Villager Hunting General Thread

[TaylaJade]

So Erik has been my dream lazy villager for a while and I’d been waiting for the day my current lazy Sherb asked to move. Today was finally that day! (I love Sherb but he was never a permanent resident).

While I know others have struggled in the past to find their one dreamie out of 400+ possible villagers, I was excited to go island hopping for Erik and Erik only! Even if it took days!

Spoiler: Here’s how it went

1. Harry
2. Pierce
3. Cherry
4. Audie
5. Zell
6. Anchovy
7. Tucker
8. Megan
9. Pinky
10. Buzz
11. Raymond
12. Sydney
13. Paula
14. Simon
15. Rodney
16. Twiggy
17. Coach
18. Cyrano
19. Deena
20. Flurry
21. Olaf
22. Bree
23. Biskit
24. Ike
25. Alli
26. Greta
27. Walker
28. Octavian
29. Pashmina
30. Butch
31. Prince
32. June
33. Bangle
34. Judy
35. Bunnie
36. Chevre
37. Melba
38. Anicotti
39. Colton
40. Cobb
41. Blaire

And..... on the 42nd NMT!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1375044809660932100

I couldn’t believe it!!!! I’m so happy to have Erik as a resident FINALLY!

 

[Moritz]

Heaven must feel like this.

Took around 10 hours but she's home now.

 

[Xara]

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Heaven must feel like this.

Took around 10 hours but she's home now.

congrats on finding her!!

 

[Xara]

got to go island hopping again after tt’ing zucker out and i’m very happy with how this session went!

1. kid cat
2. kitt lowkey thought about inviting her
3. benjamin
4. bitty
5. gladys
6. deena
7. annalisa
8. cyrano
9. rocket
10. deirdre
11. tia thought about inviting her, too ;-;
12. clay
13. chester
14. sheldon
15. rex
16. del
17. al
18. biff
19. eugene
20.

Spoiler: my new neighbour!!

pietro!!! i’ve been wanting him for a while and i’m super excited to have him!

now just need to work on moving pashmina out once she gives me her photo and then i’ll be all set for a while. :’)

 

[Moritz]

 

[Moritz]

Took 2 in game years for him, but I now have, or have had every villager without an amiibo.
No intention of keeping dom after getting his photo so will be given away on here for free once I have it.

And since I have access to every amiibo card, unless I decide I regret letting Raymond go... thats my last ever villager hunt done.

 

[deana]

Well Vesta asked to leave and I agreed so I had to look for a new villager to join the island! Since I recently learned about the personality subtypes I am trying to take that in to consideration in my choices as well which just adds another level of complication so here we go ~

Spoiler: Villagers

Hugh Beau Wade Monty Bones Octavian Monty Pudge Leonardo Winnie Cherry Rolf Alfonso Clyde Lopez Puddles Kidd Tank Queenie Alfonso Skye Bitty Walt Big Top Annalisa Merengue Bluebear Zell Broffina Rocco Barold Bam Gabi Sprocket Gruff Violet Chadder Soleil Norma Penelope Zucker Drake Curly Twiggy Broffina Stu Raymond Elvis Bitty

Spoiler: New Resident

Diana!

I was not looking for Diana, not even a little bit. But I was running out of time and I already spent 50 tickets so she is good enough for now. I had her in New Leaf and I really did love her there so I am happy to be spending some more time with her.

 

[Xara]

tt’d pashmina out earlier and went on one of my shortest island hop sessions thus far.

1. plucky
2. avery
3. wendy i lowkey thought about inviting her lol
4.

Spoiler: my new neighbour! 💗

i’m literally,, such a sucker for the snooty wolves like they’re all so gorgeous. i’m excited to have freya on my island!

 

[JemAC]

tt’d pashmina out earlier and went on one of my shortest island hop sessions thus far.

1. plucky
2. avery
3. wendy i lowkey thought about inviting her lol
4.

Spoiler: my new neighbour! 💗

i’m literally,, such a sucker for the snooty wolves like they’re all so gorgeous. i’m excited to have freya on my island!
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This is probably one of the shortest ever island hops

Freya is such a great villager to find, I haven't had her yet in NH but she's in my NL town and I love her

 

[jiny]

i island hopped yesterday and i kept getting so many repeats??? it was frustrating. but anyway i think i used abt 50 tickets and ended up taking pudge! i was trying to find henry to replace shep since theyre both smug,, but i was getting tired of island hopping lol

 

[Romaki]

Tfw you buy 100 NMT and he shows up on your first island. ❤

 

[WaileaNoRei]

tt’d pashmina out earlier and went on one of my shortest island hop sessions thus far.

1. plucky
2. avery
3. wendy i lowkey thought about inviting her lol
4.

Spoiler: my new neighbour! 💗

i’m literally,, such a sucker for the snooty wolves like they’re all so gorgeous. i’m excited to have freya on my island!
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I have to admit, when i invited her from my campsite early on, (despite my ‘not a fan of the wolves’ stance) I ended up really liking her and keeping her longer than planned. She is pretty sweet and fun to dress up. Hope you enjoy having her on your island. I like her catchphrase a lot too.

