Hey... long time no see.. awkward... I know I havent posted in FOREVER, but I haven't been on AC in a LONG time. I still like it and all that but I have had nothing to want to post about. Yep. YAAAAA. I don't know why I did that in all caps. I have no idea what to write about!!! *scream* This is proabably so boring for you. I'm so sorry. cluqdwncio/dlncdiohnc;eoiune;iun. Jibberish. BLAHBLAHBLAH. As you can see I am very bored, probably because I have to write this at school. And school is VERY boring so consequently I'm VERY bored. It's almost not fair that you're being almost forced to read me talk about how bored I am but it's true, so you'll just have to put up with it. I guess that's all for now.. bye ;P
~Maddy~
The ULTIMATE Guide To Animal Crossing
Friday, March 30, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
$ MONEY! $
Hey! So I never mentioned the guide I was gonna do next in my last post, but I figured I would just do another one of the most basic guides; money making. Obviously, money is the most important thing to have in order to be successful and thrive in AC. It's the one thing you should always have more than you need of, and your main goal almost always involves bells. For example, you really want to get your town up to "perfect" status. Planting flowers costs bells, planting trees costs bells, almost everything comes with a price tag in AC. So here are some easy and some harder ways to get some serious bells.
1. Fishing
Fishing is one of the most played games in all of AC. It's fun, exiting and profitable. In order to fish, you must first buy a fishing rod from Tom Nook for 500 bells. Then, you can go to either the ocean, or the river, and sometimes in the spring, the ponds and catch fish. I'd say that pond fishing is the least profitable, river fishing pretty profitable, and ocean fishing the most profitable. This is because more rare and valuable fish can inhabit these water, and there's a larger space for them to live. You can cast your line in the ocean and almost always get a fish bite. These fish sell for big bucks, and if you catch a lot, it can really add up over time.
Bug Catching-
This isnt nearly as big of a bell earner as fishing, but close. All the really valuable bugs are available more around the summer and spring, all the rest of the year is pretty much little dinky pill bugs and centipedes, maybe the occasional bagworm. It's very hard to catch these rare bugs, so it's a lot harder to make a living off of bugs.
Fruit-
Whether its native or foreign, fruit sure can reel in a LOT of bells if you play your cards right. The native fruit that comes growing in your town when you move in, either oranges, peaches, cherries, or apples, can be sold for 100 bells a piece. It grows 3 fruits to a tree, so 300 bells per fruit tree. Any fruit that doesn't grow naturally in your town, or foreign fruit, sells for 500 bells a piece. Sometimes coconuts can wash up on shore, so re plant them to make a coconutty beach. Once you've planted a foreign fruit, even if you have planted a TON of it all over town, it's still worth 500 bells. That now means 1,500 bells per fruit tree, unless it's coconuts, which grow 2 to a tree, so 1,000 bells. If you take the time to plant and water your trees, this can really make some serious $
Money Trees-
These are chancy. The more bells you put in, the better chance you have. It's that simple. But, it's a low chance. Here is an example:
In: 10,000- 10% chance of a tree growing
20,000- 20% chance of a tree growing.
And so and so forth. The maximum number of bells you can get from a tree is 99,000 bells, so it's really pointless to put in any more than like 60,000 since you will only get a small fraction of it back IF the tree even grows. You decide if it's a risk you want to take. It's your bells.
Selling-
Just selling old clothes, furniture or anything that you don't need is a good way to make a few extra bells. There isn't much else to it!
Flea Market-
Every once in a while, your town bulletin board will say that there is a flea market coming up. Take heed! These are a great way to sell your old crap for more than its actually worth. Neighbors that want your stuff will be stupid enough to pay thousands of bells for it. ALWAYS have the stuff you dont want sitting out in your main room on flea market day.
Holidays-
Stay tuned for the HOLIDAY GUIDE! I'll cover EVERY holiday since they are the ultimate money making tactic. Be exited!
~Maddy~
1. Fishing
Fishing is one of the most played games in all of AC. It's fun, exiting and profitable. In order to fish, you must first buy a fishing rod from Tom Nook for 500 bells. Then, you can go to either the ocean, or the river, and sometimes in the spring, the ponds and catch fish. I'd say that pond fishing is the least profitable, river fishing pretty profitable, and ocean fishing the most profitable. This is because more rare and valuable fish can inhabit these water, and there's a larger space for them to live. You can cast your line in the ocean and almost always get a fish bite. These fish sell for big bucks, and if you catch a lot, it can really add up over time.
