[spoilers] I Am DONE!!!!

[EvilTheCat6600]

According to an article I read last night the following are REQUIRED to get a 3-Star island:
1. Place 50 fence pieces
2. Decorate with 50 pieces of furniture
3. De-weed the entire island
4. Plant 100 flowers.

I have EXACTLY 105 flowers. And according to Isabelle it's not enough!!!! Trying to unlock K.K. Slider is a ridiculous and UNNECESSARY CHORE. I'm WASTING time I could be using to play the game. This was a poor excuse of a "game play element" and K.K. Slider should be unlocked BY DEFAULT after x-amount of time passes. Especially since you can plant too many flowers and/or trees.

I'm not going to bother unlocking K.K. Slider and I suggest anyone with common sense skip trying to unlock him as well!

 

[blinkcrossing]

The most important thing is how many villagers you have. You should be able to get 3 stars once you have 8 villagers. I had 300+ flowers, 50 + furniture, 120 + fencing, and was given one star solely because I only had 6 villagers. If you already have 8 villagers then i don't know what's up lol.

 

[Edge]

I got three Stars and still have plenty of weeds.

 

[moon_child]

That’s not true at all. I literally got the 3 star rating without even meaning to. I was only there to ask Isabelle what my rating was so I could start working on making it 3 star when she suddenly announced my island was already 3 star. I didn’t have any fences at all. But my island had complete 10 villagers, a bridge, several outside furniture like the lighthouse and some lamps.

 

[Momonoki]

I don't think that list is accurate.

 

[SensaiGallade]

How many villagers do you have? You'll be stuck at 2* if you don't have 10 villagers, heck you need 8 villagers to even get 2*

 

[Lady Timpani]

Yeah I only had like 40 fences put up and I was able to get the three stars (although Isabelle is now telling me I need more fences to get four stars). I really wouldn't worry about what guides are saying and just put down stuff as you want to. I wasn't super focused on getting the three stars but got them pretty easily that way.

 

[rezberri]

you kinda need to get to 3 stars to unlock other important aspects of this game, so i wouldnt give up yet. like others have said, u need to have multiple villagers. before i had 8 villagers, isabelle would say we need more population. after i got 8 villagers, she stopped saying that and instead said i needed more fences. after putting fences around multiple villagers' homes, she said we got 3 stars and that was that. u literally just have to follow the advice she gives u, no need for fancy lists or anything.

 

[Krissi2197]

How many villagers do you have? You'll be stuck at 2* if you don't have 10 villagers, heck you need 8 villagers to even get 2*

This isnt true. I got 3 stars at 8 villagers. Dont give false information.

 

[DinoTown]

Skipping trying to unlock KK Slider is a terrible idea for anyone who wants to do any sort of terraforming to their island, including places the paths with sound effects. KK Slider is a requirement to unlock them.

I also think that list is not accurate, I have seen others that suggest you need at least 2 bridges and 1 incline, a lot more flowers than 105 (I remember 150 being what I saw), even more tress than that, 8 villagers and about 30 pieces of furniture outside.

 

[Tako]

I don't think the article is accurate either. I don't know what the exact requirements are, but I've gotten a 3-star rating by the time I've had 9 or 10 villagers living on my island.
I've never placed a single fence or planted a single flower until after I've gotten 3-stars.

 

[SamXX]

I'm pretty sure 3 days just need to pass, with improvements being made to the town along the way. I had plenty of bridges and inclines, and 8 villagers - but pretty much no outdoor furniture or fencing as I'm not the biggest fan of it. And on the 3rd day, voila, I had 3 stars.

I think people are looking too hard for a ~list of requirements~, when actually it seems to just be down to time and how many villagers are on your island.

 

[SleepyMimeko]

My town got three stars and I have only 15 pieces of fencing and not much furniture outside. I think it has to do with population, flowers, bridges and ramps, and decorations. I just got the totakeke concert yesterday... finally.

 

[chibby]

i definitely don’t feel like i have that much of any of those things. but i just started placing furniture that animals gave me and that helped + buying flowers. you can ofc remove what you don’t want once it’s unlocked!

 

[Krissi2197]

OP, every day your rating changes. You can do everything right on a day you have 2 stars but it wont switch over to 3 stars until the day switches over.

I dont recommend skipping this because you wont be able to unlock terraforming and path making whatsoever. Stop focusing so hard on it and just play; you'll hit 3 stars eventually.

 

[SensaiGallade]

This isnt true. I got 3 stars at 8 villagers. Dont give false information.

Thanks for the clarification, just didn't know any different that's since lots of other "guides" listed this as a criteria.

Follow @rezberri advice. Do as Isabelle is telling you to do when you ask for feedback.

 

[Morningowl]

Just add on this not true. Like others have said focus on the number villagers, seem like the magic number is 8 villagers(I seen that for me and many others). When I got 3 stars I had 8 villagers, I had no fences, Some placed furniture outside, I don’t know how many flowers not a ton but good amount, 3 bridges and two inclines. I don’t think there is an exact number of things. It some kind of combination of above items but can be Achieved in many different ways

 

[Vadim]

The most important thing is how many villagers are on your island. It is impossible to get a 3* rating without having at least 8 villagers. I jumped from 2 to 4* when I got my 8th.

 

[cornimer]

Honestly I don't know what the real criteria is but I got 3 stars without meaning to at all. Yesterday I checked my rating for the first time since I unlocked the feature expecting it to be 1 star but surprise, it was 3 star. This is what I had in my town:

• 8 villagers at the time with a ninth set to move in the next day
• A reasonable amount of furniture (not at all excessive - I had just put out items villagers gave me and built a few more things that I liked - 4 log benches, a fountain, an outdoor bath, and a lighthouse)
• No weeds
• Hardly any flowers. My sister did plant an excessive amount of trees though (just because she likes trees) so maybe that did it. By excessive I mean probably around 50-60
• 2 bridges
• No stairs or inclines

 

[Khaelis]

That list is incredibly innacurate -- I achieved 3-star with MUCH less.

I have about 100 flowers, about 30 furniture, about 80 fence, two inclines and two bridges. I've maybe planted an additional 20 trees.