Letter

Purpose of Letters
A letter is a way to communicate in the Animal Crossing series. Players have the ability to write, send and receive letters to villagers and friends.

Sending Letters
To send a letter, the Player must first obtain some stationery. Stationery comes in a variety of forms, but is usually inexpensive. It can be ordered through the catalogue, can be purchased at Tom Nook's, can be found at the Dump or Police Station in, or at the Recycling Bin or the Town Gate's lost property in and. After being obtained (almost without exception in groups of four sheets) and then selected in the Player's inventory, they must then choose the 'Write Letter' option. After this, a list of potential recipients appears- the Player must select one of them to proceed. Available recipients include;


 * Villagers of the Player's town, and, in Wild World and City Folk, villagers on another Player's friend roster.
 * Other Players living in the town, and, in Wild World and City Folk, Players on the friend roster.
 * Faraway Museum ( only)- fossils must be sent here for identification.

Having selected the recipient, the letter may now be composed. In Animal Crossing and City Folk, each letter has six lines to write on, wheras a letter in Wild World only has four. The lines containing the writer's name and the receiver's name can also be edited, but the recipient's name cannot be removed.

Once the letter has been written, the Player is then given a complete view of the letter to allow for proof-reading. Once accepted, the letter then appears in the mail section of the Player's inventory. From there, it can be deleted, re-written or have a gift attached to it. All items, with the exception of fish, bugs, turnips, and villagers items can be sent as a gift.

Once the Player is satisfied with their letter, it must then be taken to the Post Office (Animal Crossing) or the Town Hall (Wild World and City Folk) to be sent off for delivery. In Animal Crossing, when at least five letters are sent off in one go, Pete the pelican can be seen flying into the air when the Player leaves the building.

Letters are the only way to communicate besides talking in Animal Crossing, most of the animals love receiving letters along with presents.

Receiving Letters
Letters can be received from all manner of animals, some as a result of special events. Here is a list of characters that send letters to the Player:


 * Other Players
 * Villagers
 * Other towns Villagers (while in other town)
 * Museum ( only)
 * Mom
 * Dad

Letter

In Animal Crossing, the Player must go to the Post Office to mail letters, which is replaced by the Town Hall in Animal Crossing: Wild World. It is also possible to attach furniture and such to letters, although you cannot send living things or turnips.

Letters can only be written on a piece of stationery, which can be bought from Tom Nook. In Wild World, letters contain four lines to write on, while in City Folk, they have six lines.

If sending letters to a villager, spelling errors are picked up on, sometimes resulting in a complaint by the villager. Letters are always replied to, but only have a present attached if one is sent to them in the first place. Letters are kept by the villager upon moving, and can be shown to others. In Animal Crossing: City Folk, telling Pelly or Phyllis "I have a problem!" then "residents!" then "weird letters!" will erase that neighbor's memory of all letters.

Depending on how many lines you write a neighbor, they can give you different items in return. If you were to give them, say a fruit, and write them a four line long letter, they will not give you fruit back, but something else.

Writing Letters
The first step to writing a letter in Animal Crossing is to buy stationary to write on. There are up to 64 different types of stationary. Depending on what Tom Nook's shop is upgraded to (or if he still owns Nook's Cranny), there will be a number of different stationaries you can choose to buy each day. At the start of the game, his store only has 1 pack of stationary in stock each day. You can write 4 letters per pack of stationary, and the cost for each type is 160 bells (except for the Elegant Paper which is 800 bells per pack).

After you buy the one you prefer, go to your item menu and select the stationary. A few options will come up. Select the "write a letter" option. You will then pick the recipient. After this, you can start writing the letter.

Thoughtful and gramatically correct letters will certainly earn you brownie points in your community, so make sure you spell words out carefully. If you don't, the animal will either not understand your letter, or be displeased. Hateful or innapropriate words will also be seen as a threat to neighbors, so don't expect the animal receiving the letter to be overjoyed if profane language is written all over it.

Tip: You can change the greeting and ending of your letter.

Remember, you can write up to 4 lines in Animal Crossing and up to 6 lines in Animal Crossing: City Folk. Putting symbols such as hearts, stars, or musical notes enhances your letter and is more likely to bring joy to the recipient. Gifts are also a nice way to get close to your neighbors. Please note that there are certain things that you can not send in your letters. If you send a gift in your letter to a neighbor, you are more than likely to get a gift in return from them in the mail.

'''Tip: It is rumored that if you send your native fruit to a neighbor and ask them to send you back a specific type of fruit, that they will send you that back. (This is only true in AC:CF)'''

Once you are finished writing a letter, you can leave it as it is or attach a gift by dragging and dropping it to the letter. Remember that you can edit the letter at any time (that includes changing the recipient, also).

Now you just have to take a trip to the Town Hall or Post Office so that Pete (the pelican mailman) can deliver it!

"Rain, sleet, snow, or hail, we'll deliver what you mail!" - Pelly