My villagers refuse to suggest PWPs?

[Clytemnestral]

So I bought this game the day it came out for 3DS, and even though I've restarted my town several times, I've only had a villager request a PWP like... Maybe... 3 times MAX. What the heck am I doing wrong???

 

[00ToxicLove00]

Hide from them for five minutes and keep doing it until they request a project.

 

[TortimerCrossing]

I have tried the diving trick and honestly it never works for me unless I do it for like 1-2 hours, which honestly I don't have time for.

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

Do the diving trip (guides on YouTube) but also it takes a while for villagers to request PWPs. Talk to all you villagers a lot, do chores for them, give them letters. The higher your friendship status the more chance you will have at villagers requesting PWPs.

 

[Jarrad]

You probably don't spend enough time outside or doing your chores.

 

[pixxihound]

What usually works for me is basically the diving trick. But instead of 5 minutes, I do 3 minutes that way it's a lot quicker. And if you're looking for a specific PWP you can always trap the villager types that request that PWP with your shovel. That makes it quicker too c:

 

[doggaroo]

When I keep walking by my villagers without saying anything to them for a while they always end up requesting something. The other day I played for about 3 hours (I was laying down paths, the MOST time consuming thing ever!) and got four requests for public works projects. Good luck!

 

[Luxanna]

A high friendship usually makes them request pwp more often and faster, When I was best friends with all my villager I was getting pwp like within 5-10 of playing, When I TT'd they dont request as often, maybe after 30 mintues.
The dive trick works for me all the time, You have to go to the corner of the map, stay there for 6 mintues then go ;o;.

 

[Prabha]

You probably don't spend enough time outside or doing your chores.

Stop it right now, kind sir.

 

[kiti_in_wonderland]

I found it easiest to talk to them in the morning and do anything they wanted done. Then around noon/afternoon the diving trick. Also, make sure you fill every slot with bells. So they won't ask to buy or sell something. And if they request something you don't want still accept it.

I never got suggestions until I did that and now I get them within 30 minutes. And I know if they ask for the ones I don't want eventually it'll leave them to ask for the ones I do want.

 

[Bunchi]

Also remember that different villager personalities suggest different PWPs, so maybe you got all the PWPs for that personality.

 

[nintendoanna]

Same thing happend to me. Do the diving trick before 10-11 am or after 5 pm, this saved my life! ive been usually doing it in the afternoons and that took hours! usually before 10 am and after 5 pm it takes me one try!

 

[stitchmaker]

After checking in with them I go about my daily routine. Early on they would run up and request something while I watered all the flowers. At the time I had it on bell bloom.

In my other town the diving trick never worked. After checking in with everyone I went and harvest perfect fruit.
Villagers would run up, request and take off. Think they were afraid of the axe.

 

[ashubii]

I always get a pwp when I do the diving trick, but as others have said it can take a couple of hours. The best time to do it, honestly, is when you have something else to focus on. I tend to do it while I'm cleaning or working. I just set the in-game timer item to 5-10 minutes, sit in the water, clean/work, and then come back to run around and do it again. I try to trap my villagers, too, especially the one I want a specific pwp from. It's tedious and time consuming, but it goes by much faster when you multitask.