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Wedding Season Event 2023: How To Get Heart Crystals & Every Wedding Item

Wedding Season is a limited-time holiday event in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) taking place throughout the month of June! Learn how to get the most Heart Crystals and all of the Wedding Furniture items in this guide.

This event was implemented for 2022 and future years with the major Version 2.0 Update released in November 2021, so you’ll need to have updated your copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to experience the event after 2021.

Wedding Season Event Start Date & Time

The Wedding Season event in Animal Crossing: New Horizons starts on June 1st running for the entire month of June until June 30th during every year in both Northern and Southern Hemisphere! This includes 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and beyond.

Note that older versions of Animal Crossing: New Horizons may not feature Wedding Season in a given year — you must be updated to Version 2.0 or later for the event to be available every year.

How To Play Wedding Season Event

When the Wedding Season event begins on your island, there will be a morning announcement from Isabelle sharing how she can feel love in the air marking the beginning of wedding season! According to her, anyone who is married in June will be blessed with a lifetime of happiness.

After the morning announcements, you’ll receive a phone call from Harvey on your NookPhone when leaving your house! He’ll fill you in on the Wedding Season activities happening on his Photopia island where Reese and Cyrus can be found.

To visit Harvey’s island with Reese & Cyrus, head to your Airport in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and speak to Orville at the counter. Just tell him that you want to fly and select the ‘Visit Harv’s Island’ option.

When you arrive on the island, you’ll meet Harvey conversing with the special guests of Wedding Season — Reese and Cyrus! They’re celebrating their wedding anniversary in June and need your help decorating for their photos.

After you meet them for the first time, Harvey will take you into his Wedding Picture Studio, which is unfortunately rather empty. That’s where you come in to help decorate it for the lovebirds using a brand new set of Wedding Season furniture!

When you’re visiting Harvey’s Island on subsequent days during June, make sure to talk to him outside the studio each day to enter the Wedding Picture Studio. If you just walk straight in, you’ll end up in the regular non-event version.

How To Decorate Photo Shoots For Reese & Cyrus

Once you’re inside of Harvey’s Wedding Picture Studio, speak with Reese to find out exactly what kind of photo shoot you’ll be taking for the couple today. The first time you play this event, you’ll be asked to decorate the studio with a Ceremony theme using White and Pink items, but this can change on subsequent days.

To get started with decorating, press the Down Button on the D-Pad to enter designer mode, and then press the Right Button to access your available items to begin decorating for Reese & Cyrus! You’ll want to focus on including the special Wedding Season items found under the Event tab, but you can add other regular items from your catalog too.

It’s worth noting that you can easily adjust the variation of any customizable item while inside of Harvey’s studio by pressing the X button either on a placed item, or when inside of the catalog menu. Almost every piece of Wedding Season furniture has multiple customization options that you can use later on in the event.

When you’ve finished decorating the wedding studio with all the items you want, press the ZL Button to open the Camera, then press the + Button to take your wedding anniversary photo of Reese & Cyrus! It doesn’t matter what’s actually in your photo though, it can be taken anywhere.

After you’ve taken a photo with the Camera app, speak to Reese and show off your photo! Keep in mind that if you took multiple photos only the very last one you captured will be used. Reese will let you know what she thinks of your photo and decorations, then reward you with some valuable Heart Crystals  !

If it’s your first time doing a photo shoot for Reese & Cyrus during the Wedding Season event, you’ll also receive the Wedding Bench item from Reese for free as a reward. Other items are given for free when completing later photo shoots, like the Wedding Table and Reese & Cyrus Photo Plate.

How To Get Heart Crystals

Each time you complete a Photo Shoot for Reese & Cyrus inside of Harvey’s Studio, you’ll receive some Heart Crystal event crafting material from Reese! Throughout the month of June while the Wedding Season event is taking place, you can take a new photo shoot with Reese & Cyrus every single day to win more Heart Crystals  and get more special items.

If you don’t have room to fit Heart Crystals in your inventory, don’t worry as they’ll be sent to your mailbox at home instead. Be sure to check there if you’re missing some crystals you worked hard for and can’t find!

Minimum & Maximum Possible Amount of Daily Heart Crystals

There are essentially two parts to the Wedding Season event — the first six days of photo shoots where you start off with limited items, and the remaining days of the month afterwards where customizations are unlocked.

During your first six days of Wedding Season photo shoots, you can get a minimum of 4 Heart Crystals and a maximum of 14 Heart Crystals  from Reese daily.

