Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Everything You Need To Know About Star Fragments

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game full of mysteries to uncover as you play. Have you caught sight of a shooting star above your island yet? Those shooting stars will allow you to get Star Fragments, a unique resource for crafting furniture.

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How To Get Star Fragments

You'll get Star Fragments by wishing on shooting stars. After 7pm and before 4am on your island, any time of year, you may see a shooting star in the sky above you.

To help you notice them, they also make a light noise as they go.

Meteor Showers

Shooting stars come in the form of Meteor Showers. The sky must be clear and have very few clouds for this to trigger. These showers come in two varieties: light and heavy.

• Heavy Showers: Announced by Isabelle in the morning news. These nights feature a significantly higher number of shooting stars.
• Light Showers: Not announced, but can happen several times a week. They have fewer shooting stars but are still a great chance to collect fragments.

Visiting A Friends Island

If you visit a friend's or online island, you can similarly wish on stars during their meteor shower like you would your own. The next morning on your own island, fragments you wished for from the meteor shower will appear on your island, not theirs.

How To Wish On A Shooting Star

To wish on the star, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you aren't holding anything in your hands. (Hit down on the d-pad to get rid of something quickly.)
2. Look up at the sky by pushing up on the right joystick.
3. Press "A"!

The shooting star will sparkle to indicate that you've wished on it, and make a little sound.

You won't actually get your star fragment until the next day, unfortunately, so make sure to log back into the game.

The morning after you've made a wish on a shooting star, go check your beaches. Star fragments appear washed up on shore, just like shells or a Message in a Bottle.

If you made a lot of wishes and don't see very many Star Fragments on the beach, don't panic. They don't usually spawn all at once, and you can keep checking the beaches for them all day.

How Many Shooting Stars Can You Wish On In One Night?

While shooting stars will continue to fall throughout the night and you can wish as many times as you like, there's a limit to the number of Star Fragments that you can get in one day.

If you're making wishes on your own, the limit is 20.

However,for every five wishes that another player makes on your island, you'll get another Star Fragment, up to a limit of 20. The players making wishes will get their own Star Fragments on their islands, too.

So, if you made 20 wishes and then other players on your island made 100 wishes, you could get up to a maximum of 40 Star Fragments the next morning!

Different Kinds Of Star Fragments

There are two basic kinds of Star Fragments that you can get all year long:

• Star Fragment
• Large Star Fragment

The regular ones are yellow, while the large ones are blue.

There is also a Star Fragment type for every Zodiac sign. They all have different colours, and you can only get them by wishing on a star during the associated time of the year.

Name

Time

Colour

Aries Star Fragment

March 21 to April 19

Gray

Taurus Star Fragment

April 20 to May 20

Dark Green

Gemini Star Fragment

May 21 to June 20

Dark Blue

Cancer Star Fragment

June 21 to July 22

Pink

Leo Star Fragment

July 23 to August 22

Light Green

Virgo Star Fragment

August 23 to September 22

Cool Purple

Libra Star Fragment

September 23 to October 22

Teal

Scorpio Star Fragment

October 23 to November 21

Orange

Sagittarius Star Fragment

November 22 to December 21

Light Blue

Capricorn Star Fragment

December 22 to January 19

Red

Aquarius Star Fragment

January 20 to February 18

Warm Purple

Pisces Star Fragment

February 19 to March 20

White-Blue

There is an 80 percent chance for a regular yellow star fragment to spawn, a five percent chance for a large star fragment, and a 15 percent chance to spawn a zodiac star fragment.

Uses For Star Fragments

While Star Fragments can be a gorgeous decoration on their own, they're mainly used for crafting DIY Recipes. These DIY Recipes in particular are special because you can only get them from Celeste.

Celeste is an owl (Blathers' sister) who has a chance of appearing on your island any time there are shooting stars.

Below, you can check out every recipe that Celeste at any time can give, as well as how to make it.

General Star Items

Recipe

How To Make

Asteroid

5x Star Fragment

10x Stone

Astronaut Suit

5x Star Fragment

5x Iron Nugget

Crescent Moon Chair

7x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Crewed Spaceship

10x Star Fragment

10x Iron Nugget

Flying Saucer

15x Star Fragment

10x Iron Nugget

Lunar Lander

10x Star Fragment

15x Iron nugget

Lunar Rover

10x Star Fragment

10x Iron Nugget

4x Old TIre

Moon

15x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Nova Light

5x Star Fragment

Rocket

10x Star Fragment

20x Iron Nugget

Satellite

10x Star Fragment

15x Iron Nugget

Space Shuttle

5x Star Fragment

10x Iron Fragment

Star Clock

3x Star Fragment

1x Iron Nugget

Star Head

5x Star Fragment

Star Pouchette

6x Star Fragment

Starry Garland

10x Star Fragment

Starry Sky Wall

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Starry Wall

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Sci-Fi Wall

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Galaxy Flooring

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Lunar Surface

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Sci-Fi Flooring

5x Star Fragment

1x Large Star Fragment

Zodiac-Specific Items

Recipe

How To Make

Aquarius Urn

3x Star Fragment

2x Aquarius Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

5x Stone

Pisces Lamp

3x Star Fragment

2x Pisces Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

4x Stone

Aries Rocking Chair

3x Star Fragment

2x Aries Fragment

1x Gold Nugget

5x Stone

Taurus Bathtub

3x Star Fragment

2x Taurus Fragment

1x Gold Nugget

8x Stone

Gemini Closet

3x Star Fragment

2x Gemini Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

6x Stone

Cancer Table

3x Star Fragment

2x Cancer Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

3x Stone

Leo Sculpture

3x Star Fragment

2x Leo Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

3x Stone

Virgo Harp

3x Star Fragment

2x Virgo Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

4x Stone

Libra Scale

3x Star Fragment

2x Libra Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

Scorpio Lamp

3x Star Fragment

2x Scorpio Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

5x Stone

Sagittarius Arrow

3x Star Fragment

2x Sagittarius Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

Capricorn Ornament

3x Star Fragment

2x Capricorn Fragment

2x Gold Nugget

12x Stone

Wands

Recipe

How To Make

Tree Branch Wand

5x Tree Branch

3x Star Fragment

Iron Wand

3x Nugget

3x Star Fragment

Wand

2x Star Fragment

Star Wand

1x Large Star Fragment

3x Star Fragment

Windflower Wand

1x Orange Windflower

3x Star Fragment

Cosmos Wand

1x White Cosmos

3x Star Fragment

Tulip Wand

1x Red Tulip

3x Star Fragment

Rose Wand

1x Red Rose

3x Star Fragment

Hyacinth Wand

1x Pink Hyacinth

Lily Wand

1x White Lily

3x Star Fragment

Bamboo Wand

6x Young Spring Bamboo

3x Star Fragment

Cherry Blossom Wand

3x Cherry Blossom Petals

3x Star Fragment

Shell Wand

3x Summer Shell

3x Star Fragment

Mushroom Wand

3x Skinny Mushroom

3x Star Fragment

Spooky Wand

1x Spooky Lantern

3x Star Fragment

Ice Wand

1x Large Snowflake

3x Star Fragment

You can also sell Star Fragments! Normal fragments sell for 250 Bells, Zodiac fragments sell for 500 Bells, and large fragments sell for 2,500 Bells.

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