ACNH Roster Tool

ACNH Villager Planner: Plan Your 10-Resident Island Roster

Choose a roster before you move houses, reserve neighborhood space, or start a new island theme. This ACNH villager planner gives you ten editable slots, personality coverage, duplicate-name checks, and a simple placement suggestion that stays useful while your island idea changes.

Everything runs in your browser. Names and choices are not uploaded or saved to an account.

Free browser planner

Build a villager roster you can actually design around

Enter the residents you are considering, choose a personality for each slot, and calculate a quick planning summary. A partial list is fine: the result tells you what is decided, what is still open, and which kind of neighborhood space may fit the roster.

Your 10 resident slots

Add names from your wishlist or use the example roster to see a complete result immediately.

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The summary updates as you type. You can leave slots empty while planning.

Planner summary Example

Example roster ready

Ten residents are filled across seven personality types. Use the zone suggestions as a starting point, not a rule for where a house must go.

10filled slots
7personality types
0duplicate names
Roster coverage10/10

Suggested neighborhood zones

  • Garden laneMaple, Molly, and Fauna can share a quiet path, orchard edge, or flower garden.
  • Town centerMarshal, Raymond, and Shino suit a plaza, cafe street, or high-traffic photo area.
  • Viewpoint homesSherb, Katt, Fang, and Diana can anchor a beach, forest, or hillside cluster.

Planning notes

  • The full ten-slot roster is ready to place on a map.
  • No duplicate names were found.
  • Seven personality types give the roster useful variety.

How to use the ACNH villager planner

A villager planner is most useful before you commit to a neighborhood shape. You do not need a final wishlist to begin. Start with the residents you already have, add likely replacements, and leave the remaining slots blank while you compare island themes.

The tool does not rank villagers or tell you who to invite. It turns your own choices into a planning brief, so the decision stays yours and the output remains useful even when a trade, campsite visit, or friendship story changes the roster.

  1. 1

    Enter the residents you are considering

    Use one slot per villager. Names can be current residents, dreamies, or temporary placeholders such as beach house and forest house.

  2. 2

    Choose a personality for each slot

    The personality field helps the summary describe variety and suggest a neighborhood mood. It is a planning label, not a game rule or compatibility score.

  3. 3

    Read the roster summary

    Check filled slots, personality coverage, duplicate names, and the suggested zones. A partial roster is still enough to estimate how much residential space you need.

  4. 4

    Move the idea into your island map

    Use the suggested zone as a story prompt, then confirm house footprints, paths, cliffs, bridges, and Resident Services connections in an island planner.

What the villager planner result means

The result is deliberately simple. It answers the questions that usually block island planning: how many homes are decided, whether the roster repeats names, and whether you have enough personality or theme variety to split the residential district into smaller scenes.

A complete result does not mean the roster is perfect. It only means all ten planning slots contain a name. A partial result is often better for a redesign because it leaves room for a future campsite villager or a new island theme.

Zone suggestions connect personality labels to place-making ideas. Treat them as prompts for a garden lane, town center, beach strip, forest path, or hillside cluster rather than as fixed assignments.

Filled slots

Shows how many of the ten resident spaces have a name. Use this to estimate the amount of housing space your island layout must reserve.

Personality types

Counts different personality labels in your list. More types can help a neighborhood feel varied, while a concentrated mix can support a strong story theme.

Duplicate names

Flags repeated text entries so a typo does not make the roster look complete when it is not. Repeated names remain allowed because you can correct them later.

Turn a resident roster into a neighborhood plan

Once your ACNH villager planner list feels close, switch from names to footprints. Ten homes need more than ten house tiles: reserve front-door access, yards, paths, fences, trees, and a route back to the rest of the island. This is why a roster decision should happen before decorating.

Grouping residents by personality is optional. You can instead group them by color, favorite furniture, species, amiibo story, or the part of the island where you want to take photos. The useful question is whether each cluster has a clear reason to exist and enough room to walk through it.

Test the largest objects first. Put house footprints, bridges, inclines, rivers, and cliffs on the map before adding tiny items. If a cluster works at the footprint stage, its final yards can change without forcing a full rebuild.

Planning questionWhat to reserveWhat can wait
Where will homes sit?House footprints, door direction, and spacingFinal furniture and seasonal items
How will players walk?Main path, branches, bridges, and inclinesHidden shortcuts and decorative stepping stones
What is each yard for?Yard depth, fence line, and one access routeExact colors, flowers, and small props
What makes the district memorable?A park, market, overlook, beach strip, or forest loopExtra clutter added only for screenshots

For a full map workflow, pair this roster with the neighborhood layout guide and test the final footprint in the island planner before paying to move houses.

Limits, privacy, and common planning mistakes

This is a lightweight planning aid, not a live villager database. It does not verify whether a name is spelled correctly, check availability, show house interiors, or connect to Nintendo services. Those limits keep the page fast and private, but they also mean the planner should be paired with your own current game information.

The calculation happens locally in the browser. Refreshing the page resets the current list unless you copy it into your own notes. Do not enter private account information, friend codes, or anything that does not belong in a public island planning worksheet.

  • Use the ten slots as a design boundary; do not build a giant neighborhood before checking paths and inclines.
  • Treat personality labels as a storytelling aid, not a guarantee that villagers will interact in a particular way.
  • Check duplicate names before copying the result into a long-term checklist.
  • Leave some open land if your island theme may change after you see the first map draft.
  • Confirm current house locations and moving costs in the game before making a final construction schedule.
  • Use the clear button when testing a second roster so old names do not remain in the result.

The roster is one layer of island design. After you decide who lives where, connect the residential area to your full island circulation plan and then add theme-specific details.

These existing guides cover the next decisions without changing the roster tool or requiring an account.

ACNH Neighborhood LayoutPlan villager house spacing, yards, paths, shared parks, and tiered residential districts. ACNH Island Layout IdeasConnect the neighborhood to entrances, shops, farms, museums, beaches, and island routes. ACNH Island Planner TemplateUse a copyable worksheet for fixed landmarks, zones, routes, bridges, inclines, and build order. 3D Island Planner GuideTest cliffs, waterfalls, paths, and sightlines before you rebuild the in-game map.

ACNH villager planner FAQ

How many villagers can I plan for in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?

This page uses ten resident slots as the planning boundary. The tool is designed to help you arrange a full residential roster, but you should confirm your current in-game resident count and moving options before treating the plan as a construction schedule.

Can I use the planner with only a few villagers chosen?

Yes. Leave unknown slots empty. The result will show a partial roster, which is useful when you are still comparing themes or waiting for a campsite, trade, or amiibo decision.

Does the personality mix affect where I must place a house?

No. Personality is only a planning label in this tool. The suggested zones are prompts for gardens, plazas, beaches, forests, or viewpoints; you can ignore them and group homes by any theme that makes sense for your island.

Does this ACNH villager planner save my list?

No. The calculation runs locally in your browser and the page does not require an account or upload. Copy the names into your own notes if you want to keep the roster after refreshing.

Can I use the result for a villager neighborhood layout?

Yes. Use the roster summary to decide how many clusters you need, then move to house footprints, paths, yards, bridges, and inclines. The related neighborhood guide provides more spacing and district ideas.

Why does the tool flag a duplicate villager name?

It compares the text you entered without caring about letter case. A duplicate may be a spelling mistake or an intentional note, so the tool warns you but does not block the plan.

Ready to test another roster?

Load the example, clear the slots, and build a second ACNH villager plan before you commit to a neighborhood map.

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