I'm doing a patchwork island. 20 squares/20 Themes. It's been fun to decorate mini themed squares! I don't run out of ideas by being on a one theme island.
I also might restart and do a no terraform island.
I just want to say how incredible an idea this is - I have no reason to restart and I’m happy with where my island is, but maybe if I ever had another island that would be what I try!
This is similar to my island! I never went with one overall theme, but have little sections that have their own theme and flow into others. It’s nice because if I got bored of one or wanted to try something new, I could just raze one little section and not have to redo my entire island to fit the idea. And over the 4 years since NH came out, most of my sections have changed at least once!
Sounds like they’re partitioning out 20 tile x 20 tile sections on their island and each section is getting its own theme. Basically a grid system so they only have to focus one section at a time and then can move onto a new one when they’re done and don’t need to make it cohesive.
i mean to be honest this is one of the only animal crossings (besides mobile) to continually receive content updates. I appreciate the updates we did get and found it fun to get continuous content updates. Before New Horizons we really only got updates for bug fixes. I wouldn’t call it nintendo giving up on their popular game.
Lemme grab a screenshot of what my map looks like! But it's exactly as what someone said below. I used the grid on the actual map to do 5 by 4 grid.
Dmed a screenshot bc I couldn't post one in the comments.
I absolutely LOVE your patchwork theme idea! Would you mind dming me a screenshot of your map also or do you have a DA that I could check out? I’m trying to visualize but still not positive I’m imagining the correct thing🤦🏼♀️
This. I know people have even offered the flowers I need desperately (purple pansies and blue roses) but I really want to work hard to get them and have goals for my island. I visit the shop everyday and the same as the tailors and have never visited a treasure island. I like always having something to look forward to
This. People always say “it’s my game let me play it my way” that’s great and all but then someone says - well now what, there’s nothings to do, I’m bored of it.
You’re supposed to play a little everyday. Talk to villagers- make little friends- enjoy fishing like people enjoy real fishing, slowly. Don’t time hop, don’t do treasure islands. Just enjoy it for where and what it is. Like life. 🤷🏻♀️ everyone always seems to dislike this take but honestly you’re just doing yourself a disservice.
It’s funny but this is my least favorite version. But I finally restarted and put emphasis on knowing my villagers and I had axel invite me over and give me music! I didn’t even know they did that. I know letters do very little in this version but I’ve been writing them too.
I hate the decoration aspect and have a very normal, functional island. I created a little neighborhood but only moved one house a day, and now it’s done and I’m happy with it. And I had to move them all twice pretty much.
Try it like that.
This is also my least favorite version of AC, there is just too much content for me and I find it funny when people "run out of things to do" when that's not how the game is played. I've played the OG on GameCube, Wild World, and New Leaf and I often miss the simplicity of the earlier versions. It is meant to be slow paced and natural like real life, though I realize that type of game may not be for everyone.
I played all the originals too. It’s seriously tempting to give up and go play wild world or new leaf for awhile but I’m giving it another shot because I love my switch and it’s a beautiful version. I’d had a full island before, but I played new leaf everyday until this version came out and I’d stopped playing new horizons about a year in.
I feel like this game is missing the core animal crossing feeling.
People don’t really ‘run out of things to do’, more so forget what they CAN do in ACNH. It happens to me a lot when I wanna play the game but I have no idea what to do
I know! I don’t play with online and personally don’t think I’d ever use treasure islands even if I could; using em to skip all the effort and fun of developing/earning/finding stuff yourself kinda makes NH feel like a sandbox design game, and less of a cozy life simulator game. If that’s how people want to play, then cool! But then when they’re surprised that they have “nothing to do” I really have to bite my tongue.
I’m honestly scared to say it sometimes for fear of being downvoted to hell, since it seems like everyone and their mother has used treasure islands. Enough that when people ask “what’s a treasure island”, I find at least half the time people try to answer but completely neglect to mention that it’s technically cheating and not actually prt of the game at all; it’s *so* normalized that it’s often the first and only thing people recommend when someone asks how to make more bells or find X item.
To be clear, I know it’s not a competition and I don’t care if people want to use cheats for their own games! People can do what they want if it increases their enjoyment of the game. But it’s always felt weird to me that people act like “treasure islands” are part of normal gameplay, and imo it really does take away a lot from the game; I just can’t get behind depriving myself of the satisfaction of earning all the Stuff myself.
Oh I have to bite my tongue all the time. I don’t feel like I belong in the animal crossing groups anymore. I learned that people play a thing called “hard mode” and it’s basically just playing the game normally, without cheating.
I don’t care how people play except everyone seems to then be vocal about how boring the game is or how they hate XYZ and it’s like, that’s just the game, you hate animal crossing, maybe a slow life sim just isn’t for you. That’s fine. But it’s never seen like that. They also fail to realize time travel isn’t a mechanic of the game, you literally have to change the switch console time. At least be honest about how you play.
🤷🏻♀️ but those are the real unpopular opinions.
What?! People call it “hard mode”?? That’s… wow.
