Winter is just around the corner, at least for those whose Animal Crossing Islands are in the northern hemisphere. Islands are winter wonderlands again, snow is falling and the villagers are in their delightfully cozy clothes. This means that it is also the time of year to keep trying to build a perfect snowboy – Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘Version of a snowman.
I have good news and bad news: These bad guys are wonderfully festive, but also incredibly picky about building. A “perfect” snow boy gives players a seasonal DIY recipe every day as well as a large snowflake until it melts. But it’s incredibly easy to distinguish the proportions on the freshly rolled snow – the snowball grows as you roll it, making it difficult to file – and makes a snowboy who is adorable but ultimately doesn’t give you items.
Happily, New Horizons Players have discovered an easier shortcut to make the perfect snowboy.
This is Redditor Doctorgurlfrins wise advice:
Roll each snowball to its maximum size (they won’t get any bigger and your character will fight for a second to squeeze it when stopped – you can see how mine is if I place the snowball on the right).
Lay out a 10 tile path (or a custom design like the strawberries I used lol. I prefer something that doesn’t completely match so it will be easier for me to count the number of tiles).
Place a snowball at each end of the path – DO NOT let it roll over your 10-tile path or any other path / custom design while it is being placed, or it will not work !!
Start with the right snowball and roll to the left and voila! PERFECT SNOWBOY!
As the Redditor notes later in the thread, players don’t need terraforming tools to set paths – this can be done by taking a custom design and simply laying it square by square on the ground.
Twitter user and Twitch streamer SnaxBreak also demonstrates a perfect snowboy build, complete with advice on how to get there:
Sure, these perfect snowboys deliver you cool things. But in our opinion all snowboys are perfect. They’re all cute no matter what – and islands look great with some of them, no matter what shape or size they appear. So go out and cover your islands in snowboys.
