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A 2020 community simulator game developed and published by Nintendo. It was released on March 20th, 2020 for the Nintendo Switch.

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Does the campsite camper count as a visitor?

Every day you get one visitor like Leif or Flick or CJ or Redd etc. On the days you have a villager at your campsite, does that count as your visitor for the day? Or can you have, say, Flick on your ...
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How do I get mannequins?

How do I get mannequins in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? I’ve talked to Sable every day and she has given me all (I think) of the patterns, but no offers to get the mannequins.
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Does rain count as me watering, or a visitor watering?

In Animal Crossing New Horizons, I understand that rain waters all flowers on the island. However, there’s a mechanic where folks visiting your island who water your flowers can have the waterings ...
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Where can I safely leave turnips?

I want to make sure my precious stalk market commodities are protected. Would it be safe to leave them outside or will they rot? What if I just leave them in my basement?
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NookLink with a child account

I want to use the NookLink features in the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app with my child's account. When I sign in on the NookLink I see my adult account and the child. When I select the child ...
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Does Animal Crossing know that the system time was changed if I put it back?

I'd like to change the system clock on my Switch to affect another game I’m playing, but my SO and I are playing Animal Crossing New Horizons together. We've just bought large amounts of turnips, and ...
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Is it possible to get all available fossils on my island?

I have been playing for a couple days ... and I feel like I am getting so many duplicate fossils. It made me wonder whether it’s possible to find all existing fossils on my own island, or I must ...
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What is the most lucrative item to craft in the early game?

I recently noticed that Fish Bait sells for more than its individual clam components. Often I'll accumulate common materials trying to earn different mileage goals, so sometimes I'll have a glut of ...
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Moving in a friends villager with max villagers

My island currently has ten villagers on it. I want Jacques to move out. My friend has Tad in boxes today. Can I convince Tad to move in and kick Jacques out?
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How do I make Villagers wear what I gift them

I have been gifting my villagers a few outfits now. But after one or two days they usually revert to their standard outfits. I want them to keep the outfits I gift them, without those clothes only ...
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Animal Crossing New Horizons, What's different between simple / mini DIY workbench

I got simply DIY workbench with me, and I bring it to take off to other island, and it's fine until now. Somehow, I found there is a mini DIY workbench. Just wondering : What's different between ...
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What can players visiting via Dodo Code do to my island in Animal Crossing New Horizons?

In the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game for the Nintendo Switch, what can online users visiting via a Dodo Code do on my island? I'm particularly interested in any sort of "griefing" behavior I ...
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Can multiple friends ask my leaving villager to move to their islands?

If I have a villager in boxes, and I invite multiple friends to my island, can they each invite that villager to their islands? Or will the villager only move in with the first friend who invites him?
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Animal Crossing New Horizons - Can I take villager's furniture away, which I made for them?

At about beginning of game, I had made some furniture for 3 new Villagers. Now they're all in my island. What I see is those furniture still put outside of their house, can I take it back? (I haven't ...
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If I asked a villager to move in before I built Nook’s Cranny, will they still come?

I invited Zucker to move in before I built Nook’s Cranny and when I placed the home plots, they didn’t say sold so will he still come? I invited Skye too.
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Is there a way to prevent Nook from auto selling a spot?

My SO has that problem, but I never encountered it myself. It seems that Nook, when someone moves out, will auto fill the spot left with a random villager, and that in usually 2-3 days, sometimes ...
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How to use the custom design app to make a checkered pattern with sharp corners?

I'm trying my hand at my first custom design. I want to make a red/pink/white checkered picnic blanket. Sounds simple, right? I made my design using the 3x3 pen tool, marking 3x3 squares in different ...
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Is it possible to get any OTHER uchiwa fans in Animal Crossing New Horizions?

I do think the concept of an uchiwa fan is pretty cool after I first saw one in the "Redeem miles" section of the Nook Stop in Resident Services, but I didn't want my uchiwa fan to be this weird green ...
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I want to stuff my wallet and pockets full of bells, what's the maximum amount of cash that I can carry?

I want to carry the most amount of bells absolutely possible. I can fit money in my wallet and it looks like I can carry sacks of cash as well. I'm not sure what the limits are though. How many ...
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Is it possible to remove an empty parcel?

I do know how to make villagers leave, but the parcel stays once they're gone and eventually get filled by a new villager afterwards. I have built 8 houses so far, can I go back on that and have only ...
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What time does Gulliver wake up?

Occasionally, Gulliver gets stranded on my island. There's a reward for helping him, but you need to wait until he actually wakes up until you can help. If I find Gulliver on my island in the morning, ...
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If I visit someone’s island in acnh, do villagers talk about them?

So, I know that if somebody visits my island the villagers will talk about that person to me for a while, but is it the same if I visit someone else’s island? Will my villagers talk about me going to ...
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How do I stop villagers from moving away after telling them to?

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons my son accidentally told one of his villagers that they should "follow their dreams" when they said they wanted to leave. He'd actually like them to stay. Is there a ...
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I missed Redd on his first visit to my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. When does he come back?

The recent update to Animal Crossing New Horizons added Redd as an occasional NPC. According to this guide, the first time he appears, Isabelle announces it. The problem is, I forgot to talk to him ...
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How can I tell Real Art from Fake Art from Jolly Redd?

Redd has appeared on my island, selling art on his sketchy boat. If I know anything about this tricky Kitsune, he's trying to sell me fake stuff again. How can I tell which art is real vs fake?
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Is there a way to multiply bamboo shoots?

