Shell

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This article is about the seashell items. For the Super Mario-themed furniture item in New Horizons, see Item:Shell (New Horizons).
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Shells placed down as furniture in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer

Shells, also known as seashells, 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[nb 1] Conch NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Coral Coral NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Cowrie[nb 2] Cowrie NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Giant clam[nb 3] Giant Clam NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Oyster shell[nb 4] Oyster Shell PC Icon.png
Green Check and Sea Creature Icon.png
NL 
Sea Creature
NH 
Pearl oyster[nb 5] Pearl-Oyster Shell NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Green Check and Sea Creature Icon.png
NL 
Sea Creature
NH 
Sand dollar Sand Dollar NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Scallop[nb 6] Scallop Shell NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Green Check and Sea Creature Icon.png
NL 
Sea Creature
NH 
Sea snail[nb 7] Sea Snail Shell NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 
Summer shell Summer Shell NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
NH 
Venus comb[nb 8] Venus Comb NH Inv Icon.png
Yes
AC 
Yes
WW 
Yes
CF 
Yes
NL 
Yes
NH 

In Animal Crossing

Shells in Animal Crossing

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

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 conch conch Not for sale Image 350 Bells Image Beach
Coral coral coral Not for sale Image 250 Bells Image Beach
Dall's Top Dall's Top Dall's Top Not for sale Image 90 Bells Image Beach
Pearl oyster pearl oyster pearl oyster Not for sale Image 1,200 Bells Image Beach
Porceletta porceletta porceletta Not for sale Image 30 Bells Image Beach
Sand dollar sand dollar sand dollar Not for sale Image 60 Bells Image Beach
Scallop scallop scallop Not for sale Image 600 Bells Image Tortimer
Venus comb venus comb venus comb Not for sale Image 150 Bells Image Beach
White scallop white scallop white scallop Not for sale Image 450 Bells Image 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 conch conch Not for sale Image 350 Bells Image Beach
Coral coral coral Not for sale Image 250 Bells Image Beach
Dall's Top Dall's Top Dall's Top Not for sale Image 90 Bells Image Beach
Pearl oyster pearl oyster pearl oyster Not for sale Image 1,200 Bells Image Beach
Porceletta porceletta porceletta Not for sale Image 30 Bells Image Beach
Sand dollar sand dollar sand dollar Not for sale Image 60 Bells Image Beach
Scallop scallop scallop Not for sale Image 600 Bells Image Beach
Venus comb venus comb venus comb Not for sale Image 150 Bells Image Beach
White scallop white scallop white scallop Not for sale Image 450 Bells Image 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 Icon Buy price Sell price Available from
Conch shell conch shell conch shell Not for sale Image 350 Bells Image Beach
Coral coral coral Not for sale Image 250 Bells Image Beach
Cowrie shell cowrie shell cowrie shell Not for sale Image 30 Bells Image Beach
Giant-clam shell giant-clam shell giant-clam shell Not for sale Image 450 Bells Image Beach
Oyster shell oyster shell oyster shell Not for sale Image 450 Bells Image Beach
Pearl-oyster shell pearl-oyster shell pearl-oyster shell Not for sale Image 1,200 Bells Image Beach
Sand dollar sand dollar sand dollar Not for sale Image 60 Bells Image Beach
Scallop shell scallop shell scallop shell Not for sale Image 600 Bells Image Beach
Sea-snail shell sea-snail shell sea-snail shell Not for sale Image 90 Bells Image Beach
Venus-comb shell venus-comb shell venus-comb shell Not for sale Image 150 Bells Image 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[nb 9]
Conch conch conch Image Beach
 Image 700 Bells 3 10
Coral coral coral Image Beach
 Image 500 Bells 13 35
Cowrie cowrie cowrie Image Beach
 Image 60 Bells 5 12
Giant clam giant clam giant clam Image Beach
 Image 900 Bells 17 38
Sand dollar sand dollar sand dollar Image Beach
 Image 120 Bells 14 58
Sea snail sea snail sea snail Image Beach
 Image 180 Bells 5 10
Summer shell summer shell summer shell Image Beach
 Image 600 Bells 9 36
Venus comb venus comb venus comb Image Beach
 Image 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 shell stool Furniture Not for sale Image Big sister villager
 Image 5× Cowrie
537 Shell fountain shell fountain Furniture Not for sale Image Lazy villager
 Image 5× Giant clam
Image 3× Stone
538 Shell table shell table Furniture Not for sale Image Peppy villager
 Image 7× Sand dollar
Image 3× Clay
539 Shell bed shell bed Furniture Not for sale Image Peppy villager
 Image 5× Giant clam
Image 3× Clay
Image 4× Stone
540 Shell partition shell partition Furniture Not for sale Image Big sister villager
 Image 4× Venus comb
Image 4× Conch
541 Shell arch shell arch Furniture Not for sale Image Lazy villager
 Image 3× Sea snail
Image 3× Venus comb
Image 3× Sand dollar
Image 3× Coral
Image 3× Giant clam
Image 3× Cowrie
542 Shell lamp shell lamp Furniture Not for sale Image Big sister villager
 Image 2× Giant clam
Image 3× Clay
543 Shell speaker shell speaker Furniture Not for sale Image Big sister villager