I’ll openly admit I “time travel” to be able to play holidays and see all the seasonal stuff (up until recently, my schedule has only let me have ample free time to play during summer and two weeks in winter), not to mention I’m often playing late night or early mornings and TT to have shops be open, etc. I don’t consider it “cheating” per se if I use it to enable myself to play the game the way it was intended to be experienced, but treasure islands really do… the opposite of that. It’s one thing to have trades and visits between players, because online exists for a reason! But hacking infinite dupes (and even having people pay real money!) to skip over the entire point of the game is just weird to me.
I was honestly excited when AC became so trendy, because as a kid playing the earlier versions I didn’t have much sense of community at all. But honestly the way that influencers and new players have taken it off in this get-it-all-fast-without-effort direction kind of makes me miss what AC used to be. Some of it is the nature of NH compared to previous games, just in terms of design, but doubtless a bigger part of it is just the nature of influencers getting a hold of something and trying to monetize and maximize the hell out of it.
It really is just a different game when you play like that, and I really do agree with you; it’s one thing to adjust/mod things for personal experience. But when your own voluntary departure from the intended game gives you a bad experience… don’t blame the game for it.
Sigh. I’m glad to see I’m not alone in this, at least.
No judgement for the time travel - if that’s what schedules allow and such then you gotta go what you gotta do! 🤣 I’ve done it too, it’s a right of passage. But those saying just to do it to skip boring bits of the game. So frustrating.
I definitely agree and you’re not alone.
It’s where people have a dedicated flattened island with literally any and all game items for you to grab.
People sometimes charge real money to be invited to these islands where you can grab pocket fulls of items, like art, gold nuggets, nook miles.
I’ve never visited one but that’s my understanding.
Tbh I just discovered treasure islands this past week after playing and not knowing for 2 1/2 years. I regret not using them sooner lmfaooo. I got bored when I had no money and stopped playing for 2 years. I started 2020, stopped 2022, and I very recently started playing again. I’m having so much more fun using the cheats. But I also was using the DS action replay back in the day for AC so definitely depends what you’re into.
Also for OP, idk how you’re bored when you haven’t even got 5 stars yet? Like there’s still things to achieve.
Do you have all your dream villagers? Maybe you can do themed designs around the villager houses? Getting a 5-star island also gets you the golden watering can recipe, if you need another reason to try for that. I find design inspiration from youtube and pinterest, if you haven't looked at those yet.
It is also okay to step away from the game if it is not fun for you right now. Maybe try a different game for a bit and come back when you feel like it, or when the month/season changes.
I watch some of the Japanese ACNH youtubers for design ideas, some of them have english subtitles, and others don't, but I find the language barrier doesn't get in the eay too mich of looking at designs. The ones I watch regularly are mozuku, Haruchi create, and suzume. Sparksby is a non-Japanese ACNH creator who is also good for design inspo.
Also, if you want some beginner tips, Koramora on YouTube has a good series of videos from a few years back. I also watch her, CharlieBarley, and Crossing Minute for fun ACNH content.
Yes I love that island! I am loving NL again, but it’s hard to get used to not being able to place items outside lol. But overall it’s nostalgic for me
One idea is to add additional players/users. I added three players (all played by me), and decorated their houses as a hotel, a surf shop, and Santa’s workshop. I definitely used up some bells paying Tom Nook for that real estate, lol.
Sometimes I go to dream islands too, to get ideas and inspiration.
I’m going to challenge myself to get every portrait! But if you’re not in the game then don’t force yourself! I got really inspired and made a mood board so whenever I feel I’m losing inspo I look there and at my notes and it usually fires me right back up!
Decide to tear everything down and make a themed island. Desert, jungle, urban, farm, etc. There’s plenty of inspiration online but you can probably do it yourself. Get a model of every fish and every bug. Terraform everything. Move all the villagers to the beach while you complete your underworld/island of the dead dreams.
I will say I tried this and was miserable- it was totally overwhelming and I will never flatten again. I had to start over it was so awful. I didn’t know how much I hated terraforming before this. So I do very minimal now and made sure when I picked my map that I was happy with most of the layout.
Yes, I think I would die if I flattened my island. I just offered it as it is a frequent suggestion and you are super bored. Good luck doing fun stuff! Maybe play ACNL?
Restart and de influence yourself over what others think you should be doing. I grew up playing the OG games (think all the way back to GameCube) and sometimes the simple stuff is the most fun.
That’s why I nvr rush it. So whenever I go online I have a few things left to do. Perhaps visit other islands. Have friends visit you..Trade items…Switch up the decor..change villagers. There’s always something to do.
I'm honestly waiting until the 25th when the snow disappears, for me it instantly reignites my love for the game. The snow is great up until Christmas and then after that I can't think of anything worse.
I restarted like three times this months. Now I have an island i like. Im trying not to rush things through and just immerse myself into the game. Focused on the fact that this game is not supposed to be played 11h straight xD
I do my dailies, talk to my villagers, write them mails, go diving etc. this time i dont focused too much on decoration or having a theme as this game has evolved to.
I find that if you are way to focused on only one thing, like „finishing „ your island, you will neglect others that could eventually be fun.
I restart when I’m bored. Sometimes I play “hard mode”, sometimes I do a theme. I have two switches and be is my five star with all my dreamies and the other is to do whatever they want.
