Ordinance

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The player being prompted by Isabelle about the Early Bird town ordinance

Town ordinances are a new feature in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, in which the player can select a set of improvements for his or her town. Each ordinance comes with its own benefits. A town may have only one ordinance activated at a time, which can be cancelled for free, and switched to another for 20,000 Bells.

List of town ordinances

Beautiful Town

• Prevents flowers from wilting.
• Villagers are more likely to water flowers.
• Hybrids are more likely to appear.
• Time travelling will not affect the environment of the town.
• Weeds are less likely to appear.
• Trash and cockroaches will no longer appear.

Early Bird

• Shops open at earlier hours.
• Villagers will be awake earlier.

Night Owl

• Shops close at later hours.
• Villagers will be awake longer.

Bell Boom

• Shops will both sell and buy items for 20% more.
• The premium list of items to sell at Re-Tail will increase from one to two.
• More medals can be won on the island tours.
• More Bells can fall from trees.