10 Things Only Animal Crossing Fans Understand

Early on in your playthrough, you'll wonder what exactly the point is with rocks. Trees, fruits, even weeds have their purpose, but rocks? They're just big gray eyesores! How misled you are. Those bulbous stones are the key to you living the good life, so treat them right!

That is, unless you already broke those rocks, which you probably did. Thankfully, Animal Crossing rocks are quick to forgive and will reappear after a day. Simply put, there's no telling what'll come out of rocks, so you never want to run out, or mislabel them as being no better than weeds. You want upgrades don't you, want Tommy Nook to get his own store, right? Then treat your rocks right because they're (potential) treasure troves that will charitably give you iron and (possibly) gold, so be respectful.

Hard lessons are learned that first time you break all your island rocks, with the most important one of them being 'They'll be back, but next time, don't swing so hard yeah?'