During the fall, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will notice red Maple Leaves flying about.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons fall Maple Leaf DIY recipe list
There’s a 10-day period in fall where Maple Leaves will be blowing around
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Just like Cherry Blossom Petals, these Maple Leaves are used to craft exclusive fall furniture. Northern Hemisphere players will see these leaves flying about from Nov. 16-26 and Southern Hemisphere players will see them from May 16-26.
During this time, you can also obtain DIY recipes that use these Maple Leaves from shooting down balloons with your Slingshot. Note that you will not be able to obtain these recipes outside of the given times. If you miss out on any recipes, you’ll have to time travel back to the right dates or get a friend to help you out.
Some of the recipes use Acorns and Pine Cones, which can be shaken out of trees during the fall.
Update (Nov. 15, 2021): We’ve updated this guide with a recipe added in the 2.0 update. Check out a complete list of recipes below.
Autumn Wall
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- 10 Maple Leaves
- 5 Wood
- 5 Weeds
Colored-leaves Flooring
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- 10 Maple Leaves
- 15 Weeds
Leaf Stool
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- 3 Maple Leaves
- 3 Wood
Maple-leaf Pochette
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- 6 Maple Leaves
Maple-leaf Pond Stone
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- 10 Stone
- 3 Maple Leaves
Maple-leaf Rug
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- 6 Maple Leaves
Maple-leaf Umbrella
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- 7 Maple Leaves
Red-leaf Pile
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Isabelle will give you this recipe during morning announcements, but you can still shoot down the recipe from balloons.
- 3 Maple Leaves
- 4 Weeds
Tree’s Bounty Arch
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- 4 Pine Cones
- 5 Acorns
- 5 Maple Leaves
- 15 Tree Branches
Tree’s Bounty Big Tree
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- 5 Pine Cones
- 4 Acorns
- 4 Maple Leaves
- 8 Tree Branches
- 4 Clay
There are many other seasonal recipes to unlock, depending on the season:
How to collect maple leaves
Our guide explains how to snag those maple leaves for the DIY crafting recipes above.
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