Special Visitors

Special Visitors Overview

On each day of the week, there is a chance that a special visitor will come to your town. These visitors often provide rare goods or help unlock new things in the game.

List of Visitors

The following is a complete list of visitors who might come to your town, along with the times when they will be there.

Visitor	Occupation	Location	Days	Times	More Information
Crazy Redd	Art Dealer	In a Tent on the Town Square	Random Monday through Friday	10AM to Midnight	Crazy Redd has works of art in his tent, but some of them might be fake. See the paintings and works of art guide to learn how to identify the fakes. When you buy an artwork, Redd will send it to you by mail the next day.
Gracie	Fashionista	In front of the Town Tree	Random Monday through Saturday	6AM to Midnight	If you talk to Gracie multiple times, she will do a fashion check to evaluate how fashionable your outfit is. She may give you a new outfit as a result.
Gulliver	Traveller	On the beach	Random Monday through Saturday	6AM to Midnight	Talk to Gulliver repeatedly until he wakes up. He will ask you to help him figure out which country he is talking about. If you get the correct answer, he will send a souvenir from that country in the mail the next day. If you get the wrong answer, he sends a chocolate coin.
Joan	Turnip Seller	Outside in your village	Sunday	6AM to noon	Joan sells turnips for a random price every Sunday. If you buy them, you can sell them at Re-Tail during the week for a random sell price. This is called the stalk market. It's possible to make a huge profit!
K.K. Slider	Musician and DJ	Club 101	Every Day	8PM to Midnight	On most nights, K.K. Slider does a DJ set at Club 101, playing a DJ mix of his songs. On Saturday night, he plays the guitar and takes requests, and will give you a free copy of the song that he played.
Katie	Kitten		Random after visiting a friend's village		If you visit a friend's village, you might at a future date find Katie the kitten in your village. She will ask you to take her to a friend's village. She will send a rare item to you in the mail the next day.
Katrina	Fortune Teller	In a Tent on the Town Square	Random Monday through Saturday	9AM to 7PM	Katrina tells your fortune and may be able to cure a curse, which makes you trip and fall if you run.
Leif	Gardener		On a day when you have 50 or more weeds in your town		If your town has 50 or more weeds in it, Leif will help you play a minigame to pull the weeds.
Pascal	Philosopher	The Ocean of your Village	Every Day	All Day	Get a wet suit by going to the island, then come back to your village. Use the wet suit to swim in the ocean. Try to catch a Yesso Scallop, which has a medium-sized shadow. If you catch one, Pascal might come up to the surface and ask you to give him the scallop. If you give it to him, he will give you a piece of Pirate furniture
Pete	Mail Carrier	Outside in your village	Random Monday through Friday	9 to 9:30AM, 5 to 5:30PM	Pete wanders around town. You can talk to him.
Phineas	Giver of Badges	Outside in your village	When you earn a badge	Any time	If you earn a badge, you will find Phineas walking around in your village. Talk to him to receive the badge(s) you earned.
Saharah	Wallpaper and Carpet Seller	Outside in your village	Random Monday through Friday	6AM to Midnight	If you talk to Saharah, she will offer to update the main room of your house with new wallpaper and carpet for 3000 Bells. If you agree, she will follow you into your house and replace the wallpaper and carpet. After she comes out, she gives you the wallpaper and carpet that were in the room before.

Buying Art

One day a week in your town, Crazy Redd will have a tent in the town square, near your town tree. He sells four works of art. Examine the item that you want to buy. He won't give it to you right away. Instead, he mails it to you the next day. Choose carefully! Once you buy, you can't change your mind and switch to a different item!

Telling the Real from the Fake

Crazy Redd sometimes sells fake artworks that are cheap imitations of the real thing. Blathers won't accept fakes for the museum, so you should do your best to avoid being fooled. How do you tell the difference? Each art work is based on a real work of art from the real world. Redd's fakes always have a visible difference from the real thing. Below is a list of the differences that will tell you if you're buying genuine or fake art, along with a picture of the real work of art for you to compare.

