What’s Changed In Animal Crossing: New Horizons February 2022 Update (Version 2.0.5 Patch Notes)

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A new update has been released for Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) tonight by Nintendo with Version 2.0.5 now available to download.

Following up on the previous Version 2.0.4 Update released back in December, today’s Version 2.0.5 patch fixes even more glitches and problems found in the game since Version 2.0 launched!

These fixed issues most notably are two rare glitches that could stop players from progressing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons at Photopia after moving to a different island or when starting a conversation after having too many placed furniture items on their island.

Other problems fixed by Nintendo include Luna repeating Dream Island explanations, villagers wearing Custom Design patterns incorrectly, villagers getting stuck in a player’s house when using certain features, and house door decorations being removed automatically due to an error.

In regard to the Happy Home Paradise DLC expansion, another two issues were fixed that both caused problems with progression through the expansion’s content including when closing the game at the wrong time while working at a facility or releasing an ant into a villager’s vacation yard. Sounds like a fun bug to track down…

However, there doesn’t appear to be any new content included in the update such as new items, at least according to the official patch notes. This is in line with our expectations for all future updates given that Nintendo has previously confirmed that major new content will no longer be released for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Though, it is worth noting that the previous Version 2.0.4 Update did feature two unexpected content changes regarding Gyroid Fragments and Zodiac Figurines. This article will be updated if any notable new changes outside of bug fixes happen to be discovered by ourselves or other players after publication.

Here’s the full official patch notes for Version 2.0.5 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons released on February 15th, 2022 in English from Nintendo below:

Official Patch Notes For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 2.0.5 (English)

Ver. 2.0.5 (Released February 15, 2022)

If the version notation on the upper right of the software title screen is “Ver. 2.0.5”, it has been updated.

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.

Please note that you will need to be updated to Version 2.0.5 to play online multiplayer with other players and access other network features going forward after this update. Local multiplayer can only be played with others on the same version of the game as you.

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Your copy of the game should update automatically for you, but if for some reason it doesn’t, you can manually trigger the update by pressing the + button on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons home screen icon, selecting Software Update, and hitting Via the Internet.

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