Avoid obstacles in the game
It’s not technically possible to jump in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The game has no ‘jump’ button or jumping facility.
However, there are some ways to climb, hurdle, or even pretend you are jumping.
Here’s a look at all the methods.
Can You Jump in Animal Crossing New Horizons?
It’s not possible to jump in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
It’s fun to do but ultimately pointless.
Here’s how to do it.
Buy or make a bench chair or beach towel in the game.
As you choose to sit or lie on it, take a screenshot using the Switch’s screenshot button.
It makes it look like the character is floating in the air.
However, it’s not technically jumping.
Can Animal Crossing Character Jump?
Early on in Animal Crossing, you may notice areas of water you might want to hop across.
While there is no jump button, players can construct a vaulting pole to hop across the gap.
Here’s how to do so.
Collect five pieces of softwood.
This can be done bycrafting an axe in Animal Crossingand chopping down trees.
Go to a workbench.
Find the vaulting pole recipe and tapCraft It!
Once crafted, equip the vaulting pole.
Head to a water-based gap.
PressAto jump across the gap.
How Do You Jump on the Nintendo Switch in Animal Crossing?
Another way to “jump” in Animal Crossing is to use a ladder.
High-up cliffs can seem inaccessible because it’s possible for you to’t jump.
The solution to this is to get a ladder.
Here’s what to do.
Unlike other tools, ladders never break so you only need to make a ladder once.
Equip it like any other tool through the menu.
Approach a cliff base.
PressAto use the ladder and automatically climb up the cliff.
How to Jump in the Water in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Another way of jumping in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is diving into the sea.
Here’s what to do.
Buy a wetsuit in Animal Crossingfrom Nook’s Cranny or via the terminal in Resident Services.
Wetsuits typically cost 3,000 Bells or 800 Nook Miles.
Approach the shore and stand near the water.
PressAto enter the water.
It’s possible to dive into the water by pressingY.
Swing your shovel or axe at the rock; it will bounce off, and a resource will appear.
The resource that appears is random, but it will sometimes be an iron nugget.
Toget a shovel in Animal Crossing, you need five pieces of Hardwood.
it’s possible for you to obtain Hardwood by hitting trees with an axe.
Tocraft log stakes in Animal Crossing, you’ll need three pieces of normal wood.
once you nail it, head to a workbench crafting menu, select theHousewarestab, and chooseLog stakes.
PressCraft it!as many times as it’s crucial that you craft as many log stakes as necessary.
At some point, Tom Nook will give you a ladder DIY recipe.
Then, craft your ladder at a workbench with four Wood, four Hardwood, and four Softwood.
