Just a few hours ago Animal Crossing: New Horizons released the Summer Update Wave 2 patch, the second of two summer updates adding tons of new activities, items, and networking connectivity features to enhance player experience. Along with adorable festival-themed items like sparklers and headbands, some new craftable items have been added to New Horizons, including a golden King Tut mask, but there’s only one way to discover it. The 1.4.0 version of New Horizons is needed to get the DIY, so make sure it’s installed before trying to get the item.
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Players will first need to mine for some gold nuggets. Gold nuggets are needed to craft the mask, but the only way to get the DIY is to prompt a discovery. Taking a gold nugget from the storage or getting one from another player won’t count. Once the player successfully mines a gold nugget after hitting some rocks, the player character will suddenly have a new idea for a DIY recipe, which will appear in the app via the NookPhone or via a workbench.
The King Tut mask will be the newest DIY recipe available for crafting and should appear at the top of the list, but it requires five gold nuggets to make. Once five gold nuggets are collected and the mask is crafted, it’ll go perfectly in a golden room unless players want to scurry around their islands looking like royalty. With the addition of the extremely heavy golden mask comes a new tripping mechanic: if the player is sprinting with the mask on, they might get a bit topsy turvy and trip themselves up.
The King Tut mask was first seen in New Leaf and, paired with the Egyptian outfit, would create the official Egyptian look resembling a Pharaoh. Outside of custom designs from creative Animal Crossing players, it doesn’t look like there’s been an addition of an Egyptian outfit into New Horizons, but perhaps this is another added item thanks to the Wave 2 update yet to be discovered by fans.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
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