Here’s how to get through the May Day maze in ACNH
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Explore a new kind of island and meet Rover during the May Day event.
Spring is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which means that May is right around the corner. To celebrate this time of the year, players will be able to experience a May Day event from May 1 - May 7 in New Horizons. There's a new kind of island to discover and a familiar face to meet. Here's everything you need to know about May Day.
What is May Day?
Starting May 1, players will be given a special ticket, which will allow them to fly to a new type of island. From Nintendo's official video, it looks like players will need to navigate through a maze on that island to find items and eventually meet Rover, a familiar villager from previous Animal Crossing games.
At this time, it is unclear if visiting this special island will be a one-time event or if players will be able to access this special island tour from now on. We'll update when we learn more.
What to do for May Day How to get through the maze
Head to Resident Services and talk with Tom Nook. He'll tell you about the May Day Tour and explain that a special ticket is waiting for you at the airport.
Head to the airport and talk with Orville behind the counter. He will inform you that you aren't allowed to take anything with you when you travel. He'll take anything that's currently in your inventory from you, but don't worry, you'll get it back when you fly back to your island.
The island you fly to is a giant maze with several obstacles in your path. Since you don't have any items when you land, you'll need to locate tools and then strategically use them to get around the labyrinth. There are also plenty of Bell Vouchers for you to acquire.
Make your way through the maze picking up the twigs, stones, and apples on your path as often as you can. Upon consuming the apples you'll have the strength to destroy rocks with an axe or remove trees with a shovel, thereby unblocking your path and letting you progress further into the maze. The twigs and stones you collect can be fashioned into tools once you reach a workbench.
If a tree is blocking your way and you don't have an apple, consider chopping it down and then hopping on the stump to move on.
But be careful. If you don't use the apples and resources correctly you'll be stuck and will have to leave the island only to come back and start over. If you can't find your way back to Wilbur, use the Rescue Service app on your Nook Phone to find your way back to safety.
Once you make it through the maze, you'll find Rover sitting on the ground next to a fire. Talk to him and he'll give you Rover's Briefcase. You can't do anything with it while you're still on this maze island, though.
Now run around the island and pick up any Bell Vouchers that you saw before. These can be traded in at Nook's Cranny for Bells. If a shrub is in your way, simply remove it with a shovel. It isn't worth collecting the flowers or shrubs as you won't be able to take them back with you.
Once you're satified that you've picked everything up that you want, you can return to Wilbur and ask him to fly you home with your newly acquired goodies.
Once you're back on your island head directly to your mailbox. There you'll find Rover's Briefcase and any Bell Vouchers you acquired.
Who is Rover?
Despite having a name that you'd typically associate with dogs, Rover is a blue and white cat. He has red eyes, wears a red argyle sweater vest, and loves to roam around — thus his name. This cat is very friendly and usually has a smile on his face when you interact with him.
He's appeared in several previous Animal Crossing games and typically holds some kind of special function like driving players to a different area or helping the player start a new game. In the case of New Leaf, answering his questions at the start of the game also helped determine the player's facial features.
Considering that Rover is appearing so much later in the game and that Timmy and Tommy were the ones that helped set up the main character at the beginning of the island getaway package, it's unclear what Rover's role will be in New Horizons. Perhaps finding him during May Day allows players to use him to visit these special island mazes. He just might be like Kapp'n in New Leaf and take you by boat to visit unique islands. We don't know for sure. At any rate, we know that he will have a very different role from helping players start up their game.
We're bound to find out more about what he does tomorrow when May Day starts. We'll definitely update once more has been discovered.
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