Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 2.0 is here! Not content with offering us a new café and a whole new kitchen, she also proposes to transform Joe’s Island into a veritable temple of commerce. Our detailed guide.
You will probably have noticed, there is an air of renewal in the small world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nintendo’s little (now big) game was offered an update 2.0, the biggest (and last) addition of free content, more than a year and a half after its release. It must be said that Nintendo’s popular life simulation knows how to gather crowds and attentions. Among all these novelties, the Isle of Joe, Photopia is also getting a facelift! The photographer’s little pebble is no longer used only to take pictures with the characters of the Island, but can now accommodate a whole bunch of merchants. Here’s our guide to easily improving Joe’s Island.
This is one of the biggest additions in Update 2.0! Joe’s Island, Photopia, can now accommodate a whole bunch of merchants that we usually found periodically on our Island. This is what he wishes to discuss with you, inviting you to join him through a letter that you receive by launching the game after the update. Once the letter has been read, go to Morris to visit Joe’s Island by plane. Once there, go to the right of Joe’s house, at the end of a new path. You can find there Joe and Ginette, a new character.
Joe’s dream is to create a whole group of businesses around the central square of his island. We count seven locations different, for a total of seven different stores. You can open each store for 10,000 bells. Each store will house permed one of the street vendors that you may have already seen on your Island. Only the titles of the merchants are a little vague. We explain in detail who is affected in each purchase option so that you can prioritize the merchants that interest you the most. Note that once a boutique is open, Ginette will offer you her services as a hairdresser.
- A mysterious clairvoyant: Astrid
- Two talented husbands specializing in furniture customization: Risette and Serge
- Dealer in authentic works of art: Rounard
- Trader in mysterious carpets and wallpapers: Sarah
- Botanical expert with a very green leg: Root
- Grandpa who will give you access to your storage space: Tortimer / Cornimer
- Shoe and bag seller full of class: Blaise
There you have it, now you know how to unlock all the merchants on the Isle of Joe. Be aware, however, that sometimes you will not find a merchant behind their display. If so, it is because he is currently visiting your Island. You just have to find it there in order to buy what you need. You should also know that each store once installed offers you “exclusive services“. These are new items strongly linked to Update 2.0. Each vendor offers you different items.
- Astrid: She can read your future to you, or reveal your level of affinity with a resident of your Island for 1000 bells. It can also increase your affinity with a character for 10,000 bells.
- Racine: He will offer you, once his stand is installed, to sell you new seeds, which you can plant and cultivate in order to obtain new ingredients for your brand new kitchen.
- Tortimer: It will allow you to access all the inventory of your house from Joe’s Island.
- Risette and Serge: They offer you a whole catalog of objects to personalize in exchange for bells or miles.
- Rounard: It offers you two works of art to buy per week, one per day maximum.
- Blaise: He’ll give you a whole collection of exclusive new bags once his stand opens.