What the heck does this gold leaf mean?

Kenny said:

Thanks SonatinaGena! That's what she had done c:

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SonatinaGena said:

Gold leaves mean that the table was customized with one of her patterns. Red leaves mean that it was customized regularly or with ore/clothing. I believe that she'll have to return it to its original state (or customize it regularly) for her to be able to drop it. She can't drop it because it's tied to her patterns (and thus programmed so that it doesn't have the option to be given to anyone else (villager or other character) through all means, such as being dropped/being mailed/being given outright/etc.).

Take it to Cyrus and he'll give you the option of returning it to its original state. If she wants the exact same table in the new town, she'll have to transfer the pattern, then customize it again with the pattern.

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Faery said:

The gold leaf means it was customized with a custom pattern, and those items cannot be dropped.

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Shirohibiki said:

Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks, guys. I'd better keep this in mind before I start customizing things with patterns.

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SonatinaGena said:

Yep! The convenient thing about pattern customizing, though, is that if you ever want to change patterns, Cyrus does it for free and instantly if you go to him. If you also swap the current pattern with another, I don't even think you have to go to Cyrus; it just does it automatically. So it's easy to edit the pattern.

The inconvenient thing is, as shown, the no transferring to anyone, as well as the fact that you always have to keep the pattern in your 10 slots at all times. Cyrus even mentions that you can't mess around with it without it being changed. So I guess there's pros and cons.

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