Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise is a paid downloadable content expansion for scheduled to be released on November 5, 2021. It is a spiritual successor to, in which the player can design homes and gardens for villagers and special characters to satisfy the client's specifications.

In, the player can travel to an archipelago to work for Paradise Planning, a resort that specializes in the design of custom-built vacation homes within the archipelago's varied environments.

Release
was announced alongside the 2.0 Free Update in an Direct on October 15, 2021.

The DLC will be available for purchase from the Nintendo eShop for US$24.99 or as a part of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service for US$49.99 per year. People who use Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack for will lose access to the archipelago if they lose membership in the Expansion Pack, but will still retain many of the tools obtained through  for usage at their home island. Pre-orders became available on October 29, 2021.

A download card for will be available in Japan, and a Nintendo Switch game case containing a download code will be available in South Korea.

Paradise Planning
When the DLC is downloaded, the player can choose the option "I want to go to work" when speaking to Orville at the airport. Choosing this option takes the player to a resort archipelago where characters go to find vacation homes. The player works for Paradise Planning, a resort developer, alongside Lottie and new characters Niko and Wardell.

Designing homes
The player's job at Paradise Planning is to design vacation homes for villagers and special characters. These characters appear on the archipelago's central island, which also hosts Paradise Planning's office. Once the player chooses to design a home for a character, they are given the option to choose which island to build the home on; each island has different features, and some have different seasons. Once the island is chosen, the player places three furniture items chosen by the character, and from there the interior and exterior of the home can be decorated freely.

As the player designs more homes, more furniture becomes available to use. Homes the player has designed can be remodeled.

After the player designs a home, Lottie rewards them with Poki, a currency that can be used at the Paradise Planning shop.

Customization features
The following customization features are new to :
 * Partition walls
 * Counters (both full-height and half-height)
 * Pillars
 * Lighting customization
 * Soundscapes, constant ambient sounds played in a room
 * Polishing, which gives furniture a sparkling effect

Happy Home Network
A Happy Home Network app can be accessed on the player's NookPhone, where the player can view and visit the homes they have designed. Designs can be shared over the internet, and players can follow other designers.

Paradise Planning office
Paradise Planning has an office on the central island where Lottie, Wardell, and Niko work.

amiibo
Amiibo cards and figures can be scanned at the Paradise Planning office front desk to invite the respective character to have their vacation home designed.

Shop
A shop area in the Paradise Planning office sells five exclusive furniture items. Items are paid for with Poki instead of Bells.

Facilities
Facilities, such as a school, hospital, and restaurant, can be designed in the vacant buildings on the main island. Once the facility is set up, villagers that reside on the main island can come by to use the building.

Main island features
Various features unlocked while designing homes for Paradise Planning can be used in the player's own home, including partition walls, counters, pillars, lighting customization, and soundscapes. Furniture can also be polished.

The player can invite villagers from their island to Paradise Planning by giving them. Additionally, the houses of the villagers on the player's island can be customized after enough homes are designed with Paradise Planning, though some elements, such as room-size adjustments, will be unavailable for the remodeling of a villager's house.