Steps to make a perfect town
1. Use a shovel(*) or patterns to make acres by 16x16 shovel spaces (16 down, 16 across)
2. Have between 12 and 15 trees and 6 to 10 flowers per acre in your town.
3. Try to get rid of all the weeds in your town.
4. Don't leave any items lying around. Seashells and fruit are excluded from this.
(*) - Note that holes made by the shovel will disappear when you save. If you want to keep a grid up for the 15 days it takes to get the Golden Can, you're better off using patterns. Also, if you use a shovel, it can make it harder to travel from acre to acre as you cannot walk over holes.
Each weed or non-natural item (anything from random furniture to rotting garbage) effectively cancels out one flower in the 16x16 area it is in. (Confirmation needed, but that's how it worked in GC and WW). Buried items (excluding fossils and gyroids) can also have a negative impact; a buried rotten turnip has as much negative impact as an unburied rotten turnip, for example.
The best way to assure you stay in perfect town status is to continue to plant every flower Nook sells. Flowers will cancel out any weeds that you may miss or any items that other players may leave out. It also works as a good buffer in case you miss a wilting flower.
If your town meets these specifications for 15 days in a row, you earn the Golden Watering Can from the Town Hall's environment counter as a reward. Once the Gold Can has been earned by one player in your town, any of the remaining three players can obtain one (regardless of whether or not they helped).
In order to have a perfect town, 8 out of 25 acres must be "perfect," and the rest must be "decent." Here is a guide on how to make perfect and decent acres.
"Sweeeeet" ("Perfect") acre results:
0 trees and 27 or more flowers
1 tree and 25 or more flowers
2 trees and 23 or more flowers
3 trees and 21 or more flowers
4 trees and 19 or more flowers
5 trees and 17 or more flowers
6 trees and 15 or more flowers
7 trees and 13 or more flowers
8 trees and 11 or more flowers
9 trees and 9 or more flowers
10 trees and 7 or more flowers
11 trees and 5 or more flowers
12 trees and 3 or more flowers
13 trees and 3 or more flowers
14 trees and 3 or more flowers
15 trees and 3 or more flowers
16 trees and 5 or more flowers
17 trees and 7 or more flowers
etc.
"Fantastic" ("Decent") acre results:
0 trees and 21 or more flowers
1 tree and 19 or more flowers
2 trees and 17 or more flowers
3 trees and 15 or more flowers
4 trees and 13 or more flowers
5 trees and 11 or more flowers
6 trees and 9 or more flowers
7 trees and 7 or more flowers
8 trees and 5 or more flowers
9 trees and 3 or more flowers
10 trees and 0 or more flowers
11 trees and 0 or more flowers
12 trees and 0 or more flowers
13 trees and 0 or more flowers
14 trees and 0 or more flowers
15 trees and 0 or more flowers
16 trees and 0 or more flowers
17 trees and 0 or more flowers
18 trees and 3 or more flowers
19 trees and 5 or more flowers
20 trees and 7 or more flowers
etc.
Messages that you can receive about your town:
"Worst" message:
"This place is the pits! Everything that can go wrong has gone wrong!
There's not a single thing I like in this town!"
"Bad" message:
"I'm not sure what good it will do to write this, but...
Could you try and be a bit more thoughtful about your town? Because at this
rate..."
"So-so" message:
"Hmm... it's not a passing grade, but it's not a failing grade either.
I'd give it a D plus. Maybe a C minus on a good day."
"Decent" message:
"This town is fantastic! But even so, it still seems to be missing something"
"Perfect" message:
"Fantastic! [Town Name] is in great shape right now! Yep, it's pretty sweeeeet!"
Pelly and Phyllis Comments:
Pelly and Phyllis will add their own comment, hinting at what should be done in order to improve your town rating(In brackets is the simple version of what you need to do):
Pelly:
1) Hmm... You know, I think the problem is there are those gross flowers that
keep showing up. You really have to work daily to prevent eyesores like
that from sprouting. [Get rid of Rafflesia]
2) Hmm... I guess my hunch was right. All those weeds around town are really
stirring everyone up. [Pick weeds]
3) Hmm... It sounds to me like the problem is all the garbage lying around.
[Get rid of trash]
4) Hmm... It sounds like the problem is that there's too much stuff on the
ground. [Pick up items]
5) Hmm... Yes, it seems this problem might be a result of having too many trees
in some areas. [Remove trees (or add flowers) in one or more acres]
6) Hmm... Maybe people are sending in these comments because there's not enough
greenery in some areas. [Add trees (and/or flowers) in one or more acres]
7) Everyone's got to work together so we can make [town name] shine. Make sure
to do your part. [Plant flowers in one or more acres]
8) I feel like the luckiest pelican in the world to be able to work in a
wonderful town like [town name]. [Keep rating to get Golden
Can]
Phyllis:
1) There must be a flower that smells terrible somewhere in town. Well, if
that's the problem, maybe they should just stop planting them! (Come on,
genius!) [Get rid of Rafflesia]
2) It must be because of the weed problem in town... (Talk about disgusting!)
[Pick weeds]
3) It's because there's so much garbage cluttering up the town! (Ugh, how
gross!)
[Get rid of trash]
4) I guess there's just too much stuff lying around town.
[Pick up items]
5) Maybe it's because of all the trees around town... (What am I, a scientist?)
[Remove trees (or add flowers) in one or more acres]
6) Problem is, some areas just don't have enough trees. TREES! I said TREES!
(Try listening for once!) [Add trees (and/or flowers) in one or more acres]
7) I don't know about you, but I'd sure rather live in a nice place than a bad
place. [Plant flowers in one or more acres]
8) Well, isn't living here better than you expected? (...Or maybe not.)
[Keep rating to get Golden Can]
Mapping Your Town
Instead of using patterns, you may want to try mapping out your town with graph paper or in a computer program. Not only does this give you a concrete look at your town, it saves you time in laying down and picking up patterns and allows you to create plans for your town in terms of tree placement. Instead of using patterns, existing trees/landmarks and shovel holes can be used to align everything correctly. (Note that shovel holes disappear when you save and quit, saving you time for cleanup.)
A map of a town before planning, created in MS Paint.
A map using Excel
Two Styles of a Perfect Town:
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| Method 1- Trees in perfect rows |
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| Method 2- Trees scattered for a natural look. |
An Example of Intersecting Acres with Patterns Laid:
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| Bee prepared to get stung! |
