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Hanging out with your villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a great way to form friendships (or suddenly want to look into how to evict residents) and can even earn you special gifts. And when the Animal Crossing: New Horizons update 2.0 came out, it opened up a whole new social interaction by letting you invite them round to your house and getting invites to theirs in return.

So, if you're keen to show off all the hard work you've put into decorating your home, or fancy snooping round some of the villagers taking up residence on your island, it's the perfect opportunity. And you'll even deepen those friendship bonds while you're at it. Here's how Animal Crossing: New Horizons villager visits and invites work. Fair warning, they're partial to inviting themselves over...

 Animal Crossing: New Horizon villager visits  

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When you're tucked up at home changing your outfits or watching TV, villagers will sometimes pop by to make a social call. You'll hear a little knock at the door before your neighbour says a greeting and asks if you're in. They'll then hang around your house for a while to spend some quality time with you. After a little while, they will leave, but you have the choice to ask them to hang out with you longer or say your goodbyes. 

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On occasion when you're see a villager with three dots over their head to indicate that they're thinking, they may ask to come over to your house. If you agree, you'll immediately return home with them.

During their visit, they can comment on your home decor, give you a little something for having them over, ask you to play a card game with them, and even ask for to be taken on a tour of all of your different rooms. It's all very adorable.

Once they leave, you'll likely hear a little ping not unlike the sound you hear when you help out a villager, which indicates that your bond has deepened. The next day, you may also receive a letter with a gift from your visiting villager to thank you for letting them to spend time at your house. 

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons invites to your villagers' homes 

Occasionally when speak to a villager your good pals with outside, they may ask if you're busy and whether or not you'd like to pop over and spend some time with them at their house. If you accept, you'll then find yourself in their home.

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It's a sweet little way to hang out, and it makes a change from always having to be the one who knocks on their door to pay a visit. It's also a lovely way of making it feel like villager wants to spend time with you. 


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