20 Things I WISH I Knew Sooner in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Here are 20 must know tips and tricks for Animal Crossing: New Horizons that you'll wish you knew about sooner!
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► Chapters
0:00 - ACNH Useful Tips
0:35 - Transparent Patterns
1:09 - Skip Kapp'n
1:26 - Kapp'n Islands
1:59 - Faster Crafting
2:18 - Coconut Trees
2:48 - Wasp Trick
3:08 - Faster Dialogue
3:38 - Item Secret
4:03 - House Feature
4:23 - Beach Buildings
4:55 - Fast Bells
5:27 - Turnip Trick
5:48 - Energy Secret
6:08 - Pipe Secret
6:33 - Katrinas Fortune
7:04 - Get More Art
7:30 - Saharas Store
7:45 - Free Rare Items
8:04 - Ordinances
8:30 - Villager Homes
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[@DannyPageOfLight]

In regards to the palm trees and wasps, in my experience, wasps never nest in ANY fruit trees; it's only the hardwood and cedar ones.

[@mimi-iv4ck]

Exactly! Never have I seen wasps in fruit trees

[@2111jade]

Yup. And keep shaking trees till you get 5 of them. Then you can do island renovations with out carrying medicine

[@briannabushman7677]

Yup. Most days I shake all my hardwood & cedar trees for 5 wasps, 1500 bells (15 drops of 100 bells each), and 2 furniture drops. Fruit trees (including coconut trees) and bamboo trees don’t have any of these though so don’t need to shake them. Also, I could be wrong but decorated cedar trees will only drop ornaments - not wasps, furniture, bells, etc. (I’m just speaking from my own experience so it’s possible this isn’t 100% accurate but it has been true for me)

[@curiousgeorgevs.winniethepooh]

Rumor spreading that fans will be commenting in Nintendo chats they want another Animal crossing

[@curiousgeorgevs.winniethepooh]

Rumor spreading that fans will be commenting in Nintendo chats they want another Animal crossing

[@donnst]

My key to making a lot of bells: the Shell Arch. Always collect all the shells you find on the beach, easy to do. Then, when the Shell Arch comes up as one of the hot items at Nook's Cranny, cash in! You will need the Shell Arch recipe, of course. They take 3 of each kind of shell (except conches) to make, so they are worth a fair it, so by the time it comes around as the hot item, you can make a lot of bells with what you have collected.

[@idontwanttousemyrealnamema4492]

To add to this is the donation box. It’s a pain in the @ss but if you put 99000 in the donation box and it’s a hot item they will double what’s in there. I managed to get 2 million bells with it. I just do one a day until it comes back around

[@shadowdragon6271]

I remember watching another KZbinr say that she didn't even bother to wait for the arch to become a "hot item", she just waited until she had enough shells to create multiple arches in 1 sitting before selling them cuz they're worth that much. If you have the "bell boom" ordinance (or whatever it is called), then they are worth that much more.

[@Yeah_Brinleyy]

@@shadowdragon6271bobs gang lol

[@rye4881]

I really appreciate that you still make content even if the game is like... 3 years old? I just bought the game last weekend. This is really so helpful. Thank you!

[@giftgiver23]

I actually really like the beautiful town ordinance because I use the transparent design trick to keep my flowers from spreading. Every time I plant a flower, I just stand on it and place designs until it won’t let me anymore, ensuring that all spaces around it are filled. This is especially great because you get the benefits of no trash, less weed spread, and increased help breeding the flowers you DO want to spread.

[@emmareiman64]

This is actually quite smart I have the Beautiful Ordinance and my flowers sure did go wild xD It helped with getting the Blue Rose, but I did not foresee my whole island covered in them I did slap a border of random designs on the ground to stop their spread, but considered just getting rid of the ordinance at some point. With what you say though, maybe I don't have to? Because it still has those benefits of no trash, cockroaches & less weeds. Might be worth keeping it afterall

[@theconsp1racytheorist]

Hiya, did you get a code for the transparent design? 😊

[@jesgresham7218]

@@theconsp1racytheorist You can just make a "new design" then not do anything to it, save it...and... there you go! It's transparent! 🙂

[@edward3591]

i know this is an unpopular opinion but i love having my flowers spread everywhere so i have the beautiful island ordinance to have more flowers and less weeds and now my whole island is covered in flowers and i love it

[@giftgiver23]

@@theconsp1racytheorist I just edit one of the default patterns and fill the whole thing with the color at the end of the palette. That one will always be transparent. Its icon is striped.

