Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bunny Day Guide – All Eggs, DIYs and the Wand Chain

To craft every Bunny Day DIY once in Animal Crossing: New Horizons you need 30 of each of the six egg types — 180 eggs total. If you also want to keep every crafted item and still have the materials for the Wobbling Zipper Toy that unlocks the Bunny Day Wand, aim for 38 of each type, or 228 eggs, plus 3 star fragments. The widely repeated “232 eggs” figure does not match any consistent count — it is a mis-copied number, and planning around it means over-farming by roughly a full day.

Bunny Day (Häschentag in German) runs for a week ending on the event Sunday, and its date moves every year. This guide is written to work for any occurrence: the dates table below covers the current and next event, and everything after it — egg sources, the recipe chain, the farming routine — is fixed and does not change year to year.

Bunny Day dates

The in-game rule is consistent: Bunny Day falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, and the egg-collecting period starts one week earlier.

Year	Egg collecting period	Bunny Day (Zipper’s day)
2026	29 March – 4 April	Sunday 5 April 2026 (passed)
2027	21 March – 27 March	Sunday 28 March 2027

One important piece of context if you are reading this mid-year: New Horizons has been in a maintenance state since Version 2.0, which Nintendo described as the last major free update. Seasonal events like Bunny Day still run every year because their calendar is baked into the game — but there are no new patches adding eggs, recipes or event phases. That is good news for a guide like this one: the event you play in 2027 will be structurally identical to the one in 2026.

How many eggs you actually need

This is where most Bunny Day planning goes wrong, so it is worth being precise. There are three different totals depending on what you are trying to achieve.

Goal	Per egg type	Total eggs	Extra
Craft every Bunny Day DIY once (furniture and decor, including the Arch)	30	180	—
The above, plus keep everything and craft the Wobbling Zipper Toy for the Wand	38	228	3 star fragments
Everything above plus the egg-themed clothing set	Higher — varies	Add a buffer	Clothing is optional and not required for the Wand

The 180 figure comes from a full item-by-item count of the Bunny Day recipe list. The 228 figure adds 8 per type: the Wobbling Zipper Toy alone costs 4 of each egg type, and the padding covers the Arch and the fact that you want to keep the items you craft rather than dismantling them. Older forum threads that recommend “38 of each” are the source of the 232 number that circulates — 38 × 6 is 228, not 232.

Practical implication: if you average 40–50 eggs a day across all types, 228 eggs is comfortably reachable in five focused sessions, or fewer if you add Mystery Island runs.

The Zipper reward chain, in the correct order

This chain is frequently described wrongly, including in a lot of guides. Here is what actually happens on Bunny Day itself.

• Step 1 — Give Zipper one of each egg type. One Earth, Stone, Leaf, Wood, Sky and Water egg. He gives you the Bunny Day Basket item and the Bunny Day Arch DIY recipe. The Arch is not a reward for collecting all recipes — it comes from this trade.
• Step 2 — Craft every Bunny Day non-clothing DIY, including the Arch. That is the furniture and decor set. Clothing recipes do not count toward this. Talk to Zipper again and he gives you the Wobbling Zipper Toy recipe.
• Step 3 — Craft the Wobbling Zipper Toy. It costs 4 of each egg type — 24 eggs. Show it to Zipper and he gives you the Bunny Day Wand recipe.
• Step 4 — Craft the Bunny Day Wand. It costs 1 Wobbling Zipper Toy + 3 star fragments. This is the end of the chain.

The two things to plan around: you need 3 star fragments banked before Bunny Day (wish on shooting stars in the nights beforehand and collect off the beach the next morning), and you need to have crafted the whole furniture set before the final Sunday, because steps 2 through 4 all happen in a single day while Zipper is on the plaza.

All six egg types and how to farm them

Once the event starts, Zipper appears on the plaza in front of Resident Services. Talking to him the first time explains the six egg types and effectively flips the island into egg mode — trees, rocks, balloons and fish all start including eggs in their loot tables.

