Villager Hunting General Thread

[Xara]

this seems to be the place to ask this and i think you already have answered this in part. ive never traded villagers so my question is: if you either trade a villager or allow them to leave your island im assuming that you can re-invite them to move back in? and if this is the case, how long after they have been traded/booted is it allowable to re-invite them back in?

yes, you’ll be able to invite them back, as soon as they’ve left your island (meaning their house is gone and all that’s left is a plot).

 

[Xara]

reviving this thread since i went island hopping yesterday for the first time in a few months! it was a short session though, since i once again fell prey to a normal villager’s cuteness.

1. henry
2. benedict (i considered inviting him as i’ve been wanting to give him a chance for a while, but i ultimately decided to pass for now)
3. maelle
4. rod
5. t-bone
6. charlise
7.

Spoiler: my new neighbour!! 🍓

look how cute she is!

 

[Sheydra]

Funny enough was trying to find a new sisterly since I’m not really connecting to phobe and she just showed up in tent. Did kick out my annalisa but have her card so bringing her back.

 

[S.J.]

Congrats on finding Reneigh! She's definitely a cutie!

 

[Serabee]

Congrats! I've been considering getting a new sisterly and she's one of my top choices. She's so cute, and I LOVE a good pun name

Agnes is also high on my list~

 

[Kattea]

Congrats! She was my first uchi and even though I didn’t keep her, I thoroughly enjoyed having her around.

 

[Skyfall]

She's my favorite, I love her. Congrats!

 

[Xara]

Funny enough was trying to find a new sisterly since I’m not really connecting to phobe and she just showed up in tent. Did kick out my annalisa but have her card so bringing her back.

congrats! i hope you’ll enjoy having her!

 

[your local goomy]

This isn't super recent, but it's a pretty entertaining story. Sherb was a member of my original island and my favorite lazy, so when I reset, I did some island hopping to get the 3 tutorial villagers moved in. I pretty much took the first peppy and normal I took, which luckily for me were Bangle and Marina, whom I both like, and just continued with the lazies as a lazy was guaranteed to appear. Since I didn't have TBT or even Nookazon at the time, I had to grind all of my NMTs myself, and with a new island, it wasn't easy, but I wanted Sherb. After hours of grinding NMTs, turning down lazies I would have also liked, and straight hunting for the blue goat, I decided to just call it quits and take whatever lazy the game decided to give me. So, I made all of the furniture, got the house set up, and...needless to say I almost had a heart attack when I looked to see who the game was moving in and saw it was Sherb. Needless to say, he's never leaving.

 

[Xara]

went on another island hopping session a few hours ago!

1. roald
2. peck
3. norma (i was so tempted to invite her )
4. lionel
5. bubbles
6. bubbles (again )
7. groucho
8. annalisa
9. hamphrey (my friend is so upset that i didn’t invite him )
10. walker
11. bitty
12. bertha (she was actually one of my first 10 villagers, so seeing her again after all this time was nice!)
13. jay
14. felicity (leaving her physically hurt )
15. spike
16. violet
17. chief
18. harry
19. naomi
20. victoria
21. pekoe (she was one of my first 10 villagers as well! she was my starter normal)
22. marshal
23. queenie
24. elise
25. peaches
26.

Spoiler: my new neighbour!! 🦌💙

a cutie!! i haven’t had a cranky since dobie moved out last year, so i’m super excited to have him! i love the deer villagers so much, and i’m happy that i didn’t bring home another normal or peppy i love so many of them, as my island desperately needs some variety aha. ... also, why’d i run into practically every hippo today.

 

[Xara]

just got finished with the longest island hopping session that i’ve had thus far and i am,, exhausted lol. but 100+ nmts and 3 hours later, i finally have myself a new neighbour!

