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Get all the designs you need in New Horizons

Mar 24, 2020 To scan QR codes in Animal Crossing New Horizons, you will need to do the following: Download the Nintendo Switch Online app for your mobile device Link your Nintendo account From the.

Updated: 22-05-2020. Original post 22-03-2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It's a good game, and we can't get enough of it. In fact, I myself once again spent multiple hours this morning playing Animal Crossing before breakfast, and once again, I am hungry, yet have paid off a considerable amount of debt. Swings and roundabouts.

One lovely feature you can use in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the ability to scan QR codes of designs created in New Leaf or Happy Home Designer, and then import them into your main game. You can only do one at a time, sadly, and not all designs look clean with New Horizons' new image smoothing put onto pixelated designs, but this is a feature I love since I can steal designs from more talented people online.

If you want to share designs made in New Horizons however, it's a bit more complicated, and you will need a Nintendo Online Subscription in order to share them. Frustrating, I know, but luckily the QR codes are free at least.

To find out how to scan QR codes and share your new designs, just take a look at our guide below… But if you want to create your own QR codes, or even convert images into ACNH designs, check out our guide.

Scanning QR codes from New Leaf

In order to scan QR codes from New Leaf or Happy Home Designer, you will need to use the Nintendo Switch Online app on an Android or iOS device - you know, that app for voice chat and Splatoon 2 items - and you will need to connect it to your New Horizons save file. Follow these instructions to link up NookLink…

• Download the Nintendo Switch Online app, and ensure you are logged in with the same account you use for your New Horizons save file.
• On Animal Crossing: New Horizons, press - on the main menu screen, this will take you to the game's settings. Here you can activate NookLink.
• Restart the app on your mobile device, and NookLink should now be active.

Now NookLink is active, and you can start scanning QR codes. Unfortunately, you can only scan one at a time into the game, and the face cut-out boards that were available in New Leaf are now no longer compatible with the game, so don't try those.

• In the Nintendo Switch Online App, tap on Animal Crossing: New Horizons and then Designs.
• Press the Scan a QR Code button.
• Allow any permissions requested, and then simply point your camera at a QR code. You can easily find one on Google if you wish to test.
• Once you have a QR code scanned and saved, it's time to open up New Horizons.
• Go to your designs app, and then press +. This should download any saved designs.
• Pick a slot to save your new design in, and it should be complete!

Sharing designs in New Horizons

Finally, you can share designs made in New Horizons, but not with QR codes anymore, meaning that previous advice is meaningless when it comes to this. First you will need to construct the Able Sister's Tailor shop, and once that is done, along with a Nintendo Switch Online Subscription, you will be able to share your designs…

• Go to the Able Sister's shop, and at the back of the room should be an online kiosk.
• When you first use this kiosk, you will be assigned a creator code. Share this code and people will be able to find all of your designs at any point.
• You will be able to upload your designs now. It's as simple as navigating the menus, and each designs will also be assigned a code that you can share online.
• And finally, of course, you can type in design or creator codes if you want to seek out certain designs that people have created. That's all you need to know!

Unfortunately, you will need the online subscription to use this kiosk, and frankly, it's not as easy as scanning a QR code, but we're glad the creator codes allow you to showcase all of your best designs.

Want more?Check out our 35 otherAnimal Crossing: New Horizons tips, guides and walkthroughs!

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If you’re one of the 13.41 million people who purchased Animal Crossing: New Horizons, surely you’ve heard of QR codes. They are a fun and exciting way to bring new designs to your island (and other people’s islands as well if you’re willing to share) and the perfect way to customize items. In my recent endeavors to find the best QR codes out there, I’ve learned that it’s easy once you know where to look. Which is why I’m bringing them to you! In this article we’ll discuss my favorite spots to find QR codes and how to use them.

Reddit’s r/ACQR

The subreddit r/ACQR has been, by far, my favorite place to find QR codes. The community has over 175,000 members who post their own designs for you to use including flower paths, clothing, album artwork for walls, doormats to place in front of your villagers’ houses, and even animals to add to the “pet bed” item.

Where To Scan Qr Codes Animal Crossing New Horizons

Accessing QR Code Designs in Animal Crossing

So how do you actually get these designs in your game? Simply follow these steps: First, make sure your Nintendo Switch is connected to the internet. Head on over to the Able Sisters store. In the back of the store is the Custom Designs Portal. Press A > Access the kiosk.

The next step depends on whether you see a Design ID or Creator ID in the Reddit post you’re interested in. Creator ID’s begin with the letters MA, and will allow access to all of that creator’s designs. Design ID’s begin with MO, and will allow access to a specific design. It’s up to the creator to decide which they’d like to share. Select whichever applies, and simply enter the code. Then select a slot to save the design in. You are now free to use the QR code for anything that is customizable in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Have fun with it!

This Custom Designs Portal method can also be used when sharing designs between friends or on forums by exchanging Design ID’s or Creator ID’s. Animal Crossing Closet has tons of clothing options to choose from as well.

Animal Crossing Pattern Tool

This tool is absolutely perfect for anyone who already has images that they would like to integrate into their island, but is having a hard time duplicating the designs. It provides you with a larger view of the grid to make creating your own designs even simpler. Or, even better, you can choose the Convert+ option. This allows you to upload any image saved on your computer. It automatically converts the design for you. Adjust/crop the picture to your liking, select Convert once more, then Generate QR Code.

Acnh Scan Codes

If you don’t have pictures of your own to use, you can browse the site’s designs as well. Here’s how to scan the QR code:

Download the Nintendo Switch Online app on your iOS or Android device. Follow the instructions within the app to connect your Nintendo Switch to your phone, You’ll only have to do this once.

Then, under Game Specific Services, select Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Select Designs > Scan a QR code. Your camera should pop up with a QR scanner.

Next, in the game, press ZL to access your cell phone > Custom Designs > press “+” > Download. The QR code captured on your phone should appear.

This Nintendo Switch Online method can also be used for things like the Getty Museum’s Animal Crossing Art Generator, where you can download artwork from their gallery of favorites or on Animal Crossing Paths, a resource dedicated to pathway designs.

Congratulations! You now know two different methods of downloading QR codes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Here’s my latest “Starbucks” café kiosk created using the Custom Designs Portal method.

What are you planning on doing first with QR codes? There are so many options to choose from (I really hope that Nintendo eventually expands the maximum number of design slots) and endless opportunities for what you can create! If you get tired of all that crafting and need a break, relax, sit back and do as Stitches would:

“I will love myself by eating my favorite ice cream and wearing baggy clothes!”

Where To Scan Qr Codes Animal Crossing New Horizons

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