The player taking aMaple Bonsai from the lost and found inAnimal Crossing

Thelost and found (formatted as theLost & Found inAnimal Crossing) is a feature in theAnimal Crossing series where items appear for the player to take for free. It appears inAnimal Crossing,Animal Crossing: Wild World,Animal Crossing: City Folk, andAnimal Crossing: New Leaf. Random items appear in the lost and found occasionally, and if a structure is built over a dropped item, it will appear in the lost and found.

Appearances[edit]

InAnimal Crossing[edit]

In allfirst-generationAnimal Crossing games, the Lost & Found is in thepolice station. There can be up to twenty items in the Lost & Found; any subsequent items replace the oldest one. Items listed below can appear in the Lost & Found:

InWild World andCity Folk[edit]

The lost and found inAnimal Crossing: Wild World

The lost and found inAnimal Crossing: City Folk

InAnimal Crossing: Wild World andAnimal Crossing: City Folk, the lost and found is accessed by speaking toBooker at thecheckpoint.

There are fifteen item slots inWild World and twelve inCity Folk; however, only ten items can naturally appear in either game. A new item has a 50% chance to appear in each empty slot in the lost and found every day, up to a maximum of five items per day. Below are the items that can appear in the lost and found:

• 20% – Pitfall seed
• 10% – Furniture from Tom Nook's store
• 10% – Stationery from Tom Nook's store
• 10% – Top from theAble Sisters

The furniture, stationery, or top that may appear is affected by the town's rarity groups and the player's itemfêng shui. Upon town generation, three items—either furniture, stationery, or tops—will appear in the lost and found.

InNew Leaf[edit]

The lost and found in the classic police station inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf

InAnimal Crossing: New Leaf, the lost and found is in the police station like inAnimal Crossing.

There can be up to ten items in the lost and found; however, only five items can naturally appear. Each day, a number of empty item slots corresponding with the number of days since the player last saved each has a 50% chance to be populated with an item. Below are the items that can appear in the lost and found:

• 10% – Furniture from the town's commonrarity group
• 10% – Top from the Able Sisters
• 10% – Flower bag
• 7% – Pitfall seed
• 5% – Stationery fromTimmy and Tommy's store
• 5% – Umbrella from the Able Sisters
• 3% – Tricky pitfall seed^{[nb 1]}

When the police station is built, three furniture items from the town's common group appear by default.

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Gameplay elements

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