1. candi
2. jay
3. rocket
4. doc
5. olive
6. blanche
7. caroline
8. chadder
9. judy (i thought about inviting her, but ultimately decided to pass )
10. tybalt
11. goose
12. tank
13. gigi
14. rory
15. lucy
16. olivia
17. becky
18. bangle
19. curlos
20. zucker (i actually don’t think i’ve seen him since he left my island earlier this year, so running into him today was nice)
21. frobert
22. biskit
23. angus
24. alfonso
25. nana
26. dobie (another former villager of mine! i love him )
27. iggly
28. erik
29. rowan
30. gruff
31. admiral
32. leopold
33. paolo
34. claudia
35. alice
36. stu
37. ed
38. sydney
39. francine (thought about inviting her as well! maybe one day )
40. pinky
41. zucker (again )
42. joey
43. mott
44. lyman
45. tucker
46. bud
47. puddles
48. bud (again?? )
49. graham
50. vladimir
51. peewee
52. octavian

Spoiler: 53. apollo

stumbled upon shark island for the first time!

54. carrie
55. bluebear (was tempted to invite her, but i think that i’ll just stick with the 2 peppies that i have rn for the time being )
56. lyman (again )
57. bones
58. sly
59. tammi
60. marina
61. broffina
62. snake
63. keaton
64. carrie (again )
65. bertha (she was actually one of my first 10 villagers!)
66. bill
67. rooney
68. monty
69. peaches
70. rolf
71. biff
72. bianca (thought about inviting her. she’s adorable!)
73. hazel
74. goose (again )
75. gruff (again )
76. marina (again )
77. carrie (again??? )
78. genji
79. vic
80. frank
81. canberra
82. boots
83. jitters
84. rolf (again )
85. octavian (again )
86. gwen
87. monique
88. sly (again )
89. camofrog
90. vivian
91. paula
92. pashmina
93. caroline (again )
94. hornsby
95. louie
96. plucky
97. tammy (my starter uchi!)
98. rhonda
99. cally
100. peewee (again )
101. skye
102. tasha

Spoiler: 103. my new neighbour!! 🐧

friga is one of my favourite snooty/penguin villagers, so i’m super happy to have her! i’m also proud of myself for once again not inviting a normal or peppy villager. :’)

 

[S.J.]

just got finished with the longest island hopping session that i’ve had thus far and i am,, exhausted lol. but 100+ nmts and 3 hours later, i finally have myself a new neighbour!

1. candi
2. jay
3. rocket
4. doc
5. olive
6. blanche
7. caroline
8. chadder
9. judy (i thought about inviting her, but ultimately decided to pass )
10. tybalt
11. goose
12. tank
13. gigi
14. rory
15. lucy
16. olivia
17. becky
18. bangle
19. curlos
20. zucker (i actually don’t think i’ve seen him since he left my island earlier this year, so running into him today was nice)
21. frobert
22. biskit
23. angus
24. alfonso
25. nana
26. dobie (another former villager of mine! i love him )
27. iggly
28. erik
29. rowan
30. gruff
31. admiral
32. leopold
33. paolo
34. claudia
35. alice
36. stu
37. ed
38. sydney
39. francine (thought about inviting her as well! maybe one day )
40. pinky
41. zucker (again )
42. joey
43. mott
44. lyman
45. tucker
46. bud
47. puddles
48. bud (again?? )
49. graham
50. vladimir
51. peewee
52. octavian

Spoiler: 53. apollo

stumbled upon shark island for the first time!
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54. carrie
55. bluebear (was tempted to invite her, but i think that i’ll just stick with the 2 peppies that i have rn for the time being )
56. lyman (again )
57. bones
58. sly
59. tammi
60. marina
61. broffina
62. snake
63. keaton
64. carrie (again )
65. bertha (she was actually one of my first 10 villagers!)
66. bill
67. rooney
68. monty
69. peaches
70. rolf
71. biff
72. bianca (thought about inviting her. she’s adorable!)
73. hazel
74. goose (again )
75. gruff (again )
76. marina (again )
77. carrie (again??? )
78. genji
79. vic
80. frank
81. canberra
82. boots
83. jitters
84. rolf (again )
85. octavian (again )
86. gwen
87. monique
88. sly (again )
89. camofrog
90. vivian
91. paula
92. pashmina
93. caroline (again )
94. hornsby
95. louie
96. plucky
97. tammy (my starter uchi!)
98. rhonda
99. cally
100. peewee (again )
101. skye
102. tasha

Spoiler: 103. my new neighbour!! 🐧

friga is one of my favourite snooty/penguin villagers, so i’m super happy to have her! i’m also proud of myself for once again not inviting a normal or peppy villager. :’)
View attachment 382649

Aaaah, Friga has such a cute smile! And I love Apollo's little hat on shark island lol.

