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How to Get Empty Cans Fast

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

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Boot IconBoot Empty Can IconEmpty Can Old Tire IconOld Tire

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How to Get Empty Cans Fast

Fish Them Up

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The only way to get Empty Cans is by fishing them up using a Fishing Rod.

Its movement and shadow underwater is the same as fish, so there is no way of telling if you are fishing up Trash.

Go on a Mystery Island Tour to Trash Island

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Although the type of island you get on a Mystery Island Tour is random, you will know when you are in Trash Island when everything you fish up are Stones and Trash items.

Mystery Island Tours and Nook Miles Ticket Guide

How Do You Use Empty Cans?

Use Them for DIY Crafting

Succulent Plant ImageSucculent Plant Trash Bags ImageTrash Bags Recycled-Can Thumb Piano ImageRecycled-Can Thumb Piano
Garbage-Heap Wall ImageGarbage-Heap Wall Garbage-Heap Flooring ImageGarbage-Heap Flooring

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

What Can You Do With Trash? | Trash (Garbage) DIY Recipes

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