Animal Crossing New Horizons tips and tricks: 10 essential hints for beginners

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(Pocket-lint) — Animal Crossing: New Horizons has proved to be one of, if not the, most popular games for the Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED and Switch Lite. You might also have played it yourself already.

However, you might have only just got it recently — or plan to add it to your library soon. If so, we have some great tips and tricks for beginners. 10 hints to help you start your island life after you first load the amazing game. Enjoy.

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When you first start Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you will be given a choice between four randomly generated maps as your island home. However, if you don't like the look of any of them, you can quit the game, restart and see if there are different options on offer.

We suggest you choose one with at least one large, open area next to the sea and surrounded by a river as not everywhere will be accessible to you when you start.

You will need to craft a vaulting pole to get over rivers, for example, and a ladder to reach higher ground. The latter won't be available to you for some time.

Also, ensure you settle on an island you like the look of. And, if family members plan to play using the same Switch, they should have a say too as they will also be stuck with the same location — it's just one per Switch, even though multiple players can settle there.

If you don't like the look of the island layout after you have explored a little, you can restart the game before the tutorial missions are complete (at the end of the first day) and choose again.

One final note, when naming your island you need to remember that you will not be able to change it afterwards. And «island» will not be added to the name automatically, so you'll have to add it yourself if desired.

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