Paths make a huge difference in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.They guide visitors, mark out specific areas, and can also be used to decorate homes and gardens. The game offers some unlockable default options but for many players, these simply aren't vibrant or unique enough.
This guide will walk you through how to scan QR codes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Scanning these codes will allow you to import external images and textures into your game to customize your island. Whether it be memes, music album covers, or celebrity faces, you can import nearly anything you can think of by scanning QR codes.
Before we start, you will need to have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription in order to do this. It’s roughly $20/year for a yearly individual membership. You can visit the Nintendo Switch Online Pricing Plans to learn more about that.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons QR Code Guide
Step 1 – Pull up your Nook Phone
Once you have your Nook Phone open, you will want to open up the Custom Designs app, which is the middle icon.
Step 2 – Open Custom Designs App
This page will contain all of your custom designs in New Horizons. After you do that, grab your phone and download the Nintendo Switch Online App.
Step 3 – Download Nintendo Switch Online App
You can download this on your mobile phone, tablet, or any type of mobile device you have available with a camera. This is what we’ll be using to scan QR codes.
Step 4 – Get Another Device to Scan QR Codes From
Next, you will need a THIRD device to pull up the QR codes on, such as a computer, tablet, or any other device with a web browser. The camera will need to be pointed at this third device in order to scan the QR code.
Step 5 – Open the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Page on Nintendo Switch Online App
Go back to your phone and sign into the Nintendo Switch Online App. Navigate to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons page inside the app. This will open up NookLink. From here you can view your passport, create designs, view your friends, and do other various things.
Step 6 – Open Custom Designs
Tap on the Custom Designs app from NookLink. You will see a button that says “Scan a QR Code.” You can only scan one individual QR code at a time.
Step 7 – Points Your Device At The QR Code
Point your phone, or whatever mobile device you’re using the Nintendo Switch Online app on, at the QR code on the third device. It will automatically scan it.
Step 8 – Hit the + Button On Your Switch
Hit the + button and it will bring up a message asking if you want to connect to the internet and download a custom design. Tap Download and it will tell you which design just popped up. Confirm it and select a spot to place the new custom design.
- Important note – If you are having issues with this step, you will need to activate NookLink on your game first. Go to the home screen and on the bottom left of the screen you will see a “-” sign. Click that to activate the NookLink. You will then need to reset the Nintendo Switch Online app on your phone after you enable this feature on your Switch.
Step 9 – Display Your New Design
You can now display the imported custom design. Display it on the ground, in your house, on your t-shirt, or wherever you want.
Clothing Items
Scanning clothing QR codes is the same way, except there will be four QR codes instead of one. After you scan the first QR code, a screen will pop up with four different QR codes to scan (shown below).
These are all the necessary steps you need to follow to scan QR codes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It is a bit of a long process, unfortunately, but it does get easier once you memorize how to do it. Hopefully, this has helped. Here’s a list of our favorite Animal Crossing: New Horizons QR codes to check out in the meantime.
Animal Crossing New Horizons QR codes allow you to customize your game with new designs. Import your favorite paintings, album covers, memes, and other designs by learning how to scan QR codes and using custom codes at the Able Sisters’ Shop.
We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite Animal Crossing New Horizons QR codes from around and put them all in one place. Feel free to use any of these to add some flavor to your island or spice up your room. Click the images with the QR codes to make them larger.
Feel free to bookmark this page and check back for updates. We do try and keep this list fresh and up-to-date every week with new QR codes and designs.
How To Scan Animal Crossing New Horizons QR Codes
Before proceeding, we should explain what QR codes are and what they do. Custom designs can be created in New Horizons that can be shared with players via Design IDs or Creator IDs. These IDs are entered on the kiosk in the Able Sister’s shop.
Custom designs made on older Animal Crossing games like New Leaf can be imported into New Horizons via QR Codes. To scan QR codes in the game, you need a few things. First, you will need the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app to access NookLink. You can download it here:
You will need to purchase Nintendo Switch Online service, which is $20/year to use NookLink. Consider this a small investment to make your island look amazing. Sign in to the Nintendo Switch Online app with the same account you use to play Animal Crossing New Horizons.
You will see Animal Crossing New Horizons under Game-Specific Services on the bottom of the screen. Now, go to your Switch and press the minus button on the title screen of New Horizons to open the settings menu.
Enable NookLink from the settings, and you will be able to import custom designs into the game by scanning them on your phone through the Nintendo Switch Online app. Open up New Horizons, and you can use the Custom Designs app on your Nookphone, which costs 800 Nook Miles at the Resident Services building to be unlocked.
Import Custom Designs in Able Sisters’ Shop
For alphanumeric codes, you will need to enter creator codes at the Able Sisters’ shop. There is a kiosk located in the back to do this, but you will again need internet access and a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.
After choosing to access the kiosk, a screen will pop up where you can search custom designs by Design ID or by Creator ID. Search through a bunch of creations from one person or search specific Design IDs like the ones listed below with this method.
Animal Crossing New Horizons QR Codes List
Below is our compiled list of QR codes for some of the best custom designs we could find for New Horizons. Feel free to bookmark this page and check back any time for updated designs.
Animal Crossing Game Covers
Batman Classic
Robin
Superman
Ash Ketchum (No Gloves)
Brendan
Brock
Pokemon Card
Chansey
Cyrus
PikachuHoodie
Pikachu
Zelda
Flower Path Qr Code Animal Crossing
Sheik
Link’s Awakening Dress
Twilight Princess
Link Shirt
Naruto Young
Batman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Woody (Toy Story)
Brick Paths
Flannel
Nyan Cat Dress
Wanted Poster
Super Sonic
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Multi)
The Great Wave (Single)
I’m a Luxury Sweater
Tree Markers
Use these handy little QR codes to mark your trees so you know which fruit grows on them.
Zelda, Pokemon, and Fantastic Adventures
Sonic, Doctor Who, Rocket Logo, and Radioactive Symbol
Minecraft Packs
Wood Path Qr Code Animal Crossing
Seafoam Hanfu
Visitor Signs
Punk Denim Jacket
Coffee Shop Stall / Menu
FFXIV Astrologian Dresses
No Internet – Google Chrome
Stardew Valley
Celeste Panel
Floral Stall Wisteria Design
Pine Forest Design
Baby Hairs
To customize your game even further, check out some Animal Crossing New Horizons custom path designs. You can put down custom paths on your island to create some different unique looking areas.