Animal Crossing: New Horizons Festivale Event Guide

Animal Crossing: New horizons brought back Pavé, the party peacock, to celebrate Festivale.

Festivale takes place this year on February 15, although its date changes depending on Lent and Easter, as it is based on Carnival.

In the weeks leading up to the Festivale, you can purchase themed furniture from Nook’s Cranny and clothing from the Able Sisters to help you celebrate the holidays. You can also purchase a Nook’s Cranny Reaction Set to help you dance and throw confetti.

Furniture purchased from Nook’s Cranny can be customized in different colors, but you’ll need a rainbow feather to do this, which you can only get from Pavé on Festivale.

On Festivale, these feathers will fly in the sky. You can catch them with your net. To get the DIY recipe of a Rainbow feather, talk to Pavé outside the resident services.

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After exchanging Feathers for Furniture nine times, you will need three Rainbow Feathers to exchange them for Pavé for Festive float item, which can only be obtained during the holidays. To make rainbow feathers you will need one of the other color: red, blue, green, and purple.

You can also trade feathers with your villagers if you have too many of one color. Three feathers of any color can also be exchanged at Pavé for Festive furniture, and he will give you furniture of the same color as the feathers you give him. You can also exchange a Rainbow Feather for a random piece of furniture. Note that these are the same furnishing items you might purchase from Nook’s Cranny in the weeks leading up to the event, so you might end up with duplicates.

Rainbow feathers are also used to personalize the colors of your Festivale furniture, so be sure to stock up if you want. You can also time travel to Festivale to get more feathers if you need them later.