Lisa R. Deleon - Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete Tips and Tricks

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Complete Tips and Tricks

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Animal Crossing is Nintendos community-based simulation game thats incredibly popular. Its well-known for open-ended gameplay and follows the passage of time in the real world. On top of that, Animal Crossing is full of adorable animals that inhabit your village.

The series started out on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002, and now has a total of four main games and two spin-offs. Its appeared on every Nintendo console since (sans Switch). And in November 2017 came the global release of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on iOS and Android.

While Pocket Camp is definitely a watered-down version of Animal Crossing, that doesnt mean that its any less fun and charming. However, there are some tips thatll make your Animal Crossing camping experience even better.

Now, enough chit chat! Lets dive in to those tricks that will make your campsite the envy of your friends!

As you level up, youll add new animals to your Contacts, get more inventory or Market Box space, and have access to new furniture that you can craft.

But how do you level up? The only way in Pocket Camp is to raise your friendship levels with the animals that are at your campsite and around the map.

Each animal has a preferred theme, and their maximum friendship level is determined by the amenities at your campsite. If you have a level one Cool Tent set up, your Coolcampers will be able to reach level 10. Level three tents bring their max friendship levels to 15, and the themed amenity item (like Tree Swing for Cute) maxes out animals to level 20.

At the unveiling of a new tent or amenity, your villagers earn Friendship Points, so they can level up faster from these. For efficient leveling, youll want to build all of the themed tents to even out your friendship levels.

Under the More section, youll find a My Nintendo (part of the newish My Nintendo Rewards Program) tab. In the Missions screen, you will find various tasks that you can complete to earn some points. You can then redeem these points for special clothing rewards and crafting materials.

The missions refresh each week, so there are always new opportunities to get points for rewards. The best use of these is to get crafting materials youre running low on.

Another nice aspect of My Nintendo rewards is the 50 free Leaf Tickets that you can get once you start playing. Thats right: 50 free Leaf Tickets, no strings attached. You can only redeem this once, though.

On the map in Pocket Camp, youll notice an area called Shovelstrike Quarry. To access this, youll need to get help from at least five friends, or use 20 Leaf Tickets. It resets every 24 hours.

If you have friends who also play Pocket Camp, then getting help shouldnt be an issue. Plus, if you help someone out, theyll give you 100 Bells as a gift. Its a win-win for both parties.

But if you dont have enough friends who are actively playing, you can find various forumswhere you can exchange friend codes. Random players will also be around the various areas of your campground, so you can add them as friends too.

Once youre in Shovelstrike Quarry, youll break rocks to find different minerals. You only get five chances though, and you earn Bells and crafting materials depending on what you find.

Its usually never worth it to spend Leaf Tickets over getting friends help on the Quarry, though.

In everyones game, the two fruit trees located at Lost Lure Creek are unique. This means that you may not have the same fruit trees in that area as one of your friends, and youll have double the production of those two fruits.

Its recommended to put these fruits in your Market Box regularly. This lets others know that youll always have those a surplus of those fruits in case anyone needs them for requests.

Speaking of trees, you should try shaking the non-fruit bearing ones. Yes, this includes the palm trees too. You can find up to 1,000 free Bells hidden in them each day.

Also, its recommended to talk to your villagers in your campsite every hour. When the text is red, just talking to them can get you free Bells (from 100 to 500), crafting materials, and increase friendship levels. Theyll also sometimes have requests for you, which mean even more opportunities for levels and rewards.

Dont forget about Shovelstrike Quarry either, as you get 100 Bells just for helping someone out.

In Pocket Camp, there are Timed and Stretch Goals. Timed refresh every 24 hours (plenty of time to complete) and have tasks like Collect 10 Fruit Beetles or Give kudos to friends 10 times. These are usually pretty easy to accomplish and dont involve much effort with regular play.

Stretch Goals are not timed. Its a large list of objectives to strive for as you play. These do not refresh and are more like achievements.

Either way, completing timed and stretch goals both award you with Leaf Tickets, so you have plenty of opportunities to nab some freebies. In the time Ive been playing, I havent found a need to purchase any additional Leaf Tickets, as I accrue enough from regular play.

And again, you can get 50 free Leaf Tickets for doing the simple task of linking your Nintendo account and going to the My Nintendo Rewards section.

I got most of my free Leaf Tickets just by leveling up through normal play. Each time you increase your level, the game gives you 10 Leaf Tickets. Ive already hit level 30 in my first week of playing, so thats 300 free tickets.

Pocket Camp also has Daily Login Bonuses (a popular feature among freemium games), where you can earn more free Leaf Tickets. Log in each day to get closer to some more of those precious tickets.

Even though getting that precious green isnt too difficult, you should prioritize certain items when spendin themg.

One of the best uses of Leaf Tickets is to get more crafting spaces. You only start with one in the beginning, but to be efficient, youll want to craft multiple items at once. So make sure to spend your tickets to get the extra two crafting slots as soon as you can.

Another good use of tickets is to expand your item storage. This is only for the items that you collect while gathering fruit, fishing, catching bugs, and other miscellaneous objects like shells.

You gain inventory slots as you level up, to a maximum of 150. However, you can spend 20 Leaf Tickets at a time to gain an additional five slots, to a maximum of 250. Increasing your item storage is incredibly handy when you want to collect enough resources for requests without having to worry.

Pocket Camp also has special items that you can craft, which are K.K. Sliders stool and Tom Nooks chair. These both cost 250 Leaf Tickets to make, and are only available for 45 days once you start playing the game.

These two chairs are purely cosmetic and allow you to have either K.K. Slider or Tom Nook sit in your campsite. Unfortunately, you cant be friends with them, and they only have one or two things to say.

If you must have only one of these, K.K. Slider is worth it because he plays guitar and changes up the music. Tom Nook just sleeps in the chair, which isnt too exciting.

The villagers at your campsite let you earn free conversation points and may have requests for you to complete. These refresh every hour.

The fruit trees show a timer above them once you pick the fruit. These grow more fruit in three hours.