What’s the best method for getting a villager to move out?

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I feel like it takes a blood sacrifice and some luck for ANY villager of mine to even think about leaving, let alone the ones I actually want to leave. How does the game decide which villager wants to leave? I shower June with love and she has asked to leave four times while I ignore Hamlet, who has been terrorizing my island with the crime against humanity that is his existence since day one, and he hasn’t asked to leave once. Back when I had Whitney, she asked me about moving three times IN A ROW over the span of a month or two. It was so frustrating that I just let her leave since my boyfriend wanted her more than I did.

Is there a number of days I have to time travel to trigger the moving prompt faster? I’m not opposed to that for moving purposes. Do I have to be friends with the villagers? Do they only want to leave when they sense that I like them? How can I live a Hamlet-free life? Don’t even get me started on Marina and now Muffy, who will be moving in tomorrow via random chance. I need to get rid of them too.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Sadly, the new villagers that have recently moved in won't move out until someone else does. That is if Hamlet is your most recent new resident.

It's just how it goes i'm afraid.

 

[Lotusblossom]

Sadly, the new villagers that have recently moved in won't move out until someone else does. That is if Hamlet is your most recent new resident.

It's just how it goes i'm afraid.

Since when?!

 

[Paperboy012305]

Since New Leaf, I learned the hard way when Becky moved in one of my New Leaf towns and was so salty about it I had to restart the town.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

Since when?!

Since always I think! As for moving out villagers, though villagers with less friendship have a somewhat higher chance of asking to move out, in my experience it feels mostly random. After a villager leaves there is a 2 week cooling off period before someone asks to leave. If you say no there is about 5 days of cooling off. Your best bet when you want to move someone is to not reply either way, even if it is a favorite. Instead close the game without completing the conversation (this does mean the same villager can ask multiple days in a row, because you are erasing the face they asked in the first place). Use the thought bubble shifting technique which works with or without time travel and just by the number you have better chance of moving out the villager you want gone. You can find the full description of the thought bubble shifting method in another thread on here. But it works well and is easy and non time consuming (if you are patient and not trying to get a villager out in one day)

 

[Mr.Fox]

I thought your newest move in will in fact ping to move out if someone else attempting to leave has already been rejected.

 

[Tiffany]

I have read that the newest one won't ask to move and I have read that some villagers have asked to move within days of moving in so who knows? Idk if you tt but if you do I've seen youtube videos(look up tagbacktv if you wanna watch them) where he goes forward 15 days and looks for a thought bubble. If there is one and it's who you want great tell them to go. If not move to the next day and check again. Keep moving forward one day at a time until you see the villager you want with the thought bubble. As mentioned above if it's not the person you want quit without finishing the conversation, do not tell the villager not to move or the timer starts over. If you don't tt it's a long wait but the villager you want to leave will eventually get the bubble. I know it's a pain, I've been there many times and it's more so when the same villager gets the bubble multiple times. Also if you want to move someone in from the campsite and they choose a villager you don't want to move close the game without saving and come back and the camper will pick someone else. This too is a long process but worth it if you can get rid of someone you want gone.