At some point in the game, the island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons will prepare for the final quantum leap: the KK Slider concert. The appearance of the famous jack russell is closely linked to the evaluation of the island, which must be at least 3 stars. In this guide we will see all the steps to get 3 stars, unlock KK Slider and, finally, especially the Edit Island option. It is the final reward, with which it will be possible to modify the very shape of our dream island to our liking.
From the tent to KK Slider: all the steps to modify the island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
1) Pay the costs of the Desert Island package
Let's start from the beginning: from the moment you pitch your tent in New Horizons, the 3 stars will be a long way off. In small steps, however, it is possible to reach them in 2-3 regular weeks of play. The first thing to do is to repay the debt owed to Tom Nook for the relocation costs. This time the raccoon will accept payment with 5.000 Nook miles. They accumulate simply by living on the island and doing the usual daily errands, fishing, weeding, catching insects etc.
2) Open the museum
Shortly after putting up the tent, it will be possible to give Tom Nook five animals including insects and fish. Somehow Nook will send everything to Blatero, an old acquaintance of Animal Crossing, and a few days after your arrival he will also arrive, the curator owl of the future museum of the island. Just donate ten different types of insects and fish to Blatero to inaugurate the museum the next day and thus unlock the fossils and a beautiful gallery where the fauna and flora of New Horizons meet.
3) Buy a house
The transition from a narrow tent to a house with more generous spaces marks the second debt to Tom Nook, this time unhurriedly extinguished with 98.000 stars, and a small step forward in the long quest of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
4) Build Nook's Workshop
The next fundamental step is to build Nook's Workshop, with which Marco and Mirco will expand the sale of objects on the island. To build it you will need 30 pieces of soft wood, 30 pieces of normal wood, 30 of hard wood and 30 iron ore. Open from 8am to 00pm, the shop offers rotating items each day along with planting flowers, wallpapers and flooring.
5) Build a bridge
Tom Nook will then ask to erect a bridge to connect the island. This is another step that helps the atoll to grow: just talk to Nook when the time is right. He will provide a kit to build a bridge and this time (and only this time) the construction will be free.
6) Furnish 3 homes for future residents
Once the bridge is built and the island expanded, Nook will ask you as a spokesperson to bring other villagers to move to the island. To encourage future residents, three kits offered by Tom Nook will have to be placed on the atoll and furnished with specific objects, both internal and external, which will have to be created at the workbench.
7) Expand the Service Center and the arrival of Fuffi (Isabelle)
The time has come to make what is the nerve center of the island, the Service Center, more presentable. Thanks to the new dwellers, Nook will realize that he needs to move to the next level - and once he talks to him, within a day he will have a new office and a new employee: Fuffi, which will take the place of the tanuki as regards the daily announcements. With Fuffi, new features are unlocked, including asking for the evaluation of the island. The Service Center is open as always 24 hours a day and offers a Do-It-Yourself station, a box for recycling objects and finally the Punto Nook, a terminal where you can browse the Catalog and collect / deposit the stars. The Service Center is the only building whose location cannot be changed.
8) Create the campsite
Camping is one of the ways to bring new inhabitants to the island and unlocks with the refurbished Service Center. Nook will once again give free choice on where to place the camping kit, which from time to time will be visited by new anthropomorphic animals in preparation for a transfer (visit that can be forced with amiibo). Camping also unlocks the ability to sell land for 10.000 bells and add new residents on a more regular basis.
9) Talk to Tom Nook
All this done, finally, the island will be very different from the first day and by talking to the raccoon he will put forward the idea of bringing KK Slider to the island for a special concert. From here on the real road to the 3 stars of the island will begin, which can be reached by respecting certain parameters that we will now list. Not all of them have to be respected, but it takes a right balance between things and aesthetic sense.
How to increase the rating in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Ask Fuffi what to focus on
As we said, it is possible to ask Fuffi for the current evaluation of the island. After a panegyric of words, which include opinions of the residents, Fuffi will finally reveal the rating, which ranges from 1 to 5 stars. Finally, he will give advice on what can help increase it. Here's what you need to do to make the big jump from 1 to 3 stars in descending order, that is, from the most to the least useful, unlock KK Slider and modify the island.
1) Have at least 7 residents
The more residents there are, the more the intrinsic value of the island will go up. With camping, the ability to sell land or a simple trip with the Nook Miles coupon, having around 7 residents on your island helps a lot for a future 3-star rating.
2) Construct all buildings
By buildings we mean activities such as the Service Center, the Museum, the shop of the Ago and Filo sisters and the Nook's Shop. Make sure you don't skip any to give the island a more official air. All this, however, should take place indirectly following the natural course of events on the island: for example, just talk to Agostina (the visiting blue hedgehog from Animal Crossing) a couple of times to convince her to open the clothes shop with her sister. . You can change the location of your businesses and houses at any time by talking to Tom Nook.
3) Decorate the island with outdoor furniture
Furnishing the atoll with DIY projects or purchased elsewhere is crucial to reach 3 stars, so much so that often Fuffi will bring back a poor island from this point of view. Obtaining this lack is very simple: by creating objects or browsing the Nook Catalog by spending a handful of miles, it will be enough to embellish the island with fountains, benches, giant robots and let the imagination travel, creating a playground or a spa complete with a swimming pool. and sunbeds.
4) Planting flowers (and trees)
Planting flowers is very important: in fact, the island should be filled with flowers. It is possible to buy seeds every day from Marco and Mirco and then plant them and water them: among cosmoses, anemones and violets of different colors, there is nothing more natural and beautiful to make an island alive and active. Fruit trees, of course, also play their part. To pick up other varieties and diversify the island's offer, just travel with a Nook miles coupon or play online to visit different islands.
5) Weeding
A tidy island is a better island: pulling weeds makes the rock more presentable, the ultimate goal of which is to have KK Slider exhibit. We therefore recommend that you clean up at least the first floor of the island (to be clear the one that has always been accessible and without the staircase) and go to Fuffi to see if it has something to say about it.
6) Enclose the island
By the same principle as the previous point, placing fences symbolizes order. The scheme of each type of fence can be purchased at Point Nook for 1.000 miles: once we have obtained each creation it will give us 10 units of that given fence, with which to start creating a small garden near the house, a public park, a adorable dump or just divide and mark spaces on your own island.
7) Build bridges and ramps
It is the most expensive activity and therefore the least recommended of all. Building bridges and ramps will help connect the island between its various levels and not have to resort to the jump auction, but it takes thousands of stars to do so - we're pretty sure you've already achieved the 3-star rating before you need to give bottom of your hard-earned savings.
Once he talked to Fuffi and received the news that the island has reached a 3 star rating, KK Slider will agree to hold a concert on the island and from now on will be present every Saturday afternoon in the central square.
The last coveted option of the Nook Phone will also be unlocked: that of modify the island creating reliefs and waterways - so-called terraforming, which can be expanded by spending the accumulated Nook miles to purchase the ability to create floors in brick, stone, and so on. Creativity has no limits in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you just need a building permit and you can modify the island in your own image and likeness.
That was all there is to know about getting a 3-star rating and changing the island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Despite the requirements, everything is more natural than it seems and above all, no one runs after it. Hoping you found the guide useful we wish you a lot of fun!
► Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a Simulation-type game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo Switch, the video game was released on 20/03/2020
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