4-Leaf Clover - A 4-Leaf Clover may randomly appear with weed patches that are dug up. They can be used as a bookmark in your house or as a hair accessory.
Alternate inventory background - Find a pattern that you like on a shirt. Drag the shirt over the invisible space on the lower left corner of the touchscreen and drop it there. Alternatively, go to the patterns section of your inventory. Select a desired pattern, then drag it to a similar invisible space in the lower left corner of the touchscreen and drop it there.
Animal Crossing Island (Japanese version) - Connect to the houses of four friends and give Tom Nook 50 fossils. You will get a whistle that calls Kapp'n; he will take you to Animal Crossing Island. -From: ellichan
Balloon presents - Balloon presents always arrives when the time ends in a "4" and the wind is heard.
Become friends with Blathers - Talk to Blathers when he looks sad to find out that he does not like bugs. Keep talking to him on consecutive days until he is done talking about his phobia.
Become friends with Brewster - Keep buying coffee from Brewster at the café every day until he begins taking to you in a more friendly manner.
Become friends with Celeste - Talk to Celeste at the observatory every day and tell her "You're cute" until she begins talking to you more.
Become friends with Sable - Go in the Able Sisters store, then find Sable near the sewing machine and talk to her every day until she starts being friendly.
Big Dot Shirt - Go to the pattern page, then select a design and drag it to the bottom left hand corner. Look at your pockets and a Big Dot Shirt will be there.
Birthday Cake - Someone in your town will give you a Birthday Cake when the game is played on your birthday.
Changing time - If you change the system time to certain extremes you will be punished by nature. When you resume your game, there will be hundreds of weeds everywhere which will take a long time to clear. The only upside is that you may find a four leaf clover.
Choose room color - The color of the room in your first house is the same as the Nintendo DS menu color when you move into it. You can choose any color desired by first changing the Nintendo DS menu color before moving in.
Coconuts - Look on your beach each day to sometimes find a Coconut.
Crazy Redd's passwords - Use the indicated responses to access Crazy Redd's tent:
Curing bee stings without medicine - When you get a bee sting, go home, then go up to the attic and sleep. Turn off the Nintendo DS, then turn it back on. Mr. Ressetti will not appear, and the sting should be gone.
Detecting Crazy Redd's forged items - Go up to an item and press A. Crazy Redd will tell you how much it costs. If there is a thought bubble over his head, and he says it "is a very nice item", "it took ol' Redd a long time to get his hands on that!", "a lot of wheeling and dealing", "when it comes to items for Crazy Redd's family, I won't stop 'til I get it!", or "I'm gonna offer it to you for only [number] Bells!", then the item is fake. Pay attention, because after he says these lines he will only say he had another cousin eyeing it. If an item seems very cheap, such as a few thousand Bells (for example, 2,800), then the item is probably fake. Note: This may not work if you do not buy the membership, because Crazy Redd only calls you family if you buy it. The membership is worth the 3,000 Bells.
Donation rewards - Donate the indicated amount of Bells to Boondox to get the corresponding reward:
Easier fishing and bug catching - Walk when fishing, and creep when catching bugs.
Easy fruit - Send a letter to a villager with a gift in it and they may send you fruit. Most of the time the fruit is not native to your town; plant it for even more money.
Easy money - Go to the bank and access your account. Save all the money you have into the account. Save the game and turn off the DS. Change the date to ten years later and your money will go up, depending on how much is in there. It usually goes up 99,999 Bells.
Entering Crazy Redd's tent - To enter Crazy Redd's tent you must give a password the first time and become a member. You can usually find the password by talking to some of the villagers.
Events - Bug-Off: Every third Sunday in June-September from 12:00 Noon to 6 p.m.
Feung Shei - To gain Feung Shei, or luck, place certain colored items in certain spaces of your house.
Finding items in rocks - If one of your neighbors is staring at a rock, there usually is something in it (for example, a Pill Bug).
