The BEST Tips and Tricks for Starting A Brand New Island in Animal Crossing // acnh

Summary

In this video, Lex and several Animal Crossing creators share their top tips for starting or restarting your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. From choosing the best map layout and speaking to Timmy for early access tools, to strategic shopping and maximizing resources, these creators offer a mix of practical advice and fun strategies. Whether you're aiming for efficiency or creativity, this video provides insights to help you enjoy and succeed in your island adventures. The video ends with well-wishes for the new year and an invitation to share additional tips in the comments.

Takeaways

• 🌟 Get a swimsuit early to explore your island and bypass the river mouths before acquiring a vaulting pole.
• 📍 Choose a map with a resident services location that suits your island layout, even if it means restarting the game to get better options.
• 🏠 Place villager homes on the beaches initially to plan your island better and save on moving costs later.
• 🛒 Buy everything available in the shop daily to catalog items for future use through Nook Shopping.
• 🎵 Use Nook Miles Tickets to gather resources from other islands when you're short on materials.
• 📈 Take advantage of the turnip market to make easy money, but be sure to sell them within the week before they rot.
• 🐝 Shake trees daily for bells, furniture, and to catch wasps without getting stung.
• 🍲 Buy food items from Nook's Cranny to use for stamina when moving trees and rocks.
• 🔨 Prioritize upgrading to more durable tools to reduce the frequency of crafting new ones.
• 💰 Always dig up the glowing spot on your island daily and bury 10,000 bells to maximize your money tree profit.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the video?

The main purpose of the video is to provide tips and tricks for starting a new island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, featuring advice from various creators in the Animal Crossing community.

What is Lex's tip for starting a new island?

Lex suggests buying a swimsuit from Timmy at the beginning of the game. This allows players to swim around the river mouth and access more of their island without needing a vaulting pole.

Why does Kato recommend choosing a specific location for Resident Services?

Kato recommends choosing a location for Resident Services that is far away from the airport because it cannot be changed later. Having more space between these locations allows for better island design and planning.

What strategy does Cozy Shy suggest for placing villager homes?

Cozy Shy suggests placing all villager homes on the beaches at the start. This strategy helps with planning the island layout and saves bells on moving the homes later.

Why does Amanda from the Amandaphiles encourage players to buy as many items as possible?

Amanda encourages players to buy as many items as possible because purchasing or picking up an item catalogs it in the Nook Shopping inventory. This allows players to order items anytime, making it easier to access necessary items for island decoration.

What tip does Ciana provide regarding the stock market in Animal Crossing?

Ciana's tip is to sell turnips for a profit in the game's stock market. Players should buy turnips from Daisy Mae on Sunday mornings and sell them before they rot in a week, ensuring they sell for more than the purchase price.

How can players maximize materials obtained from rocks, according to Pixie Butter?

Pixie Butter suggests digging a line of holes behind the player when hitting rocks. This keeps the player in place, allowing them to maximize the materials obtained without accidentally moving away from the rock.

What advice does Kuri give about Nook Miles?

Kuri advises players to continuously collect Nook Miles, even after completing initial tasks. Players should perform daily tasks to earn extra Nook Miles, as they are essential for various in-game activities like villager hunting and purchasing items.

What does Wilbow recommend doing with the glowing spot found on the island?

Wilbow recommends digging up the glowing spot on the island daily to find 1,000 bells. Instead of covering it up, players should bury 10,000 bells to grow a money tree, which will yield a greater return.

What is the general theme of the creators' tips in the video?

The general theme of the creators' tips is to provide efficient and strategic advice to maximize gameplay and island development in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, making the game more enjoyable and rewarding for both new and returning players.

Outlines

00:00

🌟 Starting Off in Animal Crossing: Tips from Creators

The video begins with Lex welcoming viewers to a new year and introducing a collaborative video featuring tips for starting or restarting an island in Animal Crossing. The creators aim to help viewers maximize their efficiency and enjoyment in the game. Lex suggests buying a swimsuit early to access more areas of the island, while Kato emphasizes the importance of choosing a good location for Resident Services. Cozyshy advises placing villager homes on beaches for easier island planning, and Amanda recommends buying everything possible to catalog items for future use.

05:01

🎤 Song and Strategy: Turnip Trading and Tree Shaking

Ej presents a song about the importance of using Nook Miles tickets to visit mystery islands for turnip trading, which can be a profitable venture if managed well. Ciana explains how to make money by selling turnips, advising to sell them when the price is high and before they rot. Koi suggests facing fears to earn Nook Miles by getting stung by bees and tarantulas. Pixie Butter shares a tip on how to maximize material collection from rocks without moving too far away, and Kate Collen encourages shaking every tree for bells and furniture items.

