Happy Home Academy
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![]() The exterior of the HRA building in City Folk ![]() Inside the HRA building in City Folk | ||||||
Function | Housing association | |||||
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Services | House evaluations Model room[nb 2] | |||||
Staff | Lyle[nb 1] | |||||
Opening Hours | 9 AM – 9 PM | |||||
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Other appearances | ||||||
Names in other languages
ハッピーホームアカデミー 快乐家协会 快樂家協會 해피홈 아카데미 Académie des joyeux décorateurs (AJD) Académie des Joyeux Décorateurs (AJD) Academia de Artes Decorativas (AAD) Academia de Artes Decorativas (AAD) Accademia delle Belle Case (ABC) Академия домашнего уюта (АДУ) Akademie des schönen Hauses (AdsH) Academie voor Wonderlijke Woningen (AWW) |
The Happy Home Academy (HHA), known as the Happy Room Academy (HRA) prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf, is a housing association in the Animal Crossing series that evaluates and scores the player's house. The house is scored based on the items placed in the player's house, with certain types of items worth more than others, and some offering point bonuses. When the HHA evaluates the player's home, it sends the player a letter containing their score and advice on how to improve it; if the player reaches certain score thresholds, the HHA will send them unique items.
In games prior to Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Happy Home Academy is unseen, but in City Folk, it appears as a building operated by Lyle; Lyle also runs the HHA in New Leaf from within Nook's Homes.
Appearances
In Animal Crossing
In all the first-generation Animal Crossing games, Tom Nook has the player sign up for the Happy Room Academy after they complete their part-time job. Afterward, the HRA sends them a welcome letter and evaluates their home each day if the player modified their house the previous day. The HRA does not score the player's basement. Additionally, some bonuses and deductions are only available on the main floor.
Beginning in Doubutsu no Mori+, if the player reaches 70,000 and 100,000 points, the HRA will congratulate them by sending the house model and manor model, respectively.
In Wild World
In Animal Crossing: Wild World, Tom Nook has the player sign up for the Happy Room Academy after they complete their part-time job. Afterward, the HRA sends them a welcome letter and evaluates their home every Sunday.
If the player reaches 70,000, 100,000, and 150,000 points, the HRA will congratulate them by sending the one-story model, two-story model, and mansion model, respectively.
In City Folk
In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Happy Room Academy is located in a building in the city where players can view their friends' scores via Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.
On each Sunday, the HRA sends the player their evaluation results through the mail. The player can speak to Lyle at the HRA building to view their score at any time, and they can ask to stop receiving weekly letters.
At the back of the HRA is the model room (a room theme chosen by Lyle every month that satisfies a certain theme). If no room fits the theme for the month, there will be no model room, and the area for the model room is replaced by an empty 4x4 room with a concrete wall and floor.
Like in Wild World, if the player reaches 70,000, 100,000, and 150,000 points, the HRA will congratulate them by sending the house model, wide house model, and two-story model, respectively.
In New Leaf
In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the Happy Room Academy has been renamed to the Happy Home Academy and is now located inside Nook's Homes. It is still run by Lyle, and it functions in a similar way as it does in Animal Crossing: City Folk, but there is no model room. Instead, when all rooms in the player's house have been built, they may accept a theme challenge, where they can choose one of eight themes to have their house graded on. Every item and exterior house part is part of one or more of the following eight themes: Antique, Fairy Tale, Harmonious, Quirky, Rustic, Sci-Fi, Toy Shop, or Trendy. The player can receive point bonuses if their house has many items and exterior parts of the chosen theme.
Lucky bonuses have changed, and now include villager pictures of residents currently living in town. There is no complete theme bonus in New Leaf, and the Happy Home Academy does not rate the player's basement.
In New Horizons
In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, after upgrading the player's tent to a house, Tom Nook informs them that all homeowners are automatically registered in the Happy Home Academy, which will send regular evaluations and advice. The HHA has no physical presence on the player's island, but instead it sends an evaluation by mail most Sunday mornings, which cannot be disabled, as well as congratulatory gifts when the player upgrades their house. It is possible to not receive an HHA evaluation some Sundays.
The HHA assigns the player a rank based on their score: either B, A, or S. The point requirement for each rank increases with each house expansion. The player will receive the Decorated Decorator Nook Miles achievement worth 1,000 miles after obtaining an S ranking. The player may also receive tips from the HHA to obtain a higher score for their decorated house.
In Pocket Camp
While the Happy Home Academy does not appear in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the Happy Homeroom serves a similar function. The player can spend HH Vouchers to take courses at the Happy Homeroom, where they decorate a room to be graded by Lottie, Lyle, or Digby.
