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[Yoshi155]

Yeah I checked Nookipedia and it said that. I just wanted to double-check though. Like, if anyone has actually tried to unlock the golden axe with stone axes before. Is it possible? Have you unlocked the golden axe already?

I don’t have the recipe for the golden axe yet, so I can’t confirm.

 

[Suguri]

I don’t have the recipe for the golden axe yet, so I can’t confirm.

Oh okay, I see. Thank you for helping, I will wait until someone can confirm this for me.

 

[Pyoopi]

Yeah I checked Nookipedia and it said that. I just wanted to double-check though. Like, if anyone has actually tried to unlock the golden axe with stone axes before. Is it possible? Have you unlocked the golden axe already?

I'm pretty sure I used the Flimsy axe to unlock the Golden axe since they break easier than a normal axe.

I checked on Nookipedia and I think the Golden axe page is a bit misleading as they only use the Normal axe icon. When I googled searched elsewhere, like Animal Crossing World, IGN, and any other website, it all states using the Flimsy axe is the best way.

 

[Suguri]

I'm pretty sure I used the Flimsy axe to unlock the Golden axe since they break easier than a normal axe.

I checked on Nookipedia and I think the Golden axe page is a bit misleading as they only use the Normal axe icon. When I googled searched elsewhere, like Animal Crossing World, IGN, and any other website, it all states using the Flimsy axe is the best way.

Thank you Pyoopi! I'll give this a shot.

 

[Giddy]

Just wondering~
I am using my friend's switch for making another Island. I also have connected my account to her switch as well. She doesn't have an online membership, but I do.
If I make a player with my account on the Island, and try and upload a dream address; can that happen? Or does my friends switch need an online memebership? (Which she wont ever do, so it be a waste of my time trying to make nice islands and cant dream address it; because I wanna make multiple.) (I know I could do a trial but again it's not just one Island I wanted to make :/ )

 

[TN4U]

So I have a question about unlocking the golden axe... Breaking 100 axes should lead me to the recipe, but will this work with stone axes? I use them more often when chopping trees for wood.

If I'm not mistaken, I was able to get the recipe by breaking a ton of flimsy axes.

EDIT: Oops; already answered. Forgot to check the next page.

Just wondering~
I am using my friend's switch for making another Island. I also have connected my account to her switch as well. She doesn't have an online membership, but I do.
If I make a player with my account on the Island, and try and upload a dream address; can that happen? Or does my friends switch need an online memebership? (Which she wont ever do, so it be a waste of my time trying to make nice islands and cant dream address it; because I wanna make multiple.) (I know I could do a trial but again it's not just one Island I wanted to make :/ )

Uploading dream addresses requires a Nintendo Switch subscription on the main player's end unfortunately.

 

[azurill]

Just wondering~
I am using my friend's switch for making another Island. I also have connected my account to her switch as well. She doesn't have an online membership, but I do.
If I make a player with my account on the Island, and try and upload a dream address; can that happen? Or does my friends switch need an online memebership? (Which she wont ever do, so it be a waste of my time trying to make nice islands and cant dream address it; because I wanna make multiple.) (I know I could do a trial but again it's not just one Island I wanted to make :/ )

I would try anyway and make a character using your profile. When I got my second switch I used a new profile for the island rep. Used my main account with online subscription for an alt character and was able to use that second character to create a dream address. I thought at first you needed one profile for each switch.

 

[Giddy]

I would try anyway and make a character using your profile. When I got my second switch I used a new profile for the island rep. Used my main account with online subscription for an alt character and was able to use that second character to create a dream address. I thought at first you needed one profile for each switch.

Yeah I did recently add another character which is my account, so will see. Can't remember when the new character can dream XD

 

[azurill]

Yeah I did recently add another character which is my account, so will see. Can't remember when the new character can dream XD

I know I was disappointed when I thought I couldn’t get a dream address for that island so figured I would try making one with the profile that had online . I think you can when Luna sends you a bed as a gift.

 

[Giddy]

I know I was disappointed when I thought I couldn’t get a dream address for that island so figured I would try making one with the profile that had online . I think you can when Luna sends you a bed as a gift.

I just checked today after being able to upgrade my house on the other players house, and I am SO happy to say I can use the internet and add dream addresses ;')
I am so, so glad I checked, my kingdom can still thrive - I had such a whole idea for this that I was going to use when making an island Journal.

 

[azurill]

I just checked today after being able to upgrade my house on the other players house, and I am SO happy to say I can use the internet and add dream addresses ;')
I am so, so glad I checked, my kingdom can still thrive - I had such a whole idea for this that I was going to use when making an island Journal.

Glad it worked out for you.

