Animal Crossing: New Horizons | How To Play Happy Home Paradise DLC

a complete guide on how to play happy home paradise DLC with all the instructions and steps.

Game Guide by Sabi on Dec 20, 2024

Now, you may get Animal Crossing: New Horizons's Happy Home Paradise downloadable content from any country! Here is a comprehensive guide to help you access this new information. Just follow the instructions in the guide.

When you first load up Animal Crossing: New Horizons after unlocking Happy Home Paradise, Tom Nook should call you to your island's airport to meet a special visitor.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide, Go To The Airport

When you go to the airport, you'll meet Lottie, a new special character who oversees Happy Home Paradise's Paradise Planning operation.

Talk to Orville at the Dodo Airlines desk and use the "I want to go to work" option to begin playing the Happy Home Paradise DLC content whenever you choose after going through this introduction sequence with Lottie & Tom Nook!

If you're still having trouble starting the sequence or seeing the "I want to go to work" option, though, the troubleshooting section below has some solutions.

Troubleshooting Happy Home Paradise DLC Issues

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide, Troubleshooting Happy Home Paradise DLC Issues

In case you're eager to start playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise DLC addition but are encountering some problems, here are the specifics of what you need to do to start playing...

Gain Entry to Happy Home Paradise DLC by Purchasing It

It goes without saying that you'll need to find a way to acquire the Happy Home Paradise content for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as it is an optional paid expansion that isn't included for free with the Version 2.0 Update.

Below, we'll discuss the two main methods by which Animal Crossing users can acquire the premium downloadable content (DLC) of Happy Home Paradise.

Get Indefinite Access by Buying from The Nintendo eShop: For $24.99/ £22.49, you can acquire the Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise DLC on the Nintendo eShop. With this, you can unlock the complete expansion at no additional cost and without a subscription ever again. To help support the site, you can also buy a digital code from Amazon (US only) here.

Sign Up for Switch Online + N64 To Get Access for a Limited Time: As an alternative, Nintendo has made it possible to play the Animal Crossing: New Horizons—Happy Home Paradise downloadable content (DLC) without buying the game. For as long as your Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership is active, you'll have temporary access to the premium downloadable content expansion!

Just so you know, even if you have access to a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, you'll still need to download the Happy Home Paradise paid DLC from the Nintendo eShop. The only difference is that it won't cost you anything extra.

Verify the House Icon's Version Number on the Title Screen

A new house icon will display next to Version 2.0.0 or later, marking in the upper right of the game's title screen if the Animal Crossing: New Horizons—Happy Home Paradise DLC has been correctly installed and activated on your Nintendo Switch.

Start By Satisfying In-Game Requirements

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guide, Start By Satisfying In-Game Requirements

In order to get the Happy Home Paradise downloadable content, you must meet the following three requirements, as stated in Nintendo's official patch notes for Version 2.0:

The Resident Services facility must be constructed.

A home of your own is essential.

The do-it-yourself workshop must have concluded by now.

One day after you finish the above prerequisites on your island, you should begin the introduction sequence for Happy Home Paradise, which was detailed at the beginning of this post.

After roughly a week of playtime, you can finish the building that looks like a town hall in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is called Resident Services. Also, whether or not finishing K.K. Slider's concert is mandatory is not obvious.

The DIY Workshop, on the other hand, is probably just a reference to one of Tom Nook's early, extremely simplistic lessons on crafting goods; most players shouldn't have any trouble with it.

Hit the Restart Button

Be careful to restart Animal Crossing: New Horizons if you haven't already done so after downloading or gaining access to the Happy Home Paradise DLC.

Verify Your Connection Before Making Any Changes to Your Online Membership

To continue playing the Happy Home Paradise DLC, you'll need to confirm your subscription status online at least once every seven days. This ensures that your Nintendo Switch Online membership remains active, even though the access is temporary.

In a Japanese support website that was machine-translated to English, this is what Nintendo had to say about it:

To use the software for up to seven days after installation, even in locations without an Internet connection, you will need to connect to the Internet frequently, such as while installing the software itself.

Verify User or Player Membership Before Playing on Switch Online

Lastly, it should be mentioned that in order to access the Happy Home Paradise DLC, one must have a current membership to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.

So, if one person on a Nintendo Switch has access via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack and another person doesn't have a subscription, the second person won't be able to play the DLC.

All Nintendo Switch users on the island will have access to the paid content in Animal Crossing: New Horizons—Happy Home Paradise if you buy a permanent copy of the DLC.

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