I have not terraformed beyond laying paths and narrowing one river bend. No digging, no extra cliffs and no extra waterfalls.... nothing. And you know what? I love it!
I am loving this island, Ryan!! I think at this point we've almost been conditioned to think that an island has to be so full you can barely walk through it, this is like a breath of fresh air, I love it!
the only cliffs I’ve been able to make without going mad are all way in the back (minus the house I built to replicate a local bar). idk how ppl can make sporadic cliffs/hills everywhere. somehow it always looks great, but I instantly feel cramped whenever I try to actually organize/decorate my island 😩
@@Moon-yq5yf watch youtube island tours or if you have nintendo online go to a dream island by pressing suprise me then you get sent to a 5 star island and you can get some ideas
It was like that in older Animal Crossing games. The map layout you got was the one you had to stick with for the rest of your playthrough. In all games except New Leaf, you couldn't even see the map before you arrived at your town.
I have a 5-star island that I've done in the same way. Almost no terraforming and (even though I do have a Nintendo acct) I don't play with other people, so all my items are ones that I've found or bought from the shops. I will tell you, the pain you are feeling does not go away, and it does limit you for a long time. I've been playing for about 7-8 months and my island is nowhere near complete, even though we are 5 stars, have top tier villagers, and are swimming in bells, haha. What it all comes down to is just the luck of the draw and trying to work creatively with the space you have.
@@filisora Just doing the daily tasks and trying to hit those achievements to get those nook miles. It can add up pretty quickly. Think about it, you start with 5 tasks each is worth 100-250 miles plus modifiers. Let's say on the low side, you have all 100 x2 tasks. Doing all 5 you get 1000 nook miles. As you complete the tasks new ones load in, just without the modifiers, so you can just keep going. Anywhere from 5-15 tasks can earn you 2000 nook miles. Boom! One nook miles ticket. It can actually add up pretty fast if you're willing to grind a little. As for bells, I just literally sell everything to the Nooks. Seashells, unwanted flowers, twigs, everything. And don't forget bell and fruit trees! I save my weeds for Leaf, bugs for Flick, and fish for CJ though because they buy for more than the Nooks do. But you can certainly sell those to the nooks when you are hurting for cash. I hope some of that helps!
Doing stuff with limited resources and succeeding is, in my opinion, much, much more rewarding than going online and getting all the stuff in the world along custom designs that's not even yours and filling your island with them. Or even worse, copying what someone else has done. I haven't visited anyone's island and nobody has ever visited my island either and I do not use a single custom design. I have only the items I have got myself on my island and I'm very pleased for the outcome and hard work I have put in my island. (I also quitted for about 10 months so I missed a lot of stuff) There's only very little terraforming too that I have done and I never moved a single house or other building. I just made it work with what little I have. And no island is ever done. 🙂
@@filisora diving for sea creatures is how I make a lot of bells in a short amount of time! I dive for an hour every time I play and just use a pipe to get back and forth to the shop to sell. You can easily make over 100k per play that way. Hth
That little dance at the end though. I love seeing Chillin slowly come together! It’s giving me a lot of inspiration for my island, I don’t want to terraform it a lot so this is great. And it’s a nice change from all the cottagecore islands out there. Don’t get me wrong I like cottagecore but to me it seems inaccessible.
It depends on the creator. I find some of the cottage core dream addresses I visit, well alot of them, are really annoying to get around. You get lost and stuck and have to shimmy past things. I've been working on cottage core like, but it's more a mix really. Can't say it's a particular theme. For instance I made a pink and blue fairycore area around Julian's house and have black and red colours around cherry's house (she's a recent resident). She's also overlooking my pirate cove with darker wood colours to transition. I also made a shopping area for xmas, which I plan to rework. Wasn't very cottagecore. that was the point. But I prefer a more natural look. As in less civilisation feel. The main thing for me though, is accessibility. I like being able to run through and not have to make huge diversions around a cliff or river. I've more recently reworked this area you had to hop on stepping stones to get across the river. It was bugging me. Now you can just run across a 2 space piece of land. I have run into this problem though where I really need more inclines. I have to restrict myself from adding more second/third level areas. 2 need the ladder already, don't exactly want a bunch of areas like that.