Picture of Real Art	Title and Artist	How to Spot the Fake
	Great Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai	In the fake, Mt. Fuji is very large and takes up most of the space under the wave. If Mt. Fuji is small, it's genuine.
	Las Meninas Diego Velasquez	If the blonde girl is twice as tall as the girl to the left, it's fake. If the blonde girl is close to the same height as the girl to the left, it's genuine.
	The Milkmaid Johannes Vermeer	If she is not wearing a hat, it's fake. If she is wearing a white hat, it's genuine.
	The Blue Boy Thomas Gainsborough	If both of his arms are bent at his sides, it's fake. If only one of his arms is bent, it's genuine.
	Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci	If her fingers are pointing to the bottom left corner of the picture, it's fake. If her fingers are pointing to the bottom right corner of the picture, it's genuine.
	Apples and Oranges Paul Cézanne	This painting is always genuine.
	The Night Watch Rembrandt	If the man in white is on the left and the man in black is on the right, it's fake. If the man in white is on the right and the man in black is on the left, it's genuine.
	Young Flautist Édouard Manet	This painting is always genuine.
	The Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli	The fake has an upside-down shell.
	The Gleaners Jean-François Millet	This painting is always genuine.
	Sunflowers Vincent van Gogh	This painting is always genuine.
	The Clothed Maja Francisco Goya	This painting is always genuine.
	Summer Giuseppe Arcimboldo	If the nose is made of a carrot and has green leaves hanging down, it's fake. If the nose is made of a green vegetable, it's genuine.
	Arearea Paul Gaugin	This painting is always genuine.
	Otani Oniji II Tōshūsai Sharaku	If he is only pointing one finger of each hand, it's fake. If he has all fingers sticking out, it's genuine.
	A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Édouard Manet	This painting is always genuine.
	Basket of Fruit Caravaggio	If the big green leaf on the top left has a hole in it from being eaten by insects, it's fake. If there is no hole made by insects in the big green leaf, it's genuine.
	Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix	This painting is always genuine.
	A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Georges-Pierre Seurat	This painting is always genuine.
	The Sower Jean-François Millet	This painting is always genuine.
	Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer	If her hat is red, it's fake. If her hat is blue, it's genuine.
	Lady with an Ermine Leonardo Da Vinci	If she is holding a fluffy white cat, it's fake. If she is holding a skinny white ermine, it's genuine.
	The Hunters in the Snow Pieter Bruegel	This painting is always genuine.
	Wind God and Thunder God Tawaraya Sotatsu	If the dark one is on the left and the light one is on the right, it's fake. If the light one is on the left and the dark one is on the right, it's genuine.
	Beauty Looking Back Hishikawa Moronobu	If she is looking to the left, it's fake. If she is looking to the right, it's genuine.
	Venus de Milo Unknown	If she has long hair down to her shoulders, it's fake. If her hair only goes down to cover her ears, it's genuine.
	Nike of Samothrace Unknown	If it has bat wings, it's fake. If it has feathery angel wings, it's genuine.
	David Michaelangelo	If there is cloth hanging down his right shoulder, it's fake. If his right shoulder is bare, it's genuine.
	Discobolus of Myron Unknown	If he is holding an object that has bumps on it, it's fake. If he is holding a smooth disc, it's genuine.
	King Kamehameha I Thomas R. Gould	If his fingers are pointing straight out, it's fake. If his fingers are pointing upward, it's genuine.
	Bust of Nefertiti Thutmose	If her hat is spherical, it's fake. If her hat is cylindrical, it's genuine.
	Dogū Unknown	If its eyes are open, it's fake. If its eyes are closed, it's genuine.
	Captoline Wolf Unknown	If there is only one child below the wolf, it's fake. If there are two children, it's genuine.

Gracie's Fashion Check

Gracie is a fashionista giraffe who might show up on a random weekday in your town square. She will take a look at your outfit and tell you if you're stylish or not. If you pass her test four times, your Home Center can be upgraded to the department store.

