First steps Animal Crossing: New Horizons is very simple in its first steps. At the beginning of the game, you need to give your island a name and also create and customize your resident, choosing the appearance between skin tones, eyes and hair, for example. All choices are free and do not influence gameplay later on – they are just cosmetic. So don’t worry and use your creativity as you see fit. Realistic time For those who have never played Animal Crossing, know a very important information: the game’s internal clock works in real time with our world. That is, if it is 3pm in our world, this will also be the time within Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This influences a lot in several aspects: the time that certain animals appear, the time when the other residents are doing their activities and also in the time that each thing takes to be built. Take your time Precisely because it is in real time, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is not a game to be played indefinitely, every day. It works best if you take your time, play a few minutes or a few hours a day, and come back the next day, to see the changes you implemented the day before in action. Things take time to build and even items you buy from the game’s online store take time to arrive via mail. Don’t fill your pockets Your Animal Crossing: New Horizons resident can carry a limited number of items in your pocket, but you will always need to collect something new on the island. Know how to manage well what you collect and do not carry items that, eventually, will be useless. Discard, try to save or use it. Animals can be donated to the museum, after being built, flowers and other natural items can be sold and so on. Each item can have a different purpose, you need to find out. Are you out of resources? Visit neighbors In some cases, during your adventure in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it is possible that your island temporarily depletes some resources, such as rocks. They return after a few days, but the ideal is to visit the neighbors – players on your list of friends who also have the game and their own island. To do this, just get to the airport on your island and choose the neighbor you want to visit. Once there, you can collect additional resources. Chat Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game with a strong social appeal. It is not mandatory, but it is extremely necessary to talk to the other characters who live on your island, those controlled by the computer. These conversations will yield items for free and may even make your island evolve faster. Spend a few seconds talking to everyone, every day if possible. Creating items Animal Crossing: New Horizons has one of the easiest and most affordable item creation systems for games of this genre, surpassing similar ones, like Minecraft or Stardew Valley, in terms of accessibility. Everything is very simple and to the point. Always try to create an item as soon as it becomes available, even if it is purely decorative. Also, it is worth noting: the weakest items break quickly. Save resources so you can create them multiple times. Check the mail In front of your home in Animal Crossing: New Horizons you will always have a mailbox available. When you have a blue icon, check, as there are new deliveries. Deliveries can be purchases made online or simply gifts sent by characters from the island or other players. Your home Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a great focus on the way you decorate your home, giving a great number of aesthetic possibilities. This has no impact on the gameplay or judgment of other islanders, so the appearance of your home is in your hands. Decorate it the way you want. Be sure to log into Animal Crossing New Horizons every day to receive login bonuses and other news from your island, as well as check any needs in your own home.
