Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives special seasonal acorns and pine cones for the player to collect. This guide will help players locate these items and explain their uses in the game. Animal Crossing: New Horizons' biggest new addition is the ability to craft items. Players can now search around their island paradise for tree branches or stones that they can turn into tools or furniture. This adds more value to items rather than how much Bells they will sell for. Special seasonal items appear every few months to spark interests back into the game. This guide will provide information on seasonal acorns and pine cones and what they are used for.

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Acorns and pine cones appear mainly during the Fall months. Players will be able to see these items appear during these specific times of the year depending on their hemisphere. Players can change their settings on their Nintendo Switch to time travel to these certain months if players do not want to wait around.

  • Northern Hemisphere: September-November
  • Southern Hemisphere: March-May

Seasonal recipes will begin to appear during these months, allowing for cute items for the player's island. Players can find these recipes floating by in the air in balloons or washing up on the shore in a glass bottle. Make sure to check around the island every day for these items. Here are how to specifically get acorns and pine cones in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Acorns and Pine Cones in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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To get Acorns and Pine Cones, the player will need to shake a specific tree. Acorns can be found by shaking Hardwood Trees and Pine Cones can be found by shaking Cedar Trees. They won't appear in the tree as fruit do. Rather, they will fall similarly to tree branches. Here are some recipes to keep an eye out for seasonal furniture.

  • Yellow-Leaf Pile: 3 Acorn, 5 Clump of Weeds.
  • Pile of Leaves: 3 Pine Cones, 5 Clump of Weeds.
  • Leaf Campfire: 3 Pine Cones, 5 Clump of Weeds, 3 Tree Branches.
  • Traditional Balancing Toy: 4 Acorn, 2 Hardwood.
  • Tree's Bounty Lamp: 6 Acorn, 4 Clay.
  • Tree's Bounty Little Tree: 6 Pine Acorn, 4 Acorn, 1 Hardwood.
  • Pine Bonsai Tree: 8 Pine Cone, 5 Clay.
  • Tree's Bounty Mobile: 2 Pine Cone, 3 Acorn, 3 Tree Branch.
  • Acorn Pochette: 6 Acorns.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons does lock some of its content depending on the time of year it is. Players are encouraged to return back to the game every single day to upkeep their town. Taking care of weeds, planting a tree, and checking mail is all part of the player's daily life. Players can skip forward in time though to prevent waiting around for events to happen. There's a whole debate around the idea of skipping time forward and back and how ethical it is to do something like this. Most importantly, the only thing that truly matters is how much fun players are having in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on Nintendo Switch.