Tools Of The Trade

Discover all the tools in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, including axes, fishing rods, nets, shovels, and more. Learn how to obtain and upgrade them to enhance your gameplay.

This guide covers the essential tools you'll need in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, detailing their uses, how to acquire them, and their upgraded versions.

• Axe: Used to chop down trees. Can be bought from the Gardening Centre or Isabelle. The silver axe lasts longer and creates rare stump patterns (buy from Tortimer's Island). The gold axe never breaks (buy from Gardening Centre after purchasing 50 tree saplings).
• Fishing Rod: Used to catch fish in oceans and rivers. Can be bought from Timmy and Tommy Nook or Isabelle. The silver rod attracts fish better (buy from museum shop after donating 30 fish). The gold rod is even better (get at fishing tourney after catching all fish).
• Megaphone: Used to call villagers outside their houses or locate special characters. Buy from Timmy and Tommy Nook after expanding the store once.
• Net: Used to catch bugs. . The silver net is larger (buy from museum shop after donating 30 bugs). The gold net is bigger (get from Nat at the Bug-Off after catching all bugs).
• Shovel: Used to dig up fossils and bury items. . The silver shovel makes Money Rocks yield gems (buy from museum shop after donating 15 fossils). The gold shovel plants money trees (buy from T&T Emporium after buying 50 bags of fertilizer).
• Slingshot: Used to shoot down balloons. Buy from Timmy and Tommy Nook after upgrading the store once. The silver slingshot shoots two pellets (get by shooting silver balloons after 16 regular ones). The gold slingshot shoots three pellets (get by shooting gold balloons).
• Watering Can: Used to water flowers. Buy from Timmy and Tommy Nook or Isabelle. The silver watering can waters five squares in a plus shape (buy 50 flowers from Gardening Centre). The gold watering can waters nine flowers (maintain a perfect town for 15 days).
• Wet Suit: Used to catch deep-sea creatures. Buy from Tortimer's Island shop on certain days; different colors available from Club Tortimer.