Animal Crossing: New Horizons update ensures Timmy and Tommy never let you out of their sight again while Resetti can no longer clone your fences
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Catherine Lewis
2026-02-19
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A fresh Animal Crossing: New Horizons patch is here, bringing some bug fixes to Nintendo's coziest life sim in the aftermath of its recent 3.0 update and Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons version 3.01 rolled out yesterday (thanks, The Gamer), with some fixes applying to both versions of the game while others are Switch 2 exclusive. I'm not sure who out there might have been trying to duplicate fences, but if that's you, I have some bad news: "Fixed an issue where, when asking Resetti to clean up the island, fences that were put away or in storage could change into different customizations or be duplicated, and some cleaned-up items could disappear," the patch notes state.
Otherwise, "an issue where the game would run slower than normal after exiting the island hotel to an outdoor area" has been fixed, along with a bug "where, after playing with another player on a slumber island, home remodeling or relocation could become unavailable on the slumber island." Items can no longer break free from rocks before they're actually hit with a shovel, and perhaps most amusingly, shopkeepers Timmy and Tommy – who, after the 3.0 update, could "sometimes stop following the player inside Nook's Cranny" – will go back to giving you precisely zero personal space while browsing their wares. They're going to watch your every move, and you're gonna like it.
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As for the Switch 2 exclusive issues, the intensity of controller vibration has been adjusted to "match the level when playing on Nintendo Switch," and an issue where "clouds near the horizon could appear misaligned outdoors on the island, causing parts of the sky to show unnaturally" has been ironed out. I've only been able to find one instance of this being recorded online, so it doesn't appear to have been the most common bug, but regardless, clouds should behave themselves now.
In addition to other fixes across both platforms, there's also a very vague line at the end of the patch notes to acknowledge even more changes to improve the gameplay experience. Obviously, don't expect to turn on your game to find any new content like the hotel added in 3.0, but you're still going to want to download this to ensure things are running as smoothly as they can be.
Animal Crossing players can't agree whether the new hotel tourist feature is a laggy, vibe-killing mess or "the best thing that could have happened to the game."
potatoprincess
Feb 19, 07:42 PM
Extremely complex. Poor accessibility. freezing i'd give it a 5/10.
powernapper
Feb 19, 06:42 PM
sick
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