Fishes - The following is a complete list of fish, their location, times to catch them, and their selling price:
Free furniture - Sometimes when you go to the Town Hall, the recycling box may have furniture that you need. The lost and found at the Main Gate also may have free items. Talk to Booker, the dog on the left, to get to the lost and found.
Furniture themes - Note: Most items are available in Tom Nook's store or Redd's tent.
GameCube reference - Buy the Pink Box. On the top shelf of the box is an Indigo GameCube with a controller. There are a few GameCube games on the bottom shelf.
Getting money - Buy a fishing rod or bug net. If catching fish, keep the fish if they are rare or at least worth 1,000 Bells. If not, throw it back. You can also collect seashells of the same value. If catching bugs, catch them by listening to their sounds or watch for their colors. You can also look for treasure and many other things to collect money.
Golden Axe - Give a Scallop Seashell to Pascal to get the Golden Axe. Note: This requires some trading. Start by purchasing a Red Turnip from Joan. Trade it to Wendel for a Turban or Country Guitar when he appears in town. If Wendel gave you a Turban, trade it to Sahara for a Massage Chair or Red Vase when she comes to town. If Sahara gave you a Massage Chair, trade it to Tortimer on the next holiday to get the Scallop Seashell.
Golden Bug Net - Catch one of each type of bug to get the Golden Bug Net.
Golden Fishing Rod - Catch one of each type of fish to get the Golden Fishing Rod.
Golden Roses - Plant red roses next to one another until black roses appear. Use the Golden Watering Can to water dying black roses and they will appear as golden the next day.
Golden Shovel - Bury a regular shovel in the ground. When dug up after 24 hours, it will be a Golden Shovel.
Golden Slingshot - Shoot fifteen items out of the sky and a Golden Slingshot will appear in the sky. Shoot it down to collect it.
Golden Timer - Get the Golden Axe, Golden Bug Net, Golden Fishing Rod, Golden Shovel, Golden Slingshot, and Golden Watering Can. Then, Tortimer will give you the Golden Timer.
Golden Watering Can - Keep the environment perfect for sixteen consecutive days to get a Golden Watering Can from Pelly or Phyllis.
Gulliver's appearance times - Gulliver always flies above your town at 32 minutes past the hour, at any hour.
Home point rewards - Get the indicated number of HRA points to win the corresponding reward:
House upgrades - Pay back the indicated amount of debt to get the corresponding upgrade for your house:
Jacob's Ladder flower - Get your town to "Perfect" status from Pelly or Phyllis. Then, one Jacob's Ladders flower will appear at random somewhere in your town while it is in "Perfect" status.
K.K. Slider songs - Go to The Roost cafe in the basement of your museum on Saturday nights between 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight and talk to K.K. Slider. You can have him pick a song for you or you can request a song. He also gives the song to you if desired. These are all of his songs:
Keeping animals in their homes - Go to the gate then ask Copper to open them for DS to DS visitors. After the gates are open, all animals in your town will be in their homes, making deliveries and looking inside their houses easier.
Keeping turnips longer - To keep turnips longer then a week, put them on top of a table inside your house. They will stay fresh until you find a good price to sell them. Note: You must surround the part of the table with items before you drop the turnips so that the turnips do not go on the floor. It is recommended to put 100 turnips on each spot so that you can get more on the table.
Legend Of Zelda series references - Go to a neighbor's house that has the Kiddie set of furniture. This is the set with the floor that looks like puzzle pieces. Find the long dresser that takes up two squares. Press A or tap yourself while facing it to open the drawer. A message box will pop up, reading "You found 10 rupees! Lucky! Too bad you can't use them in this town." Additionally, in the back of Katrina's tent is a trident.
Lyle selling Accident Insurance - Lyle will be outside your door every Saturday, trying to sell you insurance until you buy it. After that, if you ever trip, fall in a hole, or get stung by a bee, the next day he will send you 100 Bells for each accident.
Making someone angry - To make someone in your town mad at you, walk into them for a long period of time and push them around. If done correctly, they will become mad and steam will shoot out of the top of their head. They will not remain mad for too long, however.
