

(If you want to see a full list of recipes I’ve discovered using amiibo cards, I’ve got one.) This means that it’s not all that difficult to find a specific recipe you’re looking for. I haven’t yet figured how big each character’s potential pool of requests is, but after hours of experiments, my hunch is maybe around ten. Sterling’s recipes include a Doghouse, a Kettlebell, Firewood, and a Simple DIY Workbench. For example, Roald’s recipes include a Mountain Standee, a Kettlebell, and an Iron Frame.

Every villager has a small pool of specific recipes they might ask for. Now, the best part of all of this is that the DIY crafting recipes you’re given are somewhat limited. So when you scan the original card again, that character will start the DIY requests over again. If you invite an amiibo card villager to live on your island, then you boot them with another amiibo card, that villager will reset. Unlike the other methods of booting villagers, scanning an amiibo card will allow you to kick out whomever you choose. If your island is at maximum capacity (ten villagers), and you invite an amiibo villager to live there, you must kick out one of your current residents. However, there is a way to reset this process, though it requires at least two amiibo cards. It seems every villager will only give you three tasks (and therefore a maximum of three DIY recipes). If you do not invite them to stay, you can scan the amiibo to have them show up at the camp a fourth time, but they will not give you a fourth recipe. After this point, you can invite them to come live on your island. They will do this a second time on the second day, and once again on the third day. A villager will only stick around your campsite for a single day, but you can invite them back the following day to repeat the process.
