Animal Crossing player ‘hacks’ for making the perfect Snowboy

We are now in winter, except for those Animal Crossing islands that are located in the Northern Hemisphere. Once again, islands look like winter wonderlands. The snow is starting to fall and villagers are cozy in their warm, comfy attire. This means it’s also the time of year for repeatedly attempting to build a perfect Snowboy — Animal Crossing New Horizons’ version of a snowman.

I’ve got good and bad news: These bad boys are delightfully festive, but also incredibly finicky to build. A “perfect” Snowboy will give players one seasonal DIY recipe, as well as a Large Snowflake every day until it melts. But it’s incredibly easy to biff the proportions on the fresh-packed rolling snow — the snowball will grow as you roll it, making it hard to finesse — yielding a Snowboy that’s adorable but ultimately doesn’t give you any items.

Luckily, New HorizonsPlayers have found a quicker way to make the perfect Snowboy.

Here’s Redditor doctorgurlfrin’s sage advice:

Roll each snowball to their max size (they won’t get any larger and your character will struggle for a second pushing it when you are stopped- you can see how mine is when I’m placing the snowball on the right.).

A 10 tile path can be laid (or a customized design such as the ones I used). I prefer something that doesn’t completely blend together so it’s easier for me to count the number of tiles).

Place one snowball on each end of the path- do NOT let them roll over your 10 tile path or any other path/custom design during placement or it won’t work!!

You can start with the right snowball. Then roll the ball to the side and voila! THE PERFECT SNOWBOY

As the Redditor notes, later in the thread, players don’t need to have terraforming tools to lay down pathing — it can be done by taking a custom design and simply laying it on the floor, square by square.

SnaxBreak is a Twitch streamer who uses Twitter to show a Snowboy. She also gives tips on how it can be done.

Yes, they are cool. All Snowboys, in our view, are great. They’re all cute, no matter what — and islands look great with a few of them in whatever shapes and sizes they come out in. Snowboys are the best way to cover islands.