Returning in Animal Crossing: New Horizons are pro-designs and player-made patterns that can be shared via codes and social media for all sorts of players to enjoy. Many players have taken advantage of this feature and have created plenty of cosplay items such as Power Ranger uniforms.

Players can begin making their own custom patterns as soon as they receive their Nook Phone, but the app for pro-designs must be purchased from the Nook Stop using Nook Miles. Normal patterns can be used to make face paint, wallpaper, simple clothing patterns, or silly floor patterns to put outside on the island. Normal patterns can also be used to customize various furniture items. Pro-designs can be used to make more complex items such as coats, long-sleeve dresses, and brimmed hats.

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There are a total of 15 different types of clothing that can be made with pro-designs. They are:

  • Tank Top
  • Short-Sleeve Tee
  • Long-Sleeve Dress Shirt
  • Sweater
  • Hoodie
  • Coat
  • Sleeveless Dress
  • Short-Sleeve Dress
  • Long-Sleeve Dress
  • Round Dress
  • Balloon-Hem Dress
  • Robe
  • Brimmed Cap
  • Knit Cap
  • Brimmed Hat
Animal Crossing New Horizons Pro Design Code Balloon Hem Dress

After players unlock the Able Sisters shop, they will have the ability to display their own designs on the shop's back wall. Displaying their designs will allow other island residents and island visitors to nab the design for themselves to display or wear. However, this limits sharing designs to direct contact being required through the island. Luckily, Sable offers another method of sharing designs.

In the right back corner of the shop is the terminal for the Custom Designs Portal. In order to access this portal, a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership and an internet connection is required. Unlike in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: New Horizons doesn't use QR codes to store outfit data and uses a simple code to load in user-made designs.

By using the kiosk, players can upload their own designs and share them via social media to have others download their designs in-game. Players can also enter either the design code or creator code like the ones shown in the above image to download the designs of others. Fans of various forms of media are able to share fan-made fan-merch in Animal Crossing: New Horizons this way, such as Taylor Swift and BTS fans.

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After downloading a design, players can put on their new clothes via the custom design app on the Nook Phone or by using any kind of wardrobe furniture item. Custom designs can also be equipped to the Magic Wand item, allowing players to quickly change clothes in any place at any time to their previously chosen outfits.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now, exclusively for Nintendo Switch.

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