Glitches from the Adoption of Villagers

[Ralsei]

Has this new update fixed it?

Nope, they just made the eggs appear less often and fixed a glitch with flick giving you the wrong model.

 

[Sundance]

Has anyone had trouble with villagers who moved out through natural means? (whether non-TT or TT cycling?)
I've heard rumors over twitter but nothing definite and just want to know if anyone here has experienced glitches that have nothing to do with amiibos?

 

[AshdewCrossing]

Has anyone had trouble with villagers who moved out through natural means? (whether non-TT or TT cycling?)
I've heard rumors over twitter but nothing definite and just want to know if anyone here has experienced glitches that have nothing to do with amiibos?

Yep. Had Shari as one of my starters. Fang came in naturally through campsite, and forced her out. Fang then moved out on his own (with a thought bubble) and I had someone come over to adopt him. The person ended up getting Shari's house with the message "I've moved out". Fang also had that message in my town so we both lost him.

 

[pocky]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this only still happening if you use the same plot over and over again, or is it random? It doesn't seem like there's a clear answer to this

It’s random. I have multiple villagers away from plots that had been reused multiple times and the transfer went smoothly.
However, two “original” villagers that I gave away got glitched. One of them being the jock that I started with.

Post automatically merged: Apr 7, 2020

Has this new update fixed it?

Not according to the patch notes.

 

[iaan]

is there possibly a glitch where a villager wont move out organically?

i used my bob amiibo card to force out flo for a trade im working on (so i dont want to force him out with an amiibo) and ive been TT’ing for around 15 hours now - every other villager has pinged me around 5 times to leave EXCEPT bob. he has not pinged me once. bob isnt even my latest villager, lily moved in after bob (organically from an island). am i just having really bad rng?

it sounds statistically impossible for this to occur : (

edit: bob finally pinged, must’ve just been incredibly bad luck on my part - pls ignore

 

[Calysis]

Hey y'all. More updates.

I had sold Fang and Kiki to two different people. Fang asked to move out naturally, Kiki was forced out. Two completely different plots, and Fang was the first to be on the plot he was on; no previous villagers had lived there.

They were both successfully adopted... at first.

Fang disappeared after the first person time traveled eight days ahead trying to get someone else to leave. He had no thought bubble or anything. He just up and left. It seems his plot wasn't glitched though, so that's a positive - but he still just left without saying anything.

A similar situation happened with the second person's Kiki. Kiki was working well for the first two days, but on the third day, she also moved out on her own. However, unlike Fang, her house remained with the "I've moved out" house bug. The person did say that they can move the plot, and she does still show up on the villager list. However Kiki is nowhere to be found.

Guys PLEASE take heed and be careful if you're adopting from others. The villagers can work fine at first, and then bug after a few days.


EDIT:
It was just brought to my attention that both of these adopters had spoken to them more than once after the villagers already said that they'll move to their island. After they spoke to both of them, they acted as if they had nowhere to move.

I have no idea if this is what triggers it or if it's just an indication that the villager is bugged, but I figured I would add this. Maybe somebody could test this?

EDIT²:

Here is a nice google document that outlines what people know of this glitch. Please give it a read - general online villager trading is NOT safe at this time.

The person who had adopted Fang also had tried to adopt Sherb from somebody else. Sherb also moved away without warning, but this time they unfortunately left the person with the "I've moved out" house glitch, so it's not just amiibo villagers. It's villagers in general.

 

[radical6]

Hey I'm rewriting my post so OP (@CeciliaCrescent) can quickly copy/paste this.

Trading villagers straight from an amiibo card will give the person who receives that villager a glitched plot, similar to the forcing out amiibo glitch nintendo patched. A friend of mine received a villager that the original person got through an amiibo card. That person sold that villager from the amiibo card. My friend went to their town and asked that villager to movein. The next day, their plot instead said a different villager moved in. However, the next day, it says that different villager moved out and my friend cannot replace their plot.

Please inform people if you are trading an amiibo villager.

 

[Brave]

It can happen to non-amiibo villagers too. The glitch is caused by the voided villager cache, the reason isn't currently known why.

