Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 1.8.0 – Free Update

1.7.0

1.9.0

Update history
← 1.7.0	→ 1.9.0

Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 1.8.0 was an update released on February 25, 2021. It added Super Mario-themed items as part of the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary celebration. The update was announced in a Nintendo Direct on February 17, 2021.^[1] Prior to its full announcement, an update featuring Super Mario-themed items was teased in September 2020 in the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct and in January 2021 in the announcement trailer for the 1.7.0 Free Update, both with a planned release date of March 2021.^[2]^[3] Players who downloaded this update would receive a mushroom mural as a gift.

New features[edit]

The player dressed as Mario.

Several Super Mario-themed furniture, clothing, and interior items are added in 1.8.0. The items are time-locked and were unlocked in version 1.8.0a on March 1, 2021.
New Nook Shopping seasonal events include the following events:

Hinamatsuri, which commemorates the Heian period of Japan, is celebrated from February 25 to March 3 with the blossom lantern and hinaningyo, with the item selection rotating daily.
π Day, a celebration of the first three digits of the number π (3.14) matching with the date (3/14), is celebrated from March 1 to 14 with a π pie.
Shamrock Day, meant to coincide with St. Patrick's Day, is celebrated from March 10 to 17 with the shamrock doorplate, shamrock rug, and shamrock soda.
- To celebrate Shamrock Day, the Able Sisters sells the shamrock hat, shamrock sunglasses, shamrock suit, and shamrock shoes. These items are not time-locked.
- In addition, from March 10 to March 17, the player can receive the DIY recipe for the shamrock wand from balloons. Like the Nook Shopping event, the recipe is time-locked.

Items added in 1.8.0[edit]

1.8.0 items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Item	Type	Buy price	Sell price	Available from
1-Up Mushroom	Furniture	2,000 Bells	500 Bells	Nook Shopping
? Block	Furniture	1,350 Bells	337 Bells	Nook Shopping
Block	Furniture	1,000 Bells	250 Bells	Nook Shopping
Blossom lantern	Furniture	2,400 Bells	600 Bells	Nook Shopping
Coin	Furniture	350 Bells	87 Bells	Nook Shopping
Fire Flower	Furniture	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Floating block	Furniture	1,000 Bells	250 Bells	Nook Shopping
Goal Pole	Furniture	3,500 Bells	876 Bells	Nook Shopping
Hinaningyo	Furniture	2,560 Bells	640 Bells	Nook Shopping
Large Mushroom Platform	Furniture	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook Shopping
Pipe	Furniture	5,000 Bells	875 Bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock doorplate	Furniture	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping
Shell	Furniture	700 Bells	175 Bells	Nook Shopping
Small Mushroom Platform	Furniture	1,000 Bells	250 Bells	Nook Shopping
Super Mushroom	Furniture	1,350 Bells	337 Bells	Nook Shopping
Super Star	Furniture	2,000 Bells	500 Bells	Nook Shopping
Thwomp	Furniture	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook Shopping
π pie	Furniture	314 Bells	78 Bells	Nook Shopping
Luigi 'stache	Clothing	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping
Luigi hat	Clothing	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Luigi outfit	Clothing	2,400 Bells	600 Bells	Nook Shopping
Luigi shoes	Clothing	1,400 Bells	350 Bells	Nook Shopping
Mario 'stache	Clothing	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping
Mario hat	Clothing	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Mario outfit	Clothing	2,400 Bells	600 Bells	Nook Shopping
Mario shoes	Clothing	1,400 Bells	350 Bells	Nook Shopping
Princess Peach crown	Clothing	12,000 Bells	3,000 Bells	Nook Shopping
Princess Peach dress	Clothing	6,000 Bells	1,500 Bells	Nook Shopping
Princess Peach shoes	Clothing	2,400 Bells	600 Bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock hat	Clothing	1,320 Bells	330 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Shamrock shoes	Clothing	1,680 Bells	420 Bells	Able Sisters
Shamrock suit	Clothing	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Able Sisters
Shamrock sunglasses	Clothing	1,100 Bells	275 Bells	Able Sisters Apparel shop
Wario 'stache	Clothing	1,200 Bells	300 Bells	Nook Shopping
Wario hat	Clothing	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Wario outfit	Clothing	2,400 Bells	600 Bells	Nook Shopping
Wario shoes	Clothing	1,400 Bells	350 Bells	Nook Shopping
Block flooring	Interior	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook Shopping
Lakitu's Cloud rug	Interior	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Mushroom mural	Interior	3,000 Bells	750 Bells	Nook Shopping Nintendo
Shamrock rug	Interior	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Yoshi's Egg rug	Interior	1,500 Bells	375 Bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock soda	Tool	1,000 Bells	250 Bells	Nook Shopping
Shamrock wand	Tool	Not for sale	1,560 Bells	Crafting

Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei, dodocodes.com, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.

Changed features[edit]

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp promotional items now appear in the catalog.
The colors of some variations of the following items were changed:

Crest doorplate's Colorful variant now has Colorful/White as its furniture color. Previously, the Colorful variant featured no colors.
Diner counter chair's Aquamarine and Cream variants now has Gray/Green and Gray/Beige as its furniture color respectively. Previously, the Aquamarine and Cream variants had its furniture color as Gray/Aqua and Gray/White respecitvely.
Diner dining table's Aquamarine and Cream variants now has Gray/Green and Gray/Beige as its furniture color respectively. Previously, the Aquamarine and Cream variants had its furniture color as Gray/Aqua and Gray/White respecitvely.
Diner mini table's Aquamarine and Cream variants now has Gray/Green and Gray/Beige as its furniture color respectively. Previously, the Aquamarine and Cream variants had its furniture color as Gray/Aqua and Gray/White respecitvely.
Diner neon clock's Cream variants now had has Beige as one of its furniture color. Previously, the Cream variants had one of its furniture colors as White.
Floor light's Purple variant now has Purple/Purple as its furniture color. Previously, the Purple variant had its furniture color as Orange/Orange.
Shaved-ice maker's Silver varaint now has White/Aqua as its furniture color. Previously, the Silver variant had its furniture color as Aqua/Blue.

Bug fixes[edit]

An issue where the New Horizons in-game name of a player is displayed under their Nintendo Switch user nickname when attempting to add a friend via "Search for Users You Played With" is fixed.