what's the best ordinance?

[chocolatepumpkin]

i use beautiful island but used some flowers as a fence when i was #brokeashell and it uh.... spread into chaos. so im probably gonna ditch that one.

8/18/25: new update, i changed to bell boom cause i was low on bells and i dont really buy anything besides clothes from able sisters

just wanted to add that i use time travel, so thats why i never use early bird or night owl

 

[rrenaa]

I like using the Night Owl ordinance since the villagers stay out longer and the shops close later. I’d say Bell Boom is probably the best though, it’s really helpful for building up your bells.

 

[azurill]

For me it depends on what I am trying to do. Most of the time I use the night owl ordinance. If I am looking for a specific flower color I will use Beautiful island and just make sure that my flowers only grow in that one area. This way they won’t take over the island. When I was trying to sell turnips I would have the early bird so I can check the morning price before I left for the day.

 

[stitchmaker]

Night Owl because it's when I play the most. The flowers don't die in this game so I skipped Beautiful Town. Used it in Animal Crossing New Leaf to save time on watering each day.

 

[Lilyacre]

I do the early bird one because I’m usually playing between 5am-7am so it helps for shops to be open and villagers to be awake. It depends on how you play though and what’s important to you. I’d personally never do the beautiful one because of the flower chaos!

 

[whimsu]

I went with night owl since that's my most played time.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Night Owl really is a good ordinance; I feel like with Beautiful Island way too many flowers pop up. Longer hours for shops is nice!

 

[Mimikyu's Shadow]

I prefer Early bird since that's my time of day normally in New Horizons. I like the Beautiful ordinance but flowers get outta control. I prefer it in New leaf bc my flowers wont die if I leave them for two days. Here in New Horizons though, its early bird for me.

 

[Rainy.Nights]

I always use Night Owl because I tend to stay up late so it makes the game more enjoyable for me. When I first started playing the first few months I used Beautiful Island to get hybrids started, but by now it seems the flowers are getting out of hand even without it. I'm good enough on bells, I don't need Bell Boom.

 

[Zeoi]

I just dont do ordinances. Night Owl is appealing but I find it just moves the end times by one hour. and I'm up much longer than that >.<
and I ever made habit to adjust Switch time only within that day. for like if I wake up in the afternoon, I'll make Switch time to morning of that day. and then I dont ever time backwards or forward to other dates. and so Early Bird is moot too
But I might try Beautiful Island for flower hybrids when I make a more efficient setup for flowers to better make sense of them all
Bell Boom I'm also good on bells to not much need for it

 

[-Blue-]

Beautiful is useless now so I doubt many use that compared to how many did in NL. Bell Boom is good but the drawback is buying stuff so I would imagine most would either eat the loss or have a way to hop islands without bell-boom. I forget but I think I might've done night owl because of my work schedule especially during the pandemic.

I thought it would've been a bit longer than a 1-2 hour difference though? It doesn't feel long enough to be considered an ordinance.

 

[KittenNoir]

I use the Night Owl ordinance as I play mostly at night plus I also prefer my island shops to be open later.

 

[PugLovex]

i primarily use beautiful town, but i also don't believe it serves as great of a purpose as it did in new leaf, so i'm contemplating switching my ordinance in nh.

as a kid and even now, i'm very night owlish. i've known that since when i would have the night owl ordinance enacted in my new leaf town, and i would STILL complain that the shops weren't open late enough hahaha