Clothing Themes

Every piece of clothing, including shirts, pants, socks, shoes, hats, and accessories, has a theme. There are ten possible themes:

1. Sporty
2. Cute (ファンシー)
3. Iconic (トラディショナル)
4. Rock 'n' Roll
5. Official (フォマル)
6. Ornate (ゴージャス)
7. Flashy (クレイジー)
8. Modern
9. Historical (オールド)
10. Basic (ブナン)

For lists of clothing by theme, please scroll down to the clothing by theme section on this page.

Passing the Fashion Check

When you speak to Gracie, talk to her until she mentions a fashion theme. To pass the fashion check, most of the items in your outfit have to match the theme that she is asking for. In addition, your outfit can't include a clashing combination. The following table shows which combinations will result in failing the fashion check. The cells marked FAIL represent the combinations that will fail the check. For example, the intersection of Sporty and Official (フォマル) is marked FAIL. Therefore, wearing an outfit that combines Sporty and Official (フォマル) items will fail the fashion check. Note: Even if your socks are covered up, Gracie will still include your socks in the fashion check.

	Sporty	Cute (ファンシー)	Iconic (トラディショナル)	Rock 'n' Roll	Offi­cial (フォマル)	Gor­geous	Flashy (クレイジー)	Mod­ern	Historical (オールド)	Basic (ブナン)
Sporty					FAIL
Cute (ファンシー)
Iconic (トラディショナル)
Rock 'n' Roll					FAIL					FAIL
Official (フォマル)	FAIL			FAIL			FAIL
Ornate (ゴージャス)
Flashy (クレイジー)					FAIL					FAIL
Modern
Historical (オールド)
Basic (ブナン)				FAIL			FAIL

Gulliver

Gulliver can wash up on your beach at 6am once a week on Monday through Saturday. Once you wake him up, he asks you to help him remember the name of the country that he's thinking of. If you give him the correct answer, you get a souvenir from that country.

Checking if Gulliver is in Town

If you build a police box (see public works projects), Booker or Copper can tell you if Gulliver is in town. He will mention some trouble on the beach. You can also simply walk up and down the beach. Be sure to check any 'unattached' sections of the beach by swimming there with a diving suit, because Gulliver can appear there, too.

Waking Gulliver Up

Once you find Gulliver on your beach, you have to wake him up. To do this, you have to talk to him repeatedly until he wakes up. It can take many tries. Eventually, he will open his eyes, stand up, and ask for help.

How to Help Gulliver

Gulliver wants to remember the name of a country, but he needs your help. He will describe the country, and there will be some key words in his description that tell you which country he's talking about. Be sure to pay attention to what he says!

After Gulliver describes the country, you have to choose the correct country name from a list of four. If you choose the correct answer, Gulliver will thank you. The next day, you will receive a letter in the mail from him that contains a souvenir from that country. If you give him the wrong answer, he will send you a chocolate coin instead, which you can eat or sell.

List of Souvenirs

The following is a list of the souvenirs that you can get from Gulliver.

Key word in Gulliver's description	Country	Souvenir
Hollywood	America	Statue of Liberty
Kangaroo	Australia	Ayres Rock
Chocolate	Belgium	Manneken Pis
Niagara Falls	Canada	Dream Catcher
Herbal medicine	China	Chinese Lantern
Mermaid Statue	Denmark	Mermaid Statue
Moai	Easter Island	Moai Statue
Pyramids	Egypt	Mummy's Casket
Arc de Triomphe	France	Eiffel Tower
Sausage	Germany	Nutcracker Doll
Mythology	Greece	Gladiator Sandals
Hula Dance	Hawaii	Hula Dance Doll
Tulips	Holland	Windmill
Curry	India	Sitar
Shamrock	Ireland	Shamrock Clock
Buono	Italy	Mouth of Truth
Samurai	Japan	Pagoda
Giraffe, Lion	Kenya	Tribal Mask
Amigo	Mexico	Catrina Doll
Alpacas	Peru	Tapestry
World Boat	Portugal	Barcelos Rooster
Matryoshka	Russia	Matryoshka
Nessie	Scotland	Bagpipes
Merlion	Singapore	Merlion
Tae Kwon Do	South Korea	Samgyetang
Flamenco	Spain	Gaudy Lizard
Nobel Prize	Sweden	Dalahast
Tom Yum Goong Soup	Thailand	Tuk-Tuk
Big Ben	United Kingdom	Big Ben
Bikes, Phở (Pho)	Vietnam	Asian Hat

