The winter season is almost here inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, which not only means it’s almost time forthe annual Toy Day celebration, but players can get busy with crafting tons of rare DIY recipes once snowflakes start to fall.
Much like the previous maple leaves and cherry blossoms that could be found aroundAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsislands during a specific window of time, snowflakes operate similarly. They will soon be available once the winter season rolls around in-game. ForAnimal Crossing, winter begins once snow blankets the ground, which starts on December 11th and ends on February 23rd. So in just a couple of days, players can start catching snowflakes for DIY recipes and crafting.In contrast to cherry blossomsand maple leaves, snowflakes will fall throughout the entire two months until the snow melts.
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How to Get Snowflake DIY Recipes
Unlike cherry blossoms and maple leaves, there are more than the traditional ways of acquiring snowflake recipes inAnimal Crossing. Players can still find them by shooting down balloons and picking up messages in bottles as well as the rare chance of getting one from a villager that’s in the middle of crafting. But in the winter, players can also build the perfect snowman, also known as snowboys in theAnimal Crossinguniverse.
Rolling around giant balls of snow have been around since theoriginalAnimal CrossingGameCube and Nintendo 64days, but getting DIYs from snowboys is brand new toNew Horizons. To make the perfect snowboy, players will need to find two snowballs, and luckily, it’s easy to find two snowballs next to one another, but this requires empty snow-covered ground with no pathing or furniture.
Kick one around and roll them in the snow until they get to their maximum size, which is almost as big as the player’s avatar. This will be the body, and to make the head, the snowball should get to about 90% in size. This ratio is very important to making a perfect snowboy, and once he comes to life, he will give the player a seasonal DIY as a reward. Additionally, after building a perfect snowboy, the player can speak to them once each day and get a large snowflake from them, which is also important for crafting DIYs.
Snowflake DIY Recipes
Likely because of thelonger time that winter lasts inNew Horizons, meaning longer availability for snowflakes, there are many recipes that can be found and crafted. Below is a complete list of winter season recipes that require snowflakes.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis out now for Nintendo Switch.
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