How do you make your environment perfect in 'Animal Crossing'?

Answer 1

ask the bird in the town office and then select 'environment'. she will tell you what needs to be improved. problem is, if you need more tree's you might plant them and they might not register until they're fully grown, so you have to wait, then go to her again and ask again. if she tells you there are too many trees, then cut down one, visit her, cut down another, visit her again, do this again and again until she says something different than that there are too many trees. i hate that she will never tell you the right amount... she might tell you other things as well, like that there is too much rubbish. this might mean that there is a pressie lying around, or it might just mean there is rubbish or a pit-fall seed sitting around as trash. hope i helped...

Answer 2

This is a complete, thorough, and correct guide to getting a Perfect Town

rating in Animal Crossing: Wild World. I made it in response to seeing several

message board topics asking for help in getting a perfect town. I have seen

hints and tricks in a few of the guides that I have read, but I never came

across a single complete guide. Getting a perfect town is tricky and there are

many things that can go wrong, so I decided to write a complete guide so that

you will have a much easier time obtaining and maintaining your perfect town.

The guide itself goes into detail about the specific requirements the game has

to judge your town as "perfect". The requirements are very picky and hard to

maintain, so I hope that you will find this helpful.

The Checklist is simply a list of items that are easy to forget, but crucial

to the maintenance of your perfect town. It is also a quick way to see why

your town isn't perfect if the game isn't accepting it as perfect.

The Frequently Asked Questions are, well...just what they sound like. If you

want to know what the benefits are to having a perfect town, how long it must

be maintained, or what the problem is if you're getting a certain "error

message" at the post office, the FAQ is the place to go.

You can use the contact section if you wish to submit a revision to this

guide, correct a mistake (although I hope there aren't any of those!) or if

you have a question or would like to see something else included. You will, of

course, be given credit for your information. Please, no flaming or spam

email.

Please enjoy this guide and use it as you wish!

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Versions [VER]

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Version 1.0 - 1/25/06

Perfect Town Guide is complete!

Version 1.1 - 2/01/06

Corrections made to Trees, Fruit, and FAQ sections.

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Perfect Town Guide [PTG]

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There are several things to worry about when going for a Perfect Town rating.

The post office in your town can be of some help with telling you specifically

what needs to be done in your town (although with the subtraction of the

"acres" from Animal Crossing on Gamecube this becomes somewhat more

challenging), but after awhile you will begin getting the same cryptic message

over and over that tells you that your town is decent, but something

is not quite right. To find out the status of your town, go to the post office

and talk to the clerk at the left window. Ask about the environment. If your

town is perfect, Pelly will tell you that a resident has written "[Insert town

name] is a great place to be! It has really come a long way!" Phyllis gives

you a similar message (adding that if you were to ask her how long it would

last, she'd be skeptical. If they say anything other than that, that means

that you are missing something. Here is where to begin:

- WEEDS -

The first requirement is quite simple: WEED YOUR TOWN. This is one of the more

obvious components, but necessary nonetheless. It seems as though you can get

away with having a few weeds around (about 3 or 4) and still have a perfect

rating, but why risk it? A good way to keep track of your weeds is to make

sure you pluck 3 weeds a day (assuming your town has no weeds when you begin

doing this). 3 new weeds will grow in your town each day, so as long as you

pluck that many, weeds should not be a problem.

- TRASH -

Don't drop trash on the ground! Trash counts against you. Trash includes all

of the stuff you pull out of the ocean sometimes - tires, cans, or boots. You

can get rid or your trash by dropping it in the recycling bin, which is

emptied at 6 AM Monday and Thursday, or by giving it to Tom Nook. He does not

pay you for trash, but at least it will be out of the way.

- FLOWERS -

Next, make sure you have lots of flowers around your town. If you are getting

a message from Pelly that says "I think adding more green would really help!"

