Thanks for the tips, very helpful! I already have screenshots of maps I've liked all looking very similar, so I'll probably base the terraforming off of those, but definitely won't be doing the square by square measurements, I'll just let my creativity lead the way. I'll defo make sure to have plenty of shovels on hand lol!
Have you flattened your island before?
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Thanks for the tips, very helpful! I already have screenshots of maps I've liked all looking very similar, so I'll probably base the terraforming off of those, but definitely won't be doing the square by square measurements, I'll just let my creativity lead the way. I'll defo make sure to have plenty of shovels on hand lol!
Feraligator
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I don't think I'd have the patience lol, the two times I've redone my island I sort of just worked around my cliffs. I've made them a lot smaller and more inland now as to not have any wasted 1 tile of space, but I've never flattened my island. I also never moved anyone's houses to the beach, I move them to their new location straight away. If there's a house in the way then I move that one first.
it was the very first thing I did after unlocking and buying all the terraforming options
Took me two days to flatten my island (including removing the rivers), I did it as soon as I got it so I didnt have to move everything onto the beach. I just knew right when I started the game that I was going to move everything so the houses were already out of the way to begin with.
There was no planning that went into it I just knew I wanted it flat and figured out the rest section by section
SheepMareep
Actual Magical Girl
I fully flattened my island multiple times, but because I never had a clear image of what I wanted anything I made did not look right and I ended up resetting 
It makes your island feel HUGE to remove all cliffs and water ways, which can be super overwhelming without a plan or general idea of what to do. Its also very very time consuming even with TT between destroying everything, moving everything, continuing to move things while also building up areas, etc. If you typically only have time to play for an hour or two a day, be ready for this to be a week long process or longer depending on how much you need to move and destroy.
Make sure to go in with some kind of a plan if you aren't good at improvising
It makes your island feel HUGE to remove all cliffs and water ways, which can be super overwhelming without a plan or general idea of what to do. Its also very very time consuming even with TT between destroying everything, moving everything, continuing to move things while also building up areas, etc. If you typically only have time to play for an hour or two a day, be ready for this to be a week long process or longer depending on how much you need to move and destroy.
Make sure to go in with some kind of a plan if you aren't good at improvising
Cosmic-chan
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No. I'm not good with working with a blank slate plus to be quite honest i'm rather lazy.
It not only felt like that.. it just take ages to do haha.
OT: That's why I didn't flatten my island. Removed 2 mountains and that took so long. I was glad when it was done
But I also liked the cliffs in the back of the island so no need to flatten them too.
It not only felt like that.. it just take ages to do haha.
OT: That's why I didn't flatten my island. Removed 2 mountains and that took so long. I was glad when it was done
Lol fair enough. Good job for having the persistence I don't have
Cottonball
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Thats the very first thing I did once i unlocked terraforming.
Marshmallows
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Nooo... seems daunting. I wanted a natural looking island, and I was afraid that terraforming too much would make it seems unnatural. But now, I'm not liking how certain things ended up (especially my house location)... I could see changing up smaller chunks at a time, but the whole island seems like too much.
NyattaSama
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I flatten my entire island and started from both the entrance and the back. I found it easier to control the edges of the island this way.
I flattened mine when I first started decorating because I wasn't getting anywhere. I decided to remove the few cliffs I had built, flowers, trees etc and start fresh. This helped me a lot and now I'm happier with how my island is turning out c:
I haven't flattened my island at all, nor have I felt the need to. I've just wanted to stick with the original layout of my island, so I haven't done too much terraforming tbh. Plus, if I did flatten it, I'd probably fail to actually do anything with it, lol
wanderlust//
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If flattening means what I think it means, then no. And btw, what I think it means is removing all the cliffs and trees, possibly filling in all the water too. Building up from literally nothing would be impossible for me. I already have a hard enough time lol.
mayortiffany
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I've never flattened my island. Call me sentimental, but I'd like my map to be at least somewhat representative of the original map I got. I've done a bit of terraforming, but not so much that my map would be unrecognizable.
CrestFallen
Coco Enthusiast
I flattened a majority of my island recently and I’d say the biggest issue besides time (1 day per house takes entirely too long unless you’re time traveling) was destroying everything I’d built before. The actual act of getting rid of all my islands and cliffs was pretty okay once I got into the grove of it
Word of advice: Stock up on fruit if you intend on moving a bunch of trees!
Word of advice: Stock up on fruit if you intend on moving a bunch of trees!
I fully flattened my island multiple times, but because I never had a clear image of what I wanted anything I made did not look right and I ended up resetting
It makes your island feel HUGE to remove all cliffs and water ways, which can be super overwhelming without a plan or general idea of what to do. Its also very very time consuming even with TT between destroying everything, moving everything, continuing to move things while also building up areas, etc. If you typically only have time to play for an hour or two a day, be ready for this to be a week long process or longer depending on how much you need to move and destroy.
Make sure to go in with some kind of a plan if you aren't good at improvising
Yeah, I think I would feel lost if I removed everything without having a plan, but having said that I quite like the idea of gradually building areas and connecting them on a straight blank canvas which I would do if I ever restarted the game or get a new Switch. For now, I'm gonna dedicate time towards specific areas like others have suggested, particularly areas I'm not too fond of like my orchard.
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Yep, it's exactly that lol! See I'm the opposite, I get more ideas with working from an empty canvas than I would do with decorated areas; they just seem to block my way.
Yep! My bf and I worked together to flatten the island. We had no idea what we wanted to do with it but felt that flattening it was the best way so we could just work from the ground up.
it definitely took awhile. We took turns and used both of our characters so it could go quicker. One of us would terraform while the other chopped trees or dig up flowers to get stuff out of the way. We’ve never used the clean up feature so I don’t know if that would’ve been faster...
I wish I did have a plan though because I feel like I ended up rebuilding a lot of cliff that I broke down. But it’s okay. It worked out in the end.
We have plans to tear down the entire island and flatten everything again once we’re finished decorating this island.
It just takes patience and persistence. I think having a partner to do it with makes it bearable.
it definitely took awhile. We took turns and used both of our characters so it could go quicker. One of us would terraform while the other chopped trees or dig up flowers to get stuff out of the way. We’ve never used the clean up feature so I don’t know if that would’ve been faster...
I wish I did have a plan though because I feel like I ended up rebuilding a lot of cliff that I broke down. But it’s okay. It worked out in the end.
We have plans to tear down the entire island and flatten everything again once we’re finished decorating this island.
It just takes patience and persistence. I think having a partner to do it with makes it bearable.
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