Are the mysterious island villagers really totally random? (peppy and uchi curse)

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I'm searching for my dreamies for like 3 days straight (30+ mystery islands checked) and EVERY villager there was peppy or uchi. Only 1 was lazy. Is it true that every villager can spawn on a mysterious island? Cuz it looks like there are only peppy and uchi ones for me...
 
Yes, all types can spawn. When i was missing a snooty and looking for one, i saw lots of other villagers with different pesonalities, but only saw like 2 or 3 snooty villagers.
 
idk if it works the same as the campsite, but do you have a peppy and/or uchi in your town right now?

otherwise, that's just bad luck rng being bad luck rng
 
The islands, unfortunately, are not guaranteed to give the personality you're missing. When you leave for an island, I believe the game generates the species first and then it generates the personality. So you're fighting against a system that can give you a shot at all villagers. I believe there is a theory going around that certain personalities appear at certain times but I'm not sure how accurate any of that is or if it's true.

If you don't have your dreamies' personality in town and aren't afraid of time travel, the campsite method might be more helpful to you.
 
I currently have hazel and she's uchi, so she might attract other uchi villagers? xD or is it really totally random?
 
Speaking of theory with personalities at a certain time. I did my recent island hopping between 6-7am and more than a half of encountered villagers were lazy and jock
So maybe you did your trips at a time when peppy and sisterly villagers are more likely to appear? xd
 
Not sure if you TT? imo both island hopping and campsite reset methods could be very time consuming. Since they are both tedious, I'd personally prefer the campsite resetting method lol.
In case you haven't checked these out already,
--> Campsite Guide
--> One of the threads here tackling the same problem

Would definitely save my valuable NMTs for actual fun stuff, say, island hopping for surprises,
because you wanted to, not because you *have* to (for villagers' searching). C:
 
With the campsite it spawns villagers of personalities you're lacking, say you don't have a lazy villager, that means 60% of the time a villager at the campsite is gonna be a lazy type. HOWEVER this does not apply to the mystery islands. Every villager is completely random
 
Thank you so much for all the responses!! I'll still try to hunt with nook miles, maybe my luck will change ^^'
 
Yes. I got Marina like 6 times. Then it was Bitty who kept showing up *shivers down spine* It gets old lol
 
Yeah, it is truly random. Even so, I mostly get chickens on islands. Makes you question life, existence and the true nature of randomness in the big scheme of the universe.
 
I literally have the opposite problem. When I was island hopping looking for an uchi or a peppy all I would get is cranky, normal, and jock. 😭
 
it’s completely random, unfortunately - last time i island hopped, i kept running into crankies and lazies lmao
 
Oh, and could it be that I'm on early days of my island? (before building my first 3 houses - I want to find 3 dreamies to move in later). Maybe because of that I have only peppy/uchi? Just like the 2 starters can be only an uchi and a jock villagers.
 
You only have the 2 starters at the moment? if so, then you will only get Peppy, lazy and normal during your tours right now. You will be able to find the rest later on.
 
Yeah, it is truly random. Even so, I mostly get chickens on islands. Makes you question life, existence and the true nature of randomness in the big scheme of the universe.

Hahaha the same for me. I mostly get mice and frogs. Animal species I don't like at all except Jambette (odd I know xD) and Ribbot. Of course my favourite animals wolfs, ostrichs, and eagles never appeared. Instead it seems I'm cursed by Rodeo the lazy bull who showed up three times now xD
 
Aww so that's the case!! So I need to just build these houses and wait? Aww that's sad but ok :<
 
Yes going on an NMT island is a RNG when looking for villagers. It’s completely random and you may also encounter the same villager when island hopping.
 
Hahaha the same for me. I mostly get mice and frogs. Animal species I don't like at all except Jambette (odd I know xD) and Ribbot. Of course my favourite animals wolfs, ostrichs, and eagles never appeared. Instead it seems I'm cursed by Rodeo the lazy bull who showed up three times now xD
Yeah it's a curse! I never saw a cat in an island and barely any squirrels! But frickin Benedict? I saw him at least two times. What. are. the. odds.
 
I, personally, have never gotten a snooty villager on an island.
Meanwhile, I have 3 lazy villagers, and I got multiple lazies last time I went island-hopping.
 
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