All posts tagged in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Jun 11, 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons mailed players yet another gift from their in-game Mom at the beginning of June. Players in the Northern Hemisphere received one (from eight different variations) of Mom’s Handmade Apron.
Whilst players in the Southern Hemisphere received one of the eight different variations of Mom’s Handmade Sweater. This is not the only thing that Nintendo has done differently for players living in the Southern Hemisphere this month.
Apron Variations
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Animals Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Denim Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – ‘M’ Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Forest Print Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Family Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Flowers Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Fruits Version:
Mom’s Handmade Apron – Quilted Version:
Sweater Variations
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Animal Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Accent Peach Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – ‘M’ Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Chicks Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Quilted Pattern Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Star Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Teddy Bear Version:
Mom’s Handmade Sweater – Flowers Version:
It is thought that the style of gifts received from Mom will be the same throughout the year. This seems like it could be likely, as I have received three pink items in a row. It is thought the ‘style’ of items you receive changes each year. This is useful, as the clothing items cannot be customized like the furniture. Which apron or sweater did you receive?
- Jun 7, 2020
I recently posted about the three new seasonal items that players could purchase throughout June. Well whilst browsing through the Nook shopping catalogue (like the shopaholic I am), I noticed that there were two more seasonal items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The two items cater for players in both the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. This is yet another example of inclusivity in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it’s great to see. You can read more about this here. ๐ฅฐ
The items are both available under the seasonal tab of the Nook Shopping section of the NookStop terminal. Alternatively, if youโve purchased enough items from the Nook Shopping catalogue, you may have unlocked the Nook shopping app on your NookPhone where they can also be bought.
Summer-Solstice Crown
To mark the Summer Solstice, which occurs on the 20th June in the Northern hemisphere, there is now a crown consisting of sunflowers for players to buy. The Summer-Solstice crown costs 1,560 bells to buy, and is available until the 6th July
Winter-Solstice Sweater
The Winter Solstice, also occurs on the 20th June, but in the Southern hemisphere instead. To mark the Winter Solstice, players can now buy a Winter-Solstice Sweater. The Winter-Solstice Sweater costs 1,200 bells to buy, and is also available until the 6th July.
- Jun 6, 2020
What could be better than your favourite TV series/franchise or Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Both at the same time of course! The internet is full of amazing clothing ID codes guaranteed to excite potterheads and ghibli fans just to name a few! So for all you pop culture fans, here are some awesome pop culture designs to wear in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Harry Potter
Female Uniforms:
Male Uniforms:
The Umbrella Academy
Female Uniform:
Male Uniform:
Outfit Ideas:
Stranger Things
Marvel & DC
Disney
Studio Ghibli
Sailor Moon
Other
And finally, a horrifyingly creepy Furby Sweater. You’re welcome.
For loads more awesome clothing ID codes to use in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can click here, here, and here.
Nook’s Island is also a great site to discover other players’ designs. It even has a search bar so you can find whatever niche or style you’re looking for.
- Jun 2, 2020
June is an exciting month for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With the Wedding Season event in full swing, new bugs and fish to catch, and the Dodo airlines’ new service, Nintendo are once again ‘switching’ things up and keeping the game interesting for players. Additionally, June sees the introduction of three new seasonal items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons that players can purchase.
The items are all available under the seasonal tab of the Nook Shopping section of the NookStop terminal. Alternatively, if you’ve purchased enough items from the Nook Shopping catalogue, you may have unlocked the Nook shopping app on your NookPhone where the items can also be bought.
To celebrate International Children’s Day, players can buy the super cute handmade cape and handmade crown for 500 and 300 bells respectively. Relive your childhood by dressing up and playing superheroes!
Like with the Mother’s Day thank-you Mom mug, you can show your appreciation for you Father with the thank-you Dad mug, which is available for 600 bells.
The items are all available to buy until the 30/6.
- May 18, 2020
So we all probably know how Design ID codes work by now. They are an amazing new feature to Animal Crossing: New Horizons that allows players from every corner of the earth to showcase their talent by sharing designs. This is all done via one small kiosk at the back of the able Able Sisters’ shop.
With the sheer amount of amazing designs, I’ve covered clothing designs, phone cases, Fabric-like designs for furniture amongst other things. Yet, there are still more designs to discover and many ways that they can be used for customization.
With every day that passes, we are blown away by brand new brilliant designs. And so here are some design ID codes for posters, doormats, album covers and more to use in Animal CRossing: New Horizons.
Poster Designs (can be placed on walls inside your home as canvases) :
Ghibli Designs:
Other Poster Designs:
Whilst intended to be a flag, I have a sneaky suspicion this Firewatch design would make an awesome poster/canvas too! 