10:02

🌳 Island Life Hacks: From Food to Fossils

Nifina advises buying all available food for stamina and potential future needs. Infinity suggests keeping Blathers in his tent and accessing the back of the island with a vaulting pool and ladder before placing the museum. Kuri emphasizes the importance of collecting Nook Miles daily for various in-game benefits. Rosalinde recommends completing the museum by donating bugs, fish, and sea creatures to avoid accidentally selling them. CEO advises prioritizing the acquisition of durable tools over the initial flimsy ones for long-term island development. Angela suggests saving bugs and fish to sell to visiting characters like Flick and CJ for a significant profit.

Keywords

💡Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing is a popular life simulation video game where players manage and customize their own island. In this video, creators share tips for starting a new island, emphasizing the importance of efficiency, creativity, and fun in the game. The tips range from selecting the right map to managing resources.

💡Island

The term 'island' refers to the player's customizable environment in Animal Crossing. The video provides various strategies for managing and optimizing the island, including where to place buildings, how to access restricted areas early in the game, and tips for planning the island layout effectively.

💡Resident Services

Resident Services is a key facility in Animal Crossing, providing essential services for island development. The video's tip on choosing a map highlights the importance of selecting a location for Resident Services that is far from the airport, as its placement cannot be changed later in the game.

💡Timmy

Timmy is a character in Animal Crossing who manages the in-game store, Nook's Cranny. The video suggests talking to Timmy early in the game to buy a swimsuit, which allows players to explore parts of their island that are otherwise inaccessible without a vaulting pole.

💡Swimsuit

In the context of the video, the swimsuit is an essential item that players can purchase early in the game to bypass rivers and access more of their island. This tip is presented as a way to enhance exploration and efficiency before obtaining a vaulting pole.

💡Nook Miles

Nook Miles is a reward system in Animal Crossing that players can earn by completing tasks. The video emphasizes the importance of consistently collecting Nook Miles, as they are used for various in-game purchases and activities, including obtaining furniture and villager hunting tickets.

💡Villagers

Villagers are the animal characters that live on the player's island. The video advises placing their homes on the beaches initially to save on moving costs later and recommends inviting only the initial eight villagers needed to reach a three-star island rating.

💡Nook's Cranny

Nook's Cranny is the in-game store where players can buy and sell items. The video encourages players to buy as many items as possible each day to expand their item catalog, which allows them to order these items later from the Nook Shopping inventory.

💡Turnips

Turnips are an item in Animal Crossing used in the 'stalk market' to make a profit. The video explains how to buy turnips from Daisy Mae and sell them at Nook's Cranny for a higher price, emphasizing the importance of selling them before they rot.

💡Blathers

Blathers is the character who manages the museum in Animal Crossing. The video mentions that if players want to keep Blathers in his tent and not upgrade the museum, they should obtain a vaulting pole and ladder from a friend before placing Blathers on the island.

Highlights

Lex introduces the video, mentioning it's the first of 2022 and features tips from Animal Crossing community creators.

Lex's tip: Buy a swimsuit early in the game to access more of your island by swimming, instead of waiting for a vaulting pole.

Kato's tip: Choose your island map carefully, ensuring the resident services building is far from the airport for better design options.

Cozy Shy's tip: Place villager homes on beaches to save Bells on moving them later and for better island planning.

Amanda's tip: Buy everything in the shop daily to catalog items, allowing you to order them anytime through Nook Shopping.

EJ presents his tip musically: Use Nook Miles Tickets to gather materials from other islands to ensure you have what you need for building.

Siana's tip: Take advantage of the turnip stock market to make easy money, but remember to sell turnips before they rot.

Koi's tip: Don't fear getting stung; it can earn you up to 600 Nook Miles, so shake trees and catch insects.

Pixie Butter's tip: Dig holes behind you before hitting rocks to collect maximum materials without losing your position.

Kate Colleen's tip: Shake trees daily to get Bells and furniture items, and hold a net to catch wasps.

Nifina's tip: Buy food in the game for stamina to move trees and rocks when terraforming.

Infinity's tip: Keep Blathers in his tent and have friends bring tools to access different parts of your island early.

Kuri's tip: Consistently collect Nook Miles daily, especially those offering extra bonus points, as they are vital for various activities.

Rosalind's tip: Donate any new bugs, fish, or sea creatures to the museum immediately to avoid accidentally selling them.

CEO's tip: Prioritize upgrading to more durable tools early in the game to avoid frequent crafting and interruptions.

Angela and Donny's tip: Save bugs and fish to sell to Flick and CJ for more Bells, instead of selling to the Nook twins.

Wilbow's tip: Always dig up the glowing spot on your island to plant 10,000 Bells for maximum profit from the money tree.

