Cookikeks's Tips for Animal Crossing Pocket Camp

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a free2play mobile game available for Android and iOS. In the game, the player manages his or her own campsite, catches fish and bugs, collects fruit and shells and gives those to animal campers in exchange for materials and money with which they can craft new furniture for their campsite. 

Right after the worldwide release of the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app, I have quite a few tips and tricks for every player new to the game. 

First things first: do not waste your money.

Try to resist the urge to buy Leaf Tickets - you will get a bunch of them for free while playing and you do not want to spend all your pocket money on a game that won't even offer you much more if you pay real money in the game. 40 Leaf Tickets won't buy you much in the game. 100 won't either. 

Use your Leaf Tickets wisely

You don't want to spend all your free Leaf Tickets on speeding up the process of crafting something. Instead, save the tickets for buying all two additional slots to be able to craft three furniture items at once (the amenities have a several slot).

Shake those trees

Shake all the fruit trees as soon as possible, even if you do not need the fruit yet. Don't collect the fruit though (to save precious space). Pick up the fallen down fruit once you need it. This way, you'll almost always have six pieces of every kind of fruit available at the same time since the fruit can grow back after you've shaken the trees. I have a feeling like the campers don't request fruit you don't have in your pocket as often. Once you picked up one piece of the fruit you left on the ground, pick up the rest from that tree too (if the tree has grown fruit back yet, otherwise leave the rest on the ground) and shake the tree again. 

Apart from the fruit trees, you should also shake all the non-fruit trees (including the palm trees) from time to time. Like in previous Animal Crossing games, they'll occasionally drop some bells. 

Send everyone a friend request.

Literally, at first you want to make as many friends as soon as possible because you will need some friends to fulfil tasks and work for the gyroid. Not everyone will accept your request (or they'll simply take a bit longer), so feel free to add every single person you can find to your friend list. There will always be someone in each of the places where the campers are and they'll rotate at the same time, so be sure to check out whether you can find someone new every few hours or even just once a day.

Take your time

There's nothing worse than spending lots of your Leaf Tickets on speeding up the crafting process only to find out that you won't have enough material for the next item or even that you don't have anything else which you want to start crafting right now (since items will soon need several hours to make and you'll have to consider carefully which items are actually useful to get the campers you really like (or to have furniture you really like)). If there's something you want to craft that doesn't take too long, craft it first so that you can make a more time consuming one while you are sleeping. Just don't try to make everything as soon as possible since that will ruin the fun much faster. 

Sell items to other players

You'll soon find out that sometimes it's just impossible to get that one fish, bug, shell or fruit the camper is asking for. Sifting through the boxes of other players is really helpful then since someone usually sells exactly what you need. Don't try to sell rare items though, since everyone apparently tries to do so and no one ever seems to buy them. If you have more than ten pieces of the same item you should probably sell a few. You won't need that butterfly fifteen times in a row. And even if so, you can always buy it from one of your friends or the random players.

Be nice. Give kudos. Lend a hand. 

People will appreciate your help as much as you do theirs. Kudos are rather help for yourself at first since you're usually required by daily tasks to spread a certain amount of "likes" around the world. Lending a hand will help the other person though (and you will get a small reward of usually 100 coins) so be sure to check your friend list for that orange shovel symbol on the right of each person every now and then. 

Don't try to fulfill all the stretch goals in one day

You won't be able to anyway. There's no reason to stay up a lot longer than you usually would just to get all the tasks done. Instead, decide on a project that will take quite a while, start making it and then simply go to bed. You can totally continue crafting the next day anyway and your sleep is so much more important than a mobile game. Most of the stretch goals will be fulfilled without you trying over time. 

Check what you'll need

If you click onto an area on the map, you can see what the camper requests at the moment. If you have everything, there will be a tick right beside the camper's face symbol on the map. You can also check what the campers at your campsite want you to get them. Therefore, click onto the campsite on the map and click on the heads to see if someone requests something from you.

Talk to your visitors

Every now and then, the campers on your campsite will want to talk to you. There's no symbol for that though so I'd recommend checking the campsite every hour or something like that. If you talk to them, they might decide to give you a bit of money or some crafting material. Or they'll simply appreciate that you talked to them which will increase your friendship level and ultimately gains you more money and material. 

Link your My Nintendo account

If you happen to have a My Nintendo account, link it to the game. There are lots of benefits from it, such as 50 free Leaf Tickets, an own currency for buying a bunch of crafting materials or special clothing and you're files will be saved online so you can continue playing even if you have to reinstall the game or get a new phone. If you do not have a My Nintendo account yet, consider making one. It's free and only takes a few minutes. 

Well, that's it for now. What do you think about the app? Are there any tips you want to share?