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Apr 4, 2020
For all you magpies out there, you may be wanting to know if Gold Roses exist in New Horizons. They do exist, but like the 6 Golden Tools, they take some effort and patience to acquire. So let’s get to it, here’s how to get Gold Roses in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Obtaining The Golden Watering Can
You’ll first need the Golden Watering Can before doing anything else. You can get given the DIY recipe (which recquires one ordinary watering can and one gold nugget) to craft it after you have achieved a 5 star rating for your island.
How To Achieve A Five Star Rating For Your Island
Essentially, you will need to do the following to gain a five star rating:
- Plant lots of flowers and make sure you have the right amount of trees
- Get rid of any weeds growing on your island
- Have the maximum number of residents living on your island (10)
- Place a combination of bought and crafted items around your island
- Place a load of fences
You can keep checking in with Isabelle who will inform you of your island’s rating, and give you tips on how to improve it. Once you check in with her and she tells you that you have a five star rating, she will give you the DIY recipe for the golden watering can.
Obtaining Black Roses
In order to obtain Black Roses, you will need to cross-breed Red Roses in a mesh-like pattern (more on creating hybrids here). Plant enough Red Roses and you’ll get Black Rose hybrids.
Obtaining Gold Roses
Once you have obtained a few Black Roses, arrange them in the same mesh-like pattern you did in order to create the Black Roses. You will then need to water the Black Roses with your Golden Watering Can. The next day, you may see Gold Rose buds appear between your Black Rose hybrids. If you see any Gold Rose buds appear, they will grow into fully formed Gold Roses the day after that.
Gold Rose Selling Price
Gold Roses sell for 1,000 bells each, which probably isn’t worth the time and effort you put into obtaining them.
In order to see how the different roses should be placed, check out the YouTube video below for a full tutorial.
- Apr 4, 2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons just screams adorable, although not literally, because that would be terrifying. With a load of amazing clothing available, residents doing wholesome little things, and a whole bunch of adorable items, it’s hard to narrow down the cutest of things. But one can try. And so here are just some of the cutest things in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Residents Wearing Raincoats
Residents will wear raincoats and hats if its raining outside. So if you celebrate something like upgrading Nook’s Cranny on a rainy day, they’ll all appear in their waterproof gear
The Elephant Watering Can
The elephant watering can will occassionally be one of the tools for sale in Nook’s Cranny. It costs 2,500 bells to purchase and it originally comes in yellow. However, whilst that’s adorable in itself, you can also change its colour and demeanour by customizing it.
The Star Net
The star net is also one of the tools that may appear in Nook’s Cranny. This tool is also priced at 2,500 bells. Like the elephant watering can, you can customize the star net and change the colour of it.
The Ability To Wish Upon A Star
On nights where meteor showers occur, players should listen out for a twinkling noise. If you raise your right joycon towards the sky and see a shooting star, your player will make a wish.
The Various Different Wands
There’s a variety of different wand recipes available to craft. However, the Star wand, Cherry-Blossom wand, and Bunny Day wand are extremely cute.
K.K. Slider Performing (Stale Cupcakes) ?
After you have managed to get K.K. Slider to visit your island, he will hold a concert. He will play ‘Welcome Horizons’ at the concert which is the main theme. However, he will also be in the plaza every Saturday at 6pm where players can make requests.
The Able Sisters
Label and Sable had a fall out after the tragic death of the three hedgehogs parents. However, it seems that the three siblings are getting along much better and it’s so wholesome to see.
The Ability To Wear PJ’s Wherever & Whenever
Not only are pyjamas and slippers clothing that you can wear in New Horizons, they are absolutely adorable, and there’s nothing stopping you from walking around the island in them. Then again, you can wear a paper bag over your head, so maybe this isn’t that unusual.
- Apr 1, 2020
Although notoriously difficult to acquire, golden tools have appeared in all the mainline Animal Crossing games. If you have been wondering whether they can be obtained in New Horizons, the answer is yes, but it will take time and effort to own them. Here’s how to get all 6 golden tools in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Rather than receiving an actual golden tool for fulfilling certain requirements, in New Horizons, players will be given recipes to craft them instead. The crafting materials required are one standard version of the tool, and one gold nugget. Gold nuggets can occasionally be obtained by hitting rocks with your shovel. Therefore it might be a good idea to stockpile as many of them as you can.