Transcripts

[Music]

hello and welcome to my new video if

you're new here hi i'm lex and

happy new year this is my first video in

2022 and i figured what better way to

celebrate the new year than to make a

video with

some of my best creator friends in the

animal crossing community we are going

to talk about tips for

starting off your island whether you are

brand new to animal crossing or

you've just restarted whatever the case

here are some tips to really help you

maximize your efficiency as a player

because that's the goal right not to

have fun but to be efficient

i'm just kidding these tips will help

you have fun too they're also really

creative

really in-depth and

some of them are hilarious so without

further ado let's get started and thank

you to all of the creators who

participated in today's video i'll start

with my own tip and that is to speak to

timmy at the very beginning of the game

and buy yourself a swimsuit as you know

at the very beginning of the game you

can't access beyond the river mouths

where the river runs it prevents you

from getting to the rest of your island

but if you buy this swimsuit you can go

diving and you can actually swim in the

ocean to get around the river mouth

instead of waiting for

a vaulting pole this is really nifty

because you can go ahead and access this

part of your island you can see what

your native flower is you can go ahead

and pick all of the weeds in this area

to help your island raiding it's just

really convenient and i think it's cool

to be able to explore more of your

island that means more places for

planting for placing houses etc and of

course if you have friends and nintendo

online membership you could also talk to

a friend and have them give you a ladder

for the cliffs hey everyone it's kato i

heard that you just got animal crossing

new horizons well congratulations but

before you get started i have something

to tell you i just want to let you know

how important it is when you're choosing

your map there are a few things that you

cannot change once you're on your island

and i just need you to be aware that one

of those main things is the location of

resident services

i recommend choosing a location where

the resident services is far away from

the airport and if you didn't get an

option like that in your first try just

close out of the game and restart and

you will get four new maps to choose

from good luck with your island

designing and thank you so much to lex

for including me in this video

hi it's cozy shy and let's get into my

tips for a new island i would suggest to

place all of your villager homes on the

beaches this helps with planning your

island and saving bills on moving the

homes later on also you only need to

invite the initial eight villagers when

starting an island so you don't need the

full 10 when reaching 3 stars you can

also place the buildings like the shop

or the museum

i hope these tips have helped some of

you and good luck on starting your

island goodbye

[Music]

hi it's me amanda from the amandaphiles

which is my youtube channel

i'm so awkward my new island tip for you

is to buy everything you can every

single day do not be responsible with

your bells don't be shy develop a

shopping addiction now why am i

promoting this because it's actually a

very savvy and smart thing to do

whenever you purchase or even pick up an

item you actually catalog that item into

your own nook shopping inventory that's

available on your little nook phone or

at the kiosk it basically exists now in

your world and you can order it anytime

from nook shopping so even though i know

you have a vision believe me and even

though you don't think you're ever going

to need an ugly metal stepladder on your

fairy court island buy it it's so much

better to have tons of stuff cataloged

in there if you need it so buy those

pesky little nook twins out every time

yay capitalism

hi i'm ej you're you um and welcome to

lex's channel my tip for you i'm going

to present in the form of

a song

i hope you enjoy

hey there gamer how are you busy playing

ac2 don't you hate it when you want to

build but you don't have the right

materials well i've got a way to kick it

go and get yourself a nook miles ticket

fly through the air to an untouched land

what are you to do on the ground that

you stand

oh

well you do

[Music]

