Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the newest upcoming entry in the Animal Crossing series. Here's how the DIY Recipes work on the brand new deserted island. Animal Crossing New Horizons is releasing this upcoming March for the Nintendo Switch. Unlike previous titles of the series which took place in cities and towns, for the first time ever, players can find themselves on a deserted island. In Animal Crossing, players take control of their own customizable character. This life simulator drops players into a world of talking animals and it's up to the player to assist them and make them as comfortable as possible. In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the player character lives alongside his villager neighbors. Special events would happen in-game based on time in the real world. Such as celebrating holidays like Christmas and Halloween. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the player would take the role of the mayor of the town, where their responsibilities were to upkeep the town and make its residents as comfortable as possible. Players would build relationships with these characters through activities and design the layout of the town to their liking.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of the most heavily anticipated games in recent memory. Up there with the likes of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Doom Eternal. The player character moves to a deserted island after purchasing a vacation package from the series veteran, Tom Nook. Several reoccurring characters are planning to make their return in this title like Isabelle and Mr. Resetti. Mr. Resetti will now serve a new function as the game now has a built-in autosave unlike previous entries in the series Through various Nintendo Directs that have played throughout the last year, new features have been revealed about the title. Additional quality-of-life changes affect the gameplay like the ability to traverse over bodies of water using a new pole item. The game also plans on having local and online multiplayer. Local multiplayer will go up to 4 different characters on one island and online multiplayer brings that number up to 8. Although, the biggest change Animal Crossing fans have noticed about the gameplay is the newest addition of crafting. This guide will help players use the DIY recipes for the title.
Crafting is not a new feature in the Animal Crossing series as it was introduced in the mobile title, Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. The Switch title plans to build on the foundation from Pocket Camp and develop it further. Using the DIY recipes, players can use materials located around the island to craft several different types of items. The full list of items is not currently available as the game has yet to be released, but through Nintendo Directs, several key items have been revealed on what materials are needed to create them. These items consist of furniture, nature-based accessories, and more. Every item the player crafts can be viewed on the NookPhone in the DIY Recipes section. DIY Recipes are unlocked by working with other natives of the islands or by finding specific recipes.
How To Find Materials in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Materials are needed in order to craft new items for the island. Players can find these materials scattered around the island in different places like the beach or within trees. Here are all the currently confirmed materials in Animal Crossing New Horizons.
- Softwood: Use an axe to weaken a tree until it falls
- Hardwood: Use an axe to weaken a tree until it falls
- Stone: Attack a rock
- Clay: Use a tool to hit a rock
- Tree Branch: Shake a tree
- Wood: Use an axe to weaken a tree
- Fruits: Pick it up from trees
- Furniture: Buy it or get it
- Weeds: Pick them from the ground
- Iron Nugget: Strike a rock
- Flower: Pick them from the ground
How To Make Tools Using DIY Recipes in Animal Crossing New Horizons
While it is currently unknown how to unlock the recipe for these items. Here's how players can craft certain tools in Animal Crossing New Horizons
- Flimsy Axe: 5 Tree Branches, 1 Stone
- Flimsy Shovel: 5 Hardwood
- Flimsy Watering Can: 5 Softwood
- Classic Pitcher: 4 Clay
- Flimsy Fishing Rod: 5 Tree Branches
- Frying Pan: 2 Iron Nuggets
- Vaulting Pole: 5 Softwood
Players can also purchase the watering can for 1,200 bells at Nook Inc. The Flimsy Fishing Rod can be bought for 300 bells. Aside from floral items can be made using the crafting system
How To Make Nature-Based Accessories in Animal Crossing New Horizons
There are multiple ways to craft specific items as flowers can change the color of said item. For example, the Tulip Crown can be used with different flower colors.
- Coconut Juice: 1 Coconut
- Tulip Crown: 2 Red Tulips, 2 Yellow Tulips, 1 White Tulip
- Leaf: 5 weed
The weed for the leaf crown can be found on the ground. The list is short as very few nature-based items have been shown off for the title. As it releases, more information will be posted on these items.
How To Make Furniture With DIY Recipes in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Crafting can now produce different types of furniture for the players' island. Initially, these items were strictly purchasable. Now with crafting, each item has a new method of achieving it. Here's the list of currently confirmed furniture additions and how to craft them.
- Signpost: 2 Hardwood, 3 Softwood
- Log Bench: 7 Hardwood
- Birdbath: 4 Stone
- Stone Stool: 3 Stone
- Campfire: 3 Tree Branches
- Tiny Library: 5 Wood, 3 Softwood
- Wooden Washtub: 3 Softwood
- Oil-Barrel-Bathtub: 1 Oil Barrel, 1 Campfire, 1 Stone
Currently, the Campfire is the only item that is also available for purchase by using 800 bells. As the release of the game approaches, the list of craftable furniture will also increase.
Animal Crossing New Horizons Crafting system plans to add another layer to the already addictive nature of the Animal Crossing series. Players tend to spend hundreds of hours customizing their town to be exactly to their own image. Now with crafting, the specifics of what's required of them has expanded and had added an entirely new layer of depth. Nintendo is also taking the initiative by releasing a special edition Animal Crossing New Horizons Nintendo Switch. The switch is decked out with custom green and blue Joycons and the dock is decorated with an image of Nook on a deserted island. Also, with the new multiplayer functions added, Animal Crossing is seeming like it's going to grow into a more massively social game. While many of what the game holds lies in secret, all will be revealed when the game releases later this year.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons releases on the Nintendo Switch on March 20th, 2020.