This is a guide to collecting clay, a DIY material in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch). Clay can be found in rocks and is used in crafting. To learn how to get clay and how to use clay on DIY recipes, read on!

How to Get Clay Fast

The Best Source is Rocks on Mystery Tours

The best way to get Clay is by hitting rocks on the islands you visit on Mystery Island Tours. Remember to bring axes or shovels to hit the rocks with.

Mystery Island Tour Guide

Mystery Tour Islands have 3 Rocks

The islands you go to on Mystery Tours will always have 3 rocks where you can get materials. 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.

Hit Rocks on Your Own Island

The next best way to get Clay is by hitting the stones in your own island 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.

How Do You Use Clay?

Use it for DIY crafting

Ocarina	Potted Ivy	Pot
Plain Sink	Iron Wall Lamp	Hearth
Classic Pitcher	Brick Oven	Bamboo-Shoot Lamp
Wave Breaker	Water Pump	Palm-Tree Lamp
Bridge Construction Kit	Shell Bed	Shell Lamp
Cherry-Blossom Bonsai	Cherry-Blossom Branches	Brick Well
Jungle Flooring	Zen Fence	Unglazed Dish Set
Tree's Bounty Lamp	Tree's Bounty Big Tree	Tabletop Festive Tree
Silo	Shell Table	Rustic-Stone Wall
Raccoon Figurine	Pine Bonsai Tree	Mush Lamp
Modeling Clay	Jingle Wall	Iron Wall Rack
Hyacinth Lamp	Turkey Day Table Setting	Cherry Lamp
Brick Fence	Turkey Day Hearth	Big Festive Tree
Bamboo Candleholder	Aroma Pot	Spooky Garland
Spooky Standing Lamp	Spooky Arch	Spooky Table Setting
Turkey Day Garden Stand	Turkey Day Decorations	Turkey Day Casserole
Partition Wall	Stonework Kitchen	Simple Pillar
Brick Pillar	Tall Simple Island Counter	Tall Brick Island Counter
Low Simple Island Counter	Low Brick Island Counter	Glowing-Moss Cave Wall

Clay is 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