Pascal

Pascal is a philosopher otter. If you get a diving suit and catch a scallop, Pascal will appear and ask if you will give him the scallop. In exchange, he gives you a piece of Pirate furniture.

Get a Diving Suit

You can purchase a diving suit on the island. Just go on island tours to win medals, then use the medals to purchase a diving suit from Grams's gift shop. Her selection changes every day, so check back often until she sells a diving suit.

Catch a Scallop

Scallops are deep sea creatures that can be caught year round. They have medium shadows that move in an erratic, jumpy pattern. They are very rare from February through April, and very rare in October. They are somewhat rare from May through September. They are somewhat common from November through January. On the island, they are somewhat rare from 9AM through 4PM, and very rare the rest of the time.

Give the Scallop to Pascal

When you catch a scallop for the first time of the day, Pascal will appear nearby and ask if you will give it to him. Say yes. He will give you a piece of Pirate furniture and swim away, eating the scallop.

List of Furniture from Pascal

The following is a list of furniture that you can get from Pascal.

• Anchor
• Barrel
• Helm
• Keg
• Pirate Flag
• Pirate Sword
• Retro Telescope
• Sea View
• Ship Cannon
• Ship Compass
• Ship Deck

Katrina

Katrina is a fortune teller cat who may appear in a tent in your plaza during the week. She can give you a reading and tell you how your luck will be today. She can also recommend a lucky item to wear that will boost your luck during the day. If you get enough readings for her, you can build a fortune teller shop in Main Street for her to move into permanently.

When Does Katrina Appear?

Katrina is a Special Visitor who can appear in a tent in your town plaza up to once a week, Monday through Saturday. She is not guaranteed to show up every week. If she is in town, her tent will be open from 9AM to 7PM.

Katrina's Good Luck Item

You can get a reading from Katrina for 500 bells. She will tell you about your luck for the day. She will recommend a specific type of item to wear for good luck. If you wear that item, your luck will be increased until 11PM.

The Fortune Teller Shop

To find out how to unlock the Fortune Teller Shop, check the Shop Unlock Guide. In the Fortune Teller Shop, Katrina will give you a reading for 500 bells as usual.

After you build the Fortune Teller Shop, Katrina might offer a rare item for 10,000 bells if your item luck for the day is good.

Luck in New Leaf

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, your luck is random every day. Different good or bad things can happen to you based on your current luck. There are 5 types of luck: money luck, friendship luck, love luck, item luck, physical luck. Each of these can be good or bad each day. This has the following effects:

Luck Type	Good Luck	Bad Luck
Money Luck	Trees drop 200 bells instead of 100	Trees drop fewer than 100 bells
	The money rock drops 200, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, and 16000 bells	The money rock drops 100, 100, 200, 300, 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 bells
	Villagers give you more money	Villagers give you less money
Friendship Luck	It's easier to increase friendship with same-sex villagers	It's harder to increase friendship with same-sex villagers
	Special conversations with same-sex villagers are more likely	Special conversations with same-sex villagers are less likely
Love Luck	It's easier to increase friendship with opposite-sex villagers	It's harder to increase friendship with opposite-sex villagers
	Special conversations with opposite-sex villagers are more likely	Special conversations with opposite-sex villagers are less likely
Item Luck	More likely to get Saharah-exclusive items	Less likely to get Saharah-exclusive items
	More likely to get new items from item giveaways (Easter, Fireworks Festival, Snowman, Fortune Cookies, etc.)	Less likely to get new items from item giveaways (Easter, Fireworks Festival, Snowman, Fortune Cookies, etc.)
	More new seashells appear on the beach	Fewer new seashells appear on the beach
	Villagers more likely to offer something for sale	Villagers less likely to offer something for sale
	More likely to get rare items in Leif's weeding mini-game	Sitting in a chair will make a sound
Physical luck	Encounter fewer jellyfish	Encounter more jellyfish
	Bees move more slowly so are easier to avoid	Bees move more quickly so are harder to avoid
	Fewer mosquito bites	You will often trip and fall while running

Saharah

Saharah is a special visitor who can appear in your town on a random day except Sunday. You can pay Saharah to replace the wallpaper and carpet in the main room of your house.

