Other Hints and Secrets
Mr. Resetti’s Home
Turn off the DS without saving a couple of times so Resetti can give you his lecture. After that, start hitting all the rocks in town until one of them breaks open. Hit it again and enter the hole. You’ll see Mr. Resetti’s home!
Tom Nook’s Home
If you go to the back of the shop between midnight and 2 a.m. and hit the back wall three times with your shovel and then hit the front entrance one more time, Nook will come out in pajamas and with a teddy bear!
Custom Inventory Background
Choose a shirt pattern and apply it to the screen by dragging it to the lower left corner. You can do this from the pattern inventory or with a shirt you like.
Room Color
When you first start playing Animal Crossing, the color of your first room will be the same as your color on the DS menu. If you want a different color, remember to change it first on the DS menu.
Lyle’s Insurance
Buy insurance from Lyle the first time he asks you. From then on, every time you trip or get stung by bees, you’ll get a letter with 100 bells. After that, don’t talk to him or he’ll make you pay more and more for the insurance.
Hidden Stuff in Rocks
If a neighbor is looking at a rock, there might be something in it. Hit it with a shovel and something will come out of it, possibly a Pill Bug.
Free Furniture
Go to the Town Hall and open the recycling container. It may have furniture or other cool stuff. You can also go to the Gate and talk to Booker (dog on the left) to see if he has any objects in the “Lost & Found.”
Making Animals Stay when they want to Move Out of Town
When you visit a neighbor and he/she’s packed everything and is ready to leave, keep talking to them and tell them not to leave until they start reconsidering their decision.
Keep the Neighbors at Home
If you have trouble finding neighbors when you need them, just go to the gate, ask Copper to establish a connection from DS to DS so you can have visitors, and then every neighbor will be home. Don’t forget to close the gate when you’re done so you don’t use too much battery!
Make your Neighbors Angry
Walk into the neighbors and push them around or hit them with the shovel or bug net. They’ll become mad and steam will come out of their heads.
Cure Bee Stings without Medicine
If you get stung and don’t want to spend money on medicine or the store is closed, simply go to your attic and sleep, save the game, and restart it. When it reloads, your face will be perfect again!
Nature’s Punishment
Play your game at least once a week, or the next time you go back to it, the town will be full of weeds and your flowers may be gone or dying. Same thing will happen if you start cheating by changing the date radically.
Finding out if a Painting is a Counterfeit (Before you Buy)
Walk towards the item and press A. Crazy Redd will tell you the price. The item is a fake if there’s a thought bubble over his head and he says one of the following things:
“It’s a very nice item" / "It took ol' Redd a long time to get his hands on that!" / "It took a lot of wheeling and dealing" / "When it comes to items for Crazy Redd's family, I won't stop 'til I get it!" / "I'm gonna offer it to you for only --- Bells!" If the item is very cheap, it’s probably fake too.
Finding out if a Painting is a Counterfeit (After you Buy)
Once you buy a painting, you can go to Nook’s and see if the painting you bought is part of the catalog. If it’s not, then it’s a forgery and you should sell it to Nook instead of having Blathers appraise it (lowers the price). If it is on the catalog, then it’s an original and you can go donate it at the museum.
Crazy Redd’s Passwords
He requires these to let you enter his tent and shop. If you’re a member, you’ll receive them in a letter every week. If not, a neighbor will tell you the password eventually so you can go and become a member.
Question: Ask and you shall / Password: Be charged
Question: An open wallet / Password: Is often empty
Question: Bottom dollar / Password: Top dog
Question: Crazy Redd / Password: Is 35
Question: Even robbers / Password: Have safes
Question: Fan in one hand / Password: Cash in other
Question: Foot in the door / Password: Eye on prize
Question: For my fans / Password: Shop here again
Question: Get an education / Password: Or win it big
Question: Give 2 cents / Password: Ask for change
Question: Head in the sand / Password: Find something
Question: Hot and cold / Password: Money makes it
Question: I'm all alone / Password: But I have cash
Question: Life expectancy / Password: Redd is 35
Question: Look at people / Password: Wallets full
Question: Look back / Password: What did you miss
Question: No money / Password: Means no fun
Question: Roses have / Password: High prices
Question: Rough childhood / Password: Lax adulthood
Question: Spoiled rotten / Password: Bean curd
Question: Talk is cheap / Password: So is Redd
Question: The grass is greener / Password: On my side
Question: The pen / Password: Is cheaper
Question: Tom Nook / Password: One ugly fellow
Question: What smells? / Password: Bean curd.
Question: What's inside / Password: Is fabulous
Question: When the cat's gone / Password: Mice shop
Question: Why buy the cow / Password: Buy milk here!
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