Animal Crossing New Leaf Golden Shovel. New horizons you'll need to unlock recipes by performing some difficult tasks. Filling in holes without using the shovel can now be done while still carrying said tool and the button method has been changed to the y button.
Talk to leif the sloth after purchasing at least 50 fertilizers from the gardening shop. Donate at least 20 items to the museum, with at least one from each category (bugs, fish/deep sea fish, fossils, works of art). As you start to relax into your peaceful island existence in animal crossing:
Buy a shovel each day that it is available and maintain 5 in your boxes so that when it happens again, you can still dig and plant!
This page contains info about the golden shovel. It will only bloom once. Villagerdb in no way claims ownership of any intellectual property associated with animal crossing. Shovel can be found in new horizons and new leaf.