New Horizons F.A.Q. – Ask Questions Here!

[Ginkgo]

Hi all! I am new here although I have been playing NH from the start. Does anyone else catalogue their items using an app? If so, is there a way to tell which items have been catalogued most recently in the game? I’m getting mixed up with what I have told the app I have so far and what I am getting for the first time! TIA Sam x

Hello, and welcome to the forums. I don't use any cataloging apps, but I can tell you that the official Nintendo Switch Online app has a catalog that contains a section called "new items", which will list the last 20 items you've obtained in-game (this will include unorderables). I think this might be what you're looking for? Do note that you need to have an active NSO subscription to use this feature. I'm pretty sure there's currently no option in-game for you to see when you've obtained what item.

 

[SamACNH24]

Hello, and welcome to the forums. I don't use any cataloging apps, but I can tell you that the official Nintendo Switch Online app has a catalog that contains a section called "new items", which will list the last 20 items you've obtained in-game (this will include unorderables). I think this might be what you're looking for? Do note that you need to have an active NSO subscription to use this feature. I'm pretty sure there's currently no option in-game for you to see when you've obtained what item.

Yes that’s perfect thank you! I will check it out. Thank you

 

[oranje]

Question about starting a second island on a second Switch: If you subscribe to Nintendo online services, can you keep only one island per account? Or can you have a second island on the same account, so long as you have a second switch?

 

[Burumun]

Question about starting a second island on a second Switch: If you subscribe to Nintendo online services, can you keep only one island per account? Or can you have a second island on the same account, so long as you have a second switch?

The island is tied to the Switch and not any individual profile, so starting an island on a second Switch starts a completely new island, regardless of whether or not that profile has a save file for an island on another Switch.

 

[Mu~]

A villager asked me to change her greeting, but when she greets me she doesn't use any , nor ! and it looks awful, any chance she will ask again at some point?

 

[Burumun]

A villager asked me to change her greeting, but when she greets me she doesn't use any , nor ! and it looks awful, any chance she will ask again at some point?

Yep, eventually she will. It might take a while, though.

 

[Cloudandshade]

Apologies for the pixelated zoomed-in screenshot, but I was wondering if anyone could let me know what this is? Google isn't helping I assume it's a fish or sea critter, but I've suddenly seen it popping up on other people's islands, and have no idea why I've never seen it before!

 

[Xara]

Apologies for the pixelated zoomed-in screenshot, but I was wondering if anyone could let me know what this is? Google isn't helping I assume it's a fish or sea critter, but I've suddenly seen it popping up on other people's islands, and have no idea why I've never seen it before!

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that’s a floating-biotope planter in the artistic variant! it’s an orderable item that can be bought from nook’s.

 

[Burumun]

someone answered quicker and better, lol

 

[Cloudandshade]

that’s a floating-biotope planter in the artistic variant! it’s an orderable item that can be bought from nook’s. ☺

Thank you so much! I'm an idiot, it looks eerily similar to a goldfish bowl Must be the only biotape planter variant I haven't come across!

 

[Beanz]

I'm planning on resetting my island but I want someone to hold one of my villagers (Tangy)
I know that this process takes quite a bit of time travelling. I don't know how much sense this makes but my question is if I time travel to get Tangy to move, I invite the person helping me and they get her to move to their island, then I time travel to the next day when she is gone and supposedly moved to the other person's island would she be voided bc of time travel? Do we need to do this in real time?

 

[Burumun]

I'm planning on resetting my island but I want someone to hold one of my villagers (Tangy)
I know that this process takes quite a bit of time travelling. I don't know how much sense this makes but my question is if I time travel to get Tangy to move, I invite the person helping me and they get her to move to their island, then I time travel to the next day when she is gone and supposedly moved to the other person's island would she be voided bc of time travel? Do we need to do this in real time?

You don't have to worry about real time. Once the other person has picked her up, she's officially moved out of your game and moved into the other person's, regardless of how the time moves afterwards. After the person has left your island, there's no connection between your actions, so you could restart right after the other person has invited her and left your island.

 

[Beanz]

You don't have to worry about real time. Once the other person has picked her up, she's officially moved out of your game and moved into the other person's, regardless of how the time moves afterwards. After the person has left your island, there's no connection between your actions, so you could restart right after the other person has invited her and left your island.

Thank you!

