Villager Hunting General Thread

[WaileaNoRei]

I’m going to go island hopping today! I’m mainly looking for Diana or Ankha, but I will take Caroline, Marshal, Julian, Fauna, or Lolly. Wish me luck!

Good luck! From someone who has happened across three out of those 7, trying to send you some of my luck!

Post automatically merged: Jun 30, 2020

Resetting today after letting go of Norma. No particular villager in mind so let's see how this goes.

EDIT: 7:50pm [BST]

Ticket​	Name	Species	Personality
01	Biff	Hippo	Jock
02	Greta	Mouse	Snooty
03	Cashmere	Sheep	Snooty
04	Maelle	Duck	Snooty
05	Bertha	Hippo	Normal
06	Cranston	Ostritch	Lazy

Haha, that didn't take long! I regretted passing up on Cranston previously so was glad to encounter him again. He'll be my third lazy so guess it's time to let go of Sherb.

Haha, I know it’s weird, but I love Biff and I’m jealous! (Actually that’s a pretty great set of island villagers all around!)

 

[Bk1234]

Here are my results after island hopping

1. Jitters
2. Fauna
3. Chief
4. Gayle
5. Deena
6. Apple
7. Kidd
8. Alfonso
9. Mitzi
10. Boots
11. Apollo
12. Elise
13. Boots
14. Tipper
15. Canberra
16. Roscoe
17. Bitty
18. Bianca
19. Rudy
20. Curt
21. Judy ? (took)

I didn’t plan on getting Judy... However, I was running low on tickets and I thought I would give her a try since everyone has been raving about her. If I don’t like her, I’ll probably sell her on here...

 

[EmperorGandhi]

So, my starter villager Rory left today and I wanted to fill the void with Dom because he's too adorable for this planet. I traded all of my TBT for NMT and went to work at the crack of dawn. I had around 800 tickets total, but obviously I didn't use all of them. While I wanted Dom more than anyone, I was open to someone like Raymond, as well as Ankha, Diana, or Fauna. However, what I didn't expect was the amount of pain I would experience with my hunt. Here were a few of the highlights (as close to chronological order as I can get them)

- Pietro was my 10th ticket. I had no interest in claiming him, but I was talking to my friend the night prior and he mentioned how badly he wants Pietro, and how he's been searching since launch for him. I sent him a picture and went on my way. He's a tad bit jealous.

- I ran into Merengue around 25 tickets in. I'm a big fan of the food villagers but decided to turn her down because she's on my mom's island and I visit her plenty there. I then ran into Tia on the island right after, and turning her down HURT because she's my second favorite villager behind the one in my profile picture.

- I ran into Maple shortly afterwards, and reluctantly turned her down. However, I decided to enact the "See them three, it was meant to be" rule (work in progress name), meaning that if I liked them well enough and they weren't someone I was immediately looking for, I would claim them if I saw them two more times because I have 800 tickets and I knew I'd run into plenty of duplicates.

- Marshal popped up around 50 tickets in, but I left right away because I honestly could not care less for the guy. I prefer Raymond anyway. Please put the pitchforks away it's just an opinion

- Ran into Julian somewhere in the 60s, and put him in the "see them three" list because he's a unicorn. How could I not?

- Lolly popped up twice in the 70s. I'm not a fan of her though, so I just let her be. Sorry, Lolly fans.

- I ran into Coco twice, once in the 70s and again in the 80s. I put her in the "see them three" list. Turning her down hurt the first time, but my heart is still aching after the second one. I hope to get her in a future hunt once I let Vesta leave.

- I encountered Marina once in the 90s, and then ran into her again in the 110s. She's a lot cuter in-game than I initially thought, but my sets were still set on someone like Fauna or Coco (since she was up to 2 sightings and only needed one more) if I was going to get a new normal villager.

- Julian and Maple popped up again in the 110s. There was a three way tie between all three eligible "see them three" contestants, and they're also competing with Dom, business cat, Egypt cat, and the deer. I was very excited about how things were turning out.

