20 Tips Every Animal Crossing: New Leaf Player Should Know

Here are 20 useful tips for beginners in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
This is a re-uploaded video from my old channel (originally filmed in 2013), sorry for the bad quality lol
And yes, I know. lol I do not need to mash A.
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[@emilychamberlain2162]

First tip and my mind is already blown

[@user-wo3de2ym3i]

Emily Chamberlain sAME I didn't even know about that and I've been playing for about a year (?)

[@jimbojones5299]

Emily Chamberlain Here's a tip. Shake trees when using a net and if a bees nest falls, press a when your character turns to it and it will capture the bee and u get the beehive!

[@selinagladiator2542]

It wasnt added until animal crossing new leaf

[@ChoppedCarrots1]

I've been playing the game since I was 4 and I never knew this. Life changing.

[@xanderthegamer7204]

@@user-wo3de2ym3i i found out 2 dyas in

[@paige1765]

I'm surprised at how many people didn't know you could stack fruit I've known forever lol.

[@cooperl617]

é p h é m é r á l ikr

[@eimikofan]

é p h é m é r á l ikr

[@Thisfuckingidiot6565]

same rofl, though i suppose i learnt from reading a guide 😂😂😂

[@archiebell9573]

Everyone knows there just being sarcastic

[@Thisfuckingidiot6565]

they're*

[@Neonprettykitty]

Extra tip: You don't need to visit other people's towns to get apples, oranges, cherries etc. Just send letters to your villagers with any fruit attached, and there's a chance you'll get a letter back with a different fruit. ^__^

[@AdamSnoble]

Ciara Catsi *gasp* WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS OHMIGAWD

[@burgndii]

Wow, thanks! This was really helpful!

[@JamesSmith-ff2pt]

Really? COOL.

[@sleepflowerrr]

I didn't know that!! Thanks for the tip!!!

[@bananas7126]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@sometimelordything]

I'm listening to this while organizing some items and when I heard the bobber go under, my thumb twitched...

[@alishaaa8656]

Trioblaide TM lmao same

[@bellah_xo7843]

Also if you are in retail and a villager is in there too and you really want them to buy something, just push them around near the item and they will eventually see it and ask you if they should buy it. This is good cuz they COULD but stuff for a big price when it's only worth like a few bells 😂

[@AwCmonPuddin]

yes! ahaha

[@kithalie]

I always do that 😂

[@emmaolivera3018]

Thanks for the tip

[@littledotty7941]

I always do that😂😂

[@ameliapaquette4938]

I accidently found that out

[@mosspea]

Only reason you didn't know until New Leaf is because stacking fruit was a new feature not previously implemented. :p

[@crimsonwhale13]

ikr like

[@mosspea]

InklingGirl I meant that it wasn't a feature of previous Animal Crossing titles.

[@yuripiIIed]

you CAN SKIP THE SONG?!

[@abbystannard8801]

My mind blew up

[@v3nison527]

I already knew from my impatience

[@boredwatch]

minyoongi ARMYYYYY

[@mattishida3067]

Yes you can touch screen screen or press A or B buttons

[@makenawomack6484]

ya?

[@4l13n7]

"This annoying song 😒" Me: EXCUSE ME I HAVE LISTENED TO IT OVER 5000 TIMES AND I GATTA LISTEN TO IT MOREEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jeskevanhijum4819]

Ikr

[@Chello_MoreLike_Hello]

I love the really cute ones that play when you are going to the island with a friend

[@Vixemint]

Exactly. My cousin complains that she wants to get to the island quicker so she can catch sharks, but the songs are my favorite parts of going to the island.

[@0ofers454]

I haven't seen kapp'n yet but i would love to listen to him sing

[@BubbleHeadedVe]

anybody else just starting to play this after New Horizons came out?

[@officialblimp]

yes

[@ree2680]

yep

[@era2s]

me

[@eleven785]

Me too and I wonder why

[@kaygames956]

Meee, brought a 3ds specifically for that

[@perelpeck5387]

A good way to make a lot of money at the retail is to sell ores. A guarantee sale for ores is to price them at 7,999 bells, while you can also bump up the price to 8,999 and 9,999, though, they won't always buy your ores form the price. They still will occasionally, though. Bonus is you're selling on every available space, because they'll hop from one expensive ore to another until they buy one... Usually on the second or third try. Basically, you can make the prices at the flee market super high as long as you take off that one extra bell. Edit: You can time travel forward on a different profile and your turnips won't spoil.

