Desert Island Escape

Desert Island Escape
Player(s)		1
Unlock cost		4 Happy Tickets
amiibo cards		3
Reward		Various Happy Points (aF)  MEOW Coupons (NL)
Description
In Desert Island Escape, play as a team of three characters, each of whom have a special power.

Desert Island Escape is a minigame in Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and the Welcome amiibo update of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It involves escaping a desert island by obtaining four parts of a raft (three logs and a sail), without running out of food supplies, and in a limited number of days. How many days depends on difficulty. Monsters can fight the player.

In amiibo Festival, the minigame can be unlocked for 4  Happy Tickets after unlocking the plaza (itself unlocked after two rounds of the board game). It requires scanning three amiibo cards to play. The player will receive  Happy Points as a reward on a successful play.

In Welcome amiibo, the minigame can be accessed through the Wii U console furniture item. The characters used in the game can either be residents of the player's town or scanned with amiibo cards. The player will receive  MEOW Coupons as a reward, as well as certain exclusive items based on certain achievements (see #Prizes).

Character abilities

There are a total of 18 different special powers in Desert Island Escape that vary depending on a villager's species, or in the case of special characters, are simply dependent on the individual character. Each group also has different stats that come into play on the island:

• Movement: The number of times a character can travel to another space, usually one space each except for certain abilities.
• Hunger: The amount of rations a character consumes at the end of each day. If there is not enough food for all three characters at the end of the day, the game is failed.
• Vision: How many spaces around the character fog will be cleared from the map.
• Favorite fruit: When a villager lands on a space with this fruit, the possible amounts of food gained are higher. This does not apply to other villagers in the party.

Characters	Ability	Description	Movement	Hunger	Vision	Fav. fruit
Villager species: Hamster Squirrel Special characters: Brewster Franklin	Chef du Jour	Chooses to either explore or cook at the start of each new day.	x3	x2	x2
Villager species: Octopus Monkey Special characters: Porter Cyrus Reese Mabel Sable Labelle	Dexterity	Nimble hands enhance tool use. Can make tools in lieu of exploring. Can detect materials while exploring. The character can choose to expend their turn creating a tool instead of moving. When an adjacent unexplored space contains a crafting material (not including medicine, logs or the sail), it will be revealed.	x4	x1	x2
Villager species: Goat Sheep Special characters: Luna	First Aid	Can sniff out nearby medicine and treat own injuries immediately. Can use food to treat injuries at camp if needed.	x4	x2	x2
Villager species: Cat Special characters: Rover Blanca Katie Chip	Fish Fetcher	Can catch fish without using a fishing rod! No squiddin'! If an adjacent space has fish, the character will detect it and automatically move there without using a move. They can catch fish without a rod with the usual chances, but are guaranteed between 2 and 7 fish if they have one.	x4	x2	x2
Villager species: Bird Special characters: Blathers Celeste Gulliver Pelly Phyllis Pete	Flight	Able to freely fly on magnificent wings, even over mountains. But precision suffers a bit, so no landing on adjacent spaces! The character must move two spaces in a direction, bypassing the space in between. They can pass over mountains/rocks and water.	x2	x2	x3
Villager species: Anteater Pig Special characters: Wendell	Gimme! Gimme!	Might snack on some collected food instead of stashing it for the group. Very resilient, though—a fair trade. When the character collects food, the chances always contain higher amounts, but sometimes the character may choose to take one ration for themselves. However, they have stronger chances against enemies, and even if bitten may not become hurt or poisoned.	x4	x3	x3
Villager species: Horse Ostrich Special characters: Jingle Saharah	Going the Distance	Can move many spaces in one day. Handy for exploring new areas! Pays no attention to surroundings. Only looks at feet while moving.	x6	x1	x0
Villager species: Bovine Rhinoceros Special characters: Joan Pavé	Headlong Charge	Possessed of a straightforward personality. Charges straight ahead. Gives all to ensure victory in battle. Once a direction to move is selected, the character will go as far as they can or until they reach a physical barrier. They almost always win against creatures, however pits always trap them and watchtowers can be trampled.	x4	x3	x3	—
Villager species: Bear Cub Special characters: Nat	Honey Hunter	Good at collecting honey, and really tough against bees! The character will automatically move to an adjacent space containing honey. They have no chances of getting stung by bees, and are guaranteed some amount of honey if they have a net.	x4	x2	x3
Villager species: Eagle Special characters: Tom Nook Timmy Tommy Redd	Hunter	Skilled at using slingshots. Can turn defeated monsters into foods and medicines.	x4	x2	x3
Villager species: Tiger Wolf Special characters: Kicks Pascal Shrunk	Lone Wolf	Prefers solo activity, even when it comes to camping. Focused on finding raft materials and food. Won't rely on tools or medicines. The character stays completely independent of the camp the entire game, remaining where they left off the next day. They will not use tools and if they come across crafting materials or medicine, they will leave it behind revealed (other characters can still pick it up). Found rations and boat parts still contribute to the group.	x4	x2	x2
Villager species: Alligator Rabbit Special characters: Leif Tortimer Zipper	Sleepy	Dislikes needless moving and is able to preserve strength by sleeping. Can move much further after sleeping. At the beginning of their turn, the character may choose to spend that day sleeping, in which case they will be able to move 7 spaces the next day.	x3	x2	x2
Villager species: Chicken Dog Special characters: Isabelle Digby K.K. DJ KK Copper Booker Harriet	Sniff 'Em Out!	Has a heightened sense of smell. Can detect items in nearby spaces. If an adjacent space contains materials, medicine, fruit, or a boat part, its identity will be revealed, including the day's starting spot. Pits, honey and enemies are not revealed.	x3	x2	x2
Villager species: Deer Duck	Stealthy Movement	Sensitive to enemy presence. Great at stealthy movements. With a bit of luck, can evade fights altogether. When encountering an enemy, the villager may be able to sneak by without a fight, though the enemy will remain in the space. However, if they are spotted, the villager will be forced to face their chances fighting.	x5	x1	x1
Villager species: Elephant Gorilla Hippo Lion Special characters: Gracie Phineas	Strong and Fearless	A good fighter who can break rocks. A little slow, though. Any rocks in an adjacent space, including on the starting turn, will be destroyed, allowing them to be walked over. These characters have generally strong odds against enemies and equal chances of success whether they fight or flee.	x3	x2	x2
Villager species: Frog Penguin Special characters: Kapp'n Grams Leilani Leila Lottie Lyle	Swimmer	Loves being in the water and isn't great on land. Only good in shallow water. The character can traverse water on the island or immediately on its coast, but will expend two movements if they travel on land. Swimming next to a fishing spot will scare away the fish.	x6	x2	x1
Villager species: Mouse Special characters: Resetti Don	Tunnel Digger	Digs tunnels in the ground and moves freely. Detects adjacent pits. May fail to reach distant dig destinations. Each turn, the character can choose to move normally or dig once to any visible (not cloudy) land on the island. Digging will bring up a roulette wheel with decreased chances of success the farther the chosen space is. Pits in adjacent spaces are detected, though the character is not particularly adept at actually escaping them.	x3	x2	x1
Villager species: Kangaroo Koala Special characters: Katrina Jack	Whimsy	May explore a lot or not at all each day, depending on mood. Unpredictable but strong. Very capable when motivated. Each turn, the character spins a roulette wheel to determine whether they will move 7 spaces or 0. If they do move, chances in other wheel spins are generally improved.	x7?	x1	x3

