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Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 1.7.0 was an update released on January 28, 2021. The update added Festivale, alongside its host, Pavé. It was announced on January 26, 2021.^[1] Players who downloaded this update would receive maracas as a gift.

New features[edit]

Events and holidays[edit]

Festivale[edit]

Pavé preparing to dance for the player.

Festivale, and its host Pavé, return in 1.7.0. In preparation of the event, Nook's Cranny will sell Festivale Series furniture from February 1 to February 15, and Able Sisters will sell Festivale tank dress, Festivale costume, and Festivale accessory. In addition, four new Festivale-themed Reactions—Feelin' It, Let's Go, Viva, and Confetti—are added in 1.7.0, and they can be obtained via Viva Festivale Reaction Set. The reaction set is only available from February 1 to February 15 in Nook's Cranny.

On the day of the event itself, feathers will be floating around the town, and the player will need to catch them with a net. Pavé will ask the player to collect three feathers for him in exchange for furniture in the Festivale Series, customized to match whatever feather colors the player gives him. After nine feathers exchanges, Pavé will task the player to give him three rainbow feathers for a Festivale float. Villagers will also wander around the town and will exchange feathers with the player. The costume color that the villager wears will indicate what feather color they will give to the player.

Festivale itself is time-locked, and only unlocks on 1.7.xa.

Setsubun[edit]

Four villagers celebrating Setsubun.

Setsubun, a traditional Japanese event that takes place before the first day of Spring in the old Japanese calendar, makes its return in 1.7.0, and is now celebrated internationally for the first time in the event's history.

Setsubun is celebrated in two parts. The first is a Nook Shopping seasonal event that runs from January 25 to February 3 with the sale of a bean-tossing kit. The second is an Able Sisters event, where they will sell the horned-ogre mask, okame mask, and ogre costume. The Able Sisters event can occur on any year while the Nook Shopping event is locked for future and past years.

Valentine's Day[edit]

A villager receiving a Heart-Shaped Bouquet as a gift.

Valentine's Day makes it return in 1.7.0. During the event, villagers with higher friendships with the player and Isabelle will deliver mail to the player with either a chocolate heart and a heart-shaped bouquet. These items can also be brought during the Nook Shopping seasonal event that runs from February 1 to February 14.

This event is time-locked, and only unlocks on 1.7.xa.

Nook Shopping seasonal events[edit]

Several villagers sporting Megaphones.

Other new Nook Shopping seasonal events include the following events:

Big Game Celebration, meant to coincide with the American football event The Super Bowl, is celebrated from January 15 to February 15 with a football rug and a daily rotation of a fiery, football, glittery, or starry cheer megaphone.
Groundhog Day, a Western event that tells the legend of a special groundhog testing for its own shadow to determine if spring will happen early, is celebrated from January 25 to February 2 with a Resetti model, modeled after Mr. Resetti.
To add on to the existing Lunar New Year holiday, a bokjumeoni lucky pouch and a lucky red envelope are available to purchase from February 10 to February 17. They coincide with traditional Lunar New Year events in Korea and Asia respectively.

Items added in 1.7.0[edit]

1.7.0 items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Type	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
Chocolate heart	Furniture	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping Any villager
Festivale balloon lamp	Furniture	4,000 Bells	1,000 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale confetti machine	Furniture	5,000 Bells	1,250 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale drum	Furniture	2,100 Bells	525 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale flag	Furniture	1,300 Bells	325 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale float	Furniture	Not for sale	20,000 Bells	Pavé
Festivale garland	Furniture	4,000 Bells	1,000 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale lamp	Furniture	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale parasol	Furniture	2,500 Bells	625 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale stage	Furniture	6,000 Bells	1,500 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Festivale stall	Furniture	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook's Cranny Pavé
Heart-shaped bouquet	Furniture	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping Any villager
Lunar New Year decoration	Furniture	2,000 Bells	500 Bells	Nook Shopping
Resetti model	Furniture	2,200 Bells	200 Bells	Nook Shopping
Festivale accessory	Clothing	2,240 Bells	560 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Festivale costume	Clothing	2,600 Bells	650 Bells	Able Sisters
Festivale tank dress	Clothing	2,600 Bells	650 Bells	Able Sisters
Horned-ogre mask	Clothing	1,120 Bells	280 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Ogre costume	Clothing	1,600 Bells	400 Bells	Able Sisters
Okame mask	Clothing	1,120 Bells	280 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Football rug	Interior	2,000 Bells	500 Bells	Nook Shopping
Bean-tossing kit	Tool	800 Bells	200 Bells	Nook Shopping
Fiery cheer megaphone	Tool	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Football cheer megaphone	Tool	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Glittery cheer megaphone	Tool	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Maracas	Tool	2,000 Bells	500 Bells	Nook Shopping Nintendo
Starry cheer megaphone	Tool	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Blue feather	Material	Not for sale	200 Bells	Catching Any villager
Green feather	Material	Not for sale	200 Bells	Catching Any villager
Purple feather	Material	Not for sale	200 Bells	Catching Any villager
Red feather	Material	Not for sale	200 Bells	Catching Any villager
Mermaid fence	Fence	Not for sale	1,310 Bells	Crafting
Bokjumeoni lucky pouch	Others	500 Bells	125 Bells	Nook Shopping
Lucky money	Others	Not for sale	Cannot be sold	Lucky red envelope
Lucky red envelope	Others	500 Bells	125 Bells	Nook Shopping
Rainbow feather	Others	Not for sale	1,600 Bells	Crafting Catching
Sebaetdon	Others	Not for sale	Cannot be sold	Bokjumeoni lucky pouch
Viva Festivale Reaction Set	Others	23,760 Bells	Cannot be sold	Nook's Cranny

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Changed features[edit]

The world map had its icons changed to remove the shading from the lower half of the images:

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(Atlantic Ocean)

Kyle had his icon changed to add his missing left eyebrow:

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Hand-gifted clothing items (except for wet suits) can now be stored inside a villager's house, meaning that shoes can now be placed inside a villager's house, and clothing items can now be placed on the surfaces of table items.
The spawning conditions for snowballs have become less strict.

Bug fixes[edit]

A previously unavailable item that was added in 1.3.0 but was not implemented due to a bug, mermaid fence, was made available in this update.^[2]
An issue from version 1.6.0 where move-out bubbles would fail to appear before Project KK is completed was fixed.
An issue where villagers would not hang wreaths on their door regardless if they're in season or not was fixed.
An issue where Celeste would not appear on Sundays was fixed.

Promotional images[edit]

Related updates[edit]

A re-release of the Sanrio Collaboration Series of amiibo cards (originally released in 2016) was announced alongside the 1.7.0 update. They returned to retailers in Japan, Europe, and North America on March 26, 2021. In North America, they are exclusive to Target stores and it is the first time they have been released there.^[3]^[4]^[5]