Shell

Shells placed down as furniture in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Shells are common items that wash up on the sea shoreline in every Animal Crossing game. They provide an easy, yet minimal, source of income, and are often used in the first few days in order to obtain enough Bells to buy tools. A limited number of shells appear at a time, usually 15.

If they are picked up, they will slowly start to reappear in a new location. Dropped shells do not affect the player's environment rating. Entering buildings and saving the game will likely cause new shells to show up. Coconuts that wash up on the beach in Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk do not count towards the 15 shell limit.

Appearances

Shells in the Animal Crossing series
Name	Image	Game
		AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Conch		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Coral		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Cowrie		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Giant clam		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Oyster shell					NL	NH
Pearl oyster			WW	CF	NL	NH
Sand dollar		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Scallop		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Sea snail		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Summer shell						NH
Venus comb		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH

In Animal Crossing

Shells in Animal Crossing

Item	Image	Icon	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Conch			Not for sale	350 Bells	Beach
Coral			Not for sale	250 Bells	Beach
Lions paw			Not for sale	40 Bells	Beach
Porceletta			Not for sale	30 Bells	Beach
Sand dollar			Not for sale	60 Bells	Beach
Venus comb			Not for sale	150 Bells	Beach
Wentletrap			Not for sale	20 Bells	Beach
White scallop			Not for sale	450 Bells	Beach

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing (N64, GCN), compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, Cuyler, Ruthless Cutie, SuperHamster, vmario, and Chubby Bub.

In Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the scallop can only be obtained in the golden axe trading event from Tortimer in exchange for a massage chair. If Pascal is given a scallop, the player will receive either a golden axe or Pascal's pic.

Shells in Animal Crossing: Wild World

Item	Image	Icon	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Conch			Not for sale	350 Bells	Beach
Coral			Not for sale	250 Bells	Beach
Dall's Top			Not for sale	90 Bells	Beach
Pearl oyster			Not for sale	1,200 Bells	Beach
Porceletta			Not for sale	30 Bells	Beach
Sand dollar			Not for sale	60 Bells	Beach
Scallop			Not for sale	600 Bells	Tortimer
Venus comb			Not for sale	150 Bells	Beach
White scallop			Not for sale	450 Bells	Beach

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: Wild World, compiled by AlexBot2004, TimeSword3D, Cuyler, SuperHamster, and PanchamBro.

In City Folk

In Animal Crossing: City Folk, scallops can be traded with Pascal for an item from the Pirate Theme. Pascal will only accept the scallop, not the white scallop.

Shells in Animal Crossing: City Folk

Item	Image	Icon	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Conch			Not for sale	350 Bells	Beach
Coral			Not for sale	250 Bells	Beach
Dall's Top			Not for sale	90 Bells	Beach
Pearl oyster			Not for sale	1,200 Bells	Beach
Porceletta			Not for sale	30 Bells	Beach
Sand dollar			Not for sale	60 Bells	Beach
Scallop			Not for sale	600 Bells	Beach
Venus comb			Not for sale	150 Bells	Beach
White scallop			Not for sale	450 Bells	Beach

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing: City Folk, compiled by TimeSword3D, AlexBot2004, and Cuyler.

In New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, there are three shells — oyster shell, pearl-oyster shell, and scallop shell — that have sea-creature counterparts which are obtained from diving — oyster, pearl oyster, and scallop. Additionally, the player can take a giant-clam shell to Cyrus at Re-Tail along a K.K. Slider song in order to create a music box.

Shells in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Item	Image	Sell price	Available from
Conch shell		350 Bells	Beach
Coral		250 Bells	Beach
Cowrie shell		30 Bells	Beach
Giant-clam shell		450 Bells	Beach
Oyster shell		450 Bells	Beach
Pearl-oyster shell		1,200 Bells	Beach
Sand dollar		60 Bells	Beach
Scallop shell		600 Bells	Beach
Sea-snail shell		90 Bells	Beach
Venus-comb shell		150 Bells	Beach

In New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, while hermit crab and manila clam can also be found on the beach, they are not classified as a shell.

