Moving out thought bubble trick not working for me atm.

[Stalfos]

So, a while ago Beardo asked me if he should move away. He's one of my favorites and I'm never letting him go so I reset the game as a have done many times in the past to move the thought bubble to someone else. Next day, still Beardo. And the next. At this point I thought it was just bad luck. Now it's been over a week and every day it's Beardo wanting to move.

Did they patch this trick out or am I just being unlucky? Or is it something else causing this? Maybe I should just tell him to stay and wait another week until someone else decides to move out because it just doesn't seem to be working for me right now.

 

[kylie32123]

I'd say bad luck, honestly. I don't know if you time travel or not, but I do, and have recently kicked a villager. The thought bubble stayed on Ankha, the one I wanted to stay, for well over a week's time period before moving to the one I preferred to leave. It's all a game of chance, and having a thought bubble stay on a villager is normal at times. Have you been talking to the one you'd like to leave? If so, that's likely another cause as well.

 

[Stalfos]

I'd say bad luck, honestly. I don't know if you time travel or not, but I do, and have recently kicked a villager. The thought bubble stayed on Ankha, the one I wanted to stay, for well over a week's time period before moving to the one I preferred to leave. It's all a game of chance, and having a thought bubble stay on a villager is normal at times. Have you been talking to the one you'd like to leave? If so, that's likely another cause as well.

Well, bad luck doesn't sound so bad, at least the trick still works then. But, yeah, I've just been playing like I always do, no time travelling, talking to all the villagers, hoping that the thought bubble will move to the one I want out (Norma).

Does talking to the one you want out decrease their chances of moving? Because I've talked quite a bit to Norma. In fact, she's the only villager that has given me her picture.

 

[Plainbluetees]

Does talking to the one you want out decrease their chances of moving? Because I've talked quite a bit to Norma. In fact, she's the only villager that has given me her picture.

Talking, giving presents, and completing tasks all raises your friendship with a villager. If you are at the point when Norma gives you her photo, she only has about a 2% chance of think of moving if you have ten villagers - especially if a few of them are in the lower levels of friendship. I’m going to guess that Beardo has a lower friendship level with you out of all of your villagers.

 

[Stalfos]

Talking, giving presents, and completing tasks all raises your friendship with a villager. If you are at the point when Norma gives you her photo, she only has about a 2% chance of think of moving if you have ten villagers - especially if a few of them are in the lower levels of friendship. I’m going to guess that Beardo has a lower friendship level with you out of all of your villagers.

Oh yeah, he's my second newest villager. Hmm. I suppose I'll just keep building on my relationships with my newer villagers and maybe have Norma being replaced with a camper.

 

[iamjohnporter67]

What I would do next time is keep your friendship with your villagers very low so that way its easy to tell if they have the bubble of them wanting to move out. Its confusing because if you have too many best friend villagers they will always ask you if you were looking for an item or they wanted to give you a nickname. So what I do is that I ignore my best friend villagers with the thought bubbled until next day when I time travel it lands on the villager that has the lowest friendship that is thinking of moving out.

 

[Stalfos]

What I would do next time is keep your friendship with your villagers very low so that way its easy to tell if they have the bubble of them wanting to move out. Its confusing because if you have too many best friend villagers they will always ask you if you were looking for an item or they wanted to give you a nickname. So what I do is that I ignore my best friend villagers with the thought bubbled until next day when I time travel it lands on the villager that has the lowest friendship that is thinking of moving out.

This is good advice. I never made the connection that the ones who always gave me stuff or wanted to give me nicknames were the ones with the highest friendship level. I tell you, it's gonna be hard to ignore villagers. Makes me feel like a jerk. lol

 

[iamjohnporter67]

This is good advice. I never made the connection that the ones who always gave me stuff or wanted to give me nicknames were the ones with the highest friendship level. I tell you, it's gonna be hard to ignore villagers. Makes me feel like a jerk. lol

Thats understandable but its the only way to get the specific on you don't want to be moved out.

 

[Livia]

I think you’re having bad luck. I’m trying to transfer the thought bubble right now too and Pecan had it two days in a row but after that it moved to someone else. It’s still not on one of the villagers that I want to let go, but at least it’s not stuck on the same villager evry day.

you can go to Nook and tell him you want to move Beardo’s house, and you’ll get the housing kit. You don’t have to place the kit, but as long as you have it in your pocket Beardo won’t be able to ask to move out.

 

[Stalfos]

I think you’re having bad luck. I’m trying to transfer the thought bubble right now too and Pecan had it two days in a row but after that it moved to someone else. It’s still not on one of the villagers that I want to let go, but at least it’s not stuck on the same villager evry day.

you can go to Nook and tell him you want to move Beardo’s house, and you’ll get the housing kit. You don’t have to place the kit, but as long as you have it in your pocket Beardo won’t be able to ask to move out.

Huh, I never knew that. It makes sense though, I'm gonna try that out later today.

 

[Sharksheep]

Ask to move the house of the villager you want to keep and just hold on the housing kit in your inventory. That villager will never ask to move or be picked to be kicked out by a camper. You get your refund by giving the kit back to Tom Nook

 

[eseamir]

you can go to Nook and tell him you want to move Beardo’s house, and you’ll get the housing kit. You don’t have to place the kit, but as long as you have it in your pocket Beardo won’t be able to ask to move out.

Ask to move the house of the villager you want to keep and just hold on the housing kit in your inventory. That villager will never ask to move or be picked to be kicked out by a camper. You get your refund by giving the kit back to Tom Nook

I literally had never thought of this but it makes so much sense!! may have to use this when I'm next trying to get someone to move out