(or a similar but more sarcastic message from Phyllis), that POSSIBLY means

that you do not have enough flowers. Remember: You can never have too many

flowers. The flowers can be anywhere; next to trees, touching each other, etc.

but it is crucial to have the flowers arranged so that they are all over your

town. There are rumors everywhere online that you have to divide your town

into 16 x 16 "acres" and make sure that there are 3 flowers per "acre" - this

is not necessarily true. While that is a decent way to make sure you have

enough flowers everywhere, there are some places in which it is almost

impossible to count out these acres because of barriers such as rivers and

oceans. You do not have to spend an hour painstakingly counting out 16 x 16

acres in your town to accomplish a perfect rating! A better way of making sure

that you have enough flowers is to buy all of the flowers in Tom Nook's shop

every day and plant them in different places around town.

If you have Nookington's, Tom Nook will sell 7 flower bags per day. If your

friends are going to come into your town online, ask them if they can bring a

few flowers with them to trade. Buy flowers from other towns. Don't forget to

plant them by the ocean, by the town hall, around your house, and around your

villagers' houses. If your flowers die, water them instead of plucking them.

Basically, just judge it by sight - if you don't see a lot of flowers in a

particular area, plant them there. can also use this as an opportunity to try

to grow hybrid flowers, which are mentioned in other guides.

- TREES -

At the post office, if you ask about the environment and trees are

SPECIFICALLY mentioned, that means that - you guessed it - one of your

problems is with the trees! Phyllis has a message where she says, "I think

the problem is with the trees! (We need more of 'em!)" Pelly, however, will

tell you that your town needs more green, which could either mean trees,

flowers, or that you need to pick fruit or items up off of the ground.

*** [Thanks to Gamefan15 and Tony Dickey for the corrections on the "need more

green" message.]

Trees are perhaps the most tricky part of perfecting your town. It can get

quite frustrating when you go to the post office and are told that there are

not enough trees, so you plant one tree, go to the post office again, and

you're told that there are too many trees. That happens because of spacing.

Spacing is key when planting trees in your town. Sorry, but this may mean that

you have to get rid of your beloved "orchard." Again, there are rumors going

around that you should divide your town into 16 x 16 "acres", but there are

easier ways of doing it. First of all, make sure that no two trees are

touching each other. The rule is, if you can walk between two trees, they are

not touching. If you have trees in your town that are touching, chop one down

and dig up the stump. Pretty simple so far. Next, you need to make sure that

the trees are dispersed thoroughly throughout your town. Too many or too few

trees in a certain area will result in a non-perfect rating. A good method of

perfecting your trees is as follows:

- Fill up your pockets with fruit or saplings. You can do this with your

common fruit if you don't want to waste rare fruit. Since there is

generally a lot of common fruit around, it is good to experiment using it.

- Go to the post office and ask Pelly or Phyllis about the environment.

- If Pelly or Phyllis say that there are too many trees: Look around town and

find an area where it looks like there are a lot of trees around. If there

isn't an area that looks like there are a lot of trees, pick a random area.

Use a landmark (such as your house or Tom Nook's) to remember what area the

tree is in. Chop down ONE tree in that area and go back to talk to Pelly or

Phyllis. If they now tell you that the town is perfect, or that there

aren't enough trees, or that you need more green, that means there are not

too many trees in any one area. If they still say that there are too many

trees, continue this procedure (chop down a tree in a crowded looking or

random area then go talk to Pelly or Phyllis) until you don't get the "too

many trees" message anymore. If you get the "not enough trees message,

continue with the procedure below.

* Remember: Pelly and Phyllis will give you the "too many trees" message

before they will give you the "not enough trees" message - In other words,

"too many trees" takes precedence even if there are not enough trees in

another area. You could have too many trees in one area and not enough trees

in every single other area, and you would still get the message "too many

trees." If you get the "too many trees" message, chop down a tree, and then

get the "not enough trees" message, do NOT plant another tree in the same

area - you will get the "too many trees" message again! Instead, plant

trees in different areas.

- If Pelly or Phyllis say that there are not enough trees: Go and plant a

sapling or fruit in a random area, or an area that looks like it doesn't

have a lot of trees. A good hint to remember is that baby trees (saplings)

still count as trees! Remember where you planted your sapling. Go to the

post office, and if Pelly or Phyllis say that there are too many trees,

dig up the sapling you just planted and do not plant any others in that

area. If they say that there are not enough trees/green, repeat the

procedure. If Pelly or Phyllis tell you that your town is perfect or no

longer mention trees/green, leave the trees alone, you are finally done

with them! If any of your saplings die in the morning, replace them.