But eventually, at 138, I ran into someone that wasn't quite Dom, and was reluctant to take them because I still wanted to hunt for the sheep, but they were just too adorable to pass up. And that villager was Fauna. My island lacks a jock now, but Beau will have a deer friend and that's honestly enough for me. Hopefully the campsite RNGesus favors me one day at least with the higher chance of finding a jock. Overall though? This was a great hunt, especially with all the cute villagers I ran into. I'm more than excited to have Fauna join the island, because even if she isn't Dom, my heart MELTED the moment I saw her and I couldn't pass that chance up. Have your island hopping experiences been successful thus far? Do you love Fauna? I don't really care what this thread turns into, I just thought it'd be neat to share my suffering with all of you guys and gals.

 

[Sheep Villager]

I bid farewell to Cherry (my starter) yesterday so today it was time to island hop it up. No true goal but I do need a lazy and I kind of want a kangaroo. Spoiler: Found neither!

Spoiler: Encounter log

Eunice
Knox
Flip
Sherb
Velma
Lobo
Pashmina
Admiral
Agnes

I can't believe it. Ran in to Sherb... again. I already had him once on my island to give him away since I know he's super popular. I wish I could say I took him in to give him away again but I just... was not strong enough to go through that ordeal again. It took him ages to move out last time and it bothered me a ton to just see him walking about.

A few islands later I ran in to Pashmina who I considered for a good 15 minutes. I think in the end the reason I didn't go for her is I have a lot of pink and red villagers right now and I want different colors. I feel like stuff is blending in too much right now. Maybe if I run in to her some day in the future I'll let her chill on my island for a while.

Before I found a villager I wanted I bumped in to Admiral, making that two villagers I've had before that I ran in to today.

The villager I ended up inviting was Agnes! I've liked her since NL but never had her. It felt like the perfect moment to give her a shot.​

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Went island hopping today, after my first foray into time traveling. I was getting impatient with waiting for the only villager who I am both willing to let go and who’s picture I have to ask to move, and it was starting to ruin that villager (Rex) for me, which made me sad. So I figured, what the heck and the method I read about was just a time travel version of what I already use to pass the thought bubble day by day. It took A LONG TIME.

But it worked as explained, and I then moved forward to the day he was in boxes and left the time to pass naturally overnight so I could island hop today. (I also promptly became sad to see Rex go).

Last trip I ended up using all my miles and having to borrow from a friend and my husband (I went to 80 islands)

Naturally, this time, when I purchased 100 NMT on here, I found the one lazy villager I had actually wanted above all others on island 11.

Here was my trip:
1 - money rock island - Alli
2 - mountain island - Skye
3 - bamboo - Bianca
4 - fidget spinner - Opal - surprisingly cute
5 - sister fruit - Maelle - very cute. I like so many ducks now
6 - fidget spinner - Rory - also surprisingly cute
7 - short river - dobie
8 -money rock - Tucker - cute! Thought about it for a minute
9 - spiral river - Tipper - considering her!
10 - short river - Cleo - not terrible
11 - money rock - COLE!

Honestly, I felt like it was a really lucky day, I didn’t see any of my frequent repeats (though I was half hoping to see Rhonda, who’s showed up on every one of my previous excursions). I saw a lot of fun villagers, which is why I love island hopping. Maelle and Rory were both pleasantly cute surprises. Tucker was really fun looking, though so highly stylized that I always feel like he needs someone willing to build a theme around him (same thing that made me pass up the very cute ankha early on)
I almost invited Tipper, who has a very sweet looking face.

So, so glad I found Cole, who I’ve wanted to have on my island. He’s so cute and silly looking!

11 tickets is a pretty nice range, cause I wasn’t tired at all of island hopping (I even would have liked to do a bit more).

Then, when I advanced to the next day to make sure the move in went smoothly I had a campsite villager. It was Sherb! Even though I passed on inviting him (I like all my current villagers,dinner have any of their pictures, and he’s not a particular favorite of mine, though he is cute) I feel like it showed the RNG force/ luck was smiling on me today.

Cole seems to be settling in well, here he is fishing with everyone during the fishing tourney!

and hanging with Freya, though she doesn’t look so sure...

It really is too bad other people can’t invite villagers from your campsite!

 

[Chris]

Soleil left yesterday so time to island hop! No one specific in mind but a snooty is preferable. Hopefully this doesn't take all day.

edit: 45 minutes later...

