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Animal Crossing Froggy Chair: How to get a froggy chair in New Horizons explained

For your lillipad.

Animal Crossing's froggy chair is back after a long absence thanks to the 2.0 update.

People all over the world jumped into Animal Crossing: New Horizons looking for one specific thing: a froggy chair.

Days, weeks, months passed and no one could find it. The realisation that it wasn't anywhere in the game came as a shock for many, expressing discontent across social media and crossing their fingers whenever a Nintendo Direct approached, expecting news about their lost friend froggy chair.

Now, the wait is finally over. As people dance on the streets to celebrate, here's how to unlock froggy chair in Animal Crossing so you can bring that missing piece to your island, and restore happiness once more.

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How to get a froggy chair in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

First of all, make sure to have downloaded the 2.0 update to your Nintendo Switch in order to be up to date. (You know this will be the case when Isabelle discusses ordances when you first log into your island.)

Then, before you storm into the game looking for froggy chair everywhere, know that since the froggy chair is technically just a regular item of furniture, there is no guaranteed way to find one, and instead you must rely on having it being sold or gifted to you.

This means you can get a froggy chair in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by:

  • Purchasing from Nook's Cranny or Redd when it is in stock
  • Found passing in a balloon (it's possible to farm balloons by entering a building to have a conversation with a villager, then leaving before the clock reaches a minute that ends with "4" or "9", such as 2:44 and 2:49.)
  • Found from shaking a tree (you are guaranteed two random items per day)
  • Received as a gift from a villager

Ultimately, all you need is a spot of luck. Players are already out there finding them - whether it's on sale at Redd's...

...or found from a balloon...

So it's just a case of patience. Another option, of course, is to trade or receive one from another player, if they are willing to give it up.


The Animal Crossing 2.0 update and Happy Home Paradise is here! We can help you with the new additions - including where to find Brewster, Gyroids, new villagers, ordinances, new fences, storage shed, new hairstyles, Froggy Chair, group stretching and Kapp'n boat tours. Cooking is now unlockable, so you need to know how to make both flour and sugar, as well as how to grow carrots, potatoes and tomatoes. Meanwhile, if you're new to Animal Crossing, our New Horizons tips can help with the basics. From the off, there's fish and bugs to catch, flowers and fruit to grow with. One long term goal is building your Happy Home Academy score. Finally, you need tools such as the new ladder and vaulting pole to fully explore.


Froggy chair colours in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

As well as the standard iconic green Froggy Chair design, datamines have revealed a total of six colour schemes available:

Whichever colour you find - do please take care of froggy chair, and make it feel welcome.

Interested in other new features while you wait for a froggy chair to arrive on your island? We have explainers on Kapp'n boat tours, where to find Brewster, ordiances and group stretching.