i finally finished one of my collections after 500+ hours...i've needed one last shell for two weeks now i just can't find it...in that time i found the 6 beetles i needed to finish that collection but still no shell... oh well be patient right?

That's what they say...UGH!!!

YES, yes, yes! I have completed all four collections. Just when I was giving up on that last butterfly it landed right next to the research table where I was (rather impatiently) training a reluctant villager in the wonders of science. I almost let it go - then that moment of panic as you search for the nearest child and hurl them upon the precious item. YES, success :-)

Smug, satisfied, content.

hahaha.. congrats Treen

I finished the collections of the butterflies and the beetles quite early on in the game but weeks have passed now and I'm still looking for 2 pebbles and 1 shell to complete those collections. I guess patience is the name of the game

I played for a solid 24hours, and still didn't get all the collectables.

Does anything special happen if you find all the collectibles? or is a waste of time

You can see what completing collections does in this post.

Thank You LadyCFII. that answered 2 questions...I couldn't figure out how someone could have 99 villagers without having 3-4 villagers freakishly have triplets all at the same moment in time