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How to Get the Handheld Lantern | Handheld Lantern Recipe

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Find out how to get and use the Handheld Lantern for Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn the Handheld Lantern's unlock conditions and color and custom variations.

Handheld Lantern Price Info

Handheld Lantern
ACNH - Handheld Lantern - Stars
Type Tool

The catalog shows whether the item can be ordered through the Nook Shopping catalog or not.

Buy and Sell Prices

Buying Price 1,100 Bells
Selling Price
(Drop-Off Box Price)
275 Bells
(220 Bells)

How to Get the Handheld Lantern

Seasonal Item Bought Through Nook Shopping

Handheld Lantern is a Seasonal Item that can be bought through Nook Shopping whenever it's available!

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Lantern Festival

The Handheld Lantern was added in the July 2021 Update (Version 1.11.0) in celebration of the Lantern Festival. Here is the in-game description of the seasonal event:


“Celebrated throughout Europe, this traditional event features a night of children carrying lanterns and singing songs to usher in the start of winter.”

How to Use Handheld Lantern

ACNH - A resident running around with the handheld lantern

The Handheld Lantern is a tool that you can hold. Although it looks like it can't do much, it swings around when you run around with it in your hand!

You can also lay it down as furniture to decorate your island!

Handheld Lantern All Variations

Handheld Lantern Customization and Variations

The Stars version of Handheld LanternStars The Moons version of Handheld LanternMoons The Stained Glass version of Handheld LanternStained Glass
The Suns version of Handheld LanternSuns The Geese version of Handheld LanternGeese The Leaves version of Handheld LanternLeaves

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