The local post office in North Westown is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 15:00. Ethan runs the front desk of the Postino, while Wayne wanders from town-to-town making deliveries for the service. When you first start living at the old farm outside of town, the post office won't be open for deliveries. Come back around Fall 5 of your first year and you'll be able to talk to Ethan and mail a letter. Sending letters earns you a little bit of friendship boost. You can send a villager one letter and can send another once you've received a response in your farm mailbox in the morning.
When drafting a letter to send, you will select the Addressee villager, the Stationary style, and the Contents of the message:
Addressee: will be a villager that you've met or one of your family members (Marlena, Lynn, or Daryl). You can't send a letter to your own child, Dessie, Inari, Michelle, Witchie, or Woofio.
Stationary: you select will determine the friendship amount you'll earn. Villagers all like letters, but you can earn a little bit more friendship if you select a paper style that they prefer. You don't get to see what the stationary looks like.
Content: is a pre-scripted message that you'll attach to your letter, either a Letter Home, Send a Present, or Send a Birthday Greeting.
Letter Home: option is selectable if you are sending a letter to Marlena, Lynn, or Daryl. This menu choice will open up several message options based on your status in the game. You can select a happy message to send to your family (such as "Life is great right now!") or an event-based message like your child was born. If you have less than 20,000 G when drafting your letter, a special life-is-tough content message is available to select. Depending on who you select as the Addressee, in return you'll receive a random amount of pity money. Daryl can send between 4000 and 8000 G, mom Marlena can send between 2000 and 4000 G, and Lynn can send 1000 to 2000 G.
Send a Present: you'll be prompted to select an item from your bag to attach to the letter. This can be a wrapped or unwrapped gift. Even if you already gave a gift to your recipient that day, you can send another gift via the postal service.
Send a Birthday Greeting: content message is only available if you are sending a letter on the date of the Addressee villager's birthday. On any other day the option is not selectable. You can't attach a gift when sending a birthday message.
Each letter you send will cost a delivery fee. The base fee for a villager is 100 G and for your three family members it is 500 G. The fee then increases depending on the pattern of stationary you select, from 0 G (Simple) to 800 G (Elegant). Once you finish drafting the letter, simply select Confirm at the bottom of the Letter Prep screen. Letters to local villagers will be delivered the same day you send the letter. You'll receive a response in your farm mailbox the next day. Letters mailed to Daryl, Lynn, and Marlena will take a few days to reach their destination, but eventually you will receive a response. You can't send another letter to one of your family members until you've received a response to your earlier letter.
Friendship Bonus[]
There is a normal bonus friendship you'll get for sending letters and a higher bonus if you send the letter using a villager's preferred stationary pattern. The Simple stationary is available when you start sending letters, with new styles of stationary appearing as you complete their requirements to unlock them.
Simple style: 0 G. +15 FP (regular) or +30 FP (preferred). Available from the beginning.
Stylish style: 300 G. +50 FP (regular) or +80 FP (preferred). Year 2 or later. For the Western Pattern, you need to have Westown at Town Link Rank D or higher, Eastern Pattern is Tsuyukusa Town Link Rank D or higher, and Tropical Pattern is Lulukoko is Town Link Rank D or higher.
Unique style: 400 G. +100 FP (regular) or +130 FP (preferred). Year 2 or later. For the Western Pattern, you need to have Westown at Town Link Rank C or higher, Eastern Pattern is Tsuyukusa Town Link Rank C or higher, and Tropical Pattern is Lulukoko is Town Link Rank C or higher.
Cool style: 600 G. +200 (regular) FP or +250 FP (preferred). Year 2 or later and all three towns are Town Link Rank D or higher.
Elegant style: 800 G. +300 FP (regular) or +400 FP (preferred). Year 2 or later an all three towns are Town Link Rank C or higher. Ideally, you'll want to send your letters using the Elegant Style paper for the greatest increase in friendship points with the Addressee.
Stationary Preferences[]
Listed below are the preferred stationary styles for the villagers that will earn a higher FP bonus when sending your letter to them. Selecting a different stationary style will still earn friendship points, though not as much as the villager's preferred style.
Westown Villagers[]
Everyone in Westown prefers Simple Western Pattern and Stylish Western Pattern.
Brad: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Carrie: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Colin: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Ford: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Frank: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Hector: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Lisette: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Marco: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Megan: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Miranda: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Noel: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Wayne: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Lulukoko Villagers[]
Everyone in Lulukoko prefers Simple Tropical Pattern and Stylish Tropical Pattern.
Alma: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Caolila: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Haulani: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Iluka: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Ludus: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Lotus: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Mithra: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Shalk: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Siluka: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Tigre: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Tototara: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Zahau: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Tsuyukusa Villagers[]
Everyone in Tsuyukusa prefers Simple Eastern Pattern and Stylish Eastern Pattern.
Ginjiro: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Hinata:Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Ittetsu: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Kasumi: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Komari: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Moriya: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Omiyo: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Shizu: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Sumomo: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Tatsumi: Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Umekichi: Unique Tropical Pattern Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
Yaichi: Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Yuzuki: Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Tropical Patter
Family[]
Since your family doesn't hail from any particular village, they have specific Simple and Stylish patterns they prefer:
Daryl: Simple Western Pattern, Stylish Western Pattern, Unique Tropical Pattern, Cool Eastern Pattern, Elegant Tropical Pattern
Marlena: Simple Eastern Pattern, Stylish Eastern Pattern, Unique Eastern Pattern, Cool Tropical Pattern, Elegant Eastern Pattern
Lynn: Simple Tropical Pattern, Stylish Tropical Pattern, Unique Western Pattern, Cool Western Pattern, Elegant Western Pattern
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