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ACNH - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)

How to Use Amiibos in Happy Home Paradise

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Invite villagers and special characters to their vacation of their dreams! Learn how to call in amiibos to invite characters to the archipelago with our step-by-step guide!

How to Use amiibos in Happy Home Paradise

Apart from inviting your villagers to the Archipelago, you can also call prospective clients using amiibo Cards!

Steps Directions
1 Contact a Villager in the Paradise Planning Office.
2 Scan the amiibo on Your Nintendo Switch.
3 Scan Complete!

1. Contact a Villager in the Paradise Planning Office

Amiibo Paradise Planning Office

Head to the Paradise Planning Office and use the amiibo reader on Lottie's desk. It appears to function similarly to your island's Nook Stop Terminal.

2. Scan the amiibo on Your Nintendo Switch

ACNH - Scan the amiibo

Scan the amiibo card or figure on the NFC touchpoint of your Nintendo Switch to call the character!

3. Scan Complete!

ACNH - Scan Complete

Once scanned, you'll get in touch with your prospective client who is pleased to hear that you're offering to build them their vacation home!

How to Design Vacation Homes

How to Get amiibo Scanner

Design 7 Vacation Homes and the School

amiibo scanner

After designing seven unique vacation homes and the School, Lottie will set up the amiibo Scanner in the Paradise Planner office desk. From there, you can scan your amiibo Cards and design the vacation houses of the clients of your choosing!

Happy Home Paradise (HHP) DLC Guide

Invite Special Characters and Sanrio Villagers

ACNH - Isabelle

You can also invite Special Characters and Sanrio Villagers to set them up with their dream vacation home provided that you have their amiibo cards! Additionally, designing their vacation homes count to your progress as a Paradise Planner designer!

While Regular Villagers and Sanrio Villagers are available clients as soon as the amiibo scanner is available, you need to be a Famous Designer before you can take Special Characters as clients. They're also referred to as VIP clients by Lottie.

Character Lists
ACNH - Special Characters - Isabelle Special Characters ACNH - Sanrio Villagers Icon Sanrio Villagers

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2 Anonymous Anonymous about 4 years

If I used an amiibo for special characters and designed a house for them, would it still give me planning exp?

1 Anonymous Anonymous about 4 years

How do i unlock the amiibo phone in the dlc?

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