Farley

"... One as caring as you can easily be trusted with an axe that never breaks. May you use it to continue in your meticulous for the environment of . It is filled with my utmost gratitude for your efforts."

- Farley

Farley is a special character in and. He is a spirit of the wishing well who appears briefly after the town has maintained a perfect Field Rank for 15 days and gives the player the. Due to his single brief appearance, little is revealed about Farley.

Farley is one of two special characters, along with Franklin, who was introduced in and does not appear in  or. In, Serena plays a similar role to Farley, appearing at the fountain and giving the player the golden axe.

Appearance
Farley is a short, humanoid figure covered almost entirely by his long white hair, with the only visible parts of his body being his arms and round, bulbous nose. His species is unknown. He wears a teal hat with a magenta flower sticking out of it, and he carries a wooden staff.

Voice
Farley is one of two characters in who has a unique voice from all other characters. The other character who shares this trait is Joan.

In and
In and, if the player chooses the "How are things?" option at the wishing well after the town has had a perfect Field Rank for 15 consecutive days, Farley appears and gives the player the as a token of his gratitude. He then disappears and can never be encountered again by that player.

Only appearing for a short time in a single encounter, Farley has the least amount of dialogue of any character in :
 * ''"...
 * One as caring as you can
 * be easily trusted with
 * an axe that never breaks.


 * May you use it to continue
 * in your meticulous care for
 * the environment of
 * .


 * It is filled with my utmost
 * gratitude for your efforts."

Trivia

 * In Animal Crossing: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, Farley is not included in the list of characters, though artwork of him is erroneously used for the guide's listing of the snowman.
 * He, along with Franklin, is one of two characters from the first generation of games not to have a Japanese e-Reader card.
 * Farley is one of the few special characters not to have a confirmed birthday. The others are Frillard, Serena, Kaitlin, and the snowfolks.
 * Of these characters, he is the only one to have a confirmed star sign, as his e-Reader card confirms he is a Virgo.
 * Farley is the only special character in not to be coded as an NPC. Thus, trying to swap another character's model with his will result in the game crashing.