Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

This article is about the soon-to-be-discontinued free version of the game. For the upcoming paid version, see Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete.

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Developer(s)		Nintendo DeNA Nintendo Cube
Publisher(s)		Nintendo
Platform(s)		iOS, iPadOS, Android
Release date(s)		October 25, 2017 November 22, 2017 November 22, 2017 November 22, 2017 March 29, 2021
Genre(s)		Simulation, Free-to-play
Ratings		iOS & iPadOS: iOS App Store: 4+ Android: ACB:  G ClassInd:  L ESRB:  E IARC:  3+ PEGI:  3 USK:  0
Media		App Store / Google Play download
Input methods		Touch
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a free-to-start mobile application in the Animal Crossing series that was released on Android and iOS mobile devices on October 25, 2017 in Australia and in 40 other territories on November 22, 2017. The game's visuals, graphics, AI, and sound effects are derived from Animal Crossing: New Leaf and the dropped item icons and models come from Animal Crossing: City Folk.

The app was originally a part of Nintendo's initiative to bring five mobile applications to market by March 2017 in cooperation with mobile developer DeNA but faced a series of delays.

Online services for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp—which are required to use the app—were announced to end on November 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM UTC. It will be replaced by an offline paid version titled Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, which is set to be released on December 3, 2024.

Announcement and release

An Animal Crossing mobile game was announced on April 27, 2016, as part of Nintendo's earnings report for its full fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. Originally set for release in fall of 2016 alongside the then-untitled Fire Emblem Heroes, the title went on to be delayed several times.

In order to give priority to its second mobile game, Super Mario Run, Nintendo announced in early September 2016 that the Animal Crossing mobile game would release sometime before March 2017, instead of during the fall 2016 time-frame. The game was delayed a second time in late January 2017, with the announcement coming as part of Nintendo's earning report for the third quarter of its 2017 fiscal year. This time the game was pushed to the next fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. However, in June 2017, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that the game would launch before the end of the year.

The game was described in Nintendo's 2017 earnings report for the full fiscal year as a "pure game application" that would "have more prominent game elements" than Miitomo, Nintendo's first smartphone application, which launched in March 2016. The report also noted that the application would be designed to "be connected with the world of Animal Crossing for dedicated gaming systems," suggesting that the application would offer some sort of cross-title connectivity with existing or yet to be released Animal Crossing titles. When Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima was asked why Animal Crossing was chosen as one of the first two Nintendo properties to make its debut on mobile, he stated that each property targets a distinct segment of Nintendo's audience, noting that the Animal Crossing series "has been played by a wide range of consumers including children and women."

On October 24, 2017, a 15-minute Animal Crossing Mobile Direct was released, showing gameplay footage, revealing the game's name, and revealing a release window of late November 2017.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first released in Australia on October 25, 2017, and it released in 40 additional markets worldwide on November 22. The game was released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau in July 2020 preceding a planned update to add traditional Chinese language support to the game on July 29.^{[citation needed]} The game was released in South Korea on March 29, 2021, after Korean language support was added to the game on March 26, 2021. Coinciding with the launch of version 5.0.0 on January 27, 2022, the game became available in 36 new markets.

On August 27, 2019, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was delisted in Belgium following a new law that banned video games with loot box mechanics.

Shutdown and offline version

On August 21, 2024, Nintendo announced that online services for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be shut down on November 28, 2024, at 3:00 PM UTC, making the app unplayable.

Alongside the announcement of the shutdown was the announcement that a paid, offline-only version of the app would be released later. This version will support save-data transfer from the original app and all in-app purchases, subscriptions, and online features will be absent. On October 27, 2024, Nintendo announced more details about the app, including the title—Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete—and release date of December 3, 2024.

Gameplay

Pocket Camp revolves around staying at and customizing a campsite. Future updates will offer seasonal events as well as limited time furniture and outfits. Players are able to visit the campsites of other players by sharing Player IDs. Random player avatars will also visit campsites from time to time.

Characters

Giovanni, Beppe, and Carlo, who are new to the series.

The player can create a personalized character that serves as the campsite manager. The character, like previous Animal Crossing games, can be a boy or a girl, and have various skin, hair, and eye colors. These can be changed at any time through the settings menu.

Villagers

When the game was first made available, a total of 40 villagers could camp at the player's campsite, the least amount of villagers in any game in the Animal Crossing series. However, more villagers have since been added through game updates. Additionally, whilst not villagers, special characters such as K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Celeste, Brewster, Jingle, and Sable can camp at the player's campsite, and can be acquired by buying their signature piece of furniture via Leaf Tickets.

Since 1.2.0, player can change a villager's outfit. This becomes available once the player has reached a certain level of friendship with a villager, which is always the level directly after a villager's required friendship level in order to be able to be invited to the player's campsite. For example, Tia requires friendship level 3 in order to be invited to the player's campsite, which means that the player can change her outfit starting at level 4.

Crafting

The player can craft furniture, decorative items, and clothing for the player's campsite, RV, and character out of resources such as fabric and wood by speaking to Cyrus. These materials can be gained by exchanging requested items such as fruit or bugs with villagers.

Leaf Tickets

Leaf Tickets are earned through regular gameplay or purchase through real-world currency. Tickets can be used for a variety of things in-games, including shortening crafting times and more easily acquiring materials. Some items such as special furniture can only be purchased using leaf tickets.

Membership plans

The game offers three paid membership plans of which the player can choose to purchase individually. The plans differ in both price and benefits.

Locations

There are a total of nine in-game locations that can be visited on the map, all serving different purposes. The player's camper travels with them to all locations they visit.

