Help! How do i get rid of a villager

[Corndoggy]

Right so i have lionel in my town and sure he is nice but he doesnt fit the vibe i've got going for in my town and i was wondering if anyone knew how i could get him to leave town. Ive been suggested hitting him repeatedly with a net so he leaves town via anger and frustration but was wondering if anyone knew of some quick methods. Also, if u want lionel and can help me get rid of him u can have him lol.

 

[Cheryll]

To be honest, I used to bully my villagers to oblivion. Nowadays, I become their friend, send them a hate letter and not saying bye when they leave. I usually see befriending works better though it sucks being a friend (fake friend) with someone you don't like.

 

[John Wick]

It doesn't matter if you ignore them or not. It's random who decides to move.

If you want him out in a hurry, all I can suggest is time travel.

When he tells you he's thinking of leaving, agree to it.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

You basically have to become really good friends with them (as you would with your favorite villager), and then when they say they're leaving, tell them yes. That's how I used to get unwanted villagers to leave

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It's random who decides to move.

It's actually not random. Villagers basically have a "friendship ladder"; let's just say it was 10 levels. Of course when they move in and first meet you, it's at level 1. When they're really good friends with you, it's at level 8-10. When they get to that point, then they'll be asking to leave. That's why villagers who you don't interact with much (or act rude to a lot) seem to want to stay longer.

I swear that what I've told you is true. I really hope it works for you

 

[John Wick]

You basically have to become really good friends with them (as you would with your favorite villager), and then when they say they're leaving, tell them yes. That's how I used to get unwanted villagers to leave

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It's actually not random. Villagers basically have a "friendship ladder"; let's just say it was 10 levels. Of course when they move in and first meet you, it's at level 1. When they're really good friends with you, it's at level 8-10. When they get to that point, then they'll be asking to leave. That's why villagers who you don't interact with much (or act rude to a lot) seem to want to stay longer.

I swear that what I've told you is true. I really hope it works for you

Mine didn't.
I've had a few villagers I barely even greeted who only had one villager I was friendly with ask to move before them, before telling me they were thinking of moving themselves. ^_^

 

[Corndoggy]

thanks for ur help all, i had tried bullying him out of town via the powers of issabelle so i will friendhsip him out of town now haha

 

[kyle on saturn]

I have a certain way of trying to get out certain villagers. I don’t believe ignoring them or hitting them with a net makes them move faster. Treat them like normal villagers. If you don’t like time traveling, then you just have to do this process more slowly. When time traveling, I would talk to each villager every few days, it’s only after to at least a week of not talking to them that they would give the “haven’t seen you in awhile” dialogue. For the villagers I want to move out, I just don’t talk to them as frequently or do their favors as much, but if you don’t talk to them then they would never ping you to move, you need to be on speaking terms with them, but if someone mentions they’re moving then just talk to them, either time travel a few hours ahead or wait a few hours, then they might ping you. There is also the “rumors” dialogue villagers would give, if they mention rumors in general (the ones about you and whatever the villagers think of you don’t count) then that means no one is thinking of moving, you would need to spam talk to villagers to soon get it out of them. If no one says it, then go around town until someone pings you to move or if someone’s inside or in a shop, then wait a few hours until they’re outside so they can ping. If someone you want to keep asks you and you say no, time travel or wait at least 2 days because no one would want to move the day after. It is also vital to note that the newest villager to move in cannot, by any means, move out, you would need to move in a new villager first.

I’ll give a short guide to moving out any villager:

1- Talk to every villager every few days to be on speaking terms, or just do it every day as you play, sometimes whoever would move next is completely random.
2- Talk to a few villagers each day, if they don’t mention rumors, then go around to see if anyone pings to move.
3- If someone you want to stay asks to move, just say no then wait at least 2 days to try again.
4- When the villager you do want to move asks, just tell them to move and do not talk to them anymore, that may change their mind.

