Animal Crossing: New Horizons' 2.0 update has officially arrived, and it has added quite a lot of new content to Nintendo’s extremely-popular sim. Among this new content is cooking, and indeed players are now able to craft a variety of tasty dishes. Before fans can start cooking, though, they must first obtain the requisite ingredients, and this guide will detail exactly how to get wheat in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing New Horizons: Where to Get Wheat Starts
The first step toward getting wheat is to obtain some wheat starts, which can be purchased from Leif in ACNH. As many players are sure to know, this lovable sloth is a traveling vendor that will occasionally setup shop in front of Resident Services, and fans that are hunting for wheat can simply wait for him to appear on their islands. That said, the 2.0 update has also added a new way to access Leif that players may want to consider.
More specifically, it is now possible to establish permanent shops on Harv’s island, and indeed Leif is willing to make that island his homebase. To setup Leif’s shop, a player should use their airport to travel to Harv’s island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, head to the plaza to the right of the house that is situated there, and speak with the hippie dog. In this conversation, players will learn that they can unlock a shop for 100,000 Bells, and they should pick Leif to get his underway first.
Regardless of how a fan ultimately encounters Leif, they should speak with him and indicate that they are interested in doing some shopping. This dialogue option will bring up Leif’s inventory, which has the chance to contain wheat starts. If an Animal Crossing fan does not find any wheat starts upon talking to the sloth, they will need to speak to him again at a later date, as his offerings change over time.
Animal Crossing New Horizons: How to Get Wheat
With some wheat starts in hand, players should go ahead and plant them at their preferred location. Fans should then water their plants daily, as that will increase how much wheat can be harvested when the crop is ready. For those players that are curious, that moment should come three days after the wheat starts were put into the ground, which means that fans that are wanting to cook will either need to exercise patience or time travel in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.