March 14, 2026

Unlock new facilities and edits in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise

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During your dream career, you’ll unlock additional abilities and buildings.

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise lets us live out our creative dreams by making gorgeous vacation homes for clients. It seriously takes this cute game to the extra level and cements it as one of the best Nintendo Switch games out there. As you take on jobs and fulfill villager requests, you’ll also unlock five facilities and several customization abilities. Eventually, you can even unlock the ability to edit your villager’s houses on your home island. So what exactly are these rewards, and how do you unlock them? Let’s dive in.

Unlock those goodies

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise DLC

$25 at Best Buy
$25 at Amazon
$25 at GameStop

Decorate schools, restaurants, and more

The DLC unlocks several new edition options and even lets you create your own facilities. Dive in and let your creativity run wild.

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise unlockables

All facilities
All custumization options

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise All unlockable facilities

There are a total of five facilities you can renovate on the Happy Home Paradise island. In each location, you’ll determine what the exterior and interior look like. When you’re done, you select which of your clients works there and get to name the place. Here are all unlockable facilities.

School
Cafe
Restaurant
Hospital
Apparel Shop

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise Customization options

Unlocks after
Reward

4 clients
Furniture Polishing: You can add sparkles to any item you put down. The amount of time you spend polishing determines how many sparkles appear.

5 clients
Glowing-Moss and Vine DIY Workbench: Niko gives you a random glowing-moss or vine DIY recipe at the dock.

6 clients
School renovation and edit room sizes: You can renovate the school building whenever you want and choose who the teacher is from your clients. By pressing the right D-Pad button when in the editing mode, you can now determine the length and width of a vacation home room.

7 clients
amiibo scanning: Scan an Animal Crossing amiibo card to make a vacation home for that specific client.

8 clients
Partition Walls: Get the DIY recipe so you can place partial walls in your vacation homes or on your home island.

12 clients
Furniture Polishing upgrade: You can now make other things appear by polishing like hearts, butterflies, or a creepy aura.

13 clients
Lighting options & Cafe/Restaurant: Adjust lighting to several different colors and brightnesses. You can also choose to either renovate the Cafe or Restaurant first. Then select who will work there.

15 clients
Pillars and Counters DIY recipes: Niko gives you DIY recipes for pillars and counters so you can place them in your vacation homes or home island.

16 clients
Roommates: You can now make it possible for up to two villagers to live together in a vacation home.

17 clients
Soundscapes: Wardell helps you unlock natural sounds like rain, ocean, wind, and more.

18 clients
Second Floors: Now you can decorate even more by giving your vacation homes another floor.

24 clients
Hospital renovation: Create a hospital and choose who works there from your client list.

27 clients
Nook Shopping Catalogue: Now you’ll have access to every item that you can access from your home island.

30 clients
Apparel Shop renovation & Home Island Villager remodeling: Create the Apparel Shop and choose who works there. You’ll also be able to return to your island and remodel your villager’s houses using all the skills you learned in the DLC.

Get all the goodies

There are plenty of fun things to unlock as you make your way through the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise DLC. Once you’ve had your fun on the vacation homes, you can take your new skills back to your island and implement them there.

Unlock those goodies

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise DLC

$25 at Best Buy
$25 at Amazon
$25 at GameStop

Decorate schools, restaurants, and more

The DLC unlocks several new edition options and even lets you create your own facilities. Dive in and let your creativity run wild.