Apr 5, 2020Animal Crossing
Tools in New Horizons are a good reminder that nothing lasts forever. You may have noticed that different types of tools break quicker than others. So for those who are curious about how long their tools will last, and what will wear them down, this article will explain tool durability in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Axes wear down each time you hit a tree, even if you get nothing from it.
Shovels will wear down everytime you hit a rock, even if nothing is obtained from the rock. Digging up flowers, trees, fossils, and other buried items will aso wear down your shovel
Simply firing your slingshot into the air will not wear it down. Only popping a balloon counts towards it breaking.
Missing a bug or using your net to hit something won’t wear it down. So feel free to whack away when it comes to unwanted residents.
Once you have upgraded Nook’s Cranny, you will can purchase tools that appear cosmetically different to their normal counterparts. Their durability however, is the same as the regular tools.
The durability of the 6 different golden tools is yet to be confirmed. However, unlike in previous games, they too will break eventually.
If you’re tired of buying or crafting new tools, then using a customization kit to change the tools colour will reset its durability. This works on all of the standard tools.