 

[Serabee]

Have random move-in mechanics changed? Last night I had TTed forward to the 10th to island hop for villagers. I stopped playing early in the night and, when midnight hit, I synced my clock so a day didn't actually pass (it was then after midnight on the 10th then)

But today I started it up and, despite me leaving it after midnight last night, I got news and ANKHA (who I've NEVER liked, and why do I need another snooty when I have NO CRANKIES right now?) Does anyone know what I did wrong? I've done this before and it's always worked! Now I have to TT someone out (and Ankha won't move right away, even though I DO NOT WANT HER, did I make it clear I DON'T WANT ANKHA?) and it's gonna be such a hassle

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Have random move-in mechanics changed? Last night I had TTed forward to the 10th to island hop for villagers. I stopped playing early in the night and, when midnight hit, I synced my clock so a day didn't actually pass (it was then after midnight on the 10th then)

But today I started it up and, despite me leaving it after midnight last night, I got news and ANKHA (who I've NEVER liked, and why do I need another snooty when I have NO CRANKIES right now?) Does anyone know what I did wrong? I've done this before and it's always worked! Now I have to TT someone out (and Ankha won't move right away, even though I DO NOT WANT HER, did I make it clear I DON'T WANT ANKHA?) and it's gonna be such a hassle

i don’t think the mechanic has changed.

the only thing I can think of is if you do not exit out of the game fully when you change the clock, then it sometimes will not ‘register’ the time change (not sure quite what to call it. I have forgotten this before when I was time traveling, and the game will start and load as if time had progressed normally if you only saved and quit but did not ‘x’ out. This happened to a friend of mine and she did not realize until she reset while inviting a camper and the camper disappeared. She was very disappointed, cause it was a villager she liked.

sorry for the somewhat confusing explanation. And sorry about ankha, what a disappointment when you are looking forward to island hopping, especially if it is a villager you don’t want.

wish there was something more I could do to help!

 

[Serabee]

i don’t think the mechanic has changed.

the only thing I can think of is if you do not exit out of the game fully when you change the clock, then it sometimes will not ‘register’ the time change (not sure quite what to call it. I have forgotten this before when I was time traveling, and the game will start and load as if time had progressed normally if you only saved and quit but did not ‘x’ out. This happened to a friend of mine and she did not realize until she reset while inviting a camper and the camper disappeared. She was very disappointed, cause it was a villager she liked.

sorry for the somewhat confusing explanation. And sorry about ankha, what a disappointment when you are looking forward to island hopping, especially if it is a villager you don’t want.

wish there was something more I could do to help!

I closed the game fully, that wasn't the issue. It was NEVER open during the short time the date on my Switch had changed.

The only issue I can think of is maybe I should have set the clock, not to midnight, but after 5 AM... which I think is when villagers usually move out/in. But I didn't think it'd matter if it passed 5 AM on the exact same date it was set to?

Anyway, consider this a cautionary tale, people Sorry for my mini-rant- I want just totally stunned and frustrated! Hopefully I can make the best of it and find Ankha a home- I may dislike her, but I know some people spend tons of NMTs just to find her (which somehow made me feel more annoyed to get her, lol)

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I closed the game fully, that wasn't the issue. It was NEVER open during the short time the date on my Switch had changed.

The only issue I can think of is maybe I should have set the clock, not to midnight, but after 5 AM... which I think is when villagers usually move out/in. But I didn't think it'd matter if it passed 5 AM on the exact same date it was set to?

Anyway, consider this a cautionary tale, people Sorry for my mini-rant- I want just totally stunned and frustrated! Hopefully I can make the best of it and find Ankha a home- I may dislike her, but I know some people spend tons of NMTs just to find her (which somehow made me feel more annoyed to get her, lol)

yeah, i figured it was a long shot, but I hate when there is just no explanation for something like that!

and that is an interesting thought, it makes sense, but would also be very frustrating. Since your game was never open at midnight it should not have mattered that you set the clock to midnight, and a day ‘passed’, since like you said, it only passed to the exact same day!

sorry there doesn’t seem to be a better explanation. i would have been very frustrated and upset too.

 

[Mattician]

So I have 9 villagers I want to keep. And Kevin, who I want to move out.

The last villager to move in will never ask to move out I think? So whenever Kevin moves out, I'll have one last chance to go searching on mystery islands. Because I'll already have 9 villagers I want to keep. And then a random villager as the most recent move in if I don't find who I'm looking for.

So if that happens, I'll be left with 2 options to find who I'm looking for:
Wait for them to appear in the campsite, which could take weeks, months
Buy amiibo packs and hope I get lucky

Right?

 

[ivorystar]

Hey guys I'm so confused. I see people making "bridges" with the new mario block but when I do it all the blocks end up in the air. how do i keep them on the ground?

 

[Mattician]

Hey guys I'm so confused. I see people making "bridges" with the new mario block but when I do it all the blocks end up in the air. how do i keep them on the ground?

There's two different types of blocks. Block and floating block.