[@juliepenoyer3062]

Resetting villager homes are also good for starting villagers that you've had since the very beginning, for example, until the update with that feature came out, my villager, Fuchsia, who lives in my island to this very day was stuck with the house interior that starters are given, this feature makes it so you can see their actual interior they're supposed to have

[@CatAndBearone]

There were a few I didn't know like the L button and the resetting villagers houses. It's good to be in Bob's Gang.

[@wisecoconut5]

Newbie tip: use the flimsy ax to harvest wood from the trees without chopping the tree down. The wood will renew the next day so you can do it all over again.

[@Jay_Wolf]

Use the stone axe later on for the same effect! 😁

[@Duffman19370]

​@@Jay_Wolf use the flimsy ones, they break quicker, getting you your golden axe recipe sooner

[@Shridra]

I actually go around every day just hitting every tree once or twice to get wood, with the regular axe. It only chops them down if you hit it 3 times in a row =)

[@karentyas5440]

@@Shridra if you go into a building after hitting twice with the regular axe, you can go back and hit a third time if you want

[@Shridra]

@@karentyas5440 oh cool! I didn't know that

[@mrnobody9611]

I bought the game in 2020, played It a little and then forgot about it for 3 years, now that i am back i need to learn everything again. (EDIT) Thanks for the likes!

[@sabdizzle4rizzle]

Same!!!! Hahaha

[@kat_emu]

I’ve been wanting to restart my island but I don’t want to lose all my items I got for when I had animal crossing friends 😢

[@jesgresham7218]

Same. 💜

[@jesgresham7218]

@@Yes4_Real I am SO terrified of that happening!!! I'm sorry you had to start over. ☹

[@mariacarlota4440]

I love it

[@bellehogel8665]

I have been using transparent patterns on my ground for a long time. Super useful for spawn control.

[@Skywalker-gw6xu]

Something I really wish I knew before starting the game was that the resident services building can't be moved like the villager homes can, my plaza is so close to my airport which means I can't have one of those pretty entrances, it's kind of just... step step step, plaza. It's about nine steps right in front of my airport 😂😅 But I'm too dedicated to my island to start it all over just to move it

[@wildflowerwingz4398]

I agree with this except I picked an island with resident services in the middle and it makes designing my island a nightmare. It gets in the way of designing bigger builds.

[@RosePhantoma]

tiny cute entrance o//

[@kyokisaru]

I want to put a pipe in one of the side rooms of my house so I don't have to go in the living room which might trigger an immediate villager visit.

[@cherylmendoza2804]

I didn't know you could hide/avoid villagers if you are in a side room until one day I was in the bathroom going to change and one came. I just refused to answer and they left. So now I try to run out of my house when I got things to do.

[@Gabrielle-vg1ty]

You can leave if you really want. They will leave before you and then you can go.

[@bethhamm7027]

I’ve been playing since the launch and did not know Isabel would reset the villager’s houses. Thanks!

[@pigeon_person]

It was only added during the 2.0 update :)

[@dayna7562]

You have to have the Happy Home Paradise DLC.

[@ha.tilley1932]

Thank you! I definitely did not know some of these things early enough. I didn't even know you could put stuff on the castle things!

[@murzkatze]

I like to collect the wasps and sell them to the dragon bug collector. Only the wasps bring me about 160.000 Bells at least. (wasps sell for 2000 at the store and you can get up to five on your island. the dragon comes about every two weeks or so and pays about 3000 bells. Its a really good deal)

[@wildflowerwingz4398]

This is what I do too! I save my bugs for bells with Flick.

