How Has Your Routine Changed?

[Plume]

How has your routine changed since the introduction of the patch and HHP? I find that I'm doing things I haven't done in months, such as digging up fossils. At first, I was against the Roost being in the museum, but it's actually nice having a reason to visit it again.

Old routine:

• Log on
• Check mail, maybe change outfit
• Talk to my villagers, find who is crafting
• Find seaside bottle, search for visiting NPC's

New routine:

• Log on
• Check mail, maybe change outfit
• Hit rocks, dig up fossils
• Talk to my villagers, find who is crafting
• Find seaside bottle
• Visit museum, have Blathers identify fossils
• Visit Brewster for a cup of coffee
• Go to airport, leave for work at HHP
• Go to Harv's island, maybe get my fortune told, check various stands, have Cyrus customize my newly purchased items from HHP

 

[JKDOS]

Something like this

Old routine:

• Money Rock
• Fossils / Glowing Spot
• Nook Stop
• Talk to villagers

New routine:

• Katrina/Fortune
• Money Rock
• Fossils / Glowing Spot
• Coffee
• Nook Stop
• Kapp'n
• HHP
• Talk to villagers

 

[azurill]

My routine has changed since the update. It has added a lot to it .
old routine

maybe check mail
See who the NPC’s is
Water pumpkins
Find villagers to give gifts and see if anyone is crafting
Maybe decorate the island

new routine
Get a cup of coffee
Morning aerobics
Boat ride the Kapp’n
Check shops
Check with villagers to see who is crafting
Check on crops
Harv’s island to check shops and unlock new one
Get new hairstyle from Harriet
Go to work at resort island
Try to find new DIY’s

 

[DJStarstryker]

Here's what my routine had gotten to be before before 2.0 came out:

- Check mail
- Find DIY bottle and crafting villager
- Look for daily visitor
- Check camper if there is one
- Check Nook's Cranny and Able Sisters for new items
- Talk to and gift villagers if I feel like it

Now it's all of those things plus:

- Do the stretching (this will drop once I have all of the Nook Miles goals, this is incredibly boring to me)
- Buy a coffee
- Go to Kapp'n's daily island
- Water/pick my crops
- Dig up yesterday's gyroid and plant/water today's gyroid
- Go to Harv's island and do things
- Dig up spots in case any might be gyroids (I stopped doing this before once I got all fossils)
- Do all of the HHP dailies (get DIY bottle on beach, things from the facility staff members, buy the new Poki items)
- Design a few houses and/or facilities
- Make sure to gift any villagers that I still need their photo if Katrina gives me luck up on friendship

 

[Mick]

Since I already had plenty of DIYs and materials, my routine was usually "Check if Redd or any campers are here today and close the game if there are not."

Now I find myself running in circles trying to remember the things I still wanted to do, so yeah, I'd say it changed! There definitely are a lot more (and more interesting) daily tasks now, and I do like that a lot!

 

[Violet Witch]

Old routine

- Check my mailbox
- Scour the beach for message bottle
- Check Nooks for new items
- Scour my villager neighbourhood to see who's in crafting
- Remove flowers if they've bred due to the rain

New routine

- Check my mailbox
- Scour the beach for a message bottle
- Have a coffee at Brewsters
- Water my crops/pick them if they're ready
- Scour my villager neighbourhood to see who's in crafting
- Check Nooks for new items
- Go on a mystery island tour via Kapp'n
- Come back and store new items in my storage
- Head to Harv's
- Head to work from Harv's island

 

[daringred_]

honestly, it's mostly the same.

old routine
> check mail
> change outfit
> customize tools to match outfit
> lap the island (dig up fossils/gyroids, hit all rocks, find money spot + DIY bottle + crafter, pick up mushrooms, visit town hall)
> lap the island again (shake trees, take fossils to be assessed)
> visit nooks + ables
> talk to villagers

new routine
> check mail
> change outfit
> customize tools to match outfit
> lap the island (dig up fossils/gyroids, hit all rocks, find money spot + DIY bottle + crafter, pick up mushrooms, visit town hall)
> lap the island again (shake trees, take fossils to be assessed)
> visit nooks + ables
> visit kappn's island
> visit roost
> visit harv's
> talk to villagers

order of the new three varies. if i'm not too tired/bored, i'll try to make a HHP house, but i'm not keen on it.