 Image 3× Conch
Image 2× Iron nugget
544 Shell music box shell music box Furniture Not for sale Image Peppy villager
 Image 3× Giant clam
Image 2× Iron nugget
545 Mermaid table mermaid table Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 4× Sand dollar
546 Mermaid shelf mermaid shelf Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 4× Coral
547 Mermaid vanity mermaid vanity Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 2× Coral
Image 2× Iron nugget
548 Mermaid screen mermaid screen Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 3× Giant clam
Image 5× Sand dollar
549 Mermaid lamp mermaid lamp Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 3× Conch
Image 2× Coral
Image 2× Iron nugget
550 Mermaid bed mermaid bed Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 2× Giant clam
Image 5× Sand dollar
551 Mermaid closet mermaid closet Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 2× Giant clam
Image 2× Coral
Image 5× Sand dollar
552 Mermaid sofa mermaid sofa Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 10× Sand dollar
553 Mermaid dresser mermaid dresser Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 3× Coral
554 Mermaid chair mermaid chair Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 2× Sand dollar
555 Mermaid wall clock mermaid wall clock Furniture Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 3× Sea snail
Image 2× Coral
Image 2× Iron nugget
556 Mermaid wall mermaid wall Interior Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 2× Sea snail
Image 2× Sand dollar
Image 2× Coral
Image 2× Giant clam
Image 2× Cowrie
557 Sandy-beach flooring sandy-beach flooring Interior Not for sale Image Jock villager
 Image 1× Sea snail
Image 1× Venus comb
Image 1× Sand dollar
Image 1× Coral
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 1× Cowrie
558 Mermaid flooring mermaid flooring Interior Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 2× Pearl
Image 5× Sand dollar
Image 5× Stone
559 Shell rug shell rug Interior Not for sale Image Peppy villager
 Image 3× Giant clam
560 Mermaid rug mermaid rug Interior Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 3× Sand dollar
561 Mermaid fence mermaid fence Fence Not for sale Image Pascal
 Image 1× Pearl
Image 5× Coral
Image 5× Sand dollar
562 Shell wreath shell wreath Furniture Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
Image Tom Nook
Image Isabelle
 Image 1× Summer shell
Image 1× Sea snail
Image 1× Sand dollar
Image 1× Coral
Image 1× Giant clam
Image 1× Cowrie
563 Tropical vista tropical vista Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 5× Summer shell
564 Underwater wall underwater wall Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 3× Summer shell
Image 5× Coral
565 Underwater flooring underwater flooring Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 3× Summer shell
Image 3× Coral
566 Starry-sands flooring starry-sands flooring Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 3× Summer shell
Image 1× Sandy-beach flooring
567 Water flooring water flooring Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 6× Summer shell
568 Summer-shell rug summer-shell rug Interior Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 6× Summer shell
569 Shellfish pochette shellfish pochette Clothing Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 2× Giant clam
Image 6× Summer shell
570 Shell wand shell wand Tools Not for sale Image Balloons
Image Message bottle
 Image 3× Summer shell
Image 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

Models

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    Generic shell (outside) (Animal Crossing: City Folk)

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    Generic shell (outside) (Animal Crossing: City Folk)

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    Coral (outside) (Animal Crossing: City Folk)

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    Generic shell (outside) (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Generic shell (outside) (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Coral (outside) (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Coral (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Conch shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Cowrie (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Giant-clam shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Oyster shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Pearl-oyster shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Scallop shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Sea-snail shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

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    Venus-comb shell (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)

Sprites and 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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    Sea snail shell (Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp)

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    Plumeria conch shell (Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp)

Notes

  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
  9. ↑ Number of material needed to craft one of everything that requires this material
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