[@Mii4210]

I don’t remember where I learned this tip, but if you stand in front of a tree equipped with your net and shake it and a wasp nest falls out, if you spam ‘A’ you can catch the wasp right away without having to run away first. Works every time. Hope this helps someone, because I was super avoidant of them at first lol

[@LateGamerToo]

Be sure you have your net in your hand before shaking the tree. :)

[@Mii4210]

@@LateGamerToo Oh thank you, I definitely missed that. Edited to add it 😁👌🏾

[@lillyxlovexx]

Lol I used to run away then click to grab my net and it would sting me bcus i could never get it out on time 😅😂

[@JoshMcPiano]

bob’s gang “See? Creatures!” Has to be my favorite part of the video 😂

[@katg7455]

THE AMOUNT OF SHOVELS I COULD HAVE SAVED DUE TO MY FLOWERS GROWING EVERYWHERE WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T. Thank you for that literal transparent tip.😅

[@ghostreyn]

I had do idea you could revert villagers homes, it drives me nuts how the first 5 villagers homes on your island are not their base home, and i thought you had to use hhp to customize them.

[@mulchmulchmulchmulch53]

the mario pipes also work with villagers houses if you give it to them (or put it in their house if you have happy home paradise) i gave one to wolf-gang once on my old island

[@0.o.0.o1]

Don’t buy the starter cooking recipe diy from nooks cranny if you don’t want nothing but recipe diys:( would be fine if you’ve accumulated most “furniture” diys. I wish I would have waited longer to initiate the cooking aspect, seems to spawn cooking receipts instead of “crafting ones”.

[@candiedpandie]

I haven't bought the cooking ability with miles yet (cuz I was still putting down plots) but I keep getting the Spooky Cookie recipe from balloons now.. I've popped 6 balloons that dropped it and 2 of my villagers were crafting it in their home, it's driving me nuts!

[@aaronnewburn2242]

Thanks for the heads up. 😅

[@SiroBenju]

With the exception of like 6 months late last year, I have been playing since launch! And I was this video years old when I found out about the L button! Buying shrubs from Leif and customization kits from Nook's has just become MUCH easier!

[@vanessa1474]

I just started a new island and wanted to put all my buildings on the beaches but they aren’t wide enough to take many buildings 😢 I didn’t realise the different layouts have different size beaches. Seriously thinking of restarting again to find a layout with wide beaches to take all my buildings

[@0RB1TSTUD10S]

Thanks, I'm restarting an island and using this as a guide (since I didn't know any of this when I originally started) so I need this. Thank you so much!

[@rebeccab5971]

Thanks for letting us know about buying from Redd, I need just ONE more painting to complete the collection but have not come across it! At least I can now go to Redd every day and keep buying the paintings in the hope I get the one I need!

[@tntkff9901]

For Turnip investing, I found that I could not put them in storage, so to free up my pockets, I bury a bunch of them beside Nook's Cranny and check the prices daily, then dig 'em up

[@kman20]

I just started playing this game and I’m already addicted! Makes me wish I could play Sims 4 on the Switch 😢

[@vexxan050]

Bob's gang Interesting pointers and a nod to the other vid on this topic. I've got a tip ya. When shaking trees for those illusive items or other things such as pinecones or acrorns, did you know that you shake trees while holding a net. It's also a good way to get the wasps for the museum.

[@Snail_Bones1]

these videos always cheer me up so thank you!😊btw I finally got Bob on my island for the Bob Gang!

[@laurieserba8340]

Keep sharing old information as well for us newbie’s! 😊

[@hideflen6078]

The transparent patterns idea blew my mind! Bob's Gang! 💜

[@ChristinaPlans]

Ah I love these videos, thanks Ben!

[@_.itsxandy._]

I love your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@ignatiousmary8413]

That is extreamly cool! I've never tried that before!!!

[@kyokisaru]

The Beautiful Town Ordinance won't be an issue if you've got the transparent pattern all over the ground.

[@laurieserba8340]

Thank you so much about the coconut 🌴 trees! And house near the beach. New to the game!

[@koahlition13]

Bob's Gang!🎉 I didn't know about the luck thing. But as of today, yeah I'll be checking that out! I'm currently changing landscape and island design. Even when I hit burnout, it never lasts too long. Lol I love this game more than I should.