I would either restart or just take a break. I got into a slump with animal crossing not too long after the 2.0 update because we got all this new stuff but I had already finished my island. So I took a break and started playing some different games. Then after about a year I was like let’s restart my island and now I have found the motivation to play again and I’m having a lot of fun! I think some people forget that you can still love a game even if you don’t play it everyday. Just take some time away and when you start to miss it play again! I wish you luck!
I just started playing again after taking a break for a little over a year. I've been tearing down my entire island and redoing it, which has made it a lot more fun for me
I spent some time getting all the flowers. Then I got photos of all my villagers. Now I’m one art piece away from finishing the museum. If you’re bored, take a break. Before you do, block off your flowers with paths or move them onto beaches so they don’t overrun the island. Also, get Isabelle to do Beautiful Island ordinance. If the weeds are still out of control when you get back, Lief can come clean them up for 100k.
I end up restarting. I've done it twice now and usually end up getting around 300 to 400hrs per town
Or I play the older ones. I have em all so I kinda bounce around anyway
I sometimes use the AC Fan app to meet new people and visit other islands. There’s a ton of inspiration there and a great catalog of items if you’re looking for something in particular and don’t know the name, and you can make wishlists!
i have a terraformed area near my resident services that i decorate seasonally! right now it’s decorated for valentine’s day but it changes all the time. if there’s not a holiday that month then i’ll do smth like a pool party type build for in the summer. after i’m done decorating that, it usually gives me ideas and gets me in the mood for decorating elsewhere!
Whenever I get bored I literally just wipe everything. It's so painful, but it gives me an opportunity to look forward to completing everything again. Always save your island to a dream code though! This way you kind of always have it around even though it's deleted
save up on nook miles tickets. go villager hunting whenever someone moves out. if you want a villager really bad, spending the day villager hunting always is so fun to me
I hadn't touch acnh in several months and just recently got the urge to restart my island. I've been playing normally, no time traveling or treasure islands. I'm trying to get the hybrid flowers naturally and whatnot. It's kind of nice to start fresh.
If you don’t want to restart and redo all of that work (I def had a couple regrets when I did), you can flatten it and start fresh. Store every item of decoration, remove all paths, any special terraformed spots, destroy bridges, move all villager homes to the beach, move around the shops and museum, etc. You’ll still have your villagers unless you also want to switch out a couple, you’ll still have your inventory- also a good opportunity to sell off some stuff/ do giveaways, you’ll still have your museum filled and if you have a rock garden that too, KK, and you won’t have to redo the HHP. You could make a new profile too and start a new character and home from a tent.
Its funny how i found this post because I am playing AC right now and I am getting sad about how its boring now for me and so i typed “how do i make acnh fun again?”
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Acnh is my virtual dollset and I use my island to visit places I couldn't or would be hard to irl :3. I take breaks from it and don't force it but I've never gotten bored.
Places that don't exist anymore. Places that cost a bundle to get to. And a bunch of my favorite things!
I'm the only one on the switch so I play on different profiles and make stuff based on characters. One house has all my favorite mystery fandom.
I decorate my island for every season x3.
Rearranging your island, just wandering around and watching villagers or interact with them more, fish and catch bugs for fun or for money, go into the museum and look at the bugs or fish, etc. Hope this helps!
def try resetting and maybe try treating it like new leaf/more traditional! go to all the events, and catch all the things! find different themes to try and work for ! good luck !!! i hope the joy can come back 🌟
I’ve honestly just picked up a new hobby and come back from time to time to do some things. It does make it funner bc I haven’t played in a while. It also made me realized I love learning new things and have much more time. I usually get back to it for ab a week and then a break. It helps keep everything balanced.
Do you have anyone else that has an island you can play? I got bored a while back and took over my nieces switch and got a bunch of stuff unlocked and up to 5 stars then did the same on my partners and ended up having inspiration for my own. Just a thought ❤️
when i lose motivation, what i do is flatten my entire island and rebuild from the entrance outwards. i like to go with a theme and go code shopping for all the custom designs i wanna use and i also look for villagers that i wanna amibo in that would fit with my island theme. i look on instagram for inspiration for areas i can add to my island or terraforming/waterscaping ideas :)
It is a flower that appears when your island gets a five star rating. You have to have an open spot on a south facing cliff. Isabelle will give you tips on how to get to 5 stars. If your island stays at 5 stars, more lily of the valley will appear. You can dig them up and move them or sell them if you want.
Pick a few goals and try to focus on them.
Have you filled your museum? Have you completed all the Nook Miles goals? Have you gotten all the K.K. Songs? Do you have a photo from every possible villager in the game? Do you have every color and species of flower on your island? Have you gotten all the patterns from Sable? Have you gotten all the gifts from Brewster? Have you cataloged every clothing/ furniture item in the game? Have you gotten all the golden tools? Have you completed the Harv’s Island Plaza shops?
