Animal Crossing: New Horizons- Decoding One of Nintendo’s Biggest In-Game Fossil Secrets

Published 07/21/2022, 1:15 PM EDT

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is one of the most popular titles in the Animal Crossing series. Furthermore, the newly introduced features helped New Horizons to achieve immense popularity compared to its predecessors.

However, after Nintendo suddenly announced that it will no longer support ACNH, several veterans quit the game. It was mainly because developers were only introducing past events from last year and no new content for players to uncover. Naturally, users would quit the game with no exciting content to experience.

DID YOU KNOW? If you don’t want/need fossils, you can bury 6 behind a cliff (or anywhere), and no more will spawn on your island until you dig them up. Out of sight, out of mind! from AnimalCrossing

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Since players’ daily routine is quite the same every day, maximum users hate the fossil spawning mechanics in the game. Interestingly, there’s a hidden feature that can stop fossil spawning on your island. Continue reading to find out more about this feature.

The secret way to get rid of fossil spawning on your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

New Horizons fans can name thousands of reasons to prove their immense love for the game; however, the most common reason behind ACNH’s sudden rise in popularity is that players can relate to their regular life. Nintendo has introduced several features like cooking, swimming, bug catching, fishing, digging fossils, and much more in New Horizons.

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However, repeating all regular activities in New Horizons naturally becomes very tiring for users. Among those activities, fossil spawning is the most neglected activity in the game. Although some players love to collect fossils in their collection, the same can’t be said for other players.

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Interestingly, one Reddit user found a hidden feature to stop fossil spawning in New Horizons. According to the creator, if you bury six fossils behind a cliff on your island, no more fossils will spawn on your island until you dig them out first. Since you will bury six fossils on the corner of your island, you don’t have to worry about the unnecessary space.

Indeed, the community was shocked after learning about the secret way to stop fossil spawning and thanked them in the comments. One comment read, “That’s a great tip! I just can’t resist saving them up and selling them. I may just have to try your tip, I don’t need the money or the fossils. Out of sight, out of mind! It just may work.”

Interestingly, another user also suggested that the same process could work for branches as well. They said, “You can do the same with branches so they won’t appear everyday.” Last but not the least, another user said, ” 6 fossils buried. 15 branches dropped. 1 stone dropped. No more crap spawning where I don’t want it!”

ACNH fan pleases community with a grand Gyroid concert

Gyroid is one of the most iconic items in the Animal Crossing series. They are special little decorations items that make funky, unique sounds and can be dug up from the grounds. Furthermore, Nintendo also introduced several new mechanics to Gyroids in New Horizons.

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Interestingly, now players can listen to several Gyroid’s voices at the same time; whereas, in past Animal Crossing titles, Nintendo only allowed one Gyroid to make a unique sound at a time. Indeed, many players are trying their best to collect as many Gyroids as they can in their collection.

Surprisingly, one Reddit user decided to showcase their astonishing Gyroid collection by hosting a Gyroid collection on their island. Not to mention, their massive Gyroid collection shocked several ACNH fans and naturally, they received applause from the community for their creativity.

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Mehul Rolta is an eSports author at EssentiallySports since November 2020. He believes that gaming has the potential to bring a smile to a person's face. Instead of keeping his passion for gaming all to himself, he decided to share his thoughts and opinion with others.
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