Using the Campsite method, I got a certain cat

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Hello, I'd like to share my data and experience using the Campsite method to get Raymond. This method was posted on r/adoptmyvillager (RIP) and I'm pretty sure someone made a thread on TBT about it. I saw a tweet explaining it too. So I decided to follow it because I am tired of using NMTs (I've only gone on like 30 trips but it's tiring!) and waiting for someone to move out. There was a lot of TT involved and as for real-life hours, it took me three days (mostly because I have school work and I still work but if I had more free time I would have gotten it done sooner. The twitter user did theirs in 8 hours). Anyway my data is under the spoiler:

I started on May 1, 2021 (like the twitter user did because why not)
Current villagers: 10 - 2 cranky, 1 lazy, 1 snooty, 1 uchi, 2 jock, 2 peppy, 1 normal (NO smug, having no smug villager increases the chance of getting a smug as a campsite visitor as the campsite tries to fill what you don't have unlike mystery islands). The ones in bold are smug. There are 34 smug villagers currently in ACNH.

Colton - 5/3/2021
Pippy - 5/12/2021
Shep - 5/22/2021
Violet - 5/30/2021
Keaton - 6/7/2021
Hamlet - 6/16/2021
Fauna - 6/30/2021
Renée - 7/12/2021
Leopold - 7/27/2021
Cranston - 8/19/2021
Kidd - 9/2/2021
Alli - 9/12/2021
O'Hare - 9/22/2021
Maddie - 10/6/2021
Lucha - 10/18/2021
Ed - 11/1/2021
Bea - 11/11/2021
Kyle - 11/20/2021
Ribbot -12/2/2021
Julian - 12/12/2021
Curlos - 12/23/2021
Lopez - 1/3/2022
Marshal - I didn't write it down but between 1/12/2022 & 1/19/2022
Yuka - 1/27/2022
Harry - 2/7/2022
Willow - 2/18/2022
Chops - 2/28/2022
Canberra - 3/11/2022
Benjamin - 3/22/2022
Here is where I started getting only smugs which is good. Something I did that I wasn't really doing in the previous ones was actually talking to the camper and then saving. I did that with Julian and Marshal (after Marshal was non-smug) so I don't know if this *really* impacts the chances though....
Eugene - 4/6/2022
Klaus - 4/24/2022
Phil - 5/5/2022
Henry - 5/16/2022
Graham - 5/27/2022
Pietro - 6/8/2022
Raymond - 6/18/2022

Total campers: 36
Total smug campers: 21 / 34

Once I got Raymond, I had a bit of trouble inviting him.
1st attempt: I won the mini card game and he chose my boy SHERB to move out. I quickly exited.
2nd attempt: I lost the card game. I got the one where you have to choose the suit. He said he won't move in. I exited the game.
3rd attempt: I moved my clock about 3 hours ahead and played the card game with him. This time it was choose the color. I won and he chose SAMSON to move out!!!! SUCCESS!

Anyway that was that. It was fun but I wouldn't do it again lol. Thanks for reading!
 
It feels like getting a campsite visitor naturally is so much more rare now than it was in new leaf. I have been playing since the day NH came out, and I have only ever had a single campsite visitor. I had to amiibo in the ones i wanted.

Based on your data though it seems like you tend to get one once a week about?

Anyway glad you got the villager you wanted, that's a lot of work
 
after that subreddit disappeared, the guide was reposted on r/AnimalCrossing, thankfully 🙏 here's the new link for anyone who wants to take a look!

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/g3r7b3

i used it recently & was able to get Raymond myself, in case people want more proof that it works! i wasn't thorough enough to write down dates, but here's the list of campers i got in order:

1: Beardo (smug)
2: Drake (lazy)
3: Kyle (smug)
4: Peaches (normal)
5: Ken (smug)
6: Candi (peppy)
7: Boone (jock)
8: Apple (peppy)
9: Marcie (normal)
10: Olaf (smug)
11: Clay (lazy)
12: Henry (smug)
13: Cally (normal)
14: Curlos (smug)
15: Raymond (smug) !!!

