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Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) - How to Get the Golden Watering Can

You can get the Golden Watering Can to grow Golden Roses in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH).

Find out how to unlock it and the materials needed to craft it, so read on if you want to get the Golden Watering Can!

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How to Get the Golden Watering Can

Step Instruction
1 　Raise your Island Star Rating to 5 Stars.
2 　Talk to Isabelle at Resident Services.

1. Raise your Island Star Rating to 5 stars

ACNH - Isabelle is delighted that the resident has taken interest in improving the image of the island

To get the Golden Watering Can, you first need to raise your Island Star Rating to 5 stars

How to Raise Your Island's Star Rating

2. Talk to Isabelle at Resident Services

ACNH - Isabelle gives the Golden Watering Can DIY Recipe to the resident

After you've raised your Island Star Ranking to the maximum rating of 5 Stars, talk to Isabelle at Resident Services.

Isabelle will give you the DIY Recipe for the Golden Watering Can.

What You Can Do at Resident Services

Golden Watering Can Basic Information

Golden Watering Can ImageGolden Watering Can
Sell Price 10675
Durability 180 Uses

Materials Needed

Needed Materials Amount
Gold Nugget ImageGold Nugget 1
Watering Can ImageWatering Can 1

Don't forget that a rare Gold Nugget is required to make a Golden Watering Can. To learn how to get gold nuggets, click on our guide below!

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How to Use the Golden Watering Can

Grow Golden Roses!

ACNH - A field of golden roses on an island

Just like in the previous games, the Golden Watering Can has the ability to grow the elusive Golden Roses when used to water a Black Rose.

So the Golden Watering Can is definitely worth getting if you want to get Golden Roses to beautify your island!

How to Grow Golden Roses

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2 super Boston Celtics fan super Boston Celtics fan over 4 years

my island is 4 stars, and has been like that 4 like 6 months now. i cry WHAT DO I DO I NEED HELP

1 Anonymous Anonymous over 5 years

The gold watering can does indeed break after 180 uses. It waters an extra row outward with each use, and it does indeed create gold roses from black ones. Other than the extra distance, I am not sure if there is any other advantage of using the gold can for any other flowers than the black rose.

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