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

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

Shooting Stars & Star Fragments
How to Find Celeste			Wish on Shooting Stars
Zodiac Series Recipes			Space Series Recipes
Star Fragment		Large Star Fragment		Zodiac Fragments

How to Get Star Fragments Fast

Find it on the Beach the Day after Wishing on Shooting Stars

After seeing and wishing upon shooting stars in ACNH, you will be able to find Star Fragments on the beach the very next day.

Sometimes on clear nights, 5 stars will fall quickly after each other but then nothing will happen for a long time. We recommend finding real meteor showers, where shooting stars will fall constantly throughout the night for the best source of these rare crafting items!

To wish on shooting stars and get lots of Star Fragments, you need to look up at the sky with the R-stick and press A when you see a shooting star. Make 20 wishes and invite guests if possible to maximize the number of fragments you can get!

How to Wish on Shooting Stars

Get from Celeste

Once you've gotten all the Star DIY recipes from Celeste, she may give you 5 Star Fragments if you talk to her again. She can also give you Large Star Fragments and the Zodiac Star fragments, so keep an eye out on this nightowl even after you get all DIYs!

How to Find Celeste and All DIY Recipes

Star Fragment Drop Rates

Each type of Star Fragment has a specific drop rate percentage.

Star Fragment Limits

Star Fragment Limit Breakdown

10 Star Fragments on the Beach at a Time

The max amount of Star Fragments that can appear on the beach at the same time is 10. However, if you made more than 10 wishes, the rest of your fragments will appear as time passes.

20 Max Star Fragments from Your Wishes

You get one Star Fragment for each wish you make, and you can get a maximum of 20 Star Fragments. Since the max is 20, don't waste your time making more than 20 wishes during meteor showers.

20 Max Star Fragments from Visitors' Wishes

You get one Star Fragment for every 5 wishes your visitors make. A separate 20-fragment limit applies to visitors' wishes.

Therefore, you can get a maximum 20 additional Star Fragments for 100 wishes your visitors make. The 100 wishes can be made by one or several visitors, it doesn't have to be 20 wishes per person!

Once everyone has their 20 personal wishes and you've reached 100 visitor wishes, you can call it a day.

40 Max Grand Total

If you make 20 wishes and your visitors make 100 wishes total, you can get a maximum grand total of 40 Star Fragments.

Best way to Farm Star Fragments

Make 20 Wishes at Meteor Showers

By far, the best way to farm Star Fragments is making 20 wishes at meteor showers.

Up to 10 Star Fragments can appear on the beach at the same time, so collecting the remaining 10 might take a while.

Pick up Shells to Get Star Fragments to Appear

If you make sure to pick up all shells on your beach before ending your game on the day of the meteor shower, you can guarantee that the first 10 Star Fragments appear immediately, making it a lot easier to collect them. The amount of Star Fragments you gain won't change, but you can decrease the wait time for all Star Fragments to appear.

Farm Star Fragments with Time Travel

Once you find a date with a meteor shower, it is possible to repeatedly change the date back and forth to farm Star Fragments. No matter how far in time you travel, that day will always have a meteor shower you can come back to. One way to know that there will be a meteor shower is through Isabelle's announcements.

Star Fragment Farming Steps

Note: If you didn't find 10 Fragments, pick up shells to allow more to appear.

Keep in mind that the Zodiac/Horiscope Fragments are limited to a set period, so you can only farm the Fragment that is available in the time period your meteor shower occurs.

Time Traveling Guide

Find Meteor Showers Online

If you don't want to time travel, the best way to find meteor showers in ACNH is to look online for other players that are inviting guests for their meteor shower. Some might charge a fee, so look for either free access or a price you can live with!

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How do you use Star Fragments?

Use them for DIY crafting

Cherry-Blossom Wand	Star Wand	Aries Rocking Chair
Shell Wand	Mums Wand	Astronaut Suit
Cancer Table	Tree-Branch Wand	Sci-Fi Wall
Lunar Surface	Golden Wand	Moon
Asteroid	Satellite	Crewed Spaceship
Flying Saucer	Star Clock	Galaxy Flooring
Starry Garland	Pansy Wand	Lily Wand
Lunar Lander	Lunar Rover	Starry-Sky Wall
Starry Wall	Sci-Fi Flooring	Star Pochette
Cosmos Wand	Rose Wand	Rocket
Wand	Iron Wand	Nova Light
Crescent Moon Chair	Space Shuttle	Star Head
Windflower Wand	Tulip Wand	Hyacinth Wand
Bunny Day Wand	Bamboo Wand	Virgo Harp
Taurus Bathtub	Scorpio Lamp	Sagittarius Arrow
Pisces Lamp	Mushroom Wand	Libra Scale
Leo Sculpture	Ice Wand	Gemini Closet
Capricorn Ornament	Aquarius Urn	Wedding Wand

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

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