Boat tour

Boat tours are a service provided by Kapp'n in beginning in version. The player can pay Nook Miles 1,000 to Kapp'n at the island's pier to travel to a random deserted island, similar to a Mystery Island Tour. Each boat tour island has one buried on it. Uncommonly, islands may have money trees or money rocks on them.

If the player has not been to a Gyroid, rainy Gyroid, Vegetable, or Glowing Moss type island within the last 7 boat tours and none of the other island types are chosen for that day, the island visited will be of one of those four types that has not been visited. If there are multiple, the type visited the longest time ago is selected.

Certain islands exist in a different season or time of day from the game clock. This can be taken advantage of to catch out-of-season fish, insects, and sea creatures. Time still continues to pass on these islands, which can be observed if the player spends several hours on one.

Types of islands

 * Note that all island names are conjectural unless otherwise stated.

Gyroid
Gyroid islands are encountered most frequently between all island types. They contain one Gyroid Fragment about 78% of the time, but about 22% of the time, it will be raining and there will be one additional fully grown Gyroid. The first island the player visits as well as islands while searching for brewster will always be sunny gyroid type islands. In addition, if the player has received a bad belongings fortune from Katrina without cleansing, they are guaranteed to encounter a gyroid type island with clay buried in the ground instead of a gyroid fragment.

Vegetable
Vegetable islands contain one random type of vegetable. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random cooking recipe.

Glowing Moss
Glowing Moss islands contain s and. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random vine or glowing moss recipe. If the player has received a good belongings fortune from Katrina and has not yet unlocked the island that was selected, then they are guaranteed to encounter a glowing moss type island instead.

Star Fragment
The Star Fragment island always has a meteor shower taking place. In addition, the rocks drop random star fragments, including random seasonal star fragments from every month. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random star fragment recipe.

Cherry Blossom
The cherry blossom island is host to cherry blossom trees, with blossoms falling from them as in the Cherry Blossom Festival. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Cherry Blossoms Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played during Cherry Blossom season from April 1 to 10 (October 1 to 10 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Spring Bamboo
The bamboo island is host to bamboo, which can drop. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Bamboo Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played during Spring from February 25 to May 31 (August 25 to November 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Summer Shell
The Summer Shell island has s on the beach. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Summer Shell Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played during Summer from June 1 to August 31 (December 1 to February 28/29 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Mushroom
The Mushroom island is host to various species of mushrooms. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Mush Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played during Mushroom Season during the month of November (May in the Southern Hemisphere) before.

Maple Leaf
The Maple Leaf island has falling from trees. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Tree's Bounty or Leaves Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played during Maple Leaf Season from November 16 to 25 (May 16 to 25 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Snowflake
The Snowflake island has catchable snowflakes falling from the sky. The message bottle that appears on the beach contains a random recipe from the Frozen Series. In order to visit this island, the player must have played the game during Winter from December 1 to February 24 (June 1 to August 24 in the Southern Hemisphere).