Thanks! This isn't my first time resetting, so I've got a good idea of what's important to me in a map and what isn't, but this is definitely super handy for anyone new to resetting for islands that might not know!
-
Guest, you're invited to help build our new TBT time capsule! It contains three parts, with some of its elements planned to open in 2029 and others not until the distant future of 2034. Get started in 2024 Community Time Capsule: Blueprints.
The Resetting Thread
- Thread starter Chris
- Start date
Thanks! This isn't my first time resetting, so I've got a good idea of what's important to me in a map and what isn't, but this is definitely super handy for anyone new to resetting for islands that might not know!
SakuraMoon
🌸 Sakura of Moonbay 🌸
Hello everyone! Right now i'm restarting / Updating my ACNH island and collecting ACNH items to make an aesthetic themed island. If you have any items to donate, or give can any tips & tricks to help me with this project by all means please let me know!
People who helped donate & make this dream come true:
Thank you for the ANCH Items, NMT, & IGB donations! I really appreciate it! A little goes a long way for me!
I will always be auto accepting any ACNH items , flowers , trees , etc. with a pink and / or a kawaii cottagecore aesthetic!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far! With the help of each other, the love in our hearts, & the faith in our mind. We can make anything happen!
People who helped donate & make this dream come true:
Thank you for the ANCH Items, NMT, & IGB donations! I really appreciate it! A little goes a long way for me!
I will always be auto accepting any ACNH items , flowers , trees , etc. with a pink and / or a kawaii cottagecore aesthetic!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far! With the help of each other, the love in our hearts, & the faith in our mind. We can make anything happen!
I want to restart my island because I hate my map. I’ve tried flatting and re terraforming three times, but I don’t like how far away the town hall is from the airport.
I don’t want to loose all my bells and items though. That’s why I would like to ask if I could temporarily store my someone else’s Island.
I’m willing to pay $10,000,000 bells to store my items on someone else’s island.
Anyone interested?
I don’t want to loose all my bells and items though. That’s why I would like to ask if I could temporarily store my someone else’s Island.
I’m willing to pay $10,000,000 bells to store my items on someone else’s island.
Anyone interested?
I'm thinking of restarting island 2.
I ruined my experience with time travel and giving myself resources. Plus the fact I ended up not liking its layout.
But I put a lot of effort into it. And its storing my raymond for if I wanted him back (I wasn't sure I wanted to let him go)
Plus it's got a lot of flowers I would want to keep but have nowhere to store.
Gah I dunno.
I will probably just not do anything but I want to
I ruined my experience with time travel and giving myself resources. Plus the fact I ended up not liking its layout.
But I put a lot of effort into it. And its storing my raymond for if I wanted him back (I wasn't sure I wanted to let him go)
Plus it's got a lot of flowers I would want to keep but have nowhere to store.
Gah I dunno.
I will probably just not do anything but I want to
I've moved raymond back to my main island and will be resetting today
Paperboy012305
Maining Male Villager since 2015
So, I broke my oath two months after I got the game yes, and I admit I have restarted several times, 6 times to be exact yes? I feel a refreshment in my island is in order. I have TTed way too much and have yet to design anything to the point where I cannot cope with it no more. (Plus, I moved out Raymond in favor of Chadder and it's one of the main reasons I'm starting over anyway, dang cat won't come back. I did campsite resetting, Island hopping to just plain moving villagers out and autofilling the plot to no avail where I believe resetting is the last resort)
Every time I did restart, I turned the clocks back to when I got the game on March 19th, 2020. Well, I feel that's another main reason why I am never happy with the game, so I'm turning the clocks to March 19th, 2021 where I wanted to from the beginning of March 2021 but never did due to reconsidering.
I'm giving in, though, so I must say this might as well be the best restart I will do, as I hope I don't restart again anymore afterwards. I will find the map I'm looking for:
- Resident Services far but not too far from the Airport
- Apple Trees
- A Green Airport to get the Black Streetlamps back
- A Dock on the right side of my south beach
- Secret Island in the middle (As it usually is in every map I had, but change is good on this)
- Mira to not be a starter villager. I don't want the starter house of hers as I don't have the Amiibo card to Mira.
- And of course, I don't mind what peninsula layout I have, never really had any ideas for it anyway
I already told my sister who plays this game to hold the items for me until I get the map I want, so if you wanted to help me on this, thanks for asking. Of course, once I do, it's map reroll time.
