Animal Crossing: City Folk Hints & Cheats

Donate bells to the town fund in the town hall to unlock the following items.

Earn 1 point for every 100 bells you spend in Tom Nook's store.

Perform the following tasks to upgrade your tools to the silver and gold levels

These are what you have to pay to Nook to get each House Expansion

On certain days, there will be contests. If you win these contests, you will be awarded with a trophy that can be placed in your house.

Deposit a certain amount of bells into bank.

Find Tortimer on these holidays for these items.

Look under the various mushrooms that will appear in your town. They usually appear around 3:00 p.m. daily, in front of trees in the month of November. You may find an item from the Mush Furniture set (which includes furniture, carpet, wallpaper, and appliances). You can sell unwanted pieces at Tom Nook's store.

When there is snow on the ground there is a chance that you will find two small balls of snow on the ground. If you take one ball and make it huge while keeping the other small then you can make a snowman. The snowman will come to life and mail you a random piece of snowman furniture.

To get a furniture item from the Harvest Set, You must talk to Tortimer after 3pm on Harvest Day, (which this year was Nov. 27). He will give you a Fork and Knife pair, telling you that the 'Special Guest' hasn't shown up yet. There will be a Turkey character, Franklin, hiding somewhere in your town. You will be asked to trade himm the Fork & Knife. If you do, he'll give you an item from the Harvest Set.

Wait a year after you move in and you will get a letter from Tortimer saying he can't believe you have been living in the town for a year. The letter will have a Townhall model enclosed.

If you see Pascal in your town, give him a scallop(Not a white scallop. That doesn't work) and he will give you a random Pirate Ship theme item. Do not talk to him until you have the scallop with you or he swims away.

Every Halloween starting at 6:00 p.m., Jack will be at a random in your town. The only problem is that everyone dresses up like him! However, you'll notice which one is the real Jack simply by the fact that he won't follow you around, unlike the villagers. Make sure that you have candy before you talk to him, or else he will play a trick on you. If you give him candy, he'll give you an item from the "Spooky Series". There are 12 in total.

On December 24, at 8 pm, Jingle comes to town. Talk to him to recieve a piece of the Jingle furniture. You can change your outfits and accesories to think you're somebody else!

These Mario Items can be found by shooting down balloons with a slingshot sold at Tom nooks store. (not all balloons contain mario items)

To get talk to Tortimer by the town hall on January 1st

Just ask someone from a different gender the following: "Will you be my Valentine" in a letter... You must ask this within the last week before Valentine's Day. They will not respond until Valentine's Day.

On easter day a bunny named Zipper will appear in front of townhall . He will ask you to dig up bunny eggs and open them up for a treat . You will get either candy or a bunny foil . Return the bunny foils to Zipper for a peice of egg furniture .

Talk to Tortimer on Midsummer's day (21st June) to receive an espresso maker.

Visit the Roost on February 14th and order a coffee from Brewster. Your character will notice that it is actually hot cocoa, and Brewster will wish you a happy Valentine's Day.

Talk to Tortimer (the Mayor) on April 1st to receive a "Leaf" from him.

Every day, there will be a single rock in your town that will have money "in" it, and if you hit this rock money will come out. Hit it repeatedly to get more and more money. Eventually, the rock will run dry. The rock that gives money changes every day.

On Thanksgiving, starting at 3pm, the mayor will be standing outside with a table full of food, he will be giving away forks and knives to everyone, he will also ask you to deliver some to people. When he gives you them take them and go find the Turkey person in your town, Franklin. He is starting to get that we like to eat turkeys on thanksgiving, so for every pair of utensils he will give you a harvest something...

On St. Patrick's day if Wiiconnect is turned on you will receive a letter from Nintendo. It will have a gift attached to it called the Shamrock hat.

From March 25th til the 1st of April, If Wiiconnect is turned on you will receive a letter from Nintendo. It will have a gift attached to it called the Red Pikmin Hat! As random as it is, its to commemorate the re-release of Pikmin on Wii.

Receive a DSi on April the 3rd from Nintendo, Pete will be waiting outside your house.

If you have your Wiiconnect24 turned on and it is May 19th, you will get a letter from Nintendo saying it is Teacher's Day with a School Bus Model enclosed.

To get it, you must be have wii connect 24 on and there you have it. The Hot Dog Hat