Welcome to my Animal Crossing: Wild World HRA FAQ!
This is my first ever FAQ, so it might not be very good. Enjoy it anyway, and I
hope it helps you understand the Happy Room Academy (HRA) more!
Contents
Part 1 ? Very Important Stuff (Must Read)
Part 2 ? Introduction
Part 3 ? Definitions
Part 4 ? Other Basics
Part 1 - Very Important Stuff (Must Read)
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Part 2 - Introduction
The Happy Room Academy (HRA) returns in Animal Crossing: Wild World! Roughly
once a week, the HRA finds the time to sneak into your house, inspect your
interior design, and then ships a letter off to you with the points your design
earned. The HRA, however, never bothers to tell you the mysterious criteria
they're using to grade your room. Be confused no more: this guide tells you how
the HRA tallies their scores. Enjoy!
Part 3 - Definitions
To understand the HRA there are some basic definitions you need to know:
Series: A group of ten, matching, traditional furniture pieces, with
accompanying wallpaper and carpet. A Series includes such items as beds, lamps,
and tables. An example of a Series is the Classic Series. Series include the
Necessities of Life.
Themes: A large or medium sized group of related items, with an accompanying
wallpaper and carpet. Unlike Series, Themes consist of unconventional furniture.
An example of a Theme is the Boxing Theme. The furniture reflects what one might
find in a boxing arena rather than in a regular house.
Sets: A small group of related items, sometimes containing as few as two or
three pieces. Furniture sets do not have matching wallpaper or carpet. An
example of a set is the Froggy set, consisting of only a Froggy Chair and a
Lily-pad Table.
Categories: Categories are large groups of related items that may include
smaller sets. There are four different Categories in Animal Crossing: Wild
World. These consist of Musical Instruments, Plants, Paintings, or Models.
Plants, for example, may contain single, unmatched pieces as the lady palm, but
also contain all the pieces of the complete Bonsai Sets. Since you need at least
eight pieces from a single Category to receive a Category Bonus, if you were to
place an entire three piece Bonsai Set in a room with five additional Plants,
you would receive a Category Bonus and a Complete Set Bonus.
Necessities of Life: These are the four pieces of furniture the HRA deems
necessary for any house: Table, chair, wardrobe, and a dresser OR bureau.
Colour: Every item has two colours. Colours are designated as yellow, green,
red, blue, pink, orange, colourful, grey, black, white and brown. Items that
have a colour of yellow, red, or green can be placed in designated Feng Shui
yellow, red, or green areas of your room. Arranging yellow, red, and green items
in their corresponding areas will not only bring you luck, but a Feng Shui Bonus
from the HRA. In general, items placed on the south side of the room should be
green and will bring more luck concerning items, items placed on the west side
of the room should be yellow and will bring more luck concerning money, and
lastly, items placed on the east side of the room should be red and will bring
more luck concerning items, as well. Items set in corners can cover more than
one Feng Shui colour and receive double bonuses if applicable; for example, a
Glow Clock (yellow/green) set in the southwest corner of the room. When animals
ask for certain coloured items they are referring to these colours. Regarding
floating presents, the colour of a balloon will also correspond to one of the
colours of the present it carries.
The HRA Colour Bonus (different from the Feng Shui placement bonus) is
calculated per room; there must be at least ten items in the room to be eligible
for a colour bonus. Additionally, a certain percentage of the room must be of a
certain colour. Bonuses are awarded for colour percentages in excess of 70% or
90%. However, if you meet the 90% colour criterion, you will not be awarded an
additional 70% bonus. When calculating this fraction or percent, you count both
colours of each item in the room.
As an example, let's use the Robo Series. Here are the colour designations of
the ten items of the Robo Series: Example Calculation
Item Colours
Robo Bed - grey/blue
Robo Dresser - grey/grey
Robo Closet - grey/grey
Robo Sofa - grey/blue
Robo Chair - grey/grey
Robo Table - grey/grey
Robo Stereo - grey/blue
Robo TV - grey/grey
Robo Clock - grey/black
Robo Lamp grey/green
The count of each colour is as follows: grey (15), blue (3), black (1), green
(1). To calculate the Gray bonus, divide the grey "count" by the total colour
"count" in the room. The result is 15/20 or 75%. This result is compared against
the HRA Colour bonus thresholds:
For 90% or more, the bonus is 600 points x the total number of items.
