Animal Crossing Guide: New Horizons - Fireworks Guide

We have now reached theepilogue of the summer: the month of August will take away, week after week, what remains of the summer heat up Animal Crossing: New Horizons. On this occasion, in addition to the other big addition of the July 30th update, Nintendo has a special event available every Sunday in August.

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What are fireworks?

Veterans of the saga will remember that this event was already available on Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS. It takes place every Sunday evening in August, speaking with Fuffi we will be able to obtain exclusive items themed, as well as enjoying it fireworks display.

Organize the event

Before we throw ourselves headlong into the festival, it is fundamental open Animal Crossing: New Horizons's Sunday morning. Fuffi, in fact, will remind us of the funniest mechanics of the event, that is personalize the fireworks with ours models in-game.

Talking with Fuffi, she will explain that she will be the one to accept your models and to insert them in the fireworks. Talk to her again to bring up the screen model selection. This morning passage is imperative to make it appear in the sky custom pyrotechnic rockets, so don't forget it.

Kick off the fireworks

To start the long-awaited event, start the game after 19:00. Fuffi will be waiting for you in square and will give you the first of the exclusive items: a pair of antennas. There are four variants, distributed randomly on the four Sundays of the month. At that point, look up towards the sky: the event has begun!

The Volpolo stall

Well yes, in this fireworks festival it is also present Volpolo. The crafty fox has set up one this time stall which will be your primary source of exclusive items of the event. Let's see how it works in detail.

First of all, a suggestion: to have access to the Volpolo lottery, you have to interact with the stall, not with the fox itself. This initially confused many players.

Volpolo will propose to buy a ticket from the lottery for sun 500 stars, which will always lead you to a win. THE USEFULL of each ticket linked to the winnings they are the same for every Animal Crossing: New Horizons save. Total items are twelve and the first bets in the lottery DON'T will produce duplicates. To receive all objects exclusive, therefore, will barely be enough for you 6000 stars.

All items you can win

There will be 12 objects up for grabs, below the complete list:

1. Red streamer - Press A to turn it on and to shake it. Once turned off, it will disappear from the inventory;
2. Blue streamer - Press A to turn it on and to shake it. Once turned off, it will disappear from the inventory;
3. Firework - Leave it on the ground to enjoy the animation of a fountain of sparks. Once extinguished, there will remain a charred firework to throw away;
4. Bubble shooter - Blow in with A to produce bubbles. Disposable, but Volpolo will give you five at a time if you win;
5. Uchiwa fan - Very similar to the one obtainable from the Nook Mileage Catalog, use it as a tool and press A to get some air;
6. Pinwheel - Hold it like any other instrument in your hand and press A to blow on it. Unlike Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it is only available in one color;
7. New Year's Trumpet - The name is deceptive, but the instrument is also suitable for summer evenings. Press A to blow in and disturb the unfortunate visitors;
8. Blue balloon - You can hold it in your hand or place it as furniture on the island or at your home. Warning: if you stumble while running while you have a balloon in your hand, you will lose it;
9. Red balloon - You can hold it in your hand or place it as furniture on the island or at your home. Warning: if you stumble while running while you have a balloon in your hand, you will lose it;
10. Yellow balloon - You can hold it in your hand or place it as furniture on the island or at your home. Warning: if you stumble while running while you have a balloon in your hand, you will lose it;
11. Green balloon - You can hold it in your hand or place it as furniture on the island or at your home. Warning: if you stumble while running while you have a balloon in your hand, you will lose it;
12. Pink balloon - You can hold it in your hand or place it as furniture on the island or at your home. Warning: if you stumble while running while holding a balloon, you will lose it.

Special items from the Nook Catalog

Also Tom nook seems to have one surprise to celebrate evenings with fireworks: in Nook catalogTwo new dresses are available for a limited time. It is about the kimono di Hikoboshi e Orihime, inspired by the homonymous Chinese legend. You can buy them until 31th August from the section "Seasonal items".

Enjoy the show!

Together we have more fun: your inhabitants will join you in square to admire the magnificent with you fireworks you have chosen. Some locals will also give you objects of the Volpolo stall and they will have exclusive dialogues. This, along with the ability to invite other players at the festival, it will make the last few weeks of summer truly unforgettable for all players of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

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