[UPDATE] Here’s How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Determines When Special Characters Appear On Your Island

[UPDATE] Here’s How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Determines When Special Characters Appear On Your Island

As with previous games in the series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons features several special characters which only appear on certain days of the week, including C.J., Flick, Redd, Leif, and many more.

Typically, only one or two of these special characters will make an appearance on the island each day, seemingly on a random schedule. However, dataminer Ninji has now revealed exactly how Animal Crossing: New Horizons determines which days these special characters will appear throughout a given week, a summary of which you can find below:

  • Every week, players are guaranteed to get Saharah, Kicks, and Leif on one weekday (Mon-Fri) each.
    • This is provided the Able Sisters tailor shop has been built.
  • The remaining two weekday slots will be randomly filled by Gulliver, Label, CJ, Flick, or Redd.
    • The special characters which did not get picked for the current week will be given a higher priority for the following week.
  • Celeste will appear on days where Meteor Shower weather patterns are present, separately from the other special characters.
  • Wisp will pick a random day of the week to appear.

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UPDATE: As of the Version 1.3.0 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the mechanics for special character appearances has been changed such that Saharah, Kicks, and Leif are no longer guaranteed. The new mechanics used are illustrated by Ninji in this helpful graphic below:

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