I won't regret any of this, I will have a grand time as I was intented. (I say all of this, when what I really should have done was not to invite Cyd in my first island when I found him by island hopping. Wanted to try him out as he was brand new, worst decision of my life. His singing does NOT fit well with his design, species and personality, the worst part is his hobby was music, which made him do it frequently. Worse worse is that someone wanted him and I tried everything to get him out without amiibo card as back in the day moving villagers out via amiibo card will glitch the moving villager out. I still think this hasn't been patched out yet so I'm scared to try to this day.)
Rant over, gosh I do not like that punk Elephant. Anyway, restarting, I'm gonna do it soon.
Every time I did restart, I turned the clocks back to when I got the game on March 19th, 2020. Well, I feel that's another main reason why I am never happy with the game, so I'm turning the clocks to March 19th, 2021 where I wanted to from the beginning of March 2021 but never did due to reconsidering.
I'm giving in, though, so I must say this might as well be the best restart I will do, as I hope I don't restart again anymore afterwards. I will find the map I'm looking for:
- Resident Services far but not too far from the Airport
- Apple Trees
- A Green Airport to get the Black Streetlamps back
- A Dock on the right side of my south beach
- Secret Island in the middle (As it usually is in every map I had, but change is good on this)
- Mira to not be a starter villager. I don't want the starter house of hers as I don't have the Amiibo card to Mira.
- And of course, I don't mind what peninsula layout I have, never really had any ideas for it anyway
I already told my sister who plays this game to hold the items for me until I get the map I want, so if you wanted to help me on this, thanks for asking. Of course, once I do, it's map reroll time.
I won't regret any of this, I will have a grand time as I was intented. (I say all of this, when what I really should have done was not to invite Cyd in my first island when I found him by island hopping. Wanted to try him out as he was brand new, worst decision of my life. His singing does NOT fit well with his design, species and personality, the worst part is his hobby was music, which made him do it frequently. Worse worse is that someone wanted him and I tried everything to get him out without amiibo card as back in the day moving villagers out via amiibo card will glitch the moving villager out. I still think this hasn't been patched out yet so I'm scared to try to this day.)
Rant over, gosh I do not like that punk Elephant. Anyway, restarting, I'm gonna do it soon.
Khaelis
Bell Tree Forum's Resident Hybrid Addict
Decided to reset to start a new island where I can just enjoy the game however I please, so I'm being omega picky with my island layout...
...
... this is going to take me several days, lol.
...
... this is going to take me several days, lol.
Khaelis
Bell Tree Forum's Resident Hybrid Addict
So, update on this. Still looking. Shocker. But, I've also remembered something VERY important.
I'm so freaking bad at thinking of a name for my island!! I hate defaulting to my go-to names I always use. Aughhhh.
Paperboy012305
Maining Male Villager since 2015
So, I just gave all of my important items over to my sister's island and have restarted not too long ago. Now, the ideal map begins. Did it two times with an unsuccessful approach, but I won't stop until I get it.
Asil Ellehcim
Member
After all the time I took making Serenity this past year I think I’m done. I’m going to dump it and start over. All my villagers (except Sherb) I can repopulate using amibo cards so.... I’m currently buying all the Nook Mile Tickets I can so that when I restart I can go island hopping looking for him. One of the greatest advantages to having two switches is being able to save everything I really care about on Second Island.
I’ve spent the past two days liquidating everything that doesn’t “spark joy” in my four houses on Serenity and transferring it all to Second Island. I cannot believe how many bells that produced! LOL. I’ll have a bit of a head start on the Museum art and fossils too, so that’s nice.
I think I’m going to enjoy this new adventure more than Serenity simply because I know a bit more about how the game is played. Example: instead of trying to get as many villagers as possible as quickly as possible, I’m going to woo my starters until they give me their photos. Then I’ll add one more and do the same with them. Also, I think when I go Mystery Island hopping I’m going to search out villagers I don’t have as an amibo card.
I’m going to take my time and not rush to “develop” my new island. Although, I will upgrade my house as quickly as possible. Love that storage! LOL. And I don’t think I’ll add a second player character for a bit. It’s not like I’ll need them to plant money trees like last time. I’m going to concentrate on catching all the bugs/fish/sea creatures available each month and not much else. (Other than falling stars. I missed quite a few of Celeste’s DIYs this year because I only recently learned about time travel and I was always in bed (or heading there) when she would show up. I get up for work at 3:30am so I’m in bed early.
About the only thing I’m worried about is losing my custom designs. They were a lot of work and I really don’t want to re-do them but I will if I have to.
All in all, I’m really looking forward to this new adventure.
Honor to your House!
