How To Get Amiibo To Move In

Julian amiibo scanned, visiting campsite and asking to move in to island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Let's face it — many of us Animal Crossing fans made a fairly pregnant fiscal investment in Animal Crossing amiibo cards and amiibo figures during the New Leaf days. We then held onto our hoards, hoping they would come up in handy one time the mythical new Switch game released.

So, at present that Animal Crossing: New Horizons has arrived on the scene, are nosotros able to put those tens (or hundreds) of amiibo cards and figures to good use?

Every Fauna Crossing Amiibo Card For New Horizons And New Leaf

Aye — and in fact, y'all can practise even more than with them in New Horizons than in New Leaf. So dust off those multiple Isabelle amiibo on your shelf, because we took the time to scan every unmarried character for y'all - yes, every i - and we'll walk you through all of their functionalities, step-by-footstep.

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Amiibo functionality in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

So far, in that location are five dissimilar functionalities for amiibo cards and figures in Fauna Crossing: New Horizons:

Set upward photograph shoots with models by scanning amiibo on Harvey's Island
Buy posters of scanned Animal Crossing amiibo in Nook Shopping at the Nook Stop kiosk
Invite amiibo characters to visit your army camp on your island
Invite visiting campers from these amiibo to movement to your island
Invite villagers for coffee in The Roost

Photo shoot with KK Slider and Bob amiibo at Harvey's Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Setting up photo shoots with amiibo models on Harvey's Island

Which amiibo can you invite to photograph shoots on Harv'south Island? Most of the general and "Welcome Amiibo" Creature Crossing-specific cards and figures tin exist invited to your photo shoots - with the following exceptions (we bet functionality for others could be added in the future):

Non-Animal Crossing-specific amiibo (that's correct — no Epona or Inkwell... for now)
Villager from Blast (although this is an Fauna Crossing amiibo from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate line - and it was interactive in New Leafage - Villager cannot come to photo shoots)
Sanrio "Welcome Amiibo" cards (although we really wanted to do a photo shoot with Marty and his lid...)
Some special (SP) grapheme figures and cards (including Digby, Resetti, and any other characters who have withal to make an appearance in the game)

How many amiibo can you invite at once to a photograph shoot? Feel complimentary to scan upwards to x of your amiibo into the picture party!

What can you do with the amiibo once they've arrived at the shoot? Although nosotros have yet to fix many photo shoots, information technology's articulate there is a lot of artistic freedom here. From dressing up the characters, to positioning them on sets, to giving them emotions, nosotros're sure nosotros'll see some fantastic photos from players in the future. Unfortunately, these models are essentially ghosts of their characters, and cannot exist interacted with directly past your player.

From Harv's Isle, you tin also unlock posters of each of the scannable amiibo - even some of those characters who can't come to the shoots - and purchase them for display in your domicile. And let us tell y'all - the designs are awesome, we want them all.

Hello Kitty Poster from scanning Sanrio amiibo cards in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Unlocking & purchasing posters of amiibo characters at Nook Stop

Can you get anything from the amiibo that can't be invited to the photograph shoots? Equally we mentioned, nearly scannable Creature Crossing-specific amiibo - even some that are un-invitable to photograph shoots or your campground - volition unlock unique (and adorable) posters of themselves for buy via Nook Shopping at the Nook Stop kiosk (located in either Nook's tent, or your Town Hall).

For example - our dear Sanrio amiibo cards (which nosotros dearly promise will have more added functionality in the future) can still unlock some of the cutest posters of the bunch at your kiosk when scanned at Harvey'southward Island. Yes, we plastered them all over the walls of our house.

Inviting visitors to your isle campsite via amiibo

How do you invite amiibo characters to your island? Ah, the Golden Trout of amiibo questions. And but similar catching a Golden Trout, this 1 takes some patience.

In gild to invite your favourite characters directly to your island in total interactive glory, you must showtime build a campsite. Once you've got a operation campsite, you must look for one random camper to visit (in our testing, this normally only takes a day). We recommend going through the motions to have them move onto your isle - not merely does this help motility the game forward, only we're fairly certain it's required in order to access amiibo functionality for your campsite.

Afterwards going through this procedure, Tom Nook should mention to you that amiibo functionality has been added to the Nook Cease kiosk. The next time your campsite is empty, caput to Nook Stop and scan in ane of your favorite villagers - immediately subsequently which, they should appear at your campsite. Information technology should be noted that only one villager can visit your campsite per day.

Which amiibo can be invited to the campsite? Again, non all amiibo can be invited to campsite on your island. About of the general and "Welcome Amiibo" cards can be invited. Below are the amiibo which cannot exist invited:

Non-Animal Crossing-specific amiibo (again, hopefully those Zelda and Splatoon crossovers will be added back in the time to come)
Villager from Smash (while the game volition detect this Brute Crossing character, he isn't available for photo shoots or campsite visits)
Sanrio "Welcome Amiibo" cards (fingers crossed we'll come across these villagers again downward the line)
Special character figures and cards (while some, such as Isabelle, volition scan in and appear with a bulletin, others volition not be available to scan at all - and none of the special characters can visit your camp)

Isabelle response when scanning amiibo at kiosk in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

(For more on how to become more than villagers to move to your island, check out our guide!)

Inviting campsite visitors to live on your island

So - in one case you lot've got your favourite villager camping on your island, how do you convince them to move in? This is where your patience will truly be put to the test. With any of the amiibo characters you scan to your campsite, it will accept three separate tries - a minimum of three days in the game - to get them to move in.

And that's non all it takes. On each of those days, yous'll demand to follow multiple steps to get to the point of asking them to move in - be prepared to become turned downward on the first two tries.

Each day, the procedure is similar: begin past speaking to the villager a couple of times until you trigger their asking to craft them an item. The bonus here is that you lot'll get a new recipe each time (unless you've already learned the recipe for the item they're requesting).

Craft the particular they want earlier the day is through, equally they'll move out the very next day. Give them their item, and and then talk to them a few more times - somewhen, y'all'll get the opportunity to inquire them to move in. Again, the first two days you enquire them to move, they'll decline - but they'll also allude to the fact that they would like to continue visiting.

Finally, on the 3rd 24-hour interval of furniture-making servitude and humble begging, they'll accept your invitation to movement in. We recommend ensuring you buy a lot from Tom Nook and set it up for their arrival prior to this exchange, to ensure they have a identify to motility in.

While fourth dimension-consuming, this process is handy both for stocking your island full of your favourite characters, also as moving closer to unlocking K.K. Slider and the Isle Designer Terraforming app.

Of course, the maximum number of villagers who tin live on your island - not including yourself or special characters - is ten. If you become through this process after you've striking your limit, yous'll have the option to ask one of your existing villagers to motion out and make space for this newcomer - but that'south upwards to yous, Resident Representative!

Julian moved into house on island after scanning amiibo to campsite and asking to move in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Which amiibo do you plan to utilize start at your military camp or Harv'due south Island? Will you lot invite your favorite villagers, or let fate decide your neighbors? Let us know in the comments!

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