The Resetting Thread

[honeychi]

i deleted cinnabon the other day bc the whole map just bothered me. i did a lot of terraforming that i ended up hating and wasted a lot of bells on bridges/inclines. i didnt like how the town hall was so close to the beach because there wasnt a lot of room for terraforming

for my new map im looking for an orange airport so i can get white lamp posts easily, peaches, town hall near the center of the map, and the peninsula at the bottom right side of the map. dont really care abt anything else. hopefully i'll stick with my new one bc this is like my 5th time resetting hehe

 

[lenoreluna]

i deleted cinnabon the other day bc the whole map just bothered me. i did a lot of terraforming that i ended up hating and wasted a lot of bells on bridges/inclines. i didnt like how the town hall was so close to the beach because there wasnt a lot of room for terraforming

for my new map im looking for an orange airport so i can get white lamp posts easily, peaches, town hall near the center of the map, and the peninsula at the bottom right side of the map. dont really care abt anything else. hopefully i'll stick with my new one bc this is like my 5th time resetting hehe

Bottom right side peninsulas are the best! They are out of the way, but still in a nice spot where you can see decorations on them! I had similar requirements for my map only I wanted a blue airport and apples! Good luck!

 

[Anwen]

Deleted Lilyshore, after saving a few things. Now resetting for an island I like. Taking a while

 

[honeychi]

chose an island today !! i got everything i wanted besides the orange airport but that’s ok bc my boyfriend can give me white lamp posts. i named it shortcake bc i love strawberry shortcake

 

[Kramweil]

Just started a new island.

Do you need to upgrade your tent to a house and upgrade Blather’s tent to the museum in order to build Nooks Cranny?

I ask because I actually want me, my two starter villagers, RS and Blathers to remain in tents.

 

[saucySheep]

today i got NH on my lite : ))) naturally i had to start from scratch, but it was ok, i had fun today and I'm excited for the future of my island.
had to reset twice tho ;-;

1st island: nice layout, i got south/west river layouts which i really wanted, + some decent starters (katt and... idk his name. some white chicken dude). BUT I got peaches (aka butt trees) AND and orange airport, which i hated, and ... i reset ;-; now that i think about it, i could've handled the crappy fruit and airport color because of how nice the layout and starters were, in fact i almost regret giving up that island.... oh well... lol.

2nd island: the layout was a bit boring. in fact, before i even landed on the island i regretting passing up this really funky but awesome layout and playing it safe. i got pears for my fruit, which was better than peaches but i still sort of disliked. i also got a blue airport which was awesome and pheobe and leonaro for my starters. overall it was a nice island but with the RS placement and the overall boring layout.... i decided i could do better.... heh.

and my 3RD island.... the layout is pretty interesting, at least more so than island #2. not too crazy but not too bland. the RS placement is acceptable; slightly to the left of the airport (which is yellow. v cute, im happy with it ) and you can juuuuust see the top of the tent when you walk in from the airport. (it just occurred to me that once it upgrades to a building it'll probably be more visible... which i don't like.... but it's ok... lol). anyway i'm glad it's not right in your face once you walk in like on my old island (which i DESPISED.) I got the WORST starters out of the 3 islands - Mira and Rory. Both are sorta freaky looking, but at least Rory is funny to look at, lol. Also he gave me a hat so that was sweet of him.

Anyway... I'm enjoying the island of Sauce. Kinda wish i'd kept the 1st island.... in fact I may severely regret that later.... but i think i'll have just as much fun on island #3... heh. Plus, i can always reset. <3

yeah. y'all don't care. but thanks for reading.

 

[Livia]

Just started a new island.

Do you need to upgrade your tent to a house and upgrade Blather’s tent to the museum in order to build Nooks Cranny?

I ask because I actually want me, my two starter villagers, RS and Blathers to remain in tents.

I’m not sure if you can keep your 2 starters in tents. I was trying to keep them in tents too, and they seemed to get houses randomly. I think a day after I placed the museum. I literally just played through this a week ago, but my memory is horrible so I don’t remember.

