Fruit

Fruits grow on Trees in all  titles. When the player first creates their Town, only one type of fruit tree is growing there and therefore only one type of fruit. This fruit is referred to as the native fruit, and is considered common by the villagers. Tom Nook will buy each native fruit for only 100 Bells. However, non-native fruits sell for 500 Bells per fruit.

There are five types of fruit that can be native fruits: apples, cherries, oranges, peaches and pears. Any fruit can appear in a player's new town with a 20% chance of getting each fruit. Bananas and coconuts cannot be found as native fruit, but can be obtained and grown along the shoreline in the player's town. Various other fruit can be obtained by going to the Island and gathering from the island itself or from tours. And persimmons may be either bought or given to you by neighbors.

In, the player can also grow bananas, mangoes, durians, lemons, lychees and persimmons. These fruit are found on Tortimer Island along with coconuts, with the exception of persimmons. Persimmons can only be obtained after fully upgrading to the T & T Emporium, after which, they are sold within the store.

Any and all fruit can be grown in the town, and therefore it is to the player's advantage to obtain at least one other type of fruit, grow trees using this fruit, and sell the fruit produced on the tree.

Fruit is one of many items that the player can eat, but eating will only increase the player's running speed. Each fruit tree, if it grows, will continually grow 3 fruit every 3 days.

Obtaining Fruit
Fruit can be received as a gift from villagers or as a gift from Mom in. If the player sends a villager a one line letter with a piece of native fruit, there is a good chance that they will send the player a piece of foreign fruit in return. In, giving a piece of fruit to Isabelle at the beginning of the game rewards the player with three foreign fruits of the same type.



Coconuts
Coconuts are a non-native fruit in every town. They grow into palm trees that only live close to the shore and grow two coconuts. In, , , and , coconuts must be obtained by traveling to the Island, and sell for 300 Bells, instead of 500. In  and, coconuts simply drift ashore but are worth 500 Bells.

Growing Fruit
The player can grow a fruit tree by burying a piece of fruit in the ground. However, in order to grow a coconut tree, the coconut must be planted on the Beach. If the tree grows, it will bear fruit in about five days. The player can shake the fruit off of the trees by walking up to a fruit tree with no items in their hand and pressing the 'A' button. The fruit will then fall onto the ground, and can be picked up.

Cedar and oak trees do not bear fruit. They can be bought at Tom Nook's Store or, in, the Gardening Store, and are not the same as fruit trees, even if they look exactly the same. Buying these is the only way to plant them.

changes
In there are new fruits that can be obtained from Tortimer Island. As previously listed, they are bananas, mangoes, durians, lemons, and lychees. One tropical fruit and one palm fruit will be native to the island. The rest will have to be obtained through tours excluding the fruit gathering tour. Persimmons are also available once you have fully upgraded to the T & T Emporium, which allows you to purchase the fruit.

Additionally, there is fruit called Perfect fruit. These fruits appear randomly in place of a regular fruit and sell for a higher price (600 bells), and an even higher price in towns where the perfect fruit is not of the same type of the native. (3000 bells).

When planted they grow into a very fragile tree which, if successful, bears three Perfect fruit. However, after a number of harvests, the leaves of the tree fall off when shaken, killing it in the process. When the leaves fall off, a "Rotten Fruit" will also fall off the tree, bearing the same icon as a regular perfect fruit. It is treated as garbage and is best desposed of in a trash can, to avoid paying for the destruction of it at Re-Tail. It can also be buried to grow a dead sapling. Digging this sapling up will get rid of the rotten fruit.

The tropical fruits that grow on palm trees (such as bananas) must be planted in the sand on the shoreline, unlike in past games when you could grow them on the grass in your town.

Also, for the first time, fruits are now stackable. Fruits can be stacked up to amount of nine. The stacked fruits can also be used as furniture.