With the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ first summer update, fans and dataminers have been combing through the game documenting various changes it has made to the game.
The most significant reported change so far is that special character appearance rates have been adjusted such that Leif, Kicks, and Saharah are no longer guaranteed encounters. Instead, it seems that every character will have a more equal chance of being picked to appear on weekdays.
This discovery was first shared by dataminer Ninji, who created a helpful graphic illustrating the mechanics below:
here is the tea on visitor NPCs in #ACNH 1.3.0 (summer update, wave 1)
— Ninji 🇪🇺🏴🇬🇮 B L M / 1312 (@_Ninji) July 3, 2020
in summary: Leif, Saharah and Kicks are no longer guaranteed every week, meaning that you should now get a far more even spread of visitors
Gullivarrr (pirate Gulliver) can appear if you’ve bought a wetsuit pic.twitter.com/0gvi74xPll
here is the tea on visitor NPCs in #ACNH 1.3.0 (summer update, wave 1)
— Ninji 🇪🇺🏴🇬🇮 B L M / 1312 (@_Ninji) July 3, 2020
in summary: Leif, Saharah and Kicks are no longer guaranteed every week, meaning that you should now get a far more even spread of visitors
Gullivarrr (pirate Gulliver) can appear if you’ve bought a wetsuit pic.twitter.com/0gvi74xPll
In addition, fans and dataminers have also uncovered the full list of Mermaid themed and Pirate themed items that have been added to the game. These items can be obtained through Pascal’s recipes and Gulivarr’s appearances respectively.
First look at the new Mermaid🧜 Furniture set and the materials required to craft them! No one else has these pictures and information yet, you got it here first~😜🤿
— 𝕪 𝕦 𝕖 🌙☁️ 小月 ； (@yuecrossing) July 3, 2020
Datamine: Alexis#8717, @astronomyfortwo, @rocklamp
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons pic.twitter.com/yEgve5wPuO
Via: NintendoSoup