[VERIFIED] I just removed a rock!

[jPottie]

So.. I always thought rocks were unremovable, and I guess they are for the most part. However! I finally decided to build my campsite up near my waterfall today. I've delayed building it for a long while because there would have been a rock right in front of the door, but, I finally decided that I didn't care & that the rock would be a cool feature to have near my campsite, so I went and built it...

When I logged on, my campsite is now there, but the rock is gone! I can't find an extra rock anywhere else in my town.. so, I guess I just removed one rock. This was *not* the gem rock either, btw. I've had this town for months & that rock has always been a perma one.

I never took pictures, because.. I didn't see the point to? I thought the rock would still be there. So, anyway, has this happened to anyone else? Maybe give it a try?

Edit: My dream town address wasn't updated yet, so the rock is still there for all to view if you look at my dream address. A member kindly viewed it, aligned the pictures, and took a screenshot:

Dream town, pre-campsite with rock:



Current town, my mayor with campsite, no rock.

 

[Wholockian]

Weird....

 

[jPottie]

I know! I just googled it and everyone says you can't, or that it's a gem rock if it did disappear.. but this was definitely not a gem rock. I'm super excited though! I was going to just make due with it, but now I can place a log bench/shrubs in front of it.

Maybe it's because it was a permanent object? Maybe it just hid the rock or something.

 

[Lamues]

That's really cool! Sadly I don't think I could use this for my town, my campsite would be on a horrible spot.

So you talked to Isabelle one square above the rock? I'd like to see this being tested!

 

[Punchyleaf]

Sadly I don't believe this for one reason;
My campsite is near a rock that can't be removed and nook told me it can't be built due to a giant rock.

 

[jPottie]

That's really cool! Sadly I don't think I could use this for my town, my campsite would be on a horrible spot.

So you talked to Isabelle one square above the rock? I'd like to see this being tested!

Yep, I stood exactly next to the rock, and she showed me it being built, and it showed the campsite exactly one space above the rock. I thought it was weird I was able to build so close to a rock... but I didn't think much of it since this game is really weird when it comes to space, and I decided to just live with it since a rock near a campsite would fit in anyway.

 

[Lamues]

Sadly I don't believe this for one reason;
My campsite is near a rock that can't be removed and nook told me it can't be built due to a giant rock.

I don't think he's lying. I think there was just some weird coincidence that made this happen.

Good for you though

 

[jPottie]

Sadly I don't believe this for one reason;
My campsite is near a rock that can't be removed and nook told me it can't be built due to a giant rock.

What would I have to gain from lying? Getting people to waste 5 minutes trying to place something near a rock?

I'm just sharing my surprise & want to see if this has happened to others. In the end, I don't care, cause I'm rock free : D

 

[Punchyleaf]

Never said you were lying? I said I don't believe this, "this" being the claim that a permanent rock could be removed.

It's just like people who claim to say that they started with a smug or Uchi, when people ask for proof, the same thing is said with EVERYONE who claims it
No picture can be shown to back up their claims.

 

[BlueLeaf]

Have you took pictures? This seems interesting and I'd like to see it!

 

[jPottie]

Never said you were lying? I said I don't believe this, "this" being the claim that a permanent rock could be removed.

It's just like people who claim to say that they started with a smug or Uchi, when people ask for proof, the same thing is said with EVERYONE who claims it
No picture can be shown to back up their claims.

You said you didn't believe it, however I attest that this has happened. You're implying that this isn't true, in other words, that I'm lying.

I didn't take pictures because why would I? I expected the rock to be there when it was built, and I wasn't planning on showing off pictures of my campsite with a rock smack dab in front of the door to people. I didn't even think this was a possibility, because it was not a gem rock, and I've never heard of this before.

- - - Post Merge - - -

Have you took pictures? This seems interesting and I'd like to see it!

Nope, I didn't see a reason to. I just thought the rock was going to be in front of my campsite (it would have been 1 space in front of it). This just shocked me.

