Animal Crossing: New Horizons enables players to experiment and cross-breed flowers to create hybrids. One of the most popular is the purple hyacinths, so use this guide to find out how to grow them.
Released on March 20, 2020, by Nintendo, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the newest installment of the popular life-simulation game. Being the fifth installment of the series, the story centers on players being recruited by Nook Inc. They will be dropped onto a deserted island, tasked with terraforming the land into a thriving settlement. Players take control of a fully customizable character that has complete freedom to explore the open island. The game is nonlinear and players can begin the process of building their island anyway they best see fit. Different items can be collected for furniture and tools, plus decorations can be made to dress up the interiors and exteriors, with the only limits being the player's imagination.
Some new features in this game are; wearing backpacks, new tools to make pathways, new customizable decorations, Nook Miles (in-game currency), building waterfalls and fountains, online multiplayer, and digging up trees. The time and season effects are done in real-time and it's related to whether or not the player is stationed in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. Thus, plants and flowers can be sewn into the ground and will be needed to be nursed on a regular basis. Learning all the different flower hybrids and how to properly grow them can be an entire game in itself. There are only certain flowers that can be grown natively on the player's island. To obtain foreign (and more exotic) hybrids, players will need to travel to a friend's island or take tours on mystery islands.
How To Breed Purple Hyacinths In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Breeding purple hyacinths can be a bit tricky. Like any other hybrid, there's a step-by-step process that'll need to be followed to effectively grow these vibrant flowers. With a little patience and careful planning, players will be riddling their yards with vivid goodness.
- Buy Seeds At Nook's Cranny
Seeds at Nook's Cranny tend to change every day. This can be especially true with hyacinth seeds and finding two specific colors can be hard to come by. If possible, purchase red and yellow hyacinth seeds. If they're not available, another way to find these seeds is by asking a friend to drop some off at the island or visiting their island to find some. Plus, a last-ditch effort is trying the 'Mystery Island' tour and trying to grab some seeds there. With any luck, finding red and yellow seeds should be fairly accessible.
- Plant The Seeds Diagonally
Yes, the seeds will be needed to be planted diagonally (one space apart) to created 'orange hyacinths'. Of course, watering them every day and assuring that they reach full bloom is essential for the creation of purple hyacinths.
- Plant The Orange Hyacinths Diagonally
Once the orange hyacinths are fully grown, keep watering them every day until players see purple hyacinths blossoming out of the ground next to them. As always, just oversee the flowers and make sure they stay nourished to keep the purple hyacinths growing. To make more purple hyacinths, simply plant two purple hyacinths together (one space apart diagonally) and they'll start multiplying across the field. If players are in dire need of bells, purple hyacinths can be sold for 240 Bells at Nook's Cranny.
There is a myriad of hybrid flowers to grow in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Growing plants and flowers are some of the simplest pleasures in life and this game goes to great lengths to reflect that notion. They provide a unique personality to the player's islands and provide visual appeal. Thus, this game provides organic experiments that players can utilize to find how their island operates. The purple hyacinths can be some of the most complex flowers to create. With this guide, it'll make this process a little easier to complete so players can tend to other matters with terraforming.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on Nintendo Switch