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Local Places Guide
Although the layout of an Animal Crossing town varies for player to player, there are a variety of places within each Animal Crossing town that are universal to all players. Each of these places has a specific function, and users should familiarize themselves with the local stores and landmarks to get the best out of the game. Below is a guide to the places in your town. If there are any errors in this guide, they should be reported to axawebsite@megadoomer.com. The Train Station Day: All Week Hours: All Day The train station is the first place you see when you enter your town. It is run by Porter, the monkey, who coordinates transportation between villages. If you have a card with an Animal Crossing town in both slots of your Nintendo Gamecube you can speak with Porter to arrange a trip to another town. There is also a map in front of every train station. This is not only useful when you begin to run deliveries for Tom Nook, but also when you're visiting a town where you are not familiar with the landscape. Also, don't forget to visit the train station every Saturday from 8:00pm until midnight when Totakeke (K. K. Slider) plays his guitar riffs and hands out free recordings. Nook's Shops Day: All Week Hours: 9:00am - 10:00 pm* * Nook 'n Go is an exception to this rule; it is open 7:00am - 11:00pm. Additionally, Nook will be closed on days where he is expanding. The local market is run by a raccoon (Tanuki in the Japanese version) named Tom Nook. His first shop, Nook's Cranny, is very tiny and there is only room for a handful of items. Not to fear, however; the more you spend in Nook's store, the larger it will become. There are four different incarnations of Tom Nook's store: Nook's Cranny, Nook 'n Go, Nookway and Nookington's, the largest. A table of these stores and the requirements for upgrading is listed below:
There are many items in the game that can be acquired in a number of different ways. However, there are some items that you can only buy at Tom Nook's store. These times are saplings, paint, candy, flower seeds, signs. Saplings and flower seeds must be planted outdoors, and are available for purchase at Nook's Cranny and higher. Signs and paint, in contrast, can only be purchased in later upgrades. Paint allows you to change the color of your house's roof and signs allow you to post patterns within your town. Candy is a seasonal item, and is sold throughout October. Animal Crossing allows you to trade items via codes in addition to trading card to card. If you receive a password from a friend or from a magazine such as Nintendo Power you can tell this password to Tom Nook in order to receive an item. Of course, you can also get a password to give to a friend as well. Speak to Nook to exchange an item for a code. You should have the name and town of the intended friend you wish to give the item to when you're ready. By simply giving your friend the code, he or she can go speak to Tom Nook in their town to receive your gift. Trading codes, however, is not the only way to receive gifts from Nook. On the last day of every month Tom Nook will hold a raffle for three prizes. The items that are raffled off can be difficult to obtain except during raffle days. You must give Tom Nook five tickets per chance at winning a prize. You can obtain tickets during the month by buying items in Nook's store. Certain items give tickets, but others do not. The items that give you tickets are: clothes, umbrellas, furniture, wallpaper, and carpet. The items that don't give you tickets are: stationery, paint, candy, flowers, saplings, and signs. One of the more important functions of Tom's shop is buying things from you. Some items cannot be sold to Tom, like uncleaned fossils. Other items, like tires, he will take off your hands for no monetary compensation. Tom will only pay you a quarter of the actual value of the object, and other items you will not be able to buy back. Always check your catalog before selling an item to assure that you don't sell anything rare. Checking your catalog, however, is very easy. Speak to Nook and select the catalog option. Your catalog contains all the items you have had in your possession at one point in the game. Items marked as "Not for sale" cannot be ordered from Tom Nook's. Items that cannot be ordered include rare NES games, Gracie clothes, Wendell wallpaper, Saharah carpets, items from Gulliver, and many more. Tom also holds bargain sales two or three times a month. He will give out free balloons at all his sales. However, only a limited amount of merchandise will be available for purchase. Finally, you can check with Tom for the daily fluctuating price of turnips. If you decide to sell Tom will take them off your hands. Make sure you sell them by the end of the week or they will go rotten. The Bulletin Board Day: All Week Hours: All Day The bulletin board is the place to check for important announcements that relate to your town. Villagers often post clues for treasure hunts to the bulletin board, and Tortimer also advertises town events here. Be careful what you write on the bulletin board because you cannot erase an entry once it is posted. At the beginning of the game, you will need to use the bulletin board to advertise Tom Nook's shop. The bulletin board is also a good place to leave messages for players who visit your town. The Police Station Day: All Week Hours: All Day The police station is home to Officers Copper and Booker. Officer Copper will tell you about any special visitors that are scheduled to visit your town soon. He will also tell you how many items are currently in the lost and found. Officer Booker is in charge of the lost and found. The lost and found can hold up to 20 items and should be checked regularly. If you leave something laying around your village on the ground it will eventually make its way to the lost and found. Items lost by villagers will also show up there. You can claim any lost and found items as your own. The Post Office Day: All Week Hours: All Day The post office is an important town feature. It is the place where you mail all your letters. You can mail up to five letters at a time. To mail more than five letters at once, simply leave and re-enter. You can also store up to 160 letters (with presents, if desired) in the post office which is extremely useful for storing items that don't fit in your home. If you wish to make a payment on your loan to Tom Nook you can also do it here. Once you have paid off your debt you can use the post office as a bank to store your extra money. If you reach peak amounts of money you will be awarded special prizes:
