How to Get Golden Tools in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Golden Tools Animal Crossing New Horizons

This guide will show you how to get a Golden Tools in Animal Crossing New Horizons. These include a Golden Axe, Shovel, Fishing Rod, Watering Can, Net, and even the Slingshot. Golden Tools are the highest level of tools you can craft in the game, but can also break over time.

Golden Tools last much longer than any other tool in the game and will give you the best results in reliability. Having said that, crafting Golden Tools will require Gold Nuggets, which are pretty hard to find in the first place. This means that whenever you break a Golden Tool, you will lose the Gold Nugget. So it is up to you if you want to use the tool or keep it as a souvenir.

You also need to unlock the DIY crafting recipes for each of the golden tools you might want to craft. This is only possible by completing certain tasks that will help you get the recipe. We have detailed how you can unlock each of the recipes below.

How to Get Golden Tools in Animal Crossing New Horizons

Golden Tools are pretty easy to craft once you have their DIY crafting recipes and the basic materials required for crafting. The materials are basically just two items, which include the item itself, and a Gold Nugget to make the tool turn to gold.

Let’s take a look at how you can unlock the crafting recipes for each Golden Tool in the game.

Name	How to Unlock	Crafting Recipe
Golden Axe	Break 100 Axes (quicker if you use Flimsy Axes)	1x Gold Nugget 1x Axe
Golden Shovel	Help Gulliver repair his NookPhone 30 different times	1x Gold Nugget 1x Shovel
Golden Fishing Rod	Catch every type of fish in the game	1x Gold Nugget 1x Fishing Rod
Golden Net	Catch every bug and insect in the game	1x Gold Nugget 1x Net
Golden Watering Can	Get 5 Start rating on your island	1x Gold Nugget 1x Watering Can
Golden Slingshot	Currently unknown	1x Gold Nugget 1x Slingshot