Villager Pictures - How Long To Obtain?

[solace]

I'm also curious to know whether foreign fruit counts as a good gift.

Also, when you guys write your villagers letters, do you write long letters, or just short ones? I used to write long letters pretty much every day in WW and NL, but this time typing is so painfully slow that I've hardly written any letters at all. I'm wondering if I can get away with just writing one line...

I hook my Switch up to my PC and use a keyboard. I can write a long/complete letter in like 20 secs. It's the most functional thing for this game!

 

[Veestah]

I hook my Switch up to my PC and use a keyboard. I can write a long/complete letter in like 20 secs. It's the most functional thing for this game!

How do you do that? Can it be done on a Lite?

 

[0orchid]

I got Filberts a week ago or something after he asked for a long locust. He just moved out of my town so I'm glad I at least got his little picture haven't gotten anyone else's yet.

 

[solace]

No clue on lite. What you do is plug the Switch into the monitor via HDMI (the one that came with the unit). For the keyboard, use a USB plug and link into the dock.

 

[raqball]

Little adorable Lily gave me her picture today.. She is such a little sweetheart!

So far hers is the only one I've gotten...

 

[JKDOS]

I'm also curious to know whether foreign fruit counts as a good gift.

Also, when you guys write your villagers letters, do you write long letters, or just short ones? I used to write long letters pretty much every day in WW and NL, but this time typing is so painfully slow that I've hardly written any letters at all. I'm wondering if I can get away with just writing one line...

I plug a keyboard into my Switch since I play docked at my desk, I can type a maxed out letter as fast as I can think of the words to say.

While I do write coherent letters, I assume the villagers aren't using special AI to detect gibberish. So you can probably get away with spamming characters into a letter to send them.

 

[bestfriendsally]

i've been giving them wrapped 3 stack of coconuts, recently... but no photos yet...
only clothes... :3

maybe i should think about giving every day...

 

[PugLovex]

took me a few weeks to get cranston’s and another few weeks for me to get raymond’s. good luck!

 

[. Rarity .]

If you craft your villager items from scratch, it gives you more points then a bought item. Just requires materials, and patience. Also wrapping up gifts gives you extra points, so try to always wrap things

Villagers will also very rarely dislike your gift, so don't be afraid.

But truthfully, getting a photo of your villager is the best achievement, at least in my opinion. But im also very close, and love my villagers alot. Its a symbolism of ultimate friendship after all.

I also reccomend focusing only on one villager at a time. But make sure you talk to you the others everyday! Gifting the others fruit is a good idea, or flowers

I currently.only have four, and two of villagers who moved away

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I'm also curious to know whether foreign fruit counts as a good gift.

Also, when you guys write your villagers letters, do you write long letters, or just short ones? I used to write long letters pretty much every day in WW and NL, but this time typing is so painfully slow that I've hardly written any letters at all. I'm wondering if I can get away with just writing one line...

Really random ones, one time I did song lyrics. Still loved it

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Does TT-ing reset the friendship? I’ve been doing so for a few days to speed up hybrid flower breeding. I gift the villagers everyday, but not getting anything, not even from the starters.

time traveling does not effect friendship.Very few things cause friendship to go down - only hitting them a lot until they get mad (sad) or in very specific instances failing at favors - not agreeing to catch a fish and not doing or not returning a lost item you find, but I think not delivering a gift does.

not talking to them for any amount of time will not effect the friendship level, whether it is a day or a year, so far one traveling should be fine.

I can't speak for TT'ing backwards, but as long as you don't jump more than 1 day forward you'll be fine. The game has no way to detect forward time travel. It just syncs the game to the system clock, and starts a new day at 5am. Jumping more than 1 day ahead would probably be the same as ignoring them for a day. Not good. At least not sustainable.




I assume

• Send them 1 letter a day (With a gift for bonus points)
• Gift them 1 item a day (Bonus points for a gift they like)
• Talk to them 3+ times a day (throughout the day)
• Visit them when they are home.
• Give them medicine when they are sick
• Visit them on their birthday
• Get them a birthday gift. (Bonus points if it's something they like)

Did they change the letter mechanic, because though it said in the guide that letter writing helped with friendship data mining revealed that it gave 0 friendship points. It was unclear if this was a mistake or not, but as far as I know it has not been corrected.

ignoring a villager never causes the friendship level to drop, even though they will eventually comment on it.

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If you craft your villager items from scratch, it gives you more points then a bought item. Just requires materials, and patience. Also wrapping up gifts gives you extra points, so try to always wrap things

Villagers will also very rarely dislike your gift, so don't be afraid.

But truthfully, getting a photo of your villager is the best achievement, at least in my opinion. But im also very close, and love my villagers alot. Its a symbolism of ultimate friendship after all.

I also reccomend focusing only on one villager at a time. But make sure you talk to you the others everyday! Gifting the others fruit is a good idea, or flowers

I currently.only have four, and two of villagers who moved away

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Really random ones, one time I did song lyrics. Still loved it

curious, but where did the information on crafting an item being worth more come from? I have never seen it stated or verified anywhere else, but I don’t know it all.

I know for birthdays the previous guides found that a gift of 3 wrapped coconuts would maximize the friendship points you got for the gift.