HHA points
In Animal Crossing
Points by item
Points | Items |
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3 | |
51 |
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300 |
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412 |
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700 |
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828 | |
888 |
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1,000 |
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1,029 |
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1,031 |
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1,111 |
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1,177 |
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1,224 |
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1,300 |
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1,983 |
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Point bonuses
Criteria | Bonus points |
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Lucky items | 777 × number of items |
Complete furniture series with neither matching wallpaper nor flooring (main floor only) | 48,000 |
Complete furniture series and either the matching wallpaper or flooring (main floor only) | 52,800 |
Complete furniture series and both the matching wallpaper and flooring (main floor only) | 58,000 |
Non-complete theme with the matching wallpaper and flooring (main floor only) | 10,000 |
Complete furniture theme with the matching wallpaper and flooring (main floor only) | 15,000 + 7,000 × number of furniture items |
Complete furniture set | 3,000 × number of items |
A table, chair, bed, dresser, and wardrobe (from differing series; main floor only)[nb 3] | 4,400 |
A table, chair, bed, dresser, and wardrobe (all part of the same series; main floor only) | 16,000 |
Point deductions
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Non-furniture item dropped on the ground or a surface | -1 × number of items |
Diary dropped on the ground | -1 × number of items |
Directional items facing a wall | -800 × number of items |
Items from a different theme than the one completed (if one is completed; main floor only) | -4,000 x number of items |
In Wild World
Points by item
Points | Items |
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3 | |
5 |
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51 |
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151 |
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210 |
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300 |
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325 |
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412 |
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800 | |
828 | |
888 |
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912 |
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1,000 |
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1,111 |
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1,280 | |
1,543 |
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3,200 |
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Point bonuses
Criteria | Bonus points |
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Lucky items | 7,777 × number of unique[nb 4] lucky items |
Category items when eight or more match the same category | 400 × items in the category |
Furniture series with all furniture[nb 5] | 20,000 |
Furniture series with all furniture and either a matching wallpaper or flooring[nb 5] | 25,000 |
Furniture series with all furniture and both a matching wallpaper or flooring[nb 5] | 30,000 |
Non-complete furniture theme with both matching wallpaper and flooring | 3,000 |
Complete furniture theme with both matching wallpaper and flooring | 3,000 + 3,000 × number of furniture in the theme |
Complete furniture set | 1,000 × number of furniture in the set |
Furniture placed correctly according to fêng shui | 100 × number of correctly placed furniture |
10+ furniture with a matching color when 70% - 89% match a single color | 200 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
10+ furniture with a matching color when 90%+ match a single color | 600 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
10+ furniture with either modern genre or old school genre when 70% - 89% match either genre | 100 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
10+ furniture with either modern genre or old school genre when 90%+ match either genre | 300 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
10+ furniture with either chic genre or lovely genre when 70% - 89% match either genre | 100 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
10+ furniture with either chic genre or lovely genre when 90%+ match either genre | 300 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from differing series[nb 7] | 2,500 |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from the same series[nb 7] | 5,000 |
Point deductions
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Non-furniture item dropped on the ground | -1 × number of items |
Furniture which can be interacted with that is facing a wall | -100 × number of furniture |
In City Folk
Points by item
Points | Items |
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3 |
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5 | |
51 |
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77 | |
88 | |
101 | |
150 |
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151 | |
202 | |
250 |
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300 |
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303 | |
321 | |
412 |
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505 | |
600 |
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800 |
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828 | |
888 |
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912 |
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1,000 |
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1,111 |
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1,224 |
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1,280 | |
1,543 |
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Point bonuses
Criteria | Bonus points |
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Complete furniture series with neither matching wallpaper nor flooring | 20,000 |
Complete furniture series and either the matching wallpaper or flooring | 25,000 |
Complete furniture series and both the matching wallpaper and flooring | 30,000 |
Non-complete theme with the matching wallpaper and flooring | 3,000 |
Complete furniture theme and both the matching wallpaper and flooring | 3,000 + 3,000 × number of furniture in the theme |
Complete furniture set | 1,000 × number of furniture in the set |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from differing series[nb 7] | 1,000 |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from the same series[nb 7] | 5,000 |
Furniture placed correctly according to fêng shui | 100 × number of correctly placed furniture |
8+ furniture with a matching color when 70% - 89% match a single color | 200 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
8+ furniture with a matching color when 90%+ match a single color | 600 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
8+ furniture with any genre when 70% - 89% of said furniture match the genre | 100 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
8+ furniture with any genre when 90%+ of said furniture match the genre | 300 × number unique[nb 4] furniture |
Category furniture when eight or more match the same category | 400 × furniture in the category |
Lucky items | 7,777 × number of unique[nb 4] lucky items |
Point deductions
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Non-furniture items marked as 'messy'[nb 8] | -1 × number of items |
Furniture which can be interacted with that is facing a wall | -100 × number of furniture |
In New Leaf
Points by item
Points | Items |
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3 | |
33 |
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51 |
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56 |
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88 |
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99 |
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151 |
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199 |
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251 |
|
299 |
|
300 |
|
351 |
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451 |
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499 |
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500 |
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551 |
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651 |
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751 |
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777 |
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888 |
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893 |
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951 |
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1,051 |
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1,200 |
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1,224 |
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1,251 |
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1,280 |
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1,351 |
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Point bonuses
The following bonuses only apply if the player is not participating in a theme challenge from Lyle.