Once you get your trees perfect, it is a good idea to try to make sure that

none of your townspeople move throughout the duration of your perfect town.

Why? Because if any of your trees are within two spaces of a sign, there is a

chance that they will disappear if another villager moves in. Villagers put

their houses on top of signs, so be aware of that. If none of your trees are

within two spaces of a sign, you do not need to worry about your villagers

moving.

Now that you are finished with this somewhat exhausting and tedious process,

you can move on to easier things. Congratulations! You've finished the hardest

part of getting your perfect town.

- FRUIT -

*** [Thanks to Astareal for the following correction] - There are some players

who have reported that they had lots of fruit on the ground but still kept a

perfect town. Therefore, I believe that if you have fruit on the ground and

your town is not perfect as a result, this may be a glitch. That being said,

if you want to ensure that your town stays perfect, you may want to keep your

fruit picked up.

If Pelly tells you that your town needs "more green", try picking up your

fruit. This may be a glitch (the fruit affecting your rating), but why risk

it?

- ITEMS -

The same thing can happen if you have too many items on the ground - you may

get the "more green would really help" message. Your dressers hold six

pocketfuls of stuff, so there is no reason why you should need to store items

outside anyway.

- VILLAGERS -

You should have all eight villagers in your town (the highest number

possible), which you should have after a week or so of starting your game

anyway. No problem, right?

- SUMMARY -

In a nutshell, keep your stuff off the ground, weed your town, plant flowers,

and make your trees all nice and pretty. This should earn you a perfect town!

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Checklist [CHK]

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If your town is not perfect, did you try...

* Picking up all your items off the ground?

* Picking up all of your fruit off the ground?

* Picking up all of your trash off the ground?

* Making sure your trees are correctly placed?

* Replacing saplings that may have died if your town was perfect the day

before?

* Making sure you have all 8 villagers in your town?

* Pulling your weeds?

* Making sure that there are enough flowers everywhere?

* Watering your flowers instead of leaving them dead?

* Seeing whether the last person who entered your town changed something?

* Seeing whether a new villager has moved in and trees disappeared?

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Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]

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Here are some questions I tend to see a lot on message boards (You may email

me with additional questions):

Q. What does having a perfect town do?

A. Maintaining a perfect town eventually gets you the golden watering can.

Also, when your town is perfect, you have a much higher chance of a Jacob's

Ladder growing than if your town is not perfect.

Q. How long do I have to maintain a perfect town to get a golden watering can?

A. Sixteen days.

Q. My town is perfect. Why haven't I gotten a Jacob's Ladder?

A. You won't necessarily get a Jacob's Ladder every day your town is perfect

- it simply increases your chances.

Q. What is a Jacob's Ladder and what is it for?

A. A Jacob's Ladder is a unique flower that grows randomly in your town by

itself. You'll know it when you see it - it's light blue and looks nothing

like your other flowers. It can be used to help increase your chances of

getting hybrid flowers.

Q. Pelly (or Phyllis) told me that I needed more trees. I planted one, and

then they told me there were too many trees (or vice versa)! Why?

A. It's a spacing problem. See my trees section in the guide for more

information.

Q. Pelly told me that I needed to add more "green" to the town. What does this

mean?

A. It means that you need more flowers, or more trees. It could also mean

that you have too much fruit or too many items on the ground.

Q. ***[Thanks to Hallie Ramsdell for this question] During the day, Pelly told

me that I needed to add more green to the town, but at night, Phyllis told

me that I needed more trees. Why?

A. "Green" can refer to flowers or trees. If you are getting both of these

messages, try fixing your trees first, and if that doesn't work, keep

planting flowers all over the place. You can never have too many flowers.

Answer 3

The best way to keep the environment perfect is to check on many things daily... and i mean DAILY ugh...

Answer 4

pick every weed, plant lots of flowers, water EVERY flower, and if you do this for 16 days you will get a golden watering can to make flowers gold