@@quemma yeah, i stopped going to cottagecore dream addresses for this reason. they're beautiful in pictures, but being there in person makes me so antsy and claustrophobic lol!
My resident services is located near the water similar to you- I ended up making a hyacinths field behind w/ windmills. It helps me think that Mr. Nook is providing electric to the residents 😂
Ran into Lyman on my villager hunt on Saturday and thought of you! Didn't take him but I kinda thought about it. Good thing I didn't I ran into my boy Pietro!
It’s always weird when people say “oh it’s 2000 this is so many nook miles I can’t afford that why is it so expensive!” And I’m there with my over 300.000 nookmiles like 😬
On my first island I didn’t really terraform I kept it’s natural shape I would only terraform to make room for inclines or bridges. The only part of my island where I actually terraformed was the area for the campsite, I just cleared out the cliff for the campsite.
I think this is the perfect path for me, used the normal bricks so you get the sound effects still and it also includes custom designs for the extra flair... I hope to see this island develop more so I can put my own twist on it!
I reset for the third time and after obsessing with terraforming the second time, i decided my third reset i wouldnt flatten or change the original map. soo much happier with this! more time spent on decorating and making the areas work for me. also the original map had places to lay diagonal bridges which i had such a hard time with when i had to do it from scratch lol
Your island looks great !! I think you have to plant a certain number of bushes to get the hedge diy like 5 -10 I think bc on my island I rennet i planted like ten and then he gave me the diy but it could’ve been a coincidence lol
I watch a RUclips video on how to make the path. So had a try and I was surprised how much it looked ok to me. It did take a while but it’s not impossible.
@@yostinator81 I know he's time travelled a bit on this island, and even mentions it in this video. But I wasn't sure if he was okay with going back that far as the farthest he has gone was ahead for snow that one time, hence the "if you wish to".
If you look back through Ryan's videos he actually made one on weather to restart or flatten your island. Personally I recomed flattening unless you are going to time travel to get your DIYs back.
I've been redoing my island in sections which is much more manageable and I don't feel the need to do everything at once. Unless you plan on doing a specific theme for your entire island, I recommend it!
Can we take a moment to weep for my wallet? I just bought next day delivery NFC reader for my 3DS since I have Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo. That's not all, I also bought a 24 pack of Amiibo cards including my dreamies: Fang, Rolf, Lucky and MARSHAL! I love my Marshmallow too much. I'm also going to restart my town and hunt for a town that has both Genji and Bruce (also dreamies) in it so I can have a dreamy filled time. Now I need town ideas, can someone suggest a few? Much appreciated!! -Seth
I must be the only person thinking that custom designs are overrated AF and they make any island look cheap and unimpressive because they just downloaded someone's else's work and use it as their own to collect compliments and literally nobody cares because everybody does that and it's completely okay for some reason. It's so obnoxiously common that it make all islands look very boring at this point and it's definitely nothing original. I mean, to each their own, but that's just how I feel. I'm just getting sick of the style already. 🙄 Kinda same with Terraforming, which is usually taken way too far. Again, nothing bad with that, it's just done so much that it's very annoying. Almost like saying that if you don't do neither of these things, you are scum.
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I have not terraformed beyond laying paths and narrowing one river bend. No digging, no extra cliffs and no extra waterfalls.... nothing. And you know what? I love it!
I am loving this island, Ryan!! I think at this point we've almost been conditioned to think that an island has to be so full you can barely walk through it, this is like a breath of fresh air, I love it!
Starting a new island you realize just how long and how much work it takes to get an island looking good. So many hours.
Me flattening and then refusing to teraform again
I did the same thing 🤣
I’m feeling this
I hope I don’t do this
the only cliffs I’ve been able to make without going mad are all way in the back (minus the house I built to replicate a local bar). idk how ppl can make sporadic cliffs/hills everywhere. somehow it always looks great, but I instantly feel cramped whenever I try to actually organize/decorate my island 😩
I was very impressed by your decision to do this without terraforming- I can’t imagine it’s easy!
