A day spent island hopping and I'm crushed

[Jas]

THAT! And when you earn a NMT, for me personally, I want to make use of that island. I pick up weeds, hit rocks, chop trees, fish, shake trees... the works. It can take up 20-30 mins! It's a true grind if you want to squeeze every last bit out of it.

i'm the same way, i spend around 30 minutes on every island no matter who the villager is! i'm sorry to hear that you didn't find who you wanted

 

[thelonewanderer]

I love this response! ❤ My advice (this is what I did): make a list of all the villagers of each personality type that you would be fine with, this will give you many options so it won't be such a painful search. I did this and I got Nana and Tutu, who aren't my dreamies but I still thought they were cute.

I have a decent size dreamy list but it took me 32 island to find my first dreamy. Why do you see the same villagers twice instead of a cat villagers? I mean the odd of seeing villagers twice is far less than 1%. So yeah it not RNG, its some sort of manufactured pattern.

 

[RenaiRider]

I'm sorry. I can see how that would suck. Which villagers are you looking for?

I was trying to look for Raymond (surprise there lol), Lily, Bonbon or Dotty, and Murphy!

I'm in the same boat you are. At least 200 mystery islands that I've done and over 100 mystery island trips that my bf has done on a hunt for Raymond and we have seen way too many duplicate villagers. A couple even back-to-back! I do believe that there is some pattern that determines who you see (not just RNG). I wish I knew what it was because it's a huge waste of time.

I KNOW! I also got duplicate villagers right after another, I thought Wilbur was gaslighting me, and that I never went on another trip. I've seen too many darn Kangaroos and Hippos to be a coincidence. I really wish dataminers would be able to figure stuff out like that more accurately and save us time.

Man that really sucks... I did some island hopping when I had space and I agree that it can't be RNG, I was seeing cows, birds and hippos, some of which was the same in a row... I am sorry to hear you didn't get a dreamie, even after so many NMT D:

For me, not ONCE did I encounter any alligators (not that I was looking for any), and as I mentioned in my post, only one cat and bunny. I was stuck seeing ugly villagers over and over, my own personal hell.

I know everyone's tight on money, myself included, trust me, I was unemployed even before the pandemic, but amiibos were very worth investing in for this game to me considering they never leave unless you tell them too.


I've added some extra Data in my main post with a table of all the duplicate encounters, if anybody is interested.

It has saved me so much time trying to acquire "dreamies" it's not even funny. I do NOT have the patience for that island bs. I did reset 3 days for dom as a starter, and even that had me grinding my teeth. I got raymond by chance, and he wasn't even someone I wanted. then today, in my campsite, stitches. Now he moved in in place of chester. It really is dumb luck.

I understand if it's a new villager the amiibo cards aren't out yet, so raymond or audie or someone is much harder to achieve, but I do think the amiibos will be released sooner or later. Or you can save all those nook miles you wasted and just trade for whoever you're looking for eventually.

Luckily I have moved in a chunk of villagers through amiibos, but they've hiked in price now, and villagers like Raymond like you said, are impossible at the moment to find stress-free. I hope Nintendo does something soon, although I think they're enjoying our pain a bit too much atm.

Hey, I actually got amiibos for my dreamies and am planning to give away my NMT. They're not much, but you can have some of them I'm trying to give as many away to different people so they get their dreamies!

Awwww, that's extremely kind; right now im terrified to even visit other people's islands with all the bugs around, but I really appreciate your offer =D!

 

[Bucky42]

I have been island hopping too without much luck. I do enjoy all the resources though. I have a list of 20 or so that I would like.. Last week I found one I wanted, Whitney. I don't tt or charge for stuff so all my tickets I earn by playing. It takes time. I hope you find the ones you want soon.

 

[thelonewanderer]

THAT! And when you earn a NMT, for me personally, I want to make use of that island. I pick up weeds, hit rocks, chop trees, fish, shake trees... the works. It can take up 20-30 mins! It's a true grind if you want to squeeze every last bit out of it.

I stop doing that after my 14th island. I felt really guilty not making use of the resources but I already have so many iron nuggets and it feel like grinding and grinding is the opposite of fun. So now I get onto the island check who the villager is and run out. Sometime I don't even bother looking for the DIY Bottle or the furniture in the tree. Its a hard minset to change for someone who always wanting to not miss out on anything.

But now that I'm out of that mindset, it a breath of fresh air. That still doesn't make island hopping a pain though especially if you get money rock, hybrid flowers, bamboo and etc...

Believe it or not, I actually hope I don't get any special island when I island hop because I'm tire of grinding. Digging flowers but when shovel break is very frustrating. I even had to buy tools via NM twice.

Then there are times when I get really good island like in March when we got Emperor Butterfly and there are times when I get tons of red snapper, that black stripe fish that are sold for thousands and I have to literally get rid of all 9 of my tools (same for hybrid flowers) and it just frustrating. Don't know when to bring a full set of tools or when to not.

Then mystery island don't have bridges or inclines either so yeah if you try to mine every resources, you will wear yourself out.

 

[Dae]

I don't know if I'm allowed to talk about this, but I solved the issue of wanting specific villagers and not wanting to pay the crazy price of amiibos by buying blank NTAG215 cards.
You gotta do what you gotta do during a global pandemic!

 

[Chachamaru]

Luckily I have moved in a chunk of villagers through amiibos, but they've hiked in price now, and villagers like Raymond like you said, are impossible at the moment to find stress-free. I hope Nintendo does something soon, although I think they're enjoying our pain a bit too much atm.