Bug Catching-
This isnt nearly as big of a bell earner as fishing, but close. All the really valuable bugs are available more around the summer and spring, all the rest of the year is pretty much little dinky pill bugs and centipedes, maybe the occasional bagworm. It's very hard to catch these rare bugs, so it's a lot harder to make a living off of bugs.
Fruit-
Whether its native or foreign, fruit sure can reel in a LOT of bells if you play your cards right. The native fruit that comes growing in your town when you move in, either oranges, peaches, cherries, or apples, can be sold for 100 bells a piece. It grows 3 fruits to a tree, so 300 bells per fruit tree. Any fruit that doesn't grow naturally in your town, or foreign fruit, sells for 500 bells a piece. Sometimes coconuts can wash up on shore, so re plant them to make a coconutty beach. Once you've planted a foreign fruit, even if you have planted a TON of it all over town, it's still worth 500 bells. That now means 1,500 bells per fruit tree, unless it's coconuts, which grow 2 to a tree, so 1,000 bells. If you take the time to plant and water your trees, this can really make some serious $
Money Trees-
These are chancy. The more bells you put in, the better chance you have. It's that simple. But, it's a low chance. Here is an example:
In: 10,000- 10% chance of a tree growing
20,000- 20% chance of a tree growing.
And so and so forth. The maximum number of bells you can get from a tree is 99,000 bells, so it's really pointless to put in any more than like 60,000 since you will only get a small fraction of it back IF the tree even grows. You decide if it's a risk you want to take. It's your bells.
Selling-
Just selling old clothes, furniture or anything that you don't need is a good way to make a few extra bells. There isn't much else to it!
Flea Market-
Every once in a while, your town bulletin board will say that there is a flea market coming up. Take heed! These are a great way to sell your old crap for more than its actually worth. Neighbors that want your stuff will be stupid enough to pay thousands of bells for it. ALWAYS have the stuff you dont want sitting out in your main room on flea market day.
Holidays-
Stay tuned for the HOLIDAY GUIDE! I'll cover EVERY holiday since they are the ultimate money making tactic. Be exited!
~Maddy~
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Town Guide!
Hey readers! As promised, here is your guide to your town in Animal Crossing! Sorry about the random post about Mission trips, this blog is a project for school, as I explained in that post. Thus, there may be more random posts like that later on, but we can forget about that, right?.....No? Ok.. Well here's the guide.
DISCLAIMER:
This guide will NOT be covering Nook's, as I gave a guide specifically for Nooks in another post. You can look at that if you want to learn more about his shop.
Guide:
In your town, there are a small number of shops and buildings, and there are also people who work there. Now I'll be covering each shop, and the animals that work there.
1. Town Hall
Town Hall is basically what it's called; Town Hall. This is where Tortimiers office is, the ABD, the recycling bin. Here you can do a number of things. First, you can report other villagers for crimes such as being rude or sloppy. This is my favorite, since Pelly, the pelican who works at the Civic Center, I'll get to that later, will talk to said villager and you receive an apology letter in your mailbox the next day.
Civic Center (Town Hall)
Besides the reporting thing I talked about above, the Civic center is good for many things. The civic center is the side of the large desk inside town hall with the rug with the green house on it in front. When you walk up to it, Pelly will come over an greet you of she wasn't already there. She will then ask if you need anything. Your choices are:
Town Fund- The town fund is where you can donate money to the town so the city can build new items in it. These items include:
Bridge- 200,000 bells-
Fountain- 400,000 bells- In order to get this item, you must have already gotten a bridge, which means a total investment of 600,000 bells
Windmill or Lighthouse- 1,000,000 bells- Villagers vote at the Town Hall to choose which one they want more
Town Tunes- You can change up the song that is automatically playing in your town outside. It allows you to switch up and add notes to the song.
The Environment- Pelly will read to you a comment from a visitor or villager (the comments are anonymous) regarding the environment in your town. Based on whether the comment is good or bad, Pelly will tell you what to do. Doug what she says can help bring your town up to perfect status, as do the items you build with the town fund money.
