Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 3.0.2 Released

In honor of its Animal Crossing series‘ 25th anniversary, Nintendo has a special treat for fans checking into Animal Crossing: New Horizons: a commemorative leaf ornament.

To grab it, update to the latest version — 3.0.2, which is live now — and check your mailbox.

The update also addresses a number of problems, including an issue where items could pop out of a rock before the shovel made contact with it, where villager guests appear in “unnatural” locations inside the house (nope, I don’t know what that means, either), plus bugs with crafting, custom designs and, uh, the bugs themselves!

The full patch notes, courtesy of the Nintendo website, are below.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 3.0.2 patch notes:

The following updates have been made when playing the game on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch:

General updates

• A commemorative item for the 25th anniversary of the Animal Crossing series has been added. Please check the in-game mailbox to receive it.
• Fixed an issue in hotel guest rooms where furniture placement or guest behavior could prevent exiting the room.
• Fixed an issue where crafting multiple items at once using a DIY recipe requiring six types of materials could sometimes be completed even without sufficient materials.
• Fixed an issue where a dung beetle appearing on a snowball could remain on-screen after the snowball disappeared.
• Fixed an issue where items could pop out of a rock before the shovel made contact when hitting it.
  • This issue was addressed in Ver. 3.0.1, but could still occur under certain conditions, so it has been fixed again.
• Fixed an issue where bringing custom designs created by the player to a Slumber Island could prevent them from being displayed at Able Sisters or uploaded to the Custom Design Portal.
• Fixed an issue where glowing spots on the island would not appear lit when viewing the island from the plane while returning from another island.
• Fixed an issue where villagers who had promised to visit the player’s home could sometimes appear in unnatural locations inside the house.
• Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the game play experience.

Changes to DLC

The following issues related to the paid DLC “Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise” have been fixed.

• Fixed an issue where animals requesting vacation homes would stop appearing on the beach even when some animals still do not have vacation homes.

Image credit: Nintendo.

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