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**warning: This is not an official guide yet. This is from information/contribution/experiences all put into this one guide. This guide is not fool-proof but we can confirm it does work on some levels. You must time travel on your own risk. It is not our responsibility if you accidentally time travel a villager you like out. Please remember to Time travel safely and please read the NOTES and through this guide first to avoid any accident. **
{NOTES~MUST READ FIRST}:
WHEN VILLAGERS PING TO MOVE BUT CHANGES THEIR MIND ABOUT LEAVING: When villagers ping you to move and changes their mind about leaving, DO NOT save the game. I repeat. DO NOT save the game. Just simply turn off your 3ds, enter your game again and walk past them and they'll ping you again about moving. Keep doing this until they change their minds about leaving and THEN SAVE.
WHEN YOU HAVE EVENTS: You should also mention that it's safer to do the TTing when there are no events. Sometimes events screw up villager pinging and stuff like that (Festivale is an example). A villager could end up in boxes the day after an event because they failed to notify you. Villagers who inform you of who will move oftentimes mention an upcoming event instead, so people should TT when there are no events in the near future for maximum safety! This also applies to birthdays as well. Neighbors won't ping to move out if their birthday is coming up soon. (Source: ALLCAPS and karukun)
DON'T TIME TRAVEL OVER 5 DAYS:As long as you don't TT 5 days or more, you're safe from anyone moving out as it takes 5 days for a villager to be boxed up, pinged or not. So what I do is 3 days forward, then if no one pings, 1 day back, and then someone pings. I only TT 6-5 days more when someone has just moved out to be quicker. Just be 100% sure of when the last villager moved out, and you're cool. (Source: ALLCAPS)
BE CAREFUL, CHECK THE DATES FIRST: If you are doing these TT methods, make sure you check the dates first. E.G if it is the 31st in your game and you TT to the net day it will become a new month. Also when changing the dates, you might accidentally change the month/year. So be careful! it has happened before, I accidentally TT-ed a month forward, and lost Francine!
IF NO-ONE PINGS NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY: When using one of these guides (particularly the 3 day forward method) and no matter what you do, no one pings. Here's what to do. If you TT forward 3 days and no one pings no matter what you do (and no villagers mentions any rumours), what you should do is TT forward another 7 days , log in as New Save File (DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT LOG IN AS MAYOR.) and enter on a new save file, see if anyone's house plot is gone and go into houses to see if anyone is in boxes and most of the time you will know who is moving.
Logging in as a new save file (don't log in on a character that you already created or your mayor file), is the safest way. Once you found out who is moving, TT back to the CURRENT DATE, and log in as mayor and run in front of that villager. And he/she will ping me about moving. (Source: sidewalk)
PUTTING BEAUTIFUL TOWN ORDINANCE TO EFFECT: If you do not want your hybrids dying, and weeds popping everywhere. We highly recommend you put the "Beautiful Town Ordinance" to effect. It costs a mere 20k bells in-game! And you can change it later on. This ordinance will only stop more weeds popping up and hybrids from withering. It does not stop turnips from rotting or anything else.
TURNIPS ROTTING: Do not do these methods if you do not want your turnips to rot. ANY form of Time travelling BACKWARDS will cause them to rot. We highly recommend you sell your turnips before doing these methods.
TIME-TRAVELLING BACKWARDS: Moving backwards in time, no matter how far you go, it will only count as a new day a.k.a the next day. The game only knows you travelled backwards, but not how far you went back. (source: Awesomeperson1)
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~TIME-TRAVELLING 3 DAYS FORWARD AT A TIME METHOD~
Also, this is the current method i'm using. This is my method by the way. It's super unsafe IF NOT DONE RIGHT, so I don't think you should try it unless you dont do it properly and safely c:
Also, you can also TT forward 4 days instead of 3. It's a lot faster than TTing 3 days ahead but it is more risky! TTing 4 days can also give you the same results as TTing ahead 3 days!
