gordobordo
Senior Member
Using Money for More Money
Before I begin rattling on about all the wonderful nonsense mentioned in
the contents, I have to make a few suggestions. Before you can even begin to
buy things with all the wealth you will (hopefully) accumulate from following
this guide, you need to pay off your house to the point where you have a
usable second story. Trust me, you're going to have white turnips coming out
your ears. Very painful. You'll need the space. That and the purchase of a
dresser is all you need. I say this because you WILL need the storage and you
WILL- no wait, there was only one reason. Anyway, keep that in mind.
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Fossils
Only in AC would hundreds of dead critters show up on a daily basis in
your back yard. Odd as it seems, three stars appear in your town every day.
These stars can be dug up using the shovel, revealing either a pitfall, gyroid,
or fossil, the latter of which is what this chapter is all about. Fossils sell
for quite a lot of money usually, but you can't do anything with them until you
get them identified by the museum curator, Blathers, whom from what I can
gather, cannot move his legs. Simply talk to him, select "check fossil" and
choose the fossil to be identified. Blathers will faithfully begin studying the
fossil while making a series of disturbing grunts and gasps for breath. After
this epileptic episode, he will ask whether or not you will donate the piece to
the museum. He won't ask if that type of fossil has already been donated.
Fossils: Sell or Donate?
Here comes the eternal question, should you sell for the quick 2-5,000 bells,
or Donate in order to make your museum a better place? I recommend using
fossils as a form of making cash only in the beginning of the game. You'll
need the extra dough to pay that house off as soon as possible (for the first
few upgrades, anyway). After that, rely on some of the following methods for
your income, while you soup up that museum. If you don't care about your
museum, go ahead and sell. No skin off your back. Unless somebody you know
needs a transplant.
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Fishing
This is the best moneymaker that doesn't require an investment. Save the
measely 500 for the fishing rod and you have an all new source of income.
Fishing is a very simple concept. Stand facing a body of water and press A.
This casts your line. You'll have a floatymajigger type thing that will dip
when a fish bites. The most important thing to remember is that the fish has
to be facing the thingymajigger to see it and to possibly take the bait. You
have to take into consideration the flow of water when casting towards a fish.
In case you haven't already figured it out, the fish is that fish-like shadow.
No der. You also might want to let the line float a ways before pulling in so
as to give a chance for the fish to react. When a fish nibbles on your line,
don't pull in (A) right away. Wait until right after the floaty thingy goes
under and makes the sploosh noise before reeling. Get some practice in, and
learn to time it right, and the fish is yours. I tried eating them raw, but it
seems that someone at Nintendo has some common sense. Sell the fish for quick
cash, donate it if it's a first timer, or keep it as a pet. Practice, and
you'll perfect the technique in no time.
Thoughts on Fishing
This is the best quick cash method. Once you get good at it, you'll be
haulin in squirming nuggets o gold faster than a Californian with magnet
gloves. A full pack of fish can sometimes sell for 10,000. It isn't the
fastest way to make money, but it is an unlimited supply source, and it doesn't
require but a 500 bell investment. I highly recommend this technique until
you're rich enough to live off of the "stalk market," which we'll get into
later. So go out and start endangering species, their pitiful lives are worth
tons! Of money!
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Fruit
This is, without a doubt, the biggest moneymaker in the game. It is also
one of the most time consuming, as it may take weeks before your orchard is
complete. There are 6 types of fruit: Apples, Oranges, Peaches, Cherries,
Pears and Coconuts. These are planted by digging a hole anywhere and dropping
a fruit of any type in. If you don't trample the sapling like some clumsy oaf,
a new tree that will produce three of the type of buried fruit every three days
will grow. Trees can be planted in any soil but the sand on the beach. The
one exception are coconuts, which can only flourish in the soil directly above
the sand; NOT THE SAND.
Planting Strategy
You're town starts out with one of the normal five fruits (never coconuts).
This fruit sells for 100 bells apiece at Nook's shop. Since each tree
produces three fruits every three days, that adds up. But it's not where the
real money's at. The reason this made this list is the selling price for fruit
that isn't native to your town. 500 bells FOR A SINGLE FRUIT. The fact that
you can get over 200 trees in your town, each producing 3 500 bell fruit, is
literally a mind-blowing amount of bells. That equals 300,000 bells every 3
days. Yeah. That's a lot. How do you get these foreign fruits? Everybody
recommends going online to get them. That's because everybody is an idiot.
The quickest way to get some foreign fruit is to simply send a letter to a
villager with one of your native fruits attached. They will probably send a
foreign fruit back. Chop down a tree and plant the fruit where the stump used
to be. This is so you are pretty much guaranteed that the fruit tree will grow
successfully. After that, plant every fruit that grows from the tree (don't
chop down anything for them), and every fruit that grows from those trees. Do
this until the town hall attendant tells you that you have too many trees in
your town. Chop down a few until she's satisfied, then start chopping down
and replacing the stumps with that type of fruit. Doing this will not only
give you a perfect town, but a near unlimited supply of bells. It's not
balanced, but it'll make the other kids cry with jealousy.
Thoughts on Fruit
This is the way to get rich. The only problem is, if you do the 200 trees
thing, you'll have to spend about 3 hours picking the fruit. If you are, you
know, a nerd with no life like me, that's all fun and swell, but for me that just isn't
worth it. I got like, chicks and stuff. Seriously. Anyway, it IS the best
way to make the moolah, so you pick.
