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The Happy Home Paradise DLC for Animal Crossing: New Horizons lets you do dream vacation home design work.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Big Update 2.0 is live, and along with the free patch, Nintendo has released a paid DLC expansion for the game called Happy Home Paradise. Similar to the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game for Nintendo 3DS, this expansion is about designing dream vacation homes and other facilities for various characters. Here's a rundown on the price of the DLC and how to access it.

How to download Happy Home Paradise

Happy Home Paradise DLC is not included in the free New Horizons 2.0 update; You will need to download it separately from Nintendo eShop. You can buy the expansion directly from the New Horizons Product Page for $ 25. Note that you must have the Animal Crossing: New Horizons base game in order to purchase the Happy Home Paradise DLC.

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If you have a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Plan, you also have the option to download the Happy Home Paradise DLC for free. However, you will lose access to the DLC if your subscription expires. An individual Expansion Pack membership costs $ 50 per year, while an annual family plan membership, which covers up to eight accounts in multiple systems, costs $ 80. In addition to Happy Home Paradise, the Expansion Pack plan gives subscribers access to a library of classic Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games.

How to access Happy Home Paradise content

Once you have downloaded an installed Happy Home Paradise DLC, you will receive a call from Tom Nook when launching New Horizons. Nook will then introduce you to Lottie, the leader of the Paradise planning committee, who you will work for as part of the DLC.

To work for Lottie and access the expansion, you will need to speak to Orville at the airport and select I want to go to work from your list of options. From there, you will take a short plane ride to Paradise Planning headquarters, where you can do dream vacation home design work for various clients. Every time you turn on the game, you will have to first talk to Orville and select this option to access Happy Home Paradise.

After successfully completing a job, you will earn Poki, a new type of currency exclusive to Happy Home Paradise. With Poki, you can buy new furniture and other items and bring them back to your island.

New Horizons free 2.0 also introduced a host of new content to the game, including Brewster's Coffee, gyroscopes, cooking and more. A new series of Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards they have also gone on sale in retailers.