This process isn’t as lengthy when time traveling, the most it’s taking me is around an in game month, remember that if you only want one certain villager to move, it would be harder chances for them to move + may be a longer process.

sorry about the essay lol

 

[John Wick]

They can move without pinging you if you've never spoken to them.
They will ping if you are on speaking terms.
Though I was very good friends with my Muffy, and one morning at start up, Isabelle told me she was either leaving, or already gone.
I had been time traveling forward and back a day, and I spoke to a few of them, but maybe Muffy was packed when I time traveled back the final time.

 

[Kristen]

To be honest, I used to bully my villagers to oblivion. Nowadays, I become their friend, send them a hate letter and not saying bye when they leave. I usually see befriending works better though it sucks being a friend (fake friend) with someone you don't like.

This makes me so sad! They're precious animals and I understand why you did what you did but it still makes me so sad

 

[Cheryll]

This makes me so sad! They're precious animals and I understand why you did what you did but it still makes me so sad

Oof, sorry about that. I do admit, it was kinda cringy to watch me fight them. Luckily, I (kinda) got over it.

 

[John Wick]

I don't like being nasty to any living thing. Even in a game, but the way to deal with it is to see them for what they are. Animations programmed to react in certain ways to words and actions.

They are designed so well with their facial expressions of sadness to make you think you're really upsetting a living creature, when you're not.

They don't really think or feel.
Only real living things do.

If you can remind yourself of that every now and then, letting villagers go or disappointing them might not make you feel so bad.

That doesn't make you harsh or heartless.

You can enjoy it just as much, but with a little less uneeded guilt. ^_^

 

[ivanfox13]

Be on speaking terms with them. Don't hit them or anything you don't have too. If you speak to them every few days and deny all their requests they will move out. basically talk to them often enough where they don't say 'been awhile' but don't talk to them more than once a day. If they ping you talk to them, if they ask for a favor, deny said favor. If you do this the game will mark them as irrelevant and they will move on their own accord.

I do think that forcing villagers to move should be a new feature in New Horizons. But at the same time isn't that kinda what life is about? you can't really choose who moves into your neighborhood but we all have to try and get along.

 

[Corrie]

I've actually had the best luck barely talking to them. You talk to them so they know who you are, then ignore them and eventually they'll move.

 

[Aniko]

if he's the 10th one, he will never move.

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

I don't like being nasty to any living thing. Even in a game, but the way to deal with it is to see them for what they are. Animations programmed to react in certain ways to words and actions.
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They don't really think or feel.
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You can enjoy it just as much, but with a little less uneeded guilt. ^_^

That must depend on how you want to enjoy AC. If you just want to play well-designed video game, ↑ should work. But when you want it to be your special small world, the concept like that wouldn't help, I guess.

if he's the 10th one, he will never move.

To be exact, it's not "never" but is "quite very rarely", like the villagers you get to move through amiibo cards/figurines. I had tried to move my 10th and he eventually did. Just took honestly forever..

So far as I know who's gonna move is random. Though, I feel like the more friendship the more chance after playing for straight up 6+ years.
The fastest way is to time travel. After 9 days have past since either the last mover or the day you turned down someone's moving plan, someone is certainly planning to move when you have more than 8 villagers. So just time travel 9 days forward, talk to everyone until someone pings you, is the way I always use when I have to kick someone out.

 

[John Wick]

You don't need to be swimming in guilt for AC to be your special world, was my point. ^_^

 

[Corndoggy]

Fantastic news guys, after grinding his friendship he came up to me today and told me he was leaving. He is gone on the 27th

 

[LadyDestani]

Fantastic news guys, after grinding his friendship he came up to me today and told me he was leaving. He is gone on the 27th

Congrats! Glad it worked out for you.

 

[Rainbowgal15]

From my experience, villagers just seem to move out at random. I tried ignoring this one dude, but then the villager I talked to a fair amount then went and left? Best thing to do from my experienve is to just wait and see what happens. They always move out eventually!

 

[VibinRnTho]

If you are okay with TTing then I suggest ignoring that specific villager no matter what, introduce yourself and then ignore them. You dont have to TT to do this but its more helpful