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Animal Crossing: New Horizons co-op guide

4 topics for playing together: how to start, what Resident Representative and Second resident each do, and the milestones on the way. 31 steps in total.

Steps from 24 guide pages, 1 playthrough videos to watch · checked Oct 19, 2026. We did not play the game for this guide.

Who should play Resident Representative or Second resident?
  1. Getting started

    Playing together on one Switch

    Two residents of the same island play at once in Party Play: one leads, the other follows with a narrower set of actions.

    • 4 parts

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  2. Topic 1 of 3

    Who drives the island

    The first player to arrive becomes Resident Representative and is the only one who can move the island's story on; everyone else helps.

    • 2 parts

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  3. Topic 2 of 3

    Milestones: museum and Nook's Cranny

    The early projects: bringing Blathers to the island, paying off the move and building the first shop.

    • 3 parts

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  4. Topic 3 of 3

    Milestones: new neighbors to K.K. Slider

    Bridges, three new homes, a campsite and a three-star island lead to K.K. Slider's first concert.

    • 3 parts

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Sources (25)

Text guides, which every step is counted from, and playthrough videos to watch (each part on a topic page can jump the page's video to the moment it starts; videos are not counted as sources).