DIY
DIY is a new feature to the Animal Crossing Series, introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The player, upon receiving their Nook Phone, will be able to find the DIY Recipes app on the home screen. This allows the player to catalog the DIY Recipes they receive, as well as the materials in their inventory. This app works with any DIY Workbench and allows the player to bookmark recipes, track which recipes they have crafted, and which crafted items are already in their pocket.
Initially, Tom Nook allows the player to use his DIY Workbench, which is located at Resident Services. Upon interacting with it for the first time, Tom Nook teaches the player the basic mechanics of crafting. The player will also receive a letter from Nintendo early in the game which will have the recipe for a simple DIY workbench attached. The player has the option to craft at the workbench at Resident Services, or their own workbench; each workbench allows access to the player's full catalog of DIY Recipes.
Although there are several varieties of workbenches that can be used or obtained, all of them function identically and can be used to craft any item, with the only differences in workbenches being size and appearance.
Materials
Materials are natural resources that can be found around islands. The player can obtain raw materials from hitting rocks, shaking trees, and fishing around the player's island as well as Mystery Islands. Additionally, the player can obtain Star Fragments after wishing on a shooting star during a Meteor Shower. These resources can be crafted into items from DIY Recipes or sold to Timmy or Tommy. There are also seasonal materials that are only available at certain times of the year or during specific events.
Crafted items generally sell for more Bells than the raw materials' total value, however there are some exceptions for consumables such as medicine, and there are Mile Stamps associated with selling certain materials.
Recipes
Recipes are the largest part of the DIY system. DIY recipes allow the player to actually craft items. The player starts with a handful of recipes from Tom Nook after taking the DIY workshop. As the player progresses, they will encounter more methods of obtaining recipes.
Recipes chiefly use the natural resources listed above, but some use other items which must be obtained or crafted first. It is possible to learn recipes, such as the ironwood kitchenette, which require other crafted items that the player may not yet have found the recipes for.
Methods of obtaining recipes include:
- from Tom Nook and Blathers (for basic tools in early gameplay - some of these recipes may be only given for free to the Resident Representative);
- purchases from Nook's Cranny (or from Timmy in the Resident Services tent);
- redemptions of Nook Miles via the Nook Stop;
- speaking to special characters such as Celeste and Zipper T. Bunny;
- from villagers in their home - at almost any given time once the island is established, at least one villager will be using a workbench in their home, and will give the player a recipe if spoken to;
- letters in the mail (rarely);
- from Balloons (via Slingshot) (rarely);
- a daily Message Bottle on the beach containing a DIY recipe (one may also be found on each Mystery Island visited); and
- learning automatically upon encountering (or collecting a certain number of) particular items, such as fishing out trash, digging up Manila Clams, or collecting Bunny Day eggs.
Visiting another player's island can result in the villagers on that island giving them gifts which could include recipes. A DIY recipe that the player already knows cannot be learned again, but can be dropped or gifted for other players or sold/trashed. All recipe cards sell for 200 Bells each.
List of recipes
Other
| Recipe | Required Materials | Recipe Source | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 Medicine |
 1× Wasp Nest 3× Clump of Weeds |
Any villager (while stung by Wasps) |  100 Bells
|
 Fish Bait |
1× Manila Clam |
Digging up a Manila Clam (via Shovel) | 200 Bells
|
 Pitfall Seed |
4× Clump of Weeds 6× Tree Branch |
Jock |
140 Bells
|
| 30px Bamboo Lattice Fence | 6× Bamboo Piece |
Nook Miles Exchange |
600 Bells
|
 Barbed-Wire Fence |
4× Hardwood 2× Iron Nugget |
Nook Miles Exchange |
1,980 Bells
|
 Brick Fence |
6× Clay |
Nook Miles Exchange |
1,200 Bells
|
 Bunny Day Fence |
1× Earth Egg 1× Stone Egg 1× Leaf Egg 1× Wood Egg 1× Sky Egg 1× Water Egg |
Balloon (Bunny Day) Egg Message Bottle, any villager (random) |
2,400 Bells
|
 Corral Fence |
6× Wood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
720 Bells
|
 Country Fence |
6× Hardwood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
720 Bells
|
 Hedge |
10× Clump of Weeds 5× Tree Branch 2× Stone |
 Tom Nook (Nature Day) Leif (Outside of Nature Day) |
55 Bells
|
 Imperial Fence |
6× Wood 4× Softwood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
1,200 Bells
|
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6× Iron Nugget |
Nook Miles Exchange |
4,500 Bells
|
 Iron-and-Stone Fence |
6× Stone 3× Iron Nugget |
Nook Miles Exchange |
3,150 Bells
|
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8× Softwood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
960 Bells
|
 Rope Fence |
4× Iron Nugget |
Nook Miles Exchange |
3,000 Bells
|
| 30px Simple Wooden Fence | 6× Softwood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
72 Bells
|
 Spiky Fence |
8× Hardwood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
960 Bells
|
 Stone Fence |
4× Stone |
Nook Miles Exchange |
600 Bells
|
 Straw Fence |
10× Clump of Weeds 3× Wood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
560 Bells
|
| 30px Vertical-Board Fence | 8× Wood |
Nook Miles Exchange |
960 Bells
|
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5× Iron Nugget 3× Softwood |
 Harvey (Wedding Season) |
411 Bells
|
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3× Iron Nugget 3× Clay 3× Stone |
Nook Miles Exchange |
3,300 Bells
|
Seasonal & Event Recipes
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Construction Kits
During the main storyline, the Resident Representative will be given recipes for construction kits needed for two pieces of infrastructure. Both recipes are single-use only and are removed from the recipe catalog once used. Only one campsite may be built. Additional bridges can be built once Resident Services upgrades to a building; for these the player will given the necessary kit upfront.
| Recipe | Required Materials | Recipe Source | Size | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Construction Kit | 4× Log Stakes 4× Clay 4× Stone |
Tom Nook (after Nook's Cranny opens) |
Variable | N/A |
| Campsite Construction Kit | 15× Wood 15× Softwood 15× Hardwood 15× Iron Nugget |
Tom Nook (after upgrading Resident Services) |
|
N/A |
