Once a player reaches a certain level of friendship with a villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they will be able to increase their connection with that critter by giving them a gift every day. The extent of this daily gift's impact on a friendship depends on the gift itself, and this guide will cover how fans can go about picking the perfect presents and improving friendships with villagers in ACNH.
To put things simply, the very best daily presents to give villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are gift-wrapped pieces of furniture that cost 10,000 Bells or more. These gifts guarantee that fans receive the maximum friendship level increase in ACNH, and they will help players solidify their bonds with villagers as quickly as possible. To emphasize, it does not matter what specific piece of furniture is given to the villager so long as it is wrapped and of the aforementioned value.
For ACNH fans that are not in the position to give away such expensive items daily, gift-wrapped pieces of furniture that cost between 1,000 Bells and 10,000 Bells have a 50% chance of improving friendships with villagers by the exact same amount as the more costly options. The other 50% of the time, gifting these pieces of furniture will reward players with a friendship level increase that is equivalent to 58% - 80% of maximum, and the exact percentage depends on a player's current friendship level with the villager that they are giving the present to. Notably, gifting furniture that costs less than 1,000 Bells will always lead to this diminished friendship level increase.
If a player does not want to give furniture to their neighbors, then clothing of the specific villager's preferred style or color is the next best option. The Nook Plaza gift finder is an amazing resource for determining exactly what clothing a villager will like, and the value of the item matters just as it does with furniture. For full clarity, a piece of clothing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons that is gift-wrapped, costs 10,000 Bells or more, and is of a villager's preferred style or color will increase a friendship level by the most, and that increase is ~85% of what fans receive from giving the very best furniture.
With all of this said, things change entirely when a player is looking to give a gift to a villager for their birthday, and there are tons of options that reward a maximum friendship level increase. These options include bugs, fish and fossils that sell for 2,000 Bells or more, fruits, and turnips, and players should make sure to gift wrap these presents for a very large boost to the friendship level increase that they earn.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
Source: Nook Plaza