Later after you’ve completed the party photo shoot and unlocked all items, the maximum amount per day increases to 18 Heart Crystals  from Day 7 on!

Best Decorating Strategy To Get Most Heart Crystals

If you’re looking to maximize the amount of Heart Crystals you can get each day with ease, we’re unfortunately going to have to shatter the illusion — the formula is very simple.

Reese & Cyrus don’t use any sort of complicated algorithm to determine your prize, it’s as simple as placing a lot of Wedding Season items in the studio! There’s actually no need to be diverse either, you can simply spam the same item repeatedly if you wish.

Of course, this isn’t exactly the most fun ways to play the event and likely not what the developers intended. If you enjoy decorating and playing with furniture, there’s no reason you can’t go about the event as you wish — just keep in mind you may not receive the maximum amount of Heart Crystals .

The easiest way to maximize your Heart Crystals is to simply place one item and replicate as many as you can possibly fit in the room, with the benefit maxing out at around 25 items. The Wedding Decoration item is ideal for this initially because it can be placed on walls where there is ample space on all sides. You can also use a one-tile floor item like the Wedding Flower Stand when unlocked.

Follow The Daily Theme From Reese

However, after you unlock the customization versions of Wedding items on the 7th day, you do need to ensure you follow the correct item theme.

To do this, you’ll need to make use of the Wedding Furniture variations. You can change the variation or customization of an item inside the studio by simply pressing the X button with your cursor over an item to bring up the variation menu.

Cute Set – Pink, White

When Reese asks for the Cute Set Theme, you don’t need to make any variation changes — just use the defaults!

Chic Set – Brown, Beige, Black

When Reese asks for the Chic Set Theme, customize all of your Wedding items with the X button to the Chic variation to get the optimal score! For the Wedding Pipe Organ item, use the Dark Brown variation.

Garden Set – Green, Yellow, Brown

When Reese asks for the Garden Set Theme, customize all of your Wedding items with the X button to the Garden variation to get the optimal score! For the Wedding Pipe Organ item, use the Natural variation.

How To Get Wedding Season Furniture & Items

You can get event exclusive Wedding Season items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons during June by exchanging Heart Crystals to Cyrus and completing enough Photo Shoots.

Additionally, new items were introduced starting in 2021 that can be purchased directly from Nook Shopping and Able Sisters — see a full list of them later in this section.

Exchange Heart Crystals For Wedding Items From Cyrus

The main way to get new Wedding Season items during the event is to spend Heart Crystals by talking to Cyrus in the Wedding Photo Studio! He sells 26 different Wedding themed items including furniture, flooring, wallpaper, rugs, and clothing for various prices.

However, it’s worth noting that the selection available at Cyrus’ shop starts off rather small with only 5 items for sale. He’ll expand his selection of purchasable items with Heart Crystals as you complete more Photo Shoots for him and Reese.

When you trade your Heart Crystals in for items from Cyrus, they’ll be delivered to you in your mailbox later, so don’t expect to find them in your inventory. Additionally, there is an order limit of 8 items at a time before Cyrus will stop taking orders.

The table below covers all of the different wedding themed items you can purchase and exchange from Cyrus during the limited-time Wedding Season event! You can easily filter the table using the Search field, or sort by Heart Crystal Cost and Photo Shoots Unlock.

Looking for the different color variations of items? Keep reading to find the variations for every Wedding Season item in our complete item list later in this guide.

PS Unlock = The number of daily Photo Shoots you must complete with Reese & Cyrus at Harvey’s Island to unlock an item for sale.

Item CostPS Unlock
Blue Wedding Rug4 1
Wedding Bench5 1
Wedding Decoration3 1
White Wedding Flooring12 1
White Wedding Wall12 1
Wedding Chair3 2
Wedding Table6 2
Wedding-Party Wall12 2
Wedding Candle Set4 3
Wedding Flower Stand4 3
Wedding Cake5 4
Wedding Head Table6 4
Wedding Pipe Organ40 5
Wedding Arch20 6
Wedding Welcome Board5 6
Bridal Veil12 7
Brown Wedding Flooring12 7
Brown Wedding Wall12 7
Cake Dress20 7
Green Wedding Flooring12 7
Green Wedding Wall12 7
Red Wedding Rug4 7
Wedding Pumps6 7
Wedding Shoes6 7
Wedding Tuxedo20 7
White Wedding Rug4 7

Unlock Wedding Items By Completing Photo Shoots

There are three more Wedding Season items that can only be unlocked by completing enough Photo Shoots and are not exchanged using Heart Crystals.

