Throughout the main storyline of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players will have access to a wide variety of tools and utilities that can be crafted and utilized. One of these tools is the shovel, which is without a doubt one of the most significant items you will find throughout the game.
This simple item has a tremendous amount of functionality, as it enables the player to mine, uproot trees, plant flowers, dig up money and fossils, and even destroy objects.
This guide will provide you with all of the information you require to successfully unlock the various shovels that are available in the game.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a simple, flimsy shovel in Animal Crossing: New HorizonsPlayers who are interested can try their luck at the following events one after the other to obtain a shovel more easily: You have to convince Blathers, the curator of the museum, to join your island.
Follow the steps in the tutorial, then head over to Tom Nook's do-it-yourself workshop
After that, Tom Nook will ask you to hand over any fish or bugs that you may have discovered.
Give over five different species of the same kind before you can move on.
After you have set down Blathers' tent, he will call you and show up at five in the morning the following day.
Finally, you will need to speak with Blathers to acquire the recipe for the Flimsy shovel.
You can make the Flimsy shovel by putting together five pieces of hardwood, or you can buy it ready-made from Nook's Cranny for 800 bells each.
To improve your digging abilities in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can upgrade your shovel.
The Flimsy shovel is the default digging tool in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
It is rather fragile, and after about 40 uses, it will break.
The unfortunate shovel can, thankfully, be upgraded to a regular shovel, which is twice as durable as the previous one. The Nook Stop kiosk located in the Resident Services area is the place to go to get the crafting recipe for the shovel. You can unlock the Do-It-Yourself recipes for the game's major tools by purchasing the Pretty-Good Tools pack, which costs approximately 3,000 Nook Miles. In conclusion, to fashion a shovel, you will need one iron nugget in addition to one Flimsy shovel. However, to purchase a shovel, you will need to put a little bit more effort and money into Nook's Cranny. After these conditions have been fulfilled, Isabelle will soon make an announcement regarding the process of renovating Nook's Cranny, which typically takes one day to complete. You will now be able to purchase three new shovels, the Outdoorsy, Colourful, and Printed-design shovels, for a total cost of 2500 bells for each shovel. All of the shovels have the same statistics, except their designs. Players do not need to worry about Nook's Cranny running out of stock of these shovels any time shortly because it maintains an infinite supply of them.
Obtaining a golden shovel is the objective. Unlocking Golden Tools and, as a result, Golden shovels is a bit more challenging, but once unlocked, they can be crafted an infinite number of times. The following instructions must be followed to unlock this recipe: The first thing you will have to do is talk to Gulliver the seagull, who washes up on your shore at various points throughout the game. It will take a total of thirty times your assistance to unlock this recipe. To be of assistance to him, you will need to dig up and bring back the five pieces of his broken communication device that were found nearby. After the thirty-first time, Gulliver will send you a unique package that contains the instructions for making a golden shovel within it. A shovel and a gold nugget are required materials for crafting the Golden shovel. This item has a maximum capacity of 200 uses, making it twice as long-lasting as a shovel.