POST OFFICE
The post office is where you can send letters. That kind of goes without saying. During the day, Pelly works there, but at night, her snarky sister Phyllis takes over. You can send mail to other townsfolk or your future self. Gifts can be attached and mailed as well.
RECYCLING BIN
This is basically the same thing as the dump in GameCube. It's good for finding occasional rare items that are hard to come by at Nooks shop. Most of the items inside have been discarded by villagers and your player can take and use any of the items fro. The bin whenever for free. Be careful though, pickup time is 6 AM each Monday and Thursday, so if you want something from it, get it then. If you wait and it gets picked up, it's gone forever. You can also place unwanted items in the bin that will be removed at pickup time. Villagers often rant about how so and so found GracieGrace furniture in the recycling bin.
ABD
Thr ABD is just and ATM. It's the only place in town to deposit and withdraw bells from your bank account. You can also pay off your debt to Nook for your house here. There is another one of these in te city between the HRA and the Marquee.
CHARACTERS
Tortimer- Tortimer is the mayor of your town. He is an old turtle that only ventures out of his office for holidays and to stand in front of any new additions to the town such as a new bridge or fountain. In the town hall you can always see him in the back snoozing at his desk.
Pelly- She is the main employee of the town hall. She works the Civic center and post office during the day, and is helped by her sister at night. She is a white pelican. She's polite an patient unlike her sister.
Phyliss- Shes Pelly's purple sister. You can see her at night working the civic center while Pelly mans the post office. When she talks to you, you can tell she doesn't want to be there, and makes snide remarks when she thinks you aren't listening. Her personality if more described as rude and arrogant. Pete has a crush on her.
Pete- Hes the town mailman. Every once in a while you'll see Pete walking around town dressed in a green uniform, carrying a brown canvas mailbag. He delivers all the mail each day, though you hardly see him. He will often talk about how he has to get a move on, and can't really talk on the job, but other times he will tell you about how Phyliss looked at him, meaning he is in love with her.
BULLETIN BOARD
I forgot about the bulletin board! Anyway, it sits right to the left of town hall, and villagers and yourself can post on it. Pretty much every day there is a new message, normally alerting the town that there is a point special at Nooks, or that a holiday is coming up soon. You can always tell there is a new message when a small yellow bird is perched on top of the board. It will chirp and chirp until you read the board.
ABLE SISTERS
This is the only place in town to get inexpensive clothes. At Ables, you can buy and design cheap clothing. Most items sell for around 50-400 bells, but sometimes they will be selling an item like one of the two crowns, which are 1,000,000 bells. You can also design clothes for your player to wear. These designs are 800 bells each, but you can buy a pattern there anytime for cheaper and edit it for free to make a new design. Your designs can be put up for sale in the store upon asking Mabel, and villagers can buy them and wear them around. They will sometimes talk about how cool it is to wear an original design by you. It's quite flattering. Each day the store gets new inventory. There are three shirts for sale, one umbrella, and two pieces of head gear for sale every day. The eight displays in the center of the store only change if you switch out patterns or make a new design.
Mabel- Mabel is a porcupine triplet. She is the owner and hostess at Ables. Her and we sister Sable, stayed back in the small town, but their other triplet, Labelle, left for the big city, and she is now the hostess at GracieGrace. Mabel doesn't do anything special in particular.
Sable- Sable looks pretty much exactly like Mabel. You find her int he back if the store sewing away, as she is the one who makes all the clothes Ables sells. When you try to talk to her, she will try to shoo you away, but if you keep bugging her, she yells for Mabel to take care of you and they have a short conversation from across the store.
THE MUSEUM
Here you can display fish, bugs, fossils and paintings by donating them. There are four different rooms and a cafe. Here are bios of all the rooms:
Fossil Room- Here is where you display all the fossils you've donated to the museum. There is one main room, and then a narrow staircase that leads to a second display room.
Fish Room- This is the towns aquarium. There are 5 tanks, two small cylinder ones in the front left and right corners, two tanks for river fish, and a large tank in the back for ocean dwelling fish.
Painting Room- The town's art museum. There are panels all around the room that the paintings are hung on once they are donated. In the back, there is a door that leads to the back room, where you will see a velvet rope keeping you away from a painting. This is where the Famous painting (Mona Lisa) will go when donated.
