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[edit]

Shells in the Animal Crossing series
Name	Image	Game
Name	Image	AC	ACWW	ACCF	ACNL	ACNH
Conch^{[nb 1]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Coral		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Cowrie^{[nb 2]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Giant clam^{[nb 3]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Oyster shell^{[nb 4]}					NL	NH
Pearl oyster^{[nb 5]}			WW	CF	NL	NH
Sand dollar		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Scallop^{[nb 6]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Sea snail^{[nb 7]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH
Summer shell						NH
Venus comb^{[nb 8]}		AC	WW	CF	NL	NH

In Animal Crossing[edit]

Shells in Animal Crossing

Item	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[edit]

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	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[edit]

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	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[edit]

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	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[edit]

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	Available from	Sell price	Recipes	Total needed^{[nb 9]}
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[edit]

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

Recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

#	Item	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[edit]

Screenshots[edit]

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

Icons[edit]

Coral
(Animal Crossing)
Generic shell
(Animal Crossing)
Generic shell
(Animal Crossing)
Coral
(Doubutsu no Mori e+)
Generic shell
(Doubutsu no Mori e+)
Generic shell
(Doubutsu no Mori e+)

Notes[edit]

↑ Known as conch shell in New Leaf
↑ Known as porceletta prior to New Leaf and cowrie shell in New Leaf
↑ Known as white scallop prior to New Leaf and giant-clam shell in New Leaf
↑ Not to be confused with the oyster, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea
↑ Known as pearl-oyster shell in New Leaf; not to be confused with the pearl oyster, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea
↑ Known as lions paw in Animal Crossing and scallop shell in New Leaf; not to be confused with the scallop, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea
↑ Known as wentletrap in Animal Crossing and Dall's Top prior to New Leaf
↑ Known as venus-comb shell in New Leaf
↑ Number of material needed to craft one of everything that requires this material

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[1] Known as conch shell in New Leaf

[2] Known as porceletta prior to New Leaf and cowrie shell in New Leaf

[3] Known as white scallop prior to New Leaf and giant-clam shell in New Leaf

[4] Not to be confused with the oyster, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea

[5] Known as pearl-oyster shell in New Leaf; not to be confused with the pearl oyster, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea

[6] Known as lions paw in Animal Crossing and scallop shell in New Leaf; not to be confused with the scallop, a sea creature that is found from diving in the sea

[7] Known as wentletrap in Animal Crossing and Dall's Top prior to New Leaf

[8] Known as venus-comb shell in New Leaf

[Material-9] Number of material needed to craft one of everything that requires this material

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