How To Unlock The Storage Shed And How It Works In New Horizons

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There is now an Animal Crossing storage shed available thanks to New Horizon's 2.0 update.

As you're exploring your island, there's never a shortage of items to pick up. Sadly, your pockets don't have infinite room to carry everything at once, which ends up limiting your trips as you inevitably end up returning home to drop items there. But a new addition may be just the thing you need.

This page explains how to unlock the storage shed in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as well as how the storage shed works so you can prep accordingly before obtaining one.

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• How to unlock the storage shed in Animal Crossing New Horizons
• How the storage shed works in Animal Crossing New Horizons explained

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How to unlock the storage shed in Animal Crossing New Horizons

The storage shed is a new item that allows you to access your home storage remotely. It will rapidly become a vital waypoint to either free up your inventory or take any needed items without the need to backtrack all the way to your house.

In order to unlock the storage shed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you must have first fully upgraded your house, then paid an additional 500,000 bells to expand your storage further.

Once done, you should receive some mail the next day about being able to purchase a storage shed using Nook Miles. Visit the Town Hall then check the Nook Stop.

From here, there are two storage sheds available - a Wooden Storage Shed (from a DIY recipe, available immediately for 6,000 Bells) and a wider Storage Shed (also available for 6,000 Bells, but arrives in the mail the next day).

The wooden storage shed in particular requires 30x wood, hardwood, softwood and 10x iron nuggets to craft.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 3.0 is on its way! It will bring Zelda items, LEGO items, Splatoon items and NES games. While you wait, make sure your Museum is full of fish and bugs. Cooking, meanwhile, will let you make some tasty gifts for your villagers. If your island needs decorating, why not add some Gyroids, flowers or fruit? Don't forget to make sure you've got every tool though and that your home is up to Happy Home Academy standards. There's also your Happy Home Paradise restort too!

How the storage shed works in Animal Crossing New Horizons explained

The storage shed can be placed anywhere in the island, which makes for an essential tool that you should definitely pursue as soon as possible.

Once you've found the desired spot, go ahead and place it. (Don't worry, you can pick it up and move it again later as you would any other item!) Then, you'll see two prompts when interacting with it: put something away and get something out.

The first allows you to, well, store items that are in your character's pockets. As long as you have room in your home storage, you can place them there.

The second does the opposite: you can take any of the items out of the storage for, say, a quick crafting session or just to grab an extra shovel. It makes for a rather helpful shortcut all around, and specific uses will vary depending on your situation and needs.

Finally, as with most other inventory items, you are free to customise the appearance at a workbench.

That's all! Enjoy your new flexible storage options.

Interested in other new features while you wait for your storage shed to arrive? We have explainers on Kapp'n boat tours, Gyroids, where to find Brewster, ordiances and group stretching.

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