Before the 2.0 update to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the best way to get around to higher cliffs in the early game was getting a ladder. The ladder is a tool you can craft and equip to climb up and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Among the critical early items you can build in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the ladder, which helps you to get up and down cliffs at a time when ...

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In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you can use a ladder to climb cliffs. When you are against the cliff, hold the ladder, place it next to the cliff face, and then you can climb it to reach the top.

With this new addition, you no longer need to lug ladders around whenever you want to scale cliffs on your island. The newly added ladder set-up kit will allow you to build permanent ladders that you ...