How To Not Lose Villagers When You're Away

[Hypno KK]

Oh pfft, I didn't even notice this thread was originally created in August. There still seems to be a lot of people who don't know about these simple tricks so bumping it was definitely a good idea. I'll be sure to refer people to this guide as well from now on.

Thanks! And don't worry about not seeing it before, it's really easy to miss threads because the forum moves so fast.

 

[marcko0412]

So just to conifrm... say I deny a move request today, does that allow me to TT 1-2 months forward without having to worry?

 

[SoSu]

So just to conifrm... say I deny a move request today, does that allow me to TT 1-2 months forward without having to worry?

Yes, it does Nice guide, btw!

 

[Hypno KK]

^ Thanks!

So just to conifrm... say I deny a move request today, does that allow me to TT 1-2 months forward without having to worry?

Yes, like SoSu said. The same principle applies to time travelling, especially if you're using the 3DS calendar (that's how I usually time travel, myself). I've gone back or forward years and months because of things like events this way.

 

[undadac]

here you say 5. Go to your 3DS settings and adjust the calendar to the date you last played. This will trick the game into thinking that you're still on the date you last played. NOTE: If you can't remember when that was, check your 3DS activity log.

well... my ads activity log only goes to 1/1/2011... and i still have no records of the last time i played animal crossing because it was before 1/1/12011 oh my shoot.. what in goshes name do i do now? anicking:

 

[Hypno KK]

here you say 5. Go to your 3DS settings and adjust the calendar to the date you last played. This will trick the game into thinking that you're still on the date you last played. NOTE: If you can't remember when that was, check your 3DS activity log.

well... my ads activity log only goes to 1/1/2011... and i still have no records of the last time i played animal crossing because it was before 1/1/12011 oh my shoot.. what in goshes name do i do now? anicking:

I don't think that's possible since the earliest release date for ACNL was November 2012 in Japan. Did you have your 3DS date changed in general?

 

[Silversea]

Good for you putting this together. It's been needed in a complete public format for some time.

 

[Silas James Reel]

If you have 4 characters, you can still do the reverse plot reset trick. Delete a non-mayor one.

 

[Hypno KK]

Good for you putting this together. It's been needed in a complete public format for some time.

Thanks!

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If you have 4 characters, you can still do the reverse plot reset trick. Delete a non-mayor one.

I think people who were asking about it were people who had 4 characters they didn't want to delete, like path holding characters.

 

[ALananhR]

Is there any way you can keep villagers from moving away if you wish to TT for large amounts of time(a month or longer)?

 

[Hypno KK]

Is there any way you can keep villagers from moving away if you wish to TT for large amounts of time(a month or longer)?

Yes, the thing I said in the first part of the post applies to time travelling as well (see the note under the "if you know you're going to be away" section for details). Deny a villager's request to move and then you can safely time travel forward any amount of time. I've tested this using the 3DS calendar but I believe it applies to time travelling by changing the game's calendar with Isabelle, though.

 

[Freya]

Thanks for the great guide!

 

[Beardo]

Omg you're a life saver!

 

[Hypno KK]

No problem, I'm glad you like it!

 

[Hypno KK]

I'm bumping this since I've noticed some people asking these types of questions lately.

 

[cornimer]

This is a really useful guide, thanks!

 

[Hypno KK]

This is a really useful guide, thanks!

No problem!

 

[Minni]

wow i never thought this was possible!

 

[Megan.]

Thanks so much for this. I was dreading TTing slowly to get to the current date, haha.

 

[daynapapaya]

This is wonderful, thank you so much for posting this! I teach full time and I can get really busy during the school year, so sometimes I end up unintentionally neglecting my towns. This way, I won't lose any of my favorite villagers. Thanks!