Blathers will stay in a tent as long as you don’t finish donating stuff to him. Resident Services upgrades I think after you build the 3 houses and invite the villagers. Mine is still a tent and I just started inviting villagers before I build the houses. You can try paying off your loan, but not asking Nook to give you a house, and see if you can get the shop option. You may have to get a house though because getting a house is how you unlock a lot of other stuff like nook miles plus tasks, and more options on the nookstop.

i just checked my journal thread and my 2 starters got houses on the same day I met Blathers, so when the museum tent was built. The only way to keep them in tents would be to not place the museum.

 

[moonbunny]

i reset my island, buuut i kept all my bells and some furniture n outfits.

my old island was fine, but i had a specific vision in mind that i never came close to accomplishing, and that made me not want to play as often. i decided to start over [land-wise] with a blank slate and just do my own thing instead.

i called the new island 'memoria', the same name as my acnl town.

also, rather than levelling the entire island this time, i'll work with my default map. i'll still do some terraforming, but mainly just to edit what's already there.

i still reset for apples as my native fruit, tho. i know it doesnt matter in this game, but idk. apples forever ... also, im glad i have a diff airport colour this time. blue airports are aesthetically pleasing, but i dont like the green streetlamps associated w/ them thankfully i have black streetlamps this time. dunno if ill use them, but theyll prob be easier to trade for white.

 

[AlyssaAC]

Reset my games and my Switch again and hopefully for the last time. I was going way too fast on both my games and I really finally realized I don't like terraforming, I just prefer the natural island that we start with when we first play the game. It feels more like Animal Crossing when you just work with what you got, just like in the previous games, so that's what I'm gonna do with my new island. Plus, restarting gives me the chance to retake some neat pictures that I wouldn't mind sharing on here once in awhile.

 

[Anwen]

I really like the new island. I prefer Aurora Bay as a name. I’ve also got several villagers I really wanted. I’m not letting these go.

 

[Kramweil]

Thank you for that!

Well, my starters upgraded to houses automatically. :-/

So I upgraded to a starter house, but have ignored Timmy's requests for materials for Nooks as well as Blather's requests for 15 donations.

I'm pretty happy with the limitations of this set-up:

- 30 inventory slots
- Leif, Gulliver, Gullivar, Sahara & Wisp are able to visit (I hope Celeste too). Halloween happened with Jack as well.
- No terraforming, no inclines/bridges
- furniture from 2 trees, timmy's 24-hour store & 2 from the ABD; repetitive items but that's okay.

I'm keeping this island really natural. Perhaps do the circle of rocks at some point, but just keeping everything wild. No time travel and no online. It'll be an interesting winter.

I’m not sure if you can keep your 2 starters in tents. I was trying to keep them in tents too, and they seemed to get houses randomly. I think a day after I placed the museum. I literally just played through this a week ago, but my memory is horrible so I don’t remember.

Blathers will stay in a tent as long as you don’t finish donating stuff to him. Resident Services upgrades I think after you build the 3 houses and invite the villagers. Mine is still a tent and I just started inviting villagers before I build the houses. You can try paying off your loan, but not asking Nook to give you a house, and see if you can get the shop option. You may have to get a house though because getting a house is how you unlock a lot of other stuff like nook miles plus tasks, and more options on the nookstop.

i just checked my journal thread and my 2 starters got houses on the same day I met Blathers, so when the museum tent was built. The only way to keep them in tents would be to not place the museum.

 

[K.K. Tori]

Im thinking about resetting my island again (this would be the 4th time) and while I know I'd need help with holding some items to bring over, Im wondering: what do yall look for in a new island when restarting?

 

[FuwaKiwi]

I‘ve been resetting for around 5 days now. Around 1-2 hours per day, since my working schedule is horrible and don’t have much time to play.

I‘m looking for:
- East or west river. I don‘t like south xD
- Circle-like peninsula at the top of the map
- At least one big rock.
- Central Service Center

Don‘t care:
- Airport colour. Preferably another color than blue since I had blue in Calluna. But I won‘t reset if my airport is blue again.
- Native fruit
- Native flower
- Secret beach

 

[Angelbearpuppy]

I did reset. This would be my third time since owning the game. The first time, I did not know what I was doing really. Just wanted a fresh start. The second came when my mother wanted to make a character and join the island life, I let he experience it from the beginning. We had a nice little island. But life got busy for about two months and she quit playing. When I did get bacl to it the island lost its magic so to speak becaise my partner in crime dod not want to play and therw wer half finished projects all over. So now third time is the charm.

