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Don't miss the show!
Originally arriving as part of July 2020's 1.4.0 update, the fireworks shows from previous entries returned in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. On Sunday evenings throughout August, you'll be able to enjoy a bright display in the night sky above your island, whichever hemisphere you reside in. We've collected all the information...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Lost Items
Lost and found
If you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for any length of time, you've probably stumbled across a lost item or two. If you're wondering what to do with these items, you've come to the right place, although it's really not too complicated - you just need to chat with your residents. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Lost...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Pearls - How To Get More
The ocean is your oyster
Although the ability wasn't present at launch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players are now free to swim and dive in the waters around their islands, which brings forth a whole host of new sea creatures and crafting materials to collect. The rarest of these novel collectables are pearls, which are as stunning as they are...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Mermaid Furniture Set - How To Get
Long time no sea
Ah, the Mermaid furniture series. Love it or hate it, it has become an iconic staple of Animal Crossing catalogues since its introduction in New Leaf. Luckily, the furniture and clothing have been revamped for New Horizons, delighting collectors and completionists alike. Read on for all of the details on this nautical furnishings,...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Pascal - Spawn Times, Scallops & Mermaid Clothing Rewards
Hey maaan, about that scallop of yours...
For those who have played any of the mainline Animal Crossing games since Wild World on the Nintendo DS, Pascal is the lovably familiar red otter whose philosophical mind and affinity for scallops are unparalleled. Many players were thrilled at his reappearance in New Horizons — what's more, he's brought...
Get hooked
You may have already met social media-mad C.J. while he was visiting your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The fish-crazy beaver appears on random days challenging you to catch certain fish and paying top dollar for your catches. However, C.J. also appears on certain Saturdays throughout the year to host the Fishing Tourney. In...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Bug-Off - Event Date, Start Time, Flick & Rewards Explained
Net profits
You may have already met Flick while he was visiting your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The bug-crazy red chameleon appears on random days challenging you to catch certain bugs and paying top dollar for your specimens. However, Flick also appears on certain Saturdays throughout the summer to host the Bug-Off Tournament. In...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Beetles - Where, When & How To Catch Every Beetle
Tip: Don't twist or shout
In previous Animal Crossing games, beetles have always been a significant source of income for players, particularly on late-night island runs in New Leaf. Although still valuable, there are a few key differences between the beetles of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and previous entries in the series. Animal Crossing:...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Sharks - Where, When & How To Catch Every Shark
Shark season is in session
Sharks only appear for a few months out of the year in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which makes them fairly rare and highly sought after! If you're wondering how, when, and where to catch the Great White Shark, Hammerhead Shark, Saw Shark, and or Whale Shark, just follow the steps below and you'll have them hooked faster...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Villager List - Personalities And Gift Guide
"The jocks, the cranks, snoots, normies, lazies, smugs - they all adore Animal Crossing"
One of the most beloved elements of the Animal Crossing series is the vast treasure trove of unique villagers and personalities waiting to be uncovered. However, with nearly four hundred different animals available as potential neighbors in Animal Crossing: New...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Celebrities - Famous People Playing New Horizons
Might be quicker to list who's NOT playing it
Animal Crossing: New Horizons took over the world when it launched in March 2020. Aided in no small part by the movement restrictions enforced worldwide to curtail the spread of COVID-19, players all over the planet have found themselves with plenty of time on their hands to enjoy the latest entry in...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Fossils - Complete Fossil List & Dinosaur Guide
You dig?
There are over 70 fossils to collect in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (73, by our count). Not only can you donate them to Blathers at the museum, but once they've been assessed they are also a good source of
A picture's worth a thousand friendship points
Ever wonder if there's a point to all of the constant conversation-having, flea-catching, and task-completing to be had with your neighbours in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Lucky for you, there most certainly is: framed photos of each and every resident! But they don't come easily, or quickly. For...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Mahi-Mahi - Where, When & How To Catch The Rare Mahi-Mahi
Nu ma nu ma nu ma
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Mahi-Mahi is certainly one of them. It's only available for six months of the year (which will differ depending on which hemisphere you're in) and then only in one very specific location on your island. If you're wondering how, when and where to catch the...
Shadow of the Trevally
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Giant Trevally is absolutely one of them. It's only available for six months of the year (which will differ depending on which hemisphere you're in) and then only in one very specific location on your island. If you're wondering how, when, and where...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Golden Trout - Where, When & How To Catch The Rare Golden Trout
Trout of luck
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Golden Trout is certainly one of them. It's only available for six months of the year (that's two three-month spells) and then only in one very specific location on your island. If you're wondering how, when and where to catch the Golden Trout, just follow the...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Art - How To Spot Redd's Fake Painting & Statues
Pick out the real deals from the fakes, cousin
Pre-launch, there was much speculation that wily art dealer Crazy Redd would be selling his wares in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and following update v1.2.0, Crazy Redd returned along with the ability to expand your
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Shell Prices - How Much Do Shells Sell For?
