendel gave you a Turban, trade it to Sahara for a Massage Chair or Red Vase when she comes to town. If Sahara gave you a Massage Chair, trade it to Tortimer on the next holiday to get the Scallop Seashell.
Golden Bug Net:
Catch one of each type of bug to get the Golden Bug Net.
Golden Fishing Rod:
Catch one of each type of fish to get the Golden Fishing Rod.
Golden Shovel:
Bury a regular shovel in the ground. When dug up after 24 hours, it will be a Golden Shovel.
Golden Slingshot
Shoot fifteen items out of the sky and a Golden Slingshot will appear in the sky. Shoot it down to collect it.
Golden Watering Can:
Keep the environment perfect for sixteen consecutive days to get a Golden Watering Can from Pelly or Phyllis.
House upgrades
Pay back the indicated amount of debt to get the corresponding upgrade for your house:
First house expansion: 19,800 Bells
Second house expansion: 120,000 Bells
Upstairs room: 298,000 Bells
Left room: 598,000 Bells
Right room: 728,000 Bells
Back room: 848,000 Bells
K.K. Slider songs
Go to The Roost cafe in the basement of your museum on Saturday nights between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight and talk to K.K. Slider. You can have him pick a song for you or you can request a song. These are all of his songs:
Agent K.K.
Aloha K.K.
Cafe K.K.
Comrade K.K.
DJ K.K.
Forest Life
Go K.K. Rider
I Love You
Imperial K.K.
K.K. Aria
K.K. Ballad
K.K. Blues
K.K. Bossa
K.K. Calypso
K.K. Casbah
K.K. Chorale
K.K. Condor
K.K. Country
K.K. Cruisin'
K.K. D & B
K.K. Dirge
K.K. Dixie
K.K. Etude
K.K. Faire
K.K. Folk
K.K. Fusion
K.K. Gumbo
K.K. Jazz
K.K. Lament
K.K. Love Song
K.K. Lullaby
K.K. Mambo
K.K. Marathon
K.K. March
K.K. Metal
K.K. Ragtime
K.K. Rally
K.K. Reggae
K.K. Rock
K.K. Rockabilly
K.K. Safari
K.K. Salsa
K.K. Samba
K.K. Ska
K.K. Song
K.K. Soul
K.K. Steppe
K.K. Swing
K.K. Tango
K.K. Technopop
K.K. Waltz
K.K. Western
King K.K.
Lucky K.K.
Marine Song 2001
Mountain Song
Mr. K.K.
My Place
Neapolitan
Only Me
Pondering
Rockin' K.K.
Senor K.K.
Soulful K.K.
Steep Hill
Surfin' K.K.
The K. Funk
To the Edge
Two Days Ago
Mr. Resetti's home:
Restart the game at least two times to have Mr. Resstti appear. Then, use a shovel to hit all the rocks until one cracks. Hit that rock again, then enter the hole that appears to find Mr. Resetti's home.
Party Poppers:
Speak to Tortimer on New Year's Eve to get Party Poppers.
Restock Tom Nook's store:
Save your game and then go to your phone. Select "Reset Clock" and change the date for Tom Nook to have all new furniture in his store.
Roman Candles and Sparklers:
Talk to Tortimer during the Fireworks Show to get Roman Candles and Sparklers.
Saving rewards
Save the indicated amount of bells at the Post Office to get the corresponding reward:
Box of Tissues: 1,000,000 Bells
Pelly's Picture: 100,000,000 Bells
Phyllis' Picture: 500,000,000 Bells
Piggy Bank: 10,000,000 Bells
Town Hall Model: 999,999,999 Bells
Selling items:
When you try to sell items back to Tom Nook or Mabel they will only give you 25 of the original price.
Snowman furniture:
In the winter, find the two snowballs in your town. Roll them to a medium size, then stack the snowballs by walking one into the other one at the bottom left of your town. If you make the snowman in the most extreme lower right square, and make him perfectly, you will be awarded two Snowman furniture instead of one.
Songs
To play the following songs, when "" appears before the note, use the higher octave.
The Simpsons theme
F A G D C A F D
The Legend Of Zelda theme
A E A A B C D E Z Z Z
Super Mario Bros. theme
E E E C E G Z G ZZZ
Tom Nook's home:
Go to the back of Tom Nook's shop between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Use a shovel to hit the back wall three times, then hit the front entrance once to be able to enter and see Tom Nook in pajamas with a teddy bear.
Tom Nook's store point rewards:
Buy as many things as possible in Tom Nook's store. Not only will his selection get bigger, but you will get points for every purchase. Get enough purchases to become a member. Keep spending at Tom Nook's store to accumulate PIM points, and rewards at the following levels:
300 PIM points: Nook's Cranny model and store membership
3,000 PIM points: Nook' n Go model and 5 discount
10,000 PIM points: Nookway model and 10 discount
20,000 PIM points: Nookington's model and 20 discount
Tom Nook's store progression
The following are the expansions for Tom Nook's store and how to obtain them:
Nook's Cranny: Available at start.
Nook 'n Go: Buy 25,000 Bells worth of merchandise.
Nookway: Buy 65,000 Bells worth of merchandise.
Nookingtons: Buy 240,000 Bells worth of merchandise and have a visiting friend buy something from Tom Nook. Note: This version of the store includes a hair salon.
Tortimer reference:
Go to the Post Office and talk to Pelly at the Civics part. If you look at the background, you can see a bit of Tortimer's face behind a counter.
Trophies:
Bug trophy: Catch the biggest bug in the Bug-Off.
Fish trophy: Catch the biggest fish in the Fishing Tourney.
Flower trophy: Create the best garden in the Flower Fest.