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
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Weeds are growths that resemble small clumps of long grass and appear in every game in the Animal Crossing series.

Appearances

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.

Use in crafting

Clumps of Weeds 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
-	[[|Bamboo hat]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Cranky villager	10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Leaf mask]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Peppy villager	10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Straw umbrella hat]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Smug villager	10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Leaf]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Jock villager	5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Leaf umbrella]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Big sister villager	15× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Grass skirt]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Normal villager	7× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Knitted-grass backpack]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Normal villager	20× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Green grass skirt]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Peppy villager	7× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Traditional straw coat]]		Clothing	Not for sale	Normal villager	8× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Hedge]]		Fence	Not for sale	Leif  Tom Nook	10× Clump of weeds 5× Tree branch 2× Stone
-	[[|Straw fence]]		Fence	Not for sale	Nook Stop	10× Clump of weeds 3× Wood
-	[[|Coconut wall planter]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Snooty villager	1× Coconut 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Floral swag]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Normal villager	10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Hanging terrarium]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	12× Clump of weeds 4× Iron nugget
-	[[|Deer scare]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Cranky villager	3× Bamboo piece 8× Stone 3× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Potted ivy]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Test Your DIY Skills	5× Clump of weeds 5× Clay
-	[[|Cherry-blossom bonsai]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	6× Cherry-blossom petal 2× Hardwood 3× Clump of weeds 3× Clay
-	[[|Holiday candle]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Any villager	5× Red ornament 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Leaf campfire]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons	3× Pine cone 5× Clump of weeds 3× Tree branch
-	[[|Green-leaf pile]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	1× Young spring bamboo 10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Pile of leaves]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons	3× Pine cone 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Red-leaf pile]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Isabelle	3× Maple leaf 4× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Mossy garden rock]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Lazy villager	15× Stone 15× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Mum cushion]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	3× Yellow mums 10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Yellow-leaf pile]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons	3× Acorn 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Turkey Day wheat decor]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Cozy Turkey Day DIY	10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Turkey Day decorations]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Cozy Turkey Day DIY	2× Softwood 5× Clump of weeds 2× Clay
-	[[|Scarecrow]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Cranky villager	3× Tree branch 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Succulent plant]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Fishing	10× Clump of weeds 1× Empty can
-	[[|Terrarium]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Normal villager	12× Clump of weeds 2× Iron nugget
-	[[|Spooky lantern set]]		Furniture	Not for sale	Any villager  Balloons	4× Orange pumpkin 4× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Hay bed]]		Furniture	Not for sale	DIY for Beginners	20× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Autumn wall]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	10× Maple leaf 5× Wood 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Jungle wall]]		Interior	Not for sale	Jock villager	15× Clump of weeds 3× Wood 3× Hardwood 3× Softwood
-	[[|Woodland wall]]		Interior	Not for sale	Normal villager	15× Clump of weeds 9× Softwood
-	[[|Backyard lawn]]		Interior	Not for sale	Peppy villager	30× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Cherry-blossom flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	10× Cherry-blossom petal 20× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Colored-leaves flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	10× Maple leaf 15× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Forest flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	1× Rare mushroom 2× Round mushroom 2× Skinny mushroom 2× Flat mushroom 10× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Glowing-moss flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Message bottle	10× Glowing moss 10× Clump of weeds 5× Stone
-	[[|Jungle flooring]]		Interior	Not for sale	Jock villager	10× Clump of weeds 10× Clay
-	[[|Medicine]]		Item	Not for sale	Any villager	1× Wasp nest 3× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Pitfall seed]]		Item	Not for sale	Nook's Cranny  Dig spot	4× Clump of weeds 6× Tree branch
-	[[|Foxtail]]		Item	Not for sale	Any villager	3× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Grilled sea bass with herbs]]		Savory	Not for sale	Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+	1× Sea bass 5× Clump of weeds
-	[[|Shamrock wand]]		Tools	Not for sale	Balloons	3× Clump of weeds 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.

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