Crossing Chronicles
This is the first in a monthly series in which I’ll be letting you all know what’s goin around in the city, and I’ll include some tips, passwords, and other stuffs along the way. Who needs to read this? Anyone with the game, so, I guess you can say: Population: Growing.
For those of you who have purchased Animal Crossing, you may have noticed that fishing, bug-catching, and keeping your money up all while expanding your house and matching sets can be — rather difficult. Have No fear – GCA is here to help you out in the world of Animal Crossing.
Wisdom of Fishing -You can’t catch what you can’t see -Fish won’t bite what they can’t see -Rainy days make the fish come play -Walking is better then running -Quiet is better then noise
These Five lines are on signs in the game (along with another which I forgot,) but what do they mean:
-You can’t catch what you can’t see – Don’t throw your line into water with no silhouette (fishy shadow thingy.) You won’t catch any fish unless you see the silhouette.
-Fish won’t bite what they can’t see - Fish seem to have one eye on their nose in this game, rather then one on each side of it’s head. They cannot see the bait unless it is right in front of them. In order to get it where you need it to be, you can step away from the water’s edge, or use the currents of the water. Also, hitting a fish with your line will make it change directions. Might be easier that way for you.
Rainy days make the fish come play – Rain = good. There are not only more fish, but the grand-daddy of all fish ONLY comes out when it rains. Look for a big-ass silhouette in the ocean, and throw your line.
-Walking is better then running / quiet is better then noise – same thing essentially. Fish don’t like you running, and I don’t know why. Also, if a bug is near the ocean, and you miscalculate the distance and smack the water with your net, nearby fish will scatter. Solution: DON’T DO THAT!
My own little wisdoms: Fish won’t nibble more than 4 times. Any fish that nibbles 4 times WILL bite on the 5th. It’s guaranteed. Finally, some fish pay lousily compared to others. Let me tell you which fish to hold on to, and which to dump:
Keepers: -Red Snappers – These will get you a cool 3 grand. Look for large silhouettes in the ocean -Barred Knifejaws – These earn you 5 grand. Same size, same place. Large silhouette in the ocean. Noticing a trend? -Angelfish – Check out the small shadow in a pond or river for 3K -The only other decent fish at this time of year is the rainbow trout, which will get you 650 bells. Not tooooo bad, but I’d screw it for a snapper or knifejaw in a heartbeat, wouldn’t you?
Wisdom of Bug-collecting: HAHA there is no sign that says that. Not been playing enough to fall for that one. Heh. Anyway, corny jokes aside, big-hunting is just as delicate as fishing, as there is no 4 nibble rule in this. Just be vewey vewey quiet.
During the day, look for Migratory Locusts. The buggers (no pun intended – they’re annoying to catch) are well worth the trouble at 1350 bells. To put it in perspective for you, 3 of these babies are 4050 bells, which is enough to buy 40 pieces of candy, 50 turnips, etc. They are, as I said, extremely annoying, and the only tip I can give is to hold your net back and just tiptoe up to it. If it jumps away, or to your feet, then just stay still for a lil while. It’ll normally hop right into your net’s range. Also, be careful near the water’s edge, as they are not the brightest insects in town, and they will jump right into the water. Watching 1350 bells drown is almost as frustrating as losing to emperor Bulbax in Pikmin. No, not really, but it’s pretty – well it makes you want to– you know what I’m getting at…
During the night time, little black bell crickets that enjoy hiding in piles of leaves earn you 430. Those are your biggest catches at this time of year, unless you want to shake bee’s nests out of trees and try to catch one of those nasty beasts. Hasn’t worked for me yet. Damn allergic reactions – your eye gets all swollen. Ech.
