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[Peg]

Weird question. I have Marty of the Sanrio villagers moving out on the 8th. Will he then go into the 16 Villager Cyle or are the Sanrio villagers exempt from it?

If it's an RV villager exclusive, probably not. I don't know for sure, but this question is still open.

The Sanrio villagers' departures counts in the 16-villager cycle. I had some free time and cycled several villagers, including Rilla (Sanrio card), Tybalt (Welcome Amiibo card), and Inkwell (Amiibo figure). I now have Rilla wandering around the town's main street.

Not sure if this is relevant to the question, but if you have the Amiibo figures and cards (Sanrio, WA, series 1-4), you can override the 16-villager cycle.

 

[Bluebellie]

Can the Cutting-Board set be recolored?

 

[Peg]

Can the Cutting-Board set be recolored?

Just checked in my game--the cutting-board set can't be customized.

 

[Kurb]

How do you get a villager to move in from an RV? And, some tips on how to bully a villager out

 

[Peg]

How do you get a villager to move in from an RV? And, some tips on how to bully a villager out

Use the Wisp lamp. Scan the Welcome Amiibo (RV) villager's card and select the "Come and play" option. Go into the villager's RV at the campground, talk with the villager and ask them to move into town.

Sorry, can't offer any villager-bullying tips. I used to either raise the villager's friendship level or ignore the villager.

 

[rustfour]

How do I a) find a scorpion and b) catch it. I have seen several, and been either stung or had it run off and suicide in the river or sea. :/

edit: caught one about five minutes after I posted this, so I'll record what I did here in case others needs to know.

1) Headphones. The game sounds are AMAZING in a set of headphones. I didn't realize they were that rich and detailed.
2) Walk around without your net out (hands open) but at the ready to pull out with either L or R on the D-pad. The scorpion will behave aggressively with your net out.
3) Walk towards the scorpion.
3a) If it starts to run, pull the net out and walk (do not hold A) towards it until it becomes aggressive - it will stop running, face you, and rattle its tail (the headphones help a lot here, even with the animation). Once the tail shake animation and sound is stopped, then start to creep towards it (hold A, net out).
3b) if it shakes its tail and faces you, stop, wait until the tail shake animation and sound is stopped, then start to creep towards it (hold A, net out) again.

You should be able to freeze it in place by either walking towards it when it starts to run to make it turn and be aggressive, and get close to it once it's in that pose by only approaching it by creeping towards it with the net out.

Ah - worth adding - if it somehow starts running off again and you're already creeping, you can switch off the net with L or R on the D-pad to avoid slamming the net down, that way you can again walk swiftly towards it to get its attention. I'm not 100% sure what happens if you take a swing at it and miss - it might leap on you and sting you (knocks you out briefly and sends you back to your house).

 

[Darby]

I have a stupid question... Can I use the lamp to move in my seventh villager so I can choose my Uchi rather than risk getting someone randomly? Guess I can go ahead and try it but thought someone here with experience in it would know for sure? Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

 

[Globes216]

I have a stupid question... Can I use the lamp to move in my seventh villager so I can choose my Uchi rather than risk getting someone randomly? Guess I can go ahead and try it but thought someone here with experience in it would know for sure? Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

Yes you can move in any villagers via the lamp no matter how far through the game you are

 

[Darby]

Thank you, my Uchi’s plot was ready and waiting this morning. Really appreciate your response.

 

[Darby]

I have another issue, I’ve only played since 2015 and only New Leaf and have had a total of three towns until I bought a fourth cartridge from Best Buy unopened which I just started recently and I have never ever ever EVER EVER had any problems with “errors”, I mean I (emphasize I in great big letters) make mistakes sometimes but the game??? Never. So, earlier today I go to the island for the first time and while I was sitting in the chair waiting for the tour to start, I suddenly get this strange message about some “error”... any unsaved data will be lost... Well, fortunately I had just saved on the dock before leaving so I wasn’t too concerned and actually managed to convince myself that I had inadvertently hit something the wrong way... well, I just went to the island again, tried a tour, everything was fine, I was three items from being full, I was 14 medals from that sanshin and it happened AGAIN!!!!!!!! I had to LOOK UP the sanshin because I’d never heard of it let alone seen it before... And all of the bugs and sharks I’d gotten... So I’m bummed but just want to know is it a bad cart or is my ds getting old or what? Anyone have any similar experiences? I can’t continue a town with a glitchy island and I was having such a nice time too, I could just scream. I guess I’ll just toss it and go buy another but I’m so super pissed right now I. Could. Just. Scream. Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to vent.

