Island Development

How long does it take for X to be built?

One day after you ask for it to be built.

How do I move where buildings are on my island?

Once Resident Services has been upgraded, you can ask Tom Nook to move a building by selecting “Let’s talk infrastructure.” > “I want layout changes.”, this will cost you 10,000 bells. To move your own house, you’ll have to ask “About my home…” > “I want to relocate.” and the fee will be 8,000 bells.

Tom Nook will give you a building move kit that you can them place outside where you want the building to be. The new and old position of a building can’t overlap, in that case you’d have to do it in 2 different moves (and twice the price) over two days. If you change your mind before placing the move kit, you can cancel the move by talking to Tom Nook again and choosing the “Let’s talk infrastructure.” > “I want layout changes.” > “Let’s not move it.” (or “About my home…” > “I don’t want to move.” if it was for your own house), he’ll then take the kit back and refund you your bells

1. The airport, Resident Services/plaza and empty housing plots can not be moved in any way.
2. You must have spoken at least once to a villager to introduce yourself to them to be able to move their house. You cannot move the house of a villager if they’re in boxes.

What is the build limit for buildings/structures?

How do I unlock terraforming?

Complete Project K by raising your island rating to 3 stars. Further information can be found under the Unlocking Things section.

What can secondary (non-Island-Representative) players do?

Secondary residents can do everything that Island Representatives can except story progression and certain infrastructural decisions. They can interact with and complete quests for NPC visitors, upgrade/relocate their house, raise friendship with villagers, buy/sell items, donate to the museum, terraform, place decorations, invite new villagers from mystery islands or from other players, and donate to construction efforts.

They cannot buy bridges or inclines, move buildings, or progress the story (i.e., upgrade Resident Services from a tent to a building, build the campsite, etc).

What are ordinances?

Available after KK’s first concert, enacting ordinances changes certain aspects of your island. There are four different ordinances and the table below provides a brief explaination for each one.

For more detailed information on the effects of the ordinances, please visit asteriation#6884’s website below:
https://acnh.isomorphicbox.com/updates/2.0.0/#ordinances

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Materials & DIYs

How can I find X seasonal material?

The timeframe of which each seasonal material can be obtained in is tabled below.

• See here for more explanation on young spring bamboo, cherry blossom, acorns, pine cones, maple leaves, and mushrooms.
• Summer shells are found on the beach and more spawn every five minutes.
• Snowflakes float around your island and can be caught with a net.
• Large snowflakes are rewarded for building perfect snowboys.
• Ornaments drop from decorated cedar trees. They will only appear after Isabelle announces their presence. See here for how to get them.
• Head here for a complete list of seasonal DIYs that use these materials.

For acorns, pinecones and ornaments: you can simply shake one tree infinitely until it produces the amount you want.

How do I obtain “X” DIY recipe?

• Most recipes are from villagers crafting or message bottles. See here to find which personalities give you which recipes.
• The Pitfall Seed DIY is either received from a crafting Jock villager or self-taught through digging up a pitfall seed.
• Most seasonal DIY recipes such cherry blossoms, mushrooms, festive, etc. come from balloons during their respective seasons. See here to find out how balloons work.
• Trash DIY recipes are self-taught after fishing up a certain amount of trash. Visit the spreadsheet in the last bullet point for how many for a specific one.
• The King Tut mask is self-taught after picking up a golden nugget dropped from hitting a rock.
• Most Spooky DIY recipes are obtained through crafting villagers, balloons, or message bottles. The rest can be obtained from villagers and Jack on Halloween. See here for more detail.
• Likewise, most Bunny Day DIY recipes are from egg bottles and egg balloons. Some are self-taught or from villagers and Zipper. See here for more detail.
• Frozen DIY recipes are given by Snowboy after you build a perfect one. See here for how to make a perfect Snowboy.
• You can get one zodiac DIY recipe from Celeste per zodiac period. See here for a list of them and their dates. She also gives you space-themed (celestial) DIY recipes and wand recipes.
• Pascal can give you mermaid themed DIY recipes when you give him a scallop. See here for a list of them.
• Wedding DIYs are given by Cyrus and Harv on the 7th day of the event.
• The hedge fencing DIY recipe is given by Leif after you’ve been the first to buy from him on three different days, or by Tom Nook after you completed a Nature day activity*.
• Turkey Day DIYs can be obtained by completing the event, or they are available for purchase in Nook’s Cranny starting November 27^th.
• You can also purchase certain DIY recipes from Nook’s Cranny and the Nook Stop.
• You can view this spreadsheet to help you search for the specific recipe you may be looking for.

Nature Day activities were removed from the game as of version 1.10.0. This method of obtaining the hedge fence is now only viable if you are version 1.9.0 or below.

How long do villagers craft for? How many can craft per day?

Up to 3 villagers can craft per day. The first villager starts crafting when you log into the game for the first time that day; they rotate every 3 hours. Villagers won’t craft on event days (e.g. bug-off, fishing tourney, etc.).

What do I do with duplicate DIYs?