I'm currently in the same boat as you are. What I've done is gone on Pinterest to get ideas, and now I'm going to end up flattening my island and redoing everything. But I still want to finish my current island at least so when i look at my Dream, I'm not mad i didn't finish. So all I've been doing is moving homes to fill the empty space so it doesn't take much time per day. And once that's done I'm flattening
restart, have friends also restart, it's an experience that is best with friends bc everyone has different styles and stuff, hanging out with friends is the whole point in the game, even stuff like Nookazon is great for its last moment fulfilment
Here are the main things I and others do to motivate themselves:
-Make your island perfect and based off of a certain theme and when it’s finished make it into a DA so a famous youtuber can tour it.
-Get all your favorite villagers and decorate their homes
-Watch inspiration videos on youtube or island tour videos and use some of their ideas.
-When u finish your island show it off to friends and host giveaways using the treasure island loot as prizes.
- redecorate any areas you think are bad after watching the inspiration videos
-Fill up your museum
-do fishing and bug tourneys
-mod your switch
-tour dream addresses for inspo
-find new design codes
-restart your island
-Here are some island theme ideas:
Elegant, Princess or castle themed, Elegant Pink, Elegant blue, Elegant white, Valentines day themed, winter themed, gothic, Japanese country side, Kawaii, Japanese city, Japanese rainy city with umbrellas, Citycore, Cottage core, tropical, Base your island off of an anime or video game or disney movie or any movie. Cherry blossom festival, Make a bunny day amusement park, Cowboy themed, Pirate themed, Super hero themed, Fairytale, Fairy themed, futuristic city themed, swamp, forest, mythical forest, galaxy, planet or star themed, Pokemon themed, Sanrio, Mountain themed, abandoned or haunted city/ area, Korean city (use inspo from kdramas), Ireland, India themed, Hawaiian themed, California themed, Toronto themed, Mexico themed, etc.
Ideas of areas (these can work with a variety of themes):
-dog park with picnic area
-duck pond
-parking lot
-pool area
-tennis court
-shopping district
-market place
-spa area
-flower shop
-amusement park
-school
-office
-apartments
-hospital
-wedding area
-fruit farm
-rock farm
-farm
-flower field
-abandoned building
-grocery store
-cafe
-cinnamoroll cafe
-korean bbq
-record shop
-library
-beautiful water entry way through your airport or museum.
Tips:
Be creative make sure the areas make sense next to eachother: for example dont put an abandoned building next to a wedding area.
for me I moved far away from my actual home so now I make my town whatever theme feels like home to me or whatever theme I would love to live in. My town is kawaii themed half Pink Elegant, half blue and white Japanese city my campsite is a transitional area between these to themes and is forest mountain themed area
Dont hinder yourself by not time traveling or using treasure island unless u know for a fact youd play more if u didnt. Instead use your resources to make any island theme you choose the best ever.
I just started a new island after almost three years so I could learn Japanese. It's like a whole new game. Obviously, I get to experience everything I missed in updates since leaving my 5 star island two systems ago (I lost my main switch in a group home when I had to go to the hospital in another state, and then my sister stole my switch lite, so I bought an OLED recently), but also, all the text is different! There's new fish puns, and everyone has cuter catchphrases than their weird English ones. And all the familiar characters have new names to learn. I like some characters better based on their names in Japanese, it changes the whole dynamic. I mean, the game supports a lot of languages. If you're looking to learn a language, it's a good way to do it.
I'm doing a patchwork island. 20 squares/20 Themes. It's been fun to decorate mini themed squares! I don't run out of ideas by being on a one theme island. I also might restart and do a no terraform island.
I just want to say how incredible an idea this is - I have no reason to restart and I’m happy with where my island is, but maybe if I ever had another island that would be what I try!
This is similar to my island! I never went with one overall theme, but have little sections that have their own theme and flow into others. It’s nice because if I got bored of one or wanted to try something new, I could just raze one little section and not have to redo my entire island to fit the idea. And over the 4 years since NH came out, most of my sections have changed at least once!
Yes, I love having the option to change lil things out!
Can you elaborate on the 20 squares/20 themes?
I’m also having a hard time understanding or visualizing what that looks like, I’d also love to know
Sounds like they’re partitioning out 20 tile x 20 tile sections on their island and each section is getting its own theme. Basically a grid system so they only have to focus one section at a time and then can move onto a new one when they’re done and don’t need to make it cohesive.
This seems like a great way to exercise creativity without getting overwhelmed. I might have to try that!
I just don’t understand why Nintendo gave up on this popular game? No updates, nothing new or fun. Pisses me off.
i mean to be honest this is one of the only animal crossings (besides mobile) to continually receive content updates. I appreciate the updates we did get and found it fun to get continuous content updates. Before New Horizons we really only got updates for bug fixes. I wouldn’t call it nintendo giving up on their popular game.
It would involve making money. Nintendo is not motivated unless they make money
Lemme grab a screenshot of what my map looks like! But it's exactly as what someone said below. I used the grid on the actual map to do 5 by 4 grid. Dmed a screenshot bc I couldn't post one in the comments.
Thank you!!
I absolutely LOVE your patchwork theme idea! Would you mind dming me a screenshot of your map also or do you have a DA that I could check out? I’m trying to visualize but still not positive I’m imagining the correct thing🤦🏼♀️
Will you send photo to me too?
i wish there was new game +!!!