Bug Room- In a number of different enclosures, bugs that you have donated live out the rest of their lives here. There are about 8 enclosures in the room. Unlike most of the other rooms, there is no extra room for the rare bugs or anything like that, but this is one of the coolest exhibits to make up for what it lacks in size.
The Roost- Owned by Brewster, whom I will talk about later in this post, here is where you can sit and have a coffee each day during your morning commute. For 200 bells, you get a steaming cup of Joe, or hot chocolate on Valentines day. On Saturday nights from 8 PM to 12 PM, the local musician K.K. Slider comes to town. He sings and plays his acoustic guitar on the stage area in the upper left corner of the Roost. He will play any number of songs you want, but after his first song, he gives you a CD of the song that you can put in your radio at home and listen to in your house. Any songs after that are just encores and you don't get the CD. The songs that he plays live and the songs on the CD sound very different, so a song such as DJ KK, which is electronic, sounds electronic on the CD, but not live, due to the fact it's preformed on a guitar.
Observatory- Here you can star gaze and create your own constellations that will appear in the sky at night. The limit to the size of your constellation is 16 stars. Celeste works here.
Bios!
Brewster- Brewster is a rather shy and quiet, mild-mannered pigeon, I believe? He doesn't say much when you try to talk to him outside of ordering a drink. He used to own a shop in the city, but it did bad business and closed down. This is now where Kicks sits on fair-weather days. Despite his quiet ways, if you come into the Roost with a Gyroid in your pockets repeatedly, he will ask you if you want him to store them for you. He now can take all your Gyroids and keep them in a safe place.
KK Slider- The local musician. He is fairly famous amongst the villagers, and is very fun to watch. during his shows, the game's credits are played as well.
Blathers- Blathers is the main owner of the museum. When you first walk in, you will see him standing in the center of the lobby, sleeping if it's before 5 PM. He is nocturnal, along with Brewster and Celeste, so the museum is open 24 hours a day. He is terrified of bugs and finds them "rather disgusting".
Celeste- Owner of the observatory. She's Blather's sister, and wears a cute little bow atop her head. She denies sleeping on the job, but when you enter the observatory she's found sleeping, just like her brother.
City Gate- The center of all the town's comings and goings. Here is where friends can visit, you can visit friends, and find your friend code. This code allows you to travel out in and out of town, and lets your friends come to your town. Copper works the gate, while his friend Booker has the lost and found. The lost and found is home to any items that are found around town. Sometimes there will be good items inside, so it's worth checking.
Copper- Copper is the gate opening dog. He lets you in and out. He doesn't do much else.
Booker- A very timid and unsure bulldog, he's fairly indecisive. He is your key to the lost and found. Just ask him about it, and you can take whatever you want for free. It's pretty sweet.
Well, there you have it! Hope this helped, and comment to tell me what guide I should do next!
Bye!
~Maddy~
Copper- Copper is the gate opening dog. He lets you in and out. He doesn't do much else.
Booker- A very timid and unsure bulldog, he's fairly indecisive. He is your key to the lost and found. Just ask him about it, and you can take whatever you want for free. It's pretty sweet.
Well, there you have it! Hope this helped, and comment to tell me what guide I should do next!
Bye!
~Maddy~
Monday, February 27, 2012
Mission Trips
Yes, this is a blog I'm doing as a project for school, so this is a very irrelevant post but I kind of want to do good in my Reading class, so bear with me.
If I could go anywhere for a mission trip or to help a needy area, I would go to New York to helpthe homeless. I really want to go to New York, and there are many people there that are homeless in a dangerous big city. I would provide food and clothing for them and help them not have to result to violence when they need basic resources. I could voulunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter while I was there as well. NYC has a lot of homeless people that need help because of how expensive it is to live there and the bad economy in big cities today. I think with a large enough group of people, we could save a lot of people from going hungry.
Ta-da! I do hope that was long enough. Well, that city guide I promised? Yea it's coming soon, I've been working on it forever to make sure I give you ALL the info you need. So look out for that!