They'd be booboo the fool not too, they'd make bank on raymond/audie alone.

 

[solace]

I stop doing that after my 14th island. I felt really guilty not making use of the resources but I already have so many iron nuggets and it feel like grinding and grinding is the opposite of fun. So now I get onto the island check who the villager is and run out. Sometime I don't even bother looking for the DIY Bottle or the furniture in the tree. Its a hard minset to change for someone who always wanting to not miss out on anything.

But now that I'm out of that mindset, it a breath of fresh air. That still doesn't make island hopping a pain though especially if you get money rock, hybrid flowers, bamboo and etc...

Believe it or not, I actually hope I don't get any special island when I island hop because I'm tire of grinding. Digging flowers but when shovel break is very frustrating. I even had to buy tools via NM twice.

Then there are times when I get really good island like in March when we got Emperor Butterfly and there are times when I get tons of red snapper, that black stripe fish that are sold for thousands and I have to literally get rid of all 9 of my tools (same for hybrid flowers) and it just frustrating. Don't know when to bring a full set of tools or when to not.

Then mystery island don't have bridges or inclines either so yeah if you try to mine every resources, you will wear yourself out.

That sort of punishment system on the island tours should not exist if your tools break or having to carry them at all. They should really take a page out of NL's Island tours where you could borrow the equipment and be able to store what you earned. Hybrid flowers take up a lot of slots! I have no idea why they decided not to include that feature. Earning NMT is a feat in itself.

 

[TrippyKitten]

That's sucks to see that happen. Guess I'm a bit on the luckier side since I did find Bob and Katt on islands, and the funny thing is, before I got the game I told myself as tempting as it is, I'm not making an all cat island. xD Yet I have Lolly, Bob and Katt, though Katt is moving today since I moved in Friga from the campsite as a random visitor, needed a Snooty.

 

[Bk1234]

THAT! And when you earn a NMT, for me personally, I want to make use of that island. I pick up weeds, hit rocks, chop trees, fish, shake trees... the works. It can take up 20-30 mins! It's a true grind if you want to squeeze every last bit out of it.

Exactly. Even if you don't like the villager take advantage of the resources to at least get your 2000 Nook Miles worth.

 

[Mairen]

Sending love and hugs to you. I'm really sorry after all that work that you didn't find who you were looking for. It can be super disappointing I'm sure. =( I really hope in the future that you can find your friends!

 

[sicklewillow]

I know how you feel OP. The frustration is too real. Though in case, you already spent 165 NMTs. I only did 12 islands before I just settle with Apollo. It can be really depressing.

 

[Murin]

I feel this so much. I went on 300+ trips (didn't keep count in the beginning) trying to find Raymond. Benedict, Naomi and Marina haunted me.

 

[Mairen]

If it's not true RNG however, I'd be very curious to research what the odds actually are!

 

[brockbrock]

I have the same experience as OP after spending over 500 tickets before finally finding Raymond.

Some villagers, like Bubbles and Claudia, I saw every 10-20 or so tickets. I saw Bubbles three times in a row once, and twice within the next 10 tickets.

It was very common to see a repeat villager within 10 tickets.

 

[marshallows]

you're not alone! i spent 300+ nmt trying to island hop for raymond (lol) and not once did I get him. was only able to get him in the end from a friend's island who doesn't care about him. rng is definitely very kind to some people while the rest (us) suffers from a less gracious fate with these things.

definitely also with you on seeing a repeat of villagers. i compiled a spreadsheet of all the villagers i encountered during my trips and some villagers i saw more than i'd like to.

 

[brockbrock]

you're not alone! i spent 300+ nmt trying to island hop for raymond (lol) and not once did I get him. was only able to get him in the end from a friend's island who doesn't care about him. rng is definitely very kind to some people while the rest (us) suffers from a less gracious fate with these things.

definitely also with you on seeing a repeat of villagers. i compiled a spreadsheet of all the villagers i encountered during my trips and some villagers i saw more than i'd like to.

To be fair though, we have to consider the Bernoulli Process. After spending 400 tickets you will only have a slightly less than 65% chance of finding a particular villager.

So unfortunately a large minority of us are going to have a terrible time tracking down a particular villager.

 

[0orchid]

I have an amiibo for Dotty but I don't TT so it would probably take forever to get her in/out otherwise I'd offer her to you (free)! Island hopping can definitely be annoying. I don't really have specific dreamies just a long list of villagers I like so when I island hop I limit myself to about 10 islands and wait to see who I find cute. I think I'd get too impatient if I did it with the aim of finding specific villagers tbh!

 

[fallenchaoskitten]

Some people recently got into the code to find out the actual rarity of the island types to spawn (ya know bamboo, money rock, tarantula island, those kinds types)
I wonder if they uncovered anything about villager spawn rates?

 

[thelonewanderer]

That sort of punishment system on the island tours should not exist if your tools break or having to carry them at all. They should really take a page out of NL's Island tours where you could borrow the equipment and be able to store what you earned. Hybrid flowers take up a lot of slots! I have no idea why they decided not to include that feature. Earning NMT is a feat in itself.

New Leaf Island were made with love while New Horizon are randomly generated.

If it's not true RNG however, I'd be very curious to research what the odds actually are!

No one know but if they did and share it, Nintendo would just update it in their numerous patches again.

Like I don't even know what the newest patch was about. I have yet to see a Kangeroo villager in my entire history with Animal Crossing dating back to the release of Wild World.