The New Year's Countdown in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is about to begin, allowing fans to ring in 2022 with their favorite villagers. The New Year's Countdown event also lets players get some cool New Year's items in ACNH before the fireworks begin at midnight. For those looking to start celebrations as early as possible, here's everything to know about the New Year's Countdown in Animal Crossing this year.
Before Animal Crossing gets new Seasonal Items for 2022, players will likely first want to ring in the New Year on their island. Fizzy apple juice (1,000 Bells), Twelve-grape dish (1,200 Bells), Berliner (1,200 Bells), Olivier salad (1,000 Bells), and New Year's noodles (1,300 Bells) are all available to purchase through December 31 in the Nook Shopping app. For the New Year's Countdown in Animal Crossing, the daily offerings this year include a pack of five party poppers (300 Bells) and a New Year's hat available in different colors (500 Bells), but Tom Nook won't offer them once 2022 rolls in at midnight.
Other items in the Nook Shopping app for the New Year's Countdown in Animal Crossing are available until January 5, 2022. These include a 2022 Celebratory Arch (2,022 Bells) Yut Nori (1,300 Bells), Kadomatsu (2,580 Bells), Otoshidama envelope (500 Bells), Kagamimochi (1,800 Bells) New Year's shimekazari (2,000 Bells), Osechi (5,000 Bells), and a Zodiac figurine (1,600 Bells). Obviously, it's a lot for ACNH fans to be excited about, but since many of these items are so limited, knowing the correct start times for Animal Crossing's New Year's Countdown is vital.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Start Times For New Year's Countdown 2022
As in previous years, the Animal Crossing New Year's Countdown event will technically start at 5 am on December 31 when the daily reset happens. This is when Tom Nook and Isabelle begin counting down hours outside of Residential Services (which means the building is closed and players can't complete Residential Service tasks throughout the day). However, the New Year's Countdown won't officially start until 11 am. This is when villagers will gather around and Isabelle will offer players a celebratory light stick ahead of midnight arriving.
Just like last year, once midnight arrives in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, fireworks will light up the night sky to ring in 2022, marking the end of another great New Year's Countdown event. To celebrate, players can use the light stick Isabelle gave them and wear any of the New Year's items and throw party poppers. While some items will remain available in the Nook Shopping app until January 5, many will go away once the game rolls into 2022. So, players will likely want to collect anything that looks good to them before they're gone.