Before I begin rattling on about all the wonderful nonsense mentioned in
the contents, I have to make a few suggestions. Before you can even begin to
buy things with all the wealth you will (hopefully) accumulate from following
this guide, you need to pay off your house to the point where you have a
usable second story. Trust me, you're going to have white turnips coming out
your ears. Very painful. You'll need the space. That and the purchase of a
dresser is all you need. I say this because you WILL need the storage and you
WILL- no wait, there was only one reason. Anyway, keep that in mind.
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Fossils
Only in AC would hundreds of dead critters show up on a daily basis in
your back yard. Odd as it seems, three stars appear in your town every day.
These stars can be dug up using the shovel, revealing either a pitfall, gyroid,
or fossil, the latter of which is what this chapter is all about. Fossils sell
for quite a lot of money usually, but you can't do anything with them until you
get them identified by the museum curator, Blathers, whom from what I can
gather, cannot move his legs. Simply talk to him, select "check fossil" and
choose the fossil to be identified. Blathers will faithfully begin studying the
fossil while making a series of disturbing grunts and gasps for breath. After
this epileptic episode, he will ask whether or not you will donate the piece to
the museum. He won't ask if that type of fossil has already been donated.
Fossils: Sell or Donate?
Here comes the eternal question, should you sell for the quick 2-5,000 bells,
or Donate in order to make your museum a better place? I recommend using
fossils as a form of making cash only in the beginning of the game. You'll
need the extra dough to pay that house off as soon as possible (for the first
few upgrades, anyway). After that, rely on some of the following methods for
your income, while you soup up that museum. If you don't care about your
museum, go ahead and sell. No skin off your back. Unless somebody you know
needs a transplant.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fishing
This is the best moneymaker that doesn't require an investment. Save the
measely 500 for the fishing rod and you have an all new source of income.
Fishing is a very simple concept. Stand facing a body of water and press A.
This casts your line. You'll have a floatymajigger type thing that will dip
when a fish bites. The most important thing to remember is that the fish has
to be facing the thingymajigger to see it and to possibly take the bait. You
have to take into consideration the flow of water when casting towards a fish.
In case you haven't already figured it out, the fish is that fish-like shadow.
No der. You also might want to let the line float a ways before pulling in so
as to give a chance for the fish to react. When a fish nibbles on your line,
don't pull in (A) right away. Wait until right after the floaty thingy goes
under and makes the sploosh noise before reeling. Get some practice in, and
learn to time it right, and the fish is yours. I tried eating them raw, but it
seems that someone at Nintendo has some common sense. Sell the fish for quick
cash, donate it if it's a first timer, or keep it as a pet. Practice, and
you'll perfect the technique in no time.
Thoughts on Fishing
This is the best quick cash method. Once you get good at it, you'll be
haulin in squirming nuggets o gold faster than a Californian with magnet
gloves. A full pack of fish can sometimes sell for 10,000. It isn't the
fastest way to make money, but it is an unlimited supply source, and it doesn't
require but a 500 bell investment. I highly recommend this technique until
you're rich enough to live off of the "stalk market," which we'll get into
later. So go out and start endangering species, their pitiful lives are worth
tons! Of money!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fruit
This is, without a doubt, the biggest moneymaker in the game. It is also
one of the most time consuming, as it may take weeks before your orchard is
complete. There are 6 types of fruit: Apples, Oranges, Peaches, Cherries,
Pears and Coconuts. These are planted by digging a hole anywhere and dropping
a fruit of any type in. If you don't trample the sapling like some clumsy oaf,
a new tree that will produce three of the type of buried fruit every three days
will grow. Trees can be planted in any soil but the sand on the beach. The
one exception are coconuts, which can only flourish in the soil directly above
the sand; NOT THE SAND.
Planting Strategy
You're town starts out with one of the normal five fruits (never coconuts).
This fruit sells for 100 bells apiece at Nook's shop. Since each tree
produces three fruits every three days, that adds up. But it's not where the
real money's at. The reason this made this list is the selling price for fruit
that isn't native to your town. 500 bells FOR A SINGLE FRUIT. The fact that
you can get over 200 trees in your town, each producing 3 500 bell fruit, is
literally a mind-blowing amount of bells. That equals 300,000 bells every 3
days. Yeah. That's a lot. How do you get these foreign fruits? Everybody
recommends going online to get them. That's because everybody is an idiot.
The quickest way to get some foreign fruit is to simply send a letter to a
villager with one of your native fruits attached. They will probably send a
foreign fruit back. Chop down a tree and plant the fruit where the stump used
to be. This is so you are pretty much guaranteed that the fruit tree will grow
successfully. After that, plant every fruit that grows from the tree (don't
chop down anything for them), and every fruit that grows from those trees. Do
this until the town hall attendant tells you that you have too many trees in
your town. Chop down a few until she's satisfied, then start chopping down
and replacing the stumps with that type of fruit. Doing this will not only
give you a perfect town, but a near unlimited supply of bells. It's not
balanced, but it'll make the other kids cry with jealousy.
Thoughts on Fruit
This is the way to get rich. The only problem is, if you do the 200 trees
thing, you'll have to spend about 3 hours picking the fruit. If you are, you
know, a nerd with no life like me, that's all fun and swell, but for me that just isn't
worth it. I got like, chicks and stuff. Seriously. Anyway, it IS the best
way to make the moolah, so you pick.