Criteria | Bonus points |
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Lucky items | 7,777 × number of unique[nb 4] lucky items |
Category items when three or more match the same category | 200 × items in the category |
Furniture series when 11 or more items belong to it[nb 5] | 20,000 |
Furniture series when 11 or more items belong to it with either a matching wallpaper or carpet[nb 5] | 25,000 |
Furniture series when 11 or more items belong to it with both matching wallpaper and carpet[nb 5] | 30,000 |
Complete furniture set | 1,000 × number of items in the set |
8+ items with a matching color when 70% - 89% match a single color | 300 × number of unique[nb 4] items in the room |
8+ items with a matching color when 90% or more match a single color | 600 × number of unique[nb 4] items in the room |
8+ items, including wallpaper and flooring, when 70% - 89% match a single theme | 100 × number of unique[nb 4] items in the room |
8+ items, including wallpaper and flooring, when 90% or more match a single theme | 300 × number of unique[nb 4] items in the room |
Items placed correctly according to fêng shui | 300 × number of properly placed colors[nb 9] |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from differing series[nb 7] | 2,500 |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from the same series[nb 7] | 5,000 |
Theme challenge
If the player is participating in a theme challenge from Lyle, the following bonuses are used instead of the normal ones:
Criteria | Bonus points |
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0–69% of the items placed in a room match the chosen theme | 10,000 × number of exterior house parts of the chosen theme[nb 10] |
70–89% of the items placed in a room match the chosen theme | 40,000 × number of exterior house parts of the chosen theme[nb 10] 5,000 × number of items of the chosen theme in the room[nb 5] |
90–100% of the items placed in a room match the chosen theme and 3 or more exterior parts match the chosen theme. | 95,000 × number of exterior house parts of the chosen theme[nb 10] 8,000 × number of items of the chosen theme in the room[nb 5] |
90–100% of the items placed in a room match the chosen theme and 0–2 exterior parts match the chosen theme. | 70,000 × number of exterior house parts of the chosen theme[nb 10] 8,000 × number of items of the chosen theme in the room[nb 5] |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from differing series[nb 7] | 100,000 |
Complete "necessities"[nb 6] with furniture from the same series[nb 7] | 150,000 |
Point deductions
The following deductions only apply if the player is not participating in a theme challenge from Lyle.
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Items which can be placed on a surface, but instead are on the floor | -1 × number of items |
Furniture which can be interacted with that is facing a wall | -100 × number of items |
Theme challenge
If the player is participating in a theme challenge from Lyle, the following deductions are used instead of the normal ones:
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Non-furniture item dropped on the ground | -100 × number of items |
Furniture which can be interacted with that is facing a wall | -10,000 × number of items |
In New Horizons
Ranking
House Expansion | Tier B | Tier A | Tier S |
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House | 0-9999 | 10,000-14,999 | 15,000+ |
Main Room Upgrade | 0-16,999 | 17,000-22,999 | 23,000+ |
Back Room | 0-24,999 | 25,000-34,999 | 35,000+ |
Left Room | 0-37,999 | 38,000-46,999 | 47,000+ |
Right Room | 0-49,999 | 50,000-59,000 | 60,000+ |
Second Floor | 0-63,000 | 64,000-74,999 | 75,000+ |
Basement | 0-79,000 | 80,000-89,999 | 90,000+ |
Points by item
Point bonuses
Criteria | Bonus points |
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6 furniture items in a room | 1,000 |
10 furniture items in a room | 1,000 |
15 furniture items in a room | 1,000 |
20 furniture items in a room | 1,000 |
Lucky items | 777 × number of items |
Wall-mounted furniture | 400 × number of items (limit of three items) |
4 or more furniture items from the same series | 1,000 × number of items |
Complete furniture set | 800 × number of items |
3 or more furniture items from the same category | 500 × number of items |
70% or more items in a room with the same color | 200 × number of items |
90% or more items in a room with the same color | 600 × number of items |
Red, green, or yellow fêng shui | 500 |
Point deductions
Criteria | Points deducted |
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Cockroaches in the house | -2,500 × number of cockroaches |
Non-furniture items dropped on the ground | -1 × number of items |
Trash dropped on the ground | -500 × number of items |
Directional items facing a wall | -300 × number of items |
Rewards
Animal Crossing
HRA rewards in Animal Crossing
# | Item | Image | Buy price | Sell price | Available from | Group | Interact | Fêng shui | Size |
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568 | House model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | Toggle | Special | ![]() |
569 | Manor model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | Toggle | Special | ![]() |
Animal Crossing: Wild World
HRA rewards in Animal Crossing: Wild World
# | Item | Image | Buy price | Sell price | Available from | Group | HRA genre(s) | Interact | Size |
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527 | One-story model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | Modern / Lovely | - | ![]() |
528 | Two-story model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | Modern / Lovely | - | ![]() |
529 | Mansion model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | Modern / Lovely | - | ![]() |
Animal Crossing: City Folk
HRA rewards in Animal Crossing: City Folk
