Top 5 RAREST Items in New Leaf?

[lilylily]

My Re-Tail sucks. It rarely updates.

mine never used to update until i, er, "encouraged" my villagers to buy things by pushing them until that "ping!"-sound appeared. then i talk them into stuff they actually don't really need but i want gone because i don't need them either. new items now appear one or two days after the old one was sold.

i don't know if that actually helps you but it works for me.

anyway, to answer the question - i'd agree with others that it would probably be the korean dlcs who are the rarest, followed closely by the japanese ones.

 

[monochrom3]

I'd say the Japanese/Korean DLCs since they're distributed pretty long ago but they might be very common on their own places(Japan and Korea).

I guess the sloppy/cardboard series are the rarest since you can't get those by regular means and they're unorderable.

 

[Mookie]

The black/tricky pitfall. Only turns up randomly in police lost and found.

Tropical wall/floor and treasure chest. If you can find them, they're a steep 100 medals. Whirlpool bath is more than the usual 40 also.

I've found three sloppy pieces in Retail, but only one cardboard item.

 

[stitchmaker]

The kitchen island or barbecue island from the tours. I think it wanted 140 medals.
The zodiacs are easy to get if you have a TT town. One afternoon I got 4 sets before I erased the town.

 

[Xanarcah]

I disagree about the Sloppy/Cardboard stuff being super rare because there's no reliable way to find it in Retail. I posted a while back about a method I've been using pretty reliably to get it to appear in my Retail, if anyone else would like to try it. If I'm TTing to do some serious villager cycling, I can get probably 7 or 8 pieces in a single day. I've since refined my method since posting about it in that other thread, though.

 

[Swiftstream]

The kitchen island or barbecue island from the tours. I think it wanted 140 medals.
The zodiacs are easy to get if you have a TT town. One afternoon I got 4 sets before I erased the town.

Kitchen island is not that rare... It only costs 40 medals and you can buy a barbecue from timmy and tommy's shop.

I'd say the rarest items in the game are japanese and korean DLC unorderables!

 

[monochrom3]

Kitchen island is not that rare... It only costs 40 medals and you can buy a barbecue from timmy and tommy's shop.

I'd say the rarest items in the game are japanese and korean DLC unorderables!

IIRC kitchen island is 30?

 

[ceribells]

The black/tricky pitfall. Only turns up randomly in police lost and found.

What does this do? I've never seen one but I've seen it mentioned around here.

Hybrid seed bags and golden tools are certainly a commodity within this community. Everyone can get them, but they both require work and TT'ing.

 

[Xanarcah]

What does this do? I've never seen one but I've seen it mentioned around here.

It's basically just a normal pitfall, but the X shape on the ground is smaller and less noticable.

 

[oath2order]

Any South Korean exclusive item is rare.

I have the Bell Knickknack and Songpyeon

 

[Cou]

Now that I think about it, there's really no rarest items in new leaf. But I have to agree, Korean ones are actually very rare. It took me a long time to collect them.

 

[oath2order]

Now that I think about it, there's really no rarest items in new leaf. But I have to agree, Korean ones are actually very rare. It took me a long time to collect them.

You have the Korean holiday items?

 

[Cou]

You have the Korean holiday items?

Yes. ^_^ Some guy was nice enough to give me all Korean holiday/DLC items.

 

[oath2order]

Yes. ^_^ Some guy was nice enough to give me all Korean holiday/DLC items.

We need to talk.

 

[Cou]

We need to talk.

Talk to me, I'm free.

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

I would say european items, most people on the forums have an american 3DS or Japanese 3DS. Also the golden axe/shovel along with the green new years eve hat.

I've also seen a rage at villager pics all of a sudden *cough* dupe? *cough*

 

[Gummysaur]

I think the museum model is the rarest because you can't exactly TT to get it and you have to wait for Redd to come and for fossils and the seasons to come so you can catch certain bugs/fish etc...

 

[parKb5]

I'd have to say it's the 7-11 set from Japan, since they are unorderable and they were only available for download at an actual 7-11 in Japan for a limited time in late 2012 and early 2013, so at this point the only way you can get them is through trade (or dupe).

 

[FancyThat]

Agree with Korean items being the rarest closely followed by Japanese items.

For me personally though there aren't many rare items as I have friends in all regions who frequently give or trade items with me. As a result I have every holiday item available in game (and in some cases multiples of the items), items related to holidays like items sold during those holidays, and most DLC from all regions that has been released so far. Soon to be getting a kimbap plate (my friend informs me it's out this month). I get things like hybrid seed bags and bulb bopper sets given to me as well. Also due to the lovely people on this site who have really helped me out hosting holidays and giveaways and helped me with cataloguing reorderables and obtaining rare sets .

 

[ginx1028]

Supermarket wallpaper and carpet. Hack only item.