Additionally, whilst golden tools are more durable than regular tools, they will break eventually. But as you will have already learnt the recipe for the tool, the only difficult part is collecting gold nuggets.
Golden Net
In order to acquire the recipe for the Golden Net, you will need to catch every bug in your Critterpedia. You can kill two birds with one stone (or one bird with many bugs) by donating any new bugs you catch to the museum.
Golden Fishing Rod
You will receive the DIY recipe for the Golden Fishing Rod after completing the fish section of your Critterpedia. However, it will take time to receive this recipe, as the fish you catch will change with the seasons. Therefore, like with bugs, you can use this oppurtunity to donate any new catches to the museum.
Golden Shovel
In order to get the recipe for the Golden Shovel, you’ll have to help the pesky pun-filled Gulliver 30 times. The seagull sailor randomnly washes ashore from time to time. If you locate the 5 communicator parts necessary to fix his phone so that he can be rescued, he will send you a reward in the mail.
Golden Slingshot
The exact method required to attain the recipe for the Golden Slingshot is currently unknown. In previous games, a player could receive a Golden Slingshot by shooting down a certain number of balloons. Whilst unconfirmed, it is thought that the ‘It’s raining treasure’ Nook Miles achievement for shooting down 300 balloons will earn you the recipe.
Golden Watering Can
To receive the recipe for the Golden Watering Can, you need to achieve a perfect 5-star rating for your island and speak to Isabelle. This involves having a sufficient number of happy residents. Additionally, you will need to improve your island’s appearance by pulling weeds, planting flowers and trees, completing projects etc. You can speak with Isabelle at Residents Services to find out your island’s rating, and to get tips on how to improve it.
Golden Axe
In order to obtain the recipe required to craft the Golden Axe, you will need to have destroyed over 100 axes. The destruction of flimsy axes, stone axes, and regular axes all contribute towards acquiring this recipe. Therefore if you’re dead-set on acquiring the golden axe, use flimsy axes where possible, as they are the easiest to break.
- Mar 31, 2020
Kicks is a skunk character who first appeared in Animal Crossing: City Folk. If seen in the city, he would shine your shoes for 500 bells, which would change them. He then made a reappearance in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Here, he ran a shoe shop which would open after players had spent 8,000 Bells at the Able Sisters, and lived in the town for ten days. You may therefore be wondering whether he will make an appearance on your island. He will, and here’s how to meet Kicks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
When And Where He Appears
The only requirement for Kicks to appear on your island is to have upgraded the Residents Services tent into a building. From then onwards, he can be found in the plaza once a week, where he has his own stall. Like Label, the day of the week that he appears is random. Additionally, it seems that he has no intention of setting up a shop like the Able Sisters. Instead, he can be considered a travelling merchant like Sahara and Daisy-Mae (minus the wandering around).
What He Sells
At his stall players can buy shoes, socks and leggings. These are all clothing items that can also be bought at the Able Sisters store. However, you’ll definitely want to check out his shop whenever you see him in the plaza. This is because he also sells backpacks and bags, which are items that can’t be bought from the other shops.
- Mar 31, 2020
After tentatively walking over those brown star-shapes that previously indicated to players that a fossil or pitfall seed was buried in that spot, you may have noticed something. None of these spots will have the dreaded pitfall seeds buried in them, which leave your player distressed and trying to scrabble out of a hole. However, they do exist in the game, although their only purpose is to wreak havoc. So for all you pesky players out there, here’s a guide on how to get pitfall seeds in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
How To Get Pitfall Seeds
Like a lot of items in the game, pitfall seeds need to be crafted, and therefore require a DIY recipe. The DIY recipe can be acquired randomly, either from bottles that have washed ashore, or in balloon presents.
Alternatively, you can get the recipe from another player who has already learnt it. They need to craft a pitfall seed and bury it in a hole. Then, if you dig that pitfall seed back up, you will also learn the recipe for it that way.
How To Craft Pitfall Seeds
It’s super easy to craft a pitfall seed, as the recipe only requires 4 clumps of weeds and 6 tree branches.
As well as being hilarious to watch your detested villagers flail around, you will also get an added bonus. There are two different Nook Miles rewards you can get from pitfall seeds.