[@eldred4614]

Perel Peck huh. cool

[@wispicaldream]

Perel Peck good to know

[@veevsu]

Perel Peck I always use a stack of 5 non-town fruits and sell them for 9.999 bells. -v-

[@madi5266]

Perel Peck you can time travel on your own profile and your turnips wont spoil if you bury them

[@deny49676]

Add me guys :) I'm new to animal crossing but I love both games !! My 3ds Friend Code : 2982-2095-8171

[@iqauaz5756]

ACNL Logic **grabs a basket out of nowhere** **slides fruit on another fruit**

[@jocelyn9446]

A BETTER ACNL LOGIC *buys furniture and items and its a leaf and it fits in your pockets*

[@emmeritz3906]

Tip: If you want to unlock pwps fast, then swim to a far bottom corner of your map. (It doesn’t matter which.) Stay there for 5 minutes. Once 5 monies have passed, swim back to your town. Now, the villager chats have been reset. So there’s a good chance that a villager will give you a surprised look, and run up to you. They could request a new pwp, or something else. Bare in mind that only one villager can do this at a time, and what pwp they request depends on their personality. Hope this helps!

[@cooperl617]

Tip: If someone gives you a bamboo shoot, throw it in the river.

[@pabuthedumbnerd]

I've seen bamboo infested towns. Getting rid of them is a pain.

[@christinet1004]

Cooper Does Random Stuff omg that comment made my day. I'm on my fifth town and two of them were bamboo infested. They're okay if you keep them under control and play alot but otherwise...THROW IT AWAY. (Edit) In my previous bamboo-towns I played mostly every day, but I couldnt be bothered to control the shoots so I ended up my town literally light green.

[@cooperl617]

Yep, I finally just got my golden axe and cleared it all up.

[@marxies-b5l]

Pabu's Animations My town used to be infested with bamboo. Curse the animal who gave me the bamboo shoot! I broke alot of axes chopping it all down

[@no..3055]

The last town i had, i was trapped in bamboo.

[@arianathweatt7889]

I'm proud to say I already knew all of these lmao

[@eleven5550]

Ariana Thweatt same

[@lixinn8722]

Ariana Thweatt same they are obvious

[@Infinitiddy]

Well, it's called tips for BEGINNERS for a reason...

[@lixinn8722]

Doggo does an drift in an 823 BHP Rx-7 le xd well i am a beginner

[@Infinitiddy]

Li Xin Nariman Good job on knowing. I barely knew anything until I started playing for like the third week where I got the hang of it.

[@lw1391]

Great tips, especially the ones about selling fossils for extra $, listening instead of looking for cues while fishing, and stashing items in an envelope (clever!). One additional tip for first timers early on, when Isabelle asks you if you want to fish or catch bugs first, choose the one that you don't have the tool for, and Isabelle will offer to sell it to you [I missed this opportunity and am still waiting to buy a net :( ] Great post, thanks for sharing!!!

[@jasonmosler]

holy crap stacking fruit.... genius... how did i not know this. thanks a bunch for that alone

[@eldred4614]

another tip: you don't need to mash a for fishing. yay no more finger cramps!

[@TheFrozenSheep]

Yeah well I still will ._.

[@shxrtieedits]

Lol I remember those times.

[@briannahouck2433]

I knew all of these.. BUT MINI DINOSAURS?!?!?!?!?!?! I HAD NO IDEA. excuse me while I go make a million mini dinosaurs in 2019...

[@makii3535]

I had no idea about the photo booth tricks and I've been paying for five years! 😂

[@emmadyer]

there were no photo booths in previous games?

[@victoria-sb2xp]

Emma Blurryface animal crossing new leaf came out in 2012.....

[@ollieisfab3922]

Emma Blurryface ACNL has been out for 6 years... 😶

[@benedict3403]

I didnt know it either and i played since 2013 xD

[@abbs1286]

I've been playing acnl for YEARS and I just found out you can put filters on your photo. I'm surprised you can do that actually lmao.