For 70% or more, the bonus is 200 points x the total number of items.
You will receive a maximum of one Colour Bonus per room.
In the example, a room with the ten Robo Series items would get a HRA Colour
bonus of 2,000 points (= 200 x 10).
Genre: There are four genres of furniture: Modern, old school, Lovely, or Chic.
Items can be either Modern or old school, OR Lovely or Chic. An item can not be
Modern AND old school or Lovely AND Chic. You need to have 10 items in a room to
be eligible for a Genre Bonus. Genre Bonuses are calculated for the percentage
of Modern vs. old school pieces and Lovely vs. Chic pieces. Thus, unlike colour,
you can receive two Genre Bonuses per room. Genre bonuses are calculated
similarly to how HRA Colour Bonuses are calculated. Let's revisit the Robo
Series: Example Calculation
Item Genre
Robo Bed modern/lovely
Robo Dresser modern/lovely
Robo Closet modern/lovely
Robo Sofa modern/lovely
Robo Chair modern/lovely
Robo Table modern/lovely
Robo Stereo modern/lovely
Robo TV modern/lovely
Robo Clock modern/lovely
Robo Lamp modern/lovely
The genre count is as follows: modern (10) vs. old school (0) and lovely (10)
vs. chic (0). The percentage of modern furniture is 100%, qualifying for the 90%
bonus. The percentage of lovely furniture is also 100%, qualifying for the 90%
bonus. The following bonuses apply for either Modern vs. old school or Lovely
vs. Chic.
For 90% of one genre, the bonus is 300 points x the total number of items.
For 70% of one genre, the bonus is 100 points x the total number of items.
You will receive a maximum of two Genre Bonuses per room.
In the example, a room with the ten Robo Series items would get a Modern Genre
Bonus of 3,000 points (= 300 x 10) and a Lovely Genre Bonus of 3,000 points (=
300 x 10).
Lucky Items: Lucky items are a group of items that have a special Feng Shui
value. They increase your luck regardless of where they are set in the house.
Lucky items that also have Feng Shui colours can also receive Feng Shui Bonuses
in addition to Lucky Bonuses. For example, a Lucky Cat (which has yellow Feng
Shui) if placed on the yellow side of the room will receive a Feng Shui
Placement Bonus and a Lucky Bonus. Lucky Items
Arwing
Garden Gnome
Lucky Cat
Raccoon Figurine
Big Festive Tree
Ivory Piano
Master Sword
Samurai Suit
Birthday Cake
Jack-in-the-Box
Music Box
Scarab Beetle
Dracaena
Lefty Lucky Cat
Piggy Bank
Treasure Chest
Festive Tree
Lovely Phone
Pikmin
Triforce
Four-Leaf Clover
Lucky Black Cat
Portrait
Washer/Dryer
Part 4 - Other Basics
All items that have a function must be able to be used. For example, if you have
a dresser in a room, a player must be able open the dresser without having to
move it in order to receive full HRA points. Smaller items set on tables must be
placed such that a player can use the item from at least one side of the table.
In Animal Crossing for Nintendo Gamecube you could not put a chair up against a
table without the HRA deducting points. This was because a chair could only be
sat upon when a player was facing its front. This has been changed in Animal
Crossing: Wild World. You can now sit on a chair from the front or the side.
This does not necessarily apply to couches, so always check to see if you can
sit on seats.
Items with faces, such as dharmas and gyroids, must never face the wall. To
clarify--yes, items will always face a wall, but they must not be placed
directly up against a wall and facing it. Players commonly place gyroids next to
the entry way so the player can see their faces as he or she walks in. The wall
there is invisible to the player, but the HRA can see it. Items such as
character pictures should never face another item if they are set on a table.
Items should not be left on the floor if they can be put away in a cabinet or
placed on a table.
