How to Jump in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: A Complete Guide
Animal Crossing: New Horizons presents you with situations where it looks like you need your character to jump to scale through. But the thing is: it’s technically impossible to jump in the game.
While you have the option to hurdle or climb in such situations, there has been a trend among players where they make their characters appear to be jumping. This guide will show you how to do that, including hopping across rivers and accessing high cliffs. So, keep reading to find out.
Methods for Jumping in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
New Horizons players make their character appear to be jumping, whereas they just captured it while floating. While that doesn’t make sense practically, it’s still a fun endeavor to trick your friends with. Here’s how to go about it:
- Get a beach towel or bench chair on your island
- Press the action button to lie or sit on it and then quickly take a screenshot as you do so
The screenshot button is the square button on the left side of your controller, beneath the D-pad.
- If you time the screenshot perfectly, you’ll capture the animation of your player attempting to sit down, which appears like your character is floating in the air
And that’s how to do it! But aside from the funfair, you’ll face situations where you’ll actually need to jump. Here’s what to do when that’s the case.
Scaling Through Situations Where You Need to Jump in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Jumping to a High Cliff
You can’t jump to a cliff but can access it with a ladder. Here’s how to do so:
- Craft or buy a ladder
- Go to your inventory and equip it
- Approach the base of the cliff
- Press the action button to place the ladder against the cliff and automatically climb up
Hopping Across Rivers
Water is sometimes a barrier between areas of your island, demanding you to hop across. Since you can’t jump, your best bet is to get a vaulting pole to hop across. Here’s how to go about it:
- Gather five pieces of Softwood (here’s how to)
- Visit the Workbench
- Find the recipe for a vaulting pole
- Tap the recipe to begin crafting it
- Equip the vaulting pole once you’ve crafted it
- Next, go to the area where there is a water gap
- Press the action button to hop across it with the vaulting pole
Jumping into Water
You can dive into the sea, which is considered jumping, provided you have a wetsuit. Here’s how to go about it:
- Go to Nook’s Cranny or the Terminal in the Resident Services building to get a wetsuit
- Equip the wetsuit and go to the water shore
- Press the action button to enter the water
- Paddle with your character using A and dive deep into the water using the Y button
Related: How to Sit in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in 12 Easy Steps
Final Notes
And that’s how to jump in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While you can’t technically jump, the methods in this guide should suffice when you need to hop across rivers or access a high cliff. All you need to do is get your ladder, vaulting pole, and wetsuit ready for such situations.