[@sordoxa5767]

i was so happy when i found out about skipping kappn's song

[@1337million]

I was playing Pokemon and I still by instinct pressed A when I heard the shark bite the bob :')

[@nolwazi3076]

HOLY SHOT YOU CAN SKIP THE BOAT RIDE! ? OMG THANKS SO MUCH I'M ALWAYS IN A RUSH TO CATCH BUGS. P.S. it will be the third time I'm going to reset my game because I don't care also they're mistake that neednxorrecting.

[@EchoTheTwilek]

I can hear you spamming your a button when you catch a fish, you know when I bites your rode and its spinning you just press a button once

[@danimaree]

I didnt know about... Golden nuggets w/cyrus thing the fossil w/ cyrus thing Will try

[@totesvani930]

the shark one helps so much haha. ive been on an animal crossing kick and only have new leaf so!

[@sappy.3xe]

I’m about to start playing ACNL so this video is highly appreciated lmao

[@Ps3JessicaBr]

Yep, I started to play this year too!, what’s your town code?

[@xlightknightx]

*__* MIND FREAKING BLOWN. I legit never knew you could stack fruit! Which is why I haven’t wasted time selling fruit a lot.

[@hbrhodes1s]

If you shake a tree while holding your bug net, and a bee hive drops, you can immediately press A and you'll catch the bee instead of being stung! Plus you can pick up the bee hive! Really helps to shale the tree from a 45° angle, so you can catch the bee!

[@UnknownUser-ik8sj]

I know it's really cool 😊

[@redsephone]

Then you can sell them for bells!!

[@zyzer5899]

fruit stacking was added in new leaf it was not in any other version

[@AwCmonPuddin]

I realized that after ahah explains why I didn't know

[@LaylaTheLoofa]

When it snows, you can find snowflakes and catch them! Also, I got Iychees and Mangos from the island.

[@Brownyan]

5:19 or you can save and continue if you encounter them

[@ashton1506]

YoshiGamingYT I Just Catch The Bees.

[@miraculousladybugfan819]

That's what my sister told me 😂

[@Prpr-f1v]

I know this is old video, but I think that being lucky with turnips is my best bet on how to get rich. You need another friend on a separate device and game, and a few hours or more depending on how much you want. Thursday is usually the best day to look at sell prices, so if the prices are very high, then call your friend to skip time to Sunday to buy a bunch of turnips, travel to their town and sell those, use that profit to buy more when you go back to your town, and repeat. Use the storage in the train station for extra money bags and turnip stacks. My sister and I made about 10 million bells in a few hours. The turnips won’t spoil, even though the other town is in a different time, and even if you do it a little, you can still get lots of money. Good for paying off loans

[@isabellaswenson6445]

The tips about Cyrus all surprised me! Also the photo booth tips were brand new info for me. Thanks for the video!

[@torchytries2168]

I didn't know you can skip the song. Thanks~ Edit: The digging a hole behind you to hit the rock consistently is such a smart idea. Addressing an item to yourself is also a handy idea. I also had no idea you could change the photo filter. That's so cute!

[@Kippykip]

I always have the bugnet equipped when shaking trees, if you shake from the bottom and a bee comes out, your character will face the bee then you can mash the A button and you'll get the bee everytime. Then you can sell the bee and the hive for a lot of bells!

[@pianoborn3]

Fun fact: I had no idea you could stack fruit together until after 2 years of playing animal crossing new leaf. That whole time I was going to retail much more than I had to

[@Ejdhh-ki5mo]

I have new horizons but I just got new leaf for my 2ds and I found out some things I didn't know that I could use in the game 😌

[@tichaelmiongson]

i've had animal crossing since 2013 so i know but unfortunately, my brother deleted all of my process so HE could become mayor and i became extremely sad. i decided to delete HIS town and we started all over again, and we actually ended up doing a whole lot more better with the new town. we made the new town a week ago.

[@plume...]

Thanks for these. True story: I woke up still incredibly drunk this morning after having quite a few glasses of wine last night, and opened my laptop to see that I had been looking at AC: New Horizons vids. (I honestly don't remember watching them, along with a longplay of Mass Effect...) After 5 minutes of lying in bed I instantly regretted selling my 3DS with AC:New Leaf years ago and went to town to buy a second hand one just to play AC: New leaf. Many hours and £110 later, I am very pleased that this purchase is going to keep me occupied on my bus journey to and from work for the foreseeable future :) I got a boxed, mint condition New 3DS with a 32gb sdcard plus charger. I should probably download Fantasy Life or Rune Factory 4 next and completely ruin my life for the next few years eh?...