 

[MelodyRivers]

Mine has changed a bit

old routine:

• Try to skip isabelle
• Check mail
• Check shops
• Check nook stop
• Talk to some villagers and attend any bdays
• maybe change my outfit
• Get bored log out
• 
  new routine:
• Listen to Isabelle’s announcements
• Check mail
• Visit npc
• Get coffee
• Talk to villagers
• Dig up Gyroids/fossils
• Have blathers assess fossils so I can sell them since my fossil section is complete
• Pick and sell non native fruit
• Money tree
• Kappn island
• Harvs
• Work at HHP

 

[moon_child]

It changed very very much because now I :

- Play the game again

Kidding aside, I have recently restarted my island because I already finished my previous one and completed everything so I stopped playing AC for a good while. A couple weeks before the direct I restarted and did the whole start of the game thing. Now my routine is :

- Get fortune from Katrina and check stocks in the RVs and buy what I don’t have
- Check my beach and neighbors for the morning DIY
- Get coffee
- Do stretching
- Go to Kappn islands
- Go to work and design one house (unless there are a lot of villagers there I want to design for then I do more than one house)
- Go back home and do some nook miles stuff that I can do
- Check my stores
- If its a brand new month and there are still creatures to be caught that I haven’t donated to the museum I go and hunt for them
- Log in for afternoon and evening DIYS

That’s pretty much it. I still haven’t decorated my island and my house fully because I’m not feeling much into it and I’m waiting to collect more items and techniques first from HHP so I can just do the decorating at once.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Its pretty much changed this is what I do on both on my islands:

1. Go to Harvs Island
2. Talk to Katrina to hear about what luck I will have
3. Talk to Wilbur to go to work
4. Return back to the island after earing 100,000 Poki
5. Do all of my daily Nook Mile Tasks
6. Get a coffee from the Roost
7. Go on a tour with Kapp'n
8. Cook a few things
9. Update the dream and call it a day.

 

[wildworldtraveller]

Old routine:

• Message bottle
• Nook's Cranny
• Able sisters
• Check for villagers with DIYs
• Money tree if I pass by
• Redd

New routine:

• (same as above)
• Go on a tour with Kapp'n
• Check and customize yesterday's Gyroid
• Bury / water Gyroid fragment
• Get coffee from Roost
• Go to work and design 1-2 houses, check stock, get message bottle, chill at the Northern beach / visit vacation homes
• Harv's Island, get new hairstyle, check Redd and others and then chill
• Donate new art to museum
• More coffee, talk to villagers inside café
• Letters to friends with cool new items

Love how much more alive the game feels since the 2.0 update & DLC!

 

[Lethalia]

Old Routine:

- Complete dailies
- Dig up fossils
- Chop wood
- Hit rocks
- Nook Stop

New Routine:

- Morning stretch
- Complete dailies
- Dig up fossils
- Hit rocks
- Nook stop
- Kapp'n tour (I chop all my wood there now)
- Bury my gyroid fragment & dig up the one from the day before
- Go to work (I only design one or two houses at a time before returning home)
- And if I remember, I'll grab a cup of coffee from The Roost

This is a great question, btw!

 

[Sarah3]

My routine hasn’t changed too much yet but that’s because I’m taking the update slowly this time around compared to before the update. I’m sure that’ll change soon enough though!

 

[Hylian Spectre]

Old Routine:

- Log in, mash out of Isabelle's message talking about how she once again lost a sock in the dryer.
- Check my phone for which NMT objectives are easiest.
- Search for fossils.
- Chop wood.
- Smack rocks.
- Check Nooklings.
- Log out.

New Routine:

- Log in, actually pay attention to what Isabelle says because she actually talks about who might be on your island for once.
- Check my phone for NMT objectives.
- Collect mushrooms/talk to villagers.
- Search for fossils/gyroids.
- Harvest produce if applicable, water them if not.
- Smack rocks.
- Check Nooklings/Ables.
- Store anything unnecessary and do the daily Kapp'n tour. Finish any NMT objectives I can there, raid and pillage the island for valuables/wood/minerals before leaving.
- Head on out to Harv's to see what's new before heading to work to do some remodeling at HHP.
- Buy some stuff at Lottie's, head back home.
- Bury Gyroid frags of the day, dig up previous ones.
- Check for crafting villagers.
- Grab some coffee at the Roost.
- Brainstorm new island decoration ideas.

 

[moo_nieu]

i never really had a routine and still dont. i usually get the mail and wander around maybe talking to villagers, maybe checking shops, but mostly catching fish or bugs. my playtime will probably increase some with the new dlc but i havent played much of that yet.

its nice to have some new things to do like tend crops, get coffee, and find gyroids, but i dont always do everything. also ive been enjoying the cooking more than i thought i would

 

[ladyphantomofmusic]

Old Routine:

• Check Mail box
• Look for golden spot (Dig up golden spot and plant 10k and grab sapling)
• Look for visiting villager (if Redd isn't there on map) do stuff with visitor if needed
• Sometimes look for fossils (Get them assessed then sell at nooks)
• Check out shops (buy clothing I don't have/want again or any tools I need)
• Chop down Bell tree plant sapling
• Put away wood and anything else needed at home
• If I have over 100k in wallet, put 100k into ABD
• May change outfit and hair, decorate home/town square depending on the season
• For a while there I would give each of my 10 villagers a fruit from my orchard
• Save, end and open second minor villager
• Check Mail Box
• Look for golden spot (dig up plant 10k, grab sapling, then cut down bell tree and plant knew sapling)
• Deal with visitors if needed (like If I want to make models I can get a second, buy a second art piece from Redd, etc)
• Put anything that goes to first main villager in front of house.
• Save, end and reopen with main villager to grab dropped items and deal with them as needed.