ItemHow To Unlock
Reese & Cyrus Photo PlateGiven By Reese After 6th Day
Wedding Fence
(DIY Recipe)
Recipe Given By Harvey Before 7th Day
Craft With 5 Iron Nuggets & 3 Softwood
Wedding WandGiven By Cyrus After 7th Day

Purchase Wedding Items At Nook Shopping & Able Sisters

Newly added for the 2021 and beyond versions of Wedding Season, you can find 7 brand new items during June in the Special Goods section of Nook Shopping and at the Able Sisters shop!

ItemHow To Buy
Nuptial BellNook Shopping
(3 Variations)
Nuptial DoorplateNook Shopping
(3 Variations)
Nuptial Ring PillowNook Shopping
(3 Variations)
Flower-Petal BasketNook Shopping
ShiromukuAble Sisters
White Hakama With CrestAble Sisters
TsunokakushiAble Sisters

How Many Heart Crystals Do You Need For Every Item?

If you want to buy one of every unique wedding themed item available from Cyrus during the Wedding Season event, you’ll need to earn and spend at least 261 Heart Crystals . However, some items such as the Wedding Bench are given once for free by Reese when completing Photo Shoots.

Not everyone may want to get every item though, so what if you only get the furniture items and skip out on the clothing? You’ll only need about 197 Heart Crystals then, or 101 if you exclude the wallpapers, floorings, and rugs too.

However, one curve ball to keep in mind is that many of the Wedding Season items have excellent variations, so you might want multiples of furniture so you can display variations at the same time. You’ll need 303 Heart Crystals to get all of the customizable furniture three times, not including any other items.

How Many Heart Crystals Can You Get During Wedding Season?

Our research indicates that you can receive up to 14 Heart Crystals per photo shoot in the first 6 days, and up to 18 Heart Crystals during the rest of Wedding Season. You can do a photo shoot once per day throughout June.

With 30 days in June, that means you could possibly earn as many as 516 Heart Crystals if you completed a photo shoot with a maximum score every single day of the event.

Wedding Season Furniture & Items List With Variations

While the tables in the sections above can help you see every type of item and how to unlock each item at a quick glance, you can find a more complete listing of every Wedding Season event item reward in Animal Crossing: New Horizons below including every variation available.

Wedding Arch

The Wedding Arch can be purchased from Cyrus for 20 Heart Crystals after completing at least 6 Photo Shoots. Reese will also give you a free one when you complete the 6th Photo Shoot for them. It can be sold for 5,000 Bells  at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Arch into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Bench

The Wedding Bench can be purchased from Cyrus for 5 Heart Crystals after completing at least 1 Photo Shoot. Reese will also give you a free one when you complete your first Photo Shoot for them. It can be sold for 875 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Bench into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Cake

The Wedding Cake can be purchased from Cyrus for 5 Heart Crystals after completing at least 4 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 1,000 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Cake into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Candle Set

The Wedding Candle Set can be purchased from Cyrus for 4 Heart Crystals after completing at least 3 Photo Shoots. It sells for 300 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Candle Set into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Chair

The Wedding Chair can be purchased from Cyrus for 3 Heart Crystals after completing at least 2 Photo Shoots. It sells for 500 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Chair into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Decoration

The Wedding Decoration can be purchased from Cyrus for 3 Heart Crystals after completing at least 1 Photo Shoot. It can be wall-mounted and sells for 250 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Decoration into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Flower Stand

The Wedding Flower Stand can be purchased from Cyrus for 4 Heart Crystals after completing at least 3 Photo Shoots. Reese will also give you a free oe when you complete the 3rd Photo Shoot for them.  It can be sold for 1,000 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Flower Stand into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Head Table

The Wedding Head Table can be purchased from Cyrus for 6 Heart Crystals after completing at least 4 Photo Shoots. Reese will also give you a free one when you complete the 4th Photo Shoot for them. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Head Table into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Pipe Organ

The Wedding Pipe Organ can be purchased from Cyrus for 40 Heart Crystals after completing at least 5 Photo Shoots. Reese will also give you a free one when you complete the 5th Photo Shoot for them. It can be sold for 25,000 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Pipe Organ into the White, Dark Brown, and Natural variations shown below:

Wedding Table

The Wedding Table can be purchased from Cyrus for 6 Heart Crystals after completing at least 2 Photo Shoots. Reese will also give you a free one when you complete the second Photo Shoot for them. It can be sold for 1,500 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Table into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below:

Wedding Welcome Board

The Wedding Welcome Board can be purchased from Cyrus for 5 Heart Crystals after completing at least 6 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 375 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

You can customize the Wedding Welcome Board into the Cute, Chic, and Garden variations shown below. In addition, the design on the board can be customized between Welcome, Reese & Cyrus, or a custom design pattern.

