🍁 REMINDER: Maple Season is over! 🍁🍁🍁

[Rosch]

MAPLE SEASON HAS ENDED.
Maple season starts soon for Northern Hemisphere players. It runs for 11 days, starting from November 16th until November 26th.

Similar to the cherry blossom season, there will be maple leaves blown around the island which you can catch using the net. These leaves can be used to craft DIYs.

In addition to the 9 Pine Cone & Acorn DIYs that were available since September 1st:

• Yellow-leaf pile
• Pile of leaves
• Leaf campfire
• Traditional balancing toy
• Tree's bounty lamp
• Tree's bounty little tree
• Tree's bounty mobile
• Pine bonsai tree
• Acorn pochette

And the 12 Mushroom DIYs that were available since November 1st:

• Mush lamp
• Mush low stool
• Mush table
• Mush partition
• Mush parasol
• Mush umbrella
• Mush log
• Mush wand
• Mush wall
• Forest wall
• Forest flooring
• Mushroom wreath (should be given by Isabelle)

There are 9 more DIYs to get. The following DIYs are only available during this 11-day period:

• Leaf stool
• Red-leaf pile
• Maple-leaf pond stone
• Maple-leaf umbrella
• Maple-leaf pochette
• Tree's bounty arch
• Tree's bounty big tree
• Autumn wall
• Colored-leaves flooring

So... if you have not obtained all the previous DIYs, then obtaining the maple DIYs will surely cause you a lot more trouble because everything will overlap. And it sucks.


These DIYs can only be obtained from any colored balloons. Red balloons have greater chances of containing DIYs. Here are some tips to help grinding those DIYs:

• Balloons spawn every xx:x4 and xx:x9 minutes (2:04, 2:09, 2:14, 2:19, 5:44, 12:39, etc.)
• But, the balloons may only be visible on the beach on the xx:x5 and xx:x0 minutes (11:05, 7:30, 12:25, 4:20, etc.)
• When the time hits, run along the beach up and down. You can use the camera to check the sky. If you didn't see anything, it might be coming from the opposite direction.
  • Wind direction can be determined by looking at the direction of the clouds or chimney smoke. If it is moving to the right, then the balloons will come in from the left.
• Once you determine the direction of the balloon, stay on that side. The direction will change every 12 hours. There is no exact time when that happens. So, if you haven't seen any balloon in a while, check the direction of the wind again.
• If you have the volume up, you can hear a wooshing sound which indicates that a balloon is nearby.
• Run along the beach up and down, dig up clams, or fish to pass the time, or...
• Try the Nook's Cranny trick. This trick basically involves the player talking to the Nooklings or looking at items at the store (but not buying) then running back to the beach before the time hits.
  • Some say you can also do this with villagers if they are inside their houses.
  • This does not guarantee a 100% spawn. But it helps and it does give you higher chances.
• Be careful though. If you enter a building with a balloon on the air, it'll disappear. Also, if you're in a building at their spawn time, the balloon won't be there.

If all else fails, we have shops here on the forum that sell seasonal DIYs:

Nook's Cranny

Sell, buy, trade, and giveaway Animal Crossing: New Horizons items.

www.belltreeforums.com

Let's all relive our Bunny Day memories.
I wish everyone good luck. May the RNG be with you.

 

[Fruitcup]

Time to scramble! lol

 

[Nefarious]

Thank you for the reminder and the full list of DIYs! Thankfully I've completed the acorn/pinecone and mush sets, so I can completely focus on the maple leaf ones. Sure doesn't make farming for balloons less of a pain though hahaha.

Best of luck to everyone!

 

[Fye]

thanks for the reminder and all the info! I guess I'll try to get the rest of the mush DIYs today and tomorrow to avoid another cherry blossom season situation

 

[maria110]

Thanks for the reminder. I was just shaking trees and not finding any pine cones or acorns. Does anyone know if they are dropping less frequently now? I didn't have this much trouble early in the season.

 

[Rosch]

Thanks for the reminder. I was just shaking trees and not finding any pine cones or acorns. Does anyone know if they are dropping less frequently now? I didn't have this much trouble early in the season.

Try shaking a different tree. Sometimes it drops 10-15 branches before I get one. Sometimes, you can get lucky and get it on the first few shakes.

EDIT: I got 25 branches before I got a pinecone. :/

 

[DragonLatios]

thanks for the head up

 

[Khaelis]

Do Balloons ALWAYS spawn every five minutes, because I check my east coast every five minutes in the even hours and sometimes I won't see a balloon at all.

 

[azurill]

Thanks for the reminder. Thanks so much for the list so very helpful. My main has all but maple leaf DIY’s my alt needs most of them .

 

[corlee1289]

Do Balloons ALWAYS spawn every five minutes, because I check my east coast every five minutes in the even hours and sometimes I won't see a balloon at all.

Speaking from experience after grinding for all the DIYs, the balloon does not always spawn. Sometimes you might miss 2-4 times before is spawns again.

 

[Rosch]

Do Balloons ALWAYS spawn every five minutes, because I check my east coast every five minutes in the even hours and sometimes I won't see a balloon at all.

In my experience, it does not spawn every 5 minutes. Sometimes, I get 10-15 minute gaps. Sometimes, I feel like I haven't seen one but I just actually missed the balloon. They say that doing the Nook's Cranny trick "forces" a spawn. But I haven't tried it yet.

Also try the other side of your island if you haven't seen a balloon in a long time. It could also help that around xx:x8 minute, the balloon should be near center of your island.

 

[Khaelis]

Speaking from experience after grinding for all the DIYs, the balloon does not always spawn. Sometimes you might miss 2-4 times before is spawns again.

I must be so unlucky, then.. XD

 

[tajikey]

My balloons change directions at 7a and 7p. At 7a they fly west to east, and at 7p they fly east to west. I plan on farming for the maple leaf stuff (I have all the others) starting Monday morning.

If you enter a building with one on the air, it'll disappear. If you're in a building at their spawn time, they won't be there.

 

[Rosch]

If you enter a building with one on the air, it'll disappear. If you're in a building at their spawn time, they won't be there.

I'll add this to the first post.

 

[Nefarious]

Do Balloons ALWAYS spawn every five minutes, because I check my east coast every five minutes in the even hours and sometimes I won't see a balloon at all.

I feel it helps doing the Nook's Cranny trick (also works with villager's homes), it's not 100% guaranteed (or if it is, It's just me being blind sometimes), but since doing that it sure feels like more spawn as they are suppose to.

 

[DarkSlayer1331]

More autumn stuff! Pretty exciting! The only thing is... now I gotta grind for those recipes and make the stuff before winter is officially on the islands! Come December, it'll be time to remove the autumn stuff and find replacements until we can do wintery furniture.

 

[Khaelis]

I feel it helps doing the Nook's Cranny trick (also works with villager's homes), it's not 100% guaranteed (or if it is, It's just me being blind sometimes), but since doing that it sure feels like more spawn as they are suppose to.

No clue what this 'trick' is, to be honest.. XD

 

[Nefarious]

No clue what this 'trick' is, to be honest.. XD

Pretty much this, but I also find that it works just by talking to a villager while they're home.

Honestly, it's probably just some kind of placebo effect.

 

[Rosch]

I haven't done the "trick" myself. I just leave my game idle and check every 5 minutes. But hey, it's something that can help pass the time.

 

[Khaelis]

Pretty much this, but I also find that it works just by talking to a villager while they're home.

Honestly, it's probably just some kind of placebo effect.

Ah, kinda stinks for me since I tend to play late at night since I'm a night owl. Most of my villagers tend to be asleep.