Mail your friends gifts in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

Send them furniture if you want!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out now, and includes even more exciting social features than any of the previous Animal Crossing titles. It's far easier to visit friends' towns now, there are more ways to interact, and for the first time ever, you can send mail to friends on their islands within the game. All you need is an internet connection and... okay, a few more steps.

There are a few ways you can give gifts to friends in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Here are the different methods.

Give gifts in person
Send them in the mail
Order from the catalog

Give gifts in person

No matter what, to send a gift to someone in New Horizons, you'll have to have seen them in-person, in-game first. To do this, you'll need to either visit their island or have them visit yours. There are two ways to do this.

The first way requires you be NIntendo Switch friends first:

Make sure you and the person you want to give a gift to are friends with each other on your Nintendo Switch system.

Have whoever is hosting go to the Airport in their town and speak to Orville .

Choose to invite visitors to your island.

Select online if you're playing online, or local if you're in the same room together.

Choose to invite over friends.

Once the gates are open, have the visiting player speak to Orville .

Tell Orville you want to fly .

Select online if you're playing online, or local if you're in the same room together.

Choose to visit friends' islands .
Make sure you select the island that belongs to the friend you want to exchange gifts with .
The traveling character will then be sent to the hosting character's island.

The second method is almost identical, but you don't need to be Switch friends first.

Have whoever is hosting go to the Airport in their town and speak to Orville.
Choose to invite visitors to your island.

Select online if you're playing online, or local if you're in the same room together.

Choose to invite via Dodo Code .
Choose how you want to limit visitors. You can limit it to friends or best friends , but if you're not already Nintendo Switch friends, you'll need to open the gates to everyone.
Once the gates are open, you'll receive a five-digit Dodo Code , which you'll want to share with the visiting player.

Have the visiting player speak to Orville .

Tell Orville you want to fly .
Select online if you're playing online, or local if you're in the same room together.
Choose to visit an island via Dodo Code .
Input the Dodo Code when prompted.

Make sure you select the island that belongs to the friend you want to exchange gifts with .

The traveling character will...