Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a relaxing, adorable respite from reality where you're given an empty tropical island that you can build into your own unique paradise. Here's how to get started choosing a roof color, collecting resources, recruiting neighbors, and everything else you may need to know.

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A New Horizon

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a relaxing, adorable respite from reality

Inverse score: 8/10

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Video games are inspiring a new crop of home and garden DIY projects

HGTV meets HDMI.

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How to move your tent in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and where to put it

By Just Lunning

Pitch it. Place it. Move it?

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The 3 best early uses for your Nook Miles in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Jen Glennon

A couple of must-have items will make island life a whole lot easier early on.

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Everything you need to make 3 new homes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Jen Glennon

Island life is booming.

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How to get iron nuggets, axe, and shovel early on in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning and Mike Bloom

You'll need these essential items to build your island paradise.

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3 ways to access multiplayer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning and Mike Bloom

Live your island life with pals by your side!

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How to find Wisp, your ghostly neighbor in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

This friendly fellow only comes out in the wee hours.

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How to build bridges and inclines in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

Reach the previously unreachable.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a time travel cheat, but there's a catch

By Just Lunning

This exploit comes at a grave cost.

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How to get and use Star Fragments in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

It's always a good time to wish upon a shooting star.

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How to catch tarantulas in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and earn lots of Bells

By Tomas Franzese

You can profit greatly from the most frightening critter in New Horizons.

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How to help Gulliver in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and find every part

By Just Lunning

Gulliver's travels seem quite unfortunate.

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‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Iron Nuggets: 3 best and worst ways to get them

By Just Lunning

Iron Nuggets are surprisingly scarce in 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons.' We've put together three surefire strategies to make sure you maximize your Iron Nuggets and can craft to your heart's content.

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3 ways to get new Villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

...or make them leave.

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Everything you need to know about Saharah in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

This elusive saleswoman can help you score some of the coolest ways to decorate your house.

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How to make 30,000 Bells with an Animal Crossing: New Horizons Money Tree

By Just Lunning

Prove your parents wrong: Money really does grow on trees.

Pumped up

How to buy clothing from Kicks the skunk in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

Here's how to get this traveling salesman to visit your island.

The Turnip Stalk Market

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When and how to sell your turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Bells

By Danny Paez

Sunday is turnip time, baby.

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3 clever ways to store your turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

You can't just dump them in your home storage while you wait for Daisy Mae's Sunday visit.

Stalk market

This Animal Crossing app beats out Turnip Exchange in one key way

By Danny Paez

Rake in those sweet, sweet Bells.

Stalk market

How to make a lot of Bells if your Turnip price is high in Animal Crossing

By Danny Paez

Bells on Bells on Bells.

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4 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Turnip resources to make you a million Bells

By Danny Paez

Step aside Tom Nook, there's a new Bellionaire on the island.

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How to become a Bellionaire in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Stalk Market

By Danny Paez

Follow these turnip tips to make a fortune.

QR Codes

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How to create and share custom designs in 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'

By Just Lunning and Mike Bloom

Put your favorite property in Animal Crossing New Horizons.

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11 Final Fantasy VII Remake outfits to wear in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

You might not be able to get a Buster Sword, but you can still look like Cloud.

Oh jeez

5 Rick and Morty-themed Animal Crossing designs you can get right now

By Danny Paez

Walk around you island looking like Rick Sanchez ... or Evil Morty.

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18 anime-themed Animal Crossing costumes for you to wear right now

By Just Lunning and Mike Bloom

A fashion sense to stun za warudo.

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20 wallpaper QR codes to spruce up your Animal Crossing abode

By Just Lunning

Your stylish villager needs a fitting backdrop.

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10 Animal Crossing: New Horizons QR codes for Stone Paths and other roads

By Just Lunning

If you want more sophisticated island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, then use these QR codes for Stone Paths and so much more.

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10 Sailor Moon-themed outfits to wear right now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

Fill your whole island with Moon Prism Power!

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11 Star Wars-themed outfits to wear right now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

Start wearing Star Wars regalia on your barren island using these QR codes.

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14 Nintendo-themed designs to wear right now in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Just Lunning

Look like your favorite fictional pal.

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Everything you need to know about Animal Crossing's Festivale event

By Giovanni Colantonio

Animal Crossing's latest event brings a colorful party to the game.

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How to find ornaments in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

If you want to craft some holiday furniture, you'll have to get ornaments first!

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Everything you need to know about Wedding Season in Animal Crossing

By Tomas Franzese

Getting married in Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be a whole lot easier after this next event.

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What to know about Flick's Animal Crossing bug-catching tourney

By Tomas Franzese

The final event before summer fully launches in Animal Crossing is yet another Bug Off hosted by Flick.

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What to know about CJ's Animal Crossing: New Horizons July fishing tourney

By Tomas Franzese

CJ is coming back very soon, so get ready for some peak summer fishing.

oh my gourd

How to farm pumpkins for Halloween in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Danny Paez

Pumpkin season is here!

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Everything you need to know about Summer Shells in Animal Crossing

By Just Lunning

Summer has never been so shell-tacular.

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Where to find each yellow booth for the Animal Crossing Stamp Rally

By Tomas Franzese

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is celebrating International Museum Day with a multi-week event where you collect stamps.

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Everything you need to know about Animal Crossing's Museum Day

By Tomas Franzese

It's time to get a little culture, islanders.

Hello Old Friend

How to navigate Rover's May Day maze in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

By Tomas Franzese

Here's how to navigate the special island tour and claim the event's prize.

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Leif brought Nature Day to Animal Crossing, so here’s everything to know

By Tomas Franzese

Leif is visiting New Horizons islands for Nature Day, and he might stick around for many weeks to come.

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April update could add Rover to Animal Crossing: New Horizons for May Day

By Tomas Franzese

Nintendo has hinted that a beloved Animal Crossing character will return for the May Day event in New Horizons, and it's almost certainly Rover.

omg...wow

Every event coming to Animal Crossing through the end of June

By Tomas Franzese

Bunny Day was just the beginning. Here are 4 new events that'll come to New Horizons before July 2020.

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What to know about the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nature Day event

By Tomas Franzese

Leif is about to visit your island to celebrate Earth Day, but he'll be sticking around for a lot longer.

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What to know about CJ's Animal Crossing: New Horizons fishing tourney

By Tomas Franzese

CJ is about to visit your island on Saturday for a fishing tournament just before Bunny Day.

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40 Bunny Day recipes for your excess of Easter eggs in Animal Crossing

By Just Lunning

Bunny day isn't just an egg collecting holiday. You can collect 40 DIY recipes including new clothing and furniture.

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