'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' DIY Recipes - List of Recipes & How to Get Them All
A huge aspect of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the building projects that let players craft furniture, tools and more.
These DIY Recipes are obtained through various in-game events and - for many - by chance. The more you play Animal Crossing: New Horizons the greater the chance you have of finding or receiving a recipe as a gift.
Certain residents of your island may give you a DIY Recipe depending on certain conditions, while Tom Nook can give you one after a certain number of days on the island. We've found that DIY Recipes are most often obtained via messages in bottles. Scouring the beaches for these bottles should be something players do every day. Open these bottles, and more often than not they'll contain a DIY Recipe.
A neat aspect of these messages is that you may get one you already have. Set off to a friend's island and leave the recipe there for them to get or sell the bottle for some extra Bells.
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We've begun compiling a list of every DIY Recipe in New Horizons with the necessary crafting materials as well as how to obtain them.
Note: This list is constantly being updated
EVERY DIY RECIPE IN ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS
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DIY Recipes fall into five different categories: Tools, Housewares, Miscellaneous, Equipment and Other.
Tools and Housewares are self-explanatory while Miscellaneous often means you can craft items like pots to decorate your home and island. Equipment includes items you can hold, like umbrellas, while Other refers to medicines, bait and other consumables. We've separated this list by category.
Tools
Flimsy Axe - Tree Branch (x5), stone (x1)
- Can be purchased from Tommy in Resident Services
Flimsy Fishing Rod - Tree branch (x5)
- Can be purchased from Tommy in Resident Services (DIY for Beginners)
Flimsy Net - Tree Branch (x5)
- Can be purchased from Tommy in Resident Services (DIY for Beginners)
Flimsy Watering Can - Softwood (x5)
- Can be purchased from Tommy in Resident Services
Slingshot - Hardwood (x5)
- Can be purchased from Tommy in Residents Services
The following DIY Recipes are obtained when purchasing the Pretty Good Tools for 3000 Nook Miles
- Fishing Rod - Flimsy Fishing Rod (x1), iron nugget (x1)
- Shovel - Flimsy shovel (x1), iron nugget (x1)
- Net - Flimsy net (x1), iron nugget (x1)
- Stone Axe - flimsy axe (x1), wood (x3)
- Axe - flimsy axe (x1), wood (x3), iron nugget (x1)
Vaulting Pole - Softwood (x5)
- Once Blathers comes to your island, he'll give you this DIY Recipe
Ladder - Wood (x4), Hardwood (x4), Softwood (x4)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Housewares
Tire Toy - Old Tire (x1)
- Fished up an Old Tire, which unlocks the Recipe
Campfire - tree branch (x3)
Bonfire - Campfire (x1), Wood (x10)
Tiki Torch - Tree branch (x5), Wood (x5)
Simply DIY workbench - hardwood (x5), iron nugget (x1)
- Obtained on Day 2 in your mailbox
Log Stakes - wood (x3)
Birdhouse - wood (x10), softwood (x5)
Wooden full length mirror - wood (x5), iron nugget (x1)
- Found in a message in a bottle
Wooden Low Table - Wood (x10)
- Message in a Bottle
Sauna Heater - Stone (x6), Iron Nugget (x3), Wood (x3)
- Message in a Bottle
Log Sofa - Hardwood (x8)
- Message in a Bottle
Gong - Iron Nugget (x6). Wood (x5)
- Message in a Bottle
Natural Garden Table - Hardwood (x9), Iron Nugget (x3)
- Message in a Bottle
Clothesline - Tree Branch (x10)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Log Garden Lounge - Hardwood (x12)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Log Stool - Hardwood (x4)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Log Sofa - Hardwood (x8)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wooden Chair - Wood (x6)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wooden Simple Bed - Wood (x18)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wooden-Block Table - Wooden-Block Toy (x1), Softwood (x8)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wooden-Block Stereo - Wooden-Block Toy (x1), Softwood (x5), Iron Nugget (x2)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Stone Stool - Stone (x3)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Stone Table - Stone (x8)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Iron Garden Chair - Iron Nugget (x3)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Iron Garden Table - Iron Nugget (x5)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Water Pump - Iron Nugget (x2), Clay (x6)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Pear Wardrobe - Pear (x10)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission (Pear native fruit)
Pear Bed - Pear (x10), Softwood (x6)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wooden Wardrobe - Wood (x12)
- Given by Tom Nook after you build three more houses on your island (around Day 6)
Equipment
Leaf Umbrella - clump of weeds (x15)
- Speak to resident
Miscellaneous
Pot - Clay (x5)
- Message in a Bottle
Classic Pitcher - Clay (x4)
- Message in a Bottle
Shell Speaker - Conch (x3), Iron Nugget (x2)
Wooden-Block Toy - Softwood (x3)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Bamboo-shoot Lamp - Young Spring Bamboo (x4), Bamboo Shoot (x5), Clay (x4)
- Balloon Present
- Seasonal Recipe
Wall-Mounted
Mum Wreath - White Mums (x3), Yellow Mums (x3), Red Mums (x3)
- Given by Tom Nook during build three houses mission
Wallpaper/Floors/Rugs
Honeycomb Wall - Wasp Nest (x6)
- Message in a Bottle
Steel Flooring - Iron Nugget (x7)
- Gift from resident
Other
Medicine - Wasp nest (x1), clump of weeds (x3)
- Speak to one of your two original residents after being stung by a wasp
Fish Bait - Manila Clam (x1)
- Dig up a Manila Clam using the shovel to unlock recipe
Bridge Construction Kit - Log Stakes (x4), Clay (x4), Stone (x4)
- Tom Nook gives you this recipe after setting up the new shop
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
What do you think of the DIY Recipes? Which is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section.
