Campsite (facility)

The Campsite is a facility available for construction in and. In, it is a public works project that costs 59,800 Bells to construct, and it cannot be demolished. In the Campsite can be crafted and placed anywhere on the island. In both games, a villager can occupy the Campsite on random days, and if space is available, they can be invited to move in. The Campsite is only available for use by non-resident villagers, and allows a variety of special villager interactions with the camping villager known as minigames.

Campers accommodated by the Campsite are never seen to sleep, roam the town or shop, and tents or igloos disappear at six o'clock in the morning, only when the player activates the morning rise and shine by exiting a building. Campers will not appear on days if there is an event that goes on all day or if a holiday takes place that day.

Unlocking
The public works project for the Campsite is available as soon as the player is able to build public works projects. It costs 59,800 Bells, and it occupies a 3x3 space.

Usage
In, any non-resident villagers can stay at the Campsite, which includes villagers seen previously, in friend towns or previous town residents. Interacting with them have their special benefits. Players may obtain many furniture and items from campers when playing their minigames, and a player may convince a villager to move into their town.

If a town has nine villagers and a Campsite when the player convinces a camper to move in, the camper will take up the special tenth slot of the town. No unwarranted villagers will be able to move into a player's town if it has nine residents, unless they are StreetPassed into the town or invited when camping.

Having a camper in the town will not affect residents, as they will not talk about an occupied Campsite or a camping stranger. Booker and Copper will take note of this however, though they are only unlocked by constructing the Police Station.

Tent Campers
From February 25th to December 10th, campers that arrive for a visit on the town's Campsite will set up a tent on the town's Campsite. Inside, the villager may want to play a game with the player, if the player has 5,000 bells or more and has one or more space in their pockets. The player can obtain Camping Gear furniture from the villager along with regular kinds of furniture, which is selected at random. The villager can also ask to play a game to sell one of the player's furniture, wallpaper, flooring or even regular tools (not counting silver or gold items though).

Igloo Campers
From December 11th to February 24th, campers that arrive for a visit on the town's Campsite will set up an igloo on the town's Campsite. Inside, the villager may want to play a game with the player, if the player has 5,000 bells or more and has one or more space in their pockets. The player can obtain Winter Gear furniture from the villager along with regular kinds of furniture, which is selected at random. The villager can also ask to play a game to sell one of the player's furniture, wallpaper, flooring or even regular tools (not counting silver or gold items though).

Exclusive Items
Below are a list of Campsite-exclusive furniture and items that the player may only obtain from a camping villager through a minigame.

Tent Camper Exclusives
 * Backpack
 * Bonfire
 * Kayak
 * Sleeping Bag
 * Surfboard
 * Campfire Cookware
 * Propane Stove

Igloo Camper Exclusives
 * Camp Stove
 * Fish Grill
 * Campfire
 * Stewpot
 * Smoker

Unlocking
Once Resident Services has been upgraded, if the player asks Tom Nook, "What should I do?", he will tell the player about building a Campsite, and he will give them a DIY recipe for a Campsite construction kit. Once the kit is crafted, the player can choose where to place it, and it will be built the following day. The day after the campsite is built, a random Smug villager will settle in, and is mandatory to let him move in the island.

Usage
In, the Campsite acts similarly to , where non-resident villagers can stay at the campsite and be invited to move in. Additionaly, an Animal Crossing amiibo card can be scanned to invite a specific villager to the Campsite. If there are no open spots for new villagers, a current resident can be evicted to allow the camper to move in. Additionally, the evicted villager can be "adopted" by another player and can move in to their town. WARNING: There is a known glitch in the 1.1.1 update for New Horizons where the evicted villager will never come to the island when adopted, and their plot will forever remain vacant, preventing any new villagers from moving in.