~Maddy~
If I could go anywhere for a mission trip or to help a needy area, I would go to New York to helpthe homeless. I really want to go to New York, and there are many people there that are homeless in a dangerous big city. I would provide food and clothing for them and help them not have to result to violence when they need basic resources. I could voulunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter while I was there as well. NYC has a lot of homeless people that need help because of how expensive it is to live there and the bad economy in big cities today. I think with a large enough group of people, we could save a lot of people from going hungry.
Ta-da! I do hope that was long enough. Well, that city guide I promised? Yea it's coming soon, I've been working on it forever to make sure I give you ALL the info you need. So look out for that!
~Maddy~
Thursday, February 23, 2012
City Guide
Hey! Today, as promised, I'll be making a guide to the city, and all of it's shops. There's quite a few things you need to know to be successful in the city, and now I'll show you. On to the task at hand:
First shop: Shampoodles
Shampoodles is the only place to get your character's hair done, it cures bed head and the boredom of your current hairstyle. It's owned by Harriet. You CAN buy wigs sometimes at GracieGrace, but they're very expensive and there isn't a variety. A haircut is 3,000 bells, and a makeover (it makes you look like a Mii) is free for the first time. Any times after that are 3,000 bells also. It's kind of a gamble what hairstyle you will get, as Harriet asks you questions and you answer she formulates a hairstyle and color. Just select answers that describe the style you want, and hopefully she'll take the hint.
Redd's Shop
Oh, Redd. He's the infamous con-man of the city. To get into his shop you must get an invite. These are fairly simple to obtain, neighbors can send them to you, or if you have any friends with invites, they can come to your town or vice-versa and give you one. In his shop he only has 3 items max. Two pieces of furniture, and a painting. Though Redd's is the only place to always have paintings, about 95% of the time they're fakes. He sells them to you for more than they'd be worth even if they were real, for 3,290 bells I believe. When they're proven fake by Blathers in the museum, they sell for only 10 bells a piece. Not very worth it, right? the home goods he sells are very overpriced and the villagers around your town or in the city square often tell you about their bad luck at the shop. I only recommend shopping there if absolutley have to.
Happy Room Academy
You know those letters that clog your mailbox almost every time you get on? Chances are they're from the HRA. Lyle, a very picky otter, owns the academy and is found in his headquarters in the city. He talks a lot when you talk to him, so unless you have time, avoid it. You get points based on how much they like your room. If you do really good, it can become the model room, and a replica is put in the HRA building in the city.
GracieGrace
This is like the Juicy Couture of Animal Crossing. Very, very expensive. They sell clothing and furniture sets, they're very cute and epic, but they will rid you of bells fast, so SAVE SAVE SAVE if you want to go on a shopping spree there. On the first day of a new collection (February 1st, May 1st, August 1st, November 1st) Gracie herself can be found in her store, and if you talk to her she can give you style advice. I've heard that if she likes your outfit she will give you a 10% discount, but I'm unsure if this is true. Note this can only happen if you're wearing a full collection. Towards the end of the season, there will be sales that go up to 50% off. The 15th of the last month will be 20% off, the 21st is 30% off, and the 26th is 50% off. Be warned. Things sell out SUPER fast and can be gone by the second the store opens. You just need to be lucky. The furniture collections are:
Spring- Princess Full collection price: 1,524,00 bells
Summer- Gracie's FCP: 1,524,000
Fall- Sweets FCP: 1,434,000
Winter- Gorgeous FCP: 1,778,000
Auction House
Owned by a gyroid, Lloid, the auction house is an often abandoned building next to GracieGrace. There is almost never anything up for auction, and if you yourself put something up, chances are that it'll show up in your mail box in a few days. There isn't much else about the auction house.
Kicks
Kicks is the little skunk outside a boarded up building. He wears a dirty brown cap and matching overalls. He shines shoes in the city on days where there's good weather. His building used to be owned by Brewster, and he will sometimes mention it. For 500 bells, Kicks will shine your shoes to match your outfit or "style". However, if your shoes don't change he won't charge you. If you want a certain shoe color, then wear a lot of that color when visiting Kicks. Your shoes can be a factor that sways Gracie's appraisal. Occasionally you will be asked if you want a masculine or feminine shine.
Katrina
Katrina is a panther that works in a small shop tucked away in the back of the city. She gives charms for 100 bells and tells your fortune for 100-200 bells. Some villagers speculate that she works illegally, much like Redd. Here are the fortunes and their answers:
Unpopuar: Villagers will act coldly towards you.
