Mystery Island 1.2.0. Spawn Rates

[Altarium]

Ouch... well I'm just grateful I managed to get enough blue hyacinths from hybrid islands to last me a lifetime before this patch hit, purple hyacinths are probably my favorite flower so they'd be a pain to get without blues or island oranges

 

[LeonCabrio]

I've been using my NMTs to search for my first hybrid island for the past few weeks, not realising that they've been removed!

Is there any reason to visit mystery islands any more if you're not looking for new villagers?

Beyond the money rock island which at least gives some bells, they don't offer much incentive, do they?

I'd say go there to get infinite supply of weeds and stuff you can get from rocks, plus maybe a furniture on a tree or a DIY bottle. I only go to islands if I need materials. So, since I don't have any expectations, any rare island is more than welcome haha

 

[Bioness]

What about those palm beetles? Since I turned my town into a desert, palm trees have became the dominant trees. I have a whole bunch of them. I can farm beetles easily, with no cost.

The palm beetles ARE the expensive ones I was talking about (besides Scarabs that spawn on both). You want to do this on a mystery island because of the small size you can control the spawns of bugs better.

What I did:
Ideally Bamboo, flat woodland, or the secondary fruit island.

Pluck all flowers
Cut down all none bamboo trees
Dig up all stumps
Plant about 4-6 extra full size palm trees

It takes less than a minute to clear bug spawns and you are guaranteed to get 3-6 beetles each rotation. You can't do that on your main island even if you made it a desert.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I personally am not complaining about trash island's rates getting reduced. I felt like it came up too much before.

It's too bad the rates on a lot of the good islands got reduced though.

 

[Gazer297]

Thanks for the info. Now I know why I never see these rare islands.

 

[chainosaur]

Nintendo's got some nerve removing content instead of adding content at this stage of the game. I love NH but let's be real, it's a really lackluster experience compared to New Leaf. Everyday I feel like I discover some new inconvenience or little thing I find frustrating.

We need MORE.

I'm lucky to have found a few hybrid islands before this patch and I feel bad for those who never got to experience them. They were always so cool and exciting.

 

[cainhurst]

I was ready to get all up in arms like everyone else, but honestly it's probably just a seasonal change. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it that way - some kinds of islands being rotated in, and others out. I really don't think the bigwigs at Nintendo were like "Oh no, our players are enjoying too many pretty flowers, we must PUNISH THEM."

...fingers crossed that we do get new island types in the summer.

 

[Dewasa]

Island hopped a bunch last night and out of 60 or so islands, encountered bamboo island 4x, money rock 4x and a new scorpion island 1x. Really am missing the hybrid flower island. I never even got to see the big fish island so that's a bummer.

 

[Reineke]

After doing about ~150 nook mile islands the other day, I can't say I'm surprised by these new rates. It pretty much lines up with what I had encountered before :/
Only 2x scorpion islands the whole day (unlucky because one was during the day before they could even spawn!)
Zero hybrid islands, which, if you don't have roses or mums as your starting flower aren't very useful anyway ...
A bunch of money rock islands and bamboo islands...
And as was pointed out before, the way the villager spawn works on those islands makes campsite hunting the better choice for most villagers.
Needless to say, I'm just so done with nmts, nook mile islands... the whole shebang.

 

[stiney]

Did anyone mention how you can’t catch tarantulas and scorpions on the Bamboo island anymore? Everything used to be big moneymakers. Now they’re rendered useless.

That is definitely not true. I got bamboo island the other night and got three scorpions without even trying (it was raining so the stinkbugs weren't spawning which helped). The spawn rate was lessened, not removed entirely.

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Thank you for sharing all of this information with us. I can't believe Nintendo decided to do this without announcing it. If I didn't know about this, I would have wasted even more nook mile tickets trying to get to hybrid island Also, I have only went to the spider island once out of like close to 100 island hops and now they have nerfed the chances of going? Nintendo, why?? Are they trying to make Animal Crossing New Horizons less fun? I think if we all band together and share our opinions with Nintendo on their social media platforms or something, we can make a difference...kinda like what happened with Bunny Day. I am kind of worried of what else they will do behind our backs at this point.

