This is the first video game I’ve ever played, other than like Duck Hunt and Super Mario a few times as a kid. Was never my thing, and still isn’t other than this game. I didn’t mind having to figure things out, though. I mostly used Reddit and Google until I found this board.
Dumb things you've done on Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
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Marshmallows
chocoholic ☕🍫
I didn't know how to sprint either. I played New Leaf off and on for years, but somehow never figured out you could sprint. This game, I didn't figure it out until my cousin came to visit my island about a month in and I couldn't keep up with her. I didn't understand what all the complaining about trampling flowers was about... I could run through them just fine.... thought people were just roleplaying.
Now I can't not sprint and feel silly for playing the game on slow mode for so long!
Now I can't not sprint and feel silly for playing the game on slow mode for so long!
I play a lot of games, but I've never played an Animal Crossing game until now. The game seemed to be telling me to eat fruit before I bashed rocks, so that's what I did. It Only dawned on me the next day after I hit the first respawned rock with my shovel what a mistake I'd made!
When I was first wishing on stars, I didn't realize there was a limit and I kept at it for about 4 hours, making as many wishes as possible. I thought the next day that the beach would be *covered* in star fragments. But then, the next day, there were... 20 star fragments. :-(
On the plus side, I did earn all Nook Miles that you get for wishing on stars since I wished on so many.
On the plus side, I did earn all Nook Miles that you get for wishing on stars since I wished on so many.
It's weird, because I think other AC games did a much better job of explaining the basics of the game. It was only more complicated stuff (like TTing) that you needed to look up. NH can get confusing for me at times and it's not my first AC game. I'm not sure why NH of all games was the one they expected to played mostly by AC veterans, because it seems like the one that got marketed to a broader audience of newcomers.
That said, I don't think it's too bad because there's always the Internet to look things up. Of course, that doesn't work as well for things you didn't know existed to begin with.
I put bushes all around the edges of my cliffs (because I figured it needed something pretty) however I just realized not that long ago that is where the jacob's ladder flowers spawn. So now i have a million bushes that need to go that I will probably stare at and ignore for months lol.
skogkyst
So-Called Problem Solver
I let my flowers grow for far, far too long. And now that I'm redoing my island layout, I have to clear out hundreds and hundreds of flowers by hand. Literally ever square inch not covered by a building/path/furniture piece has a flower on it 
Passed over Flora when I got her on my first mystery island at the beginning of the game, I didn't know the first few villagers you invited would move in after you set up the first few plots haha. I hadn't yet decided I wanted her for my island. I also ended up with two villagers I really didn't want because I didn't realise you could invite villagers.
Planted a bunch of fruit trees in random places, so now they're gonna be really annoying to move around when I finally start building up things.
Planted a bunch of fruit trees in random places, so now they're gonna be really annoying to move around when I finally start building up things.
No there is not... But I think the controls are explained in the official guide.
I could download the 20 first pages as a My Nintendo reward and the basic controls were explained at the beginning
Skandranon
Senior Member
been waiting 3 days for my pink mums to respawn so i can finish a recipe, then realized they wouldn't since they were currently planted on the beach by audie's house >.<
lawnClippings
Freshly Delivered Lawn Clippings
Accidentally selling the mermaid dress when I planned to give it someone.
Fishing for the barrel eye during the wrong time frame and panicking about not being able to find it in time before realizing it is around all year.
Shaking trees without a net equipped. Wasn't able to do it before in older games so did not occur to me to try it in this game.
Don't get me started on tarantula island and the madness that ensued there. I'm not good at aiming the net or just timing in general, okay. (I'm pretty sure Wilbur was ready to dig my character's grave.)
Fishing for the barrel eye during the wrong time frame and panicking about not being able to find it in time before realizing it is around all year.
Shaking trees without a net equipped. Wasn't able to do it before in older games so did not occur to me to try it in this game.
Don't get me started on tarantula island and the madness that ensued there. I'm not good at aiming the net or just timing in general, okay. (I'm pretty sure Wilbur was ready to dig my character's grave.)
Feraligator
Senior Member
I missed a rainbow stag and, in the process of missing, scared away an arapaima-sized shadow. it still hurts
Good news, there is!
She's all about that bass!Judy asked if she could have the black bass in my inventory and I said yes. That fish haunts me... and she never puts it away!
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