Common items, such as those that can be regularly purchased at Tom Nook's shop,
do not generally bring in a lot of HRA points. Usually, rarer items, like those
obtained from special visitors, are worth more HRA points. Lucky items are worth
a lot of HRA points.
The HRA gives Bonus points if the majority of furniture in a room is of a
certain colour, such as blue or white, or of a certain genre, such as modern or
chic.
The HRA examines your entire house, excluding your attic (the save room).
Basic Point Chart
Basic Points Awarded
Accessories (Hats, Wigs, Glasses, etc) 3
Acorn Festival Prizes (Mush Furniture) 412
Available at Nook's (Furniture) 51
Available at Nook's (Wallpaper/Carpet) 0
Available from Saharah (Wallpaper/Carpet) 3
Clothing 3
Creatures caught with a fishing rod 3
Creatures caught with a net 3
Festive Items (Available at Nook's for limited time) 151
Flowers 5
Fossils (Excluding Skeletons) 300
Fossils (Skeletons) 1,000
Gifts from Nintendo (over WFC, Mario Theme) 210
Gifts from neighbours (Birthday Cake) 1,111
Gulliver Items 412
Gyroids 828
House Models (HRA Rewards) 1,111
Lost Kitten Items 1,280
Museum Model (From Completing the Museum) 1,111
Pascal Items 1,543
Red Turnip Trade Items 325
Redd Items (Excluding Paintings) 412
Redd Items (Non-forged Paintings) 151
Savings Account Prize 912
Shells 3
Spotlight Items (at Nook's) 151
Store Models (From Nook Membership) 1,111
Texture/Pattern (as umbrella, clothes, or painting) 3
Town Event Items 1,111
Trophies (Bug, Fishing, Flower) 800
Umbrellas 3
Villager Pictures (does not apply to special characters) 3,200
Bonus Points Chart
Bonus Points Awarded
Complete Necessities of Life (same series) 5,000
Complete Necessities of Life (diff series) 1,000
Completed Furniture Series 20,000
--- WITH Wallpaper OR Carpet of Same Series 25,000
--- WITH Wallpaper AND Carpet of Same Series 30,000
Wallpaper AND Carpet of the same Theme 3,000
Completed Theme (with wall & carpet) 3,000 + (# of Theme items x 3,000)
Completed Furniture Set (per item) 1,000
Properly placed Feng Shui items # of items x 100
Lucky Items (per item) 7,777
Category items* (per item) 400
90% Colour Bonus** # of total items x 600
70% Colour Bonus*** # of total items x 200
90% Genre Bonus**** # of total items x 300
70% Genre Bonus***** # of total items x 100
*You need at least 8 items from the same Category (Plants, Musical Instruments,
Paintings, or Models) to receive a Category Bonus.
**You need at least 10 items in the room to be eligible for a Colour Bonus. One
colour must dominate over 90% of the room to receive this bonus.
***You need at least 10 items in the room to be eligible for a Colour Bonus. One
colour must dominate over 70% of the room to receive this bonus.
****You need at least 10 items in the room to be eligible for a Genre Bonus.
Modern or old school OR Lovely or Chic must dominate 90% of the room to receive
this bonus. You can receive this bonus twice (for Modern vs. old school and
Lovely vs. Chic).
*****You need at least 10 items in the room to be eligible for a Genre Bonus.
Modern or old school OR Lovely or Chic must dominate 70% of the room to receive
this bonus. You can receive this bonus twice (for Modern vs. old school and
Lovely vs. Chic).
Penalty Chart
Penalty Points Deducted
Items on Floor # of items x -1
Unusable Items # of items x -100
Items Facing Walls # of items x -100
HRA Rewards
HRA guidelines may not yield a room that's fully "you," but there is a point to
following them. The first time you achieve certain HRA scores, the HRA will send
you a present in the mail with your report letter. Below is a table of rewards
you will receive at certain scores.
Model Awards
One-Story Model 70,000 HRA points
Two-Story Model 100,000 HRA points
Mansion Model 150,000 HRA points