 

[RileyRose]

I'm too afraid to restart because I'm impatient lol. If for some reason my game would reset on its own I would probably cry haha.

 

[grace16]

Hi! I will be restarting my island this weekend. I've been playing since the release date, March 20th, and I really just want a fresh start. Does anyone have any tips for restarting fresh? I think I'm gonna bring my bells and a few items to my friend's island to pick up later, just so I don't lose everything.

Also, comment down below if you have any cottagecore island name ideas!

 

[Carmalentine]

I’m definitely considering resetting, I feel like my island is bland compared to other people’s.
Maybe I’m better off just revamping it? Because I’m fairly attached to some elements, I think I just need to narrow down the theme.

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Hi! I will be restarting my island this weekend. I've been playing since the release date, March 20th, and I really just want a fresh start. Does anyone have any tips for restarting fresh? I think I'm gonna bring my bells and a few items to my friend's island to pick up later, just so I don't lose everything.

Also, comment down below if you have any cottagecore island name ideas!

I feel like a rustic cottage core with maybe whites and less saturated colors could look cool!

 

[HappyTails]

I reset again. Yeah, whatever. this is like the 5th time but my airport location was bugging me.

I decided that this is going to be the absolute last reset. If I reset again, I'm selling my game because I refuse to get stuck in a reset loop that I got stuck in when I played New Leaf. Nope, not this time. Also, I'm tired of the yellow airport. Whatever color is fine with me as long as I get peaches or apples as natives, the airport needs to be centered on my map, I want the large circular peninsula, and Redds beach not centered. That's pretty much all I want and a long dock.

 

[Romaki]

I'm so bored with my current map, revamping is incredibly tedious and I really hate that my town hall is so close to the airport. I have some free time now in my life, possibly til next year, so I think I'm just going to go for it so I have a better island to accompany me next year with little sessions.

Only downside is the amount it takes (comparibly playing with time travel is more fun though) and I won't have online for the forseeable future, but I just think the foundation of my island is wrong and I know I'll have more fun playing everything up til now for the next 2-6 weeks opposed to revamped everything in the same time and still hating everything because it feels too manifactured.

I consider changing my island name to mark the occasion and hopefully stick with this one, but I can't really thinkg of anything I could use that I won't hate in the future. I just have a real island name now and I know I'll never hate it because it's just a normal name. Tbh I think about the name for like an hour and then just go for it. I do like my current one, but maybe something better can give me a new appreciation idk.

Edit: I think I just found the perfect name for a new concept, I think this is a sign. Not that I was unsure, but this makes me double sure.

Edit 2: Got my fav default outfit and found a nice map for myself with some with some cool deeds and exciting possibilities!

Edit 3: It's irrelevant, but my island also has roses which are my absolute favorite. More signs to ignore when I'm bored again.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

So I caved to my all consuming obsession and bought a switch lite (with leftover birthday money). Another factor was that my husband actually wants to use his switch, and preserve his island so having that be a ‘second’ island for me was not very workable.

The first time I started I didn’t know anything, so I was prepared to be picky this time. I am loosely -and still don’t know what it will involve theming - it based on Pippi Longstocking, in part because I think I might like to ultimately make an island of villagers with freckles. Anyway - I wanted a map that was very different from my current one and had no idea on the fruit except not peaches or cherries. Plus I wanted a yellow airport because I think it is cute and wanted different nook miles items.

So I was prepared to reset a lot. But amazingly, I found a really different map, which also have the airport directly in line with resident services, but more spaced apart. And then my airport turned out to be yellow! And my starters are Reneigh and Flip, which just sealed the whole deal, because in pippi longstocking she lives with a monkey and a horse! And meh, my native fruit is pears, just like my other island, but that’s okay. my native flower is windflowers, which are some of my favorite flowers. And it even has tide pool rocks!!

so so far I am keeping my first set up. We’ll see whether I like it long term. I don’t think either Reneigh or Flip will be permanent (though who knows really), but I don’t dislike either of them which is perfect. I just can’t get over how the RNG gods have endorsed my vision

I get why people like resetting now. It is so exciting and full of possibility to be starting fresh.