Animal Crossing's Museum explained: How to open, find Blathers, and donate objects in New Horizons (2024)

FAQs

How do I donate to the Blathers museum? ›

We cover how to unlock these in the sections below. To assess Fossils and donate more Fish, Bugs, or Fossils (or to learn more about ones you've already donated) speak to Blathers and ask him to take a look at your find. If your donation is new, it can be chosen from your Inventory and added to the Museum!

Every day, dig up the fossils on your island and turn them into Blathers to evaluate. He'll let you know if the fossils are new or missing from the museum exhibits, and you can choose to donate them to him. Completing the museum requires year-round play, since some fish and bugs only spawn during specific months.

When you meet the owl in his tent or museum, you can choose to make a donation; once you're done, simply mention the donation option. It is possible to donate multiple items at the same time. The Museum is a building in the Animal Crossing series where players can donate items to be used in the game.

If Blathers does not talk to you about Brewster, it's because you haven't contributed to one section of the museum. You need to have donated at least one of each type before he'll bring it up. That means you need at least one piece of real art and one sea creature from diving.

Once you've made five donations, Blathers will arrive and set up his tent . Blathers will arrive and set up his tent the day after you've donated these items.

To unlock Brewster in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you must first visit Blathers in the museum. He will mention the idea of adding a cafe - but that his friend, Brewster, is currently nowhere to be found. He does, however, hint that he loves Gyroids.

Talk to Blathers to have your fossils assessed. Blathers will then tell you exactly which fossils you've found, transforming the fossils in your inventory into their named form.

Blathers won't accept any sea creature donations until you've donated at least one fossil to him. You can dig up fossils by using your shovel where the ground is marked with a black star symbol.

Therefore, by donating items to Blathers at the Museum, players can keep upgrading the Museum building in the game, which is important since the Museum is a rather significant building on any player's New Horizons island.

How do you collect donations ACNH? ›

The donation box can be placed anywhere on your island after construction. When players interact with it, it asks if you'd like to make a 1.000 bell donation. If there is money in the donation box, the player whose island it is can also withdraw the bells inside.

However, unlike in other titles, Blathers isn't available from the game's start and must be brought over to the island.

The hidden room is a Museum Cafe, which no one has unlocked yet at this point of time. This would explain where The Roost went to – it has integerated into the museum. In addition, there is another room called “IdrMuseumHaniwa”. Haniwa refers to the Gyroids, which have not been spotted in the game at this time.

The only place to get art, and thus start expanding the Museum, is by meeting Redd. Once you've met Redd for the first time and acquired your first work of art, donate it to the Museum. This works the same way it does with Fossils - it has to be analysed and then donated.

*NOTE: Your island must be rated at least 3 stars to unlock Brewster and The Roost!

How to find Brewster in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Before you can start sipping a piping hot cup o' joe, there are a few things you need to do, like get Brewster to come to your island. You need to have at least a three-star rating on your island.

Encouraging repeat visits to The Roost café, Brewster will slowly become friendlier with you each day that you pick up a cup of coffee from him. In fact, you'll even get some special item prizes from him as a reward after enough coffee visits!

How to Get the Brewstoid. To get the Brewstoid, you need to have visited Brewster and drank his coffee for 51 days. You cannot drink them all in one day, unfortunately. Once you've had 51 cups, he'll gift you the Gyroid.

After buying 16 cups of coffee, you'll receive the Cup With Saucer from Brewster. It's literally what it says on the tin: a teacup on a small plate.

To view the items you've donated, just follow these steps. Open your NookPhone and select “Critterpedia.” Move your cursor on top of a bug or insect. If you see an owl symbol next to the critter's name, you know the critter has already been donated.

What happens if you keep telling Brewster to let it cool? ›

He demands that the player drinks their coffee as soon as possible, and gets offended if the player responds by saying they want to let it cool. In New Leaf, this dislike can be swayed if the player purchases enough coffee at The Roost.

The takeout coffee was introduced in the New Horizons last year in the 2.0 Free Update. It was introduced as a tool item you can use as a player. When you, as a player, use this tool in this video game, you can drink the Takeout coffee. The Takeout Coffee benefits you, as you will gain new energy.

He will store your gyroids in his back room for you if you bring them to him. Brewster will only offer to do this after he has gotten to know you. Thus, you must drink seven cups of coffee (while they are hot, don't tell him you are going to wait for it to cool).

Find Brewster on the island

Speak to him and say Blathers sent you, and Brewster will tell you to relay a message back to the owl. He'll also give you a gyroid fragment, which will grow into a gyroid if you plant and water it back on your island.

You can order a cup of coffee for 200 bells. If you want to get on Brewster's good side, drink the coffee immediately like he asks — from which you'll then hop off the stool and head on your way.

Blathers won't accept any sea creature donations until you've donated at least one fossil to him. You can dig up fossils by using your shovel where the ground is marked with a black star symbol.

The flimsy axe can be obtained from either Nook's Cranny after unlocking the axe in the story for 800 Bells, from Wilbur on Mystery Islands for 100 Nook Miles, or from crafting, which requires 5× tree branch and 1× stone.

How to Use the Donation Box. Once you've crafted it, you can place the Donation Box anywhere, both inside your home and outside. Simply face it once you've placed it and press A and you or a visitor can deposit money inside. As mentioned previously, 1,000 Bells can be put in it at a time.

Go out into your island net and and rod in hand, and bring back five fish or bugs (or a mixture of the two) to Tom Nook as soon as possible. When you speak to him, pockets full of live animals, there will be a new prompt that says "I found a creature!". Choose this, and give him five of them.

If Blathers doesn't mention Brewster, then it's likely you need to open up more of your museum and further establish your island. This can include: Donate at least one item for each area of the museum (bugs, fish, fossils, sea creatures, art)

Does Blathers tell you when you have all the fossils? ›

Talk to Blathers to have your fossils assessed. Blathers will then tell you exactly which fossils you've found, transforming the fossils in your inventory into their named form.

In real life, curators are not allowed to keep a personal collection because it conflicts with the interests of the museum. By using his professional connections at the museum to buy your extra fossils, Blathers would be exploiting museum resources for his own personal gain and would be breaking the code of ethics!

Unfortunately, the short answer to this question is no. There are not currently any unbreakable tools that you can acquire or craft in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. However, you can craft tools of higher durability, which will cause them to last much longer than other tools.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Axe

To get a more robust axe and be able to chop down trees, you'll need to purchase the 'Pretty Good Tools DIY Recipe' from the Nook Stop terminal in Resident Services, which costs 3000 Nook Miles.

The Flimsy Axe will break after its used 30 times, while the Stone Axe and Axe will last longer. If you'd rather buy a Flimsy Axe than craft one, it will cost you 800 Bells. Axe's can chop down trees and collect materials.

After you place a bridge or incline, Lloid will appear, asking for donations to the new structure. Your villagers won't contribute, so be prepared to pay for it on your own (or maybe with the help of other players on your island).

Donation boxes are a simple but effective way to raise extra funds. Once they're in place, they act as a passive fundraising tactic. If they're located in the right places, they can raise hundreds or even thousands for your organization.