Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Simple Steps to Procure the Shovel

The surprising world of Animal Crossing New Horizons offers brilliant new things. Nintendo has also buffed the content and features of the life-simulation title. The massive changes with 2.0 have also brought forward new explorable regions, side quests, DLC, and more. However, before you can embark on this journey through the landscape, players will have to collect all the necessary basic tools.

How do you get a Shovel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

One such tool that gamers need to have at all times is the trusty shovel, which can be obtained in a number of ways. You can buy this item from vendors, or you can craft it by completing a simple quest. A shovel is a basic tool that will help you dig out items, help you plant trees, and make changes to your landscape in Animal Crossing. Here are 4 simple steps that you can use to acquire it.

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Step 1: Find 5 or more creatures on the island and bring them to Tom Nook

Step 2: Nook will call his friend Blathers and request you to donate it to his museum.

Step 3: He will grant you a special marker for Blathers, which you need to place on the island to bring over.

Step 4: Now interact with the newly arrived Blathers as he will grant you a DIY recipe for your new shovel.

Once you have acquired the recipe for Flimsy shovel, you will have to find x5 Hardwood to craft the item.

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How to upgrade your shovel? How to buy a shovel?

The flimsy shovel is quite weak, and it is not going to take you very far in the game. You will soon realize that not everything can be mined out of it and it is now time to upgrade. This tool can be boosted by purchasing ‘Pretty Good Tools DIY Recipe’ from Nook Shop and it will cost you 3000 bells.

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How to acquire Golden Shovel?

Now you must collect a single iron nugget from the map to upgrade your shovel to the next level. However, this isn’t the extent of the upgrade, as you can take it a step further and this will require a lot of work. Players will have to complete a special quest granted by Gulliver and help him find his five communicators 30 times.

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Step 1: Find Gulliver on the island and rescue him. This will kick start the quest that will lead you to the golden shovel.

Step 2: Help Gulliver locate communicators 30 times on the island. Gamers will have to keep a close eye on the beach to dig out the communicators.

Step 3: The spawn rate of this quest item is quite slow, make use of time travel to move one step further and back to find these devices.

Step 4: Help him 30 times, and he will reward you with the recipe of the golden shovel, which will only require you to find a golden nugget to upgrade.

Comparing Flimsy Shovel, Golden Shovel, and Shovel

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This comparison highlights the importance of upgrades as the higher the quality of your equipment, the more benefit you can get out of it.