My personal method;
1. Find out who's planning to leave.. so what I do is:
go around town talking to everyone. If no-one mentions anything, I just save and quite, TT an hour forward and continue walking around to see if anyone pings. If they do ping and it's the villager I like, I tell them no. Now that I know who just pinged.. Step 2.
2. I TT 3 DAYS ahead instead of 2. Sometimes the 2 days forward and back method doesn't really work for me since no villagers sometimes don't ping me when I tt 2 days forward, so I go 3 days forward. I then go walking around to see if anyone pings.
If no-one pings. Go to 2a. If some-one does ping go to step 3.
2a) No-one pings. So I go around talking to 3 of my villagers. Yes 3, don't just rely on one. Because the one villager you're talking to could be the one moving so they won't mention moving. Keep talking to all 3 until they mention someone moving, if they do, Save and quit and enter the game again and walk around the villager that is rumoured to leave and they'll most likely ping you.
2 b) if no-one pings you even after talking to all 3 villagers, go around talking to more villagers. Crankys and jocks (for me) are quite big gossipers so you could try them! It varies though, all villagers are gossipers! if No-one still talks about moving, just save & quit, TT an hour or more forward and enter the game and walk around to see if any other villager pings. Most likely will be.
3. Someone does ping you - if you like them, say no and continue the method. If it's the villager you're trying to get out, then hurray for you! TT to their move date, get someone to adopt them (if you want or you can just void them) and then TT back to the original date. No consequences as far I'm concerned, unless you have turnips, TT-ing backwards will rot.
.. and yep!
Pretty confusing LOL but if you need more questions, feel to ask me! Yesterday I did my method and it worked pretty well for me, I didn't get the villager I liked to ping me so I keep TT-ing until I reached 2 weeks forward LOL, and I finally got Chrissy to ping! than I TT-ed more to her move date, got her adopted and TT-ed back to the original date, and everything was all goods. So TT-ing backwards no matter how much you go forward, won't do anything bad to your town, except for weeds. This isn't all confirmed an I'm pretty unreliable so eh, if you choose to do my method, go for it! good luck again.
LOL and here's an EASIER summary for you of my method;
find out who wants to move, if you like them keep them. > TT 3 days forward.>find out who's moving, you like them? keep them. >Continue TT-ing 3 days forward
and cycle goes on. <3
Also, if you guys do happen to try it. You guys can give me feed-back of your results. o:
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ALSO OTHER GUIDES:
~2 days forward, 2 days backwards Method~
This is just like the going forward 3 days method but slightly more different, the 2 days method and 2 days back is one of my favourite methods. It is however also unsafe if not done right.
I recommend before doing the 2 days forward, 2 days back. Find out who is moving first (if it's someone you like tell them no) and then begin the method. This will put this method into a safe chain. ^~^
For this method, all you need to do is go forward 2 days, back to the original date. Make sure you walk around villagers to find out who's moving. This method is VERY similar to the 3 days method, but this method requires you to go BACK and FORTH 2 days. Where as the 3 days method requires you to just continuously go forward, and not needing to go back (unless you want to).
~SAFEST METHOD. TIME TRAVELLING ONE DAY AT A TIME.~
the super safest/slowest method is going day by day. (So go one day forward, one day back, one day forward, one day back) and walking around to see who pings. Tell them no if you like them > tell them yes if you don't. And continue. This method is however super slow. Make sure you talk to ALL your villagers.
~Fastest cycling if you want ALL your villagers out. (This guide is more directed at cyclers)~
If you don't care for any of the villagers in your town moving, you just basically Time travel day by day continuously until Isabelle tells you what villager is in boxes, you can either give them away/void them. Then continue going day by day.
Here's a more informative explanation:
Turn on 3ds, enter game. Does isabelle say anyone is moving when entering the game? If no then SAVE AND QUIT. Go to 3DS settings, change date to the next day. Repeat. Time travel day by day until Isabelle says someone is moving.
