The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Perfect Balance in the Next Animal Crossing Game

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players have the option to leisurely build their own island or challenge themselves to complete all tasks in the game as quickly as possible. One such task is obtaining a gold variant of every tool, which has historically been a difficult achievement. However, the level of difficulty varies greatly in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Therefore, it is important for the next Animal Crossing title to streamline the process of acquiring all golden tools, making them challenging yet realistic for casual players to obtain.

Throughout the Animal Crossing series, golden tools have been a rare upgrade to standard tools. While some methods for obtaining these tools have remained consistent, others have changed from game to game. Additionally, the benefits offered by golden tools have differed in each entry, with Animal Crossing: New Horizons primarily increasing their durability compared to the standard tools. However, the varying difficulty in obtaining these tools has remained a constant aspect. This indicates the need for a change in the next Animal Crossing title.

Golden Tools Have Been Unbalanced for Too Long in Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces a new way to obtain golden tools through the DIY crafting system. Players are now required to craft their own golden tools using a recipe that includes a gold nugget and a specific tool. However, unlocking these recipes still involves completing tasks similar to previous entries, with varying levels of difficulty. For instance, the Golden Axe is one of the easiest golden tools to obtain as it only requires players to break 100 Axes. This can be easily accomplished by crafting Flimsy Axes that are prone to breaking.

Rather than requiring players to complete specific tasks to obtain golden tools like the Golden Slingshot and Golden Shovel, the next Animal Crossing game should introduce a system similar to Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Nook Miles. By engaging in daily activities within the game, players could earn points that can eventually be used to unlock their preferred golden tool. This would provide players with an alternate route to obtaining these valuable tools, bypassing the frustration of completing tedious tasks such as shooting down 300 balloons. In fact, many Animal Crossing: New Horizons players likely accumulated an abundance of Nook Miles long before reaching such a milestone.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available for Nintendo Switch.