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The 2.0 update was the cherry on top of the cake for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nearly everything that fans were asking for has been added to the game, such as Katrina, the island's mysteriously accurate fortune-teller. There is much more to the free update such as the wide expansion to Harv's Island.
Harv's Island underwent major changes with the free Animal Crossing update. There are several shops that you can set up on Harv's Island, and although you'll see familiar faces like Leif and Redd, for example, you'll also be able to visit new merchants such as Katrina, the notorious fortune-teller from previous games.
Updated April 21, 2023: Katrina is one mysterious cat is Animal Crossing: New Horizons — her predictions actually influence your gameplay. We've updated this guide about her and her services, including how to get purification items, for readability.
How To Unlock Katrina And Her Services
Just like any other merchant stand, you can set up Katrina's shop by donating 100,000 bells to the right gyroid.
If you want to get her shop up and running, you need to donate to the gyroid that says it's accepting donations "to fund a mysteriously accurate fortune-teller."
Once you've done this, she'll be there from 5am until 1am the following day, happy to provide her psychic services. You can either ask Katrina to read your fortune or check your friendship level with a certain villager.
If you choose friendship, she'll tell you if you and your villager of choice are close or not, and then she can increase your friendship level in exchange for 10,000 bells. This is quite useful if you're trying to get a villager's photo.
If you decide to check your fortune, she'll let you know if you're either going to have good luck or bad luck throughout the rest of the day and this prediction will actually influence your in-game luck.
Fortune And Luck Explained
Luck affects:
- food you consume;
- friendship;
- the number of items that spawn;
- the amount of gold you earn from hitting rocks;
- and how many bells you get from balloons.
If you're told you'll have good luck on a given day, consuming food will give you more stamina, you will bond faster with villagers when you interact with them, you will find more spawnable items, you will receive more gold nuggets when you hit rocks, and get more bells from balloons.
The exact opposite will happen if it's a bad luck day.
How To Get Purification Items From Katrina
To receive all Purification Items from Katrina, you'll have to get Bad Luck from your fortune and then pay the 10,000 bell fee to purify yourself.
Katrina will send you a present in the mail the following day, containing one of the Purification Items.
There are four different Purification Items you can collect: Gold Turtle, Horseshoe Door Decoration, Mini Dharma, and the Power Stone.