Now choose an open pattern slot for this new design.Select OK when the pattern you scanned with the app appears in the game.Press the + button on the right side of your Joy-Cons or controller.Press ZL on the left Joy-Con or left side of the controller to bring up the NookPhone. Select Save.įinish the process on your Nintendo Switch The design you scanned will appear in the app.Note that clothing designs will have four codes that you need to scan. Select the Animal Crossing: New Horizons button again.You'll need to restart the Nintendo Switch Online app on your phone.This will allow your game to connect with the phone app. Tom Nook appears to tell you about setting options.Go to settings by pressing the minus button on the left side of your Joy-Cons or controller.Go to Animal Crossing: New Horizon's opening screen. Now it's time to turn to the Nintendo Switch.Tap on the Animal Crossing: New Horizons button.Open the Nintendo Switch Online app on your phone.If you happen to be online and you see someone else's awesome Animal Crossing creation complete with a QR code, here's how to scan it. This customization is what makes it one of the best Nintendo Switch games out there. That way, you can give your IDs out to friends or people online making it easier for them to download and use your images, patterns, or clothing in their own New Horizons games. Similarly, every design you make within the game gets its own Design ID. What are Creator IDs and Design IDs?Įvery player in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has their own Creator ID, which is a string of numbers that allows players to search for designs created by specific players. We're here to show you how to use QR codes, creator IDs, and design IDs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Thing is, the process for getting other's designs into your New Horizons game is kinda tricky. You can also import other people's designs using either a QR code, a Creator ID, or a Design ID (although you can't edit them).

We've rounded up the best QR codes for streets and paths as well as the QR codes for clothing, memes, and fan art to get you started.

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