If you’re looking to share your island with other players or visit your friend’s island, this how to play co-op Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide is the place to be. Read on to find out how to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons multiplayer. We’ll let you in on what you need to do to play online co-op and local multiplayer in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s time to get together with up to eight of your friends, just try to keep your trees and villagers safe.
How to play co-op Animal Crossing: New Horizons
To play Animal Crossing: New Horizons co-op, either locally (wireless play on multiple Switch consoles) or online, you will need to head on over to Dodo Airlines. Where this will be on your island should be different for everyone, but along the coast somewhere. Dodo Airlines is the place you were first brought to when you arrived on your deserted island. Speak to Orville at the desk to begin your local or online multiplayer session.
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For how to play co-op Animal Crossing: New Horizons, follow these steps:
- Head to Dodo Airlines
- Speak to Orville (the dodo at the desk)
- Invite players to your island with a Dodo Code
- Invited players will need to input the Dodo Code inside their Dodo Airlines
- You can invite players from your Nintendo Switch friends list online, too
Remember, you’ll need to input the Dodo Code or be invited through Nintendo Switch Online to join someone else’s game. Every online player will need to have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to play online.
How to play local co-op on Animal Crossing: New Horizons
To play local co-op on the same Switch and TV with other people already living on your island, however, you’ll need to do something different. To play local Animal Crossing: New Horizons co-op, you’ll need to use your NookPhone. Follow these steps to play local co-op with other players on the same screen:
- Use the NookPhone
- Open up the “Call Islander” app
- Call any person living on your island
That’s all there is to it. You can play with up to four players on the same console in local co-op. The screen doesn’t split, mind, and you’ll all be following the leader of the group (the player that makes the initial calls). The leader is who can buy items and interact with things, too. Change the leader by shaking the controller and pressing A. Any items held by the leader when they leave will be placed in the Recycle Bin in Resident Services.