Prizes

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, as the player achieves certain conditions, they will be mailed as prizes from Nintendo.

Desert Island Escape items in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Good-luck charm		Furniture	Not for sale	2,500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all levels in Desert Island Escape)
Ikada trophy		Furniture	Not for sale	2,500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all levels within the target score in Desert Island Escape)
amiibo shelf		Furniture	Not for sale	700 Bells	Nintendo (clear all advanced levels in Desert Island Escape)
Desert Island map		Furniture	Not for sale	500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all beginner levels within the target score in Desert Island Escape)
Desert Island stool		Furniture	Not for sale	500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all advanced levels within the target score in Desert Island Escape)
Desert Island table		Furniture	Not for sale	500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all intermediate levels within the target score in Desert Island Escape)
Frying pan		Furniture	Not for sale	500 Bells	Nintendo (clear six advanced levels in Desert Island Escape)
Wii U game shelf		Furniture	Not for sale	900 Bells	Nintendo (clear all intermediate levels in Desert Island Escape)
Wii U station		Furniture	Not for sale	500 Bells	Nintendo (clear all beginner levels in Desert Island Escape)
Ocean-horizon wall		Interior	Not for sale	600 Bells	Nintendo (unlock intermediate levels in Desert Island Escape)
Water floor		Interior	Not for sale	210 Bells	Nintendo (unlock advanced levels in Desert Island Escape)

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, AlgebraManiacABC, Chubby Bub, Cuyler, HylianAngel, Kalina70, PanchamBro, SuperHamster, and vmario.

Gallery

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  Title screen in Welcome amiibo

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  Molly finding the sail, one of the four components of the raft needed to escape

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  Building the raft in Welcome amiibo

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  End scene if the raft is built before the sunset of the final day in Welcome amiibo

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  End scene upon failing to build the raft in Welcome amiibo

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  End scene upon running out of food in Welcome amiibo

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