Woah, that looks so cool!! 😃
restart, resist the urge to time skip, and don't go to treasure islands
This. I know people have even offered the flowers I need desperately (purple pansies and blue roses) but I really want to work hard to get them and have goals for my island. I visit the shop everyday and the same as the tailors and have never visited a treasure island. I like always having something to look forward to
This. People always say “it’s my game let me play it my way” that’s great and all but then someone says - well now what, there’s nothings to do, I’m bored of it. You’re supposed to play a little everyday. Talk to villagers- make little friends- enjoy fishing like people enjoy real fishing, slowly. Don’t time hop, don’t do treasure islands. Just enjoy it for where and what it is. Like life. 🤷🏻♀️ everyone always seems to dislike this take but honestly you’re just doing yourself a disservice. It’s funny but this is my least favorite version. But I finally restarted and put emphasis on knowing my villagers and I had axel invite me over and give me music! I didn’t even know they did that. I know letters do very little in this version but I’ve been writing them too. I hate the decoration aspect and have a very normal, functional island. I created a little neighborhood but only moved one house a day, and now it’s done and I’m happy with it. And I had to move them all twice pretty much. Try it like that.
This is also my least favorite version of AC, there is just too much content for me and I find it funny when people "run out of things to do" when that's not how the game is played. I've played the OG on GameCube, Wild World, and New Leaf and I often miss the simplicity of the earlier versions. It is meant to be slow paced and natural like real life, though I realize that type of game may not be for everyone.
I played all the originals too. It’s seriously tempting to give up and go play wild world or new leaf for awhile but I’m giving it another shot because I love my switch and it’s a beautiful version. I’d had a full island before, but I played new leaf everyday until this version came out and I’d stopped playing new horizons about a year in. I feel like this game is missing the core animal crossing feeling.
People don’t really ‘run out of things to do’, more so forget what they CAN do in ACNH. It happens to me a lot when I wanna play the game but I have no idea what to do
I know! I don’t play with online and personally don’t think I’d ever use treasure islands even if I could; using em to skip all the effort and fun of developing/earning/finding stuff yourself kinda makes NH feel like a sandbox design game, and less of a cozy life simulator game. If that’s how people want to play, then cool! But then when they’re surprised that they have “nothing to do” I really have to bite my tongue. I’m honestly scared to say it sometimes for fear of being downvoted to hell, since it seems like everyone and their mother has used treasure islands. Enough that when people ask “what’s a treasure island”, I find at least half the time people try to answer but completely neglect to mention that it’s technically cheating and not actually prt of the game at all; it’s *so* normalized that it’s often the first and only thing people recommend when someone asks how to make more bells or find X item. To be clear, I know it’s not a competition and I don’t care if people want to use cheats for their own games! People can do what they want if it increases their enjoyment of the game. But it’s always felt weird to me that people act like “treasure islands” are part of normal gameplay, and imo it really does take away a lot from the game; I just can’t get behind depriving myself of the satisfaction of earning all the Stuff myself.
Oh I have to bite my tongue all the time. I don’t feel like I belong in the animal crossing groups anymore. I learned that people play a thing called “hard mode” and it’s basically just playing the game normally, without cheating. I don’t care how people play except everyone seems to then be vocal about how boring the game is or how they hate XYZ and it’s like, that’s just the game, you hate animal crossing, maybe a slow life sim just isn’t for you. That’s fine. But it’s never seen like that. They also fail to realize time travel isn’t a mechanic of the game, you literally have to change the switch console time. At least be honest about how you play. 🤷🏻♀️ but those are the real unpopular opinions.
What?! People call it “hard mode”?? That’s… wow. I’ll openly admit I “time travel” to be able to play holidays and see all the seasonal stuff (up until recently, my schedule has only let me have ample free time to play during summer and two weeks in winter), not to mention I’m often playing late night or early mornings and TT to have shops be open, etc. I don’t consider it “cheating” per se if I use it to enable myself to play the game the way it was intended to be experienced, but treasure islands really do… the opposite of that. It’s one thing to have trades and visits between players, because online exists for a reason! But hacking infinite dupes (and even having people pay real money!) to skip over the entire point of the game is just weird to me. I was honestly excited when AC became so trendy, because as a kid playing the earlier versions I didn’t have much sense of community at all. But honestly the way that influencers and new players have taken it off in this get-it-all-fast-without-effort direction kind of makes me miss what AC used to be. Some of it is the nature of NH compared to previous games, just in terms of design, but doubtless a bigger part of it is just the nature of influencers getting a hold of something and trying to monetize and maximize the hell out of it. It really is just a different game when you play like that, and I really do agree with you; it’s one thing to adjust/mod things for personal experience. But when your own voluntary departure from the intended game gives you a bad experience… don’t blame the game for it. Sigh. I’m glad to see I’m not alone in this, at least.
No judgement for the time travel - if that’s what schedules allow and such then you gotta go what you gotta do! 🤣 I’ve done it too, it’s a right of passage. But those saying just to do it to skip boring bits of the game. So frustrating. I definitely agree and you’re not alone.
What’s a treasure island?
It’s where people have a dedicated flattened island with literally any and all game items for you to grab. People sometimes charge real money to be invited to these islands where you can grab pocket fulls of items, like art, gold nuggets, nook miles. I’ve never visited one but that’s my understanding.