You can't get tarantula island in the Northern Hemisphere right now unless you're time traveling. Tarantulas are out of season in May. (You might be able to get scorpion island though, which is the same thing basically but scorpions.)

 

[Bioness]

Island hopped a bunch last night and out of 60 or so islands, encountered bamboo island 4x, money rock 4x and a new scorpion island 1x. Really am missing the hybrid flower island. I never even got to see the big fish island so that's a bummer.

There were two Big Fish islands, you can still get one of them. It just won't have hybrid flowers.

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That is definitely not true. I got bamboo island the other night and got three scorpions without even trying (it was raining so the stinkbugs weren't spawning which helped). The spawn rate was lessened, not removed entirely.

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You can't get tarantula island in the Northern Hemisphere right now unless you're time traveling. Tarantulas are out of season in May. (You might be able to get scorpion island though, which is the same thing basically but scorpions.)

Scorpion island has a money rock on. Also there is an even rarer island with Scorpions and a unique rock that gives you 8 gold nuggets.

 

[N a t]

Thank you so much for posting a very clear post in regards to this, nothing against the other threads but it felt like it was primarily rumors and speculation and people had to piece the puzzle together but this is easier for me to understand. I am very disappointed. I've only encountered one hybrid island before and guess i never will again. I never even took photos... I'm very sad about this. Even though they nerfed the better islands, I have found the money island in my game twice now in less than a month. I just got it again today. Did the odds for that one not change or actually maybe increase? Or was I just lucky? Your post makes sense but the document has information that I normally wouldn't understand is all. Thanks!

 

[Xara]

this is disappointing. i don’t really understand why they would remove hybrid island but i suppose they can do whatever they want ;/

 

[Bioness]

Thank you so much for posting a very clear post in regards to this, nothing against the other threads but it felt like it was primarily rumors and speculation and people had to piece the puzzle together but this is easier for me to understand. I am very disappointed. I've only encountered one hybrid island before and guess i never will again. I never even took photos... I'm very sad about this. Even though they nerfed the better islands, I have found the money island in my game twice now in less than a month. I just got it again today. Did the odds for that one not change or actually maybe increase? Or was I just lucky? Your post makes sense but the document has information that I normally wouldn't understand is all. Thanks!

Money Rock Island has a spawn rate of 5%. So on average 1 out of 20 islands will have it.

On average does not mean "always", you could go 500 islands and not find Money Rock Island or find it 5 times in a row. It means that over a large sample 5% of islands will be Money Rock Islands.

 

[N a t]

Money Rock Island has a spawn rate of 5%. So on average 1 out of 20 islands will have it.

On average does not mean "always", you could go 500 islands and not find Money Rock Island or find it 5 times in a row. It means that over a large sample 5% of islands will be Money Rock Islands.

Thank you for replying! Makes sense!

 

[R. Planet]

Its not about being "forced" to subscribe to the online (you can find a buck 80 a month in your sofa cushions). It's more about being forced to find someone to trade flowers with, set up a time, go through the whole ordeal and then hope they don't screw you over.

I don't need extra headaches Nintendo.

 

[EquinoxIsland]

Wait, which one is bamboo island on here?

 

[Rize]

Aww i wonder why they got rid of the hybrid island

 

[starlightsong]

Wait, which one is bamboo island on here?

This comment had me worried for a second but it’s #8 on the list!

I’m on mobile so I can’t get a better screenshot than that but it seems to still have a 10% chance of showing up, it wasn’t removed.

 

[maaango]

Honestly I’m really confused about it too. Out of all the islands I wonder why they decided to take the hybrid island! It was one of the islands I actually looked forward to getting. I was lucky enough to find it twice, the first time I didn’t really care much for it lol. But after I found out they were rare I was just fortunate enough to be able to find it a second time. Kinda sad that they would take it though. But oh well.