FOR CYCLERS - IF YOU KEEP TT-ING AND YOUR VILLAGERS AREN'T BUDGING: Another add-on:: TTing year by year helps if you dont care about your current villagers and the house placements c:
You get a new villager every year you TT (whether you go one year at a time, or many years, it doesnt matter ^.^) and at the same time, you lose a villager living in your town.. so here's the overall example (5 year interval)::
2014: you have Nibbles, Canberra, Jitters, Marina, Olivia, Freya, Vic, Lolly, Lopez (9)
2015: Canberra is gone (w/o notice), plot for Beau shows up.
2016: Nibbles out, Carmen in.
2017: Vic out, Renee in.
2018: Freya out, Lobo in.
2019: Beau out, Punchy in.
Soo by 2019, your villagers are:: Carmen, Punchy, Jitters, Marina, Olivia, Lobo, Renee, Lolly, and Lopez
Just another tip for fast *popular villager* cycling ^.^ (source: awesomeperson1)
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[ALSO NOTING I DID NOT DISCOVER ANY OF THESE METHODS. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST METHOD, *TIME TRAVELLING 3 DAYS AHEAD AT A TIME* WAS MORE OF MY PERSONAL FINDINGS.]
Also comment here if you have any way to improve this guide or if you have questions!
Good luck!~ Hope this helped in some way. ^_^ <3
Also, I changed the title from "My guide to Time-travelling out Villagers" to "TBT guide to Time-travelling out villagers." since plentiful TBTers were contributing information to help this guide improve! <3333 I can't just take all the credit!
~THIS GUIDE WILL BE UPDATED ONCE IN A WHILE AS I AM RESEARCHING FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE METHODS~
{NOTES~MUST READ FIRST}:
WHEN VILLAGERS PING TO MOVE BUT CHANGES THEIR MIND ABOUT LEAVING: When villagers ping you to move and changes their mind about leaving, DO NOT save the game. I repeat. DO NOT save the game. Just simply turn off your 3ds, enter your game again and walk past them and they'll ping you again about moving. Keep doing this until they change their minds about leaving and THEN SAVE.
WHEN YOU HAVE EVENTS: You should also mention that it's safer to do the TTing when there are no events. Sometimes events screw up villager pinging and stuff like that (Festivale is an example). A villager could end up in boxes the day after an event because they failed to notify you. Villagers who inform you of who will move oftentimes mention an upcoming event instead, so people should TT when there are no events in the near future for maximum safety! This also applies to birthdays as well. Neighbors won't ping to move out if their birthday is coming up soon. (Source: ALLCAPS and karukun)
The TTing when there are events is a safety precaution. Before events, it tends to be way harder to get villagers to talk about who's planning on moving because they will talk about the event instead. During events like the Festivale or Fishing Tourney they won't be able to ping you about moving out specifically because they are programmed to do something else that day (like dancing around and giving you feathers or walking around holding their fishing rods talking about fish).
To avoid this kind of problem, just TT backwards to a time when there are no events and start from there. TT-ing backwards is safer than forward, as you can TT back as long as you want and it will count as only one day. A one week window of no events is ideal. When villagers talk about there not being events in the near future, then you're in the safe zone. If you're getting close to an event that villagers are talking about it, just TT back again.
And remember: ALWAYS COUNT THE DAYS WHEN YOU'VE LAST MOVED OUT SOMEONE/REJECTED SOMEONE FROM MOVING OUT. Villagers will start pinging to move out 5 days afterwards. Don't lose count. Seriously, I lost count once and every day I TT I'm afraid I missed my pinging me and he's gonna be moving out or something.
(source: ALLCAPS)
To avoid this kind of problem, just TT backwards to a time when there are no events and start from there. TT-ing backwards is safer than forward, as you can TT back as long as you want and it will count as only one day. A one week window of no events is ideal. When villagers talk about there not being events in the near future, then you're in the safe zone. If you're getting close to an event that villagers are talking about it, just TT back again.
And remember: ALWAYS COUNT THE DAYS WHEN YOU'VE LAST MOVED OUT SOMEONE/REJECTED SOMEONE FROM MOVING OUT. Villagers will start pinging to move out 5 days afterwards. Don't lose count. Seriously, I lost count once and every day I TT I'm afraid I missed my pinging me and he's gonna be moving out or something.