that's the end of my tip i hope you

enjoyed it

hi i'm ciana and the tip that i want to

share is about taking advantage of

selling turnips on your island aka the

stock market so every sunday morning

daisy may will come visit your island

and sell turnips beginning the next

monday morning you can offer to sell

those turnips at nook's cranny for a

profit as long as you sell them for more

bills than you bought them for you'll be

making easy money keep in mind that your

nook's cranny's buying price will change

daily so sell your turnips when the

price is high another thing to know is

that your turnips will rot a week from

the date that you bought them so make

sure to sell them within that week you

really can get so many bells just by

using the stock market so try it out

also thank you so so much to lex for

letting me be a part of this collab

hello friends i'm koi over here at

kuyakoi on youtube and my tip is to face

your fears don't be afraid to get stung

in the game especially when you're just

starting your island life if you haven't

done it yet painting due to being stung

will give you up to 600 nook miles

300 from loss and 300 from tarantulas or

scorpions so shake those trees with your

bare hands and run around with nets in

hand and just wait for those sweet sweet

miles after getting stung of course

hey pixie butter here and if you are

starting a new island you're definitely

going to need a lot of materials so my

tip is when you come across a rock don't

immediately break it to get the max

materials i like to dig a line of holes

behind me to keep me in place while i

hit the rock so that way i don't scoot

too far away and miss some materials

and if you like as a bonus after you got

all your materials from the rock you can

eat a piece of fruit and hit it one more

time for that final last material but be

warned once you break the rock it's

going to appear in a different location

the next day hope this helps good luck

bye

hi friends my name is kate colleen and a

really awesome trick i wish i knew when

i first started animal crossing was to

shake all of your trees yes you heard

that correctly

shake every single tree on your island

because you can get

bells from it and furniture items as

well this is a task that you can do

daily on your island so every single day

you will get bells and furniture and oh

my god be sure to hold your net while

you do this so that you can catch the

wasp and not get stung

all right thank you guys so much for

listening and on to the next tip and

trick hello everyone my name is nifina

and my tip for you is to buy

all the food in the game so what you're

going to want to do is go to notes

regardless whether you've upgraded it or

not go talk to timmy go do whatever you

need to and buy the food that is

available in your nooks why is you may

ask because you're going to need to be

able to move them trees and then rocks

when you get to the point of you know

starting to think about terraforming and

you may not have the availability to get

turnips so my advice to you is buy the

food buy the food eat the food it gives

you good amounts of stamina it's pretty

cheap on prices and you got to keep that

shopping addiction you know keep that

shopping addiction and then you'll be

salted hi everyone my name is infinity

and my tip for starting a new island is

if you want to keep blathers in his tent

and not upgrade the museum have a friend

bring you a vaulting pool and a ladder

so you can access the back part of your

island and your cliffs prior to placing

blathers because once he's placed you

can't move him and you also won't have

brewster if blather stays in his tent

good luck on starting or restarting your

island and a huge thank you to lex for

letting me be a part of this video bye

hey it's kuri and i'm here to talk to

you about nook miles if you start a new

island you'll learn pretty quickly what

nook miles are and just how important it

is to collect them well my biggest tip

is to never stop collecting them after

you work through nook and his tasks

he'll give you extra bonus points for

nook miles you can do daily some are

worth up to five times the points so be

sure to do them every single day make

them part of your play schedule because

you will use them for so many things

from villager hunting tickets to

furniture and now to captain's island

it's best to keep the income of nook

miles flowing with tasks that really

don't take too long so be sure to keep

up that daily grind

hi i'm rosalind or rosa and one of my

favorite things to do in animal crossing

is to complete the museum if you catch a

bug fish or sea creature you haven't

caught before your character will say

yes if your character does that be sure

to donate it to the museum as fast as

you can so you don't accidentally sell

it

if you accidentally do sell it though no

worries you can always check your

critter pedia to see which creatures you

have donated donated creatures have an

owl icon good luck

it's ceo here and my tip if you're

starting a new island is to prioritize

getting more durable tools the tools

first available to you in game are some

of the weakest and include the flimsy

net flimsy shovel flimsy axe and flimsy

watering can they'll break after 7 to 40

uses which isn't that much especially if

you're using them a lot to build up your

island in its first stages and make

bells in the beginning when you unlock a

more durable tool or its diy it's

definitely worth the upfront investment

for a greater return in the end durable

tools also allow you to keep playing

without the need to continuously craft

new tools when they break i hope this

tip helps you and thank you to lex for

including me in this collab hi i'm

angela and i am donny whether this is

your first time playing or starting a

brand new island you're going to need

all the bells nook loves the bells a

great way to make a bunch of bells is to

save all of your captured bugs and

fishies to sell to flick and cj when

they finally visit your island yes avoid

the nook twins they don't give enough

but it does mean your island may look

like this but i mean you could always

just throw this stuff on your beaches

too exactly because your inventory

always says this

black but it'll all be worth it when

they finally visit your island and you

make all that monies

[Music]

now go pay off your debts

hey everybody i'm wilbow and my tip is

to always dig up the glowing spot that

you could find on your island once per

day when you find a glowing spot you'll

be able to dig it up for 1 000 bills but

don't just cover up the hole after

you're done or bury the same thousand

bells you just picked up i recommend

burying 10 000 bills so that you get the

max amount of profit from your money

tree that will eventually grow when you

bury the bells in this glowing spot

you'll be able to move this money

sapling as well if you want to but just

don't move it to near a cliff's edge or

near another sapling otherwise the tree

will not grow in three days you'll get a

money tree with a one-time harvest of 10

000 bells per bag

and that is all we have for you today

i would also like to wish you good luck

with your new island if you're just

starting or have just restarted um

yeah thank you so much for watching

today and again thank you to all of the

incredible creators who contributed to

this video you can check all of them out

in the description i highly recommend

each and every one of their channels uh

yeah i hope you have a beautiful start

to your new year tell me in the comments

if there are any tips you think we

missed that are super important for new

players and here is my little sister

peaches to tell you all goodbye for now

i love you guys so much and i just

wanted to say happy new year everyone i

love you guys so much i'll see you in

the next one bye

[Music]

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