 

[your local goomy]

I'm hunting for my new peppy, normal, and lazy friends! I have in mind who I want and since these are the only 3 types appearing atm, I hope it doesn't take long!

1. Erik (it hurt me to skip him, but if I get him again, I 100% will)
2. Hopkins
3. Egbert (hurt me not to get him, too!!!)
4. Bertha
5. Moe
6. Ozzie
7. Annabelle
8. Norma
9. Wade
10. Piper (I love her, but she isn't a priority)
11. Fauna (didn't take her, but managed to catch my first scorpion!)
12. Beau
13. Dora
14. Agent S
15. Carrie
16. Simon
17. Pango
18. Goldie
19. Boomer
20. Bubbles
21. Caroline (I ADORE her, but I'm really trying for Megan)
22. Nate
23. Ellie
24. Gladys
25. Broccolo
26. Walker
27. Hurawalhi welcomes its first new resident...Erik! I said that if I got him again, I'd keep him!
28. Carrie (again)
29. Lucy
30. Sandy
31. Marcie
32. Marina (it pains me not to take her, but like I said, I'm really hunting Megan)
33. Merengue
34. Pango (again)
35. June
36. Marina (again?!)
37. Bianca
38. Skye (caught another scorpion!)
39. Aurora (another normal I love )
40. Winnie
41. Winnie (twice in a row!!)
42. Margie
43. Midge (yet another normal I adore...)
44. Cookie
45. Anicotti
46. Sandy (again)
47. Aurora (again)
48. Pango...again...
49. Puddles
50. Bertha (again)
51. Twiggy
52. Lily
53. Bianca (again)
54. Savannah
55. Pango...AGAIN
56. Carrie again.
57. Chevre
58. Flurry
59. Ellie (again)
60. Bertha again
61. Vesta
62. Midge again...I'm in pain
63. Ketchup
64. Dora again
65. Annabelle
66. Gayle
67. Sandy again
68. Tutu (really considered her...)
69. Felicity (I adore her, but I have her amiibo card so I can get her at any time)
70. Rhonda

With that, my battery's low, so I'll resume the hunt later. Pretty unsuccessful tonight.

EDIT: I was doing some hopping and not bothering to write them down, but I invited Audie to live on my island! Since I'm going for a tropical theme, she's PERFECT! Now I just need to find a normal, I'm really going for Megan!

 

[Flicky]

I got an announcement of a campsite villager, and I walked in expecting another random villager to mark down on my list... Then this guy shows up!

I've been after Julian for a long time, so glad to finally have him on my island!

 

[your local goomy]

I'm back at it again! I have about 100 NMTs left, and since normal villagers are the only ones that will show up, I'm hoping that I can get Megan or Eunice relatively quickly!

1. Sandy
2. Marina (if I start to run out of NMTs and find her again, I'll probably adopt her. I want to get all of the octopuses on my island anyway. I just want her normal house)
3. Annabelle
4. June
5. Marina...again...
6. Goldie
7. Merengue
8. Margie
9. Vesta
10. Skye
11. Maple
12. Jambette
13. Aurora
14. Aurora...twice in a row!
15. Marina again
16. Savannah
17. Rhonda
18. Aurora again
19. June again
20. Bertha
21. Skye again
22. Deena
23. Savannah again
24. Fauna...I really considered taking her
25. Annabelle again
26. Skye again
27. Kitt
28. Gala
29. Margie again
30. Celia
31. Bertha again
32. Bettina
33. Daisy
34. Flurry
35. Aurora again
36. Margie
37. Annabelle again
38. After a while of hunting...Hurawalhi is welcoming its newest resident...Megan! Seriously, I can't have an island without Megan on it. Probably my favorite villager of all time.

 

[your local goomy]

Since good ol Nookazon failed me once again, with someone offering to trade me for Cyd then cancelling when I was just about done getting their stuff for them, I'm deciding to do the campsite reset method to hunt for the big red guy myself. I also need a snooty, and whilst my target is Willow, I'll probably accept Ankha or Diana if I see them first

 

[Xara]

once again reviving this thread as i just got finished island hopping! it was a fairly short session this time around, and i’m a bit surprised by who i ended up inviting, but luck seemed to be on my side today! i’m happy with how this session went.

