How to Get Stones Fast | ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

This is a guide to collecting Stones, a DIY material in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch). To learn how to get Stones and where they can be used, please read on.

How to Get Stones Fast

The Best Source is Rocks on Mystery Tours

The best way to get Rocks is by hitting rocks on the islands you visit on Mystery Tours, the tours you can go on by using the Nook Miles tickets. Remember to bring axes or shovels to hit the rocks with.

Mystery Tour Islands have 3 Rocks

The islands you go to on Mystery Tours will always have 3 rocks where you can get materials, as opposed to the 1 or 2 on your own island, so the chance of getting nuggets is better.

Also, once you've hit a rock on your island, you won't be able to get new materials from it until next day, but Mystery Tour islands will give you fresh rocks every time you go, so you can get as many materials as you want in a day.

Dig holes behind you to get the most materials

If you dig two holes behind you when you gather the various stones from rocks, you can avoid being bounced back too far, allowing you to hit the rock repeatedly to yield the maximum number of materials.

Next, get stones from your own island

The next best way to get stones is by hitting the stones in your own town with an axe or shovel.

The Materials are Random

You can find a variety of materials from hitting rocks, such as Clay, Stone and Gold Nuggets, but all of them have a random chance of dropping. Stones have a pretty high chance of dropping.

Catch them when fishing

You can even catch stones when fishing. Sometimes what looks like a small fish will turn out to be a stone.

How do you use Stones?

Use them for DIY crafting

Flimsy Axe	Stone Stool	Fountain
Drinking Fountain	Birdbath	Wave Breaker
Stone Tablet	Stone Table	Garden Rock
Aries Rocking Chair	Bridge Construction Kit	Shell Bed
Tall Garden Rock	Cancer Table	Asteroid
Mossy Garden Rock	Fossil Doorplate	Deer Scare
Basement Flooring	Bamboo Partition	Flat Garden Rock
Stone Lion-Dog	Cherry-Blossom Pond Stone	Outdoor Bath
Zen-Style Stone	Zen Fence	Western-Style Stone
Virgo Harp	Taurus Bathtub	Tall Lantern
Stone Wall	Stone Fence	Stone Arch
Simple Well	Silo	Shell Fountain
Scorpio Lamp	Sauna Heater	Rustic-Stone Wall
Pond Stone	Pisces Lamp	Oil-Barrel Bathtub
Maple-Leaf Pond Stone	Libra Scale	Leo Sculpture
Iron-and-Stone Fence	Gemini Closet	Capricorn Ornament
Turkey Day Hearth	Aquarius Urn	Hedge
Mermaid Flooring	Falling-Snow Wall	Turkey Day Garden Stand

Stones are used as a DIY crafting item to create the item(s) shown above.

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List of Materials

How to Get Materials
Clay	Clump of Weed	Tree Branch
Hardwood	Wood	Softwood
Stone	Iron Nugget	Gold Nugget