What effects does opening your town’s gate have

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When you open the gate in your town to allow your friends to visit, certain game areas are temporarily disabled. What changes take place?

Best Answer

While the gate is open:

  • The Happy Home Showcase is blocked off
  • The Dream Suite is disabled
  • Access to the 'Mayor chair' in Town Hall is blocked
  • Blathers won't accept donations or assess fossils
  • Saharah and similar NPCs seem to leave or are otherwise unavailable (e.g. Gulliver won't wake up) - note this does not apply to Katrina or probably Redd, who have tents.
  • Bees, spiders and scorpions will not appear
  • Favours for villagers, such as deliveries, cannot be performed