Tree

Tree
Hardwood and cedar trees in New Horizons
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Trees are common flora in the Animal Crossing series, grown by burying saplings, fruit, or Bells. Some types of trees can bear fruit, while others are just used for decoration. Depending on the season and the time of day, certain insects may be found resting against the trunk of a tree or hiding inside the treetop.

The quantity of trees planted in a town will affect its environment rating, and as such they are used to determine perfect town status. With the exception of perfect fruit trees in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, fully grown trees do not die until they are chopped down by the player, leaving behind a stump. A stump needs to be dug up to fully remove the tree, and otherwise mostly serves as decoration. Villagers will also sometimes sit on the stump.

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, chopping trees serves as a way to gather different types of wood, which can be used as crafting supplies. Another feature introduced in this game is the ability to dig up trees with the use of energy points. Digging up a tree places it in the player's pockets, allowing it to be moved around and planted in another spot instead of having to chop it down and plant a new sapling.

Saplings

Saplings are baby trees available for purchase at Tom Nook's stores and the Garden Shop. Not all trees grow successfully, due to poor soil quality and placement. If the player plants a tree where a different tree was cut down then it will have a much higher chance of growth. If the player stands on a tree sapling at exactly 6 AM, the tree will grow around the player and knock them out, as though they had been bitten by a tarantula or scorpion.

Types of trees

Cedar tree

A cedar tree

Cedar trees are evergreen trees. During December, particularly around Toy Day, and during the Bright Nights in Wild World, Cedar trees are decorated with bright lights. Cedar trees will only grow in the top two acres of the village, reflecting the fact that their real-life counterparts are found more frequently in the northern hemisphere, being adapted to colder temperatures. In New Horizons however, cedar trees will grow on any acre on every platform, and regardless of which hemisphere is chosen, cedar trees will be decorated with lights from December 15 to January 6, of which shaking will produce an ornament for DIY projects.

Hardwood tree

A hardwood tree

Hardwood trees are generic trees, resembling fruit trees but bear nothing. Their appearance differs seasonally, turning golden brown in the fall, being snow-laden in the winter, and bearing cherry blossoms during the Cherry Blossom Festival in April. In New Horizons, they will bear leaf eggs during the Bunny Day season.

Fruit tree

Fruit-bearing trees

Fruit trees resemble hardwood trees but bear fruit, three at a time. During the Acorn Festival they also bear acorns. There are 5 different varieties of fruit trees (13 in New Leaf), one for each type of fruit. The player can receive non-native fruits in letters from Mom, or from other villagers, after which they can then be grown into a fruit-bearing tree. A counterpart sister fruit trees can also be found by going on a Mystery Island Tour.

Palm tree

A palm tree

Palm trees bear coconuts (or alternatively bananas in New Leaf), which are special types of fruit; however, they only produce two instead of the usual three fruits. Some beetles, such as the goliath beetle, will appear only on palm trees as well. In Animal Crossing, coconuts can be obtained from the island, and in Wild World and City Folk, coconuts will wash up on the shore about once a week. In New Leaf, palm trees can be found on Tortimer Island, and in New Horizons on Mystery Islands.

Palm trees can be grown by burying a coconut near the beach, on the grass within ten spaces of the shore. However, in New Leaf and New Horizons, palm trees are grown only in the sand. However in New Horizons, should one use the Island Designer Construction Permit to place down a sand tile, a palm tree can be placed near grass.

In Wild World, giving Wendell a coconut to eat will prompt him to give the player a unique design.

Money tree

A money tree

Money trees are a rare variety of tree that bears money as its fruit. They can be grown by burying Bells in the ground with a golden shovel. In Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the player can grow a money tree by burying Bells in the daily glowing spot instead. To maximize potential return and minimize expected loss, the ideal amount to bury is 30,000 Bells.

Golden tree

A golden tree

Golden trees appear only in Animal Crossing, where golden shovels can be shaken from it. They are grown by planting a shovel in a glowing spot that appears once a day in the village.

Dead tree

A dead tree

These appear only in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. When a perfect fruit tree is shaken 4 to 7 times, it dies and becomes a dead tree, which serves no use to the player and should be cut down. When a perfect fruit tree dies, it produces a rotten fruit in addition to two perfect fruit. However, in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo, fertilizer can revive dead trees.

Bamboo tree

A Bamboo

Bamboo trees debuted in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, where the bamboo shoots could be purchased in the Garden Shop. Fully grown bamboo stalks can spread on their own. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, bamboo trees are a source of crafting materials. During spring, they will produce young spring bamboo that is used in seasonal recipes. Bamboo shoots can be found on the Mystery Island Tour or received from Daisy Mae.

Shaking trees

While all trees may be shaken by the player, only cedar and non fruit-bearing trees have a chance of containing hidden items. Each day a certain amount of 100 Bell bags, beehives (or wasp nests), and furniture leaves will be scattered among the town's trees. This number varies according to the total number of trees in the town as well as the iteration of Animal Crossing being played. The table below lists the item maximums according to game title.

Title	Bell bags	Beehives/Wasp nests	Furniture leaves
Animal Crossing	30	5	2
Wild World	16	4	2
City Folk	30	5	2
New Leaf	20	5	2
New Horizons	15	5	2

Shaking trees may give more than 100 Bells, depending on the player's luck for that day.

