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Animal Crossing: New Horizons face guide and gallery

Changing your face is easy, as long as you have a mirror

By Julia Lee

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Julia Lee (she/her) is a guides producer, writing guides for games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Genshin Impact. She helped launch the Rift Herald in 2016.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch has a handful of face customization options that players can change whenever they want, as long as you have a mirror in your home.

Unlike past Animal Crossing games, you don’t have to answer a personality quiz to determine which face you get. Just interact with your mirror, and you’ll be able to change your hair, skin color, and face options. Note that you don’t unlock a mirror right away, so it might take a day or so before you’re able to change up your selection. Make sure you start off with one that you like.

New Horizons also allows players to change up their nose and mouth if they want to rock an oval or square nose.

All of the options are available right away — no faces unlock further in New Horizons.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons eyes

Dozens of face options in Animal Crossing, ranging from sleepy eyes or rounded eyes Image: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Animal Crossing: New Horizons eye colors

An Animal Crossing villager showing off six different eye colors: black, brown, teal, green, blue, and grey Image: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Animal Crossing: New Horizons noses

An Animal Crossing villager showing the three noses: triangle, oval, and square Image: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Animal Crossing: New Horizons mouths

An Animal Crossing character showing off the different mouth options, including one with buck teeth Image: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

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