Animal Crossing: New Horizons – How to time travel to skip through wait times

Go back and forth in time in Animal Crossing: New Horizons using these simple steps!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – How to time travel to skip through wait times

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a popular life simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo. In the game, players take on the role of a customizable character. The character moves to a deserted island and works to turn it into a thriving community. Players can fish, catch bugs, and gather resources to sell or use for crafting. Players can also decorate their homes and the island itself.

One of the main goals of the game is to build up the island’s infrastructure and attract new residents, who are anthropomorphic animals with unique personalities and interests. Players can also visit other players’ islands online and participate in various seasonal events.

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Time in Animal Crossing is based on the time of the console. Whatever the date and time is on the console is also used by the game to run its day-night schedule. This is a very easy way to manipulate time travel in Animal Crossing.

How to jump time in Animal Crossing

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There are certain advantages to time traveling in Animal Crossing. One of them is to be able to skip long wait times and dreadful slow constructions. With this trick, you get to get things done in very less time. You can also use this trick to make millions of bells via interest. This can be done by just adding 4 decades to the timer of the console. And later on, change the date to 4 decades ahead of the previous time. This way you will earn an interest of 4 decades in a few minutes. Also, this has a few reflective changes when you choose to time travel. Your home will be dusted and infested with cockroaches and the land will grow a lot of weeds.

Here are certain steps required to Time travel in-game

  1. Navigate to the settings on the home screen.
  2. Now go on to select systems from the drop-down menu.
  3. Change the Date and Time, and put the desired time you wish to travel to.

Changing the time on Nintendo Switch

Players will have to make sure that their Nintendo Switch is not connected to the internet. Once the Nintendo Switch is offline, follow these steps.

  1. Select System Settings in offline mode.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select the System option.
  3. Select Date and Time from settings.
  4. Make sure “Synchronize Clock via Internet” is set to “Off.”
  5. Change the Date and Time as per needs and goals.

The true joy of playing Animal Crossing is to go through tasks that are both fun and relaxing. Now that players possess the power to jump time back and forth, they should choose wisely before making decisions. Have fun playing Animal Crossing for creativity and a good “time.”

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