Animal Crossinggames have always provided players with a large variety of activities and things to enjoy, with customization being just one of them. For many players, their villagers also keep them coming back to the game, and being able to impact how anAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsvillager’s home or personal attire looks are just a couple of ways to make the game more personal and interesting.
However, one thing that many players likely overlooked is the ability to impact what kind of tools their villagers carry around. Now it’s come to light that with a quick conversation, players can get their villagers to carry unique tools.
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This particular discovery was uncovered and shared by YouTube channel Crossing Channel, which uploaded a video demonstrating it. Players ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonswill likely know that nearly all tools have different versions available, whether it’s due to the type of material they’re made out of or simply being given a different look, like thestar-shaped bug catching net. As it turns out, players can get their villagers to change which type of tool they carry by simply giving them a new one.
It turns out that animal villagers will equip whichever version of the tool is gifted to them by the player. The mechanic works similarly togiving an animal villager a new piece of clothingor a decoration for their home, as villagers can also wear or decorate with those, accordingly. While gifting a new version of a tool has no impact on gameplay, it’s just one more way that players can tweak everything on their island to be exactly the way that they want it.
Sadly, the gifting of new tools underscores the fact that animal villagers can’t actually do anything with said tools. Avid players have surely seen their townsfolk waving nets around at bugs orfishing for tuna on the player’s island, but they never actually make a successful catch. However, since these idle animations exist and are regularly used, it’s nice that players can at least change how they look.
Despite the game’s increasing age, players are still making discoveries like these inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsall the time. Seemingly insignificant things like thetypewriter inNew Horizonshave hidden detailsthat the average player might not ever even see. While some players lamented that certain things fromAnimal Crossing: New Leafwere missing inNew Horizons, it’s obvious that a lot of work and creative thought went into bringing the Switch iteration ofAnimal Crossingto the world.