Mario Bros. reference - In Pierce's (the buff blue eagle) room, open the refrigerator. The text "What are Luigi's clothes doing in here?" will appear.
Mario references - Get a Pinball Machine, then zoom in and place it so that it is facing away from you while you are facing down. Look carefully at the designs. You can see Mario on the bottom part and the Mushroom Kingdom on the top part.
Mr. Resetti's home - Restart the game at least two times to have Mr. Resstti appear. Then, use a shovel to hit all the rocks until one cracks. Hit that rock again, then enter the hole that appears to find Mr. Resetti's home.
Museum Model - Donate the most items to the museum by the time it is completed to get a Museum Model.
Mush furniture - Get acorns at the Acorn Festival, then give Cornimer the indicated number of acorns to get the corresponding Mush furniture piece:
New haircuts styles - Get a haircut from Harriet on consecutive days until you have had all six of them. The next day, get another haircut from her and she will offer the haircut styles for the gender opposite that of your character.
Paper - Successfully complete the indicated tasks to unlock the corresponding paper, which cannot be bought or found:
Party Poppers - Speak to Tortimer on New Year's Eve to get Party Poppers.
Picture of Saharah - Get all carpet and wallpaper from Saharah. She will then give you a gift, which is a picture of her.
Restock Tom Nook's store - Save your game and then go to your phone. Select "Reset Clock" and change the date for Tom Nook to have all new furniture in his store.
Restock items - Buy an item from Tom Nook or the Able sisters, then change the system date forward or back in time. Then, return to the same day you purchased the item and it will be restocked as if you never bought it.
Roman Candles and Sparklers - Talk to Tortimer during the Fireworks Show to get Roman Candles and Sparklers.
Saving rewards - Save the indicated amount of Bells at the Post Office to get the corresponding reward:
Selling items - When you try to sell items back to Tom Nook or Mabel they will only give you 25% of the original price.
Snowman furniture - In the winter, find the two snowballs in your town. Roll them to a medium size, then stack the snowballs by walking one into the other one at the bottom left of your town. If you make the snowman in the most extreme lower right square, and make him perfectly, you will be awarded two Snowman furniture instead of one.
Songs - Go to Town Hall, talk to Pelly in the right booth, and select "Town Tunes". To play the following songs, lower case letters indicate low notes, capital case letters are higher octave notes.
Stop animals from moving - Talk to animals when they are in their house, and their things are in boxes. Keep chatting until they say something like, "I'll have to think this over..." or "Maybe I should stay..." This works well with Mabel (the bear) or Ribbot (the robotic frog).
Tom Nook's home - Go to the back of Tom Nook's shop between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Use a shovel to hit the back wall three times, then hit the front entrance once to be able to enter and see Tom Nook in pajamas with a teddy bear.
Tom Nook's store point rewards - Buy as many things as possible in Tom Nook's store. Not only will his selection get bigger, but you will get points for every purchase. Get enough purchases to become a member. Keep spending at Tom Nook's store to accumulate PIM points, and rewards at the following levels:
Tom Nook's store progression - The following are the expansions for Tom Nook's store and how to obtain them:
Tortimer reference - Go to the Post Office and talk to Pelly at the Civics part. If you look at the background, you can see a bit of Tortimer's face behind a counter.
Trophies - Bug trophy: Catch the biggest bug in the Bug-Off. Fish trophy: Catch the biggest fish in the Fishing Tourney. Flower trophy: Create the best garden in the Flower Fest. To get the Flower trophy easily and defeat all the competition in your town, plant lots of Purple and Black colored flowers. These flowers are rare, and Tom Nook does not sell them. To get them, go around your town and look for them growing. They will grow randomly once a week. When you find one, pick it and put it in your dresser. When it is time for the Flower Fest, take the collection from your dresser and make your entire garden out of them to win the contest and receive the Flower trophy.
Writing bulletin board message for Tom Nook - When you have to write the bulletin board message for Tom Nook, you can type just one letter and he will accept it to be there.