Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 2.0.5: Full Patch Notes

Nintendo may be done with major Animal Crossing: New Horizons updates, but this doesn’t mean that the game has been completely abandoned, as there are still plenty of issues left to be fixed.

To further improve the experience, Nintendo has launched the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0.5 update. Here are the full patch notes.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 2.0.5: Full Patch Notes

As mentioned above, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is not going to receive new content in the future, so update 2.0.5 only introduces a variety of fixes to improve the experience and make gameplay smoother.

The update fixes plenty of issues not only found in the base game but also in the Happy Home Paradise DLC expansion.

You can find the full patch notes for the latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons update below.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue where the player could not progress through the explanation about Photopia under specific conditions after moving to another island.
• Fixed an issue where the game would not progress after a message was displayed when a conversation had started and a lot of furniture items had been placed on the island.
• Fixed an issue where Luna would repeat the explanation related to the “Search by island name.” option over again.
• Fixed an issue where island residents would wear custom designs as a different pattern type than how the custom design was displayed in the tailor shop.
• Fixed an issue where an island resident visiting a player’s home would remain in the player’s home after the player used the Room Sketch app, the Happy Home Network app, or the Custom Designs Portal during the visit.
• Fixed an issue where a player would use a door decoration when remodeling the home of an island resident, but the door decoration would sometimes be removed when a new day started.
• Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the game play experience.

Fixed Issues related to DLC

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

• Fixed an issue where the player could not progress past the loading screen when trying to revisit a vacation home if the player previously released an ant or fly in the yard of that vacation home while the conditions for ants or flies to appear were not met.
• Fixed an issue where subsequent events would not progress properly if the player closed the software during a specific point while working on a facility.
• Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the game play experience.

How to Update Animal Crossing: New Horizons

If you have Animal Crossing: New Horizons installed on your Nintendo Switch console, the game will be updated automatically with the console in sleep mode if you have automatic updates turned on. The same will happen if you own a physical copy of the game and have it inserted into your console.

In case the game doesn’t update automatically, all you need to do to download and install the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1.0.5 update is either start the game with the console connected to the internet or highlight the game, press the + button and then pick the Software Update option.