Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
04-01-20 | 02:42 PM
#176
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Liking the game, but SUPER frustrated that only the island representative can progress the island forward. Set my wife up first not realizing that, and I play WAAAAAY more than she does. So I've ended up mailing her materials and logging on as her a bunch, just to do those tasks. It really sucks. Too far in to reset the island now. 
04-01-20 | 03:11 PM
#177
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I don't usually bother with turnips, but they are selling for 120 on my island today if anyone needs to sell.
04-01-20 | 06:21 PM
#178
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Just make sure you're hitting your rocks (with a shovel) every single day. Early on there are a couple of bottlenecks, one related to bells (paying off that loan) and another related to iron, both of which you can get from rocks. Just pray your rocks aren't all inaccessible in the beginning...
In fact every day (from very early) you should:
1) hit every rock with a shovel, try to get at least 7 hits. You can get 8 I think only if you have a tree or something right behind you.
2) Find all your fossils. Usually three but I've gotten six before (some may be inaccessible early)
3) Log into the nook points thing at the atm for bonus points
4) Do the bonus nook points chores if possible
5) Find a bottle on the beach for a DIY recipe
6) Talk to neighbors, find special visitors, fish and catch bugs and sell the excess for bells, pop balloons, shake trees(at least one furniture a day), shake fruit trees so new fruit grows,chop trees for wood, etc.
In fact every day (from very early) you should:
1) hit every rock with a shovel, try to get at least 7 hits. You can get 8 I think only if you have a tree or something right behind you.
2) Find all your fossils. Usually three but I've gotten six before (some may be inaccessible early)
3) Log into the nook points thing at the atm for bonus points
4) Do the bonus nook points chores if possible
5) Find a bottle on the beach for a DIY recipe
6) Talk to neighbors, find special visitors, fish and catch bugs and sell the excess for bells, pop balloons, shake trees(at least one furniture a day), shake fruit trees so new fruit grows,chop trees for wood, etc.
04-02-20 | 06:49 AM
#179
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I feel dumb. I've been hitting rocks with the axe and only thought you could get three hits in.
04-02-20 | 07:05 AM
#180
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I always use the axe to hit rocks and get 8 hits in. It doesn't have to be the shovel.
04-02-20 | 07:26 AM
#181
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Seems like I haven't once gotten anything past three hits. I have hit them more but nothing.
04-02-20 | 08:18 AM
#182
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
You have to be fast. get right up next to it, hit it, move a little bit forward, hit again, repeat. That's why you can get 8 mainly only if you have a tree right behind you so you can just keep hitting.
Also, make sure there are no flowers, weeds, fruits, etc in the 8 spaces around the rock
Also, make sure there are no flowers, weeds, fruits, etc in the 8 spaces around the rock
04-02-20 | 08:52 AM
#183
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Yeah. Stand on an angle from the stone/rock, and make sure there's a tree or hole above and beside you, then whack the rock as quickly as you can. If you're slow, at all, you'll get less stuff, but if you're fast, you'll always get 8. The hole or tree will stop your character from sliding backwards/sideways at all.
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04-02-20 | 10:09 AM
#184
re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I found a .gif that shows the rock/hole method. Once you can build fence in the game some people have put fencing at the corner (instead of digging holes everyday).
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04-02-20 | 10:37 AM
#185
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I had to have popped at least 50 balloons last night as well as fished out 30-40 eggs. It was crazy. At one point I had two balloons almost neck and neck flying across the screen.
My one biggest complaint is that I wish you could rotate the camera 360 degrees. Sometimes I am behind something and can't see exactly what is there or going on.
My one biggest complaint is that I wish you could rotate the camera 360 degrees. Sometimes I am behind something and can't see exactly what is there or going on.
04-02-20 | 10:40 AM
#186
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
much better than my half-assed drawing. 
04-02-20 | 10:57 AM
#187
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I had to have popped at least 50 balloons last night as well as fished out 30-40 eggs. It was crazy. At one point I had two balloons almost neck and neck flying across the screen.
My one biggest complaint is that I wish you could rotate the camera 360 degrees. Sometimes I am behind something and can't see exactly what is there or going on.
My one biggest complaint is that I wish you could rotate the camera 360 degrees. Sometimes I am behind something and can't see exactly what is there or going on.
