Animal Crossing: New Horizons/Update history/1.7.0

The 1.7.0 Free Update was an update for  released on January 28, 2020. The update returned Festivale, alongside its host Pavé. It was announced on January 26, 2020.

Returning features

 * Festivale, and its respective host Pavé return in 1.7.0.
 * In preparation of the event, Nook's Cranny will sell Festivale Series furniture from February 1 to February 15, and Able Sisters will sell, , and.
 * As with, Pavé will ask the player to give him feathers in exchange for Festivale Series furniture. Players can find these feathers in the air in various types—, , , and s. There's also the rare chance to encounter and catch a , though in the chance of being unable to find one, a DIY recipe is provided for the Rainbow Feather.
 * After a while, Pavé will ask the player to catch him three Rainbow Feathers. Once this is accomplish, Pavé will deliver the player a . This can be done over and over again.
 * Feathers can be exchanged to other villagers to obtain other types of feathers that the player may not have.
 * This event is time-locked, and only unlocks on 1.7.0a. However, the ready days from February 1 to February 14 are not.

New features

 * Four new Festivale-themed Reactions—Feelin' It, Let's Go, Viva, and Confetti—are added in 1.6.0, and they can be obtained via . The reaction set is only available from February 1 to February 15 in Nook's Cranny.
 * New Nook Shopping seasonal events include the following events:
 * Big Game Celebration, meant to coincide with the American football event The, is celebrated from January 15 to February 15 with a and a daily rotation of a , , , and.
 * Setsubun, a traditional Japanese event that takes place before the first day of Spring in the old Japanese calendar, is celebrated from January 25 to February 3 with a.
 * Coinciding with the Nook Shopping event, Able Sisters will sell, , and . However, the Able Sisters event can occur any year while the Nook Shopping event is locked for future years.
 * Groundhog Day, a Western event that tells the legend of a special groundhog testing for its own shadow to determine if Spring will happen early, is celebrated from January 25 to February 2 with a, modeled after Mr. Resetti.
 * Valentine's Day, a global holiday on the basis of love, is celebrated from February 1 to February 14 with a and a.
 * To add on to the existing Lunar New Year holiday, a and a  are available to purchase from February 10 to February 17. They coincide with traditional Lunar New Year events in Korea and Asia respectively.

In 1.7.0

 * A previously unavailable item that was added in 1.3.0 but was not implemented due to a bug,, was made available in this update.

Related Updates

 * A re-release of the Sanrio Collaboration Series of amiibo cards (originally released in 2016) was announced alongside the 1.7.0 update. They will return to retailers in Japan, Europe, and North America on March 26, 2021. In North America, they will be exclusive to Target stores and it will be the first time they have been released there.