Lucky Finances: You will earn and find more bells than usual.
Lucky Materials: It will become easier to acquire rare items.
Unlucky: You will fall down a lot.
Every time you visit though she will drop something on your head, like a bucket or pan, making the player dizzy as you can see stars around their head.
The Marquee
The Marquee is the only place in AC to watch shows. Though your player can own a TV, they don't show actual stories or any thing other than a simple picture with a small movement. Most of the shows are preformed by the the rather mediocre Dr. Shrunk. His shows are short and not worth the 800 bells a ticket. After seeing these shows, your player can add the emotion the how was about to their emotion toolbar. Said toolbar can hold up to four emotions. If you reach four but see another show, you must erase one in order to keep the new emotion. Some examples are:
Heartbreak: A pink heart raises above your player's head and then shatters into two pieces.
Love: The same pink heart raises above your head, but doesn't break. (duh!)
Awkwardness:A gust of wind and a leaf blow by your character. My favorite emotion.
Those are just a few of the emotions you can obtain. While you can't use them in conversations with villagers, they're fun if you have a friend in town and are taking to them. Here's more on Dr. Shrunk and Frillard:
Dr. Shrunk
I've heard many places he's Frillards student, and he gets his practice from putting on his shows in the Marquee. If this is true, Frillard must be a pretty crappy teacher. His shows are weak and lame, but if there's an emotion you really want, you can sit through one to get it, the shows are very short as I said before. Shrunk only knows so many emotions, and there are a few that are exclusive to Frillard. Here they are:
Bashfulness
Inspiration
Outrage
Sleepiness
Thought
Agreement
If you see ANY of these in your Marquee's box office, definitely go see it. Chances are it's a Frillard show. In this case, it's worth 800 bells. I only know one person who's seen Frillard, and she's only seen him once in her 4 years playing Animal Crossing. Just to give you an idea of the rarity of his coming though. She said the show was very good, a great deal better than Dr. Shrunk.
There are rumors of a special room upstairs in the Marquee, for the actors to get ready and such. It's believed that after 8 o'clock in the city, one of the upstairs lights in the theatre will be lit. You can see this through the window. I honestly have no idea if this is true. I could barely find information on this, and a handful of photos. They could have easily been Photoshopped or something like that. At the time I don't have any valid proof of its being true as of yet. Some say that there is a special trapdoor in Shampoodle's, or a random staircase in the the theatre that leads up when the window is lit. There are many theories. The truth of the matter is, we will probably not be finding out the truth for a long while.
Resetti's Room
This rumor I can clarify is 100% true. I've had two friends that have both gotten in, and one was Facetiming me while it happened for proof. Some nights after 8 PM, the area at the far right of the city tht normally has two traffic cones blocking you will be open and lit up. You can now enter Resetti's room. His room is messy, lots of trash, two armchairs and cardboard boxes. When you enter, you will obviously see Resetti. When you talk to him, he will give you a silver shovel. He then bugs you to leave, but you dont have to. Just know once you leave, his room closes and you'll just have to get lucky again. The silver shovel you get is good for:
Really the same stuff as the normal shovel, but it gives you a 10% chance of doubling the money you smash out of rocks. This shovel can't create money trees like the golden one though. To get a golden shovel one must bury a hole in the ground, and bury a shovel in this hole (you need two shovels) The next day, or 24 hours later, dig it up and you have a golden shovel. They never break and are very useful. That's all for Resetti.
Phineas
Many folks in the city talk about "the prize guy" and wonder when he comes. They're talking about Phineas, a generous prize Sea lion that occasionally pops into the city for a surprise visit. He brings with him a red card full of goodies! The best part? They're free! If you see him in town, talk to him and he'll ask you what you want. Your choices are:
Balloons (These pop VERY easily)
Bunny Balloons (These are indestructible)
Pinwheels (Spin as fast as you run)
Bubble Wand (Used to blow bubbles)
He will only give you one prize per visit though, so don't bother talking to him again after getting your first prize. He comes on fair weather days, like sunny or cloudy/overcast days.
