Animal Crossing 3.0 Update: All New Features & Changes

The big new update from Animal Crossing: New Horizons is here and adds more new features than was originally announced.

Version 3.0.0 is a free update – independent of the paid Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade – that adds numerous new features to both the Switch and Switch 2 versions of the game. However, the update’s patch notes reveal that version 3.0.0 also includes a number of new quality additions beyond what was previously announced by Nintendo.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0.0

• The previously announced new content and features have been added
• It is now possible to craft up to 10 items at the same time if we have enough materials
• Items stored in our home storage can now be used as DIY materials
• But this only works on our own island – not when we are visiting elsewhere
• The DIY Recipes app now includes a page where we see hotel DIY requests and items requested by Tom Nook
• Articles created by linking to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp received can now always be ordered from Nook Shopping
• Super Mario Bros. items can now be ordered from Nook Shopping without being linked to a Nintendo Account
• When we are on an outdoor island, we can walk sideways by holding the L button
• If we change the island tune, Melinda will now suggest recommended tunes, including the original island tune
• If we change the island flag, we can now revert it back to the original design from when the island was created
• We can now purchase up to 50 customization kits at once
• Several items, including snowflakes, are now available for sale at the drop box
• We get a pearl every time we give Pascal a scallop
• We can now ask Gerd to remove weeds if there are 30 or more weeds on the island
• The fee for asking to pull weeds has been reduced
• New tips have been added to the smartphone app on the Nook Phone
• In addition to the new features, additional Nook Miles tasks have been added
• The order of some collaboration items has been updated in the photo studio and hotel decoration catalogs
• Other adjustments and fixes have been made to improve the gaming experience
• Switch 2 – Fixed an issue where the Nook Shopping startup sound was not playing correctly on the smartphone
• NookLink – New articles added to the island newspaper
• The catalog now supports new items added in version

There are already the first videos showing the comparison between the Nintendo Switch 2 version and the original. Here we have one for you!