animal crossing: deluxe features/changes
player customization
- player skin tone can be chosen upon character creation
- overhauled skin tone/tanning system, each skin tone has 8 tanning levels
- boy player characters can have the princess hat, girl player characters can have the viking hat
assorted QoL/controls/additions
- overhauled storage, works like acww and onwards, expanded to 160 slots per player
- proper widescreen support added
- camera transition between acres can be disabled
- tools can be swapped and put away with d-pad
- camera angle can be changed outdoors with c-stick
- keyboard support (dolphin, as well as real hardware - using the PSO keyboard)
- GBA no longer necessary for accessing island, kapp'n always available at the dock
- quicksaving added (z+start)
- "before i go..." renamed to "settings"
- settings menu options rearranged to be easier to navigate
- chance of villagers moving out when visiting other towns reduced from 100% to 10%
- more acre types are valid for tortimer to build the third bridge
- town tunes can be typed with the keyboard
- support for higher framerates, up to 200fps (work in progress, some things not fully converted to delta time)
- gyroid outside player house can now be assigned a nickname
- bugs+fish can be dropped on the ground
- villager quests can now be progressed if the relevant villager is inside an igloo
dnm/dnm+ (re)additions
- scrapped furniture/clothing from dnm added
- fireworks festival occurs each saturday in august
- july 4th fireworks festival is still present
- newly created towns can have a 50/50 chance to have a shrine, like dnm/dnm+, instead of the wishing well
- if there's a shrine in the town, the new year's celebration is the jp version of the holiday
e+ additions
- outdoor decor from e+ added, though now obtained through a new visiting NPC named renna
- villager moveout system overhauled to be like e+ (look at nookipedia for more details)
- resetti's surveillance center added
- tom nook can be woken up to access the store at night
- can become best friends with villagers, they'll greet you as you pass by
- best friend dialogs from e+ added (live song gifts, greetings, etc)
- e+ villagers, furniture, bugs/fish, K.K. slider songs added
- sale day overhauled to be like e+
ique additions
acww additions
- acww wallpaper/flooring added
- clovers added
- rafflesias added
- overhauled flowers, now work like acww and onwards. see plant section below for more details
- mushroom furniture from acww added, can be found while mushrooming
- villagers from acww and onwards in process of being added
acnl additions
- ordinances added
- pattern stumps added
- fruit, mushrooms, and candy can now be stacked up to 10 when picked up
acnh additions
- turnip prices vary in A.M. and P.M.
tom nook additions/changes
- tom nook sells one K.K. slider song each sunday
- player can deny working for tom nook
- player can deny having a statue built when loan is fully paid off
- nookington's no longer needs a second memory card for it to be opened
crazy redd additions/changes
- crazy redd sells four items instead of three
- crazy redd is guaranteed to sell at least one painting per visit
custom pattern additions
- patterns can be placed on ground
- patterns can have transparency
- additional palettes added for patterns, unlocked by befriending sable
- town flag added next to train station, can have a custom pattern applied
- custom patterns can be applied as background to the item screen
plant additions/changes
- new fruit type - chestnuts (originally a scrapped dnm item)
- overhauled flowers, now work similar to but not exactly like acww and onwards
- flowers can be dug up and moved with a shovel
- new flower type - roses
- new flower type - jacob's ladder (originally from e+)
- hybrids can be bred with a watering can (sold by nook)
clock additions/changes
- in-game clock can be automatically synced to system clock (L+R+Z on time change menu)
- clock interface can be changed to look like the ones from dnm/dnm+ and e+
- current acre is displayed nearby the clock (currently only applies to the default)
fossil additions/changes
- blathers can assess fossils, unlocked by donating 15 fossils
- fossils can be mailed to farway museum to be sold after blathers's assessment is unlocked
- multi-piece have a higher sale price when sold this way
- 5 new fossils from acww added
housing additions/changes
- top floor of house can be expanded to 8x8
- basement's wallpaper/flooring can be changed
- music players inside houses can have their volume raised/lowered
- more furniture can be used as a surface for tabletop items
- gyroids can be placed on tables
- placed tabletop items can be rotated
- rotated diaries no longer have their positions reset
golden tools changes
- golden watering can is now the perfect town reward
- golden axe changed to being obtained by purchasing 100 saplings from nook
NES changes
- NES games can have different aspect ratios
- "forbidden four" NES games can be obtained through normal gameplay
letter changes
- letters can be thrown out indoors
- letters can be multiselected for being mailed, marking as read, receiving enclosed gifts, being thrown out
balloon present changes/additions
- balloon presents now play a sound effect when floating by
- balloons are more likely to actually collide with a tree, due to a bug fixed from original game being fixed
- mario items can be found via balloons
acdx credits/contributors: cuyler, mangoma'am, finalhaunt, nintendo gamecube™, scorbunnyear, hay, yourpalfox, others
page last updated: march 10, 2026, patch 37.1
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