When Saharah is in Your Town

You may find Saharah wandering around your town on a random day except Sunday. If in town, Saharah will be there from 6AM to Midnight. If you have a police station, you can find out from Booker or Copper that Saharah is in your town.

Getting New Wallpaper and Carpet

Talk to Saharah and agree to pay 3000 bells for Saharah to install new wallpaper and carpet in your main room. Saharah will start following you. Go into your house.

Once you and Saharah are in your house, you will hand over the 3000 bells and leave the house. After hearing sounds of drums and crashing, Saharah will come out of your house and hand you the wallpaper and carpet that used to be in your main room. Go inside your house to see what new wallpaper and carpet Saharah has installed. Your previous wallpaper and carpet will be in your inventory.

List of Saharah-Exclusive Wallpapers and Carpets

The following is a list of the wallpapers and carpets that you can only get from Saharah. Saharah may sometimes give you non-exclusive wallpapers and carpets.

Saharah-Exclusive Wallpapers

• Ancient Wall
• Backgammon Wall
• Basement Wall
• Bathhouse Wall
• Blue Tarp
• Chainlink Fence
• Classroom Wall
• Concrete Wall
• Desert Vista
• Garden Wall
• Lunar Horizon
• Maple Wall
• Meadow Vista
• Mortar Wall
• Music-Room Wall
• Office Wall
• Ringside Seating
• Sandlot
• Shoji Screen
• Skyscraper Wall
• Spaceship Wall
• Sporty Wall
• Summit Wall
• Tree-Lined Wall
• Western Vista

Saharah-Exclusive Carpets

• Ancient Tile
• Basement Floor
• Bath Tile
• Boxing Ring Mat
• Chessboard Rug
• Classroom Floor
• Closed Road
• Concrete Floor
• Daisy Meadow
• Lunar Surface
• Maple Floor
• Mossy Carpet
• Music-Room Floor
• Office Flooring
• Saharah's Desert
• Sand Garden
• Sidewalk
• Spaceship Floor
• Sporty Floor
• Tatami
• Western Desert

Katie, the Traveling Kitten

Katie the kitten has appeared in previous Animal Crossing titles. In previous games, she would randomly appear in your town, crying because she got separated from her mother and needs to be escorted to where her mom is. In New Leaf, Katie is more confident and goes traveling on her own. She'll ask you to escort her to a new town.

How to Get Katie

Katie appears in your town if she was escorted by one of your friends to your town three days ago. She will be in your town between 6AM and 6AM the next day, or until you take her to another town. It is also possible that Katie may appear in your town randomly if you have ever connected to the Internet in your New Leaf town.

What to do with Katie

When Katie is in your town, talk to her and she will ask you to take her to another town. Any town will do. Ask one of your real-world friends to open his or her gate so you can travel to that town. Katie will follow you. When you get on the train, Katie will either come with you, or she will drop her ticket and get off the train, but the doors will close behind her and you'll go to your friend's town by yourself. When you go back to your own town, Katie will not be there.

After Taking Katie to Another Town

After you have gotten on the train with (or without) Katie and she isn't in your town anymore, you will get a letter from her the next day. If she dropped her ticket, her letter will explain that she got on the next train. Attached to her letter will be an exclusive item that you can only get from Katie.

Exclusive Katie Items

• Digital Photo Frame
• Globe
• Sketchbook
• Toy Camera
• World Map

Badges from Phineas

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, you can get badges for accomplishing certain milestones, such as catching a certain number of fish, and so on. When you have earned a badge, a sea lion named Phineas will show up in your town. Talk to him to receive badges.