For those who care about the villager being original, remember that any crafted item given to them would technically make them ‘unoriginal’ because even wall furniture fills one of the limited spots in their inventory.

I personally do not care about them being original, but I know some people do, especially when trading villagers, because people want them unfitted.

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the easiest method for getting a picture is to gift wrapped foreign fruit (at least 2), coconuts (at least 3), or you can gift fossils, gold nuggets, giant clams and other material worth at least 750 bells.

they will not display crafting materials.

there is know bonus for the gift being worth more than 750 bells, so giving a wrapped stack 10 foreign fruit will be the same as giving 2.

by gifting this way everyday, starting from when the villager moves in (takes 2-3 days to reach the ability to gift) I find I receive the picture in about 1 month. Due to the randomness factor (it is about a 10% chance once you are at a high enough friend level) it can take a little more or a little less (some people say a lot more, maybe I have been very lucky) but one month is a good rule of thumb.

After you receive the first gift they must give you 64 gifts (can be part of exchange or by mail - from them not to them) before they will have the chance of giving you their photo again.

 

[LeenaM]

• Send them 1 letter a day (With a gift for bonus points)
• Gift them 1 item a day (Bonus points for a gift they like)
• Talk to them 3+ times a day (throughout the day)
• Visit them when they are home.
• Give them medicine when they are sick
• Visit them on their birthday
• Get them a birthday gift. (Bonus points if it's something they like)

I'm also curious to know whether foreign fruit counts as a good gift.

Also, when you guys write your villagers letters, do you write long letters, or just short ones? I used to write long letters pretty much every day in WW and NL, but this time typing is so painfully slow that I've hardly written any letters at all. I'm wondering if I can get away with just writing one line...

There is this useful handbook that explains how the friendship mecanic works and how you can increase friendship: https://yuexr.github.io/acnh/friendship.html

Sadly it seems writing letters does not make a difference, no matter the length.

Foreign fruits are a good gift, how good a gift is depends on the price. You want to aim for something with a price over 750 to get the maximum friendship points. Foreign fruits sell for 500 (I think) so you have to stack 2 of them and wrap them up. This way you can gift them 2 fruits at once making the value in bells go up, and you get an extra point for using wrapping paper. This is a good method if you don't want to change your villager by giving them clothes/furniture.

It's the method I've been using semi-regularly for the past three weeks, and I just got my first two photos! (although it was with villagers I had for a while).

 

[bestfriendsally]

Foreign fruits are a good gift, how good a gift is depends on the price. You want to aim for something with a price over 750 to get the maximum friendship points. Foreign fruits sell for 500 (I think) so you have to stack 2 of them and wrap them up. This way you can gift them 2 fruits at once making the value in bells go up, and you get an extra point for using wrapping paper. This is a good method if you don't want to change your villager by giving them clothes/furniture.

It's the method I've been using semi-regularly for the past three weeks, and I just got my first two photos! (although it was with villagers I had for a while).

foreign fruits i have are peaches, pears, cherries & oranges :3 but i've been giving them wrapped 3 stacks of coconuts...

 

[WaileaNoRei]

foreign fruits i have are peaches, pears, cherries & oranges :3 but i've been giving them wrapped 3 stacks of coconuts...

that also works! You just give them three instead because they sell for 250 and not 500 each. But that way the sell value of what you gift them still works out, so you will be able to get their photos this way just as well as with foreign fruit - you can also wrap 3 bamboo shoots or three pumpkins and get photos that way.

 

[VanitasFan26]

From my experience it takes like about 20 days to get the photo or longer depending on how long the villager has been living on your island and how much you have talked to them so far.

 

[bestfriendsally]

that also works! You just give them three instead because they sell for 250 and not 500 each. But that way the sell value of what you gift them still works out, so you will be able to get their photos this way just as well as with foreign fruit - you can also wrap 3 bamboo shoots or three pumpkins and get photos that way.

great ^^

 

[VanitasFan26]

great ^^

Also try and give them wrapped up Iron Wall Lamps. I've done this several times and it works. Last month I managed to get Audie and Judy's Photos.

 

[bestfriendsally]

Also try and give them wrapped up Iron Wall Lamps. I've done this several times and it works. Last month I managed to get Audie and Judy's Photos.

hmm.... i'll try that :3 i have the diy after all :3

that don't seem to have lights in their houses, after all... ... actually, i'm gonna check if they have lights...

 

[VanitasFan26]

hmm.... i'll try that :3 i have the diy after all :3

that don't seem to have lights in their houses, after all... ... actually, i'm gonna check if they have lights...

Don't worry. The Iron Wall Lamps are a "wall item" so it won't interfere with the villagers interior. They don't ever put wall items in their homes.

 

[bestfriendsally]

Don't worry. The Iron Wall Lamps are a "wall item" so it won't interfere with the villagers interior. They don't ever put wall items in their homes.

okay :3

thanks :3

 

[bestfriendsally]

Don't worry. The Iron Wall Lamps are a "wall item" so it won't interfere with the villagers interior. They don't ever put wall items in their homes.

i wonder if i can keep it up for everyone till i get their photos...

i mean, it kinda goes through a lot of materials... 4 iron nuggets & 2 clay...
alright, maybe it's not alot... but if you have to gather them up everyday, it's alot...


but, ketchup & biff down today, them & the rest everyday to go...