Animal Crossing Mail
Once you have set down your tent, you will be able to access your very own mailbox. Whenever you receive letters or packages, a small blue flag with a tiny, blinking white letter icon will appear on the box.
After receiving a letter, you can head over to your mailbox and read by pressing the A button. Your mailbox can hold up to 300 letters and packages – after it reaches this amount, the oldest letters will start to be thrown away.
You will notice that everyone who sends you mail has their own unique stationery. Most of these designs are available for your own use at the postcard stand in the airport building.
Who will send you letters?
- Your Mom
- Nook Mileage Program
- Other Residents
- The Happy Home Academy
- Other Animal Crossing Players
Packages
Along with letters, you will also frequently receive packages as well. Whether these be gifts from friends and family or a delivery for an online order, they can be collected from your mailbox.
Once there, select the package you want and press the A button to add it to your pockets. Packages count towards the limit of your mailbox so be sure to pick them up as soon as they arrive.
Anything you order from the Nook Mileage Program will show up in your mailbox the following day, so be sure to collect it.
Sending Mail
You can also send letters and packages of your own by entering the Dodo Airlines building and pressing the A button while facing the postcard stand to Orville’s right. Here you can send both letters and packages to yourself or other residents for 200 bells a piece.
Once you have chose the recipient, you will be able to pick from a wide range of postcard backgrounds to personalise your message. After you have finished writing your letter, you can make use of the present icon in the bottom right if you wish to send a gift as well.
Letters to other residents will always show up the day after they have been sent, but it is possible to choose the exact date you would like the letter to arrive if you are sending it to yourself. You can even have it delivered years later!
There are plenty of postcard designs to choose from. Many are seasonal and are only available for a limited period of time, so check in regularly.
You can find discounted Animal Crossing gift cards over at our online store here, along with a wide variety of other gift cards here.
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