Amazingly, it's actually possible to trade a villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I must admit, after seeing so many people talking about having villagers up for grabs on their island, I was a little sceptical about how to trade a villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and whether it was indeed as sketchy as it sounds.
Thankfully, it's rather more NSFW than I feared and figuring out how to trade a villager in New Horizons is actually more straightforward than expected. Here's how it works:
1. Wait for someone to say they're moving out
There comes a time in every villager's life where they might feel the need to move on from your fair isles and explore somewhere new. Hopefully it's that annoying one that you've come to detest even the mere sight of, but sometimes it's just a cute one that wants a change in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
They'll let you know they want to leave. You can either try and persuade them to stay, or let them go. The next day, they'll be in their homes packing up their stuff into cardboard boxes. And it's then that the trading option becomes available.
2. Packing day is time to pounce
When a villager is in their home packing up their things, the day after they let you know they're moving on, it's possible to trade that villager with another player.
How it works is that anyone who wants that particular villager needs to first have an empty plot on their own island. Then, they can come and visit your island, and head over to speak to the departing villager in their home.
They will then be given the option to poach said villager, and ask them to make the move to their own island. Working out how to trade a villager in New Horizons is actually just as simple as that, it just requires a bit of coordination and good timing.
That said, the methodology when it comes to how to evict a resident in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is less clear cut sadly.
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