When visiting the bamboo mystery island, you can retrieve bamboo shoot by digging in the ground. When back on your island, planting the bamboo shoot will give a bamboo tree after a few days, as well ...
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How do you get all the hybrid flowers?

I've seen a lot of conflicting information on hybrid flower colors, and the most succinct guides often seems to be wrong. I am especially confused by the "special" hybrids that are the same color as ...
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Why didn't Leif arrive on my island for Nature Day?

Yesterday was the first day of Nature day, so I went to log on and discovered it was also the day I got K.K. Slider to perform on my island. Leif didn't show up yesterday, and still hasn’t showed up ...
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Can your starting villagers move out in ACNH?

One of my starting villagers is Stinky, and I want him to leave but I don’t know if your 2 starting villagers can actually move out. I haven’t talked to him in about 6 days. I’ve gotten two other ...
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Can a player invite a villager from MY campsite to THEIR island?

I have Bam in my campsite but I don't think I want to invite him into my island. Is there a way for other people to come to my island and invite someone from my campsite to their island?
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I want to fill my entire house with turnips, how many do I need to buy? How many trips do I need to make to Daisy Mae?

Turnip storage is an issue. Anything left outside can be easily picked up by other players. Storing turnips on my floor at home is a much better option. I want to fill my house to capacity with ...
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Is Leif always on your island the first day of Nature Day?

Today is the start of the Nature Day event in ACNH so there is a game update. But I opened my game right after sleep mode and launched it on the older version. Isabelle had no news about Nature Day, ...
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Can someone have a villager move to their island if they have a villager in boxes?

My friend has all of their plots full, and one of their villagers is in boxes right now. They are offering for Tex, who’s on my island, and I have to get him in boxes today since Freya is in my ...
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Is there any way to force my initial villagers houses to become that villager's unique house?

The original 5 villagers on your island all get very generic houses. For instance, on my island, Maddie's house is very generic looking with a normal wooden floor and walls and whatnot because she ...
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Can I get all the fruit types by visiting Random Islands?

I don't have a Switch Online subscription, and have no intention of getting one, so the only way (aside from physical LAN meetups) that I can get fruit that isn't native to my island is to use Nook ...
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Do my flowers have a higher spawn rate if my friend waters them?

I recently stumbled upon this Google sheet sent to me by a friend: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nI2JcIls4JnDZthCV88xx_X800h3wopKuV8yzqyVO1E/htmlview#gid=0 The claim is simple. Plants ...
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Multiple of one villager?

I was actually wondering if it's possible to have two of the same villager on one island as I want Papi but my fiancé does too. I have one for her already as she doesn't like doing the online trading ...
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Is there a way to cleanly store turnips?

When I'm buying turnips and don't want to keep them several days in my pockets, I go to my home to store them. However, it's not possible to put them in the storage space, while there's plenty of room ...
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How do I kick villagers out?

I'm having an issue with one of my residents, and I'd like to kick them out. However, the information I've obtained online seems to be very conflicting and doesn't point to a guaranteed way to force ...
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Can I get villagers from other peoples islands to move to mine even if my town is already full?

I don’t really know how it would work but I see people trading islanders all the time in Animal Crossing New Horizons, even if my island is already full is there a way to get villagers from other ...
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Do star fragments wash up for specific players or everyone?

On the night of a meteor shower, if multiple players make wishes on shooting stars, do the star fragments wash up the next day for each player according to how many they saw, or do they wash up for ...
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Animal Crossing New Horizons multiple of the same villagers?

There is this resident animal I found a small blue bear named Poncho. I was wondering if both me and my friend can have the villager at the same time? I guess what I'm trying to ask is Can he be on my ...
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What rewards are available in Fishing Tournament?

I’ve encountered my first fishing tournament. I can get points and redeem them for a seemingly random rewards. This raises several highly related queries. Is the number of points redeemed linked ...
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How many flowers do I need for a 3 star rating?

Is there a specific target of flowers that I need to get a 3 star rated island? I have Nook's Cranny, Able Sisters, more than 25 outdoor furniture items and a full villager count etc.
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How can I get rid of extra fruit or food energy?

You get energy from eating fruits and other foods like eggs (from the Bunny Day event) and turnips. The energy can be used to break rocks and transplant trees, but what if I don't want the energy? How ...
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Patch of green space on island where nothing grows

I have a decent patch of "green space" that extends over and past my island's eastern beach. When I've tried to plant things in that space, they don't seem to grow, even though I'm pretty positive ...
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Do money trees produce bells only once or repeatedly?

When you bury bells in a glowing hole, it produces a sapling which eventually grows into a full tree containing three bags of bells. After the tree has been shaken once, will it produce bags of bells ...
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If I visit a friends island to invite his villager to live with me, will my friend lose that villager?

To clarify, this is about Animal Crossing: New Horizon. So I am looking for some specific villagers to inhabit my deserted island. So I thought I could just invite them from someone else who already ...
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Can visitors sell to CJ and Flick?

Fishes and bugs can be sold to CJ and Flick for 1.5 times the normal price that you get from Nook's Cranny. Since the two vendors visit on random days, can I invite friends over to sell their fishes ...
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Are flowers profitable in any way?

Are flowers intended to be the main staypieces of your town and not intended for selling? The reason I ask is because from the flowers I've picked off my own island and from Mystery Islands, the price ...
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