Letter

A Letter is a way to communicate in the 'Animal Crossing series' series. Players have the ability to write, send and receive letters from villagers and friends.

Sending Letters

To send a letter, the Player must first obtain some stationery. After being obtained and then selected in the Player's inventory, they must then choose the 'Write Letter' option. After selecting the recipient, the letter may now be composed. In Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: City Folk, each letter has six lines to write on, wheras a letter in Animal Crossing: Wild World only has four. The lines containing the writer's name and the receiver's name can also be edited, but the recipient's name cannot be removed.

Once the letter has been written, the Player is then given a complete view of the letter to allow for proof-reading. Once accepted, the letter then appears in the mail section of the Player's inventory. From there, it can be re-addressed, deleted, re-written or have a gift attached to it. All items, with the exception of fish, bugs and turnips can be sent as a gift.

Once the Player is satisfied with their letter, it must then be taken to the Post Office (Animal Crossing) or the Town Hall (Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk) to be sent off for delivery. In Animal Crossing, when all five letters are sent off in one go (the max that the post office can hold at one time), Pete the mailman can be seen flying into the air when the Player leaves the building. After he has flown off, the post office is empty and the player can again send a maximum of five letters.

Available recipients include;

• (Starting with Animal Crossing: Wild World) Player's future self at a given date and time
• Villagers of the Player's town, and, in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, villagers on another Player's friend roster.
• Other Players living in the town, and, in Wild World and City Folk, Players on the friend roster.
• Faraway Museum (Animal Crossing only) - fossils must be sent here for identification.

If a letter containing spelling errors is sent to a villager, they are picked up on, sometimes resulting in a complaint by the villager.

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  A six-line letter in City Folk, sent by a villager to the Player.

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  The first step to writing a letter in Animal Crossing.

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  Selecting the recipient.

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  Writing a letter. Note that the keyboard is shaped like a Gamecube controller.

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  A completed letter.

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  Attaching a gift to the letter.

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  A letter, in the mail space, with present attached.

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  The Player then goes to the Post Office...

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  ...and gives it to Pelly for mailing.

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  After being handed over, the letter appears on the counter, at the back.

Receiving Letters

Letters are always replied to by villagers. Letters can be received from all manner of animals, some as a result of special events. Here is a list of characters that send letters to the Player:

• Other Players.
• Villagers - Usually in reply to a sent letter, when moving out of the town, wishing the player a happy birthday, or inviting them to a birthday party (Animal Crossing: Wild World only).
• Other towns Villagers (while in another town) - Usually asking if the player had a good time in the other town and telling them to visit again.
• Faraway Museum (Animal Crossing only) - Returning the fossil sent, explaining what it is.
• The players Parents - Usually only the player's mother writing at the beginning of each season or for the player's birthday. The player's father only writes on Father's Day.
• The Happy Room Academy - Every week a letter is sent to the player containing an evaluation of their house with a score.
• The Automatic Bell Dispenser = A letter is sent every month notifying the player about how many bells they have earned in interest. A letter is also sent whenever the player reaches a set amount of bells, along with a present for reaching that amount.
• Special Characters - Usually to advertise their events.
• Mom - Mother's Day,Wishing the player a happy solo adventure as the mayor(Animal Crossing: New Leaf only).

Presents

Letters only have a present attached if one is sent to the recipient.

Depending on how many lines you write a neighbor, they can give you different items in return. For example, if you were to give them a fruit and write them a one line long letter, they will give you fruit back. This is random and can be any fruit. Performing this is a popular meathod to obtain non-naitive fruit without involving friends.

Receive	# Of Lines	Give
Fruit	1	Shell or fruit
	2
	3
	4