Hop	Villager	Species	Personality	Comments
01	Rod	Mouse	Jock	Would have taken him if I didn't have him on my other island!
02	Kiki	Cat	Normal	Cute, but not feeling her.
03	Patty	Cow	Peppy	Had she been a snoot I might've considered her.
04	Del	Crocodile	Cranky	I like Del, but I've Wolfgang and much prefer him.
05	Candi	Mouse	Peppy	If she were a snoot I'd have taken her in a heartbeat.
06	Cyrano	Anteater	Cranky	Damn he is cool. But I already have an anteater and a crank.
07	Flo	Penguin	Sisterly	I already have Katt and she just won't be able to compete.
08	Tammi	Monkey	Peppy	Her eyes are frightening.
09	Bam	Deer	Jock	Yes! Bam was one of my favourites in ACNL! And jock is my favourite personality type.

Yes, let's get 'swole' together!
Will the cheddar toasties I scarfed down while island hopping be a problem?

 

[niko@kamogawa]

Soleil left yesterday so time to island hop! No one specific in mind but a snooty is preferable. Hopefully this doesn't take all day.

edit: 45 minutes later...

Hop	Villager	Species	Personality	Comments
01	Rod	Mouse	Jock	Would have taken him if I didn't have him on my other island!
02	Kiki	Cat	Normal	Cute, but not feeling her.
03	Patty	Cow	Peppy	Had she been a snoot I might've considered her.
04	Del	Crocodile	Cranky	I like Del, but I've Wolfgang and much prefer him.
05	Candi	Mouse	Peppy	If she were a snoot I'd have taken her in a heartbeat.
06	Cyrano	Anteater	Cranky	Damn he is cool. But I already have an anteater and a crank.
07	Flo	Penguin	Sisterly	I already have Katt and she just won't be able to compete.
08	Tammi	Monkey	Peppy	Her eyes are frightening.
09	Bam	Deer	Jock	Yes! Bam was one of my favourites in ACNL! And jock is my favourite personality type.

Yes, let's get 'swole' together!
Will the cheddar toasties I scarfed down while island hopping be a problem?

I just noticed that you didn't run into any snooty villager. Congratulations on having a painless session!

 

[Shinjukuwu]

I'm hoping to island hop soon, about six or seven days ago I had Bluebear ask to leave but I said no as I haven't had her long and I love her!

Normally if someone asks to leave it's on a Sunday, but I'm guessing because K.K. Slider is in town no-one will ask? I'm not sure where I read that, somewhere on here, but I heard, and correct me if I'm wrong, that no-one will ask to leave on the day K.K. Slider is in town.

 

[Chris]

I just noticed that you didn't run into any snooty villager. Congratulations on having a painless session!

A snooty would have been nice, but I love the jocks!

I've three lazies at the moment. Once I've given one of them the boot then the hunt for a new snoot can begin again!

I'm hoping to island hop soon, about six or seven days ago I had Bluebear ask to leave but I said no as I haven't had her long and I love her!

Normally if someone asks to leave it's on a Sunday, but I'm guessing because K.K. Slider is in town no-one will ask? I'm not sure where I read that, somewhere on here, but I heard, and correct me if I'm wrong, that no-one will ask to leave on the day K.K. Slider is in town.

I've heard that too and in my experience it has been correct so far. e.g. when I expected someone to ask to leave on a Saturday they ended up asking on the Sunday.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i'm not able to time mine, but maybe some of you do, how generally long does it take to go island hopping? let's say 30 tickets. 50 tickets. etc. from your experience.

 

[Chris]

i'm not able to time mine, but maybe some of you do, how generally long does it take to go island hopping? let's say 30 tickets. 50 tickets. etc. from your experience.

The nine hops I did took me about 45 minutes. Mind I was also eating brunch and chatting to someone at the same time.

 

[niko@kamogawa]

i'm not able to time mine, but maybe some of you do, how generally long does it take to go island hopping? let's say 30 tickets. 50 tickets. etc. from your experience.

Mine took nearly eight hours after 184 tickets spent just in case if you're wondering.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

The nine hops I did took me about 45 minutes. Mind I was also eating brunch and chatting to someone at the same time.

i was catching up on tv shows while snacking as well. do you just come & leave after seeing a villager, or do you sometimes check for DIYs or other resources?

Mine took nearly eight hours after 184 tickets spent just in case if you're wondering.

wow that's a lot!

