The only way to add “friends” or “best friends" to the Best Friends List app once you have access to it is by first playing with them online.
A social simulation game called Animal Crossing: New Horizons was created and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch in 2020. It is the fifth main Animal Crossing installment. In New Horizons, the player takes control of a character who moves to a remote island after buying a vacation package from Tom Nook.
The character completes tasks and makes decisions regarding the island's development. They can gather materials, make things by hand, decorate the island, and turn it into a settlement of anthropomorphic animals.
When you play Animal Crossing: New Horizons with friends, especially after the pandemic of the past year or so, it is much more enjoyable. Finding friends, though, is a challenge. In fact, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a separate friends list from the rest of the console that doesn't sync with it automatically.
What separates Animal Crossing's Friends and Best Friends?
In New Horizons, there is a distinction between "Friends," which are the people you are friends with on your Nintendo Switch, and "Best Friends," who are people you add to the game through the Best Friends List app on your NookPhone. Play online with at least one other player to unlock the Best Friends List app.
There are a few differences, even though playing with friends and best friends is largely the same. Most importantly, only Best Friends are permitted to use destructive tools (shovels and axes) on your island, while Friends are not permitted to do so.
If your Best Friends are online, you can use the app to see if they are online and send them in-game messages. The same app lets you see the friends you've played with, but it won't let you know if they're online or allow you to message them.
How to invite Friends on my island in Animal Crossing?
To invite friends to your island, you must speak with Orville at the airport and let him know you want visitors. In doing this, you have the following choices: You have the option of connecting to players nearby or those playing online, and you can decide whether to let all of your friends or just your best friends visit.
When you want friends to visit, you can ask Orville to open the gates, and he will do so to let you go. A Dodo Code can also be used to invite players. By selecting this option, you'll be able to invite friends, best friends, and even people who aren't even on your friends list.
You can invite anyone you want by texting them or using any other method you normally use to communicate after Orville gives you a random five-character code. This enables you to manage visitors to your island. When your gates are shut, the Dodo Code will become invalid.
How to visit my friend’s island in Animal Crossing?
If you'd prefer to visit a friend's island, speak with Orville and let him know you'd rather fly than go anywhere else. You can then either search for a friend to see if anyone on your Switch friends list has opened their gates to friends or search via a Dodo Code you've received from someone else after he asks you to choose between local play and online play once more.
You'll need to coordinate using whatever means you typically employ to communicate with your friends and ensure that their gates are open, just like when inviting friends.
What can I do on my friend’s island in Animal Crossing?
You can simply play Animal Crossing with a friend when they are over or when you are visiting their island (though you cannot, for example, terraform your island while they are visiting). You can trade fruit, visit each other's stores, talk to their villagers, and exchange items by dropping them on the ground.
There are a few ways to get in touch with friends even when you're not playing on the same island. If your best friends are online, you can message them using the Best Friends List app. You can also write letters to your friends if you've previously played online with them. There is a daily cap of two letters per friend, but if you don't have time to visit each other's islands, this is a convenient way to send items to friends.
Finally, you can send gifts to friends directly from the Nook Stop machine in Resident Services by using the Nook Shopping option. You can even use a specific gift card. If your friend is online, both letters and Nook Shopping gifts will be delivered to their mailbox very quickly.
FAQs
Q. How to add friends on Animal Crossing?
A. Animal Crossing only allows friends to be added after playing with them. Your Nintendo Switch friend list cannot currently be imported into the in-game app.
Q. What is the Dodo Code in Animal Crossing?
A. You can invite friends, Best Friends, and even people who aren't even on your friends list by using this option.
Q. Who is Orville in Animal Crossing?
A. Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces Orville, a unique character who works as a receptionist at the Dodo Airlines airport in the player's town.
