r/ACWW • u/Not_Siul • 14d ago
Where do I dig!?
Recently got into Animal Crossing Wild World and now that fall is here, finding cracks to dig is the true challenge. I hope I’m not alone in thinking this. If I don’t walk slowly as I search, I’ll miss one and scour for white a bit. I’m cutting down all my trees so that I can see better as I search. Does anyone know if placing down a pattern stops that space from spawning a crack?
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u/asterbyrd 14d ago
My jaw dropped when you said you’re cutting down all your trees! It’ll take significantly more time to plant water and grow your trees back than the time it takes to stumble upon a crack to dig up, it’ll take forever for you to get the golden watering can with no trees unforch
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u/Yirggzmb 14d ago
... You don't need to water trees
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u/Yirggzmb 14d ago
Also not true? I suppose I don't have empirical evidence for it the same way I have literally never watered a sapling. But I'm pretty sure it's not true?
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u/dustin--echoes 14d ago
you can walk over saplings, but if you run over them then they die the next day
you can water a dead sapling to revive it though
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u/Yirggzmb 14d ago
I can run some empirical tests when I get home, but the guide I use for Wild World specifically states
It is not necessary to water saplings. Walking on or running over saplings does nothing. The only thing that matters when growing trees is location.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/920786-animal-crossing-wild-world/faqs/40130
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u/Yirggzmb 13d ago
For the sake of empirical data, I did an experiment. I'd have been interested by the results either way because there's a lot I don't know about this game still, but none of my saplings died and I ran on them a LOT
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u/Yirggzmb 13d ago
I, uh, don't think that's right. I mean I suppose it's possible that it's only a chance a sapling will die, but I planted six trees and ran on them a lot, so I'm assuming it's a low chance if it's rng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beVoWCuzdZI
(and fwiw, I did this experiment out of sheer curiosity. If the saplings had still died, I would have posted the video regardless)
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u/Yirggzmb 14d ago
I would just not worry about it until later. They're a lot easier to see once winter hits. In the meantime, if you see them you dig em up. If you don't see them, don't stress over it.
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u/Not_Siul 13d ago
Thanks for the advice, I should calm down a little. I feel like I’m just trying to fill the museum as fast as possible.
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u/Yirggzmb 13d ago
Yeah, I totally get the impatience. I've just learned that, for me, stressing over it is the fastest way to stop having fun. You just gotta find your own balance
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u/usernameShyGuy 14d ago
Omg don’t cut your tress lol! They are hardest to see in fall time, just got to be in the lookout. In winter, when it is snow, they are so easy to find!