What Did You Accomplish On Your Island Today?

I forgot to update from yesterday 31/12/25

  • Pulled up all the weeds around my island
  • Did a end of year clean collecting items I no longer needed and sold them all
  • Purchased a green New Years Hat to celebrate
  • Went clothes shopping
  • Checked out the markets on Havrys Island
  • Talked with Kiki and Ed for a bit
  • Watered the garden around my house
 
It's been a long time since I last played NH (2023, but I've opened the game just for TBT events in the recent years), so I felt so overwhelmed after booting it up today. I kept messing up the buttons that sometimes led me to accidentally removing decor and custom path designs. But the muscle memory got back quickly.

I still had my Halloween and mushroom season decor around the island. So I've decided to store all seasonal decor back in storage in preparation for the upcoming update. Also got rid of OH SO MANY weeds. I also toured around the whole island because I already forgot how it looked liked. I even forgot who my villagers were.
 
Not today, but I FINALLY got Ankha's photo!! So glad she finally gifted it to me.
Now she can leave whenever she wants XD
I haven't played enough to get to know her as well. Maybe another time.
 
I started my new island Avalon on my switch 2

Avalon-
Jan 2-4th
I started to work on my entrance
Added a few decorations to my entrance today.
Gave Timmy some of the materials for the shop
Gave Nook a bug and a fish . Not ready to place the shop or museum tent yet .
Mailed Roald and Ursala a letter with beds since they both now have a house but only sleeping bags.
Found Erik on a nook mile island
Gathered materials for crafting

Jan 5th -

Celebrated Roald’s Birthday
Went fishing and bug hunting
Paid off a home loan
Planted flowers
Did some more terraforming
Gave Nook two new bugs.
Went looking for more materials
 
Tonight I got a lot done on my island:

  • Removed all my stone stairs around my island
  • Built all brick stairs around island
  • Cleaned up my castle area
  • Picked up weeds all around my island
  • Built a pizza oven for my front yard
  • Cleaned up the beaches
  • Made some food in the kitchen and displayed them around the island
  • Built a farmers market
  • Built heaps of furniture for different areas on my island
  • Took down 4 designed areas on my island to make room for the new update
  • Cleaned out some of the my inventory and sold for bells
  • Visited the clothes stores and purchased some items
  • Checked out Nooks Cranny and purchased a table for Buck
  • Purchased items with Nookmiles
  • Hung out with Buck and Kiki for a bit
  • Placed paths around the island
  • Planted trees, bushes and flowers
  • Checked my mail and cleaned out letter box
 
I moved a villager’s home to my neighborhood area yesterday, so I moved the museum in its place today by my city area where Nook Cranny and Able Sisters are. I chatted with some villagers and gave them gifts. Pretty chill today.
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Cool! Question: Do you get the villagers photo by mail in or in person? And how long does it normally take to reach “best friend” level?
I'm collecting villager/neighbor photos snd finally got Skye's after a few weeks of trying! She just wouldn't give it up.
 
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Question: Do you get the villagers photo by mail in or in person? And how long does it normally take to reach “best friend” level?

Both, with a higher chance of receiving one by mail.

The time it takes depends on the starting friendship level, and luck with RNG. Could be a couple weeks, could be a month. Your best bet to getting them the quickest is to gift the villager a gift-wrapped stack of 2 non-native fruit with a full inventory every day.

 
Both, with a higher chance of receiving one by mail.

The time it takes depends on the starting friendship level, and luck with RNG. Could be a couple weeks, could be a month. Your best bet to getting them the quickest is to gift the villager a gift-wrapped stack of 2 non-native fruit with a full inventory every day.

This makes sense. I asked because my two starter villagers are Buck and Charlise. And Buck did mail me his photo two weeks ago but I have known Charlise just as long and she did give ask me for a catchphrase, so I am surprised she hasn’t given me her photo yet. It’s been a few months since I started my island. I am assuming some villagers are harder to get their photo. 😀
 
Completed HHP on my 3rd Island, so I finally got rid of Genji's starter house


Before
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After
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Day 4 of my new island: caught a tuna and a blue marlin.

Feeling very good about myself right now!
(Although I assume they will be so much easier to get once the hotel is built)
 
Avalon-

It’s been a busy week in Avalon
Invited and welcomed three new villagers
Erik , Winnie and Chevre
Built nook’s cranny
Built the museum tent
Worked on the farm area
Leif was here today so bought some white and yellow Lily seeds
Started to plan where the rest of the houses and my own house will go.
Decorated in front of RS
 
I recently reset for the update so today I set up timmy and tommy's shop and started working on the 3 starter houses.
 
Yesterday I managed to toss an ungifted Shino to the void on accident because I forgot how AM/PM works while time travelling (oof)

On a positive note: started playing for the first time in ~6 months, got my first hotel room set up and tried out the reset service! Very helpful for clearing house bugs!! And I finally caught the royal crown in my shop while I had the bells for it! Short play time but overall excited to get back in!
 
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Day 4 of my new island: caught a tuna and a blue marlin.

Feeling very good about myself right now!
(Although I assume they will be so much easier to get once the hotel is built)
Day 5: got an oarfish.
Just got the stringfish to go and then I have all of Januarys rare/hard fish.
 
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