Time Travel has long been a feature of the Animal Crossing franchise. In New Horizons it is still a function but it’s tied to the Switch’s clock, rather than an in-game one. As long as you unchecked the box to sync your clock, it appeared that you could travel freely around consequence-free, or so we thought. However, if you were hoping to use this to play the Stalk Market then, unfortunately, you’re out of luck.
Time Travel has frequently been used to skip tiresome in-game events. Jumping ahead allows you to bypass the wait for buildings to be completed or villagers to arrive. Since New Horizons no longer employs Mr. Resetti to shout at you for doing so, it appeared that consequences were non-existent.
We saw no rogue weeds or strange occurrences on the island while time hopping in both directions, and no one shouted at us. However, now Sunday has come and with it Daisy Mae and her turnips and those consequences just got real and your turnips are under threat.
The Turnip or Stalk Market relies on buying low and selling high. Daisy sells turnips every Sunday morning before noon and then you resell to Timmy and Tommy during the week. Their prices fluctuate, changing at midday and midnight every day from Monday through Saturday.
Because of the fluctuating sale prices, it makes sense to think that time travel could be the answer. After all, fiddling with the Switch’s clock allows you to go backward and forward in time and until now, we’ve seen nothing to indicate that it changes anything you did on your island.
When traveling backward before, your island has always reminded in the same state it was when you saved before traveling. Now for the first time, we saw changes when we had spoiled turnips when traveling backward. The turnips will also spoil if you go forward past Sunday, although you can skip between the current day and Saturday evening with no consequences.
It seems that while time traveling may be easier this time around, you still can’t use it to cheat the markets. Still, it was worth a try.
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