so I've been trying for months to obtain a blue windflower from a bunch of white ones, and today I finally got my first one! the thing is... well, as you can see from the pic, it spawned next to orange and red windflowers. for context they're not my native flower, so I got them from mystery islands and cultivated a few (which means these are either from those islands or hybrids I grew on mine, it's been months so I don't really know for sure), so these flowers probably carry some blue genes somehow. has anything like this happened to any of you? I'm curious about how this is possible, hybridizing flowers is one of my main activities on AC and sometimes the mechanics leave me a bit confused 🫠

What is it called can find itt 😭😭😭😭

Awkward…..

No clue why Sasha got to be the one dude I have xD
But now with no more time traveling necessary I can sit down and decorate my island how I want it to be!

Picture and plan for the castle. Blue rectangles indicate ladders

I still have a ways to go. But these are some of my favorite spots on my island right now.

guys I’m hunting for Molly. I randomly found Zucker. Should I take him instead? (I still wanna swap 3 other villagers from my island)

I didn’t really think about who else i want on my island, I just know I want Molly and Fauna.

other villagers on my island are Audrey, Skye, Pashmina and Goldie

I made a post recently asking for help. And I got it :3. I’d love for anyone to come over.

I’m probably real late to the party but I finally got myself to do a tour of my island! Chill no commentary video. Hope you like it :)

Hey everyone, I am currently diy'ing with Kapp'n, but the requests are very time consuming. I just want to know, when does the diy'ing end?? I've ben doing it for a week now, so does anyone know when it ends? Thanks!!

Does anyone have a spare leaf bug model? This is driving me crazy. I’ll trade whatever you want ( if I have it ofc)

And it’s a meteor shower so she’s probably staying there the entire time 🫩

I had a feeling that critter spawn rates changed depending on the time, rather than it just being a matter of whether they could spawn or not. I wanted to see what the actual odds were, and whether I could target specific dates or weather conditions to make catching rare critters a little easier.

After doing some research and gathering data, I found that quite a few different things can affect spawn rates.

For example, Tarantula's spawn rates normally range from 0.5%–0.7%, but with the optimal setup, removing trees and rocks, in rainy weather, the spawn rate could go up to 2.6%! I knew this trick but it was refreshing to see the exact odds.

I got a bit carried away with it and turned it into a small personal project, and made a website where I can see how the spawn rates change depending on the time, weather, and what's currently on my island.

Figuring all of this out was pretty interesting, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else is curious about how the spawn system actually works or wants to use it for their own critter catching.

Here's the link: acnh.gg

It’s a small restaurant next to a gas station and a trans flag. If you wanna come over to fully see my island to get the vibe just ask.

I started a new island yesterday and I need other fruits

So, my last post about Animal Crossing: New Horizons got quite a lot of dislikes on comments, and honestly, some of the reactions have left me a little disappointed. I want to clarify something because I feel like some people completely misunderstood what I was trying to say.

I said that I personally think the game is overrated based on my experience with it so far. I never said everyone should think it’s overrated, that the game is objectively bad, or that people shouldn’t enjoy it.
In fact, I specifically made the post because I genuinely wanted to understand the game better. I explained what I was struggling with, asked what I was supposed to be working towards, and asked people for tips on how to make the game more enjoyable and how to progress. I wasn’t just coming into the subreddit saying “this game sucks” and leaving.

And some people actually gave me really helpful and kind advice, so thank you to those people. ❤️ I’ve gotten some ideas that I genuinely want to try.
What disappointed me was how defensive some people became. A lot of the replies were basically:
“Then don’t play it.”
“Just play another game.”
“Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s overrated.”

And I’m just confused by that reaction. If someone says they don’t understand a game or doesn’t enjoy it, why is that automatically an attack on the people who do enjoy it? It’s a video game. 😭

I’ve also been scrolling through the subreddit since making my post, and I’ve seen other people asking very similar questions. People saying they don’t understand what you’re supposed to do, that the progression is confusing, that they don’t know what the goal is, etc. And I noticed that some of those posts also get pretty defensive responses. I guess I just expected the Animal Crossing community to be a little more welcoming and understanding because that’s honestly what I’d heard about this community before joining. That’s actually part of the reason I felt comfortable making my original post. Someone had specifically told me that the Animal Crossing community was really helpful and that I should ask here if I was struggling.

So it was a little surprising to come here genuinely asking for help and have some people basically respond with “then don’t play.” You don’t have to agree with me. If you love Animal Crossing and think it’s one of the best games ever made, that’s completely fine. ❤️ You can absolutely disagree with me and tell me why you love it. That’s actually the kind of discussion I was hoping for.

