Villager Hunting General Thread

[Moonlight.]

spent hours upon hours upon hours hunting for some dreamies, didn't find them but don't worry...i ran into naomi at least 15 times

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Did a quick and simple island hopping session in conjunction with the building of my rock garden:

found this dear boi very quickly (sub 10 NMT); now I’m only missing 2 more deer!

 

[Seelie]

Well hi all, I'm here to file an official complaint: Cats Don't Exist.

I have been to 302 mystery islands. I've seen 3 cats total -- Monique at island 49, Punchy at island 99, and Moe at island 108. I haven't seen a single cat in 194 islands.

Friends, I'm ready to die. I have a full list of cats I'd be willing to take -- Tom, Kabuki, Ankha, Olivia, Mitzi, Rudy, Kid Cat, Raymond, Katt -- but I can't find even the cats that I don't want, which would be minimally less disheartening.

I'm not going to put a full list of the villagers I've run into, but here's a nice chart summing it up by species:

Please admire how I've run into SIXTEEN hamsters and only THREE cats. How, of all of the possible species, the single species that I'm looking for is the absolute dead last.

I really wanted to find my villagers by island hopping, since before I've used a combination of island hopping, amiibos, and Nookazon, but honestly, this is so horrendously unlucky that I don't know if I'm going to. I have enough miles to buy 20 more tickets, but is it even worth it? Probably not.

Some highlights, though:

• Diana at ticket 9
• Merengue at tickets 91 and 100
• Erik at ticket 92
• Stitches at ticket 109
• Audie at ticket 127
• Fauna at ticket 137
• Beau at ticket 164
• Apollo at ticket 169
• Lily at ticket 181
• Roald at ticket 230
• Molly at ticket 250
• Goldie at ticket 269
• Marina literally 5 times at tickets 38, 59, 98, 114, and 171

Some personal favorites I ran into also include Ruby, Deirdre, Daisy, Papi, Shep, Vesta, Nan and Chevre, Bea, and Skye.

Please send help.

 

[Moonlight.]

Well hi all, I'm here to file an official complaint: Cats Don't Exist.

I have been to 302 mystery islands. I've seen 3 cats total -- Monique at island 49, Punchy at island 99, and Moe at island 108. I haven't seen a single cat in 194 islands.

Friends, I'm ready to die. I have a full list of cats I'd be willing to take -- Tom, Kabuki, Ankha, Olivia, Mitzi, Rudy, Kid Cat, Raymond, Katt -- but I can't find even the cats that I don't want, which would be minimally less disheartening.

i know that feeling, it took me 300+ tickets to find lobo, and after 500+ tickets i never found chrissy, but the amount of duplicates or even characters i ran into 10+ times is ridiculous. I know it's basically random but i must have horrendous luck. that being said, and i know you said you wanted to find them island hopping, i have the amiibo for tom, ankha, olivia, mitzi, rudy, and kid cat so if you're ever interested lemme know lol.

 

[Seelie]

i know that feeling, it took me 300+ tickets to find lobo, and after 500+ tickets i never found chrissy, but the amount of duplicates or even characters i ran into 10+ times is ridiculous. I know it's basically random but i must have horrendous luck. that being said, and i know you said you wanted to find them island hopping, i have the amiibo for tom, ankha, olivia, mitzi, rudy, and kid cat so if you're ever interested lemme know lol.

Oh man 500+ tickets :') If you're still looking for her, I hope she arrives soon! And yeah, the duplicates just feel the worst.

I actually just found Katt, TTed a day, and then found Raymond! So I'm beyond thrilled, haha. Turns out complaining online works wonders for RNG's motivation. I'll have to compile a final chart of all the species I ran into along the way!

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Oh man 500+ tickets :') If you're still looking for her, I hope she arrives soon! And yeah, the duplicates just feel the worst.

I actually just found Katt, TTed a day, and then found Raymond! So I'm beyond thrilled, haha. Turns out complaining online works wonders for RNG's motivation. I'll have to compile a final chart of all the species I ran into along the way!

Glad you found your cat! Island hopping can be a pain at times. I’ve had droughts where I can’t find any deer (though not as long as your drought). It’s like a punishment for not taking Lopez early on

 

[Moonlight.]

Oh man 500+ tickets :') If you're still looking for her, I hope she arrives soon! And yeah, the duplicates just feel the worst.

I actually just found Katt, TTed a day, and then found Raymond! So I'm beyond thrilled, haha. Turns out complaining online works wonders for RNG's motivation. I'll have to compile a final chart of all the species I ran into along the way!

That'd be super interesting! Also congrats on your finds!

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Ran out of tickets while hunting and came across gayle, wish I knew about her sooner, that pink alligator has stolen my heart

 

[Seelie]

Glad you found your cat! Island hopping can be a pain at times. I’ve had droughts where I can’t find any deer (though not as long as your drought). It’s like a punishment for not taking Lopez early on

Oh man I know what you mean -- mine felt like a punishment for not taking Punchy, who I adore and left behind because I'd already had him on a previous island, had his photo, and currently have Bob as a lazy cat. Fortunately RNG does rebound in time, lol.

That'd be super interesting! Also congrats on your finds!

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Ran out of tickets while hunting and came across gayle, wish I knew about her sooner, that pink alligator has stolen my heart

Oh I love Gayle! A friend has her as a permanent villager on her island, she is absolutely adorable with her little heart patch.

Here is the final chart:

Cats actually rebounded really nicely after I complained, lol! Found Merry at ticket 307 and Tabby at ticket 313 and passed them up because I already have Rosie and Tangy for peppy cats. Then Katt arrived at ticket 333, so I grabbed her up immediately, and decided I wasn't about to give up my streak of cats and time traveled a day forward so I could put down another plot and continue. Raymond showed up at ticket 350.

