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How to Unlock More Counters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise

The more vacation homes you design in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise, the better you will become at it, learning a variety of Design Skills that will let you make even more complex, and beautiful, homes.

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After you learn how to make counters, you will have to wait a while before being able to create more counter types. Here’s when you can and how can you make more of them.

How to Unlock More Counters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise

To unlock more counters in Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise, you will have to design 19 vacation homes. After this is done, Lottie and Wardell will ask you if you can share some DIY materials that Niko is currently looking for. These must be placed in the material box on the second floor of the Paradise Planning office.

Below, you will find all the materials you need to make the additional counters, of which there are 14.

CountersMaterials Needed
Low Brick Island CounterClay (4)
Tall Brick Island CounterClay (8)
Low Concrete Island CounterSone (3)
Iron Nugget (1)
Tall Concrete Island CounterStone (6)
Iron Nugget (2)
Low Golden Island CounterGold Nugget (4)
Tall Golden Island CounterGold Nugget (8)
Low Marble Island CounterStone (8)
Tall Marble Island CounterStone (16)
Low Simple Island CounterStone (2)
Clay (2)
Tall Simple Island CounterStone (4)
Clay (4)
Low Steel Island CounterIron Nugget (4)
Tall Steel Island CounterIron Nugget (8)
Low Wooden Island CounterWood (2)
Softwood (2)
Hardwood (2)
Tall Wooden Island CounterWood (3)
Softwood (3)
Hardwood (3)
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Francesco De Meo
Francesco has been writing about video games and the video games industry for almost a decade, focusing on all aspects of the industry. Having always loved handheld gaming, he joined TouchTapPlay in 2013 to cover mobile gaming and, later on, the Nintendo Switch console, which is today his most played console.