(source: ALLCAPS)
BE CAREFUL, CHECK THE DATES FIRST: If you are doing these TT methods, make sure you check the dates first. E.G if it is the 31st in your game and you TT to the net day it will become a new month. Also when changing the dates, you might accidentally change the month/year. So be careful! it has happened before, I accidentally TT-ed a month forward, and lost Francine!
IF NO-ONE PINGS NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY: When using one of these guides (particularly the 3 day forward method) and no matter what you do, no one pings. Here's what to do. If you TT forward 3 days and no one pings no matter what you do (and no villagers mentions any rumours), what you should do is TT forward another 7 days , log in as New Save File (DO NOT. I REPEAT. DO NOT LOG IN AS MAYOR.) and enter on a new save file, see if anyone's house plot is gone and go into houses to see if anyone is in boxes and most of the time you will know who is moving.
Logging in as a new save file (don't log in on a character that you already created or your mayor file), is the safest way. Once you found out who is moving, TT back to the CURRENT DATE, and log in as mayor and run in front of that villager. And he/she will ping me about moving. (Source: sidewalk)
PUTTING BEAUTIFUL TOWN ORDINANCE TO EFFECT: If you do not want your hybrids dying, and weeds popping everywhere. We highly recommend you put the "Beautiful Town Ordinance" to effect. It costs a mere 20k bells in-game! And you can change it later on. This ordinance will only stop more weeds popping up and hybrids from withering. It does not stop turnips from rotting or anything else.
TURNIPS ROTTING: Do not do these methods if you do not want your turnips to rot. ANY form of Time travelling BACKWARDS will cause them to rot. We highly recommend you sell your turnips before doing these methods.
TIME-TRAVELLING BACKWARDS: Moving backwards in time, no matter how far you go, it will only count as a new day a.k.a the next day. The game only knows you travelled backwards, but not how far you went back. (source: Awesomeperson1)
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~TIME-TRAVELLING 3 DAYS FORWARD AT A TIME METHOD~
Also, this is the current method i'm using. This is my method by the way. It's super unsafe IF NOT DONE RIGHT, so I don't think you should try it unless you dont do it properly and safely c:
Also, you can also TT forward 4 days instead of 3. It's a lot faster than TTing 3 days ahead but it is more risky! TTing 4 days can also give you the same results as TTing ahead 3 days!
My personal method;
1. Find out who's planning to leave.. so what I do is:
go around town talking to everyone. If no-one mentions anything, I just save and quite, TT an hour forward and continue walking around to see if anyone pings. If they do ping and it's the villager I like, I tell them no. Now that I know who just pinged.. Step 2.
2. I TT 3 DAYS ahead instead of 2. Sometimes the 2 days forward and back method doesn't really work for me since no villagers sometimes don't ping me when I tt 2 days forward, so I go 3 days forward. I then go walking around to see if anyone pings.
If no-one pings. Go to 2a. If some-one does ping go to step 3.
2a) No-one pings. So I go around talking to 3 of my villagers. Yes 3, don't just rely on one. Because the one villager you're talking to could be the one moving so they won't mention moving. Keep talking to all 3 until they mention someone moving, if they do, Save and quit and enter the game again and walk around the villager that is rumoured to leave and they'll most likely ping you.
2 b) if no-one pings you even after talking to all 3 villagers, go around talking to more villagers. Crankys and jocks (for me) are quite big gossipers so you could try them! It varies though, all villagers are gossipers! if No-one still talks about moving, just save & quit, TT an hour or more forward and enter the game and walk around to see if any other villager pings. Most likely will be.
3. Someone does ping you - if you like them, say no and continue the method. If it's the villager you're trying to get out, then hurray for you! TT to their move date, get someone to adopt them (if you want or you can just void them) and then TT back to the original date. No consequences as far I'm concerned, unless you have turnips, TT-ing backwards will rot.
.. and yep!