So, there you have it folks, your complete guide to the city. Anything you want to add? Wrong information? Forgot something? Tell me in the comments below so I can go back and change it. Look out for a TOWN GUIDE soon that will cover all the shops and such in town and everything you need to know about them and the people that work there! Thanks!
~Maddy~
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The First Day/ Nook's Guide
Good evening! So, since this is my first legit post, I figured it would be fitting to post about your first day on AC, and for those of you who have long since surpassed that day, a guide to Nook's. Lets just jump right in shall we?
First off: The First Day!
You've just created your character, and are now in your new town (to make this easier for me, I'm going to use the name of my town, EpicVill in place of just "blank") Well, now comes the daunting task of choosing a house, and yes, working for Tom Nook, the local shopkeeper and your most important source of income. To choose a house, simply find a vacant home ; they're small, unlit houses around town, there are normally 4-5 of them. Go inside, and when you come out, you should see Tom there. He will ask if you like the house, I suggest looking at ALL the homes in question before jumping to conclusions, say yes or no and move on. Next comes the crappy part: Working for Nook. Sadly, there is no way to get out of it except just getting the job done. I scoured the web looking to cheats to no avail. There's no way to escape it. It's supposed to help you pay off the debt for your house, but you only end up paying off about $1,800. You arrive at Nook's shop and he will ask you something along the lines of if you've met everyone in your town, or tell you to get to know the townsfolk better. You may not know that this has to do with your first job, which is talking to every person in your town. After that, you do a series of deliveries, and you're done! You are free now to do what you please.
Next, Nook's Guide:
Nook's can be upgraded 4 times. Here is a brief description of each upgrade.
1. Nook's Cranny- A small, wooden shack with a small selection. Normally 2 furniture objects, 2-3 tools, 1 medicine bag, and a wall and floor. Also there is a tree you can plant and a bag of flower seed. This is the Nook's you get when you first start your town.
2. Nook N' Go- Slightly bigger, more selection. Nook also gets a new uniform. Spend 25.000 bells to get this.
3. NookWay- Again, a bigger selection and size, new uniform etc.
4. Nookington's- By far the best and coolest upgrade. This store is two stories high. The first floor being tools (now all tools are available at all times) seeds, trees, and medicine. The second floor is all home decor. Walls and floors are now up here as well. Nook's two young nephews (I think..) work this floor. All three of the boys wear navy blue tuxedos and red ties for uniforms.
In each version, there is what's called a Nook's Point Tracking System. Each time you purchase something at Nook's, you earn points, which can be added up to purchase Mario themed items (such as Yoshi's egg, Peach's parisol, etc.) with said points. For every 100 bells spent, you get one point. Occasionally there will be "point specials" during which you can earn 5 times the points. I suggest always buying one thing during these as they are very useful. For example, a 400 bell item would normally get 4 points, but it now gets 20. Awesome right? I know.
Rarely, Nook will be selling silver tools (and by rarely I mean REALLY rarely) and sometimes even paintings. These paintings are much more reliable than the paintings purchased at Redd's shop in the city, which are almost always fakes. I'll talk about Redd's in another post. Plus he occasionally sells spotlight or rare items.
The Importance Of Nook
Wondering why Nook is so important? You probably aren't unless you are a total idiot. If so, he is going to be or is your main source of cash. He will buy ANYTHING from you, even trash such as cans, tires and boots, as long as you sell them with other items. He is the best and most convinient way to get some moolah in your town. Not only is he great for low priced goods, but he has an unlimited wallet and can pay you TONS for unneeded items, like clothes, furniture, fish and fossils, and more. If you're extremely annoyed at him after having to work for him, you won't be anymore after you see what a HUGE role he will play in your gameplay.
Moving on, any cheats I've seen about getting 99,000 bells from him with some weird random code AREN'T TRUE. There is NO way to type in a code when talking to him thus making this impossible. AC isn't really a game you can cheat, with the exception of time-travel (setting the time ahead/back) It just isn't cheater- friendly. I don't believe in cheating games anyway, random fact about me. There isn't all that much juicy stuff to say about Nook's except the basics, so I hope this helped you beginners, and if you have any corrections you want to make, comment below so I can edit this post and change the information.
I'll post again soon with a CITY GUIDE! Be exited. See ya!
~Maddy~
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~Maddy~
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