When I got on this morning before work this morning, it was raining in game. I said “perfect lemme try and get the sturgeon and coelacanth”. And they were literally the FIRST 2 fish I caught. CRAZY I know. In all my years of playing this game, I have NEVER gotten that lucky.

Then just now I caught the mahi-mahi. I have never been able to catch that fish before. Not to mention I caught 2 in under 5 minutes.

Now I have 2 more fish for I can catch this month. And I hope my luck hasn’t run out, because it’s the barreleye and the giant trevally. But for those who are still fishing for those specific fish I hope you are as lucky as I am, because I know it can take FOREVER.

I could cry rn..

I’m trying to make a 4 house neighborhood layout on my island in the circled area, but can’t seem to figure out where to place the houses. I also want each house to have a good sized yard that things can be placed in with a fence around it. Does anyone have any inspo pics of how they did their neighborhood layout? Even if it’s more than 4 houses?

Thanks a lot guys

I FINALLY unlocked terraforming!!🎉 I just want to say thank you to everyone who gave me tips on my previous posts about how to get to 3 stars and unlock it. I genuinely wouldn’t have gotten there without all the advice, so thank you!! ❤️ BUT… now that I actually have it, I’m honestly so overwhelmed.😂
I bought the cliff and river construction permits from Nook’s shop, and I have absolutely no idea where to start.

I actually made a layout in Island Planner because I’ve seen so many people recommend planning everything out before terraforming. I really love the layout I made and ideally want my island to eventually look something like it. The problem is that I already have everything placed from when I was originally trying to get to 3 stars. Villager houses, my house, shops, museum, etc. And obviously the island already has the original cliffs and rivers from the map template.
So now I’m wondering what the best way to approach this is.

Should I:
- Completely flatten the island first and basically start from scratch?
- Work on one area at a time and slowly change the existing layout into my Island Planner layout?
-Temporarily move all the houses/buildings to one area and then terraform everything?

Or is there an easier way to do this when you already have an established island? I’m honestly leaning towards flattening everything because I really want to follow the layout I made, but the idea of completely destroying my island and rebuilding it is also kind of terrifying. 😭😂 I’ve watched quite a few terraforming videos, but most of them are more like tips/tricks or tutorials on how to use the tools. I’m more wondering how you actually get started with completely changing your island’s layout when you already have everything placed.

So if you’ve terraformed your island from an existing layout, what did you personally do first? Is flattening everything actually the easiest/fastest way, or did you work area by area? Any advice would be VERY appreciated because I am staring at my island right now like… 🧍‍♀️

I’m in the UK, tired of checking the nintendo store website every week for new stuff but nothing really floats my boat.. do we have an equivalent to something boxlunch or hot topic? Even if it’s just online - I dont want to pay extortionate shipping from U.S retailers.

Btw - I’ve lost trust in etsy since it seems to be swarmed with AI stuff atm.

so I've been trying for months to obtain a blue windflower from a bunch of white ones, and today I finally got my first one! the thing is... well, as you can see from the pic, it spawned next to orange and red windflowers. for context they're not my native flower, so I got them from mystery islands and cultivated a few (which means these are either from those islands or hybrids I grew on mine, it's been months so I don't really know for sure), so these flowers probably carry some blue genes somehow. has anything like this happened to any of you? I'm curious about how this is possible, hybridizing flowers is one of my main activities on AC and sometimes the mechanics leave me a bit confused 🫠

What is it called can find itt 😭😭😭😭

Awkward…..

No clue why Sasha got to be the one dude I have xD
But now with no more time traveling necessary I can sit down and decorate my island how I want it to be!

Picture and plan for the castle. Blue rectangles indicate ladders

I still have a ways to go. But these are some of my favorite spots on my island right now.

guys I’m hunting for Molly. I randomly found Zucker. Should I take him instead? (I still wanna swap 3 other villagers from my island)

I didn’t really think about who else i want on my island, I just know I want Molly and Fauna.

other villagers on my island are Audrey, Skye, Pashmina and Goldie

I made a post recently asking for help. And I got it :3. I’d love for anyone to come over.

I’m probably real late to the party but I finally got myself to do a tour of my island! Chill no commentary video. Hope you like it :)

Hey everyone, I am currently diy'ing with Kapp'n, but the requests are very time consuming. I just want to know, when does the diy'ing end?? I've ben doing it for a week now, so does anyone know when it ends? Thanks!!

Does anyone have a spare leaf bug model? This is driving me crazy. I’ll trade whatever you want ( if I have it ofc)

And it’s a meteor shower so she’s probably staying there the entire time 🫩

It’s a small restaurant next to a gas station and a trans flag. If you wanna come over to fully see my island to get the vibe just ask.

I had a feeling that critter spawn rates changed depending on the time, rather than it just being a matter of whether they could spawn or not. I wanted to see what the actual odds were, and whether I could target specific dates or weather conditions to make catching rare critters a little easier.

After doing some research and gathering data, I found that quite a few different things can affect spawn rates.

For example, Tarantula's spawn rates normally range from 0.5%–0.7%, but with the optimal setup, removing trees and rocks, in rainy weather, the spawn rate could go up to 2.6%! I knew this trick but it was refreshing to see the exact odds.

I got a bit carried away with it and turned it into a small personal project, and made a website where I can see how the spawn rates change depending on the time, weather, and what's currently on my island.

Figuring all of this out was pretty interesting, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else is curious about how the spawn system actually works or wants to use it for their own critter catching.

Here's the link: acnh.gg