Closest distance between a villager house and a rock?

[thisistian]

Can villagers build their house after 1 space next to the rock?

 

[stitchmaker]

Yes. Two villagers plotted with the rock behind their house. It was one space.

 

[Khaelis]

They can be 1 'tile' away. If you're not sure on this, I can take a screenshot of one of my villager's houses being one tile away from a rock.

Rule of thumb with empty space for building placement is that is can be 1 block/tile away from the river, lakes and rocks and two tiles away from buildings, villager houses (player house included) and I believe three tiles away from the town plaza. Not sure on the town plaza, though. That one's just from personal experiences.

 

[Stackhouse]

Then why can't I build a 1 tile torch PWP 2 tiles away?

 

[Moonfish]

Then why can't I build a 1 tile torch PWP 2 tiles away?

If you could post a screenshot it would help us figure that out quickly

 

[Hyrule_Crossing]

My villager robin moved (by default she was a starter) by a rock with a one space gap.

 

[Stackhouse]

If you could post a screenshot it would help us figure that out quickly

It was near a house, but it had two tiles in front, and endless space each side.

 

[Khaelis]

It was near a house, but it had two tiles in front, and endless space each side.

You might have hit a limit for that 'acre' or something dumb like that.

 

[dizzy bone]

Was the torch/rock placement near your town’s plaza by any chance? That could be why.

 

[-Blue-]

To me it always seemed animal villager houses took priority over everything else. There were plenty of times I'd try to add a pwp somewhere that wasn't remotely near anything and Isabelle would give me some annoying bs answer. Low and behold, later on someone plotted exactly where I wanted a much smaller pwp. It's stupid.