New Routine:

• Check Mail Box
• Look for gold spot and fossils
• Dig up gold spot and plant 10k and grab saplings, and dig up fossils to be assessed and sold, dig up gyroids
• Visit Kapp'n's island to grab gyroid piece, any diy, new crop or crafting material
• Chop down bell tree, plant sapling
• Go to shops buy and sell as needed, as well as dealing with any visitors as needed
• Put stuff away in house
• Go to ABD to get Nook Miles (as I spent alot) and take money out for Harvey's Island (today was actually my last day, so this would be now becoming put in money again.)
• Visit Harvey's Island for shops/hair styles sometimes head straight home or . . .
• Go to HHP to work for Lottie, buy stuff from store head home
• Save/end open up second villager
• Check Mail Box
• Look for golden spot (dig up plant 10k, grab sapling, then cut down bell tree and plant knew sapling)
• Deal with visitors if needed (like If I want to make models I can get a second, buy a second art piece from Redd, etc)
• Visit Kapp'n's island, grab diy, gyroid fragment, special crops, etc.
• plant sapling after chopping down Bell tree.
• Put anything for main character in front of her house, wood and gyroid fragment included
• Save/end open up main villager
• Put things away, bury gyroid fragments and water them and then crops
• Sometimes change up home, outfit, and town square depending on season.

Of course there are other things I do, but these are the main things I do, in almost this order.

 

[Xara]

i don’t think my routine has changed all that much, but i definitely have a lot more to do each day, and my daily playtime has increased by 2-3 hours.

old routine
❁ check the mail
❁ dig up my daily fossils and money spot
❁ collect my daily weeds, tree branches and rock materials (and mushrooms in november)
❁ find and hit my daily money rock
❁ check to see what shells washed up on the beach
❁ find and open my daily diy bottle, and depending on what diy i got, either add it to my spare diys pile or throw it away
❁ talk to all my villagers and give wrapped fruit/giant clams to the ones i need pics from
❁ complete any villager favours
❁ check the recycling bin
❁ collect my daily bonus nook miles and check nook shopping
❁ depending on which npc was visiting, i would either check to see what they were selling, commission a model from them, listen to a performance, buy turnips from them or ignore them lol sorry leif and label >_<
❁ check the shops
❁ complete some nook mile achievements

new routine
❁ check the mail
❁ dig up my daily fossils and money spot
❁ collect my daily weeds, tree branches, rock materials (and mushrooms since it’s november)
❁ find and hit my daily money rock
❁ check to see what shells washed up on the beach
❁ find and open my daily diy bottle and depending on what diy i get, either add it to my spare diys pile, throw it away or learn it
❁ talk to all my villagers and give wrapped fruit/giant clams to the ones i need pics from
❁ complete any villager favours
❁ check to see which villager is crafting/cooking in the morning, afternoon and at night
❁ dig up the gyroid fragment i buried the day before
❁ get a cup of coffee at the roost
❁ go on one of kapp’n’s mysterious tours
❁ bury and water the gyroid fragment i find
❁ go to harv’s island to shop, get my fortune read by katrina and learn a new hairstyle from harriet
❁ go to work at paradise planning and design a minimum of one vacation home, buy any items that interest me, gather up any vines and glowing moss and look for diys on the beach
❁ check the recycling bin
❁ collect my daily bonus nook miles and check nook shopping
❁ my npc routine is still the same, except i don’t ignore leif anymore lmao
❁ check the shops
❁ complete some nook mile achievements

there are other things i do that vary day by day (trades, harvesting crops, etc), but these are the activities i did/do every day. :’)

 

[Rosch]

It's too long to go into detail but I've been utilizing my 2nd character to get extra DIYs, gyroid fragments, and furniture. Then I do everything again using my main character.

My routine has drastically changed from basically doing nothing to "run around the island... twice!". I haven't even managed to work on my villager houses yet.

 

[SirQuack]

My route has changed a bit. I definitely go to Harvey's island every day now and stretch when I can. Currently just taking things slowly but will start to pick it up more once I have more time.

 

[AquaMarie]

My current routine:

-Check mail
-Dig up and check out gyroids
-Find message in a bottle
-Find NPC
-Look for crafter/talk to villagers
-Check shops/talk to Sable
-Check Nook Stop and scan amiibo
-Dig up fossils/water flowers
-Identify fossil and get coffee
-Kapp'n boat tour
-Dive for scallop/ money
-Go to Harvs for new haircut
-Shake trees for fall crafting materials
-Farm balloons