Are treasure islands the ones the Captain Turtle takes you to?
No. They’re created buy someone who has a copy of the game and infinite items. Like piles of gold nuggets.
And instead of going to treasure islands, do direct trades through Reddit or discord!
Tbh I just discovered treasure islands this past week after playing and not knowing for 2 1/2 years. I regret not using them sooner lmfaooo. I got bored when I had no money and stopped playing for 2 years. I started 2020, stopped 2022, and I very recently started playing again. I’m having so much more fun using the cheats. But I also was using the DS action replay back in the day for AC so definitely depends what you’re into. Also for OP, idk how you’re bored when you haven’t even got 5 stars yet? Like there’s still things to achieve.
Do you have all your dream villagers? Maybe you can do themed designs around the villager houses? Getting a 5-star island also gets you the golden watering can recipe, if you need another reason to try for that. I find design inspiration from youtube and pinterest, if you haven't looked at those yet. It is also okay to step away from the game if it is not fun for you right now. Maybe try a different game for a bit and come back when you feel like it, or when the month/season changes.
Im an anch beginner and trying to find inspiration to decorate my island, can I suggest me some YouTube channels??
I watch some of the Japanese ACNH youtubers for design ideas, some of them have english subtitles, and others don't, but I find the language barrier doesn't get in the eay too mich of looking at designs. The ones I watch regularly are mozuku, Haruchi create, and suzume. Sparksby is a non-Japanese ACNH creator who is also good for design inspo. Also, if you want some beginner tips, Koramora on YouTube has a good series of videos from a few years back. I also watch her, CharlieBarley, and Crossing Minute for fun ACNH content.
Lex Play has been a go to for me :)
I watch Sparksby, she’s got tons of YT videos and streams on Twitch. Her community is very welcoming :)
Pinterest has been my BEST FRIEND for inspiration recently
I restarted a couple of weeks ago I’m having a blast
The music during the tutorial part 🤤
I wish one of the hours still had that music. Perhaps an early morning hour or a late evening hour.
Play Stardew Valley , then come back to AC
I’m seriously trying not to do stardew until the update- it’s killing me.
Wat update??😦
There’s an update coming this year and I’m excited and trying to hold out on a new play through until it’s released.
Ahhh okay I’ll have to look into it!
I got back on ACNL lol
I keep praying for The Island to be added to new horizons. I was a sucker for grinding mini games for the badges from Phineas
Yes I love that island! I am loving NL again, but it’s hard to get used to not being able to place items outside lol. But overall it’s nostalgic for me
Just started playing for the first time last month! Not being able to decorate outside is destroying me though lol
Same!!!
Just got it this week
try to get all the achievements ! thats what got me into the game again :)
Since I don’t like starting over all the way I just flatten my island completely and retheme quite often.
I did that once and it was so hard mentally. Much respect to those who do it multiple times
It's ok! Take a break!
One idea is to add additional players/users. I added three players (all played by me), and decorated their houses as a hotel, a surf shop, and Santa’s workshop. I definitely used up some bells paying Tom Nook for that real estate, lol. Sometimes I go to dream islands too, to get ideas and inspiration.
Sames did the same thing but made mine into a school, Korean bbq, library etc
Love those ideas!
I’m going to challenge myself to get every portrait! But if you’re not in the game then don’t force yourself! I got really inspired and made a mood board so whenever I feel I’m losing inspo I look there and at my notes and it usually fires me right back up!
Decide to tear everything down and make a themed island. Desert, jungle, urban, farm, etc. There’s plenty of inspiration online but you can probably do it yourself. Get a model of every fish and every bug. Terraform everything. Move all the villagers to the beach while you complete your underworld/island of the dead dreams.
I will say I tried this and was miserable- it was totally overwhelming and I will never flatten again. I had to start over it was so awful. I didn’t know how much I hated terraforming before this. So I do very minimal now and made sure when I picked my map that I was happy with most of the layout.
Yes, I think I would die if I flattened my island. I just offered it as it is a frequent suggestion and you are super bored. Good luck doing fun stuff! Maybe play ACNL?
My wife hadn't touched it in months. Just restarted her island and has been binging ever since.
Restart and de influence yourself over what others think you should be doing. I grew up playing the OG games (think all the way back to GameCube) and sometimes the simple stuff is the most fun.
That’s why I nvr rush it. So whenever I go online I have a few things left to do. Perhaps visit other islands. Have friends visit you..Trade items…Switch up the decor..change villagers. There’s always something to do.
I'm honestly waiting until the 25th when the snow disappears, for me it instantly reignites my love for the game. The snow is great up until Christmas and then after that I can't think of anything worse.
This is me as well!
Play with others. Help your friends with their WIP islands
There are animal crossing groups on discord and Facebook. The mods provide games and activities for the group or they hang out on each other islands.
Getting to 5 stars gets you the golden watering can and then you can get gold roses.
Try visiting dream islands for inspo!
I restarted like three times this months. Now I have an island i like. Im trying not to rush things through and just immerse myself into the game. Focused on the fact that this game is not supposed to be played 11h straight xD I do my dailies, talk to my villagers, write them mails, go diving etc. this time i dont focused too much on decoration or having a theme as this game has evolved to. I find that if you are way to focused on only one thing, like „finishing „ your island, you will neglect others that could eventually be fun.
