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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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 players 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 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 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 in Animal Crossing: City Folk, 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.
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 the player pays their mortgage off, they may accept a theme challenge of a certain genre. 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.
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 items |
Point deductions
In City Folk
Points by item
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 | 30,000 |
Complete furniture theme and both the matching wallpaper and flooring | 3,000 × number of furniture items |
Complete furniture set | 3,000 × number of items |
Point deductions
In New Leaf
Points by item
Point bonuses
Examples (non-exhaustive):
- Fêng shui bonus - 300 points per item in accordance with Fêng shui.
- Lucky Item bonus - 7,777 points per unique lucky item.
- Furniture Series bonus - 20,000 points for having all 11 pieces of furniture from a series, plus 5,000 each for the matching wallpaper and flooring.
- Furniture Set bonus - 1,000 points for each furniture set in a room.
- Category bonus - Once at least 3 items of the same category are in a room, the bonus is activated. 200 points per item in the category.
- "Necessities" bonus - 2,500 points for having a bed, chair, table, closet (opens via door), and drawers (opens via drawers). This bonus is doubled to 5,000 if each piece is from the same set.
Having 8 pieces of furniture (not including wallpaper/carpet) will open up the following bonuses:
- Color bonus - If 70% or more of the furniture pieces share a color, the bonus is 300 points. If 90% or more of the pieces share a color, an extra 300 points is given (thus 600 points are given for 90%+).
- Theme bonus - If 70% or more of the furniture pieces share a theme, the bonus is 300 points. If 90% or more of the pieces share a theme, an extra 300 points is given (thus 600 points are given for 90%+).
Point deductions
Examples (non-exhaustive):
- -1 point for each item that could have been placed on a surface, but wasn't.
- -100 points for each item that could have been interacted with, but cannot currently because it is unreachable/blocked.
In New Horizons
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 | 9,000 Bells | Happy Room Academy |
- | Toggle | Special | ||
569 | Manor model | Not for sale | 16,000 Bells | Happy Room Academy |
- | 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 | 450 Bells | Happy Room Academy |
- | Modern / Lovely | - | ||
528 | Two-story model | Not for sale | 450 Bells | Happy Room Academy |
- | Modern / Lovely | - | ||
529 | Mansion model | Not for sale | 450 Bells | Happy Room Academy |
- | Modern / Lovely | - |
Animal Crossing: City Folk
HRA rewards in Animal Crossing: City Folk
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 | 400 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Living room / Expensive | - | No | ||
180 | Bronze HHA trophy | Not for sale | 400 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Expensive | - | No | ||
694 | Gold HHA plaque | Not for sale | 450 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Living room / Expensive | - | No | ||
695 | Gold HHA trophy | Not for sale | 450 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Expensive | - | No | ||
779 | HHA pennant | Not for sale | 375 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Living room / Expensive | - | No | ||
1,532 | Silver HHA plaque | Not for sale | 425 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
Living room / Expensive | - | No | ||
1,533 | Silver HHA trophy | Not for sale | 425 Bells | Happy Home Academy |
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.
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 |
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