Create a standout island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with unique craftable items such as the shell arch and various shell-based decorations, perfect for enhancing your beach areas.
With its advanced graphics and deeper gameplay, New Horizons brought a fresh perspective to the series. Players can delve into activities like turnip trading and breeding various flowers and plants to add vibrant hues to their island.
We’ve put together this handy guide to help you craft one of what is arguably one of the game‘s cutest items available: the shell arch.
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How to get the shell arch
The Shell arch looks perfect on any beach setup, or even in a home!
The shell arch in Animal Crossing is obtainable in a few different ways:
- Lazy Villagers can gift the recipe to you (Beau, Claude, Dizzy, Erik, Punchy, Stu, and Zucker, to name a few).
- Obtained through a message in a bottle.
Unlike some items in the game, however, this item needs to be crafted before you can place it down on your Island or sell it.
The item itself can make you a pretty penny, or Bell, too. Selling it at Nook’s Cranny can nab you 12,360 Bells, though YouTubers such as SpookyFairy have also noted that the selling price can increase if the shell arch is a Hot Item.
How to craft the shell arch in Animal Crossing
The shell arch has 6 variations for you to craft.
Once you’ve got the recipe in your inventory, to craft the shell arch, you’ll need a few items. These can all be found dotted around the beaches of your island (especially when in the early stages of the game):
- Sea Snail 3x
- Venus Comb 3x
- Sand Dollar 3x
- Coral 3x
- Giant Clam 3x
- Cowrie 3x
Shell arch variations
If you’re planning on customizing your shell arch, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got 7 customization kits handy.
None of these colors require any extra items to craft, so feel free to choose your favorite. The variations available are:
| Color | Sprite |
| White | |
| Brown | |
| Pink | |
| Yellow | |
| Purple | |
| Pearl |