[@mattchu3719]

I’ve taken like 10 profile pictures since I got New Leaf and I never knew you could do filters

[@anastasiam4448]

Hmm I didn’t know about the dinosaur mini versions

[@DaMonkey-]

Tip 1: You can Stack Fruit!!! Me: *_FUCKING GENIUS!!!_*

[@wnikkir.9180]

awesome way to get bells: shake EVERY tree. and make sure you have your net in your hand when you do this. every day, there will be 5 trees infested by bees. when you shake the tree, the hive will fall and your character will turn towards it on the ground. as soon as this happens, spam the A button to swing your net at it. you will catch the bee before it stings you if you do this immediately after it falls. bees go for 3000 bells each and their hives go for 500 each. this makes for a total of 17500 bells each day from these bugs, not to mention the bells, spiders and occasional piece of furniture that drop from shaking trees. its such an easy way to make a lot of bells so think about that before you try avoiding shaking any trees.

[@polardanandmore4586]

Thx I knew a lot of them but I didn’t know the photograph one tysm!

[@mcsalty9434]

Omg I was just in the boat and I had to hear the song and I finally got to the island after you said the fact about spamming b lol

[@CarrionCarriesOn]

I am so happy you told me about the skipping the song trick

[@GloomyFish]

I've been playing New Leaf since 2013 and Ihad NO IDEA you could skip Kappn's song... I feel a little silly now, constantly thinking "ughh Kapp'n, stop singing, I don'thave time for this!"

[@cathie7538]

My brother got ACNL for Christmas, and he shakes all the trees every day, even the ones without fruit so he gets money and furniture 😂 he always has bee stings Edit: I knew all of these except for the photo booth one.

[@loaf3876]

I’m too poor for animal new horizon but then helped so much thank youuu

[@Jacob-lp1un]

The fruit tip really had me shook af!

[@itiscrazey]

1:47 every (English speaking acnl player) >>IT'S BELLS!

[@NataliasClips]

My Town fruit is also pears

[@jocelyn9446]

You forgot one important tip! And its by shifting to other equipment by pressing right or left on the bottom left

[@maddiedavis647]

tip: instead of digging 2 holes behind you when hitting a rock, dig 3 because otherwise your character can drift to the side where there is no hole and you have to move and end up getting less bells. with 3 holes its basically a wall so your character doesnt go anywhere :) saying this from my experience

[@tree_alone]

Late comment but I'm late at picking up this game. Haven't even bought it yet, but I'm gonna go look at pawn shops and see if I can find a 3DS or even a 3DS XL (fingers crossed) and this is is basicly the only game I want but I wanted to kind of get a preview of how it all works. I love the original Animal Crossing game but hate the irremovable hat and it looks like this is the version of AC that will be just right for me because I'm on a budget and I'm always a good 5-10 years behind on games it seems. (I only finally got Fallout New Vegas last year). Anyway great vid, thank you. Have you played any of the other versions?

[@1_lingling_1]

ok. Ive been playing this since it came out and i didnt even know some of them. that has all the fame, what a shame.

[@scarletquartz2873]

The only thing I don't know is how people manage to get holdable ice cream you can eat.

[@N3R000]

thank you! this is was sooo helpful! (yes, stacking fruit was new to me haha)

[@mollup1071]

YOU CAN SKIP THE SONG!???????????? Thank you so much, my life is complete.

[@Spielmeister]

Bro what I didn't even know you could stack fruit. BRUHHHHH!

[@okaishbae2405]

those dislikers are jealous of your genius-ness xD

[@ript0kyo]

Lmao ikr

[@arexcho3966]

watching this in 2020 because I just downloaded new leaf on my 3ds. i wanted to start a new game without restarting my new horizons island >___

[@euge_-lx8ol]

I tried the island tip to get a peach, and the only access I got to peaches was in a maze, but it disappeared from my inventory when the tour ended. :(

[@TheEnchantedWonder]

I don't even know how to access club lol yet.. I don't even know how to get music tracks yet. Man I hate being new to a series.

