Animal Crossing New Horizons: Get Zelda Splatoon Villagers Items – ACNH Guide

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons hides Tulin, Mineru, and Zelda items from Tears of the Kingdom-grab them through this guide’s steps.

How to invite Tulin and Mineru to your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Invite Tulin, Mineru, and Zelda items to your island by completing relevant Nintendo and Zelda collaboration tasks, then visit Harv’s Island or the Resident Services plaza to redeem their items from the seasonal event catalog and use Nook Stop to claim earned rewards.

If you want these two sages in your game, you’ll need to scan specific amiibo at the ATM-like Nook Stop machine in the Resident Services building, after building a campsite on your island. This will bring them to your island as campers. After they’ve appeared on your island a few times and you’ve fulfilled any requests they have, they will eventually accept your invitation to stay as a resident, so long as you have an open spot on your island. (Remember, you can only have up to 10 villagers total.)

Tulin is a male jock villager and Mineru is a female snooty villager.

The following amiibo will need to be scanned to unlock the specific character:

Tulin

Mineru

Link (Super Smash Bros.)

Zelda (Super Smash Bros.)

Toon Link (Super Smash Bros.)

Sheik (Super Smash Bros.)

Young Link (Super Smash Bros.)

Ganondorf (Super Smash Bros.)

Link (Majora’s Mask)

Wolf Link (Super Smash Bros.)

Link (Skyward Sword)

Link (Ocarina of Time)

Toon Link (The Wind Waker)

Link (Twilight Princess)

Zelda (The Wind Waker)

Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Link (Archer) (Breath of the Wild)

Link (Rider) (Breath of the Wild)

Bokoblin (Breath of the Wild)

Guardian (Breath of the Wild)

Daruk (Breath of the Wild)

Zelda (Breath of the Wild)

Revali (Breath of the Wild)

Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)

Zelda and Loftwing (The Legend of Zelda)

Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Link (Tears of the Kingdom)

Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom)

Ganondorf (Tears of the Kingdom)

Sidon (Breath of the Wild)

Tulin (Breath of the Wild)

Riju (Breath of the Wild)

Yunobo (Breath of the Wild)


How to get Zelda items in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Zelda items can be unlocked by using Zelda amiibo at the Nook Stop terminal after updating to version 3.0, then you can order the items from the Nook Stop catalog. Tulin and Mineru can join your campsite as villagers by inviting them with compatible Zelda amiibo, expanding how you can display the Zelda content on your island. For a complete list of Zelda-themed items and their locations, see the item list and how-to guides available from major outlets covering ACNH 3.0.โ€‹โ€‹

To get The Legend of Zelda items, you’ll just need to scan any of the above Zelda amiibo at the Nook Stop. Once you do this, you’ll be able to order any of these items from the Nook Shopping app on your phone, under the “Promotion” tab.

If you don’t have any amiibo, you can ask a friend with these items unlocked to mail them to you. The friend in question will just have to pick “Send as Gift” rather than “Place Order” when grabbing the items from the shop. So long as both of you have Nintendo Switch Online subscriptions, you should be able to get these goods in the mail. You can also have a friend physically bring you the items, dropping them on your island, if you’d rather do that, too.

Here’s a list of the items you can buy from Nook Shopping:

Item name

Cost

Appearance

Decayed Guardian

3,000 bells

Fairy bottle

1,000 bells

Goddess Statue

2,500 bells

Heart

350 bells

Heart Container

2,000 bells

Master Sword

5,000 bells

Rupee

350 bells

Silent princess

700 bells

Triforce

3,333 bells

Zonai authentication crest

3,000 bells

Tri Rod

13,330 bells

Ocarina of Time

2,500 bells

Tri headband

1,500 bells

Ancient princess wig

2,000 bells

Champion wig

2,000 bells

Link hat

2,000 bells

Majora’s Mask

2,500 bells

Champion outfit

2,300 bells

Link outfit

2,300 bells

Tulin outfit

1,200 bells

Hylian trousers

1,800 bells

Ancient princess costume

3,000 bells

Mineru costume

1,200 bells

Ancient princess sandals

1,600 bells

Hylian boots

1,600 bells

Hero’s sword and shield

5,000 bells

Korok Forest wall

3,000 bells

Which amiibo unlocks Tulin versus Mineru

Tulin amiibo include Link, Toon Link, Young Link, Link (Majora’s Mask), Link (Skyward Sword), Toon Link (The Wind Waker), Zelda (The Wind Waker), Link (Archer), Link (Tears of the Kingdom), Ganondorf (Tears of the Kingdom), Tulin, and Yunobo.โ€‹

Mineru amiibo include Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Wolf Link, Link (Ocarina of Time), Link (Twilight Princess), Link (The Legend of Zelda), Link (Rider), Guardian, Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom), Sidon, and Riju.โ€‹

Scanning any Zelda amiibo unlocks both villagers as campsite options (specific amiibo determines which appears first) and the full Zelda item catalog.โ€‹

Key Amiibo Assignments

Character Example Amiibo for Tulin Example Amiibo for Mineru
Standard Zelda Link, Toon Link Zelda, Sheik
Breath of the Wild/TotK Tulin, Link (TotK) Mineru, Zelda (TotK), Sidon
Smash Bros. Young Link Ganondorf, Wolf Link โ€‹

Multiple scans may be required if the villager declines initially; campsite must be built.โ€‹

Which specific amiibo summon Tulin only

No amiibo summons Tulin exclusively. Zelda amiibo are divided into two broad categories: those that trigger Tulin at the campsite (primarily Link variants and Rito-related figures) and those that trigger Mineru (primarily Zelda/Sheik variants and certain others). Overlaps exist, like Revali amiibo potentially working for both depending on sources.โ€‹

Tulin-Exclusive Amiibo

These are most reliably associated only with Tulin, with no mention in Mineru lists:

  • Tulin (his own amiibo).โ€‹

  • Yunobo.โ€‹

  • Bokoblin.โ€‹

  • Archer Link.โ€‹

Comparison Table

Amiibo Example Summons Tulin? Summons Mineru? Notes โ€‹
Tulin Yes No Direct match, most reliable.
Yunobo Yes No Rito/Goron exclusive.
Link (any classic/Toon/Young) Yes No Core Tulin triggers.
Zelda (TotK)/Sheik No Yes Mineru-specific.
Revali/Daruk Yes Possible Some overlap reported.
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