# | Item | Image | Buy price | Sell price | Available from | Interact | Size |
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704 | House model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | ![]() |
705 | Wide house model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | ![]() |
706 | Two-story model | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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- | ![]() |
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
HHA rewards in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Item | Image | Buy Price | Sell Price | Available From | Color(s) | HHA Theme | Style | Size | Info | Customize |
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HHA Tee | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (10,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
Clothing | No |
HHA Pennant | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (20,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
Wall furniture | No |
HHA Jacket | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (30,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
Clothing | No |
Silver HHA Plaque | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (50,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
- | No |
Gold HHA Plaque | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (70,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
- | No |
Silver HHA Trophy | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (90,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
- | No |
Gold HHA Trophy | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (100,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
- | No |
Gold House Model | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (150,000 points) | - | - | - | ![]() |
- | No |
Golden Roof | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (300,000 points) | - | - | - | - | Exterior of home | No |
Golden Exterior | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (500,000 points) | - | - | - | - | Exterior of home | No |
Arched Golden Door | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (700,000 points) | - | - | - | - | Exterior of home | No |
Golden Fence | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (900,000 points) | - | - | - | - | Exterior of home | No |
Golden Mailbox | ![]() |
- | - | Happy Home Academy (1,100,000 points) | - | - | - | - | Exterior of home | No |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
HHA rewards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
# | Item | Image | Buy price | Sell price | Available from | HHA theme(s) | Interact | Customizable | Size |
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179 | Bronze HHA plaque | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Living room / Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
180 | Bronze HHA trophy | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
694 | Gold HHA plaque | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Living room / Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
695 | Gold HHA trophy | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
779 | HHA pennant | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Living room / Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
1,532 | Silver HHA plaque | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Living room / Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
1,533 | Silver HHA trophy | ![]() |
Not for sale | ![]() |
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Expensive | - | No | ![]() |
Staff
Lyle (Chairman, Representative)
Gallery
A carpet used in the Happy Room Academy building in City Folk
Welcoming letter from the Happy Room Academy in Wild World
A letter received from the Happy Home Academy on Sundays in New Horizons
Trivia
- The music from the Happy Room Academy building in City Folk is reused on a TV talk show in New Leaf, albeit in a slower tempo.
- In Animal Crossing: City Folk, cranky villagers will sometimes say that the Happy Room Academy once judged their "great-grandpa's" home. This implies that the HRA has been around for a long time.
Names in other languages
快乐家协会 Kuài Lè Jīa Xíe Huì |
Happy Home Association | |
快樂家協會 Unknown |
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Academie voor Wonderlijke Woningen (AWW) | ||
Akademie des schönen Hauses (AdsH) | Academy of Beautiful Houses | |
Academia de Artes Decorativas (AAD) | Academy of Decorative Arts | |
Accademia delle Belle Case (ABC) | Academy of Beautiful Houses |
Notes
- ↑ In City Folk and New Leaf
- ↑ In City Folk
- ↑ In order to receive this point bonus, all 5 items must be part of any series. If any of the items are not part of a series, then the bonus is not received.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 Unique items refer to all items which are the same, regardless of customization or variation. These are all counted together as a single item, even if there are multiple in the same room.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Applied once per room
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Necessities are a bed, chair, table, closet (opens via door), and drawers (opens via drawers).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Applied once per house, across all rooms.
- ↑ Messy items are: fruits, unidentified fossils, saplings, pitfall seeds, medicine, presents, letters, paper bags, notes in a bottle, flower bags, paint, the knife and fork, candy, turnip seeds, the magic lamp, mushrooms, money, villager house keys, bunny eggs, bunny foil, shopping cards, K.K. Slider airchecks, stationery, all turnip types, wallpaper, flooring, all tools, sparklers, party poppers, and bubble wands.
- ↑ If an item has two colors which match fêng shui, then it will be worth 600 points instead.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Applied once for the entire house based on the room that has the highest bonus.
References
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