Unlocking the Campsite in Animal Crossing: Inviting Villagers and Using Amiibo

One of the exciting features you can unlock in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the campsite. Occasionally, random villagers will drop by your campsite, and you can even invite them to make your island their home. The campsite plays a significant role in the game’s Amiibo integration, which we’ll delve into shortly. If you’re looking for details on unlocking or upgrading other buildings, there’s a comprehensive guide available that covers various visitors, structures, equipment, and critters. For now, let’s dive into how to unlock the campsite, attract campers, and invite new villagers to your island.

**How To Get The Campsite**
To unlock the campsite, you first need to complete the Resident Services building, which involves several steps outlined in the Resident Services guide. The earliest you can get the campsite is on your eighth day of play (though it won’t be built until the ninth), so don’t stress if you haven’t reached that point yet. Once Resident Services is up and running, head inside. Tom Nook will ask for your help in constructing a campsite to draw more residents to the island. He’ll provide you with a kit and let you choose a plot of land for the campsite, and you won’t need to spend any bells or crafting materials for this project. After placing the campsite plans, construction will commence and take a full day to finish. The campsite will be ready the following day.

**The First Visitor**
You can expect your first visitor at the campsite the day after it’s completed. To progress, you’ll need to invite this villager to live on your island—just chat with them, and it should go smoothly. Tom Nook will then give you a housing kit and allow you to select a plot of land for their new home, which unlocks the ability to pre-place housing plots for future villagers. After this initial camper, you’re not obligated to invite every camper to stay if you choose not to.

**How To Invite Villagers To Live On Your Island**
When a villager decides to camp on your island, you’ll have the chance to invite them to become a permanent resident. Typically, they’ll want to play a game with you first before agreeing to move, and some may decline altogether. You can only invite campers to live on your island if you have an open housing plot and fewer than 10 villagers—unless you’re willing to evict someone. Even if you have the maximum number of villagers, campers will still visit your campsite occasionally. If you engage with a visitor enough and they express interest in moving in, you’ll have the option to kick someone out to make room for the new arrival. The villager who gets evicted will be chosen at random.

**How To Use Amiibo**
Once your first camper has moved in, you can use Animal Crossing Amiibo or Amiibo cards at the Nook Stop machine in Resident Services to invite the corresponding villager to visit your campsite. Just interact with the machine and select the Amiibo option to scan your Amiibo or card. Keep in mind that certain characters, like Tom Nook and Isabelle, cannot be invited to your campsite. Villagers you invite this way will typically ask you to craft something for them, and even then, they might not agree to move in right away. It usually takes three separate invitations before they’ll agree to relocate, after which you can decide which current villager to kick out for the Amiibo character. Use this ability wisely!