 

[Chris]

i was catching up on tv shows while snacking as well. do you just come & leave after seeing a villager, or do you sometimes check for DIYs or other resources?

I just checked who the villager was then immediately left. Think I'd get bored very quickly if I did more than that.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

My hunting routine is usually like this: I go to bed earlyish (like 11:30 pm rather than 12:00-12:45 am) but before I go to bed I put the switch in airplane mode so I don’t get a voided villager. I get up at like 7 AM and get some iced coffee set up. I Then I get on, grab a bunch of NMT and head for the airport. I only stay on an island long enough to figure out who the villager is. During the hunt I watch YouTube so I don’t get bored out of my mind.

my last hunt took like 4 hours using 141 NMT.

 

[Bk1234]

Soleil left yesterday so time to island hop! No one specific in mind but a snooty is preferable. Hopefully this doesn't take all day.

edit: 45 minutes later...

Hop	Villager	Species	Personality	Comments
01	Rod	Mouse	Jock	Would have taken him if I didn't have him on my other island!
02	Kiki	Cat	Normal	Cute, but not feeling her.
03	Patty	Cow	Peppy	Had she been a snoot I might've considered her.
04	Del	Crocodile	Cranky	I like Del, but I've Wolfgang and much prefer him.
05	Candi	Mouse	Peppy	If she were a snoot I'd have taken her in a heartbeat.
06	Cyrano	Anteater	Cranky	Damn he is cool. But I already have an anteater and a crank.
07	Flo	Penguin	Sisterly	I already have Katt and she just won't be able to compete.
08	Tammi	Monkey	Peppy	Her eyes are frightening.
09	Bam	Deer	Jock	Yes! Bam was one of my favourites in ACNL! And jock is my favourite personality type.

Yes, let's get 'swole' together!
Will the cheddar toasties I scarfed down while island hopping be a problem?

Bam is my dream Jock villager! If I find him I guess I’ll give up Pierce.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I do some resource gathering, until it gets boring for me - including look for recipes/fossils, catch the wasp and shake the trees for an item. I don’t do much resource gathering on my island lately, so it gets me stocked up.
But yeah, sometimes that gets tiring after just a few islands.

 

[Shinjukuwu]

@Vrisnem

Thank you! Pretty much same for me as well, so in that case hoping tomorrow I'll get someone who I don't mind leaving asking!

i'm not able to time mine, but maybe some of you do, how generally long does it take to go island hopping? let's say 30 tickets. 50 tickets. etc. from your experience.

The most I've used is 23, I don't like to use too much as I feel like I'm wasting it, but I appreciate people's hustle

I used to get supplies from the rocks and trees but now I just shake the trees for the hidden item and check the beach for a recipe.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

I have two hunts that I consider extremely lucky (though one I don’t really consider a “hunt”).

The first hunt involved my last villager before having to move someone out. I was under the impression that we couldn’t have the full 10 at first (I share an island). I found out that I was wrong, so I put down the last plot and went for a hunt with like 8 tickets. On my SECOND ticket, I found my #1 dreamie Sterling. Too bad his house is terrible now, but I still love the birb.

The second “hunt” involved replacing my smug villager. I got 40 tickets lined up for this hunt,I had a list of 11 smugs I’d be willing to take, and I made sure that I got up extra early so I had time to hunt before my physics class. Well, I got up and...my dad was on a mystery island to do heavy-duty fishing. I knew I was going to have to wait at least a half hour, so I asked him if he could check the villager at the very least. It was Shep, a smug very high on my list (only Raymond and O’hare rank higher)! I told my dad to invite him and I got an extra half hour of sleep!

 

[Shinjukuwu]

Went island hopping today, and I visited 23 islands! (That's the second time I've done that exact amount lol). Scoot had moved out, which left me a space for a Jock or a Smug villager, however I was actually specifically seeking a cute fabulous Snooty villager. That's not what I finished with, but I encountered some great villagers!

Plucky
Fuchsia (considered)
Crackle
Tybalt
Mac
Lobo (considered)
Pashmina
Most
Zucker
Harry
Cranston
Goldie (considered)
Kidd
Peck
Boyd (considered)
Henry (considered)
Poppy
Tashi
Sparro
Sally (considered)
Fang (considered)
Octavian
Daisy (adopted)

Until next time... x