Animal Crossing: New Horizon’s free update includes the option to enact Island Ordinances, bringing back the Town Ordinance function from Animal Crossing: New Leaf. These island ordinances in ACNH allow players to customize their island’s schedule to suit their own play style and preferred time, changing the villagers’ habits, plant spawn tables, and more.
Animal Crossing: New Horizon's island ordinances cost 20,000 Bells to enact, but can be cancelled for free. Only one can be active at a time, so it’s important for players to choose whichever one best suits their island. It’s unclear whether there will be more ordinances added in the future - although it's unlikely, since Nintendo has stated this is Animal Crossing: New Horizons' last free update - but the ACNH 2.0 update will include four different ordinances Animal Crossing players can use to make their island feel more like home.
Island ordinances can be enacted by speaking to Isabelle in Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Town Hall. If players have downloaded the 2.0 version of Animal Crossing, she will give them an option to enact an ordinance which will go into effect the next day.
Beautiful Island Ordinance In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizon's Beautiful Island ordinance will keep the island looking clean and tidy with less maintenance required from the player. Villagers will water flowers more often, more flower hybrids will grow, and the spawn rate of weeds will be reduced. Plus, cockroaches will no longer spawn in the player’s home, and time travelling will not affect the island’s plant growth or appearance.
This ordinance is perfect for players who aren’t able to play every day, or prefer an island with less required maintenance. It’s also a great option for gardeners and flower enthusiasts who are trying to produce specific flower hybrids in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Early Bird Ordinance In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Early Bird ordinance in ACNH's new update will shift the island’s schedule so that villagers wake up earlier and go to bed earlier. Shops will open earlier as well, making this island ordinance the perfect choice for players who tend to play in the mornings before they get their day started.
This ordinance in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is also a great choice for people who are up (or go to bed) just before sunrise, as villagers will be awake in the earliest hours of the day.
Night Owl Ordinance In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Night Owl ordinance is the Early Bird’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons island ordinance counterpart, allowing the island to stay active later into the night. Villagers will stay up later, and shops will keep their doors open for players to buy and sell items at night. Players who tend to check in on their islands at the end of the day or find themselves playing late into the night will enjoy this ordinance’s accommodation of their play schedule.
Bell Boom Ordinance In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
The Bell Boom ordinance increases the value of items when they’re bought and sold, stimulating the island’s economy and allowing players to strategically make more Bells. While this ordinance isn’t great for players who are investing in new items or furniture as it will increase their cost, it’s perfect for players trying to save up enough Bells in Animal Crossing to move island homes, build bridges and inclines, or save up for expensive items.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available on Nintendo Switch, and the game's 2.0 Update is live now.