 

[Seelie]

I'm coming back to level / redo my main island, Muir Wood, and decided to update my villager lineup as well!

The first hunt took 182 tickets and nearly killed me lol

I didn't keep track of the islands, but I feel like I saw a disproportionate number of hippos and cows (Naomi in particular showed up 4 times?? Ma'am please). I also ran into Audie and Judy, the latter of whom I would love for my other island, buuut not this one.

Finally ran into Lily!

And brought her home.

 

[Moritz]

Island hopping just for fun

Island 1) beau
Island 2) tammy
Island 3) marcie
Island 4) naomi (run away!)
Island 5) pheobe
Island 6) chevre
Island 7) julia
Island 8 axel
Island 9) apollo
Island 10) velma
Island 11) maelle
Island 12) frank
Island 13) benedict
Island 14) cousteau
Island 15) a gorilla so didn't get a name
Island 16) kyle
island 17) Another gorrila
Island 18) nana
Island 19 flora
Island 20) deena, temping but no
Island 21) melba
Island 22) freckles
Island 23) bettina
Island 24) drago
Island 25) lucky
Island 26) chevre again
Island 27 is my last ticket and I am going to stop due to boredom and who do I find?

 

[bestfriendsally]

okay... i've got a bit of a predicament here...


i have kid cat in the campsite tent....

thing is... i had him as a starter on my original island & i love him... but i don't have his card yet...

& i plan to invite rudy with his card that i newly have.... rudy's so cute....

 

[Tutle]

Got Erik after 9 NMT. Really needed him for my new cottage core themed island I'm planning to build!

 

[Xara]

tt’d cleo out earlier so i got to go island hopping! sadly, this was one of my shorter sessions but i’m still content with how it went.

1. rodeo
2.

Spoiler: my new neighbour!

chèvre:
me:

ajsjks i wasn’t expecting to invite chèvre today but she’s adorable and i couldn’t imagine leaving her behind. :’)

 

[JemAC]

I've been TTing to move Cookie of my island as I have her photo and she has been a villager on my island for a long time but have had no luck with passing the thought bubble to her. During the time travelling I've had numerous campsite villagers though;

• Miranda - she's alright but didn't try and make her stay
• Pekoe - she's in my NL town and I really like her so I tried for ages to make her stay but she constantly went for villagers I wanted to keep so I gave up
• Shari - she's also in my NL town and I don't mind her but she's not a villager I'm interested enough in to try and make stay
• Kabuki - not really a villager I was looking for
• Cyrano - another villager I didn't attempt to make move to the island
• Peanut - my original favourite AC villager, before Fauna, and a current resident in NL as well as been on my list of villager to look for when island hopping. I played quite a few games with her and won numerous items of clothing before she finally agreed to move and on the first go she suggested replacing Cookie!

So Peanut has now become the newest villager to move to my island

 

[WaileaNoRei]

So went on two island hopping adventures in the last month, replacing first Hamphrey and then Groucho.

Was not sure of the result from the first one, but have decided I am very happy with my new villagers.

Both trips were much shorter than I would have liked. I really enjoy island hopping so would prefer to go to at least 30 islands. So naturally I have had very good luck lately in terms of finding villagers I like (I also do like a lot of villagers)

Island hopping 4/2

1. Zucker - aww he is cute.
2. Billy - pretty cute. He’s like a perfect country/ natural/ cottagecore jock (at some point I started really liking all the jocks)
3. Henry
4. Roald
5. Drago
6. Alfonso - considered him - he is probably my favorite alligator.

Spoiler: New Neighbor

7. Weber! very cute, haven’t had a lazy in a while, and had planned to invite him if I found him. But kind of a let down to end my island hopping so soon—

(didn’t get a picture of him on the mystery island, but here he is enjoying the spring in his new home)

So because life is busy lately and I was off work for a week because my baby’s daycare had spring break, and my desire to island hop had not been satisfied, I decided, somewhat regretfully, to time travel Groucho out after receiving his picture

Island hopping 4/8

I could have been happy inviting the first villager to be honest. Lucy really wants to move in! I had her recently in my campsite and really like her. I like a lot of the pig villagers in general, and she is very cute (though not as cute to me as Maggie). But I just could not take the first villager I came upon. It was another short adventure though, as I found someone from my short list on island 5!

1. Lucy
2. Bertha
3. Tutu - cuter than expected
4. Zell

Spoiler: New Neighbor #2

5. Deena - funny thing about her, I invited her once before, then impulsively let Shep replace her the very next day because I did not have a smug and she was my third normal and the only one I was able to let go. I am happy to be able to invite her again!

So two new little neighbors, funny how they are the same species.

and hopefully next time I will have slightly worse luck...

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Went island hopping today after Bob moved out! A much shorter trip than I would have liked, but I'm lucky to have found an adorable lazy villager to replace Bob.

1. T-Bone - cranky bull
2. Bud - jock lion - fun design, but I can only handle one jock on my island at a time. XD
3. Peanut - peppy squirrel - I expected her purple to be much louder, but she looks so cute! Definitely considering getting her once Ketchup moves out. :3
4. Gayle - normal alligator
5. Lucky - lazy dog