Slingshot

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Artwork of a player with a slingshot from Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The slingshot is a tool introduced in Animal Crossing: Wild World and appearing in all subsequent games. It is primarily used to knock presents down from balloons, as well as other objects moving through the sky.

Usage[edit]

Using a slingshot will fire a pellet directly above the player. The pellet will pop any balloons floating overhead, knock Pete the postman out of the sky, and cause Gulliver's UFO to crash land in town. In New Leaf and New Horizons, it's possible to pop the balloons carrying presents using another tool as they ascend or descend over the cliff on the edge of town (the former) or if the player is standing on a high enough cliff and is within range of the balloon (the latter). In New Horizons, the slingshot has a more noticeably forward-tilted shooting angle, so the player does not need to be directly underneath the balloon. Additionally, unlike in previous games, the slingshot in New Horizons will break after a number of uses, though one can be crafted with five pieces of hardwood.

More advanced variations of the slingshot can also be obtained. The silver slingshot and golden slingshot can shoot more pellets at once, increasing the chance of knocking objects out of the sky. In New Leaf it's possible to obtain the golden slingshot before the silver slingshot as both items have the same prerequisites to appear in town. silver slingshots can also continue to appear as floating presents an infinite number of times.

Obtaining[edit]

In Wild World[edit]

Slingshots in Animal Crossing: Wild World

Item Image Buy Price Sell Price Available From Info
Slingshot Slingshot WW Inv Icon.png  500 Bells  125 Bells  Tom Nook's store
Fires a single pellet directly above the player
Golden slingshot Golden Slingshot WW Inv Icon.png Not for sale  125 Bells Appears as a golden balloon floating present after shooting down 14 balloon presents Fires three pellets directly above the player

In City Folk[edit]

Slingshots in Animal Crossing: City Folk

Item Image Buy Price Sell Price Available From Info
Slingshot Slingshot CF Icon.png  500 Bells  125 Bells  Tom Nook's store
Fires a single pellet directly above the player
Silver slingshot Silver Slingshot CF Icon.png  500 Bells  125 Bells  Tom Nook's store (randomly replaces normal slingshot after first store upgrade)
Fires two pellets directly above the player
Golden slingshot Golden Slingshot CF Icon.png Not for sale  125 Bells Appears as a triple-balloon floating present after shooting down 14 balloon presents Fires three pellets directly above the player

In New Leaf[edit]

Slingshots in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Item Image Buy Price Sell Price Available From Info
Slingshot Slingshot NL Icon.png  500 Bells  125 Bells  Timmy and Tommy's store (after first store upgrade)
Fires a single pellet directly above the player
Silver slingshot Silver Slingshot NL Icon.png Not for sale  125 Bells Appears as a double-balloon floating present after shooting down 14 balloon presents Fires two pellets directly above the player
Golden slingshot Golden Slingshot NL Icon.png Not for sale  125 Bells Appears as a triple-balloon floating present after shooting down 14 balloon presents Fires three pellets directly above the player

In New Horizons[edit]

Slingshots in Animal Crossing: New Horizons will break after a specific amount of uses. Popping balloons will reduce a slingshot's durability. A slingshot's durability is not reduced when shooting the slingshot and failing to hit any balloons.

Slingshots in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

# Item Image Buy price Sell price Available from Durability Customizable
34 Colorful slingshot colorful slingshot  2,500 Bells  625 Bells  Nook's Cranny (upgraded)
20 Yes
58 Golden slingshot golden slingshot Not for sale  10,300 Bells  Crafting
60 No
90 Outdoorsy slingshot outdoorsy slingshot  2,500 Bells  625 Bells  Nook's Cranny (upgraded)
20 Yes
115 Slingshot slingshot  900 Bells  225 Bells  Timmy
 Nook's Cranny
 Crafting
20 Yes
Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

European French Lance-pierres Stone launcher

Italian Fionda Slingshot