7 out of 15 = just under 50% of campers were smug
 
congrats on getting raymond! thanks for sharing your data with us :)
 
Millysaurusrexjr said:
It feels like getting a campsite visitor naturally is so much more rare now than it was in new leaf. I have been playing since the day NH came out, and I have only ever had a single campsite visitor. I had to amiibo in the ones i wanted.
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As someone that played a lot of NL I can promise you it isn't. I played regularly for years and over that entire time I swear I had less than 15 campers. I'd go months without seeing them, and remember one year being sad that I had an entire winter without a single igloo.

Getting one a week sounds great!
 
Thanks so much for the guide! I was able to get Raymond today using this method 😊

Here's my data if anyone's interested! I started with 3 normal, 1 cranky, 1 lazy, 1 peppy, 1 sisterly, 1 jock, and 2 snooty villagers.
1 5/8 - Quillson (Smug) *
2 6/5 - Tasha (Snooty)
3 6/19 - Puck (Lazy)
4 7/24 - Chops (Smug) *
5 8/7 - Elmer (Lazy)
6 9/11 - O'Hare (Cranky)
7 9/19 - Rocco (Cranky)
8 9/30 - Zell (Smug) *
9 10/11 - Keaton (Smug) *
10 10/19 - June (Normal)
11 10/30 - Klaus (Smug) *
12 11/27 - Pudge (Lazy)
13 12/07 - Del (Cranky)
14 12/17 - Lionel (Smug) *
15 1/11 - Rodney (Smug) *
16 1/22 - Maelle (Snooty)
17 1/30 - Cousteau (Jock)
18 2/11 - Vivian (Snooty)
19 2/21 - Eugene (Smug) *
20 3/2 - Tex (Smug) *
21 3/10 - Renee (Sisterly)
22 3/21 - Lobo (Cranky)
23 4/6 - Phil (Smug) *
24 4/17 - Graham (Smug) *
25 4/29 - Huck (Smug) *
26 5/12 - RAYMOND
 
congrats!!!!

i was attempting this method myself to get raymond but ran into my last missing dreamie instead (tybalt) during the process and invited him - considering i already have a smug it might take me a little longer to find raymond but i'm gonna try my best. 😭 no way am i gonna pay the ridiculous amount of nmts he goes for.
 
This is a really cool method, congrats on getting Raymond with it yo!!! I've heard this as a theory but I havent seen any data or confirmation yet, so this is super good to know ^^
 
I can't wait to try this! Not looking for Raymond, but that's great for you so congratulations!
 
i would also get tears from eating flan, i made some a few days ago and i inhaled it, it was so so good
anyways, thats super dope! congrats on getting raymond nmt-free!!
 
hootenanny said:
  • 3. Hit OK.
  • 4. Start up Animal Crossing.
  • 5. Isabelle will start daily announcements. If you have a camper, she will say so during announcements. If she does not mention a camper, press your HOME button to return to the Switch screen. Press X to close the game. Repeat steps 3-6 until you have a camper.
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Wait. So, you can reset for campers during the morning announcements? You don't have to change dates, just keep closing the game? Why don't I just do this every day?
 
Ras said:
Wait. So, you can reset for campers during the morning announcements? You don't have to change dates, just keep closing the game? Why don't I just do this every day?
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No, you change campers by moving the dates. I think the tent or camper is set once you open the game before even going to the title screen and Isabelle.

Also, if you see a tent on the title screen (I put my camp near the RS), there is actually someone camping. If there is none, there really isn't
 
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I just used this method, and I got Judy! I was using a slightly different one, started using the one above. She appeared on the day before her birthday too. I’m so happy! :love:
 
Got Raymond after 6 hours and all personalities but smug ty for this thread saved me silly spending <3 got all my babys now and can relax xD
 
I'm gonna try out this trick on the weekend now, as I don't have a smug right now on my island and maybe I have enough luck to find Raymond (or perhaps Megan) over that way.
 
What about this method this user posted?

Guaranteed Specific Personality Plot for Random Move-Ins

* * Introduction * * Fairly unimportant; feel free to skip down to the Important section! Hi everyone. Like many people here, I've been searching for the fastest and easiest (also cheapest!) method to hunt for my favorite villagers (looking at you, Raymond). I tried searching to see if anyone...
www.belltreeforums.com

Its with random move ins instead of campers. Does anyone know if it works?
 
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