You will receive the first reward, named ‘Pit-y Party’, by simply buring a pitfall Seed. Your reward for this will be 300 Nook Miles.
The second reward, named ‘Overcoming Pitfalls’, can be obtained after falling into a pitfall hole for the first time. This will also give you 300 Nook Miles.
What It Looks Like To Fall Into A Pitfall Hole
For more in-game mischief, why not scan in this QR code to trick friends into thinking they have found a fossil. ??
- Mar 30, 2020
If you’ve unlocked the Able Sisters clothing shop, you may have wondered “Where’s Labelle?”. Labelle first appeared in Animal Crossing: City Folk, after falling out with Sable. Wanting to pursue her dreams as a fashion designer, she decided to head to the city. In City Folk, Gracie hired Label (her birth name) to run the GracieGrace store, but made her change her name to Labelle. She also appears in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, where she keeps the name Labelle, but no longer works for Gracie. Labelle runs the accessory shop next to the Able Sisters clothing shop. Seemingly having made ammends with Mabel and Sable in New Leaf, you may be curious as to where she is, and what she’s up to. If so, here’s how to meet Labelle in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
How To Meet Her
In order to meet Labelle, you will first need to have unlocked and built the Able Sisters clothing shop. You can find out how to do this here. Once the Able Sisters are open for business, Labelle may pay a visit to your island. The day and time she appears is random, however, she can always be found in the Plaza.
What Is She Up To?
If you see her in your plaza, with her suitcase and bag, be sure to speak with her. You may then be surprised to see that she has decided to revert to using her birth name, Label. She is attempting to make it big as a fashion deisgner. Therefore, she is ‘traveling to lots of different places’ to ‘see and learn about as many styles’ as she can.
Style Exercises
Each time she visits, she will ask for you to assemble an outfit of a certain theme and model it for her. She will give you an item of clothing from her chosen theme ‘so you have an idea of the look she’s going for’.
You can simply just change into the piece of clothing that she gives you to get a reward. However, it’s fun to try and dress from head to toe in clothing that match her desired theme. Either way, she compliments you (no matter how silly you look).
In return for modelling the clothing, she will give you a clothing item from her fashion label, which she calls ‘Labelle’ in honour of her previous name.
She will also mail you a ‘Tailor Ticket’. This can be used to purchase an item costing 3,000 bells or less at the Able Sisters store. This suggests she is still on relatively good terms with her two hedgehog siblings.
Sable’s Thoughts
Like in previous mainline games in the series, Sable will warm to you and chat more if you speak to her each day. After speaking with her a few times, she will give her thoughts on Label’s decision to become an independent fashion designer. Sable is disappointed that Label isn’t around to help out.
However, Mabel cheers her up, and reminds her that they made a promise to take care of the shop whilst Label is gone.
- Mar 30, 2020
Multiple sources tell VGC that Nintendo will celebrate Mario’s 35th anniversary with remasters.
After this years E3 conference being cancelled due to Coronavirus, it appears that Nintendo intends to go ahead with its celebrations regarding the anniversary of Mario. Mario was unleashed upon the world back in 1985, and has helped to mold our society in ways that many never imagined.
The celebration that was meant to take place at E3 was to entail the reveal of many of the games from Mario’s history being remade for the Nintendo Switch; including Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 3D Land, to name a few.
It was revealed that this announcement would likely take place in a digital event, but that is yet to be officially announced. However, with Mario recently finding his way to all new facets of gamer-friendly paraphernalia and attractions, it seems that now would be the perfect time for a remastering of all his classic games.
For more information on the subject, check out the official report from videogameschronicle.com. I, for one, cannot wait to see all my favorite Mario game come to life again on the Switch.
For more cool Mario news, check out my coverage of the new Super Mario-themed advanced Lego set coming soon.
- Mar 29, 2020
As mentioned previously, New Horizons players have likely upgraded their Residents Services tent into a building. Inside, you can speak to Tom Nook regarding construction matters. You can also speak to the slightly more ditsy Isabelle. She will tell you your island’s rating and gives tips on how to improve it. She will also let you change your island tune and island flag. If you set up a NookLink connection between your Switch console and the Switch online mobile app, you will be able to scan in QR codes. Creating your own designs can be quite time-consuming. And so here are 25 fabulous flag designs that you can use in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
(Bonus Design) Sorry not sorry ?