And 250+ Villagers’ Faces & Counting:
Doormat Designs:
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And a Crazy Amount of Cool Doormats With Islanders’ Faces:
Stained Glass Designs (which look great on customizable lamps):
Album Covers (which can be placed on walls like canvases/posters) :
Shelves:
Bonus Design!
A Sims 4 PC design to customize your computer with:
- May 16, 2020
Unless you’ve just started your deserted island life, you are probably aware that lots of different furniture can be customized.
This is a really nice touch to New Horizons as it allows players to create patterns and truly express themselves. You are also probably aware that items such as tools and NookPhone cases can be customized also. And of course, it would be silly to allow players to create a bunch of different types of pro design clothing and designs and not creating a way to share them.
Luckily, that’s where the Able Sisters‘ Custom Designs Kiosk comes in. Players can upload and share their creations here. You can also download other players’ designs by inputting a Creator ID code or a Design ID code into the machine. The Design ID code will take you directly to the design you wish to download.
A Creator ID code allows you to browse through and download all of the designs a particular player has made.
Tons of beautiful clothing designs
There are literally so many amazing clothing designs that people have created, it’s hard to keep up. However, you can get the codes for awesome custom clothing here, here, and here. But even with lots of cool clothes, you may want designs to customize furniture to make your pad more rad. And to save you rifling through Nooksisland.com, pinterest and tumblr, etc, MyPotatoGames has saved you some time and effort. Here are some fantastic fan-made furniture designs for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Quilt Designs:
Bedding/Duvet Cover Designs:
Cuppa tea?
This design was originally made by a player called quesobee. However due to not having a Switch Online membership she could not post a code for it. after a lot of demand for a code (mostly from brits, as it is true, we do like our tea…), it was kindly remade by Elizabeth from Wumbo Isle.
Cushion Designs:
(Bonus Cushion Design)
I haven’t tried out this design, but if all goes according to plan, it’ll be a hilarious addition to any cat lovers island home:
Tablecloths:
Beach Towels:
Picnic Blankets:
Something to note, is that whilst the above picnic blanket tile design looks pretty nice, if you check out the Creator’s ID, you will find cool tasseled tiles to surround the edges of the picnic blanket. Of course, this is dependent on sufficient design slots, which I do not currently have. But TL;DR if you have room go for a more authentic looking picnic blanket with tassels. 
FYI: Forget what I literally just said about tasseled blankets taking up unaffordable space. Because I just found this freaking rainbow blanket! ๐ฎ To bag yourself one, you will need 9 free pro design slots to place it. But in my opinion, it is totally worth it. Look at how awesome it looks!
The designer of this fabulous picnic blanket is Ami from Snowberry, and their Creator ID is MA-7581-5174-9611 ๐ Stall Designs:
Sign Designs:
Top Tip: If you really like a design, you should type in the Creator ID displayed on each design’s image. This will show you all of the creations shared by that player, and the chances are, you’ll find more awesome designs!
A creator that all animal (and Pokรฉmon) lovers should definitely check out, is the creator of the cat cushion ID code. Her name is Melissa from Kiya, and she has an insane amount of amazing animal designs. Some examples of her designs are shown below:
If you’re looking for more custom designs that aren’t clothing, why not check out this article here? โจ
- May 15, 2020
April. May and June has introduced a variety of new critters for players to catch. One of these, is the popular snapping turtle. One reason for the creature’s popularity, is that unlike other critters, they bizzarely don’t have tanks. This gives the illusion that they are free-roaming. Therefore, people are creating habitats for them and keeping them as pets.
Some people have even taken things to the next level and filled entire rooms in their houses with them. (PETA most probably definitely disapproves of your in-game shenaningans btw. Smh at you all, SMH) ๐.
Another reason, is that the reptiles fetch a pretty penny, especially when sold to C.J. during his visits. However, you may be wondering, how do I catch one? I had no clue either, but after some extensive research, here are some tips on how to catch a snapping turtle in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Will I need a net or a fishing rod to catch one?
Although the snapping turtle is tecnhnically a reptile, and not a fish, you will still need a fishing rod to catch one.
Where can they be found?
Snapping turtles can only be found in rivers, so you won’t ‘snap one up’ in ponds or the ocean (sorry not sorry).
When can they be caught?
If you are wondering why you still haven’t caught yourself a snapping turtle, this could be why:
Time of day:
The creatures are night owls, (rather like Blathers), and only come out between 9pm and 4am.
Time of year:
The snapping turtle is present from April to October in the Northern Hemisphere.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the snapping reptiles are present between October to April instead.
How rare are snapping turtles?
They are relatively uncommon, therefore it may take a little while to
bagpocket one. Especially when taking into consideration the below fish shadow information. โฌ๏ธWhat do their shadows look like in rivers?