Shell yeah
Many players may have noticed that shells seem to be worth a significant amount of Bells in Animal Crossing: New Horizons - specifically certain types of shell. In fact, we've found this to be one of the quickest and easiest ways to make a little extra cash in the game. But which shells are worth picking up, and which are just a waste of...
Going to the chapel
Wedding Season comes to Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the entire month of June. Yes, the Bells will be ringing as happy couples (or the happy couple, to be precise) celebrate their love in the most romantic event on the Animal Crossing calendar. Originally arriving as part of an update which also included the return of old...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Coelacanth - Where, When & How To Catch The Rare Coelacanth
More to the point, how do you say it?
There are several rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and the Coelacanth is one of the most sought-after. It's a huge fish and a satisfying catch, although it only spawns under certain conditions. If you're wondering how, when and where to catch a Coelacanth, just follow the steps below and you'll...
The artist formerly known as Labelle
Label is the stylish middle child in the lovable Animal Crossing family of hedgehog tailors known as the Able Sisters. First introduced in City Folk at GracieGrace, she has since made appearances in New Leaf selling accessories at the shop, and now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with some exciting new fashion...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Time Travel - What Happens When You Time Travel?
Don't do the time crimes if you can't do the... time
Although Reggie said he would "Never!!" time travel in Animal Crossing, jumping forwards or backwards within the game's "real time" clock system is definitely a possibility - and fairly easy to accomplish, if we're being honest. However, there are many consequences to consider - both from...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Get A 5-Star Island Rating & Grow Lily Of The Valley
Written in the stars - and Isabelle's evaluation notes
In every iteration of Animal Crossing, there has always been some form of rating system in place to judge how well players organise and take care of their towns. These evaluations have become increasingly more complicated with each entry — and New Horizons is no different. Whether you're...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Able Sisters - How To Unlock The Clothing Shop
Access more fashions made lovingly by claw
Let's be honest: one of the best parts of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is definitely the improved clothing, accessories and outfit-changing interface (except for that fitting room... can we please buy more than one of each type of item at a time? Is that too much to ask, Mabel??) We'd be lying if we said...
Uh... she's kind of busy right now
When you first begin visiting the tailor's shop on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you'll notice Sable — forever found sewing at the back left of the shop — will be a bit hesitant to talk to you from the outset. Often, when you attempt to speak to her, the younger Able sister, Mabel, will...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Upgrade Nook's Cranny
More nooks & crannies for your shopping pleasure!
In each Animal Crossing game, there's something for everyone to love, and that's never been more true than with Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Some enjoy fishing, others spend their days breeding flowers or hunting fos
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Diagonal Rivers And Cliffs - How To Build Bridges At An Angle
Ground force
If you've unlocked the ability to change the terrain and waterways on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you may be wondering how to cut diagonal riverbanks and shave sharp sides off cliffs. There's no specific 'diagonal cut tool', but it's easy when you know how and it will enable you to build bridges at an angle, too...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Catch An Ant
A turnip for the books
If you're looking to catch an ant or two in Animal Crossing: New Horizons to add to the list of bugs in your Critterpedia you're not going to find them as easily as other bugs on your not-so-deserted island. In fact, much like catching a fly, you'll need to attract the creepy crawlies with
Avoid scammers ruining your game
The newest instalment of the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, debuted in March 2020 and offers a tropical escape at a time when anxiety and stress are high. While the game is relaxing and offers dozens of low-key activities like fishing and gardening to enjoy, some players have experienced in-game scams that...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Catch A Fly
Flies undone
If you're looking to catch a fly in Animal Crossing: New Horizons but can't find one, that's because you'll need to attract it before you can add it to the list of bugs in your Critterpedia. If you haven't seen a fly on your island yet, you should take it as a compliment! The absence of this bug is an indicator that you and your town...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Balloons - Spawn Rate, Hunting, Colour Guide
[ominous whooshing sound]
The sight and sound of a balloon floating overhead is a cause for celebration in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, for shooting it down with a trusty slingshot means you'll get a present. But what presents are you likely to get? Do different colours drop different presents? How often do balloons spawn? In this Animal Crossing...
The will of the Wisp
If you're playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons of an evening, you may well have run into Wisp, a benign and easily-startled spirit wandering around your deserted island in the dark. If you speak to this friendly ghost, Wisp will shed five pieces of his spirit in fright and ask you to retrieve them for him. In this guide, we'll...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Best Custom Design Codes - Zelda, Mario, Pokémon & More
Deck yourself out in the best designs the web has to offer
The ability to make and share your own custom designs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (or import designs from Animal Crossing: New Leaf via the NookLink app) has given the Animal Crossing community another chance to showcase its creativity. The results have been impressive, most impressive.