[@mamacat2049]

All wonderful info thank you Ben! I've been playing almost since the beginning and I only learned the toilet thing recently! Bob's Gang!!

[@cesarallanalonde2421]

The faster crafting is mentioned on island life 101… eventually. Also the coconut tree hack was really helpful, thanks.

[@delilahrose7005]

Thank you for the moving building to island i was trying to figure out how to build my island with all the homes

[@rachelgoldbeck1995]

This is awesome I didn’t know about the toilet

[@Mermaid_S]

Loved this video😊 I didn't know about the coconut trick so that one will be useful. Bob's gang new member

[@AshleyKristineTV]

Fun fact 1: also putting palm trees on land and having a palm tree island with lots of palm trees on it will have more bugs you haven’t caught before but make sure not to fail!

[@kyokisaru]

I feel so ahead of the game, pun intended, cause I did cover my island in a transparent pattern ages ago cause the chaos of stuff popping up everywhere drove me nuts. Lol

[@kyokisaru]

You only have to tap the A button twice in crafting to speed it up.

[@Sonicgott]

Thank you for these epic tips!

[@RILEYD-zr5pv]

I don't get wasps anymore. I corralled my infested trees and just ignore the behind their fence.

[@AHeadC]

I always wondered what the pipe did besides spitting me back out, time to get another!

[@bellehogel8665]

Redd's store on Harvey's Island changes inventory every Monday. There is one real and one fake piece. If you buy something a new piece will appear the next day. Real replaces real and fake replaces fake.

[@sidnew2739]

Not necessarely. Often, both pieces are fake.

[@cherylmendoza2804]

I have been multiple times in which both pieces were fake.

[@louisewinter2861]

I learnt alot of things I didn’t know about.Thanks

[@ariannapereira547]

I just found out about this game and really want. Hope my parents will get this for my birthday

[@Sierra_Teri]

Thanks for your cool videos! Love Bob’s gang!

[@Nabistay]

im getting animal crossing next weekend so when I get it ill watch this!

[@gcop7143]

When i heard the clear design thing i almost screamed my WHOLE island is covered with em’ (apart from the tiles with trees, etc.)

[@Nintendoman-cb7kd]

The roach in the bathroom 💀

[@MedorraBlue]

I didn't know about the sand paths for the coconuts!!!

[@kyokisaru]

My sweetheart just likes his villagers etc on the beach in general.

[@thedoctor9517]

I wish I knew the beach building one sooner!😳

[@candiedpandie]

I've been wondering if you should only water the flowers you want to spread faster? Does that help sprout ones you're trying to focus on?

[@deniseargueta1520]

Omg 😳 i needed this I feel like I’m not reaching my potential lmao

[@lexkletz]

haha i speed up dialogue too, but i use the r button cuz it also works!

[@karentyas5440]

I kept closing out and isolated my 5 wasp trees, dug them up then fenced them off 😂

[@Kinloo_Kills]

They switch everyday though

[@Earf1000]

I found out that you don't have to get purified to get rid of bad luck in acnh! You can actually just close the game without saving!

[@vanessa1474]

This is the first time I’ve heard of ‘luck’

[@kyokisaru]

I like getting the Zodiac figure set from Katrina after getting purified.

[@christophermoran6926]

Honestly, I wishbo would have known about pocketing full grown trees after eating or drinking.

[@thelongesthelmet1328]

you can also put in the info that if you should make a new save and got the dlc in animal crossing then dont forget to dowload the dlc again. Dont me who thought i just didnt get to the dlc yet qwq

[@kristenquartz_4058]

I’ve been playing for a few years and learned some things! Specially speeding up the singing 🤣 Bobs gang!

