Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 2.0 – Free Update
Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 2.0 is an update released on November 4, 2021.[nb 1] The update was teased on September 23, 2021, with a full announcement coming on October 15, 2021.[2] It was the final major update for the game and was released alongside the Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise paid DLC.
New features
Additional villagers
The update introduces 16 additional villagers, eight of which are brand new to the series, and eight which are returning from previous games.
New
Returning
Eight villagers return from Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and the Japan-exclusive Doubutsu no Mori e+. Four villagers (marked 
below) initially only appeared in the latter game and have now received localized names for the first time.
The Roost
The Roost café, manned by Brewster, returns as an expanded wing of the museum. Special characters may visit periodically to purchase coffee. An amiibo phone allows amiibo to be scanned to invite characters to The Roost. Occasionally, they may bring other characters with them for their visit.
Mysterious Islands
Several new Mystery Islands are added, differing from the original suite of islands that could be visited. Some have distinct biomes (with unique flora, such as climbable vines and glowing plants) and they can experience a different season or time of day to the player's own island, allowing the player to obtain items and DIY recipes out of season. Kapp'n appears in his boat at the island's pier and will take the players to these islands for 
1,000 Nook Miles once per day.
Harv's Island changes
Harv's Island has been expanded to the north to include a new shopping area, styled as a commune. 100,000 Bells must be raised for each plot to invite special characters to set up a permanent shop:
- Harriet gives the player exclusive haircuts, and will teach them how to create these styles so that the player can subsequently choose them using a mirror.
- Saharah sells wallpaper and flooring.
- Kicks sells shoes and socks.
- Leif sells bushes and flowers.
- Redd sells art and raffle tickets, allowing the player to get various holdable items.
- Cyrus and Reese can redesign furniture that cannot be customized using a DIY workbench.
- Katrina performs fortune readings for the player to determine their luck for the day.
- Tortimer allows the player to access their personal storage unit.
Additionally, all special characters who have an amiibo can now be invited to Photopia.
Home and player improvements
Three new storage upgrades are available, beyond the upgrade to 2,400 items offered in the Ver. 1.6.0 update. The player's total storage capacity can now be subsequently upgraded to 3,200, 4,000, and then finally, 5,000 items. Recipes can now also be placed into storage.
The exterior shape of the player's house can now be customized between 4 different styles, similar to a feature present in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. These styles include the default wood and stone appearance, a log cabin, a rounded stucco design, and a Japanese castle aesthetic. These all match the various stylings of the villager houses present in the game. The costs for customizing and moving houses have been reduced.
Players can now move within the gaps between tightly spaced furniture, allowing for access to places that were previously blocked with this density of furniture placement. A Pro Designer License can be purchased from the Nook Stop, allowing the player to place new ceiling-mounted objects and to create accent walls by selectively applying wallpaper on individual walls. Custom Designs Patterns+ can be purchased with Nook Miles, allowing Sable's themed designs to be worn as clothing or used as patterns for wallpaper and flooring.
Top 4 Fab Hairstyles can be purchased with Nook Miles to unlock 4 new hairstyles. Harriet will unlock a further 7 hairstyles, making for a total of 11 new hairstyle options introduced with the update.
Home improvements not listed here are options available to players who own the Happy Home Paradise DLC, which can eventually be integrated into the player's home once a certain threshold is met. These include partition walls, pillars, polishing, soundscapes, and lighting adjustments.
Island exterior improvements
The total bridge and incline limit for the island is increased from eight to ten. Nine new fences are added and can be crafted, and both new and original fences can now be customized with a range of different colors.
The fences that can be customized include:
A new Storage Shed item allows the player to access their home storage when placed outside, while the ABD allows Bells to be deposited and withdrawn from wherever the item is placed. Ladder Set-Up Kits can be crafted, allowing ladders to be permanently placed for convenient access between different elevations of the island. They come in different styles, such as wood, metal, and rope. The Ladder Set-Up Kit Recipe can be purchased from Nook's Cranny for 
2,000 Bells.
Cooking
A variety of new harvestable flora can be grown, such as Tomatoes, Potatoes, Carrots, Wheat, and Sugarcane. The DIY Recipes+ upgrade can be purchased from the Nook Stop to unlock cooking recipes. Edible food can be crafted with a kitchen item by combining both the new and existing ingredients together.
Cooking recipes can be found in the same ways that crafting recipes are found. Occasionally, villagers can now be found cooking in their houses instead of crafting, and will give the player a cooking recipe when spoken to.
Island life additions
Island Life 101 is a new app for the NookPhone that offers regular tips and guidance about life on the island.
Ordinances, previously featured in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, return and can be enacted to passively affect various things on the island. As in New Leaf, these include Beautiful Island, Early Bird, Night Owl, and Bell Boom.
Group stretching, previously known as morning aerobics, return from Animal Crossing. They can occur outside Resident Services, where the player can participate in aerobic exercises using either button controls or motion controls.
Villagers can now periodically invite the player to visit their house, or may randomly visit the player's house while they are inside of it. When visiting, they may ask to play a new high-low minigame with the player. The villager will pick a card, and the player must guess if the number on the second card will be higher or lower than the first card.