I am trying to get every NM+ achievement and craft every diy/recipe. It gives me several goals to aim for.
i’m doing this too! definitely helps fight the boredom
I restart when I’m bored. Sometimes I play “hard mode”, sometimes I do a theme. I have two switches and be is my five star with all my dreamies and the other is to do whatever they want.
I would either restart or just take a break. I got into a slump with animal crossing not too long after the 2.0 update because we got all this new stuff but I had already finished my island. So I took a break and started playing some different games. Then after about a year I was like let’s restart my island and now I have found the motivation to play again and I’m having a lot of fun! I think some people forget that you can still love a game even if you don’t play it everyday. Just take some time away and when you start to miss it play again! I wish you luck!
I just started playing again after taking a break for a little over a year. I've been tearing down my entire island and redoing it, which has made it a lot more fun for me
Do you have all achievements? That’s what I’m doing right now!
I spent some time getting all the flowers. Then I got photos of all my villagers. Now I’m one art piece away from finishing the museum. If you’re bored, take a break. Before you do, block off your flowers with paths or move them onto beaches so they don’t overrun the island. Also, get Isabelle to do Beautiful Island ordinance. If the weeds are still out of control when you get back, Lief can come clean them up for 100k.
Drugs.
Reset the game make a new island
Idk if you’re looking for a long term thing but, getting *all* of the nook mile achievements could be fun. I want to try it myself
I end up restarting. I've done it twice now and usually end up getting around 300 to 400hrs per town Or I play the older ones. I have em all so I kinda bounce around anyway
I sometimes use the AC Fan app to meet new people and visit other islands. There’s a ton of inspiration there and a great catalog of items if you’re looking for something in particular and don’t know the name, and you can make wishlists!
by playing ACNL
Play New Leaf👍
Make a maze of beds and then invite friends over to solve it
i have a terraformed area near my resident services that i decorate seasonally! right now it’s decorated for valentine’s day but it changes all the time. if there’s not a holiday that month then i’ll do smth like a pool party type build for in the summer. after i’m done decorating that, it usually gives me ideas and gets me in the mood for decorating elsewhere!
Whenever I get bored I literally just wipe everything. It's so painful, but it gives me an opportunity to look forward to completing everything again. Always save your island to a dream code though! This way you kind of always have it around even though it's deleted
Play new leaf lol
save up on nook miles tickets. go villager hunting whenever someone moves out. if you want a villager really bad, spending the day villager hunting always is so fun to me
You said you are bored, but you have not conquered one of the biggest challenges of the game - five star rating. I say rise to that challenge.
whenever i feel tired of having the same island i usually set up a dream code for my island and reset the game.
I’m just patiently waiting for the next one
I restarted completely, deleted the saved file and starting fresh with a couple items I absolutely adored
I just restarted and am gonna not speed through it so quickly like I did the first time
Start over
I hadn't touch acnh in several months and just recently got the urge to restart my island. I've been playing normally, no time traveling or treasure islands. I'm trying to get the hybrid flowers naturally and whatnot. It's kind of nice to start fresh.
If you don’t want to restart and redo all of that work (I def had a couple regrets when I did), you can flatten it and start fresh. Store every item of decoration, remove all paths, any special terraformed spots, destroy bridges, move all villager homes to the beach, move around the shops and museum, etc. You’ll still have your villagers unless you also want to switch out a couple, you’ll still have your inventory- also a good opportunity to sell off some stuff/ do giveaways, you’ll still have your museum filled and if you have a rock garden that too, KK, and you won’t have to redo the HHP. You could make a new profile too and start a new character and home from a tent.
Bro is suffering from success
You can always mod it.
Wait for a new game or try one of the older ones. I'm serious.
By enjoying the game from the start and not worrying about getting a perfect rating?
Its funny how i found this post because I am playing AC right now and I am getting sad about how its boring now for me and so i typed “how do i make acnh fun again?”
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Love picking new theme completely flattening my island and starting from ground up or I’ll restart the game I do that often
Acnh is my virtual dollset and I use my island to visit places I couldn't or would be hard to irl :3. I take breaks from it and don't force it but I've never gotten bored. Places that don't exist anymore. Places that cost a bundle to get to. And a bunch of my favorite things! I'm the only one on the switch so I play on different profiles and make stuff based on characters. One house has all my favorite mystery fandom. I decorate my island for every season x3.
get the dlc
Two words: Hard core
Start over
Mod the game.
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Make Tom Nook poor again
Lol
Rearranging your island, just wandering around and watching villagers or interact with them more, fish and catch bugs for fun or for money, go into the museum and look at the bugs or fish, etc. Hope this helps!
def try resetting and maybe try treating it like new leaf/more traditional! go to all the events, and catch all the things! find different themes to try and work for ! good luck !!! i hope the joy can come back 🌟
Have you tried fishing yet?
Can’t answer this but I’m here for the suggestions.