Also, a quick note with both fish and bugs — DONATE, THEN SELL! The museum accepts donations of bugs, paintings, fossils, and also fish. Donate the things before you sell them. I made that mistake with a pill bug and have not found one since. Once you donate all the bugs, you get a little roof-ornament and the same with fishies, so DONATE DONATE DONATE — Unless you’re broke…
Every Saturday Night (8 PM and later,) K.K. Slider sits on the little box next to the map in front of the train station (that’s what that’s for!) Put your radio that came with your house to good use, huh? Go up and listen to a few songs. Come with a few empty item slots too. He’s generous and gives you the songs. He plays most songs, but a few need to be requested. They are: -I Love You -K.K. Song -Two Days Ago
Redd – every Sunday night. A cheap-skate named redd comes and sells items at skyrocket prices – ignore his attempts, unless you need that piece of furniture to complete a set…
Turnips – Every Sunday in the daytime, a woman comes around selling turnips. Tom Nook buys these every day EXCEPT on Sunday. My suggestion – buy 50 at least, and sell them the first day they’re up and you’ll make a profit. I think I’m gonna buy 500 for now on. I got 50000 bells – why not!?
Hmmmmmmm, what else……………. Ah yes, events: -Second Monday – Columbus day for us, explorer’s day for them. If you visited Tortimer on your day off from school / work, you’d have been given a ship in a bottle. Cool, huh? -Mycology – From October 15th through the 25th, 5 mushrooms sprout at 8 AM. Search for them fast, and cash them in at Nooks for 5,000 a piece. -Halloween – Tom Nook sells candy – 3 pieces a day for 100 bells. What for? On Halloween, everyone in town will dress up like a man named Jack. If you walk near your neighbor’s houses, they will run at you, and either take a piece of candy from you, or rip your clothes apart. The real Jack (the one who doesn’t run at you,) takes a piece of candy from you, and gives you a piece of spooky furniture. These will be hot items for sure. Jack will move after you leave the acre he is in. -Peek-a-boo – To hide your candy, write 10 blank letters to whoever, and attach candy as gifts to them. Villagers won’t yell at you, and then once you see Jack, just un-gift them…
Tips and Strategies: MAKE ANOTHER TOWN. 57 blocks ain’t that bad, considering the rewards. Make a new one, and give all the items to your real file. After a while, wipe it, and start another new one! You’ll get fossils, omoboids, everything! The best advantage — the fruit! All fruits that don’t naturally grow in your town can be sold for 500 bells each. Go gewt some fruit from your other file, burt the fruits to get trees. Three 100 bell fruits in that town can be taken, planted, and produce 4500 bells in yours. Imagine the possibilities! You can take your fruits there to sell too!
Money doesn’t grow on trees – Right? When you dig up the 1000 bells out of the glowing ground, replant the bag of money, and a money tree will grow. Try burying an extra shovel too – See what happens ;-)
Money can grow on trees, we now know. How about rocks? One rock will turn into a treasure rock every day. Just pound it with your shovel, and if it glows red, keep smackin! 7,000 bells maximum per day from the rocks alone!
Catch all 40 fish to get a golden rod. Catch all 40 insects to get a golden net. Now if I only knew what they did…
Remember that Mr. Resetti Trophy in SSB:M? Reset your game to see what they meant…
PASSWORDS:
In the game, Tom nook will give u a password, or he’ll say one to you. This is convenient: watch.
I’m Alex, and my town is Nintendo. My friend is Hank who lives in Gotham. I can give Hank an item by telling the Nookerator that I want to give [item name] to Hank in gotham and it will have a PASSWORD. Hank will type in the password and get the item! SO COOL! Just go to tom, and go to OTHER THINGS. Then just look for hear password, and pick the item, and who to, etc. To get an item, just click say password and type it in. Here – try this password on your own – my treat:
[Key symbol] wV0A0xZiZ3oGFI pfcocrw9ml@paP
BTW: the character before the @ is a lowercase L. All large circles are zeroes, and all small ones are the letter O in lowercase. The last character in the first row is a capital I (eye.) Also, so we all know, send that as the body of a letter to anyone in your town and wait a week. I haven’t tried it myself, so good luck!
This concludes our first issue. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did exploring the game.