The fish shadow of a snapping turtle is pretty large. It has a shadow size of 5, making it one of the larger ‘fish’ in the game. Unfortunately, it’s shadow is also the same size as a sea bass. Therefore you may have to endure a few of the sea bass’s terrible pun before you nab yourself your turtle.
“I caught a sea bass! No, wait- it’s at least a C+!” ๐ – Sea bass pun
If I catch one, what should I do with it?
You should probably donate your first one to the museum. When donating the snapping turtle, or asking Blathers for more information about it, he will initially remain professional. This doesn’t last for very long though, and he’ll soon go on to tell you an amusing anecdote:
“The snapping turtle is a large turtle known for it’s crocodile-like body and long claws. No, waitโit is better known for it’s ferocious bite, which it can deliver with shocking speed for a turtle. NO, WAITโit is BEST known for that time one chased me across a parking lot and I had to climb on top of a car.”
After making the wise decision to donate your first specimin, you can then choose to either keep following catches as pets, or whether to sell them.
Will they bite or wander off?
No, the closest they will come to ‘biting you’, is opening their mouth wide and hissing at you if you interact with one using the A button. And no need to worry about misplacing your turtle, as they will stay in the spot that you placed them in. Essentially, they are like the other critters in tanks as they are fixed to one spot. However, they are unique in that they have no visible containment, and players can interact with them (albeit hostilely). *hiss*
How much do they sell for?
Nook’s Cranny will buy snapping turtles for 5,000 bells each.
C.J. will buy snapping turtles for 7,500 bells each. Therefore if you’d like to make a few extra bells, it’s worth holding on to any you want to sell until C.J. visits.
Some ideas for cute habitats if you decide to keep one or two, (
or maybe ten) as pets:NOT ten. Don’t do itttt! ๐ถ Our house, in the middle of our
riverstreet ๐ถ๐ขSomebody’s gotta step in for Katrina ๐
Credit to Aubrey Beall from Facebook for this hilarious image. I think this fortune telling turtle is a pessimist. But how does it tell fortunes if it can’t move to spin the wheel ๐ค. I smell a rat ๐. Oh wait, it’s just the stinky snapping turtle… ๐ Improvise, Adapt, Overcome! If the Animal Crossing fanbase want something, they will get it, even if it means being creative. ๐ช
Credit to Cassandra Brown from Facebook for this great setup for her pet turtles. If Nintendo won’t bring us pets, we can and WILL improvise (even though the game is already based around animals..). But that is irrelevant! The sign may as well say ‘Mess with the turtle, and you’ll get hurt-le’ ๐
Credit to Annie Greene from Facebook for this awesome snapping turtle setup. Also a big thank you for the heads up with the sign, which translates to ‘staying alert’, ‘staying in control’ and ‘saving lives’ (by under no circumstances touching the turtles, unless it’s absolutely necessary, then you may, but only one at a time, and 2 metres social distancing must be maintained from others wanting to touch the turtles). ๐ And on a final (mostly) wholesome note, here is Sherb reading a snapping turtle a bedtime story owo
But let’s be honest, it would probably have decimated the book and had a nice munch on Sherb’s arm if the game wasn’t rated E for Everyone (you can see it in its eyes I tell you). I don’t think amputation counts as comic mischief. So yes, the turtle is definitely enjoying a nice wholesome bedtime story like a good boi
and not plotting the unsuspecting Sherb’s demise.If you can work out how many times I said ‘snapping turtle’ or ‘turtle’ in the article you will get good fortune from the fortune telling turtle (providing he’s not in a snappy mood, which is never, making this prize redundant). I don’t even know the answer myself, but I feel like it’s a lot and am intrigued.
A big thank you to Charlotte Jones for allowing me to visit her awesome island, Buttercup, letting me take some photos of her beautiful turtle habitat, and allowing MyPotatoGames to use an image. Her turtle habitat is the featured image for this article, shown at the top of the page. ๐
- May 13, 2020
If you’re like many of us, and struggling for ideas on how to improve your island, then look no further. From gyms, to playgrounds to everything in between, here are some of the most stunning Animal Crossing: New Horizons island designs!
Cafes & Restaurants
Pools
Playgrounds
Drawbridge playground by Ally from My Potato Games Gyms
Gardens
Rainbow flower garden by Ally from My Potato Games Magic-Themed
Simple fairy garden by Ally from My Potato Games Waterfalls
Forced Perspective Ideas
Other
Outdoor orchestra by Ally from MyPotatoGames More Animal Crossing New Horizons News
If you haven’t seen yet, make sure you check out this Animal Crossing Polly Pocket Edition!
