Sending letters to villagers doesn't increase friendship points PSA

[bobthecat]

Don't know if is everyones aware on TBT but recently people who have done data mining found sending letters to villagers does
in fact do zero difference with your friendship between your villagers... People think this may be a glitch as in previous games this wasn't the case

Not that this should stop you from sending letters if you just enjoy doing it, it's an adorable feature but thought you just all might like to know this news

How often do you guys send letters to your villagers? I only really send letters to give furniture that I think would improve their house

source of info:https://docs.google.com/document/d/...review?pru=AAABchT6DLY*QjHkYju-ZxsjYl6dYSbh5A

 

[cloudmask]

huh, good to know! i do wonder if it's a glitch - i don't know why they would take that feature out of the game.

i only send letters to work towards the nook miles achievements for doing so haha

 

[DJStarstryker]

I saw this maybe a week or so ago. I'm glad someone posted it. I didn't think about it. For anyone trying to raise friendship with villagers, that document is totally worth reading. I didn't know some things, like catching a flea off of a villager, raises friendship.

huh, good to know! i do wonder if it's a glitch - i don't know why they would take that feature out of the game.

i only send letters to work towards the nook miles achievements for doing so haha

It is a glitch, yes. I would not be surprised if this gets fixed in the future.

 

[starlightsong]

wait, huh? i remember someone with the guidebook saying that sending letters is mentioned as raising friendship so i hope it’s a glitch

 

[GEEBRASS]

But them writing you back DOES improve friendship, doesn't it? Also, you might get lucky and get a cool gift or even their photo.

 

[Dewasa]

Aww, that's a bummer. I usually don't have the items in my bag when I run into the villagers so I end up giving whatever I got in my bag hence why I accidentally gave Julian a dress...that he still wears...

 

[Meowria]

It could be a glitch? I feel like something like that should raise friendship points.

Regardless of if it raises their friendship or not, I like sending them letters anyway. They write back which I find super adorable. And they add gifts in there when I give them a gift. Also I just think it's nice to send letters to them. Adds more personality to the game.

 

[Loreley]

Huh, the official guide specifically mentions letters increasing friendship as long as you get a reply. It's not the first wrong info found in the guide, but this sounds like it might be a glitch.

 

[Raz]

I saw this maybe a week or so ago. I'm glad someone posted it. I didn't think about it. For anyone trying to raise friendship with villagers, that document is totally worth reading. I didn't know some things, like catching a flea off of a villager, raises friendship.



It is a glitch, yes. I would not be surprised if this gets fixed in the future.

Yeah, I also think it has to be a glitch. The thing is, villagers still answer your letters, they thank you for the letters you sent to them, which means there is code to check this event and respond to it accordingly. One thing that I don't think it's in the game is the ability for the AI to recognize specific words and answer your letters based on what you've written.

 

[-Blue-]

So what is the point of sending letters or the Nook Mile award? I'd rather them fix it and have Timmy and Tommy sell the papers in their closet wardrobe.

 

[Raz]

So what is the point of sending letters or the Nook Mile award? I'd rather them fix it and have Timmy and Tommy sell the papers in their closet wardrobe.

Role-playing, maybe? I mean, I never wrote letters because I'll earn miles or something like that (I sincerely didn't even remember there were rewards for doing that).

 

[-Blue-]

I mean I hope it is a glitch because sending letters boosted friendship and you would get better presents depending what you sent.

 

[marea]

I dont write to my villagers anymore since now i can gift them directly, and since sending letters is not free anymore and i am being cheap
careful with bells until i pay off my house loan, but the nook miles achievement and relationship boost would have motivated me to do that. I hope this is just a glitch.

 

[bobthecat]

Yeah, I also think it has to be a glitch. The thing is, villagers still answer your letters, they thank you for the letters you sent to them, which means there is code to check this event and respond to it accordingly. One thing that I don't think it's in the game is the ability for the AI to recognize specific words and answer your letters based on what you've written.

Yes I don't think it matters what you write but I've heard they do notice if you write a really short letter that's one word long haha

I definitely think its a glitch which they could easily patch up

 

[kojuuro]

So what is the point of sending letters or the Nook Mile award? I'd rather them fix it and have Timmy and Tommy sell the papers in their closet wardrobe.

I think if you send items to friends it counts for the nook mile reward popular pen pal (not sure if there's a specific one for villagers though). I've sent maybe like 2 letters to my villagers and I've reached around 150 letters since I send stuff to my friends often.

 

[bobthecat]

I saw this maybe a week or so ago. I'm glad someone posted it. I didn't think about it. For anyone trying to raise friendship with villagers, that document is totally worth reading. I didn't know some things, like catching a flea off of a villager, raises friendship.



It is a glitch, yes. I would not be surprised if this gets fixed in the future.

I found that catching fleas increased friendship and by 3 points which is quite a lot! very interesting

 

[stiney]

I dont write to my villagers anymore since now i can gift them directly, and since sending letters is not free anymore and i am being cheap
careful with bells until i pay off my house loan, but the nook miles achievement and relationship boost would have motivated me to do that. I hope this is just a glitch.

The price annoys me a little bit but the interface annoys me a lot. I hate writing one, sending it, getting kicked all the way out, navigating back in, trying to remember who I’ve already sent one too, oh crud I forgot to attach the gift to that one...

 

[Sloom]

thank. god.
I didn't really like sending letters in new leaf, but this game is on a whole new level. I was thinking of grinding it out to get the top nook mile award for letter but holy crap...
hundreds of letters? thats too much for me even if I weren't to gotdamn write anything in it.

yall ever think the animal crossing devs are just sadists? like how does this sort of game design even make its way into an otherwise amazing triple a game lol

 

[meggiewes]

I dont write to my villagers anymore since now i can gift them directly, and since sending letters is not free anymore and i am being cheap
careful with bells until i pay off my house loan, but the nook miles achievement and relationship boost would have motivated me to do that. I hope this is just a glitch.

But, sending letters was never really free. You had to pay for the stationary!

 

[Believe]

Considering how painful typing letters one by one is ill saave it for when im sending them gifts. Really sad nintendo didnt implement some way to tie typing with the mobile app to that stuff given how awful it is to type through it