Multiple new activities have been added to the Nook Mileage/Nook Miles+ program.
A new event, Nook Friday, has been added occurring at the end of November. Nook's Cranny has a 30% off sale on everything in the shop. Multiple new Nook Shopping events have been added as well. Additionally, seasonal events can now occur every year instead of requiring an update to be able to experience them in the current year.
The Pro Camera App can be purchased with Nook Miles, allowing the player to walk around with a handheld camera. Other characters will react and pose for pictures. Multiple new reactions have also been added, and can be obtained via New Reactions Notebook, or by completing 50 group stretching sessions:
Posture Warm-Up
Arm Circles
Side Bends
Body Twists
Wide Arm Stretch
Upper-Body Circles
Jump
Double Wave
Stretch
Jammin'
Listening Ears
Say Cheese
Behold
Eager
Flex
Work It
Act Natural
Hula
Other new reactions not listed here are exclusive to the Happy Home Paradise DLC.
Other features
Many new items have been added, with some obtainable from Nook's Cranny and Able Sisters, and others that can be exclusively obtained from the Nook Stop.
Gyroids return from previous games, featuring a smaller design than seen before and the ability to be customized. Gyroid Fragments can be found and buried underground, and when watered they will turn into a gyroid which can be retrieved the next day. As in previous games, gyroids will sync their sound effects in time to any music playing nearby. As in previous games, fully-formed gyroids can be unearthed following rain on the player's island, or on mysterious islands that are experiencing rain.
Posters featuring illustrations of the items in each exhibit from the museum are received from Blathers after their respective exhibit is completed. The posters can be purchased from Blathers after they are first obtained.
Leif now offers a weeding service. For 100,000 Bells Leif will remove all weeds on the player's island and store them in the recycle box in Resident Services.
12 new K.K. Slider songs are added which K.K. can perform during his live show at the weekend. The Music Box item returns from Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a DIY, which allows for gentle variations of K.K. Slider songs to be played from it. The newly added songs include the following:
All special characters from New Leaf that were initially cut from New Horizons return and can be invited to Photopia or The Roost. The following list contains those that have not been mentioned above.
Changed features
Furniture changes
Names
The names of the following items were changed:
- Teacup Ride → Plaza Teacup Ride
- Beige Desert-Tile Wall → Beige Moroccan Wall
- Blue Desert-Tile Wall → Blue Moroccan Wall
- Olive Desert-Tile Wall → Olive Moroccan Wall
- Purple Desert-Tile Wall → Purple Moroccan Wall
- Beige Desert-Tile Flooring → Beige Moroccan Flooring
- Blue Desert-Tile Flooring → Blue Moroccan Flooring
- Olive Desert-Tile Flooring → Olive Moroccan Flooring
- Purple Desert-Tile Flooring → Purple Moroccan Flooring
Variant name changes
- List all furnitures that had their variant name changed
- List all furnitures that had their variant name changed
Several variant names for furnitures have been modified.
Furniture categorization changes
The following furniture items have changed from Miscellaneous to Housewares and can no longer be placed on surfaces.
The following furniture items have changed from Housewares to Miscellaneous and can now be placed on surfaces.
Furniture selection
A new feature has been added to make it easier to search for stored items when using “Sort: Type” in Decorating Mode while in the player's home or other locations. As part of this change, adjustments have also been made to the order in which items are sorted. Additionally, when using the catalog at Photopia, it is now possible to select different variations of an item by using the X Button if the player has obtained different variations of the same item.
Other changes
- Two previously unavailable stationeries – the Fireworks Card and Dawning-Year Card – were made available with a proper name.
- DIY recipes can now be stored in the player's storage.
- Isabelle will now announce which special character is appearing on the player's island in her daily broadcast.
- Celeste can now give the player one of a selection of new DIY recipes.
- Villagers now contribute more Bells to public works than before.
- Villagers now have more variation in their spoken dialogue.
- Villagers can now wear custom designs at Photopia, even if they were not initially wearing them when brought there. However, they cannot wear designs that were transferred from New Leaf or Happy Home Designer.
- The maximum number of designs that can be uploaded to the Custom Designs Portal has been increased to 200.
- When dreaming, it is now possible to search for a destination by island name.
Bug fixes
- An issue where only trash or stones could be obtained from created water features with a certain shape has been fixed.
Promotional images
- NH Nintendo Direct 9.23.2021 Promo Update Annoucement.jpg
Related updates
- The NookLink app was updated on November 4, 2021 with a Your Island Newspaper section, which will detail news from the player's island.
- Series 5 of Animal Crossing amiibo cards were released on November 5, 2021.
Trailer
Notes
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ACWorldBlog/status/1456070639849193472
- ↑ Nintendo (July 27, 2021). "『あつまれ どうぶつの森』無料アップデート（Ver.2.0）配信と、有料追加コンテンツ『あつまれ どうぶつの森 ハッピーホームパラダイス』の発売が11月5日に決定。". topics.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
External links
- "Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct 10.15.2021"
- Japanese announcement article
- Korean announcement article
