Our Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide will assist you in maximizing your first week on your island, focusing on opening the Town Hall quickly to speed up the unlocking of terraforming!
Additionally, we provide essential guides on unlocking island amenities, museum donations, and resource collection to help you create your paradise.
Let’s jump into our Animal Crossing: New Horizons first week walkthrough!
Animal Crossing New Horizons walkthrough: First week guide
Below is our first week guide designed to help you unlock the Town Hall promptly, allowing access to numerous features for developing your own island paradise.
This walkthrough outlines the main daily tasks, but feel free to complete extra tasks like resource collection, meeting visitors, crafting, and purchasing valuable items like the Tool Ring for 800 Nook Miles.
Note, Day 1 consists of two days. You begin with Day 0, where you create your avatar, choose an island layout, and set up camp before sleeping. Upon waking, real-time begins in New Horizons (unless you're time traveling!).
With that established, here’s your first week guide for Animal Crossing: New Horizons:
Day 1 Tasks:
Place your tent
Place two villagers’ tents
Gather party supplies
Take a little sleep
Complete DIY tutorial
Craft Flimsy Fishing Net and Flimsy Bug Net
Donate 5 bugs or fish to Tom Nook
Select museum location
Pay off 5,000 Nook Miles debt
Upgrade your tent to a house, visiting Tom Nook
Order a Wet Suit from Nook Stop (800 Nook Miles)
Day 2 Tasks:
Visit the newly opened Airport
Donate 15 bugs, fish, fossils or sea creatures to Blathers
Craft Flimsy Shovel and Vaulting Pole
Donate Nook’s Cranny materials (30 Wood, 30 Hardwood, 30 Softwood, 30 Iron Nuggets) to Timmy
Use Nook Ticket for Mystery Island and invite a third villager
Buy Pretty Good Tool Recipes (3,000 Nook Miles)
Day 3 Tasks:
Museum closed today
Visit Nook’s Cranny to meet Mabel
Craft a Ladder
Place bridge (4 Log Stakes, 5 Clay, 5 Stone)
Place 3 villager house plots
Craft furniture for plots
Day 4 Tasks:
Museum is upgraded and open
Donate any collected bugs, fish, fossils or sea creatures
Meet a new villager
Day 5 Tasks:
Meet a new villager
Learn to customise items
Visit Harv's Island and Photopia (find Harv on your island)
Day 6 Tasks:
Meet a new villager
Day 7 Tasks:
Residential Services closed (No access to Nook Stop)
Day 8 Tasks:
Town Hall opens and Isabelle moves in
Place Campsite (15 Wood, 15 Softwood, 15 Hardwood, 15 Iron Nuggets)
Congratulations! You've successfully completed your first week in New Horizons. Your next objective is to attain a three-star rating for your island to unlock terraforming. The duration for this depends on your playstyle and objectives, so take your time!
If you need further guidance, a host of additional guides are readily available….
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