I’ve spent the past two days liquidating everything that doesn’t “spark joy” in my four houses on Serenity and transferring it all to Second Island. I cannot believe how many bells that produced! LOL. I’ll have a bit of a head start on the Museum art and fossils too, so that’s nice.
I think I’m going to enjoy this new adventure more than Serenity simply because I know a bit more about how the game is played. Example: instead of trying to get as many villagers as possible as quickly as possible, I’m going to woo my starters until they give me their photos. Then I’ll add one more and do the same with them. Also, I think when I go Mystery Island hopping I’m going to search out villagers I don’t have as an amibo card.
I’m going to take my time and not rush to “develop” my new island. Although, I will upgrade my house as quickly as possible. Love that storage! LOL. And I don’t think I’ll add a second player character for a bit. It’s not like I’ll need them to plant money trees like last time. I’m going to concentrate on catching all the bugs/fish/sea creatures available each month and not much else. (Other than falling stars. I missed quite a few of Celeste’s DIYs this year because I only recently learned about time travel and I was always in bed (or heading there) when she would show up. I get up for work at 3:30am so I’m in bed early.
About the only thing I’m worried about is losing my custom designs. They were a lot of work and I really don’t want to re-do them but I will if I have to.
All in all, I’m really looking forward to this new adventure.
Post automatically merged:
Honor to your House!
Would it be worth moving sherb on to switch 2 so that you can bring him back over to switch 1 after you reset?
That way you don't have to try to find him again and it technically is the same sherb you knew and loved.
Asil Ellehcim
Member
I considered doing that but honestly, I think I want the fun of looking for him. He was originally on bf’s (Second Island) as a first villager so he’s been with us for a year now. He recently moved to Serenity when he got accidently given permission to leave SI. I was able to grab him but frankly, I really like Hamlet better as a lazy.
ive had my acnh game since it came out, and i took a long break from playing. when i got back to my game i realized that my towns map stinks LOL! ive been working on getting it to be cool, but right now im at the point where i want to create a new game *for a better map*; but i only have one switch. my question is; what are the pros and cons of deleting my old game and starting a new one? my issue is the recipes, because i had to beg people to allow me to go to their islands just to get the extra recipes and im not looking forward to another years worth of gathering them all again.
You'll lose your DIY recipes, Catalog, Villagers, Nook Miles and Bells if you reset. It seems like it's a lot easier to re-obtain all those things now than before at least. You see a lot of recipes being given out for free or for really cheap prices. Getting millions of bells only takes a few tbt, same with any items from the catalog.
So really it comes down to whether or not you think resetting is worth obtaining all you had again.
So really it comes down to whether or not you think resetting is worth obtaining all you had again.
When you delete the save file you restart over on everything like all the bells, NMTs, items you gathered, and yes DIY recipes and nook cranny catalogs. It’s quite a pain in my opinion honestly to lose all that progress.
Edit: was gonna suggest flatten island but realized you are dissatisfied with your map so nvm
Edit: was gonna suggest flatten island but realized you are dissatisfied with your map so nvm
Marshmallows
chocoholic ☕🍫
Are you sure you're unhappy with your map, or is it that you're bored with it?
I have been thinking about restarting as well... but I think I'm just bored. Getting diys and cataloguing everything is easier than it used to be, especially if you go to a cataloguing island and buy diys with tbt bells (as Nefarious said, it's much cheaper now and people even give them away.) But it's still a huge pain, and chances are there's things about your island that you like. Unless you have a really clear plan of what you want to do and your current island doesn't fit that idea, I would wait for the next update and see if there's not more to do or try to make your island work.
The islands are all more or less the same, except for things like the peninsula or secret beach. Then again, if you're unattached and don't care about starting over, go for it.
I have been thinking about restarting as well... but I think I'm just bored. Getting diys and cataloguing everything is easier than it used to be, especially if you go to a cataloguing island and buy diys with tbt bells (as Nefarious said, it's much cheaper now and people even give them away.) But it's still a huge pain, and chances are there's things about your island that you like. Unless you have a really clear plan of what you want to do and your current island doesn't fit that idea, I would wait for the next update and see if there's not more to do or try to make your island work.
The islands are all more or less the same, except for things like the peninsula or secret beach. Then again, if you're unattached and don't care about starting over, go for it.
kiwikenobi
GONE FROM TBT
Restarting is a huge endeavor, and there's no way to get it back if you change your mind. You'll want to be absolutely, completely, totally sure you're okay with starting with nothing again before restarting. What is it about your current map that you dislike so much? I think that most permanent features of islands can be worked around. Perhaps if you post an image of your map, people could advise you about how to deal with any parts that you can't change but don't like at the moment.
Similar threads
