5 Best Animal Crossing PC Mods to Get For Your Emulator

Customize the game any way you want with these mods

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Key notes

  • Animal Crossing PC mods will make game more enjoyable and more accessible by adding new features.
  • Many mods bring quality of life improvements whiles others give you easier access to endgame content.
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If you have a Switch emulator on your PC, it is easy to mod your favorite games, and today weโ€™re going to show you the best Animal Crossing PC mods that you can install.

These mods bring various quality-of-life improvements, new items, and features, so itโ€™s no wonder that users want to install them. To learn more, keep on reading.

Can you mod Animal Crossing on PC?

Yes, the game can be modded easily on a PC as long as you have the right emulator and a PC that can emulate the game.

What are the best Animal Crossing PC mods?

Increased Items stack โ€“ Carry more items

When it comes to items, thereโ€™s a limit on how many items you can carry at a given time. When it comes to stacks, you can have your item stacks of 10, 30, or 50. This mod changes that and it increases the stack size to 99 for all items.

This allows you to carry more items while exploring, and it makes the game more enjoyable since thereโ€™s less backtracking and inventory management.

The mod also allows you to eat or trade insects, fish, or seafood, which might come in handy to some users. In addition, with this mod, you can also store DIY items, trees, and bushes in the house.

Overall, this is a great mod that will improve the quality of life while playing, so be sure to download it.

Other great features:

  • Increases the stack size to 99.
  • Allows you to eat or trade fish, insects, and seafood.
  • Ability to store DIY items, trees, and bushes inside the house.

โ‡’ Get Increased Items stack

Tutorial Skip Mod โ€“ Start a new game instantly

If youโ€™re already familiar with the game mechanics and you just want to get back to the game, then this Tutorial Skip Mod is just what you need. With it, you can bypass most of the introductory sequence.

It takes less than 3 minutes to start a new game since the intro video is removed as well as certain dialogs and crafting tutorials.

Itโ€™s important to mention that this mod unlocks the progression features, including the 40-item inventory, all Nook Phone Apps, all terraforming abilities, Home Designer DLC mode, and all DLC customization abilities.

Overall, itโ€™s a great mod for veterans who want to start a new game quickly, so if you fall into that category, be sure to give this mod a try.

Other great features:

  • Lets you start a new game more quickly.
  • It takes less than 3 minutes to start a game.
  • Removes intro videos, dialogs, and crafting tutorials.
  • Unlocks various progression features.

โ‡’ Get Tutorial Skip Mod

Mystery Tour Island+ – Better chance to visit all islands

The game has several mystic islands that you can visit, and each island has its unique features. However, you access these islands randomly, and you have a higher chance of visiting certain islands.

This mod tries to fix that issue and it adjusts how the system works by giving you more equal chance to visit all islands. On top of that, it also brings some new islands, including Rare Flower Islands, Big Fish Islands, and May Day Tour Island.

Lastly, the mod enables one unreleased island and it adds two new island variations. If youโ€™re looking for a mod that is designed to make this content more accessible, then this is the mod for you.

Other great features:

  • Gives you an equal chance to visit all islands.
  • Includes new islands.
  • Adds one unreleased island.
  • Comes with two new island variations.

โ‡’ Get Mystery Tour Island+

No more NMTs – No more grinding for NMTs

If youโ€™re a fan of Mystery Island, you know that it requires NMTs to access, and obtaining them can be tedious for players who just want to enjoy the game.

With this mod, you wonโ€™t ever need to buy NMTs anymore and you can visit the Mystery Island any time you want. When you come to talk to Orville, he will react as if you have the ticket and it will let you through.

This is a small mod, but itโ€™s a welcome improvement especially if you donโ€™t want to grind NMTs, and you just want to explore and enjoy. If thatโ€™s the case, go ahead and download this mod.

Other great features:

  • Gives you an unlimited number of NMTs
  • Lets you enjoy the endgame without any hassle or grinding.

โ‡’ Get No more NMTs

Unbreakable (golden) Tools โ€“ Make tools indestructible

Are you tired of your tools breaking in the game? Well, this mode addresses this issue and it allows you to keep using your tools indefinitely.

The developer of this mode intended for the golden tools to be indestructible, however, you can make any tool type unbreakable. Alternatively, you can set the game so that only flimsy tools can break.

This is a useful mod, but it might change how the game plays by removing the tool’s durability. If youโ€™re tired of constantly having to replace your tools, be sure to install this mod.

Other great features:

  • Makes golden tools indestructible.
  • It can make only flimsy tools breakable.
  • Ability to make all tools unbreakable.

โ‡’ Get Unbreakable (golden) Tools

Can modding ACNH get you banned?

Modding the game is against Nintendoโ€™s policy, and if you choose to mod it, your Nintendo account might get banned. To minimize the risks, donโ€™t go online on your account if you choose to modify the game in any way.

We hope that you managed to find the right Animal Crossing New Horizons PC mods for your Switch emulator. We prefer utility mods, and the ones that remove game limitations are the most useful in our opinion.

In case youโ€™re not familiar with emulation, we have a great guide on how to play Animal Crossing on PC without Switch, so donโ€™t miss it.

You might encounter some issues, and many reported that Animal Crossing is not compatible with BlueStacks. This isnโ€™t the only issue, and we covered Animal Crossing not connecting to the Internet in a separate guide, so you should check it out.

What are your favorite mods? Let us know in the comments below!

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