How to Make the Campsite and How to Use an amiibo

This is a guide to unlocking and making the Campsite in the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch. Learn what you need to do to make the Campsite, what you can do at a Campsite and how to use an amiibo to bring a Villager to the Campsite.

How to Make the Campsite

Instructions for Making the Campsite

Prerequisite: Upgrade Resident Services

To make a Campsite, you'll need to have upgraded Resident Services first. Upgrading Resident Services will take some time, but be sure to complete this step first.
How to Upgrade Resident Services

Make a Campsite Construction Kit

After upgrading Resident Services, talk to Tom Nook and ask What should I do?. He'll give you the DIY Recipe for a Campsite Construction Kit, so craft it right away.

Materials Needed for Campsite Construction Kit

If you're having trouble finding Iron Nuggets, try checking our guide below.
How to Get Iron Nuggets Fast

Choose Where to Put the Campsite

Choose where to put your Campsite. After you've laid the plot, wait for one day to pass and your Campsite will be complete

How to Use an amiibo at the Campsite

Use an amiibo to Add New Villagers

By using an amiibo with the Nook Stop in Resident Services, you can call a Villager to come to the Campsite. Then, you'll be able to invite that Villager to come and live on your Island.
List of amiibos and Compatibility

What You Can Do at the Campsite

Get a Housing Kit from Tom Nook

If you invite a visitor at the Campsite to live on your Island and then talk to Tom Nook, he will give you a Housing Kit. You will need to pay 10,000 Bells to place this house somewhere on the Island. When the new Villager moves in, you will receive 1,000 Miles as a reward for finding a new Villager.

Invite new Villagers to your Island

Occasionally, visitors will come to stay at your campsite. If you have less than the maximum number of Villagers (8 total), you'll be able to invite these visitors to become Villagers on your Island. Be sure to add a Villager when you find someone who suits your island's style!

Tips and Tricks When Getting Villagers Using the Campsite

Villagers with Different Species are More Likely to Visit

If you want to get a specific villager, it is better to have villagers different than that species, or just use an amiibo instead.

There are No Campers During Events

Visitors will not come to the Campsite on the day of events such as Bunny Day, or Fishing Tourneys.

Campers Can Still Come Even if You Have 10 Villagers

Even if you have the max number of villagers, visitors can come to the Campsite, although rarely, so you do not need to kick out villagers in advance.

Random Campers will be Swapped with Your Recent Villager

If you have 10 residents and invite a random Campsite visitor to live on your island, they will replace your most recent villager or the last villager who wanted to move out.

Campsite Visitors Invited via amiibo will be Swapped with Your Chosen Villager

If you have 10 residents and invite a Campsite visitor using an amiibo, you can choose the villager to be replaced by the new one.

How to Win the Camper's Card Game

The cards are always random

Campsite visitors will determine via a card game whether or not to move to your island. Don't worry if you lose! Just keep talking to the camper to try again and again!

Related Links

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ACNH Facilities
Resident Services	Museum
Nook's Cranny	Able Sisters
Airport	Campsite
Harvey's Island & Photopia	Harv's Plaza
Jolly Redd's Treasure Trawler	The Roost