How To Get A Bridge And Vaulting Pole In New Horizons Explained

How to get a bridge in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Crossing the river now allows you to collect fossils and explore more of the island - but you'll soon grow tired of having to use the Vaulting Pole every time you want to explore these later regions. For this, we need to build a bridge.

Building a bridge in Animal Crossing: New Horizons takes a little more work, and requires you unlock Nook's Cranny and start the process of placing new Villager houses around the island.

If you're not there yet, the steps are as follows. Talk to Timmy and Tommy in Residential Services, who want to build a shop but need various resources first - 30 pieces of each type of Wood Material, as well as 30 Iron Nuggets. (Our Iron Nuggets farm advice can help speed this more laborious step up.)

Settle on where to build the shop, and the next day, it will be open for business. On the same day, Nook will then have a phone call about new people interested in the island relocation programme during his usual daily briefing. (If you don't have this, it's possible you might also need the fully constructed Museum on your island as well.)

Once he has the call, pay Nook a visit in Residential Services. Talk to him about the new Villagers arriving, and when ready, choose 'What should I do?' from the menu.

It's at this point the Bridge unlocks - as before the Villagers can arrive, they need a way to get around the island. You'll receive the Bridge Construction Kit, which requires the following materials:

• 4x Log Stakes
• 4x Clay
• 4x Stone

Once crafted, place this first bridge where you think is best suited for you. Once it's down, like any construction project, it'll be available to use the following day.

With the bridge in place, you can now cross rivers much easier. It's worth noting you are just minutes away from also unlocking the Ladder, which allows you to explore the island even further.