Weed

Flora
Weeds as they appear in Animal Crossing: City Folk
Type		Weed
Spawns		Each day at 6 AM
Appearances		Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, Doubutsu no Mori e+, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Main appearances
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Weeds are growths that resemble small clumps of long grass and appear in every game in the Animal Crossing series.

In the games

Animal Crossing to New Leaf

New weeds appear in the player's town each day (two in City Folk and New Leaf and three in prior games). If the game is not played for a long time, the town will be overrun with weeds. Weeds can simply be pulled by picking them up like an item. In Animal Crossing and City Folk, Wisp can be asked to immediately remove all weeds in town as a reward for assisting him. In New Leaf, Leif offers a weed-pulling service once the Garden Center has been built. Additionally, enacting the Beautiful Town ordinance will significantly reduce the rate at which weeds spawn, preventing most of them from appearing in the first place. In Wild World, there is no assistance available for removing weeds and the player will have to pull them all themselves.

There is no requirement to pull weeds, but they are unsightly and have a strong adverse affect on the town's environment. Achieving the lowest possible environment rating can result in the appearance of a rafflesia, a large, red flower which attracts flies. Weeds can also negatively impact the chances of breeding flowers, as they will occupy available space in which new flowers could otherwise be generated in.

Clovers are another type of weed appearing from Wild World-onwards, which appears as four clover plants which appear two by two in one grid. Clovers can be pulled much like regular weeds, however there is a rare chance to instead find a four-leaf clover. A four-leaf clover is a lucky item which can be displayed in a house as a book with a clover stuck to a page, or alternatively worn as headgear in the player's hair.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

In New Horizons, weeds now come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and take on a completely different appearance with each season. The deserted island is initially covered with many weeds, and one new weed will appear each day. The Mystery Islands are also covered in weeds and serves as a useful source for them if the player has pulled all the weeds on their own island.

Once pulled or dug up, clumps of weeds go into the players inventory where they can be sold, used as crafting materials for DIY projects such as Medicine, or planted in the ground again. A planted weed will always be small and will slowly grow over time, being watered by a watering can or rain will increase the rate at which they grow. If there are 150 or more weeds present in the town, no further weeds will spawn and all existing weeds will stop growing.

The Greedy Weeder Nook Miles challenge awards stamps for selling large quantities of weeds at Nook's Cranny.

DIY Recipes

Item	Image	Type	Obtained From	Materials
Deer Scare		Furniture	Cranky	3× Bamboo Piece 8× Stone 3× Clump of Weeds
Green-Leaf Pile		Furniture	Balloons	1× Young Spring Bamboo 10× Clump of Weeds
Hay Bed		Furniture	DIY for Beginners	20× Clump of Weeds
Leaf Campfire		Furniture	Balloons	3× Pine Cone 5× Clump of Weeds 3× Tree Branch
Mossy Garden Rock		Furniture	Lazy	15× Stone 15× Clump of Weeds
Mum Cushion	70px	Furniture	Peppy	3× Yellow Mum 10× Clump of Weeds
Pile of Leaves		Furniture	Balloons	3× Pine Cone 5× Clump of Weeds
Red-Leaf Pile		Furniture	Balloons  Isabelle	3× Pine Cone 5× Clump of Weeds 3× Tree Branch
Scarecrow		Furniture	Cranky	3× Tree Branch 5× Clump of Weeds
Spooky Lantern Set		Furniture	Balloons Any villager	4× Orange Pumpkin 4× Clump of Weeds
Yellow-Leaf Pile		Furniture	Balloons	3× Acorn 5× Clump of Weeds
Cherry-Blossom Bonsai		Furniture	Balloons	6× Cherry-Blossom Petal 2× Hardwood 3× Clump of Weeds 3× Clay
Holiday Candle	70px	Furniture	Balloons	5× Red Ornament 5× Clump of Weeds
Succulent Plant		Furniture	Fishing	10× Clump of Weeds 1× Empty Can
Terrarium	70px	Furniture	Normal	12× Clump of Weeds 2× Iron Nugget
Turkey Day Decorations		Furniture	Cozy Turkey Day DIY	2× Softwood 5× Clump of Weeds 2× Clay
Turkey Day Wheat Decor		Furniture	Cozy Turkey Day DIY	10× Clump of Weeds
Coconut Wall Planter		Furniture	Snooty	Coconut 5× Clump of Weeds
Floral Swag		Furniture	Normal	10× Clump of Weeds
Hanging Terrarium		Furniture	Peppy	12× Clump of Weeds 4× Iron Nugget
Potted Ivy		Furniture	Test Your DIY Skills	5× Clump of Weeds 5× Clay
Autumn Wall		Interior	Balloons	10× Maple Leaf 5× Clump of Weeds 5× Wood
Backyard Lawn		Interior	Peppy	30× Clump of Weeds
Cherry-Blossom Flooring		Interior	Balloons	10× Cherry-Blossom Petal 20× Clump of Weeds
Colored-Leaves Flooring		Interior	Balloons	10× Maple Leaf 15× Clump of Weeds
Forest Flooring		Interior	Balloons	1× Rare Mushroom 2× Round Mushroom 2× Skinny Mushroom 2× Flat Mushroom 10× Clump of Weeds
Jungle Flooring		Interior	Jock	10× Clump of Weeds 10× Clay
Jungle Wall		Interior	Jock	3× Wood 3× Hardwood 3× Softwood 15× Clump of Weeds
Woodland Wall		Interior	Normal	9× Softwood 15× Clump of Weeds
Bamboo Hat		Clothing	Cranky	10× Clump of Weeds
Grass Skirt		Clothing	Normal	7× Clump of Weeds
Green Grass Skirt		Clothing	Peppy	7× Clump of Weeds
Knitted-Grass Backpack		Clothing	Normal	20× Clump of Weeds
Leaf		Clothing	Jock	5× Clump of Weeds
Leaf Mask		Clothing	Peppy	10× Clump of Weeds
Leaf Umbrella		Clothing	Sisterly	15× Clump of Weeds
Straw Umbrella Hat		Clothing	Cranky	10× Clump of Weeds
Traditional Straw Coat		Clothing	Normal	8× Clump of Weeds
Medicine		Other	Any villager	3× Clump of Weeds 1× Wasp Nest
Pitfall Seed		Other	Jock Underground	6× Tree Branch 4× Clump of Weeds
Hedge		Fence	Tom Nook (Nature Day) Leif (outside of Nature Day)	5× Tree Branch 2× Stone 10× Clump of Weeds
Straw Fence		Fence	Nook Miles Redemption	3× Wood 10× Clump of Weeds

Gallery

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  A weed in Animal Crossing

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  A town with many weeds in Animal Crossing

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  Storage icon for a clump of weeds in New Horizons