The Animal Crossing New Horizons version 2.0 update adds a variety of new faces to the game. This includes 16 villagers who you can meet and invite to live right on your island. You might be wondering who these new villagers are and how you can encounter them. Whether you’re just curious or you’re looking for a new friend to live on your island, here are all 16 new villagers and how to meet them in the Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 update.
How to Get the New Villagers
The new villagers that are being introduced in the Animal Crossing New Horizons version 2.0 update are all added to the standard pool of villagers you can encounter in the game. This means that you can meet them the same way you would meet all of the other villagers.
There are a few ways to do this. The most common way is to have an open house plot (usually by letting one of your 10 villagers move away) and traveling to islands using Nook Mile Tickets. As long as you have an open plot, you will meet a random villager on these islands. There is a chance of one of the new 16 villagers appearing here, and you can talk to them to invite them to live on your island.
Just like previous villagers, these 16 new animals can also randomly visit your campsite and can be invited to live on your island by convincing them to move there. They can also be summoned to your campsite via amiibo card if you have the card of the specific villager you want.
Lastly, these villagers can randomly move into open plots, and they can be invited to live in open plots if they are moving away from someone else’s island by connecting with that player online.
Let’s now introduce you to the 16 new villagers who are being added in this update.
All 16 New Villagers in Animal Crossing New Horizons’ 2.0 Update
Sasha
Sasha is a male rabbit villager with a lazy personality type. His birthday is on May 19.
Ione – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Ione is a female squirrel villager with a normal personality type. Her birthday is on Sept. 11.
Tiansheng
Tiansheng is a male monkey villager with a jock personality type. His birthday is on Aug. 18.
Shino – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Shino is a female deer villager with a peppy personality type. Her birthday is on Oct. 31.
Marlo
Marlo is a male hamster villager with a cranky personality type. His birthday is on June 26.
Petri – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Petri is a female mouse villager with a snooty personality type. Her birthday is on Oct. 23.
Cephalobot
Cephalobot is a male octopus villager with a smug personality type. His birthday is on April 1.
Quinn – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Quinn is a female eagle villager with an uchi/sisterly personality type. Her birthday is on Jan. 20.
Chabwick
Chabwick is a male penguin villager with a lazy personality type. His birthday is on Dec. 24.
Zoe – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Zoe is a female anteater villager with a normal personality type. Her birthday is on Feb. 10.
Ace
Ace is a male bird villager with a jock personality type. His birthday is on Aug. 11.
Rio – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Rio is a female ostrich villager with a peppy personality type. Her birthday is on Sept. 10.
Frett
Frett is a male dog villager with a cranky personality type. His birthday is on Oct. 30.
Azalea – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Azalea is a female rhinoceros villager with a snooty personality type. Her birthday is on Dec. 18.
Roswell
Roswell is a male alligator villager with a smug personality type. His birthday is on May 2.
Faith – Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 Update Villagers
Faith is a female koala villager with a uchi personality type. Her birthday is on March 21.
After the addition of these 16 new villagers, that brings the grand total of villagers in Animal Crossing New Horizons to 413, if you count the Sanrio animals that can be added with amiibo cards. Now you know all 16 new villagers and how to meet them in the Animal Crossing New Horizons 2.0 update. Check back with Twinfinite for more tips and tricks for the game.