[@ashleyhayes1793]

why would you open your gates when shaking trees? bees are worth $3000 each and they are so easy to catch...?

[@migmi]

*When you shake trees, have the net equipped. If bees come out, quickly catch them, and avoid beeing stung!

[@Miranda-ph5dt]

i had no idea about the photos!!

[@luvella9795]

First time someone has the same birthday as me

[@keriro]

ALSO: If you didn't know, you can catch bees BUUUUT It's usually pretty hard to get one when you shake a tree and the bees come after you bc you have to be fast enough to get your bug net and catch it So what you should do to make sure you catch it is to have your bug net already in your hand and then you shake the tree in front of it and if a beehive falls off just click A and the bee's yours! Hope this helped!

[@lolololoolololo1381]

Wait how come your Cyrus is awake. Mine is always asleep.

[@josem.garibay5478]

@AwCmonPuddin forget the tips, I'm here for you 😍😍😍

[@blackypawz2990]

The black roses have to be DRY and almost dead to water them so they can become gold

[@roeorca]

One of my villagers told me about stacking fruit about a week back. So, yeah, I win.

[@helpgaminghacksandtricks2183]

In one of the tree stones I saw a heart mark but then i chopt it

[@hbrhodes1s]

I did not know a LOT of these!!! Thanks!

[@koreanpopnabi9]

Tanks for this video, I'm a beginner on Animal Crossing...yeah in 2022 😂 I learn some tips so thank you!! If you still play can we be friend and visit your village, it's beautiful I have no friends with my Mii.. Have a nice day ☀️

[@chezore1730]

How do you figure out your island fruit? Is it the most kind of the fruit in your town or?

[@May-oh3ku]

btw you dont need to repeatedly press A when fishing just press A no need to hold A either .

[@robertslack2383]

is there anyway to grow bamboo without it overgrowing?

[@AwCmonPuddin]

you just need to make sure you dig up the new ones as soon as they pop up/before they grow :)

[@elliot1873]

Robert Slack or have designs around them

[@astertelee8869]

Sorry to tell ya dude but unfortunately no lol

[@cathie7538]

AwCmonPuddin I just always dig up the new shoots and replant then where they are. If it grows or not, not my problem

[@NinjaWeedle]

Cliffs and trees . My bamboo couldn't spread if it tried due to my weird tree placement and it being close to the cliff, a pond and a rock. It plants sprouts, but they all die.

[@angelicamarie1403]

Aw we’re bday twins! Sept 5

[@lorianngarcia15]

Hey your birthday is a day after mine nice. That's awesome your like me with the hairstyle and color on our ACNL person

[@glitterixfairy4021]

I know 98% of these Thanks for the helpful video though ❤️👍🏻

[@EyeLuvMakeup271]

Where did you get your DS? It’s super cute

[@AwCmonPuddin]

Trā Lew Best Buy

[@bluejeansdvd]

this was still useful to me in 2023!

[@HopefulBlue]

Thanks

[@0ofers454]

When does Cyrus wake up? Bc I've had the game for like a week and he still hasn't woken up.

[@christinajames5400]

how do i Play multi-player on animal crossing?

[@AwCmonPuddin]

you need to go to the gate and talk to Porter and have him open them for visitors to come in.

[@mariahcareyfan327]

How do you talk to your best friends on animal crossing new leaf

[@racheldennison8839]

How do you get a golden watering can?

[@Carl_himself]

Thanks for the tips!

[@akaloui3]

I'm years late but do you still play dang tarantula won't appear for me 😢

[@londonjordan8346]

Actually u can time travel forward if u don’t go a week ahead u just can’t time travel back

[@blueraspberrysoda]

I do the envelope all the time

[@staceyoppong6247]

I really want to change my ingame skin color but don't know how

[@NcrXnbi]

Thanks for sharing this info

[@NcrXnbi]

Hello old me, how is Goldie doing?

[@rat1146]

I have pears too!

[@-Tanooki-]

Great vid :3 some of these tips were usefull

[@pinkhazel8934]

very good tips!

[@joannramsey6803]

I played it for

[@hermaeusmora345]

WOW Thank you so Much!!!