List of Badges

You can earn the following badges in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Badge	How to Earn
Good Fishing	Use your fishing rod 500 times
Fishing Expert	Use your fishing rod 2000 times
Fishing Master	Use your fishing rod 5000 times
Good Bug Catching	Use your bug net 500 times
Bug Catching Expert	Use your bug net 2000 times
Bug Catching Master	Use your bug net 5000 times
Diving Expert	Dive 100 times
Pro Diver	Dive 200 times
Master Diver	Dive 1000 times
Fish Professor	Catch 50% of all types of fish
Fish Maniac	Catch 80% of all types of fish
Walking Fish Encyclopedia	Catch all types of fish
Insect Maniac	Catch 50% of all types of bugs
Insect Professor	Catch 80% of all types of bugs
Walking Insect Encyclopedia	Catch all types of bugs
Sea Creature Professor	Catch 50% of all types of sea creatures
Sea Creature Maniac	Catch 80% of all types of sea creatures
Walking Sea Creature Encyclopedia	Catch all types of sea creatures
Balloon Hunter	Pop 300 Balloons
Balloon Buster	Pop 1500 Balloons
Balloon Sniper	Pop 5000 Balloons
Bronze Badgeist	Earn 300 Badges from Island Tours
Silver Badgeist	Earn 1500 Badges from Island Tours
Gold Badgeist	Earn 5000 Badges from Island Tours
Gardener	Plant 100 items
Village Gardener	Plant 250 items
Gardening Artisan	Plant 500 items
Weeds Hunter	Pull 500 Weeds
Weeds Buster	Pull 2000 Weeds
Weeds Sniper	Pull 5000 Weeds
Skilled Saver	Put 1,000,000 Bells in Savings
Millionaire	Put 10,000,000 Bells in Savings
Billionaire	Put 100,000,000 Bells in Savings
Amateur Stock Trader	Make 500,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Pro Stock Trader	Make 3,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Famous Stock Trader	Make 10,000,000 Bells on the Stalk Market
Skilled Shopper	Spend 500,000 Bells in shops
Shopping Maniac	Spend 2,000,000 Bells in shops
Famous Buyer	Spend 5,000,000 Bells in shops
Remake Beginner	Have Cyrus remake 30 things
Remake Expert	Have Cyrus remake 100 things
Remake Master	Have Cyrus 200 things
Catalog Maniac B	Complete 20% of the catalog
Catalog Maniac S	Complete 50% of the catalog
Catalog Maniac G	Complete 80% of the catalog
Happy Home B	Earn 50,000 points with Happy Home Academy
Happy Home S	Earn 100,000 points with Happy Home Academy
Happy Home G	Earn 150,000 points with Happy Home Academy
K.K. Slider Fan	See K.K. Slider live 20 times
K.K. Slider Regular	See K.K. Slider live 50 times
K.K. Slider Groupie	See K.K. Slider live 100 times
Good Person	Fulfill 50 villager requests
Kind Person	Fulfill 100 Villager Requests
Village Concierge	Fulfill 200 villager requests
Letter Enthusiast	Send 50 letters
Good Correspondent	Send 100 letters
Amazing Correspondent	Send 200 letters
Skilled StreetPasser	StreetPass 100 times
StreetPass Master	StreetPass 300 times
StreetPass Expert	StreetPass 1000 times
Neighborhood Traveler	Visit other towns 100 times
World Traveler	Visit other towns 250 times
Space Traveler	Visit other towns 500 times
Good Host	Be visited by others 50 times
Pro Host	Be visited by others 200 times
Goodwill Ambassador	Be visited by others 500 times
Dreamer	Visit 50 Dream Towns
Big Dreamer	Visit 200 Dream Towns
Eternal Dreamer	Visit 500 Dream Towns
Village Representative	Play for 50 hours
Celebrity Villager	Play for 200 hours
Esteemed Villager	Play for 500 hours