Animal Crossing: New Horizons brought a literal feast for its players when it introduced cooking in its November update. Players can now grow and find ingredients and cook up a storm in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Let us find out below how players can find ingredients and unlock cooking in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
How To Get Ingredients In Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Unlock Cooking In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Before they start whipping up sandwiches and pizzas, players will need to unlock cooking in the game. Here’s how cooking is unlocked in the game.
- To unlock cooking in the game, visit the Nook Stop in Residential Services.
- Next, players will need to ‘Redeem Nook Miles’ and then buy ‘Be a Chef! DIY Recipes +’. It costs 2,000 Nook Miles.
- Nook Phone’s DIY Recipe app will now include a selection of cooking recipes.
- Players will only be able to unlock the cooking ability if they’ve downloaded the Ver.2.0 patch for New Horizons.
Find Ingredients In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
There are a number of ingredients available for players to find in the game. These include fruits, vegetables, fish, and other miscellaneous ingredients. Let’s take a look below at how players can find each of these ingredients in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Vegetables
| Vegetables | Where To Find Them |
| Carrot | Players can grow carrots from starter seeds bought from Lief or by visiting a Mystery Island from Kapp’n’s Boats Tours. |
| Round, Flat, And Skinny Mushroom | These three varieties of mushrooms can be found near trees at random in the fall season. |
| Elegant Mushroom | Just like the above three varieties, Elegant mushrooms can also be found near trees in the fall. It is a bit rarer than the three varieties above. |
| Rare Mushroom | While the process of finding these mushrooms is the same, the probability of finding them increases if players have a 5-star Town rating. |
| Potatoes |
Players can grow potatoes from starter plants bought from Lief or by visiting a Mystery Island from Kapp’n’s Boats Tours. |
| Turnip | Players can buy turnips from Daisy Mae every Sunday. |
Fruits
| Fruit | Where To Find Them |
| Apple | Players can get this as a starting fruit tree. Moreover, players can also find a fruit tree on a Mystery Island tour or trade with a friend. |
| Cherry | Players can get this as a starting fruit tree. Moreover, players can also find a fruit tree on a Mystery Island tour or trade with a friend. |
| Pear | Players can get this as a starting fruit tree. Moreover, players can also find a fruit tree on a Mystery Island tour or trade with a friend. |
| Peach | Players can get this as a starting fruit tree. Moreover, players can also find a fruit tree on a Mystery Island tour or trade with a friend. |
| Orange | Players can get this as a starting fruit tree. Moreover, players can also find a fruit tree on a Mystery Island tour or trade with a friend. |
| Coconut | Coconut fruit can be found on a Mystery Island Tour by using a Nook Miles Ticket and flying with Dodo Airlines. Players can also take a boat tour with Kapp’n. |
| Pumpkin | Players can grow Pumpkin by purchasing the starters from Nook’s Cranny or Leif. |
| Tomato | Players can grow Tomato by purchasing the starters from Leif or on a Mystery Island tour. |
Fish
| Fish | Location | Time | Season/Months |
| Anchovy | Sea | 4am-9pm | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Barred Knifejaw | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Southern Hemisphere:September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May |
| Blue Marlin | Pier | lLl Day | Northern Hemisphere: November, December, January, February, March, April & July, August, September
Southern Hemisphere: January, February, March & May, June, July, August, September, October |
| Dab | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: October, November, December, January, February, March, April
Southern Hemisphere: August, September, October |
| Horse Mackerel | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Manila Clam | Beach | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Olive Flounder | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Red Snapper | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Salmon | River (Mouth) | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: September
Southern Hemisphere: March |
| Scallop | Sea (Diving) | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Year
Southern Hemisphere: All Year |
| Sea Bass | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: All Months
Southern Hemisphere: All Months |
| Seaweed | Sea (Diving) | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, October, November, December
Southern Hemisphere: January, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
| Squid | Sea | All Day | Northern Hemisphere: December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August
Southern Hemisphere: June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February |
| Sweet Shrimp | Sea (Diving) | 4pm – 9am | Northern Hemisphere: September, October, November, December, January, February
Southern Hemisphere: March, April, May, June, July, August |
| Tiger Prawn | Sea (Diving) | 4pm – 9am | Northern Hemisphere: June, July, August, September
Southern Hemisphere: December, January, February, March |
Misc Ingredients In Animal Crossing New Horizons
| Ingredient | Where To Find It |
| Bamboo | Travel to Mystery Island through Dodo Airlines or get it as a gift from Daisy Mae for buying Turnips. |
| Weeds | Weeds grow naturally around the island. |
| Wheat | Players can grow wheat by purchasing starter seeds from Leif. They can also find it on a mystery island through the Kapp’n’s Boat Tours in mystery island. |
| Sugarcane |
Players can grow sugarcane by purchasing starter seeds from Leif. They can also find it on a mystery island through the Kapp’n’s Boat Tours in mystery island. |
| Flour | Flour can be made y combining five wheat. |
| Whole Wheat Flour | Same as above. |
| Sugar | Sugar is crafted from sugarcane. You’ll need five sugarcanes to create sugar. |
| Brown Sugar | Same as above. |
These are all the ingredients players can find in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For more Animal Crossings news, click here. If you’d like to try your hand at cooking in Roblox Cooking Simulator, get a head start with Roblox Cooking Simulator Codes (December 2021) – Get Free Coins.