ACNH New Year Zodiac Animal Items - How To Get All Zodiac Figurines In Animal Crossing New Horizons

12/18/2021 11:52:56 AM

With the 2.0.4 Data-mine in Animal Crossing New Horizons, brand new Zodiac items are discovered from the game code, and now you are available to collect all 11 new New Year Zodiac Figurines. Let's dive into the ACNH Zodiac Animal Item List and how to unlock them quickly!


ACNH Zodiac Animal Figurines in 2.0.4 (New Year Items 2022, 2023, 2024...)

Thanks to the hard work of data miner, 11 brand new Zodiac Animal Figurines are discovered from the latest ACNH 2.0.4 update, which is related to each New Year Celebration in the future (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027...until 2060 - the end year of Nintendo Switch Clock). The massive 2.0 update is referred to as the last update of the game and has introduced over 9000+ new items including a bulk of Animal Crossing 2.0 items that are going to roll out in the next year’s events, while the Zodiac Figurines for the next years were not covered. So these Chinese New Year Zodiac Items are possibly the last new items Nintendo added into the game. 


Full List of 13 Animal Crossing New Horizons Zodiac Figurine Items in 2.0.4 Update:

Animal Crossing New Horizons Zodiac Figurines (Zodiac Animal Items)

  • Zodiac Ox Figurine (2021, 2033)

  • Zodiac Tiger Figurine (2022, 2034)

  • Zodiac Rabbit Figurine (2023, 2035)

  • Zodiac Dragon Figurine (2024, 2036)

  • Zodiac Snake Figurine (2025, 2037)

  • Zodiac Horse Figurine (2026, 2038)

  • Zodiac Sheep Figurine (2027, 2039)

  • Zodiac Monkey Figurine (2028, 2040)

  • Zodiac Rooster Figurine (2029, 2041)

  • Zodiac Dog Figurine (2030, 2042)

  • Zodiac Boar Figurine (2031, 2043)

  • Zodiac Pig Figurine (2031, 2043)

  • Zodiac Rat Figurine (2032, 2044)

Note: All these zodiac figurine items have no variations and can not be customized so far, we have no idea if Nintendo will make them customization.


How To Unlock All Zodiac Animal Figurines In Animal Crossing New Horizons?

To collect all 13 zodiac animal items, you can follow the below methods:

Method 1 - Purchase Zodiac Figurines from the Nook Shopping from December 22nd to January 5th in Every Year

As Nintendo releases the corresponding Zodiac Animal Figurines with the correct year, so each one of them will be available for sale on Nook Shopping in order over the next 12 years during the New Year events (at the end of the current year and start the next year). As these items are not time-locked, if you want to collect them now, just make a time travel to the future!

Method 2 - Receive Zodiac Figurines as Purification Rewards from Katrina Every Time

With the 2.0.4 update, these 13 Zodiac animal items are added to the list of Katrina’s Rewards, so you can purchase a Purification effect from Katrina’s Fortune booth at Harvey's Island, You may randomly get a Zodiac Animal after each Purification spell as a reward from Katrina, and this is not affected by the year rules of the zodiac.