During the summertime in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Summer Shells will wash up on beaches, allowing players to craft special DIY recipes.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Summer Shell DIY recipe list
Use these blue shells to craft some cool ocean-themed items
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Summer Shells look like Conch and Sea Snails, but they’re a darker blue color. The shells will appear from June until August for Northern Hemisphere players, and from December to February for Southern Hemisphere players.
The DIY recipes that use the Summer Shells will drop from balloons, but only during the summer. If you don’t manage to snag the recipes before summer ends, you’ll have to time travel to get them or ask another player to help you out.
Note that there are plenty of non-seasonal recipes that use shells, and those are available year round. Anything that uses Summer Shells specifically is locked to summer.
Check out a complete list of all the recipes that use Summer Shells below.
Shell Wand
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- 3 Summer Shells
- 3 Star Fragments
Shell Wreath
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Isabelle will give you this DIY recipe during her morning announcements, but it’s possible to shoot this recipe down from a balloon as well.
- 1 Summer Shell
- 1 Sea Snail
- 1 Sand Dollar
- 1 Coral
- 1 Giant Clam
- 1 Cowrie
Shellfish Pochette
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- 2 Giant Clams
- 6 Summer Shells
Starry-sands Flooring
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- 3 Summer Shells
- 1 Sandy-beach Flooring
Summer-shell Rug
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- 5 Summer Shells
Tropical Vista
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- 5 Summer Shells
Underwater Flooring
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- 3 Summer Shells
- 3 Coral
Underwater Wall
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- 3 Summer Shells
- 5 Coral
Water Flooring
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- 6 Summer Shells
There are many other seasonal recipes to unlock, depending on the season:
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