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Tarantula Island - How To Spawn & Catch Tarantulas
Terrifying, but rewarding
Note: Nintendo altered the spawn rates of bugs in an update. While it is still possible to 'create' a tarantula island (or a scorpion island, depending on the time of year), an increase in Giant Water Bugs will make it a little more difficult to chase off bugs that you don't want to catch (like Wharf Roaches). Throw in...
Get crafty
Veterans of the Animal Crossing series may be wondering where to find Pitfall Seeds in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, or even if they're in the game at all. Well, we're pleased to confirm that the nuisance item is present and correct in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Switch. Below, we give a quick overview of what Pitfall Seeds are,...
Turnip those bulbs into bread
Have you brave souls been attempting to get rich off the Stalk Market in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, only to end up wasting all of your Bells on bad luck and timing? Wanting to dig yourself out of that pitfall hole of debt with Tom Nook? As many of us are undoubtedly familiar, the Stalk Market is an invaluable —...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: How To Choose Your Villagers
Give them their (amiibo) green card
If you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for some time now you're probably set up with at least a few villagers (or should that be islanders?) and have a fairly cosy existence, but for a game that allows you to customise so much of your life, you might be feeling a bit miffed at some of the so-called...
Blooming wonderful
At the start of April (or October in the Southern Hemisphere), many of the trees on your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island turn a beautiful pink hue and cherry-blossom petals begin lilting around on the breeze. That's because cherry blossom season arrives each year from 1st - 10th April (running concurrently with the Bunny Day...
Go for gold
So, you've been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons for a while and you're fed up of your axe, shovel and fishing rod breaking every five minutes. You're probably wondering how to craft Golden Tools. On this page we'll look at the different methods and requirements to unlock every Golden Tool available
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: amiibo & Harv's Island - How To Use amiibo
Those cards you've been hoarding will come in handy after all!
Let's face it, many of us Animal Crossing fans made a fairly significant financial investment in Animal Crossing amiibo cards and amiibo figures during the New Leaf days. We then held onto our hoards, hoping they would come in handy once the mythical new Switch game released.
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Stringfish - Where, When & How To Catch The Rare Stringfish
String(fish) section
There are a bunch of rare fish to find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, including the Stringfish. It's only available for four months of the year which will be different depending on your hemisphere) and then only in one specific location on your island, which makes it a touch rarer than the Golden Trout, a fish you catch in...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Tips - Fruit Power, Upset Villagers & The Money Tree Explained
Lessons learned
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game all about kicking back, hanging with your friends and exploring an island you’ve decided to start a new life on, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The series has been known to sneak in plenty of extra features and ways to get things done and since the game doesn’t always...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Iron Nuggets - How To Get Iron Nuggets, Gold Nuggets & Ore
Strike while the iron is hot
Early on, iron nuggets are both one of the most necessary and hard-to-come-by crafting ingredients in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (besides gold nuggets, that is). Not only is it required for many essential upgrades to progress your island — including those (30!) needed to build Nook's Cranny — but it is also one...
Plunder another paradise for iron nuggets
If you're running low on resources — iron nuggets, stone, wood — or you want to brighten up your Animal Crossing: New
Give your Animal Crossing island more character
When you begin your new life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons you'll start with just two villagers joining you on your not-so-deserted island. However, in order to make progress and turn your paradise into a bustling hub of activity, you will need to attract new villagers to your Animal Crossing...
Gotta slog to get that dog and scrap to get that app
Ever since terraforming was first revealed in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, fans have been desperate to tinker with their island’s geography. Similarly, everyone wants their favourite guitar-playing doggo K.K. Slider to visit their island, but how can you make both of these...
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Ladder Tool - How To Unlock The Ladder
Moving on up
So, you've already crafted your axe, shovel, and vaulting pole to get yourself over rivers and explore your lovely new island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, yet there's still that raised bit at the back that remains inacc
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Hair Guide - How To Get More Hairstyles And Colors Explained
Get yourself a new 'do
One fantastic upgrade in Animal Crossing: New Horizons from previous generations of Animal Crossing games has been the ability to choose your own hairstyle; however, the options can feel a bit limited at the start. From the beginning of the game, you'll be able to choose between eight different hairstyles (four more longer...
Island paradise is better together
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of the best games on Switch (and Switch 2!). Excitingly, the game rewards you for connecting with other players in several ways. For example, non-native fruit collected on friends’ islands will earn you more Bells when you sell it relative to native fruit harvested from y
Guide Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Shovel Tool - How To Unlock And Upgrade Your Shovel
Shovel it
You've just started Animal Crossing: New Horizons and looking to get your hands on a shovel. You'll need to craft your tools using the DIY recipes you find or are given by characters as you progress through the first hours of the game. To unlock the shovel recipe, you'll need to have done two things already — crafted yourself a Flimsy...

















