Materials

In New Horizons, the following items are obtained from either shaking or chopping a tree.

Materials in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Image	Icon	Available from	Sell price	Recipes	Total needed
Bamboo piece			Bamboo tree (Chopping with an axe)	80 Bells	23	132
Bamboo shoot			Dig spot (near a full-grown bamboo tree)  Daisy Mae (After purchasing 100 turnips)	250 Bells	4	13
Hardwood			Tree (Chopping with an axe)	60 Bells	66	475
Softwood			Tree (Chopping with an axe)	60 Bells	64	384
Young spring bamboo			Bamboo tree (Chopping with an axe - Spring)	200 Bells	12	62
Wood			Tree (Chopping with an axe)	60 Bells	116	789
Acorn			Tree (Shaking - Fall)  Cornimer (Fall)	200 Bells	9	41
Pine cone			Cedar tree (Shaking - Fall)	200 Bells	7	31
Tree branch			Tree (Shaking)	5 Bells	21	117
Wasp nest			Tree (hardwood or cedar; shaking)	300 Bells	4	15
Apple			Apple tree  Nook's Cranny (Only if island's native fruit is apples.)	500 Bells	24	90
Cherry			Cherry tree  Nook's Cranny (Only if island's native fruit is Cherries.)	500 Bells	24	91
Coconut			Coconut tree	250 Bells	9	18
Orange			Orange tree  Nook's Cranny (Only if island's native fruit is oranges.)	500 Bells	26	94
Peach			Peach tree  Nook's Cranny (Only if island's native fruit is peaches.)	500 Bells	25	91
Pear			Pear tree  Nook's Cranny (Only if island's native fruit is pears.)	500 Bells	25	90
Leaf egg			Tree (Shaking - Bunny Day)  Zipper (Trading 3 other eggs - Bunny Day)	200 Bells	18	34
Wood egg			Tree (Chopping with an axe - Bunny Day)  Zipper (Trading 3 other eggs - Bunny Day)	200 Bells	18	34
Blue ornament			Cedar tree (Shaking - Festive season)	50 Bells	11	43
Gold ornament			Cedar tree (Shaking - Festive season)	50 Bells	15	47
Red ornament			Cedar tree (Shaking - Festive season)	50 Bells	14	52

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.

Drop rates

Material	Hardwood Tree	Cedar Tree	Palm Tree	Bamboo Tree
Normal rates
Wood	35%	35%	30%	-
Softwood	30%	35%	35%	-
Hardwood	35%	30%	35%	-
Bamboo Piece	-	-	-	100%
Tree Branch	30%	30%	-	-
During Spring
Bamboo Piece	-	-	-	70%
Young Spring Bamboo	-	-	-	30%
During Bunny Day
Wood	25%	25%	15%	-
Softwood	25%	30%	20%	-
Hardwood	30%	25%	20%	-
Wood Egg	20%	20%	45%	-
During Fall
Tree Branch	27%	27%	-	-
Acorn	3%	-	-	-
Pine Cone	-	3%	-	-
During Festive Season
Red Ornament	-	7.5%	-	-
Blue Ornament	-	7.5%	-	-
Gold Ornament	-	5%	-	-

Tree stumps

Left: Fruit, bell & oak tree designs. Right: Cedar tree designs.

All games in the Animal Crossing series allow the player to chop down trees, producing a stump. These stumps do not count as trees (or weeds) when determining perfect town status. Animal Crossing: City Folk introduced two insect species only found on stumps (violin beetle and longhorn beetle), and Animal Crossing: New Leaf introduced the ability for players to use stumps as chairs, and special tree stump designs next to which mushrooms may appear. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the rosalia batesi beetle was added as another bug found on tree stumps, and the existing jewel beetle now appear on tree stumps instead of appearing on the front of trees.

Special stump designs

There are twelve stump designs in New Leaf. Six of these are exclusive to cedar trees, while the remainder are exclusive to fruit, bell, and oak trees. Special stump designs are created by delivering the final blow to a tree with any axe. A silver axe guarantees a special design, while a gold axe produces one only occasionally. A regular axe hardly ever produces one. Because only the final blow (of three) is the one that determines whether the stump will feature a special design, the first two swings can be made using a regular or gold axe to reduce wear on a silver axe.

The oak, bell, and fruit tree designs are, as follows: a heart design, a butterfly, a citrus pattern, a ginkgo leaf (the one that Crazy Redd uses as his logo), a cross (X), and a Triforce from The Legend of Zelda series. The cedar tree designs are a star, a cat, a flower similar to the one used to represent the Pikmin series, the leaf Tom Nook uses as a logo and the one furniture is turned into when in the players pockets, a music note, and a four-leaf clover.

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  Oak tree
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  Cedar tree
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  Oak tree
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  Cedar tree
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  Fruit tree
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  Oak tree
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  Cedar tree
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  Palm tree
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  Apple tree
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  Cedar tree
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Trivia

• Plants resembling Animal Crossing's hardwood trees appear throughout the landscape of 2002's Camp Hyrule, an annual online virtual summer camp that was sponsored and moderated by Nintendo of America.

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