Shell

Shell
A player picking up a shell and putting it in his pocket
Series total count:
15 shells
Count by game
Doubutsu no Mori			2
Animal Crossing			8
Wild World			9
City Folk			9
New Leaf			10
New Horizons			7

A shell is a common item that washes up on the sea shoreline in all Animal Crossing series games. They provide an easy, yet minimal, source of income, and are often used in the first few days in order to obtain enough Bells to buy tools. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Scallops and Pearl Oysters are sea creatures, and are thus obtained from diving, as opposed to shells in earlier installations of the Animal Crossing series. Additionally, a Giant Clam can be taken to Cyrus at Re-Tail along with a K.K. Slider song in order to create a music box.

A limited number of shells appear at a time, usually 15. If they are picked up, they will slowly start to reappear. Entering buildings and saving the game will likely cause new shells to show up. Coconuts that wash up on the beach in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk do not count towards the 15 shell limit.

Lists of Shells

• Shells in Doubutsu no Mori
• Shells in Animal Crossing
• Shells in Doubutsu no Mori e+
• Shells in Wild World
• Shells in City Folk
• Shells in New Leaf
• Shells in New Horizons

Appearances

Shells in the Animal Crossing series
Name	Image	Game
AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Conch		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Coral		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Cowrie		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Giant Clam			WW	CF	NL	NH
Manila Clam						NH
Oyster Shell					NL
Pearl Oyster			WW	CF	NL	NH
Sand Dollar		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Scallop		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Sea Snail		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Summer Shell						NH
Venus Comb		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH

Scallop

In Wild World

Scallops can be traded in the golden axe trading event to obtain the golden axe or Pascal's pic. They can be obtained from Tortimer in exchange for a massage chair.

In City Folk

Scallops can be traded with Pascal for an item from the Pirate Theme, including the Sea View wallpaper and Ship Deck flooring. Pascal will only accept the scallop, not the white scallop.

In New Horizons

Shells are used as a crafting material in the DIY recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
-	[[|Shellfish pochette]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	2× Giant clam 6× Summer shell
-	[[|Mermaid fence]]		Fence	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 5× Coral 5× Sand dollar
-	[[|Shell stool]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	5× Cowrie
-	[[|Mermaid dresser]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 1× Giant clam 3× Coral
-	[[|Shell table]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	7× Sand dollar 3× Clay
-	[[|Mermaid closet]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Giant clam 2× Coral 5× Sand dollar
-	[[|Mermaid table]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 4× Sand dollar
-	[[|Shell fountain]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Lazy villager	5× Giant clam 3× Stone
-	[[|Mermaid shelf]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 4× Coral
-	[[|Mermaid chair]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 2× Sand dollar
-	[[|Mermaid wall clock]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Sea snail 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Mermaid bed]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Giant clam 5× Sand dollar
-	[[|Shell arch]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Lazy villager	3× Sea snail 3× Venus comb 3× Sand dollar 3× Coral 3× Giant clam 3× Cowrie
-	[[|Shell bed]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	5× Giant clam 3× Clay 4× Stone
-	[[|Mermaid lamp]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Conch 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Shell speaker]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	3× Conch 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Shell lamp]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	2× Giant clam 3× Clay
-	[[|Shell music box]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	3× Giant clam 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Mermaid sofa]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 10× Sand dollar
-	[[|Shell partition]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	4× Venus comb 4× Conch
-	[[|Shell wreath]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Isabelle	1× Summer shell 1× Sea snail 1× Sand dollar 1× Coral 1× Giant clam 1× Cowrie
-	[[|Mermaid vanity]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Mermaid screen]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 3× Giant clam 5× Sand dollar
-	[[|Mermaid flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 5× Sand dollar 5× Stone
-	[[|Water flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	6× Summer shell
-	[[|Shell rug]]		Interior	Not for sale	Peppy villager	3× Giant clam
-	[[|Sandy-beach flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Jock villager	1× Sea snail 1× Venus comb 1× Sand dollar 1× Coral 1× Giant clam 1× Cowrie
-	[[|Mermaid rug]]		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Sand dollar
-	[[|Tropical vista]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	5× Summer shell
-	[[|Underwater flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 3× Coral
-	[[|Starry-sands flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 1× Sandy-beach flooring
-	[[|Mermaid wall]]		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Sea snail 2× Sand dollar 2× Coral 2× Giant clam 2× Cowrie
-	[[|Summer-shell rug]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	6× Summer shell
-	[[|Underwater wall]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 5× Coral
-	[[|Shell wand]]		Tools	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 3× Star fragment

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

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