 

[Stella-Io]

I have another issue, I’ve only played since 2015 and only New Leaf and have had a total of three towns until I bought a fourth cartridge from Best Buy unopened which I just started recently and I have never ever ever EVER EVER had any problems with “errors”, I mean I (emphasize I in great big letters) make mistakes sometimes but the game??? Never. So, earlier today I go to the island for the first time and while I was sitting in the chair waiting for the tour to start, I suddenly get this strange message about some “error”... any unsaved data will be lost... Well, fortunately I had just saved on the dock before leaving so I wasn’t too concerned and actually managed to convince myself that I had inadvertently hit something the wrong way... well, I just went to the island again, tried a tour, everything was fine, I was three items from being full, I was 14 medals from that sanshin and it happened AGAIN!!!!!!!! I had to LOOK UP the sanshin because I’d never heard of it let alone seen it before... And all of the bugs and sharks I’d gotten... So I’m bummed but just want to know is it a bad cart or is my ds getting old or what? Anyone have any similar experiences? I can’t continue a town with a glitchy island and I was having such a nice time too, I could just scream. I guess I’ll just toss it and go buy another but I’m so super pissed right now I. Could. Just. Scream. Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to vent.

Are you playing on the island with WiFi or just regular playing?

If not WiFi, it sounds like you got a dud game. While extremely and very rare, sometimes gamecards just don't work. I'm not sure if Best Buy can help out with dud opened games. I know in GameStop they will let you switch it out for another game within a short amount of days. Maybe Best Buy can do an exchange or somethin?
Another thing could be that the system itself is somehow becoming disconnected with the gamecard acting as if the gamecard has been ejected from the slot. On older systems little bumps or touches can cause this as well, I once had an issue with this in my original 3DS system. Even thou the game is still firmly in the slot, bumps or touches make it act like it has been ejected.
I hope one of these helps the issue and that you're able to play your game normally eventually.

 

[Darby]

Thank you for your reply Stella-Io and I finally googled it after I’d calmed down and it has apparently happened to a few others and it is very rare, I guess it’s just when you’re sitting in the chair waiting to go on a regular island tour (not the club) and it will just glitch out an error - data lost message. I can’t remember if my WiFi was on last night or not but I figured out how to work around it... and I know for certain that it was definitely on the whole time while I was doing it. So, here’s what I did, when I opened the game I set the day as Sunday, yesterday for eight pm and went back to the island. I did not even look at the Sanchin, I went out and farmed until my basket was full, went home and saved and emptied all of my stuff... there was just a whole lot of going back and forth and saving going on and somewhere in there I went on tours... some one time then back home, some twice but I can’t remember doing three in a row because I didn’t want to risk it but eventually I managed to get 40 medals (actually 46 oops) and THEN I went to turtle sama and spoke directly to her instead of going to the item (maybe she just really hates being snuck up on and cursed me, I don’t know) but I got my rare item and enough of my stuff back to get over it but ONLY because it never happened again... I’ve no idea why but I was really really liking my new town and it just made me sick to think about starting all over... it took a lot to get me back into it and well, I’ve probably got a corrupted cartridge and it’ll likely happen again but it’s only been waiting for the tour so far and I’m willing to see if I can work around it for now. However, I did order a new system and cartridge so I won’t feel like jumping off a tall building if and when it does... and there is always one of my older game carts that I know never had any problem. Whew, OCD is exhausting and I think I put the labor into Labor Day in my own special way. After I recover I’m going to go spend what’s left of it in my new town with my little friends. Thanks again!

 

[MahoganyRaichu]

I've missed King Salmon and by far it is the only fish I need so far, till something new drops (I'e started the game in April and I've been thoroughly collecting creatures). Is it safe to time travel? I think 30 of September is a good date.Will I be able to play in my regular date afterwards?

 

[dizzy bone]

I've missed King Salmon and by far it is the only fish I need so far, till something new drops (I'e started the game in April and I've been thoroughly collecting creatures). Is it safe to time travel? I think 30 of September is a good date.Will I be able to play in my regular date afterwards?

If you’re time traveling backwards in one go to September (Oct 2019 back to September 2019) it should be no problem at all! Before you do it, just check for move outs first as usual. Traveling backwards any amount of days count as 1-day. From there if you want to get back to real time I suggest you play day by day to get back to the original date, or maybe skip 2 days at a time while checking for villagers move outs in between. You could also visit another town that’s in September if you don’t want to risk any time traveling.

 

[meo]

Is trying to catch a bagworm right now worth it or is it better to wait till november?

 

[niko2]

I just found a mushroom in town today, isn't the mushrooms season supposed to start november 1st? I don't have any special stumps, I don't even have a silver axe...

 

[Darby]

I’ve only caught two bag worms so far and haven’t had any mushrooms yet this season but what I want to know is, has anyone put their windmill near the river? Because I want to but not if the noise will scare the fish so thank you in advance if anyone has any experience with this issue.

 

[LadyDestani]

My windmill is only a few spaces away from the river, 2 spaces I think, and I've never noticed a problem with it scaring fish away.

 

[niko2]

I just found a mushroom in town today, isn't the mushrooms season supposed to start november 1st? I don't have any special stumps, I don't even have a silver axe...

well apparently I had a couple special stumps around town!! I probably removed the one near that mushroom before noticing it. Mystery solved.

 

[DoctorPaine]

Hey there! Anyone know off the top of their head what the destruction radius (like, if there’s any plants nearby) of PWPs is? Is it only on the tiles for the PWP, or is it a little wider? Thanks!

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Hey there! Anyone know off the top of their head what the destruction radius (like, if there?s any plants nearby) of PWPs is? Is it only on the tiles for the PWP, or is it a little wider? Thanks!