How to get all 21 wands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

❘ Updated: 2024-01-15T07:59:00

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons includes magic wands, a novel feature enabling quick outfit changes, and offers 21 distinct styles. This guide explains how to locate and craft each wand variant in the game.

Personalizing your character with various clothing has always been a core part of Animal Crossing’s charm. Whether purchasing from the Able Sisters or crafting custom designs, the game offers a plethora of fashion choices.

Magic wands make switching styles easier than ever in New Horizons, as it lets players save multiple outfits and switch into them with a simple “swish and flick” – Harry Potter style. There are 21 types of wands to find and craft, so keep reading to discover how you can get them.

How to find and craft magic wands in New Horizons

Make sure you wish on as many stars as you can!

First things first, you need to seek out Celeste – Blathers’ little sister with a burning passion for astronomy, astrology, and everything celestial. She appears randomly during shooting star nights, though she has been known to pop up on a regular night, too. Her job in the latest Animal Crossing title is to inform players about meteor showers, whereas she’d previously had a section in the Museum where she’d teach players about stars and constellations using her telescope.

She hands out one crafting recipe per visit, which can be Space, Zodiac, or Wand-themed – the latter obviously being what you’re looking for. Sadly, there’s no set way of guaranteeing she gives you a wand DIY, as it’s actually just random and comes down to pure luck. Not all of the magic items come from Celeste, though.

What’s important is that during meteor showers, you wish on every shooting star that comes your way. You’ll know when to do so when you hear a chime noise – this means there’s one in the sky, so angle your camera up and press A while empty-handed, and your character will make a praying motion of sorts. The next day, your beach will be littered with Star Fragments, which you need in order to craft each wand.

List of all wands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

You’ll need to craft most of the wands in order to get them.

Each wand and how to find and make them can be found below:

Cherry-blossom wand – From a message in a bottle, villager, or balloon drop during cherry blossom season (April 1 through 10), 3x Cherry Blossom Petals, 3x Star Fragments
Tulip wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Red Tulip
Cosmos wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x White Cosmos
Rose wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Red Rose
Windflower wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Orange Windflower
Hyacinth wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Pink Hyacinth
Lily wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x White Lily
Mums wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Yellow Mum
Pansy wand –Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Yellow Pansy
Tree branch wand – Random from Celeste, 5x Tree Branch, 3x Star Fragments
Bamboo wand – From a message in a bottle, villager, or balloon drop during the Spring months, 3x Star Fragments, 6x Young Spring Bamboo
Star wand – From Celeste the very first time you talk to her, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Large Star Fragment
Wand – Random from Celeste, 2x Star Fragments
Ice wand – From Snowboy during the Winter months, 1x Large Snowflake, 3x Star Fragments
Bunny Day wand – From Zipper T. on Bunny Day (April 12) after all other Easter recipes have been crafted, 3x Star Fragments, 1x Wobbling Zipper Toy
Golden wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 2x Gold Nuggets
Iron wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Iron Nuggets, 3x Star Fragments
Mushroom wand – From a message in a bottle, villager, or balloon drop during the Fall months, 3x Thin Mushrooms, 3x Star Fragments
Shell wand – Random from Celeste, 3x Star Fragments, 3x Summer Shells
Fish wand – From C.J. during the Fishing Tourney (item, not DIY)
Bug wand – From Flick during the Bug Off (item, not DIY)

Obviously, it takes a lot of Star Fragments in order to make all of the DIYs, so it’s worth trying to wish on as many shooting stars as you can during a meteor shower to increase your chances of finding them washed up on your beach the next day.

If you’re having a hard time trying to get the owl to give you the right crafting recipes, it’s also worth seeing what your friends have as they might be willing to trade, or even let you onto their islands when she’s visiting so you can get an extra blueprint from her.

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