Animal Crossing: New Horizons/Update history/1.6.0

The 1.6.0 Winter Update (known in Australia as the 1.6.0 Free Update) was an update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons released on November 19, 2020. The update brought two returning holidays, the renamed Turkey Day and Toy Day, alongside their respective hosts Franklin and Jingle. Additional improvements, including increased storage capacity and new hairstyles were also added. It was announced on November 17, 2020.

Returning features

• Harvest Festival has been renamed to Turkey Day in its return in 1.6.0, but the event is still hosted by Franklin as with New Leaf.
  • Franklin will ask the player to fetch him ingredients that they can harvest from other villagers or by themselves to cook four dishes. The recipes differ for each players in every hemisphere. If these missions are fulfilled, Franklin will give the player a [[Item:Turkey Day Rug ({{{2}}})|Turkey Day Rug]], [[Item:Turkey Day Wall ({{{2}}})|Turkey Day Wall]], [[Item:Turkey Day Flooring ({{{2}}})|Turkey Day Flooring]], and a [[Item:Cornucopia ({{{2}}})|Cornucopia]], and if secret ingredients are taken for all four dishes, the player receives the [[Item:Cozy Turkey Day DIY ({{{2}}})|Cozy Turkey Day DIY]] pack, with all the items in the Turkey Day Series.
  • For Northern Hemisphere players, Turkey Day is taken as a celebration of the fall harvest, while for Southern Hemisphere players it is taken as a celebration of spring. This is reflected by every furniture outside of Resident Services and the Turkey Day Series being customized for their respective hemispheres.
  • If the player misses Turkey Day, from after Turkey Day until November Nook's Cranny will sell the [[Item:Cozy Turkey Day DIY ({{{2}}})|Cozy Turkey Day DIY]] pack for  19,800 Bells.
  • This event is time-locked, and only unlocks on 1.6.0a.
• Toy Day, and its host Jingle, return in 1.6.0.
  • In the days preceding Toy Day, Nook's Cranny will sell a random toy and Able Sisters will sell Festive-related clothing.
  • On Toy Day itself, Jingle will be roaming around the island, and if talked to, will ask the player to assist him in delivering the presents. He asks the player to craft him x3 [[Item:Festive Wrapping Paper ({{{2}}})|Festive Wrapping Paper]], and then after rewarding the player [[Item:Toy Day Stockings ({{{2}}})|Toy Day Stockings]] ask them to deliver the presents to the villagers with a [[Item:Magic Bag ({{{2}}})|Magic Bag]]. Once the player accomplishes half of the delivery, Jingle will give the player a recipe for a [[Item:Gift Pile ({{{2}}})|Gift Pile]] and once every present is delivered a [[Item:Toy Day Sleigh ({{{2}}})|Toy Day Sleigh]].
  • Villagers will also do gift exchanges with the player, asking for wrapped presents in exchange for toys.
  • In a first in the series, Toy Day has two variants of its composition. A festive, calming rendition for Toy Day in the Northern Hemisphere and a upbeat, vibrant rendition for Toy Day in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • This event is time-locked, and only unlocks on 1.6.0b for the ready phases and 1.6.0c for the actual event.
• Luna can now send players to random dream islands as she did before in New Leaf. The option to activate this is "Surprise me".

New features

• Nine new Reactions—Sit Down, Wave Goodbye, Take a Picture, Sniff Sniff, Work Out, Yoga, Here You Go, Excited, and Ta-da—are added in 1.6.0, and they can be obtained via [[Item:Hip Reaction Collection ({{{2}}})|Hip Reaction Collection]].
• Six new hairstyles are added and are obtainable from [[Item:Top 6 Stylish Hairstyles ({{{2}}})|Top 6 Stylish Hairstyles]].
• Tom Nook can now offer the player to expand their storage if they paid off all their home loan. This expansion moves the player up from 1600 storage slots to 2400.
• The Save Data Transfer feature, which allows island save data or a single player's save data to be transferred to another Nintendo Switch, has been added.
• A new promotion item for Pocket Camp was added: the [[Item:Pocket Camp Phone Case ({{{2}}})|Pocket Camp Phone Case]].
• New Nook Shopping seasonal events include the following events:
  • To add on to the Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice, the [[Item:Aurora Wall ({{{2}}})|Aurora Wall]] and [[Item:Sunflower Rug ({{{2}}})|Sunflower Rug]] were added alongside the [[Item:Midwinter Sweater ({{{2}}})|Midwinter Sweater]] and [[Item:Sunflower Crown ({{{2}}})|Sunflower Crown]] respectively. They are available throughout December.
  • Four items related to New Year's Eve were added are are available from December 26 to December 31: [[Item:New Year's Noodles ({{{2}}})|New Year's Noodles]] for Ōmisoka, [[Item:Berliner ({{{2}}})|Berliner]] for Silvester, [[Item:Twelve-Grape Dish ({{{2}}})|Twelve-Grape Dish]] for Nochevieja, and [[Item:Sparkling Cider ({{{2}}})|Sparkling Cider]] for New Year's Eve. They all relate to their respective local holiday traditions for New Year's Eve.
  • The Japanese New Year, or Shōgatsu, features three items available from January 1 to January 15: the [[Item:Kadomatsu ({{{2}}})|Kadomatsu]], [[Item:Kagamimochi ({{{2}}})|Kagamimochi]], and [[Item:New Year's Shimekazari ({{{2}}})|New Year's Shimekazari]].
  • Other items available from January 1 to January 15 to celebrate the New Year include the [[Item:2021 Celebratory Arch ({{{2}}})|2021 Celebratory Arch]], [[Item:Olivier Salad ({{{2}}})|Olivier Salad]], [[Item:Yut Nori ({{{2}}})|Yut Nori]], and [[Item:Zodiac Ox Figurine ({{{2}}})|Zodiac Ox Figurine]]. They all relate to their respective local holiday traditions for the New Year.

Changed features

• The availability of the [[Item:Sunflower Crown ({{{2}}})|Sunflower Crown]] and [[Item:Midwinter Sweater ({{{2}}})|Midwinter Sweater]] were changed. Previously, the items were available in both hemispheres around June 6 to July 7. In 1.6.0, this was changed in that the items associated with their respective season would only appear on the hemispheres that were experiencing those seasons. In this instance for December, the Midwinter Sweater was only available for Northern Hemisphere players for the Winter Solstice, and the [[Item:Sunflower Crown ({{{2}}})|Sunflower Crown]] was only available for Southern Hemisphere players for the Summer Solstice.
• Leif now sells [[Item:Pumpkin Start ({{{2}}})|Pumpkin Start]]s year-round instead of limited to just October.
• The following names of these items were changed:
  • Summer-Solstice Crown → [[Item:Sunflower Crown ({{{2}}})|Sunflower Crown]]
  • Winter-Solstice Sweater → [[Item:Midwinter Sweater ({{{2}}})|Midwinter Sweater]]

Items added in 1.6.0

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Related Updates

• The NookLink mobile app now allows players to view their catalog. This update was announced alongside the 1.6.0 update and was released on November 29, 2020.

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References

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Update History

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Update History
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