People have loved Animal Crossing ever since it came out. The Legend of Zelda video game sequence, among Nintendo’s top games, has features that are quietly incorporated into Animal Crossing. That’s quite interesting. To give the fans callbacks of the previous video games that they might never envision!
For those who are unfamiliar, Animal Crossing is a video game in which the player controls a human living in an animal-populated community who can engage in a variety of pastimes such as going fishing, insect catching, collecting and relic digging.
Who doesn’t love popping balloons? We sure do! We can do that in Animal Crossing too, but how exactly would you pop them? It is not quite ideal to jump and catch hold of them to pop them when they are flying away. What if we told you, you could get a slingshot to make life easier? Today we’ll look at how to get a slingshot in Animal Crossing.
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Getting the Slingshot
Apart from popping balloons, you can also use slingshots as a weapon to take your enemies down. Just a quick whack in the eye! HAHA. Moving on, you can get a slingshot in Animal Crossing in two ways. We will share both of them, and you can pick whatever method you find comfortable. So let’s get going!
Slingshot Purchase
You can readily buy a slingshot in Animal Crossing. To buy one, you will need to head to Timmy’s. He will charge you 900 bells. And that is literally it. You can now use your slingshot the way you like! But, if you wish to get access to your very own slingshot each time, you can look at the second way of obtaining a slingshot in the game.
Slingshot DIY
Now, you can also craft a slingshot all by yourself. If this is the first time you are crafting one, you will need to buy a recipe for the slingshot. To do so, get to Timmy and look for the slingshot recipe on sale. You will find it in the Miscellaneous tab. The recipe will cost you 300 bells.
Hit a workbench to craft your slingshot on purchasing the DIY recipe. To make one, you will need hardwood. Five of them. To get some hardwood, look for a jerry-built tree in the simulation. Knock it with your axe, and it will shed some hardwood for you to use. Mind you; hardwood is not similar to the soft one. Hardwood is much rarer. However, you can get both the hardwood and the softwood in the same way. So, be mindful of what you are collecting from the drops of that tree.
Once ready at the workbench, it is ready for you to equip it!
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Using the Slingshot
Now that you have the slingshot on hand, how do you exactly use it to pop them balloons? Equip your catapult as soon as a balloon is floating above your island. It can be equipped directly from your inventory. When you see a balloon, determine its orientation and go a little bit in front of it so that its shadow is not too far away from wherever you are. Hold down the B key, then let go of it as soon as you can see the balloon. And POP!
Here are some balloon colors and what they provide:
- Green: Random drops
- Red: Furniture drops
- Blue: Craft material drops
- Yellow: Bell drops
What’s the Animal Crossing Golden Slingshot?
On reaching the 300-balloon mark, a golden slingshot is unlocked. You will need two golden nuggets to make a golden slingshot in Animal Crossing. The golden slingshot fires three pellets at once, whereas the normal one fires just one.
Let us know if this extensive guide on slingshots helped you up your Animal Crossing strategy or not in the comments below.
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