How to Get the Villagers You Want in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

There are nearly 400 villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and not all of them will suit every individual player's fancy. Moreover, certain fans will have an idea of some very specific critters that they want living on their islands, but tracking them down is far from an easy thing to do. That said, there is something that can be done to make it much more likely that fans will encounter a villager that they want in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and this guide will provide full details.

This method for getting the best villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons requires players to unlock the campsite and have 10 villagers on their island. From there, fans will need to understand one critical detail about the campsite: the villagers that show up there are more likely to be of a personality type that is not currently represented on the island. More specifically, if every personality type in ACNH but one can be found on an island then there is a 60% chance that campsite visitors will be of the missing type.

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Thus, if a player wants to obtain a popular villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they should make sure that the villagers living on their island are of every personality type aside from the desired villager's. For example, if a fan really wants to get Raymond then they should have villagers of all of the personality types except smug as neighbors, and while it may still be a considerable amount of time before the cat shows up, this approach makes it much more likely that he will appear.

Additionally, players that are willing to time travel in ACNH can really exploit this knowledge to get a specific villager that they are looking for. Here are the steps that these fans should take:

• Step 1: Time travel froward six days
• Step 2: Startup the game and see if Isabelle announces that a villager is visiting the campsite.
• Step 3: If there is a visitor, go to Step 4. If there is no visitor, exit the game, time travel forward one day, and return to Step 2.
• Step 4: If the visitor is the desired villager, go to Step 5. If the visitor is not the desired villager, return to Step 1.
• Step 5: Save and exit the game. Restart the game.
• Step 6: Interact with the villager until you convince them to move-in.

To note, if the visitor asks to replace a villager that the player does not want to see kicked off their island then they should immediately press the home button and force quit Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This should be done promptly when the visitor names the villager that they will replace, not after the conversation is finished.

For fans that are looking for a more expedient approach to obtaining villagers like Raymond, Judy, Audie, and Marshal in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they can always opt to buy them through services like Nookazon. However, doing this can be extremely expensive, and the method outlined above may be better for players that are trying to save their Bells and Nook Miles.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.

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