Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Decoding the Secret of Getting Seasonal Items Despite Missing Out on Events

Published 07/17/2022, 1:45 PM EDT

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become the most useful and popular title for Nintendo. Furthermore, since its release, it has created an enormous impact on the community. Owing to brand new features and events, players get attracted to New Horizons.

Features like Terraforming, Waterscaping, and Cliffscaping challenged users’ creativity and helped them to trust their imagination in ACNH. Some players love to design their islands in different themes; however, users require tons of items in their inventory as the only requirement.

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Indeed, Nintendo lets players participate in several events and offers limited-time items for them to get their hands on. Naturally, some users sometimes couldn’t participate in limited-time events and lose their chance to get the exclusive. However, there is a secret way to participate in the events even if you miss them in the first place.

How to participate in events in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

In New Horizons, there’s no additional requirement for players to take part in the game. You just have to login into the game and visit Isabelle at Resident Services to get all the information about the event. However, some in-game activities only unlock once you get over a three-star Island Rating from Isabelle, so make sure to decorate your island beautifully.

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After you interact with Isabelle, you have to talk to the event host which you may find outside the Resident Services building most of the time.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons- Why am I missing this visitor, event, or activity on my island?

As mentioned before, you need at least a three-star Island Rating from Isabelle to get access to some special events and in-game items. This is one of the reasons that players couldn’t get access to visitors and events on your island.

Furthermore, make sure that your in-game data and time are correct on your Nintendo Switch. Since ACNH events are limited-time events, you will face a lot of difficulties if you input the wrong date and time. Apart from that, install the most recent software update for the game to access any new or improved features. Also, make sure your Nintendo Account is set to your correct country.

These are one of the smallest mistakes that users make, which prohibits them from getting access to ongoing events or special characters. Moreover, since some events are also available for a limited time, you have to make sure to log in on specific dates as well. However, there’s a secret way to get your hands on limited-time items that you missed taking part in.

How to participate in events when you miss them?

Undoubtedly, it’s better to participate in events on specific mentioned dates as it helps you enjoy the event with across million players. However, if you missed an event by any chance, there’s a secret way to get access to that event.

Apart from several in-game features, Time Travel is another user favorite event in New Horizons. With the help Time Travel feature, players can travel to the past or future in the game. Moreover, the feature isn’t too complicated and users can get access to the feature by changing their Nintendo Switch console settings.

You just have to go to System Settings and then click System. After that, go to Date and Time and click off the Synchronize Clock via the Internet. Now you just have to change your date to the desired date. With the help of this feature, you can go back in time and take part in the event you eventually missed.

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However, The Time-Traveling feature has its own pros and cons. Interestingly, Nintendo prohibits players from getting access to future events that have been added in the past. For example, 2020 Easter works but 2021 Easter will not until 2021 Easter is enabled.

Regardless, if you want to travel back in time and take part in any event you missed, you can. Therefore, get your hands on the favorite item you want in your inventory with the Time Traveling feature.

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Which items and events are you planning to take part in? Let us know in the comments down below.

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