I TT'ed a day forward to see if it was the same, and it is. No rock, but Joey is in my campsite.

 

[Punchyleaf]

I'm actually implying nothing.
You've decided to take my disbelief of this, not you, (because of my own experience) and try to say I'm calling you a liar. Which I'm not. I don't really care either way. I don't believe permanent rocks can be removed. Does that mean I'm implying or calling you a liar? No, because if I was, I would've outright called you one. ^^

 

[BlueLeaf]

Was the campsite in the exact same place as Isabelle's "imagination?" Sometimes, permanent PWP's can move over a tile.

 

[jPottie]

Was the campsite in the exact same place as Isabelle's "imagination?" Sometimes, permanent PWP's can move over a tile.

Yes, I lined the space with flowers to make sure the space was 3x3. It looked like this:

FFFFFFF
F XXX F
F XXX F
F XXX F
FFFFFFF
R

Does that diagram make sense? I made sure there was 3x3 space inside the flowers (the F being the flowers) and the rock was in front of one of the flowers (the R). In the dream it showed the campsite in the exact spot, and it also showed the rock being in front of it. As I said, I accepted the fact that I'd have to live with a rock in front of my campsite, but when I TT to the next day, the rock was gone.

 

[BlueLeaf]

Yes, I lined the space with flowers to make sure the space was 3x3. It looked like this:

FFFFFFFFF
F XXX F
F XXX F
F XXX F
FFFFFFFFF
R

Does that diagram make sense? I made sure there was 3x3 space inside the flowers (the F being the flowers) and the rock was in front of one of the flowers (the R). In the dream it showed the campsite in the exact spot, and it also showed the rock being in front of it. As I said, I accepted the fact that I'd have to live with a rock in front of my campsite, but when I TT to the next day, the rock was gone.

I remembered something. A campsite with no villager in it (a pile of stuff) is smaller than a campsite with a villager in it. I tested this out in my old town with paths around my campsite and they disappeared when a villager moved in. I think. It was more than 2 months ago, so it's kind of rusty.

Edit: As for the second sentence: Obviously, it is smaller, but paths are able to be put around the pile of stuff, but they disappear when a villager moves in.

Edit 2: I may be wrong about this. I also might be thinking of something else, so feel free to correct me.

Edit 3: Not too sure on the rocks though.

 

[jPottie]

I remembered something. A campsite with no villager in it (a pile of stuff) is smaller than a campsite with a villager in it. I tested this out in my old town with paths around my campsite and they disappeared when a villager moved in. I think. It was more than 2 months ago, so it's kind of rusty.

Edit: As for the second sentence: Obviously, it is smaller, but paths are able to be put around the pile of stuff, but they disappear when a villager moves in.

Edit 2: I may be wrong about this. I also might be thinking of something else, so feel free to correct me.

Edit 3: Not too sure on the rocks though.

It might just be an illusion since it does look bigger when it's a tent/igloo. It still takes up 3x3.

I really don't know why this happened, I'm just sharing that it did in case others wanted to try it. If you're going to do it with a permanent PW though like the campsite, make sure you want it there/don't mind if there's a rock in front of it. As I said, this decision is 3 months in the making, I just gave up and said to hell with it, it'd look fine with a rock in front of it, and voila.

 

[beffa]

Wow sounds like you got lucky! Enjoy being rock free heheh c;

 

[jPottie]

Maybe it has to do with the number of rocks in your town? I had 8 before this (which was on the higher end), now I have 7. Maybe there's a minimum amount of rocks you *must* have, but if it doesn't interfere with the minimum, they can go?

Just brainstorming.

 

[J087]

So you discovered something that none of the millions of other players discovered since the game was released in 2012. Big Whoop.

 

[jPottie]

So you discovered something that none of the millions of other players discovered since the game was released in 2012. Big Whoop.

I just want to see if this happened to others/find out why it happened to me. No need for the negativity.