{"id":44442,"date":"2026-04-14T19:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44442"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:12:39","slug":"new-horizons-update-3-0-2-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44442","title":{"rendered":"New Horizons Update 3.0.2 Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/04\/14\/ade3ba7b18ba4d3392e088da4e2deec3-1776160308617.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In honor of its <u>Animal Crossing series<\/u>&#8216; 25th anniversary, Nintendo has a special treat for fans checking into <u>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/u>: a commemorative leaf ornament.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">To grab it, update to the latest version \u2014 3.0.2, which is live now \u2014 and check your mailbox. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">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 &#8220;unnatural&#8221; locations inside the house (nope, I don&#8217;t know what that means, either), plus bugs with crafting, custom designs and, uh, the bugs themselves! <\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The full patch notes, courtesy of the Nintendo website, are below.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"title2\" class=\"title2 jsx-1903782357 jsx-3735650234\">Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 3.0.2 patch notes:<\/h2>\n<p><em>The following updates have been made when playing the game on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch:<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>General updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>A commemorative item for the 25th anniversary of the Animal Crossing series has been added. Please check the in-game mailbox to receive it.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue in hotel guest rooms where furniture placement or guest behavior could prevent exiting the room.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where a dung beetle appearing on a snowball could remain on-screen after the snowball disappeared.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where items could pop out of a rock before the shovel made contact when hitting it.\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>This issue was addressed in Ver. 3.0.1, but could still occur under certain conditions, so it has been fixed again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed an issue where villagers who had promised to visit the player\u2019s home could sometimes appear in unnatural locations inside the house.<\/li>\n<li>Other adjustments and corrections were made to improve the game play experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><strong>Changes to DLC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The following issues related to the paid DLC \u201cAnimal Crossing: New Horizons \u2013 Happy Home Paradise\u201d have been fixed.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list jsx-4224303756\" data-cy=\"list\">\n<li>Fixed an issue where animals requesting vacation homes would stop appearing on the beach even when some animals still do not have vacation homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Image credit: Nintendo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world&#8217;s biggest gaming sites and publications. She&#8217;s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at <\/em><em>BlueSky<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/animal-crossing-new-horizons-update-302-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of its Animal Crossing series&#8216; 25th anniversary, Nintendo has a special treat for fans checking into Animal Crossing: New Horizons: a commemorative leaf&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20529,7880,4515,2622],"class_list":["post-44442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-3-0-2","tag-horizons","tag-released","tag-update","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}