Up to you! Some people save them to trade them to other players, some sell them to Nook’s Cranny, and some just toss them.

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Snowboys

How do I build a perfect Snowboy?

It is important to note that size is not the determining factor in how a perfect Snowboy would be, but rather its proportions. The head should be about 10-20% smaller than the body for it to be considered perfect. The table below shows the correlation of the head to body ratio and its rating.

If estimation is not your forte, a general guideline for the perfect Snowboy is to have the top of the Snowboy’s body to be the same height as the top of the player’s eyes, while the Snowboy’s head should be the same height as the bottom of the player’s ears. See below for a visual example. Perfect Snowboys reward a Frozen DIY and 1 large snowflake to their builder, and a Frozen DIY to other island residents that speak with them on the day they are built.

Where can I find snowballs?

From testing (courtesy of Stoney#9215), Snowballs will spawn in a 6x6 area of empty grass tiles, though the area can be smaller or partially occupied depending on what you put there. The first snowball will usually be in the middle of this area, and the second snowball will spawn close by. The second snowball does not seem to be governed by the same spawning rules as the first snowball, as it can appear to spawn on custom designs, in flower/weed fields, as well as paths.

If you have destroyed your snowballs, entering and exiting a building will usually respawn snowballs. At times it requires the game to be closed before they can respawn.

Other Snowboy mechanics!

• Only one Snowboy can be built per day.
• If other residents (i.e., residents that did not build the Snowboy) speak to a perfect Snowboy on the day they were built, they are also awarded a DIY, or 1 large snowflake if they know all Frozen DIYs.
• If the Snowboy built is the first one ever by the player, the builder will be awarded a Frozen DIY and 1 large snowflake regardless of perfection.
• If the Snowboy is perfect, the builder is rewarded a frozen DIY and 1 large snowflake. However:
  • If the player speaking to the Snowboy knows all Frozen DIYs prior to building, the Snowboy will only give them 1 large snowflake, provided they have not crafted every DIY at least once.
  • If the builder knows all Frozen DIYs prior to building, and has crafted one of each DIY, the Snowboy will mail them a crafted Frozen item.
  • For each subsequent day the perfect Snowboy is spoken to by the builder, they will give 1 large snowflake.
• If the Snowboy is not perfect, they will not give anything to the builder nor other residents on any day they are present on the island.

For more information, please visit https://bigfootmg.github.io/Snowboys/index.html

If a player has at least a tent but hasn’t learned how to craft yet, then they’ll get mailed the DIY on the first Snowboy. This is the only way to obtain the recipe cards for trading purposes. For subsequent perfect Snowboys, the player will only receive 1 large snowflake until they learn to craft.

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Balloons

When does a balloon spawn and what do they drop?

How do I farm balloons?

Balloons can be funneled through tall objects, making them much easier to farm as you won’t miss any that spawn. To do this, follow the steps outlined below:

1. Find the direction your balloons are coming from. You can do this by looking at the direction smoke is blowing out the top of a house’s chimney.
2. Craft or purchase many tall objects (at least 30 units tall). For a list, see here: http://tinyurl.com/acnh-tallfurni
   • We recommend jail bars, as they’re wide!
3. Line the coast of your island where the balloons are entering, leaving a space at the bottom for the balloons to come through. If you have a river mouth on that side of your island, that can become the opening as well. You do not need to terraform cliffs for this to work.
4. Sit by your opening and wait. Balloons can spawn on the XX:X4 and XX:X9 minutes, with an estimated spawn rate of about 50%. Put on some music and farm those balloons!

Here’s a visual of what your coast might look like, courtesy of Nours#7244!

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What are Pocket Camp items and how can I get them?

Pocket Camp items are promotional items that you are able to get if you play the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp game. To obtain these items:

1. Download Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on your smart device. (It may not be available in certain regions).
2. Play through the tutorial of the mobile game.
3. Link your Nintendo account by going into Menu then My Nintendo.
4. Claim the Special Order Ticket through this menu, which will give you a code.
5. Hop onto your Nintendo Switch, then redeem the code via the eShop.
6. The Pocket Camp items should now be available under the Promotion tab in Nook Shopping.

Currently, the Pocket Camp promotional items include the following:

For a compressed guide, have a look at cestislife’s guide: https://cestislife.github.io/img/pocketcamp.png
Alternatively, Nintendo’s full instructions can be found here: https://ac-pocketcamp.com/en-US/horizons

How do I unlock all the DAL items? What are the milestones?

Dodo Airlines will reward you with merchandise when you have collected enough “DAL Points” and reached the point thresholds. There are two ways to earn these points, namely:

• 1 point for the first flight of the day to either Harv’s island or a mystery island
• 1 point for each flight to another player’s island. This can be flights to the same island.

There is a maximum of 3 points that you are able to accumulate each day.

The DAL rewards and point thresholds are listed in the table below:

You are only able to get these rewards once from DAL. Any additional you may require would need to be traded from other players, as all of the things are not reorderable from Nook Shopping.

For a compressed guide, have a look at Yue’s guide: https://yuexr.github.io/img/dal.png

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