Meet New VillagersĪ great way to control who moves into your island home is by inviting specific villagers yourself. The tools purchased can still be upgraded with an iron nugget to the higher-tier tool. If your tools wear out, you can either craft some more with the resources on the deserted island or buy flimsy tools for 100 Nook Miles each from Wilbur, the Dodo Airlines pilot. Mining for these resources on a deserted island is a great option once you've depleted your own island's resources for the day. Mystery Tours are a great way to get all the resources you need to build Nook's Cranny-which requires 30 iron and 30 of all three types of wood-in a short amount of time. You can even eat fruit on the island to gain super strength and dig up trees to take home-including coconut trees you can plant on your own beach. You may also find a fossil buried in the ground or a DIY recipe in a bottle on the beach. Like on your own island, on Mystery Tour islands, you can gather weeds, tree branches, wood, fruit, clay, stone, and iron, as well as catch bugs and fish.
Each island can be completely emptied of resources with no repercussions you'll never return to an island you've already visited. Stock Up On Resourcesĭeserted islands are great for gathering resources. No matter what, we recommend emptying your pockets of everything except for your tools, as there is no way to send or otherwise keep any resources beyond your pocket capacity once you've left the deserted island. What To Do On A Deserted Islandĭepending on the type of island you get, there are a few different approaches you can take to make the most of your Mystery Tour. You have to rely on a little luck or a lot of Nook Miles if you're determined to get an especially good island. We tested this, and sadly, it simply isn't true. You may have heard that you can use Reactions or other methods at the airport to increase your chances of getting a rare or desirable Mystery Tour island. Can You Control What Type Of Island You Get? Keep in mind that an island is generated each time you buy a Nook Miles Ticket, which means you can’t keep resetting the game to try and get a different island with the same ticket. These islands come in a variety of styles ranging from pretty basic to rare and lucrative we've detailed all the types we've encountered so far below. Once you have a ticket, talk to Orville at the airport, select the "I wanna fly!" option, and then select "Use Nook Miles Ticket." You'll then be whisked away to a random island on your Mystery Tour! You can purchase Nook Miles Tickets for 2,000 Nook Miles each at the Nook Stop machine in Resident Services.
Once your airport is open (starting the second day you play the game), you'll be able to use a Nook Miles Ticket to go to a deserted island. Otherwise, read our Animal Crossing: New Horizons review.
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