Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - TONS of gameplay details

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – Beginning of the game

- K.K. Slider greets you, and asks you what you would do if you could go on a holiday tomorrow
- you can choose between different options, such as exploring nature or just chilling out
- choose the following aspects of your character

your gender (male / female)
your hairstyle
your colours (skin, eyes, hair)

- arrive at the campsite, and you’re greeted by Isabelle
- she just tells you that you’re to become the manager of the campsite
- you have to describe your ideal campsite, and you have the choice of the following options:

Natural (Goldie)
Cute (Rosie)
Sporty (Jay)
Cool (Apollo)

- this choice determines the look of your campsite, and you can actually see a preview of the style
- some animals prefer a specific theme, and the preview tells you which one
- Isabelle asks you to help her set up some furniture, but she needs some craft materials
- craft materials are required to craft various items and pieces of furniture
- Cyrus does the manual work for you
- you visit Breezy Hollows, one of the Recreation areas, to go see if anyone needs your help there
- trading is one of the main ways you can get craft materials, so you need to find animals for that
- to go to Breezy Hollows, you click on the “Map” button at the bottom of the screen to move to the various areas
- at Breezy Hollows, Goldie is right in front of you, and will give you a quest
- there are also some fruits to collect here
- talking to Goldie adds a +1 to her “affinity gauge”
- you can increase your affinity with animals by talking to them, and completing their requests
- when your friendship levels goes up, you get rewards
- for going from Level 1 to Level 2 with Goldie, you get:

200 bells
1 natural essence
3 steel

- Goldie loves apples, and you can give her some of the ones you've collection
- you can check details about the animals’ request by talking to them, and clicking on the “Rewards” icons
- this shows you what kind of rewards you will get for completing the request (100 bells and 2 units of cottons in that case)
- you'll also see the area you’re likely to find the items you need
- by walking near an animal you took a request from, you can see all the items you need to bring, and how many you have
- Goldie wants even more fruit, and when you get it, she offers for you to eat them with her
- the reward for that request is 300 bells, 2 units of cotton, and 2 bonus units of cotton
- after this you return to the campsite, and Isabelle is done with her prep work
- Reese and Cyrus have arrived
- Reese and Cyrus manage a “store” called Re-tail on the Road, and that’s where you get most of your furniture
- you can access the Craft Catalog from the bottom of the screen
- here you can choose what to craft, using the craft materials that you have
- categories here include:

Special (available for a limited time)
Furniture (tables, chairs, plants, big furniture, fences
Clothes (not available as of writing)
Amenities (Generic)

- at first you can only choose the Ranch Couch, which requires 6 units of cottons
- on the order screen, you can rotate the furniture / item, to see what it looks like
- you can also see which animals will love what you’re going to craft
- once the order has been placed, Isabelle gives you some Leaf Tickets
- the ranch couch normally takes 1 minute to build, but by using 1 Left Ticket, you can get it right away
- to put that couch in the campsite, you need to tap the icon on the top right corner of the screen.
- this takes you to the Arrange screen, where you can tap the couch icon, and then “Place item” at the bottom of the screen
- after this, Isabelle gives you a basic tent
- the tent goes in a different area of the campsite, just above where you put the couch
- press the “Contacts” tab at the bottom of the screen, and you have a list of animals you can invite to your campsite
- you can sort them by type, such as cats, dogs, etc
- on an animal’s profile, you can see your friendship level with them (and the amount of points you need to reach the next one)
- you can also check any Special Requests they may have
- to invite Goldie, you select “Host at the camp”, and then she can come visit at any time
- Isabelle gives you a gift for completing the tutorial part of the game:

2 000 Bells
3 units of fertiliser
3 units of honey
1 sea throw net
1 river throw net
15 units of wood
15 units of cotton

- Isabelle then heads out towards Market Place, where you can find her whenever you need to talk to her
- when she leaves, you get a notification, telling you that new animals have arrived:

Rosie
Jay
Apollo
Filbert

- at this time you can also make new items, and visit new locations
- you'll also get a Log-in Bonus screen, a list of Timed Goals and Stretch Goals
- there's also “missions” you can complete to get various items, such as wood
- Goldie is there at the entrance to your campsite, and tells about how nice it would be if more animals came to visit
- she recommends you check out Saltwater Shores, where you’re going to find Filbert, who is looking for some fish
- once you arrive at Saltwater Shores, you immediately spot a fish, and you get the fishing tutorial
- the trick lies in tapping the screen quickly when you see the exclamation point popping up

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp – Further details

- ionce you’re done with the tutorial, you have access to your inventory with the following categories:

Furniture (tables, chairs, bookshelves, lamps, faucets, plants, big furniture, wallpaper, fences, paving/floor, carpets)
Clothes (tops, shoes, socks)
Collected items
Craft materials.

- you also have access to more areas on the map (and you can see where animals you can invite to your campsite are located):

Lost Lure Creek
Saltwater Shores
Sunburst Island
Shovelstrike Quarry: you need 5 players to enter that place, or pay 20 Leaf Tickets
OK Motors: you can go there to customize your camper.

- at OK Motors, the first time you visit, you can customize your camper for free
- customization includes

type of paint (two-tone, simple stripes, two-tone wave, vertical stripes, racing stripes)
color 1
color 2

- if you come back, you can ask Giovanni to:

customize your camper
expand the interior

- if you choose the first option, you get to choose between the following:

a new paint job, with the same options as listed above (but everything now costs Bells… 5000, to be precise)
a special paint job (lovely lace: 8 000 bells / patched together: 150 Leaf Tickets / blue sweater-vest: 8 000 bells / flower power: 150 Leaf Tickets / camo chic: 8 000 Bells / retro ride: 150 Leaf Tickets)
change the camper style

- if you choose to expand the interior, the team at OK Motors will do it without asking you first, and then ask for 10k bells
- from here you can take out a loan
- to pay back your loan, you need to tap the “More” icon at the bottom of the screen, and then select “Loan”
- you can make payments to OK Motors whenever you want, and you’re the one setting the terms
- you cannot ask for another interior expansion while you have an ongoing loan, so you need to pay all you owe OK Motors first
- the Market Place has stores available on rotation, so you don’t always have access to the same set of stores
- the one location always available is the Town Hall Travel Desk
- this is where you can go to check all the Timed Goals and Stretch Goals, along with the Beginner’s Guide
- the following stores have appeared so far

Kicks (selling shoes)
Nookling Global (selling new and used furniture and collectibles)

- More Options section gives you access to the following:

Notices
Mailbox (where Log-in Bonus and other goodies are sent to you)
Market Box (where you can list fish, fruit, and bugs for sale. You choose an item, how many you want to sell, and the price. After that, players visiting your campsite can choose to purchase those very items, and you can do the same with theirs by talking to them).
Goals (same thing as the Town Hall Travel Desk)
Loan (to repay your loan)
Catalog (a list of all the items and pieces of furniture available in the game)
Friends (add friend, list of kudos you’ve received)
Leaf tickets (to purchase tickets)
My Nintendo (to complete mission and redeem rewards, click here for the list of both!)
Options (various options, including Power Saving mode, music, etc.)
Misc (Log-in Bonuses, Beginner’s Guide, Common Questions, Customer Support, Refer a friend, User Agreement, Privacy Policy, About This Game, Google Play Achievements)