When it comes to determining if Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ outdoorsy and colorful tools are better than their standard counterparts, what many players will be interested in is a comparison of durability. Certainly, if the durability of outdoorsy and colorful tools in ACNH are higher than the durability of regular tools than it would be reasonable to say that they are better, but unfortunately that is not the case.
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In fact, the durability of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ colorful and outdoorsy tools is identical to the durability of standard tools, and that is also the case for other special tools like the Star Net and Fish Fishing Rod. Here is a breakdown of the durability of these ACNH tools for full clarity:
Fishing Rods
Fishing Rod: 30 Durability Colorful Fishing Rod: 30 Durability Fish Fishing Rod: 30 Durability
Nets
Net: 30 Durability Colorful Net: 30 Durability Outdoorsy Net: 30 Durability Star Net: 30 Durability
Shovels
Shovel: 100 Durability Colorful Shovel: 100 Durability Outdoorsy Shovel: 100 Durability Printed-Design Shovel: 100 Durability
Slingshots
Slingshot: 20 Durability Colorful Slingshot: 20 Durability Outdoorsy Slingshot: 20 Durability
Watering Cans
Watering Can: 60 Durability Colorful Watering Can: 60 Durability Outdoorsy Watering Can: 60 Durability Elephant Watering Can: 60 Durability
As such, the difference between colorful and outdoorsy tools in ACNH and regular tools is purely aesthetic, and players will need to decide for themselves if the designs of these special tools makes them better overall. However, with colorful and outdoorsy tools costing 2,500 Bells each, most Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans will likely opt to stick with standard tools when completing general tasks around their islands.
One final thing to note is that the above durability breakdown does not outline Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Golden Tools, which do indeed have better durability than both regular and special tools. More specifically, Golden Tools are either two or three times more durable, depending on the tool, than these alternatives. Even still, since crafting Golden Tools requires the somewhat rare Golden Nugget, many players will probably continue to use regular tools more often.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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