Turnips may not be the most universally appealing food in real life, but they're the ticket to to riches in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. With limited inventory space and a constantly expanding and contracting store of turnips, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have had to come up with a variety of cool and creative turnip storage solutions - including those that keep them safe from greedy guests.
For many New Horizons fans, the game's community is a big part of its appeal, and its community are constantly iterating on each other's ideas to create unique island and room designs. With the game's relatively limited tool set, players have been able to devise interesting terraforming ideas for their New Horizons islands, for example, such as massive mazes, complex waterfall vistas, and more.
That same creativity has extended to methods for storing turnips. Since these lucrative roots go bad after a week and could be needed at a moment's notice, it's important for players to keep them well organized and in one place. Here are some great ways Animal Crossing: New Horizons' community keeps its turnips safe.
Fun Turnip Storage Ideas For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Players
Build A Secret Turnip Vault
Hidden turnip vaults are not only convenient for storage - they're also great at protecting the goods. Animal Crossing players who get lots of visitors (especially those they don't personally know) can sometimes be subject to unwanted griefing, like players destroying trees or stealing turnips. Secret Animal Crossing turnip vaults prevent this by locking turnip storage behind a bookcase or other large item that visiting players can't move. The example from Twitter Andrew Barnick below uses a bookcase, but a climbing wall or Simple could also work.
Make A Fenced Turnip Farm
A common way to store turnips out in the open is to dress them up as if they're growing in a farm or garden. Players like Reddit aliensimmer utilize custom patterns to create tilled dirt-style flooring beneath the turnips, as well as cute turnip-themed signs to mark the gardens as designated for the vegetable.
Create A Farm-Themed Turnip Room
If outdoor storage seems too risky, there's always the option of giving an indoor room the same aesthetic. Fans like Reddit New Horizons' visiting merchant, Saharah) to make turnip rooms that feel just as natural as outdoor "farms."
Build A Greenhouse
An alternative indoor storage aesthetic is a turnip greenhouse. Using items like custom patterns, dirt flooring, windowed wallpaper, and a variety of plant furniture, players can make a greenhouse like Reddit joylurks'.
Use Custom Turnip Patterns
A simpler way to theme a room around turnips is to add turnip patterns to the walls or floor. Players like Reddit's custom Animal Crossing designs to spruce up their storage spaces, while Gukky1000 used a more complex, repeating pattern to give a room the appearance of having large shelves stocked with veggies.
Bury Turnips For Safekeeping
These storage methods can be pretty complicated, so for the rushed (or lazy) player, simply burying turnips is a fun alternative. Twitter dig up with a shovel later. It won't extend the life of the turnips, but it could be rather satisfying to dig them up before a big sale, like a true farmer would.
Put Rotten Turnips To Good Use
No matter the storage solution, most New Horizons players will eventually let a turnip rot unintentionally. It's easy to just get rid of them when this happens, but Reddit Remynesc found a better use: Intentionally placing spoiled turnips out of view behind trees can bring new life to natural-looking trails by attracting ants. Neat!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons released on March 20, 2020, for the Nintendo Switch.
Image Source: aliensimmer/Reddit, joylurks/Reddit, Remynesc/Reddit