Once a player has upgraded Nook's Cranny in Animal Crossing: New Horizons they will get access to some special tools. These are Animal Crossing: New Horizons' colorful and outdoorsy tools, and indeed they can be purchased from the cabinet in the upgraded Nook's Cranny. That said, before players take the plunge and buy some outdoorsy and colorful tools in ACNH they may want to know if they are better than the tools that they already have, and this guide looks to shine some light on this matter.

When it comes to determining if Animal Crossing: New Horizons' outdoorsy and colorful tools are better than their standard counterparts, what many players will be interested in is a comparison of durability. Certainly, if the durability of outdoorsy and colorful tools in ACNH are higher than the durability of regular tools than it would be reasonable to say that they are better, but unfortunately that is not the case.

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In fact, the durability of Animal Crossing: New Horizons' colorful and outdoorsy tools is identical to the durability of standard tools, and that is also the case for other special tools like the Star Net and Fish Fishing Rod. Here is a breakdown of the durability of these ACNH tools for full clarity:

Fishing Rods

  • Fishing Rod: 30 Durability
  • Colorful Fishing Rod: 30 Durability
  • Fish Fishing Rod: 30 Durability

Nets

  • Net: 30 Durability
  • Colorful Net: 30 Durability
  • Outdoorsy Net: 30 Durability
  • Star Net: 30 Durability

Shovels

  • Shovel: 100 Durability
  • Colorful Shovel: 100 Durability
  • Outdoorsy Shovel: 100 Durability
  • Printed-Design Shovel: 100 Durability

Slingshots

  • Slingshot: 20 Durability
  • Colorful Slingshot: 20 Durability
  • Outdoorsy Slingshot: 20 Durability

Watering Cans

  • Watering Can: 60 Durability
  • Colorful Watering Can: 60 Durability
  • Outdoorsy Watering Can: 60 Durability
  • Elephant Watering Can: 60 Durability

As such, the difference between colorful and outdoorsy tools in ACNH and regular tools is purely aesthetic, and players will need to decide for themselves if the designs of these special tools makes them better overall. However, with colorful and outdoorsy tools costing 2,500 Bells each, most Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans will likely opt to stick with standard tools when completing general tasks around their islands.

animal crossing new horizons colorful outdoorsy tools

One final thing to note is that the above durability breakdown does not outline Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Golden Tools, which do indeed have better durability than both regular and special tools. More specifically, Golden Tools are either two or three times more durable, depending on the tool, than these alternatives. Even still, since crafting Golden Tools requires the somewhat rare Golden Nugget, many players will probably continue to use regular tools more often.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.

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Source: Reddit