Some other notable mentions that came between tickets 300 and 350:

Julian at ticket 306;
Chief at ticket 310;
Fauna (again) at ticket 312;
Dom at ticket 314 -- leaving him was the worst, even though he's already on my other island;
Zucker at ticket 340 -- I'm not a big octopus fan, but I know he's got quite the fanbase; and
Beau (again) at ticket 342.

All said, I don't regret it, and I have enough leftover tickets that I think after at least a day or two of recovery time, I'd be willing to pick up villager hunting again for my last four cats. I did let a day roll over somewhere in the 350 tickets without having a plot filled and got an auto-fill, but I'm pretty happy all around!

 

[misstayleigh]

moved out & gave Erik away this morning, and started island hopping with 150 tickets! I didn't have anyone in mind in particular... I just knew I didn't want another peppy since I have two, and the only normals I'd consider were Kiki or Olive. there were a lot of pink villagers and one surprise at the end...

1. Boone
2. Lopez (I like Lopez! But already have Kyle as my smug, so I passed. The irony of this will come up later.)
3. Bertha
4. Flora (Love Flora! But I have two peppies right now )
5. Gayle (Also love Gayle! But I want my second normal to be Kiki, so…)
6. Rocket
7. Pate
8. Hamlet
9. Violet
10. Pinky
11. Elise (I think? It was a monkey but I didn’t talk to her)
12. Maple (Here is where my will power was tested)
13. Paolo
14. Claudia (Apparently I was getting all pink villagers lol)
15. Charlise
16. Joey
17. Twiggy
18. Hippeux
19. Frita
20. Hornsby
21. Alice
22. Zell (Once again, love Zell… but Kyle…)
23. Ricky
24. RAYMOND???????????

I couldn’t pass him up. I am not even the biggest Raymond fan, but know that I can give him away in the future to someone who really does love him. So to my island Raymond comes!! I’m shocked it took me less than 25 tickets to find him!

 

[Xara]

got to go island hopping today and i’m super happy with who i ended up inviting

1. boomer (i definitely thought about inviting him but since i already have 2 lazies + i just got rid of one, i decided against it ;u; )
2. olivia
3. octavian
4. genji
5. leonardo
6. kyle
7. plucky
8. hugh (i really considered him, too, but again,, i don’t need 3 lazies :’c)
9. jeremiah
10. piper (she was my starter peppy and so seeing her made me feel a bit sentimental aha)
11. croque
12. marcel
13. pierce
14. tipper
15. biskit (another lazy that i considered but ultimately ended up not inviting,,,)
16. norma
17. octavian again
18. bam!!!

Spoiler: my new neighbour <3

 

[nightglow]

Yesterday was my first time trying to "fish for a villager". Granted I had a long list of villagers I was hoping for one of them to spawn. My first NMT and I got Purrl. So excited. I haven't turned my game on yet today but about to, and she will be there She was one of my most wanted ones to meet. I think she is super cute.

 

[Seelie]

Yesterday was my first time trying to "fish for a villager". Granted I had a long list of villagers I was hoping for one of them to spawn. My first NMT and I got Purrl. So excited. I haven't turned my game on yet today but about to, and she will be there She was one of my most wanted ones to meet. I think she is super cute.

Aww congrats! I have Purrl and I absolutely love her, I hope you enjoy having her!

 

[EmmaFrost]

I got Dom in my campsite and he was exactly who I was looking for. I like his design because he’s colourful without being creepy like Pietro.

 

[GnarlyGarden]

I got Dom in my campsite and he was exactly who I was looking for. I like his design because he’s colourful without being creepy like Pietro.

Totally agree that Peitro is creepy. He was my campsite villager, and I got rid of him as fast as I could.

 

[saucySheep]

Totally agree that Peitro is creepy. He was my campsite villager, and I got rid of him as fast as I could.

but.... p i e t r o
if i had pietro as a 1st camper i'd be so happy lol. curlos is amazing too tho, in fact i like curlos better than pietro
i respect ur opinion tho, if u dislike pietro, that's ok bro, i won't judge

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Zell moved out yesterday. Had five extra minutes before work, so I thought, "What the heck," and went to a Mystery Island. Found Phil and adopted him. I hope I'll click with him.

It's a battle between the cubs and ostriches to take over my island now.

 

[saucySheep]

I used I think about 20 nmt's to find my 1st 3 villagers and I got Tia, Cheri and Beau. Took me a long time to find a good lazy because I kept getting weirdos like Zucker (who I found 3 times lol). Anyway I'm quite happy with my selection and glad I got at least 1 very unique villager (Tia.) I would've preferred all of them to be super unique but hey cute is ok too : )
excited about Beau. too bad he won't have his normal house tho

 

[Livia]

you’re so lucky that you found them quickly. I’ve spent over 300 tickets looking for my lazy villager and still can’t find the one I want. I found my peppy and normal after 51 and 162 tickets, but still can’t find Cole. I don’t like his real house, so I need to find him now so he will have the starter house.

 

[Livia]

401 islands and I still can't find him. The only lazies I haven't found yet are Biskit, and Cole. This is so annoying. There's 4 lazy rabbits in the game, and I've found the other 3 multiple times. Once I found Doc twice in a row.

 

[Tiffkaboo]

I haven't been island hopping in a while since my island is full, but I passed up Muffy which I instantly regretted. Pretty much all my island hopping hasn't given me anyone I'd actually want to stay on my island.