Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch 2 Edition - Items
The tools and notable collectible items of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Standard tools wear out with use and are crafted or bought, while golden tools are durable, high-prestige variants earned through achievement milestones. The listing also covers the signature rare creatures and collectibles pl...
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flimsy Tool Set | Starting Tools | The basic axe, shovel, fishing rod, and other tools the player begins with, crafted from early materials. | Durability: Low Materials: Tree branches, stone, iron | Starter crafting recipe; early-game resource loop |
| Axe | Tool | The standard axe that cuts wood from trees and converted from the flimsy axe. | Tier: Standard Use: Chopping wood Durability: Medium | Crafted from flimsy axe + iron; sold at Nook's Cranny |
| Golden Axe | Tool (Golden) | A golden-tier axe earned by breaking 100 axes, offering far greater durability and a premium gold finish. | Tier: Golden Durability: Near-infinite Unlock: Break 100 axes | Achievement milestone (Happy Home Academy reward) |
| Fishing Rod | Tool | The standard tool used to catch the game's fish, cast into ponds, rivers, and ocean to hook shadow movements. | Tier: Standard / Golden Use: Fishing Durability: Medium | Crafted from flimsy rod + iron; Nook's Cranny |
| Golden Fishing Rod | Tool (Golden) | The golden fishing rod earned by completing the full fish collection, offering improved durability and a gold finish. | Tier: Golden Durability: Near-infinite Unlock: Complete the fish collection | Museum donation milestone |
| Bug Net | Tool | The standard net used to catch bugs fluttering, crawling, and hiding around the island. | Tier: Standard / Golden Use: Bug catching Durability: Medium | Crafted from flimsy net + iron; Nook's Cranny |
| Golden Net | Tool (Golden) | The golden net earned by completing the full bug collection, bringing durability and a gold finish to the player's bug-catching arsenal. | Tier: Golden Durability: Near-infinite Unlock: Complete the bug collection | Museum donation milestone |
| Shovel | Tool | The standard shovel used to dig up fossils, planted items, and the daily glowing money spot, and to bury items or turnips. | Tier: Standard / Golden Use: Digging / planting Durability: Medium | Crafted from flimsy shovel + iron; Nook's Cranny |
| Golden Shovel | Tool (Golden) | The golden shovel earned by helping Gulliver many times, improving durability and prestige. | Tier: Golden Unlock: Assist Gulliver repeatedly | Gulliver assistance milestone |
| Watering Can | Tool | The standard watering can used to water flowers and crops, encouraging growth and hybrid flower breeding. | Tier: Standard / Golden Use: Watering plants Durability: Medium | Crafted from flimsy can + iron; Nook's Cranny; Golden via perfect watering streak |
| Golden Watering Can | Tool (Golden) | The golden watering can earned by maintaining a five-star island rating, offering a gold finish and deterring wilted flowers. | Tier: Golden Unlock: Achieve a five-star island rating | Island rating milestone |
| Slingshot | Tool | The tool used to shoot down the balloon presents that drift across the island carrying furniture, DIY recipes, and seasonal items. | Tier: Standard / Golden Use: Shooting balloon gifts Durability: Medium | Crafted or bought; Golden via breaking 100 slingshots |
| Vaulting Pole | Tool | A pole that lets the player cross rivers before bridges are unlocked, bought from the early tutorial. | Tier: Utility Use: Crossing rivers | Purchased from Tom Nook early in the game |
| Ladder | Tool | The ladder used to climb to upper cliff tiers before cliff ramps are added, bought from Tom Nook after the first bridge milestone. | Tier: Utility Use: Climbing cliffs | Purchased from Tom Nook |
| Wet Suit | Equipment / Tool | A wetsuit that lets the player swim in the surrounding ocean and dive for sea creatures, a collecting sphere distinct from fishing. | Use: Swimming / sea diving Source: Nook's Cranny seasonal stock, Nook Miles redemption | Purchased from Nook's Cranny (seasonal) or via Nook Miles |
| Coelacanth | Rare Fish | A legendary, ancient fish that appears only during heavy rain in the ocean, one of the rarest and most prized catches in the game. | Rarity: Legendary Season: Rain only, ocean | Ocean during rain; high-shadow fish |
| Stringfish | Rare Fish | A rare river fish appearing only in the colder months at the highest river elevation, making it a seasonal trophy catch sought by collectors aiming to fill the museum fish wing. | Rarity: Rare Season: Winter months, clifftop river | Clifftop river during winter |
| Oarfish | Rare Fish | A huge, rare ocean fish with the longest shadow type in the game, occasionally surfacing to startle players. | Rarity: Rare Size: Largest shadow | Ocean, all year; largest shadow |
| Golden Stag | Rare Bug | A shimmering stag beetle found in the summer evenings, prized as one of the highest-priced bugs. | Rarity: Rare Sell: High Bells Season: Summer nights, hardwood trees | Trees at night during summer months |
| Tarantula | Rare Bug | A fast, aggressive spider that charges the player on sight and can knock them out if they are caught unprepared. | Rarity: Rare Behavior: Aggressive, charges Season: Colder months, night | Ground at night during colder months |
| Scorpion | Rare Bug | A venomous desert scorpion that gives the player a sneak-attack knockout if they approach incorrectly, mirroring the tarantula's behavior in the warmer months. | Rarity: Rare Behavior: Aggressive, sneaks up Season: Warmer months, night | Ground at night during warmer months |
| Atlas Moth | Rare Bug | One of the largest moths in the game, fluttering at trees during rainy or overcast nights. | Rarity: Rare Season: Rainy/overcast nights | Trees during wet weather at night |
| Golden Tool Set Overview | Prestige Collection | Beyond the axe, rod, net, shovel, watering can, and slingshot, the golden tool line is capped by the golden shovel (Gulliver), golden axe (breaking axes), golden rod (completing fish), golden net (completing bugs), golden watering can (five-star island), and golden slingshot (breaking slingshots). | Count: 6 golden tools | Achievement and museum-completion milestones |
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