ACNH: Beginner’s Guide
ver. 2.0.0
Welcome to the unofficial Animal Crossing: New Horizons beginner’s guide! This page serves as a walkthrough the first few days of the game, as well as provides some tips and tricks for new players. This walkthrough is a fan-made page and claims no affiliation with or ownership of any intellectual property associated with Nintendo or Animal Crossing.
This guide is current through version 2.0.6 of the game.
Feel free to join the ACNH Info Discord server, where you can keep up to date with the latest game news and information:
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Terminology
| Term | Usage/Definition |
|---|---|
| NMT | Abbreviation for “Nook Miles Ticket” |
| AC/AC:NH | Abbreviation for “Animal Crossing”/”Animal Crossing: New Horizons” |
| TT/TTing | Abbreviation for “time travel”/”time traveling” |
| Island Representative | Synonym for Resident Representative/player who created the island. |
| DIY | Shorthand for “DIY Recipe” |
| NSO | Abbreviation for “Nintendo Switch Online” |
Acknowledgements
The creation of this guide was an effort led by littlesnorlax#1717 and cestislife#0473.
Content contributed in no particular order by, littlesnorlax#1717, Nexies#0924, Zed#9586, cestislife#0473, LeChatMG#1082, monova#7159, Diablo#1311, MissAriadne#1762, blink#0294, Melosaur🍕#7567, Jade09🐱#2309, Nours#7244, and#6915, mybae#1905, tina™#7777, Kanø#0009, deee#1989 and cloud#1580. ♥
A special thanks to the lovely members of the Garden Council, especially Bigfoot (Bigfoot MG#9157), Lucas (cestislife#0473), Goose (Waterjar#2219), and Blink (blink#0294).
This guide also would not have been possible without the extraordinary work of the dataminers, testers, and guide makers, especially Alexis (Alexis#8717), Stoney (Stoney#9215), Yue (yue#1993), Lucas (cestislife#0473), Asteriation (asteriation#6884), and Ninji (https://twitter.com/_ninji).
Custom icons and assets by Melon (https://twitter.com/54_Melon).
Please contact littlesnorlax#1717 on Discord or submit a PR if you would like to request changes to the document, or request usage within other applications or websites!