Day: All Week Hours: All Day The museum has four rooms, each for displaying a different type of exhibit: fish, insects, fossils, and paintings. You can donate an item by talking to the curator, Blathers. Fossils cannot be donated to the museum unless they have been sent away to be cleaned and identified first. Once you have dug up a fossil you wil be sent a letter from the museum. After you receive the letter you will be able to mail fossils to the museum for cleanign. Simply attach a fossil to an empty letter and address it to the museum. Only one item of each kind can be donated, even if more than one player lives in your town. The first person to donate the item will have their name put on the plaque. If you complete the collection of 40 fish, 40 insects, 25 fossils, and 15 paintings you will receive the Museum Model. The Dump Day: All Week Hours: All Day (Emptied at 6am on Monday and Thursday) The dump is the place to dispose of any unwanted items or garbage you find while fishing. Garbage placed anywhere else but the dump will effect your town's rating, so be sure to drop all your junk off here. Sometimes things other than garbage show up at the dump; every morning you will find two useful items left there by your villagers. These items may include furniture, clothing, paper, or umbrellas. Make sure that your dump doesn't get too overcrowded, however. Only sixteen items can be contained in the dump at any time, and if you exceed this amount you will not receive the daily "presents" left there from your villagers. The Melody Board Day: All Week Hours: All Day The town melody board allows you to change the town tune. The town tune chimes on the town bells every hour and when you speak to your villagers. You can write up to 16 notes worth of a song. For some example town tunes, please see the Town Tune page. The Wishing Well Day: All Week Hours: All Day The Wishing Well is best known as the center of festival events. However, it is not just a simple landmark, but is a sentient well that can give you advice on how to make your town a better place. When you talk to the Wishing Well, it will usually give you a cryptic message followed by an acre number. If you are told that your village is "perfect" for two weeks you will receive a golden axe, presented by Farley the Wishing Well Gnome. If the wishing well tells you that the area has "little green" you should plant trees. If it comments on "shadows" you should cut down trees. If things are satisfactory, or they could be better, thin out your trees. Although weeds do not seem to play as large a role as originally thought it never hurts to pull them out. Make sure you plant flowers as well, they make your town look better and attract insects. The Wishing Well also allows you to apologize for items you cannot deliver. This is helpful if you have to deliver an item to a villager who has moved away. You may have to wait several days before you are allowed to apologize for an item. When you are allowed to apologize you can leave the item at the Wishing Well and free up an item slot. The Lighthouse Day: When Tortimer Takes a Vacation Hours: All Day During the winter the mayor may ask you to watch the lighthouse while he takes a vacation. It will be up to you to enter the lighthouse and turn on the light each evening while he is away. If you do a good job Tortimer may give you chocolates and the lighthouse model when he returns from Vacation. Animal Island Day: All Week Hours: All Day Visiting Animal Island requires the use of a Gameboy Advance and a Gameboy Advance/GCN cable. If you visit the dock while your GBA is hooked up to your Gamecube Kapp'n will take you to the island in his boat. The GBA must be turned on and must not contain any cartridges to successfully meet Kapp'n. The first time you meet Kapp'n you will be asked to name your destination (your local island). The weather on the island does not necessarily correspond to the weather in your town; for example, it can be raining there and not on the mainland. Additionally, the island has a year-round summer and you will be able to catch many out-of-season bugs there. You will find coconuts growing on the island as well as a beach cabana. The cabana can be decorated like your house in the town, but must be shared with any other users also living in your town. Additionally, you can also design a pattern for the island's flag. The island is also home to an islander that you can interact with on your Gameboy Advance. When you leave the island to go home, Kapp'n will ask you if you want to save a copy of the island to your GBA. If you agree to this, you will be able to give items to your villager on your GBA. You can feed fruit to the islander to receive bags of money. Your islander can use tools if you leave some behind on the island when you leave. Often items float over the island, these can be retreived by getting your islander to use a net. If you bury items your islander can dig up new ones. Your islander can also fish for special treasure. The Tailor Shop Day: All Week Hours: 7:00am - 2:00am Sable and Mabel Able run the local fashion shop. You can design patters there for a small material fee. These patterns can them be applied to clothes, the island flag, your door, signs, walls, floors, or umbrellas. You can use any one of sixteen different palletes to make your design, each containing fifteen colors. There are also some pattern and fill tools to use. If you use your Gameboy Advance at the Able's shop you can design patterns free of charge. While you can only carry eight patterns with you, you can store 96 other designs at the shop. |
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