Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Blue Rose% in

Late game RNG could've been better but overall this was a pretty good run

This is not an official New Horizons speedrunning category nor is it likely to ever become one - it's just a stupid fun idea I had a couple days ago that I decided to do. Unlike all official categories, this run does not require you to start from a new island - I did this because I didn't want to lose my progress or buy another switch and another copy of the game, and because it cuts out a lot of stuff in early game. The splits are from Dagnel's latest video where one of the first goals he attempts is getting a blue rose (   • How Much Can I Accomplish in 24 HOURS...  ) . The elimination of the early game sequence allows for about 4 hours of timesave at the start of the run, since I started with Nook's Cranny already fully upgraded. I also took some time prior to the run to find my island's weather seed using MeteoNook (https://wuffs.org/acnh/weather/). This allows me to see exactly what the weather will be before time travelling to a new day, and I take advantage of this by only going to days when it is raining, completely eliminating the need to water my flowers.

The strategy used in this run is known as the Asteriation Genepool method. It involves first creating a black and a purple rose from red and white seeds, then breeding them together to create a "hybrid" red rose. This red rose is then bred with a yellow rose from a seed bag to create a second red rose; two of these red roses bred together have a 1/64 chance to create a blue outright as well as a higher chance to create red, orange, or black offspring, many of which can produce blue roses themselves. Other, simpler methods exist to create blue roses, but this is the fastest method currently known. Here is a list of all currently known methods to get blue roses: https://yuexr.github.io/acnh/bluerose