Leaf Eggs

Leaf Eggs hang in trees like fruit. Walk the island looking for trees with egg-shaped “fruit” and shake them with A. Only a limited number of trees convert per day, so Mystery Island trips via Nook Miles Tickets are the way to add more. Low effort — fold this into your normal fruit and wood rounds.

Earth Eggs

Earth Eggs are buried like fossils. Look for star-shaped cracks in the ground and dig with a shovel. During the event, most of those spots yield eggs rather than fossils or gyroids. Make one clean lap of the whole island each day, and if you play at night, sweep before the 5 a.m. reset.

Wood Eggs

Wood Eggs drop when you hit trees with an axe. Use a Flimsy Axe or Stone Axe — these do not fell trees, they only shake loose wood and eggs. Hit each tree up to three times; any hit can yield an egg. Avoid the regular or Golden Axe unless you want to lose trees. If you plant your non-fruit resource trees in a tight group, this becomes a fast loop.

Stone Eggs

Stone Eggs come from rocks. Equip a shovel and tap A repeatedly. Dig two holes behind you first so recoil does not push you away — that is what lets you extract the maximum eight drops per rock. Never eat fruit before rock farming; the first hit will shatter the rock and waste everything else in it. Once your island’s rocks are done for the day, Mystery Islands are the only source of more.

Sky Eggs

Sky Eggs come from balloon presents. Equip a slingshot and listen for the whooshing sound; balloons travel left-to-right or right-to-left depending on that day’s wind. Many carry Sky Eggs, others carry Bunny Day DIY recipes. Spawns are time-based, roughly every few minutes, so patrolling a long straight stretch such as the beach line is the efficient approach.

Sky Eggs are the most common bottleneck, because it is easy to ignore balloons while doing everything else. Commit a dedicated 10–15 minute window to them rather than relying on incidental pickups.

Water Eggs

Water Eggs are fished up. Look for medium-sized shadows in rivers and the sea, cast so the float lands just ahead of the shadow, and reel in when it goes under. Some of those “fish” are Water Eggs. Because this is pure RNG on shadow size, craft Fish Bait and work a fixed spot to spawn shadows on demand — it is far faster than wandering the shoreline.

The daily routine that hits 40–50 eggs

Morning loop (core island)

• Talk to Zipper — only strictly needed on the first and final event days.
• Check Nook’s Cranny for the shop-only Bunny Day furniture that is not craftable.
• One full island lap: shake egg trees (Leaf), hit every tree with a Stone or Flimsy Axe (Wood), hit every rock with two holes dug behind you (Stone), dig every star-shaped crack (Earth).
• Shoot every balloon you hear while looping (Sky, plus recipes).

Evening top-up

• 10–15 dedicated minutes of balloon hunting along one shoreline.
• Fish medium shadows with Fish Bait until you have added 5–10 Water Eggs.
• Optional: 1–2 Nook Miles Tickets for Mystery Islands, repeating the trees-rocks-digspots loop and grabbing message bottles for extra recipes.

A day run this way typically nets roughly 10–15 Wood, 10–15 Stone, 8–12 Earth, 6–10 Leaf, 5–10 Sky and 5–10 Water — which is the 40–50 per day you need, without multi-hour sessions.

Recipes and crafting order

Your DIY app gets a dedicated Bunny Day section during the event. Recipes come from four sources: Zipper (first and last days — the Arch, Toy and Wand chain), balloon presents (most of the furniture set), message bottles on the beach, and villagers crafting inside their houses.

The set includes the Bunny Day balloon decorations, bed, flooring, wallpaper and rug, dresser, wardrobe, stool, table, vanity, wreath, garland, clock and fence, among others. Collecting eggs also unlocks egg-themed clothing recipes for each type.