But there’s a difference between disagreeing with someone’s opinion and acting like they’re attacking you personally because they don’t share your opinion.
And I think the same thing goes both ways. If I say “I think this game is overrated,” you don’t have to agree with me. But I also don’t need everyone to suddenly dislike the game just because I said that. 😂 I can have my opinion, you can have yours, and neither of us has to change our minds.

I honestly just wanted to understand what the hype was about because I was excited to play this game and expected to love it. I paid around €60 for it, so obviously I’m going to have some thoughts when I’m not enjoying it as much as I expected to. And yes, if I eventually decide the game just isn’t for me, I’ll move on to another game. I know that’s an option.

But I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask questions and try to understand a game before deciding that.
So yeah, I’m not trying to start another argument or attack the community. I’m just genuinely disappointed by some of the reactions because I expected a little more openness.

It’s okay to love Animal Crossing. It’s also okay to not understand the hype. We can coexist. 😂❤️

Hi everyone! I re-uploaded my Snoopy collection for free download! Feel free to check it out if you're interested! 🐾✨

Just three more to go and then I will only have good villagers on my island! I´m not getting lucky on what villagers visit the campsite so time travel it is.

Okay, people are probably going to hate me for this, but I genuinely cannot get into Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I bought this game after seeing all the hype around it and watching videos of people making these amazing islands, decorating their houses, getting cute villagers, unlocking terraforming, etc. It looked like so much fun. But now that I actually own the game… I just don’t understand what I’m supposed to be doing. 😭 I don’t really understand the purpose of the game. I keep talking to Tom Nook and the progress is just so incredibly slow. I know you can speed things up with things like time travelling or treasure islands, and I have actually tried treasure islands before.

But the only treasure islands I can seem to find are those continuously streamed on Twitch or YouTube, and they’re constantly full. It took me like half an hour just to get into one once, only for me to get kicked out after about five minutes because of some sort of network connection problem. It definitely wasn’t my internet because my network was completely fine. So that was fun. 😭

And the normal progression is just… painfully slow.
I barely get any new recipes from my villagers or from the bottles on the beach. I visit my villagers multiple times a day and somehow 9 times out of 10, if I finally get a recipe, it’s one I already have or it’s some random ugly thing I have absolutely no interest in crafting.

I’ve also been trying to get my island to 3 stars because I REALLY want to unlock terraforming. I’ve put a decent amount of stuff around my island, but I’m permanently stuck at 2 stars. I don’t really know what else I’m supposed to do because I don’t have that many items yet.

And that’s another thing. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do to get more stuff. There isn’t really a quest system or much guidance. I know some people will say “That’s the point! There is no goal!” and I understand that. I really do. But I personally think you can make a relaxing, cozy game while still giving players some sort of direction or purpose. Right now I feel like I’m just running around aimlessly.

Every day I’m basically doing the same things:
Dig up fossils
Shake every tree
Hit every rock
Fish
Catch bugs
Give everything to Blathers
Talk to my villagers
Maybe decorate a tiny bit
Repeat
And then I’m done.

Houses and infrastructure also costs SO many bells. 😭 Like, why does this game have LOANS? I’m trying to escape real life and not think about bills and loans, and now I have to worry about Tom Nook coming after me for money too. I know some people genuinely love that aspect of the game, and that’s completely fine. I can understand why people find the slow pace relaxing. But for me, it just becomes repetitive.
I’ve been playing for around two months now, and I genuinely find myself doing the exact same things over and over again. I feel like I’m constantly waiting for something to happen or for the next thing to unlock.

And I think that’s what frustrates me the most. I see all these amazing Animal Crossing islands online, and I’m like “I WANT THAT.” But then I play my own game and I’m like… okay, but how exactly am I supposed to get there? 😭 I know there are ways to speed things up, but I don’t really want to rely entirely on time travelling or spending hours trying to get into a treasure island just to make the game feel like it’s actually progressing.

Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe I’m playing the game completely wrong. Maybe I just haven’t reached the point where it becomes more interesting yet.
But after spending around €60 on this game, I’m honestly starting to feel like the hype was a little overrated. I was SO excited to finally play it because of how much I had heard about it, and now I’m just sitting here wondering why I can’t get into it.

Please don’t come for me. 😂 I know there are a LOT of Animal Crossing lovers out there, and if you love the game, that’s completely fine! Enjoy it. ❤️
I’m just saying that personally, I cannot get into it at all right now.

So if anyone has any actual tips for making the game more fun, progressing a little faster, getting more recipes/items, or maybe helping me understand what I’m missing, PLEASE tell me. Because right now I’m trying really hard to embrace the whole “there is no goal, just relax and enjoy the experience” thing, but instead I’m just bored. 😭

Maybe I’m missing something, but for now… Animal Crossing: New Horizons is overrated.