What is the fastest way to get stone in Animal Crossing?

Furniture and tools require a series of materials before they can be made, and, as you've probably guessed, you're going to spend a lot of time hunting these special items down.

We explain where to find a variety of material types in the early game to help you get the equipment you need as easy as possible.

On this page:

  • Animal Crossing materials explained
  • How to get wood, softwood, hardwood and branches in Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • How to get plants such as weeds, tulips and lillies in Crossing New Horizons
  • How to get trash such as an empty can, boot or tire in Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • How to get stone, gold nuggets, iron nuggets and clay in Animal Crossing New Horizons

How materials in Animal Crossing New Horizons work

Materials are components you want to gather as often as you can. Thankfully, they're usually a byproduct of other activities you might already be doing, whether it's fishing, shaking trees or scouring the beach.

Of course, each receipe or tool needs specific materials before they can be made.

What is the fastest way to get stone in Animal Crossing?
A Simply DIY Workbench requires two types of materials.

Additionally some DIY recipes will require certain pieces of furniture. If you wish to build a Tiny Library, for example, you will need five pieces of wood and three copies of the Book furniture item. This means that you need to either craft or buy these pieces of furniture first, before you can build the Tiny Library.

It's also important to note that the larger the item, the more materials, and possibly pieces of furniture, will be required to make it.

Thankfully New Horizons gives you the ability to stack materials in your pockets, so you don't have to worry too much about inventory organisation.

How to get wood, softwood, hardwood and branches in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Wood-based materials will be found from trees by performing the following actions:

  • Branch location - Found on the ground or by shaking trees
  • Hardwood location - From hitting trees with a flimsy or stone axe
  • Softwood location - From hitting trees with a flimsy or stone axe
  • Wood location - From hitting trees with a flimsy or stone axe

Remember, if you are hitting trees, you need a flimsy or stone axe, and they will only drop three pieces per tree per day.

What is the fastest way to get stone in Animal Crossing?
Chopping trees is one way of finding materials.

How to get plants such as weeds, tulips and lilies in Crossing New Horizons

Plants will either grow naturally - or require you to seed and nurture yourself before they become a material you need:

  • Lillies location - Plant and grow these flowers, then collect the flowers once they bloom
  • Tulips location - Plant and grow these flowers, then collect the flowers once they bloom
  • Weeds location - Pulling up the weeds that grow on islands

How to get trash such as an empty can, boot or tire in Animal Crossing New Horizons

One person's trash is another's treasure, or so they say. In the past, the trash you found from activities was just that - something to be recycled or sold on. In New Horizons, it's one of many useful components you need to track down:

  • Boot location - Caught by fishing
  • Empty Can location - Caught by fishing
  • Tire location - Caught by fishing

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How to get stone, gold nuggets, iron nuggets and clay in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Earth-based materials, from stone to nuggets and clay, are sourced primarily from rocks. You need a tool before you get started however!

Animal Crossing New Horizons has many unique DIY recipes that create really cool items. Though many of these recipes require stones, and you may be wondering how to get your hands on them.

On your island, you may have caught a single stone while fishing, or found a few stones in a floating ballon present. Perhaps a villager has gifted you a few stones to go towards one of the island improvement projects.

Though where stones seem to be found most often, is near boulders that can be found scattered around your island. However, if you hit the boulder with an axe or a shovel, stones also pop out. There is also a chance that other materials such as clay, iron, gold, or bells may pop out of the boulder when it is struck. You can hit the same boulder until it stops giving you materials. Then you can go and do the same with every other boulder on your island, every day.

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You can also find these boulders on mystery tours to other islands. These islands will always have three boulders available to strike. One advantage to doing this is that every new mystery island you visit will have three different boulders for you to hit. This will maximize your stone earning potential, as on your own island the boulders can only pop out materials once per day.

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There you have it, that is how to get more stones in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Remember, when you are not using the stones for a recipe, you can sell them for 75 bells apiece. Making stone harvest a daily habit will have your storage overflowing with stones before you know it!

For more Animal Crossing guides, check out How to get Log Stakes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, right here on Pro Game Guides.

Can I buy stone in Animal Crossing?

The stone can be obtained by hitting rocks with a Shovel or Axe, or by fishing a tiny fish shadow. Up to 30 of the item can be stacked together. Each stone sells for 75 Bells.

How long does it take for a stone to spawn in Animal Crossing?

Yes, rocks respawn overnight, so no need to worry. Phew! It's worth bearing in mind that only one rock will respawn per night.

How do you get 8 drops of rocks in ACNH?

There's a way to guarantee you'll get eight materials or resources per rock, you just have to strategically dig holes behind you to prevent being knocked back! Position yourself in-between the rock and the holes (pictured above), then bash away with your shovel as fast as you can.

How often do stones appear in Animal Crossing?

All of the rocks you break will respawn in a random spot on your island, but note that only one rock will respawn each day. In other words, if you break six rocks today, you'll only have one rock tomorrow and it will take nearly a week for them all to come back.