Campsite

The campsite is the main area in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The player can customise the Campsite with furniture and amenities. A total of eight villagers can stay at the Campsite at any one time, and the player can freely choose which villagers they want to stay at the campsite once they have accepted the invitation. The garden can also be accessed on the left side of the screen. It contains two patches of soil with 10 flower spaces in each.

Market Place

The Market Place is an in-game shopping area ran by Isabelle, Timmy and Tommy, the Able Sisters, Kicks, and Reese. Furniture and clothing can be bought and sold here, among other things. The 1.4.0 update introduced Fortune Cookies that could be purchased from the Fortune Cookie cart that Timmy and Tommy operate alongside their furniture shop. This Cart can also be accessed directly from the map.

OK Motors

OK Motors allows players to customize their camper. Giovanni, Carlo, and Beppe, who are new to the Animal Crossing series, run the shop and allow the player redecorate or upgrade their camper. The camper upgrades work similarly to Tom Nook's usual business, with the interior of the camper increasing in size in turn for a loan. This is payable via the "Loan" option in the bottom right menu.

Breezy Hollow

Breezy Hollow is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Apples, cherries, peaches, oranges, and pears can be found growing here, along with either lychees, lemons, or grapes.

Saltwater Shores

Saltwater Shores is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Sea fish are the primary items found here, but the player can also obtain shells, coral and coconuts.

Sunburst Island

Sunburst Island is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Bugs and coconuts can be found here. Additionally, Gulliver resides here, with the player able to give him furniture and clothing in exchange for treats, as well as the possibility of meeting an exclusive villager to invite to the player's campsite.

Lost Lure Creek

Lost Lure Creek is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. River fish, as well as three fruit trees with fruit randomly selected at the start of the game, can be obtained here.

Shovelstrike Quarry

Shovelstrike Quarry is run by Lloid, and can only be accessed by receiving help from friends or paying twenty Leaf Tickets. The player can smash rocks to obtain minerals, which are then given to Lloid for Bells, crafting materials or Gyroidites.

Cabin

The cabin is a location that was introduced in the 2.0.0 update on November 28, 2018, and is unlocked once the player reaches Level 15. Like the Campsite, the player can decorate the Cabin with furniture and clothing, as well as wallpaper and flooring, and can invite up to 8 villagers to reside at the Cabin. In a newer update, the cabin has a second floor, which unlocks at Level 50.

Happy Homeroom

The Happy Homeroom is a location introduced in version 2.2.0 where the player takes classes to design a room for a character.

Other map icons

Blathers's Treasure Trek

Players can select Blathers's Treasure Trek by tapping the icon of Blathers on the map. This then brings up a menu allowing selection of a "map" for the player to explore. These maps can be acquired through multiple means including challenges and Gulliver's Ship. The player must take part in a mini game to win the reward at the end of the trek, but must pay a fee to progress. This fee can be Bells, resources or essences.

Pete's Parcel Service

Available once further into the game, Pete's Parcel Service allows players to deliver requested items to animals so they do not have to deliver them themselves. Pete will only deliver items to animals the player has met before, with the game advising the player to "go and introduce yourself" before using the service.

Gulliver's Ship

Whilst this amenity may be accessed from the map, it may also be accessed by meeting Gulliver beside his ship on Sunburst Island. The player is presented with three islands that refresh every other day. Items must be shipped to the islands to fulfill their individual export quota. Exported items are given a value of 1-1,200 depending on their rarity and individual island preferences, and points required to Begin the Voyage also varies with each island but are usually 150 points but up to 1,200 points for three special islands with a golden HH voucher, 2 lotsa leaf tickets maps, and a leaf tickets map each.

Once the ship is loaded up, players choose to send the ship off which returns after a set time with souvenirs on board. Once all souvenirs have been collected—this often takes multiple trips—the island is marked as completed.

Achievements

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has six achievements via Google Play Games on Android and Game Center on iOS.

Achievement	Description	XP (Google Play Games)	Points (Game Center)
Planting the Seed	You reached level 5!	500 XP	???
Putting Down Roots	You reached level 10!	1,000 XP	???
Growing Tall	You reached level 15!	1,500 XP	???
Branching Out	You reached level 20!	2,000 XP	???
Adding Rings	You reached level 25!	2,500 XP	???
Touching the Sky	You reached level 30!	3,000 XP	???

Update history

For detailed changelogs see Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp/Update history

Current version:

6.0.0 (released October 28, 2024)

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp receives periodic updates, introducing new characters, items, and gameplay. Many of the updates revolve around limited-time events with unique items that can be found during these periods. Crossover promotions are also held with other Nintendo series, such as Pokémon, Splatoon and with other games in the Animal Crossing series such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Specially-themed content from these games are introduced in these updates.

All app updates are installed from the App Store or Google Play, with new in-game assets then being downloaded from within the game itself.

Connectivity

Players can receive rewards if they have both Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Animal Crossing: New Horizons linked on the same Nintendo Account. The rewards can be redeemed using the My Nintendo screen. Doing so will add 50 Leaf Tickets to the player's account and show a 16-digit download code for the Nintendo eShop in order to access special furniture and clothing items in New Horizons.

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Trivia

• No villagers who debuted in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer appear in the game.

Names in other languages

	どうぶつの森 ポケットキャンプ Doubutsu no Mori: Poketto Kyanpu	Animal Forest: Pocket Camp
	동물의 숲 포켓 캠프 Dongmul-ui Sup Poket Kaempeu	Animal Forest: Pocket Camp
	動物森友會 口袋露營廣場 Unknown	Animal Forest Club: Pocket Camping Plaza

External links

• Official website
• App Store listing
• Google Play listing