Best Animal Crossing: New Horizons Mods That Actually Work

Though Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a fantastic game, it could certainly benefit from mods. Some fans miss villagers like Tarou and Pierre who did not make it into the game while others feel frustrated by out-of-date mechanics from previous entries in the series. Regardless of their reasons behind making mods, fans have taken to enhancing and updating Animal Crossing: New Horizons on their own.

However, while using Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ best mods can be fun, it does not come without its difficulties and risks. Nintendo has no equivalent to Bethesda’s Creation Club, meaning those looking to alter their island paradise experience will have to hack their Nintendo Switch. However, this could result in a Switch ban. The only way to avoid that is to use an emulator. This requires a strong computer, though, meaning using the mods on Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes with a lot of barriers.

For some fans, these crossing the barriers is worth it, as mods make Animal Crossing: New Horizons a better game. A lot of mods may make not function well, however, making it difficult to trust ones found online. The best and most trustworthy tend to offer simple quality of life changes and fun cosmetic additions.

Mods That Refresh New Horizons With Quality Of Life Changes

Many fans want quality of life updates to Animal Crossing that just never came to the game. Some players have thus started to use mods that add features players feel liven up the game. These mods range from increasing the cap on item stacks and storage space to allowing players to run around the island at blistering speeds. In other cases, the mods remove features that players feel date a game that only came out around two years ago.

One example of this is a mod that addresses the limited durability of gold tools, which can be found on GameBanana.com. This mod makes golden tools unbreakable, giving players more of an incentive to acquire them. While Nintendo has brought quality of life changes to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players find that mods cover the areas the developer missed like changing golden tools’ durability to make the game more enjoyable.

Animal Crossing Mods Allow Players To Use Isabelle As An Avatar

While happy with the current state of the game, fans also want more than what was in Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ version 2.0 customization update. Functioning mods that bring extra customization options into the game have thus cropped up. Some of these mods add additional hair and eye colors. Others place skins on existing character models to invite villagers not in Animal Crossing: New Horizons into the game, just as Tumblr user Doubotsu-no-mori has done with Tarou and Pierre. Again, while Nintendo has tried to work on some these issues itself with updates and the Happy Home Paradise DLC, these mods directly address what fans desire most in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

However, not all cosmetic mods would have made the most sense as an official Animal Crossing update. For instance, there is a mod that allows players play as Isabelle. Although players only wear skin that resembles hers rather than taking on her duties, the experience of running around as Isabelle in a hoodie is a strange, meta one that at the very least does not crash the game.

Happy Home Paradise was ACNH‘s last update, and the version 2.0 update was its last free major update. Mods are thus necessary to continue making the game more accommodating and fun for players. Though using mods in Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes at the risk of getting a Nintendo Switch console ban, those wanting to run around as Isabelle while holding indestructible golden tools still have that opportunity in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Sources: Tumblr/Doubotsu-no-mori, GameBanana.com