While the Resident Services tent works well for the first week or so on the island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it starts to lack the resources to accommodate your villagers as your lovely home begins to change from deserted island to bustling coastal town. In response to this expanding scope, Nook decides to upgrade from a tent to a building fully equipped to manage a proper town.
Below we detail the step-by-step process of upgrading the Resident Services tent to a real building. If you're curious about how to unlock or upgrade other buildings, be sure to check out our Animal Crossing: New Horizons guide hub. Otherwise, be sure to read our review in progress.
How To Unlock The Resident Services Building
You may be eager to get your Resident Services building up and running, but unfortunately, the only way to upgrade it is with time. After a week or so (for us, it happened on the sixth day), Tom Nook will announce that the Resident Services building will go under construction the following day. It will be completed a day after that (so the eighth day in our case).
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