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How to Get Tulips | Using Tulips as a DIY Material

Animal Crossing New Horizons (ACNH) Tulips

This is a guide for the tulip flowers found in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH). See how to get Tulips, as well as lists of Tulip colors and Tulip DIYs.

How to Get Tulips

Buy Tulip Seeds

ACNH - Leif

You can buy tulip seeds from Nook's Cranny or from Leif's Garden Shop. One bag of tulip seeds costs 240 bells while five bags cost 1200 bells.

This is by far the most recommended method to get Tulips, as getting them any other way requires a bit of luck.

Use Tulips for Flower Breeding

ACNH - Tulip Flower Breeding
For the rare colors like black tulips and purple tulips, you need to breed the normal colors and work towards the flower that you want, as these don't grow in the wild.

Find them on Your Island

Red, yellow, and white tulips may grow on your island if your birthday is between March 1st and June 30th. The wild tulips will grow on top of the cliffs on your island, so you need access to those first.

Use a Ladder to Get the Flowers

To access the Tulips on your cliffs, make and use a Ladder through DIY.

How to Climb Cliffs

Get them from Mystery Tours

If tulips are not growing natively on your island, there is a chance they might grow on Mystery Islands. Note that Mystery Islands can only ever give you one other type of flower, so you're not guaranteed to find tulips on them.

Mystery Island Guide

Trade Online

If you're struggling to get a specific flower type or hybrid color, trading with others online might be the quickest way to get them!

Game8's ACNH Trading Board

Types of Tulips

Wild Tulips and Tulip Seeds

Tulips grow naturally in the colors shown above, and you can buy seeds of these colors from Nook's Cranny or Leif.

Hybrid Tulips

ACNH Black Tulip IconBlack Tulip ACNH Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip ACNH Pink Tulip IconPink Tulip
ACNH Purple Tulip IconPurple Tulip ACNH Red Tulip IconRed Tulip ACNH White Tulip IconWhite Tulip
ACNH Yellow Tulip IconYellow Tulip

Other Tulip colors can be produced through tulip flower breeding, or be found on a Mystery Tour. The island with hybrid flowers is very rare, however, so we recommend breeding them yourself or trading online!

Hybrid Tulip Flower Chart

Hybrid Flower Parent 1 Parent 2
ACNH Black Tulip IconBlack Tulip ACNH Red Tulip IconRed Tulip ACNH Red Tulip IconRed Tulip
ACNH Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip ACNH Red Tulip IconRed Tulip ACNH Yellow Tulip IconYellow Tulip
ACNH Pink Tulip IconPink Tulip ACNH White Tulip IconWhite Tulip ACNH Red Tulip IconRed Tulip
ACNH Purple Tulip IconPurple Tulip ACNH Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip ACNH Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip

For tips on how to crossbreed the colors you want, check out our Hybrid flower guide!

Hybrid Flower Breeding Guide

List of Tulip DIY Recipes

Tulips can be used as a DIY Material to build the items shown below.

DIY Item Required Materials
Tulip Crown IconTulip Crown
Red Tulip IconRed Tulip (×2)
Yellow Tulip IconYellow Tulip (×2)
White Tulip IconWhite Tulip (×1)
Chic Tulip Crown IconChic Tulip Crown
Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip (×1)
Pink Tulip IconPink Tulip (×2)
Purple Tulip IconPurple Tulip (×2)
Dark Tulip Crown IconDark Tulip Crown
Black Tulip IconBlack Tulip (×5)
Tulip Surprise Box IconTulip Surprise Box
Softwood IconSoftwood (×3)
Red Tulip IconRed Tulip (×5)
Tulip Wand IconTulip Wand
Star Fragment IconStar Fragment (×3)
Red Tulip IconRed Tulip (×1)
Currently UnavailableDark Tulip Wreath
Black Tulip IconBlack Tulip (×10)
Tulip Wreath IconTulip Wreath
Red Tulip IconRed Tulip (×3)
Yellow Tulip IconYellow Tulip (×3)
White Tulip IconWhite Tulip (×3)
Currently UnavailablePretty Tulip Wreath
Orange Tulip IconOrange Tulip (×3)
Pink Tulip IconPink Tulip (×3)
Purple Tulip IconPurple Tulip (×3)

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