 

[Brave]

It can happen to non-amiibo villagers too. The glitch is caused by the voided villager cache, the reason isn't currently known why.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18UAfh5xXX6-1zpmpZgk6imUibNEtT_t-puaYrW6fjOQ/edit this is a PSA for everyone to be safe.

 

[Alpaca Herder]

Having a camper move in to replace one of your villagers should be safe, right? All my plots are full and Ankha will be replacing Agnes. If I were to say, go sell turnips on another person's island I wouldn't end up with someone from their void instead of Ankha, right? Ankha showed up in my campsite by pure chance she wasn't scanned.

 

[CeciliaCrescent]

Having a camper move in to replace one of your villagers should be safe, right? All my plots are full and Ankha will be replacing Agnes. If I were to say, go sell turnips on another person's island I wouldn't end up with someone from their void instead of Ankha, right? Ankha showed up in my campsite by pure chance she wasn't scanned.

For all intents and purposes, naturally spawning campsite villagers are treated exactly the same as amiibo scanned villagers. The main glitches are caused by the campsite, not any amiibo whatsoever. That said, I don't think you'll run into any major problems inviting Ankha.

 

[Jeleta]

Just had went to a person camp for stiches talked to them and they said their were coming than skipped one day ahead now it’s Rosie the cat and she moved out according to the sign on her door sucks that this is a glitch

Post automatically merged: Apr 7, 2020

Hey I'm rewriting my post so OP (@CeciliaCrescent) can quickly copy/paste this.

Trading villagers straight from an amiibo card will give the person who receives that villager a glitched plot, similar to the forcing out amiibo glitch nintendo patched. A friend of mine received a villager that the original person got through an amiibo card. That person sold that villager from the amiibo card. My friend went to their town and asked that villager to movein. The next day, their plot instead said a different villager moved in. However, the next day, it says that different villager moved out and my friend cannot replace their plot.

Please inform people if you are trading an amiibo villager.

What happened to me got Rosie stuck saying moved out when I traded for stitches :/ but hopefully it will b patched n fixed

 

[smudgedhorizon]

Is it only an issue when trading? Say I want to personally force out a villager with an amiibo card, is that safe for me to do that in my game if I don’t visit anyone or let anyone adopt who I force out? Or can my own game still glitch by using an amiibo, even if I never trade?

 

[Lilette]

Is it only an issue when trading? Say I want to personally force out a villager with an amiibo card, is that safe for me to do that in my game if I don’t visit anyone or let anyone adopt who I force out? Or can my own game still glitch by using an amiibo, even if I never trade?

My friend wasn’t trading and still had issues.

 

[Faux]

My friend wasn’t trading and still had issues.

Could you elaborate? I've been cycling with amiibos since I opened the campsite, at quite a heavy rate, and have had no issues getting people moved into my town on my own.

 

[rip]

Could you elaborate? I've been cycling with amiibos since I opened the campsite, at quite a heavy rate, and have had no issues getting people moved into my town on my own.

for me at least, i received a glitched villager after a day of visiting multiple random islands (not sure who gave it to me). i was just doing typical trading / cataloging (non-villager adoption related business) so i must have picked it up from their void. lo and behold, empty house with the “i moved out” sign. i’m pretty sure if you’re just using your own amiibos and cycling them that way, you’ll be fine. but whoever you give the villagers to might not.

 

[Corrie]

So as long as you scan amiibos in on your own/for your own island and don't trade with anyone, you'll be good?

 

[toonafeesh]

So far my trades between friends have been fine, but one of my friends finally got the glitch they were adopting Genji from me, who I kicked out using Beau's amiibo card

this morning Isabelle told them that Beau is moving in (instead of Genji), but his house says that he moved out;;

 

[Brave]

Just FYI this glitch can happen to ANY (Amiibo or Natural) villager adopted from someone. Rare cases it can affect villagers you obtain from islands/campsites if you were visiting other people's towns with a Vacant Plot. Details are not fully known. This glitch is discussed a lot in the ACNH Discord, Glitch channel.

 

[radical6]

Friend fixed that move in glitch by time traveling backwards to april 1st. Idk anymore lol.

And my friends glitch was partly different from what other people were saying so idk. It still showed the glitched villager as in being town.

So i know that guide said to try time traveling forward, but if that doesnt work, then tt backwards.