Shells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Image	Icon	Available from	Sell price	Recipes	Total needed
Conch			Beach	700 Bells	3	10
Coral			Beach	500 Bells	13	35
Cowrie			Beach	60 Bells	5	12
Giant clam			Beach	900 Bells	17	38
Sand dollar			Beach	120 Bells	14	58
Sea snail			Beach	180 Bells	5	10
Summer shell			Beach	600 Bells	9	36
Venus comb			Beach	300 Bells	3	8

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

DIY recipes

Shells are used as a crafting material in the DIY recipes for the following items:

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	Image	Type	Buy price	Available from	Materials
536	Shell stool		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	5× Cowrie
537	Shell fountain		Furniture	Not for sale	Lazy villager	5× Giant clam 3× Stone
538	Shell table		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	7× Sand dollar 3× Clay
539	Shell bed		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	5× Giant clam 3× Clay 4× Stone
540	Shell partition		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	4× Venus comb 4× Conch
541	Shell arch		Furniture	Not for sale	Lazy villager	3× Sea snail 3× Venus comb 3× Sand dollar 3× Coral 3× Giant clam 3× Cowrie
542	Shell lamp		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	2× Giant clam 3× Clay
543	Shell speaker		Furniture	Not for sale	Big sister villager	3× Conch 2× Iron nugget
544	Shell music box		Furniture	Not for sale	Peppy villager	3× Giant clam 2× Iron nugget
545	Mermaid table		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 4× Sand dollar
546	Mermaid shelf		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 4× Coral
547	Mermaid vanity		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
548	Mermaid screen		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 3× Giant clam 5× Sand dollar
549	Mermaid lamp		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Conch 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
550	Mermaid bed		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Giant clam 5× Sand dollar
551	Mermaid closet		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Giant clam 2× Coral 5× Sand dollar
552	Mermaid sofa		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 10× Sand dollar
553	Mermaid dresser		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 1× Giant clam 3× Coral
554	Mermaid chair		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 1× Giant clam 2× Sand dollar
555	Mermaid wall clock		Furniture	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Sea snail 2× Coral 2× Iron nugget
556	Mermaid wall		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 2× Sea snail 2× Sand dollar 2× Coral 2× Giant clam 2× Cowrie
557	Sandy-beach flooring		Interior	Not for sale	Jock villager	1× Sea snail 1× Venus comb 1× Sand dollar 1× Coral 1× Giant clam 1× Cowrie
558	Mermaid flooring		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	2× Pearl 5× Sand dollar 5× Stone
559	Shell rug		Interior	Not for sale	Peppy villager	3× Giant clam
560	Mermaid rug		Interior	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 3× Sand dollar
561	Mermaid fence		Fence	Not for sale	Pascal	1× Pearl 5× Coral 5× Sand dollar
562	Shell wreath		Furniture	Not for sale	Balloons  Isabelle	1× Summer shell 1× Sea snail 1× Sand dollar 1× Coral 1× Giant clam 1× Cowrie
563	Tropical vista		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	5× Summer shell
564	Underwater wall		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 5× Coral
565	Underwater flooring		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 3× Coral
566	Starry-sands flooring		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 1× Sandy-beach flooring
567	Water flooring		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	6× Summer shell
568	Summer-shell rug		Interior	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	6× Summer shell
569	Shellfish pochette		Clothing	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	2× Giant clam 6× Summer shell
570	Shell wand		Tools	Not for sale	Balloons  Message bottle	3× Summer shell 3× Star fragment

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Picking up shells on the beach shore in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Icons

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  Coral
  (Animal Crossing)

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  Generic shell
  (Animal Crossing)

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  Generic shell
  (Animal Crossing)

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  Coral
  (Doubutsu no Mori e+)

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  Generic shell
  (Doubutsu no Mori e+)

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  Generic shell
  (Doubutsu no Mori e+)

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