Reese & Cyrus Photo Plate

The Reese & Cyrus Photo Plate will be given to you by Reese as a reward after completing 6 daily Photo Shoots during Wedding Season. It can be sold for 100 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Brown Wedding Flooring

The Brown Wedding Flooring can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Green Wedding Flooring

The Green Wedding Flooring can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

White Wedding Flooring

The White Wedding Flooring can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 1 Photo Shoot. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Blue Wedding Rug

The Blue Wedding Rug can be purchased from Cyrus for 4 Heart Crystals after completing at least 1 Photo Shoot. It can be sold for 375 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Red Wedding Rug

The Red Wedding Rug can be purchased from Cyrus for 4 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 375 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

White Wedding Rug

The White Wedding Rug can be purchased from Cyrus for 4 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 375 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Brown Wedding Wall

The Brown Wedding Wall can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Green Wedding Wall

The Green Wedding Wall can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Wedding-Party Wall

The Wedding-Party Wall can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 2 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 375 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

White Wedding Wall

The White Wedding Wall can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 1 Photo Shoot. It can be sold for 437 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Bridal Veil

The Bridal Veil can be purchased from Cyrus for 12 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 1150 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Cake Dress

The Cake Dress can be purchased from Cyrus for 20 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 5000 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Wedding Pumps

The Cake Dress can be purchased from Cyrus for 6 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Wedding Shoes

The Cake Dress can be purchased from Cyrus for 6 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 750 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Wedding Tuxedo

The Cake Dress can be purchased from Cyrus for 20 Heart Crystals after completing at least 7 Photo Shoots. It can be sold for 3000 Bells at Nook’s Cranny.

Wedding Fence

The Wedding Fence DIY Crafting Recipe will be given to you by Harvey as a reward before completing the 7th daily Photo Shoot during Wedding Season.

How To Craft Wedding Fence

The following materials are required to craft the Wedding Fence — you will get 10 pieces:

  • 5 Iron Nugget
  • 3 Softwood

Wedding Wand

The Wedding Wand DIY Crafting Recipe will be given to you by Cyrus as a reward after completing 7 daily Photo Shoots during Wedding Season.

How To Craft Wedding Wand

The following materials are required to craft the Wedding Wand:

  • 1 Wedding Flower Stand
  • 3 Star Fragment

Nuptial Bell

The Nuptial Bell can be purchased from Nook Shopping’s Special Goods section during Wedding Season for 4,5o0 Bells . Three different variations of White, Dark Brown, and Natural rotate through Nook Shopping:

Nuptial Doorplate

The Nuptial Doorplate can be purchased from Nook Shopping’s Special Goods section during Wedding Season for 1,400 Bells . Three different variations of White, Dark Brown, and Natural rotate through Nook Shopping, plus the Welcome color can be customized yourself:

Nuptial Ring Pillow

The Nuptial Ring Pillow can be purchased from Nook Shopping’s Special Goods section during Wedding Season for 2,200 Bells . Three different variations of White, Dark Brown, and Natural rotate through Nook Shopping:

Flower-Petal Basket

The Flower-Petal Basket can be purchased from Nook Shopping’s Special Goods section during Wedding Season for 1,200 Bells . It can be held in your hand and used to toss flower petals in the air with a sound effect.

Shiromuku

The Shiromuku clothing item can be purchased from the Able Sisters during Wedding Season.

White Hakama With Crest

The White Hakama With Crest clothing item can be purchased from the Able Sisters during Wedding Season.

Tsunokakushi

The Tsunokakushi clothing item can be purchased from the Able Sisters during Wedding Season.


Please let us know in the comments below if you’ve discovered anything not covered or incorrect in our guide and help us improve it for everyone!

Special thanks to Alexis#8717 for datamined information, Cara & Kokoro for unlock information, and AbdallahSmash for some decorating strategy used in this guide.

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