04-02-20 | 11:33 AM
#188
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04-02-20 | 03:17 PM
#189
re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I've been wondering about this but figured I'm so far out from being able to do it that I haven't really worried about it yet. My buildings are not blocking anything, but they're a little more haphazard than I'd like them to be. Need my residents on one side of the island, commerce on the other.
04-02-20 | 03:24 PM
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Most of you probably already know, but since I recently just planted new fruit, it's new to me..
Non-native island fruit sell at 5x native fruit (500 bells each vs 100 bells each). Except for coconuts, those are always 250.
Has anyone found a need or a reason for visiting Harv's Island yet?
Non-native island fruit sell at 5x native fruit (500 bells each vs 100 bells each). Except for coconuts, those are always 250.
Has anyone found a need or a reason for visiting Harv's Island yet?
04-02-20 | 03:28 PM
#191
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04-02-20 | 04:44 PM
#192
re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Most of you probably already know, but since I recently just planted new fruit, it's new to me..
Non-native island fruit sell at 5x native fruit (500 bells each vs 100 bells each). Except for coconuts, those are always 250.
Has anyone found a need or a reason for visiting Harv's Island yet?
Non-native island fruit sell at 5x native fruit (500 bells each vs 100 bells each). Except for coconuts, those are always 250.
Has anyone found a need or a reason for visiting Harv's Island yet?
I thought I remember that there is usually one fruit that you can sell for more than 500 bells, but I don't know if that's in this game. I haven't been able to get apples to sell on my island to see if there is one unique fruit to your island for higher money. Maybe I just imagined that in prior games.
Since I'm trying to avoid some spoilers, I'm not sure if it is possible without time traveling, but I HIGHLY doubt it. There are multiple ways to play the game, time traveling being one of them, but I don't subscribe to that method.
04-02-20 | 05:46 PM
#193
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
My daughter got some new custom earrings yesterday
04-02-20 | 06:01 PM
#194
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
It's great that social media has gotten this game alot of attention that it wouldn't normally get. My issue is that a lot of what is being posted is kind of defeating the purpose of Animal Crossing. You're supposed to be playing it regularly for a long time each day doing a little bit. You're not supposed to have your town be amazing and exactly how you want it a week after the game comes out. I can see using time travelling if there is a special event that you miss for whatever reason but when I see people time traveling just so they can have their museum completely full already it's like why are you even playing the game.
04-02-20 | 06:03 PM
#195
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I don't even do that much. I just dig a hole directly behind me and even if I have to move closer once I still get 8 every time with ease.
04-02-20 | 06:03 PM
#196
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
It's great that social media has gotten this game alot of attention that it wouldn't normally get. My issue is that a lot of what is being posted is kind of defeating the purpose of Animal Crossing. You're supposed to be playing it regularly for a long time each day doing a little bit. You're not supposed to have your town be amazing and exactly how you want it a week after the game comes out. I can see using time travelling if there is a special event that you miss for whatever reason but when I see people time traveling just so they can have their museum completely full already it's like why are you even playing the game.
Also I apologize if anything I posted before is a spoiler, I try not to and I'm not exactly speed running through so it's not like I'm super far ahead. It's something you should experience for yourself for sure.
04-03-20 | 12:26 PM
#197
re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
But he plays AC:NH for 8-14 hours a day, grinding away at bells and miles, and maximizing his time island-hopping.
He's two weeks into the game and barely got the terraforming permits. So it is possible to have that ability normally, but only if you play IT A TON!
04-03-20 | 12:36 PM
#198
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re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
Oh one other tip.
If you want to look behind a house (for a fossil or whatever) go behind it and then hit up on the right stick to look up (or down, I forget which). The building temporarily disappears.
Also, if you want to prolong the longevity of your tools you can use them for a while and then "modify" them and they should last longer. Did I mention how much I hate this BOTW style item durability?
If you want to look behind a house (for a fossil or whatever) go behind it and then hit up on the right stick to look up (or down, I forget which). The building temporarily disappears.
Also, if you want to prolong the longevity of your tools you can use them for a while and then "modify" them and they should last longer. Did I mention how much I hate this BOTW style item durability?
Last edited by fujishig; 04-03-20 at 01:21 PM.
04-03-20 | 01:17 PM
#199
re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3/20/20, Switch; 1/15/26, Switch 2)
I wish you could lock that view for stuff like balloon finding and shooting stars, but as soon as you move it swings back.
04-03-20 | 03:42 PM
#200
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