Animal Show
Season All Seasons (except Spring Year 1)
Date Spring 3 days after the Flower Festival (Y2 onwards only)
Summer 8 days after Summer Pet Show
Fall 10 days after Cook Off
Winter 3 days after Hearth Day
Time 12:00PM – 3:59PM
Location Town Plaza
Festival Items Enter with any barn animal
Prizes Vary by rank

The Animal Show occurs once every season and it’s the second festival you’ll experience in the game. It takes place on different dates each season, but generally it’s around the second or third Friday of every season.

At this festival, participants enter their best barn animals to be judged by Woofio. Animals will be judged in various ranks based on their Friendship, Happiness, and Health meters.

The rewards you’ll earn for entering the Animal Show vary depending on your animal’s rank and placement. But winning can increase the quality cap on an animal’s products, eventually resulting in a Brand mark.

How To Enter

From 12:00PM to 4:00PM on the day of the festival, you can speak to Felix in the Town Plaza to begin the festival. You will be prompted to select an animal to enter.

Speaking with Felix
Speak to Felix to begin the Animal Show

Once you have entered an animal of your choice, a cutscene will play of Woofio judging each participant’s animal. Your best chances will be with whatever animal you own with the highest Friendship.

Note: An animal must have their Health meter at maximum in order to win in any rank.

After Woofio finishes judging each animal, the winner will be announced.

Animal Show Event Details

Winning animals will receive a boost to the quality of their products – not only for the individual winning animal, but for every animal in its family. For example, if your Chicken wins Bronze Rank, the quality cap will increase on all Eggs laid by Chickens (but not Silkie Chickens).

In order to win each rank, your animal should be at full health, with its Friendship and Happiness as follows:

Rank Winning Requirement
Bronze Combined total of around 5 Friendship Hearts and Happiness Stars
Silver Combined total of around 10.5 Friendship Hearts and Happiness Stars
Gold Combined total of around 16.5 Friendship Hearts and Happiness Stars
Woofio the judge
Woofio judging the farmer’s Alpaca

Prizes & Perks

Winning the Animal Show offers the same pool of prizes for Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.

But the exact rewards you get will vary depending on your animal’s rank in the festival, as well as how many times an animal has been entered into that rank.

Gold Rank (Prizes)

First time
  • Gold Trophy (Memento)
  • Animal Show Gold Decor
  • ‘Gold Rancher’ title
  • Gentle Fodder Seed x9
  • Large Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Large Happiness boost with winning animal
  • Products from the winning animal will become “Branded,” as well as all animals of the same type
Second time
  • Fast Fodder Seed x9
  • Medium Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Medium Happiness boost with winning animal
Third time
  • Fodder x30
  • Small Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Small Happiness boost with winning animal

Silver Rank (Prizes)

First time
  • Silver Trophy (Memento)
  • Animal Show Silver Decor
  • ‘Silver Rancher’ title
  • Fast Fodder Seed x9
  • Large Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Large Happiness boost with winning animal
  • Product quality cap increases to ☆7
  • Gold Rank unlocked
Second time
  • Good Fodder Seed x9
  • Medium Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Medium Happiness boost with winning animal
Third time
  • Fodder x20
  • Small Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Small Happiness boost with winning animal

Bronze Rank (Prizes)

First time
  • Bronze Trophy (Memento)
  • Animal Show Bronze Decor
  • ‘Bronze Rancher’ title
  • Good Fodder Seed x9
  • Large Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Large Happiness boost with winning animal
  • Product quality cap increases to ☆6
  • Silver Rank unlocked
Second time
  • Fodder Seed x9
  • Medium Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Medium Happiness boost with winning animal
Third time
  • Fodder x10
  • Small Friendship Points boost with all villagers
  • Small Happiness boost with winning animal

Additionally, you can earn the ‘Brand Master’ title upon earning brands for each type of animal.

Gold Rank Win at Animal Show
Gold Rank at the Animal Show with the winning Alpaca
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