[@Spoopyghostwithglasses]

I have a question instead of a tip lol, when does Harriet give haircuts? I struggle getting to her in time for haircuts

[@royaleeabi]

She gives you 1 new haircut every time you unlock one of the people in harvs island :)

[@Spoopyghostwithglasses]

@@royaleeabi ohhh THANK YOU :DDD

[@royaleeabi]

@@Spoopyghostwithglasses :)

[@Spoopyghostwithglasses]

@@royaleeabi :DD

[@Dream_Wgf]

Does someone have peaches or maybe oranges?? I can give cherries, pears, coconuts and apples, you can choose! I don't have any peaches or oranges so.. I need them 😅

[@nothingbasic8147]

6:58 I just realized that Katrina's dialogue backwards says ''The crystal knows all.''

[@mekkiepoo]

Main thing I wish I knew sooner... is that selling to the drop box robs you of 20% of your income. If i had known that, I would just pile my trash up outside the store and sell it in the morning.

[@rosietrana3393]

I’ve been playing since 2020 and have been preaching using deep diving to earn bells!

[@EricasTouch]

I didn’t know about the L button speeding up dialog. I knew some of the others though.

[@stephanieaslett2772]

I've been playing 3 years still haven't been able to get pear or cherry trees. How do I get them? Please help

[@ritas6972]

You need to visit an island with pears or cherry trees. Pick the fruit then plant on your own island. Maybe a nook ticket?

[@Dream_Wgf]

You can have them visiting islands, but I got cherries from a villager, he gave them to me 😅

[@auroramaree721]

We have been playing acnh since 2020, but put it down a year ago. We picked it up again and are having a ball again with it.

[@chooiyarnneng5928]

Coconut trees will mostly spawn softwood. If you need hardwood or wood, you will have to cut normal trees.

[@mlej9919]

Omg the toilet one just saved my life I kept hitting my rocks and then had to find them again 😭

[@Livia-dy5yh]

Do the mario pipes work in villagers houses if you put the pipe in there house ?

[@natural4lifemiss]

I just want some peaches 😢

[@sarahjkadlec4029]

I got peaches come visit me. Trade for pears

[@estay.azimullah]

did you know that you can make a shelter out of arches to run into when you get chased by wasps

[@MclarenFan_481]

Awwww I love Katrina

[@klow666]

what is the speed button?

[@bromediando396]

Bob's gang. Thanks for the videos

[@JJBabbles]

I didn't know you could skip kapp'n omg omg 😭😭😭 His songs sound so sad & I just want to get to the island 😂 😭 Can't believe I didn't know this already 🤦‍♀️

[@maseise]

8:05 suddenly it all makes sense. i’m not changing it idc

[@geustaccount5908]

21: I wish I knew this channel sooner

[@lynneybin]

Just went and tired the Capp'n hack. Can't believe I wasted so much time on those boat rides

[@katerinamckinley256]

The whole thing about rare beadles

[@croissant2186]

I got an autumn island without the experience

[@Duhman2]

Just downloaded animal crossing new horizons YAYYAYYAYA

[@kina1188]

does anyone know if you gift a villager a mario pipe if you can transport to their house?

[@Parkbr0s]

The beautiful island oridance ruined my island so bad I had to reset 😭

[@ThatOneSaintsFan]

the crystal knows all

[@1Chosen4Him]

Bob's gang. Just curious, do you have a dream address? I really enjoy your videos.

[@Corneliaa111]

I just started playing ACNH. I need some friends ya’ll!

[@candiedpandie]

Me too! I started my island all over again but don't have anyone to play with (':

[@DottyDoggy]

I wish I knew you didn’t have to replant a fruit tree every time you harvest it And I wish I knew how to make a good name for my village like Smiley City?!? 💀💀

[@thekillerGH]

Yo im here again

[@crystalvillanueva4342]

Robs crossing 😂

[@BeeKayCee911]

Hi. I was wondering if you can help me. My fishing pole tangles and won't cast out 6 out of 10 times I have to stop fishing put the pole away and next ti.e I restart the game it will work a few times. Then glitch out again Help anyone. I'm 67 and I bought this switch oled just for this game and hhpi Thank Brenda

[@Cammangirl]

Sorry bro but your out of luck

[@CuteToCute]

I knew the coconut had wood.but in real life i dnt no if it has wood !

[@amymiranda7797]

Love bobs gang!