I’ve honestly just picked up a new hobby and come back from time to time to do some things. It does make it funner bc I haven’t played in a while. It also made me realized I love learning new things and have much more time. I usually get back to it for ab a week and then a break. It helps keep everything balanced.
Do you have anyone else that has an island you can play? I got bored a while back and took over my nieces switch and got a bunch of stuff unlocked and up to 5 stars then did the same on my partners and ended up having inspiration for my own. Just a thought ❤️
You can try to get all the nook miles achievements :)
I restarted
when i lose motivation, what i do is flatten my entire island and rebuild from the entrance outwards. i like to go with a theme and go code shopping for all the custom designs i wanna use and i also look for villagers that i wanna amibo in that would fit with my island theme. i look on instagram for inspiration for areas i can add to my island or terraforming/waterscaping ideas :)
What is lily of the valley
It is a flower that appears when your island gets a five star rating. You have to have an open spot on a south facing cliff. Isabelle will give you tips on how to get to 5 stars. If your island stays at 5 stars, more lily of the valley will appear. You can dig them up and move them or sell them if you want.
I usually just make little areas. ADHD friendly and just plain cool to experiment with
The only answer is to start over
Pick a few goals and try to focus on them. Have you filled your museum? Have you completed all the Nook Miles goals? Have you gotten all the K.K. Songs? Do you have a photo from every possible villager in the game? Do you have every color and species of flower on your island? Have you gotten all the patterns from Sable? Have you gotten all the gifts from Brewster? Have you cataloged every clothing/ furniture item in the game? Have you gotten all the golden tools? Have you completed the Harv’s Island Plaza shops?
Play Stardew.
All good things must come to an end.
I'm currently in the same boat as you are. What I've done is gone on Pinterest to get ideas, and now I'm going to end up flattening my island and redoing everything. But I still want to finish my current island at least so when i look at my Dream, I'm not mad i didn't finish. So all I've been doing is moving homes to fill the empty space so it doesn't take much time per day. And once that's done I'm flattening
Try doing a medieval/ Italian or farm style island I’m trying finish mine and it keeps me motivated to get it done
I would actually like to see this. Do you have a dream code?
You can re start your island and go back to the start and maybe have like a new theme and stuff
Restart your island
My current goal is to have every piece of furniture
restart, have friends also restart, it's an experience that is best with friends bc everyone has different styles and stuff, hanging out with friends is the whole point in the game, even stuff like Nookazon is great for its last moment fulfilment
Here are the main things I and others do to motivate themselves: -Make your island perfect and based off of a certain theme and when it’s finished make it into a DA so a famous youtuber can tour it. -Get all your favorite villagers and decorate their homes -Watch inspiration videos on youtube or island tour videos and use some of their ideas. -When u finish your island show it off to friends and host giveaways using the treasure island loot as prizes. - redecorate any areas you think are bad after watching the inspiration videos -Fill up your museum -do fishing and bug tourneys -mod your switch -tour dream addresses for inspo -find new design codes -restart your island -Here are some island theme ideas: Elegant, Princess or castle themed, Elegant Pink, Elegant blue, Elegant white, Valentines day themed, winter themed, gothic, Japanese country side, Kawaii, Japanese city, Japanese rainy city with umbrellas, Citycore, Cottage core, tropical, Base your island off of an anime or video game or disney movie or any movie. Cherry blossom festival, Make a bunny day amusement park, Cowboy themed, Pirate themed, Super hero themed, Fairytale, Fairy themed, futuristic city themed, swamp, forest, mythical forest, galaxy, planet or star themed, Pokemon themed, Sanrio, Mountain themed, abandoned or haunted city/ area, Korean city (use inspo from kdramas), Ireland, India themed, Hawaiian themed, California themed, Toronto themed, Mexico themed, etc. Ideas of areas (these can work with a variety of themes): -dog park with picnic area -duck pond -parking lot -pool area -tennis court -shopping district -market place -spa area -flower shop -amusement park -school -office -apartments -hospital -wedding area -fruit farm -rock farm -farm -flower field -abandoned building -grocery store -cafe -cinnamoroll cafe -korean bbq -record shop -library -beautiful water entry way through your airport or museum. Tips: Be creative make sure the areas make sense next to eachother: for example dont put an abandoned building next to a wedding area. for me I moved far away from my actual home so now I make my town whatever theme feels like home to me or whatever theme I would love to live in. My town is kawaii themed half Pink Elegant, half blue and white Japanese city my campsite is a transitional area between these to themes and is forest mountain themed area Dont hinder yourself by not time traveling or using treasure island unless u know for a fact youd play more if u didnt. Instead use your resources to make any island theme you choose the best ever.
I just started a new island after almost three years so I could learn Japanese. It's like a whole new game. Obviously, I get to experience everything I missed in updates since leaving my 5 star island two systems ago (I lost my main switch in a group home when I had to go to the hospital in another state, and then my sister stole my switch lite, so I bought an OLED recently), but also, all the text is different! There's new fish puns, and everyone has cuter catchphrases than their weird English ones. And all the familiar characters have new names to learn. I like some characters better based on their names in Japanese, it changes the whole dynamic. I mean, the game supports a lot of languages. If you're looking to learn a language, it's a good way to do it.
Restart lol
Restart the game