Pretty confusing LOL but if you need more questions, feel to ask me! Yesterday I did my method and it worked pretty well for me, I didn't get the villager I liked to ping me so I keep TT-ing until I reached 2 weeks forward LOL, and I finally got Chrissy to ping! than I TT-ed more to her move date, got her adopted and TT-ed back to the original date, and everything was all goods. So TT-ing backwards no matter how much you go forward, won't do anything bad to your town, except for weeds. This isn't all confirmed an I'm pretty unreliable so eh, if you choose to do my method, go for it! good luck again.
LOL and here's an EASIER summary for you of my method;
find out who wants to move, if you like them keep them. > TT 3 days forward.>find out who's moving, you like them? keep them. >Continue TT-ing 3 days forward
and cycle goes on. <3
Also, if you guys do happen to try it. You guys can give me feed-back of your results. o:
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ALSO OTHER GUIDES:
~2 days forward, 2 days backwards Method~
This is just like the going forward 3 days method but slightly more different, the 2 days method and 2 days back is one of my favourite methods. It is however also unsafe if not done right.
I recommend before doing the 2 days forward, 2 days back. Find out who is moving first (if it's someone you like tell them no) and then begin the method. This will put this method into a safe chain. ^~^
For this method, all you need to do is go forward 2 days, back to the original date. Make sure you walk around villagers to find out who's moving. This method is VERY similar to the 3 days method, but this method requires you to go BACK and FORTH 2 days. Where as the 3 days method requires you to just continuously go forward, and not needing to go back (unless you want to).
~SAFEST METHOD. TIME TRAVELLING ONE DAY AT A TIME.~
the super safest/slowest method is going day by day. (So go one day forward, one day back, one day forward, one day back) and walking around to see who pings. Tell them no if you like them > tell them yes if you don't. And continue. This method is however super slow. Make sure you talk to ALL your villagers.
~Fastest cycling if you want ALL your villagers out. (This guide is more directed at cyclers)~
If you don't care for any of the villagers in your town moving, you just basically Time travel day by day continuously until Isabelle tells you what villager is in boxes, you can either give them away/void them. Then continue going day by day.
Here's a more informative explanation:
Turn on 3ds, enter game. Does isabelle say anyone is moving when entering the game? If no then SAVE AND QUIT. Go to 3DS settings, change date to the next day. Repeat. Time travel day by day until Isabelle says someone is moving.
FOR CYCLERS - IF YOU KEEP TT-ING AND YOUR VILLAGERS AREN'T BUDGING: Another add-on:: TTing year by year helps if you dont care about your current villagers and the house placements c:
You get a new villager every year you TT (whether you go one year at a time, or many years, it doesnt matter ^.^) and at the same time, you lose a villager living in your town.. so here's the overall example (5 year interval)::
2014: you have Nibbles, Canberra, Jitters, Marina, Olivia, Freya, Vic, Lolly, Lopez (9)
2015: Canberra is gone (w/o notice), plot for Beau shows up.
2016: Nibbles out, Carmen in.
2017: Vic out, Renee in.
2018: Freya out, Lobo in.
2019: Beau out, Punchy in.
Soo by 2019, your villagers are:: Carmen, Punchy, Jitters, Marina, Olivia, Lobo, Renee, Lolly, and Lopez
Just another tip for fast *popular villager* cycling ^.^ (source: awesomeperson1)
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[ALSO NOTING I DID NOT DISCOVER ANY OF THESE METHODS. ALTHOUGH THE FIRST METHOD, *TIME TRAVELLING 3 DAYS AHEAD AT A TIME* WAS MORE OF MY PERSONAL FINDINGS.]
Also comment here if you have any way to improve this guide or if you have questions!
Good luck!~ Hope this helped in some way. ^_^ <3
Also, I changed the title from "My guide to Time-travelling out Villagers" to "TBT guide to Time-travelling out villagers." since plentiful TBTers were contributing information to help this guide improve! <3333 I can't just take all the credit!
~THIS GUIDE WILL BE UPDATED ONCE IN A WHILE AS I AM RESEARCHING FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE METHODS~
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once villager is in boxes and adopted / or you want to void , I TT back to original date