Craft in this order:

• Every furniture and decor item first. These are what gate the Wobbling Zipper Toy recipe — clothing does not count toward it.
• Reserve 4 of each egg type for the Toy before you spend anything on cosmetics.
• Clothing last, and only if you have surplus.
• Bunny Day Baskets from Zipper’s repeatable egg trade are pure extras — leave them until everything else is done.

Sticking to that order is the single easiest way to avoid the classic Bunny Day failure: burning your scarcest eggs (usually Sky and Water) on an outfit and then coming up short for the Toy on the one day it matters.

Fixing bad RNG

If you end the week with 60 Stone Eggs and four Water Eggs, there are two built-in balancing tools plus one outside them.

• Villager trades. During the season, residents offer egg-for-egg swaps as you pass them. Talk to villagers repeatedly and accept anything that converts surplus into a type you are short on. This is the main built-in fix.
• Zipper’s trade. On Bunny Day he swaps eggs for Bunny Day Baskets. This does not rebalance types — it is a sink for leftovers after you are done crafting.
• Multiplayer trading. Outside the built-in systems, but the fastest fix for a Sky or Water shortfall if you have friends playing the same event window.

A five-day completion plan

• Days 1–2: Trigger the event with Zipper, run the full daily routine, one Mystery Island each day. Target: ~80–100 eggs and 6–10 recipes learned. Start wishing on shooting stars for your star fragments.
• Days 3–4: Same routine, weighted toward balloons and fishing if Sky or Water are lagging. Begin crafting furniture as recipes and eggs allow. Target: ~180–200 eggs and most furniture crafted. Collect star fragments off the beach each morning.
• Day 5: Top up the scarcest type. Confirm every non-clothing Bunny Day DIY in your app is crafted. Hold back at least 4 of each egg type (24 eggs) for the Wobbling Zipper Toy, plus 6 for Zipper’s opening trade, and make sure you have 3 star fragments.
• Bunny Day Sunday: Give Zipper one of each egg → Basket + Arch recipe. Craft the Arch. Talk again → Wobbling Zipper Toy recipe. Craft the Toy (4 of each egg). Show him the Toy → Bunny Day Wand recipe. Craft the Wand with 3 star fragments. Spend leftovers on Baskets.

FAQ

How many eggs do you need for Bunny Day?

30 of each type (180 total) to craft every Bunny Day DIY once. Aim for 38 of each (228 total) if you want to keep every item and still have the 4-per-type needed for the Wobbling Zipper Toy that unlocks the Wand. The commonly cited 232 is not supported by any consistent count.

When is the next Bunny Day?

Sunday 28 March 2027, with egg collecting running from 21 March. The rule is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March.

How do you get the Bunny Day Wand?

Craft every Bunny Day furniture and decor DIY, get the Wobbling Zipper Toy recipe from Zipper, craft the Toy with 4 of each egg type, show it to him for the Wand recipe, then craft the Wand with the Toy plus 3 star fragments. All of the later steps happen on Bunny Day itself.

Do I need the clothing recipes to finish the chain?

No. Only the non-clothing furniture and decor items count toward unlocking the Wobbling Zipper Toy. Craft clothing last, from surplus.

Is Bunny Day going to change in a future update?

Very unlikely. New Horizons has been in maintenance since Version 2.0, its last major free update, and the event runs from the calendar already built into the game.

Bottom line

Bunny Day is a finite, plannable event: 228 eggs, 3 star fragments, five focused days and one Sunday. Farm all six types daily rather than chasing whichever one is convenient, hold back 24 eggs for the Wobbling Zipper Toy, and bank your star fragments early. Do that and you will finish the chain on the day rather than watching the Wand slip to next year.

Our Animal Crossing: New Horizons hub collects the rest of our coverage, and our May Day 2026 maze walkthrough handles the next dated event on the calendar. If you have squeezed everything out of your island, 11 best games like Pokémon Pokopia on PC and our Switch picks for younger players cover what to play next.