 

[Dunquixote]

Is there a limit of how many recipes you can learn from fishing a day? I caught a salmon and learned one recipe; I caught another but didn’t learn any even though I don’t have the salmon bagel recipe.

 

[TN4U]

Is there a limit of how many recipes you can learn from fishing a day? I caught a salmon and learned one recipe; I caught another but didn’t learn any even though I don’t have the salmon bagel recipe.

No there isn't. You can learn everything in one day; just keep catching salmon and you'll learn the rest of the recipes.

 

[Suguri]

So when my house plot becomes vacant, how many days will it take at max before another villager gets it?

 

[TN4U]

So when my house plot becomes vacant, how many days will it take at max before another villager gets it?

I believe it depends on your current town rating. If it’s at 3 stars and above, I would expect a new villager to autofill the plot within a week. From my personal experience, new villagers I got moved into my plots within three days, but it shouldn’t take more than a week in most cases. If it’s at 2 stars, it might take a longer time depending on what other factors are in place that bring it down. 1 star ratings generally do not bring in new villagers until the rating is raised or the villager count drops below a certain number.

 

[Dunquixote]

I was wondering if anyone has tips on flattening my island? I’m thinking of doing it on my second island. I never did it before on my main island. Right now I’m picking the spots for my two starters. I’m putting them both on the beach. Is that the best thing to do with the houses until I’m done flattening? And where would the best place to start I flatten it?

 

[TN4U]

I was wondering if anyone has tips on flattening my island? I’m thinking of doing it on my second island. I never did it before on my main island. Right now I’m picking the spots for my two starters. I’m putting them both on the beach. Is that the best thing to do with the houses until I’m done flattening? And where would the best place to start I flatten it?

My method is to put all of the houses in a corner of your island you know for a fact won't be worked on right away (not on the beach as you can't fit all 10 plots plus your house and everything else there). From there, do your terraforming in a smaller area first, like around Resident Services. From past experience flattening an entire second island myself (twice), I find it hard to come up with anything creative if I clear an island completely compared to working on a small section and moving on to the next. Working in sections can maintain some form of creative spark, so that you're not bored to tears trying to do it all at once in one day and bam, you're burned out. Time travelling might help speed up the process, but I understand that not everyone's a fan of it despite not having any game-breaking consequences.

It's best to move the houses in the proper spots after you get a visual idea of what a section will look like, so that you're not wasting bells and time. As villager houses are 4 wide and 3 depth across (door on the right side), I would make a custom ground design that is a bright color, so you can temporarily place a 4x3 template on where a house might go, and then ultimately place the plot there once you design the space around it to your liking.

tl;dr - Don't flatten all at once. Move everything to one corner of the island, start around Resident Services, and work your way through.

 

[Dunquixote]

My method is to put all of the houses in a corner of your island you know for a fact won't be worked on right away (not on the beach as you can't fit all 10 plots plus your house and everything else there). From there, do your terraforming in a smaller area first, like around Resident Services. From past experience flattening an entire second island myself (twice), I find it hard to come up with anything creative if I clear an island completely compared to working on a small section and moving on to the next. Working in sections can maintain some form of creative spark, so that you're not bored to tears trying to do it all at once in one day and bam, you're burned out. Time travelling might help speed up the process, but I understand that not everyone's a fan of it despite not having any game-breaking consequences.

It's best to move the houses in the proper spots after you get a visual idea of what a section will look like, so that you're not wasting bells and time. As villager houses are 4 wide and 3 depth across (door on the right side), I would make a custom ground design that is a bright color, so you can temporarily place a 4x3 template on where a house might go, and then ultimately place the plot there once you design the space around it to your liking.

tl;dr - Don't flatten all at once. Move everything to one corner of the island, start around Resident Services, and work your way through.

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! That is super helpful! I was planning on moving all most of the houses to the beach but I won’t do that now .

 

[Dunquixote]

This is a kinda dumb question: anyone know if there is a way to turn on music players that you put on castle towers? I got them to play on frozen pillars before, I think but I can’t get them to play on the castle towers when I put them on them outside.

 

[TN4U]

This is a kinda dumb question: anyone know if there is a way to turn on music players that you put on castle towers? I got them to play on frozen pillars before, I think but I can’t get them to play on the castle towers when I put them on them outside.

I never tried it with the towers myself, but are you trying to interact with it at a certain angle? Sometimes, if you try to change the song when the radio is on a bigger piece of furniture, it either doesn’t let you or has you interact with said furniture it is resting on. For example, I have a turntable on top of a 2x1 dresser. If I want to change the song, I have to do it from the side of the dresser. Trying to do it from the front instead has me give the option to change my outfit.

Try doing it from all angles. You may have to position yourself in a way to be directly aligned with it. I know for a fact that with the exception of the “radio station” items, they will always revert to the off state when placing.