1. vivian
2. fang
3. bea
4. soleil
5. miranda
6. gabi
7. celia
8. bill
9. naomi
10. plucky

Spoiler: 11. my new neighbour!! 🐰💖

bunnie wasn’t really a villager i ever saw myself having as she’s just,, never appealed to me much, but apparently my tastes have changed a bit aha. she’s precious and i’m very excited to have her.

 

[your local goomy]

Hunting for my 3 "tutorial" villagers with around 55 NMTs + the one that Tom Nook gives you. Bold means I adopted them!

1. Bertha
2. Celia!
3. Twiggy, really considered her
4. Peanut!
5. SHERB!!!!

Seriously, that was one of the quickest hunts...ever. More signs that this island is gonna be great, I think!

 

[your local goomy]

My data got corrupted...so I have to do this again for the tutorial villagers. My ideal villagers are:
Caroline- Normal
Bonbon, Felicity, Audie, Tangy, or Freckles- Peppy
Walker, Lucky, Zucker, or Sherb- Lazy

1. Merry
2. Sprinkle
3. Bluebear~ I love her, but she hangs out with me in Pocket Camp all the time
4. Al
5. Fauna
6. Apple
7. Sherb! Got my lazy villager ^^
8. Gayle
9. Sylvana~ It was so hard to not take her...
10. Melba
11. Gayle #2
12. Fauna #2
13. Ellie
14. Dotty
15. Margie
16. Gala
17. Penelope
18. Ava
19. Twiggy~ Another tempting one
20. Tutu~ Also tempting
21. Bella
22. Victoria
23. SWEET CAROLINE!
    
    Seriously, I listened to the song as I was hunting and joked that it would help me find her. I didn't expect it to WORK!

With that, my mood soured as I got stung by wasps whilst gathering wood for Caroline's furniture. Since Nook's Cranny is closed and I don't have the medicine recipe atm, I decided to call it a night and put my peppy hunt off till tomorrow.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Posting this a little after the fact, but I had a very lovely island hopping adventure recently, after letting my dear Sydney move out (I have her amiibo and may bring her back at some point)

finally made it to what for me is a decent number of islands, since I love island hopping and prefer to get to see at least 20 islands, and preferably more.

I once again failed in my recent quest to find a squirrel to invite, and the result was not exactly what I was aiming for, but still am pretty happy with how it turned out!


1. Renee - actually really like her, but already have 2 uchis right now
2. Elvis
3. Egbert
4. Amelia
5. Yuka
6. Pancetti - - probably my one potential regret, I love Pancetti, and if it had not been so early in my hunt I definitely would have invited her.
7. Tucker
8. Bianca
9. Limberg
10. Diva
11. Rory
12. Friga
13. Biff
14. Sparro
15. Julia
16. Cyd
17. Paolo
18. Annalisa
19. Vic
20. Drift
21. Gala
22. Rolf
23. Octavian
24. Huck
25. Blaire
26. Beau
27. Barold - tempted because I have a soft spot for a glorious weirdo - upon reflection I think I do want to invite him some day. Even my friend, who has much more traditional villager tastes than me says he has a strange kind of cuteness.
28. Bam
29. Kabuki - he is amazing and gorgeous and I love everything about how he looks.
30. Twiggy
31. Hamlet - had to run away to avoid inviting him again.
32. Rocket
33. Axel
34. Reneigh
35. Baabara
36. Yuka
37. Vic
39. Gaston
40. Colton
41. Jacob
42. Fuchsia
43. Antonio the rng gods are testing me with all the top notch adorable jocks…
44. Ava. I guess I do like chickens now, never thought she would appeal to me.

And finally my new villager:

45. Timbra love her, and have been hoping to come across her. Despite her being a snooty I couldn’t help but invite her. I was somewhat regretting passing up Pancetti, so also happy to invite another one of my favorite underrated snooties. If only I like the snooty personality more.

Really do want to invite a squirrel someday though…