Special character

Special characters, also known as special animals, are non-villager characters in the that fulfill a variety of functions, including owning or running various establishments, hosting events, and providing access to exclusive items.

Government
These characters are all employed by the town to look after various civic functions.

Proprietors
These characters own or run the various businesses in town.

Islanders
These characters all live and work on Tortimer Island in.

Holiday visitors
Holiday visitors arrive in town on specific dates and host events.

Regular visitors
Regular visitors turn up in town randomly, during repeating events or when certain criteria are met.

weekly schedule
Once the island is established, there can be one special visitor on the island each day (other than Celeste and Wisp, one or both of whom can appear any night). Certain visitors will set up a booth in the Resident Services Plaza while most others will wander throughout the island during their visit. Only Daisy Mae and K.K. Slider are (usually) guaranteed a specific day each week, Sunday and Saturday respectively. Several visitors are not guaranteed to appear every week, but those who don't visit one week will have priority for the following week. A week's schedule is determined at the beginning of the week. Before the 1.3.0 update, Kicks, Saharah, and Leif had guaranteed appearances each week, while K.K. Slider performed on Friday if there was an event scheduled for Saturday.

There may be exceptions to these criteria if there are special events during the week, which may include a character visiting multiple times. For example, C.J. could potentially appear as a weekday visitor as well as the host of the Fishing Tourney if scheduled for that Saturday. K.K. will also typically make an extra visit for a player's birthday if it doesn't coincide with his regular weekly visit.

Unused special characters
Shaki is a special character who does not appear in any games but exists in the data of Animal Crossing.