Piccipicci
Senior Member
! Caution: Force Closing as your game is auto-saving could risk data corruption! Pay close attention to the icon at the top right of your screen when force closing. If your data becomes corrupted, you unfortunately must reset your island. Be careful!
this thread could be considered a "WIP" as lots of information is being shared in the comment section. if i've missed something/ there's some information you'd like to add, please comment or feel free to DM me! i'd love for the community to work together on getting this helpful info out!
Have a specific villager that just gets on your nerves? Or maybe you have a trade with another player and you need a plot ASAP!
A quick note: If you are a time traveler, this method will be a LOT quicker, but these tips are still very useful for those who do not time travel.
Firstly, when you've just used a bubble, or don't remember the last time you've used/had a bubble, it's important to know that the bubble has a cool down. Edit: It's been brought to my attention that the cooldown could possibly only last about 2 weeks! (15 days)
Once you have the bubble back in cycle, another important thing to know is that it can be "passed" around from villager to villager. Let's say you're trying to get rid of a villager such as Raymond to give away to a friend, but the bubble initially lands on a villager you want to keep.
Important things to know when closing out:
-DO NOT FORCE CLOSE THE GAME.
-Use the home button to reach your settings without closing the game and set the day one day forward
-re-enter the game and press the - button and close your game and save. As long as you have not told the villager to stay or leave, the bubble should still pass on to another villager after you've saved and exited
-once the animal crossing screen comes on, you can press A and you should have time skipped one day. It is important to make sure you are saving and not force closing to avoid data corruption.
-Additionally, you can not save and exit while in the middle of a conversation with a villager. The only way to end the conversation once you've talked to them is to force close. If you want to avoid force closing completely, then you must assume that bubbles mean moving out. This could make the process longer, but it is safer.
After that, you may time travel one day at a time. Alternatively, you can time travel to different times of day: morning, noon, evening, night, and the bubble should cycle throughout the day as well. Here is a lovely thread by @CrankyCupcake about it. If you time travel longer times such as another two months, it could potentially throw off the cycle (I don't know this for sure, but from what I hear from others this makes getting villagers to move out harder). If you do not talk to a villager and tell them to leave or stay, the bubble will cycle through villagers every day until it lands on the one you want to leave (disclaimer: sometimes when skipping day by day, the bubble will not appear on certain days, just keep skipping day by day until it comes back and lands on who you want).
As far as I know, villagers do not want to move out if the following is taking place:
♡there is a fishing/bug/etc event taking place
♡K.K. Slider is visiting the island (though this is not confirmed)
Once it lands on the required villager, you can finally tell them to move out! Once you've told them to do so, you can time skip one more day to have them in boxes (if you're giving the specific villager to somebody else, then keep them in this day until they come get them). If you're just trying to get an open plot, time skip one more day and then you'll have an open plot!
Note: If you don't like TT, all of these tips still apply if you're willing to wait long enough.
Another note: All of the information listed above was given in a TagbackTV video! I would highly recommend checking out his channel for more tips!
Final note: I'm going to include multiple other methods that I come across (with explicit permission in PM's) so that there are multiple methods out there for people to choose from!
Additional Methods:
@raqball
this thread could be considered a "WIP" as lots of information is being shared in the comment section. if i've missed something/ there's some information you'd like to add, please comment or feel free to DM me! i'd love for the community to work together on getting this helpful info out!
Have a specific villager that just gets on your nerves? Or maybe you have a trade with another player and you need a plot ASAP!
A quick note: If you are a time traveler, this method will be a LOT quicker, but these tips are still very useful for those who do not time travel.
Firstly, when you've just used a bubble, or don't remember the last time you've used/had a bubble, it's important to know that the bubble has a cool down. Edit: It's been brought to my attention that the cooldown could possibly only last about 2 weeks! (15 days)
Once you have the bubble back in cycle, another important thing to know is that it can be "passed" around from villager to villager. Let's say you're trying to get rid of a villager such as Raymond to give away to a friend, but the bubble initially lands on a villager you want to keep.
Important things to know when closing out:
-DO NOT FORCE CLOSE THE GAME.
-Use the home button to reach your settings without closing the game and set the day one day forward
-re-enter the game and press the - button and close your game and save. As long as you have not told the villager to stay or leave, the bubble should still pass on to another villager after you've saved and exited
-once the animal crossing screen comes on, you can press A and you should have time skipped one day. It is important to make sure you are saving and not force closing to avoid data corruption.
-Additionally, you can not save and exit while in the middle of a conversation with a villager. The only way to end the conversation once you've talked to them is to force close. If you want to avoid force closing completely, then you must assume that bubbles mean moving out. This could make the process longer, but it is safer.
After that, you may time travel one day at a time. Alternatively, you can time travel to different times of day: morning, noon, evening, night, and the bubble should cycle throughout the day as well. Here is a lovely thread by @CrankyCupcake about it. If you time travel longer times such as another two months, it could potentially throw off the cycle (I don't know this for sure, but from what I hear from others this makes getting villagers to move out harder). If you do not talk to a villager and tell them to leave or stay, the bubble will cycle through villagers every day until it lands on the one you want to leave (disclaimer: sometimes when skipping day by day, the bubble will not appear on certain days, just keep skipping day by day until it comes back and lands on who you want).
As far as I know, villagers do not want to move out if the following is taking place:
♡there is a fishing/bug/etc event taking place
♡K.K. Slider is visiting the island (though this is not confirmed)
Once it lands on the required villager, you can finally tell them to move out! Once you've told them to do so, you can time skip one more day to have them in boxes (if you're giving the specific villager to somebody else, then keep them in this day until they come get them). If you're just trying to get an open plot, time skip one more day and then you'll have an open plot!
Note: If you don't like TT, all of these tips still apply if you're willing to wait long enough.
Another note: All of the information listed above was given in a TagbackTV video! I would highly recommend checking out his channel for more tips!
Final note: I'm going to include multiple other methods that I come across (with explicit permission in PM's) so that there are multiple methods out there for people to choose from!
Additional Methods:
@raqball
1. TT 15 days forward.
2. Look for bubble. If it's there and the person you want. Done.
3. If you don't see it and nobody wants to move TT forward one day
4. Look for bubble
5. If you don;t see the bubble keep going forward one day at a time until you do.
6. When you see the bubble and someone wants to leave - mark / remember that date.
7. If it's not the person you want to leave, decline and exit game. If it is then done.
8. If 7 was not the person you wanted to leave, TT back to current date
9. TT to the day you marked / remembered from step 7. Look for bubble, should be a different person wanting to leave.
Keep going back to current date and forward to bubble date until you get the person you want to leave. Basically the date the bubble 1st appeared is the key as it will continue to happen on that date. Travel back to reg time then forward to that date until you get the person to leave that you want out..
2. Look for bubble. If it's there and the person you want. Done.
3. If you don't see it and nobody wants to move TT forward one day
4. Look for bubble
5. If you don;t see the bubble keep going forward one day at a time until you do.
6. When you see the bubble and someone wants to leave - mark / remember that date.
7. If it's not the person you want to leave, decline and exit game. If it is then done.
8. If 7 was not the person you wanted to leave, TT back to current date
9. TT to the day you marked / remembered from step 7. Look for bubble, should be a different person wanting to leave.
Keep going back to current date and forward to bubble date until you get the person you want to leave. Basically the date the bubble 1st appeared is the key as it will continue to happen on that date. Travel back to reg time then forward to that date until you get the person to leave that you want out..
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Is there any proof??