It’s real easy coz I’m doing it
I just want terraforming 😭
But i dont know how to decorate my whole island
@@Moon-yq5yf watch youtube island tours or if you have nintendo online go to a dream island by pressing suprise me then you get sent to a 5 star island and you can get some ideas
It was like that in older Animal Crossing games. The map layout you got was the one you had to stick with for the rest of your playthrough. In all games except New Leaf, you couldn't even see the map before you arrived at your town.
I love your approach to clean design. Too many islands look cluttered and almost claustrophobic. You have inspired me!
So true.
I have a 5-star island that I've done in the same way. Almost no terraforming and (even though I do have a Nintendo acct) I don't play with other people, so all my items are ones that I've found or bought from the shops. I will tell you, the pain you are feeling does not go away, and it does limit you for a long time. I've been playing for about 7-8 months and my island is nowhere near complete, even though we are 5 stars, have top tier villagers, and are swimming in bells, haha. What it all comes down to is just the luck of the draw and trying to work creatively with the space you have.
how do people get nook miles tickets so easily I restarted 2 days ago and I can’t figure out how to get enough nmt and I barely have 100k bells
@@filisora Just doing the daily tasks and trying to hit those achievements to get those nook miles. It can add up pretty quickly. Think about it, you start with 5 tasks each is worth 100-250 miles plus modifiers. Let's say on the low side, you have all 100 x2 tasks. Doing all 5 you get 1000 nook miles. As you complete the tasks new ones load in, just without the modifiers, so you can just keep going. Anywhere from 5-15 tasks can earn you 2000 nook miles. Boom! One nook miles ticket. It can actually add up pretty fast if you're willing to grind a little. As for bells, I just literally sell everything to the Nooks. Seashells, unwanted flowers, twigs, everything. And don't forget bell and fruit trees! I save my weeds for Leaf, bugs for Flick, and fish for CJ though because they buy for more than the Nooks do. But you can certainly sell those to the nooks when you are hurting for cash. I hope some of that helps!
@@Ashlie_Bunny thank you!
Doing stuff with limited resources and succeeding is, in my opinion, much, much more rewarding than going online and getting all the stuff in the world along custom designs that's not even yours and filling your island with them. Or even worse, copying what someone else has done.
I haven't visited anyone's island and nobody has ever visited my island either and I do not use a single custom design. I have only the items I have got myself on my island and I'm very pleased for the outcome and hard work I have put in my island. (I also quitted for about 10 months so I missed a lot of stuff) There's only very little terraforming too that I have done and I never moved a single house or other building. I just made it work with what little I have.
And no island is ever done. 🙂
@@filisora diving for sea creatures is how I make a lot of bells in a short amount of time! I dive for an hour every time I play and just use a pipe to get back and forth to the shop to sell. You can easily make over 100k per play that way. Hth
That little dance at the end though.
I love seeing Chillin slowly come together! It’s giving me a lot of inspiration for my island, I don’t want to terraform it a lot so this is great. And it’s a nice change from all the cottagecore islands out there. Don’t get me wrong I like cottagecore but to me it seems inaccessible.
It depends on the creator. I find some of the cottage core dream addresses I visit, well alot of them, are really annoying to get around. You get lost and stuck and have to shimmy past things. I've been working on cottage core like, but it's more a mix really. Can't say it's a particular theme. For instance I made a pink and blue fairycore area around Julian's house and have black and red colours around cherry's house (she's a recent resident). She's also overlooking my pirate cove with darker wood colours to transition.
I also made a shopping area for xmas, which I plan to rework. Wasn't very cottagecore. that was the point. But I prefer a more natural look. As in less civilisation feel.
The main thing for me though, is accessibility. I like being able to run through and not have to make huge diversions around a cliff or river. I've more recently reworked this area you had to hop on stepping stones to get across the river. It was bugging me. Now you can just run across a 2 space piece of land.
I have run into this problem though where I really need more inclines. I have to restrict myself from adding more second/third level areas. 2 need the ladder already, don't exactly want a bunch of areas like that.
personally i love the cluttered look but its so hard to get around, lol
@@quemma yeah, i stopped going to cottagecore dream addresses for this reason. they're beautiful in pictures, but being there in person makes me so antsy and claustrophobic lol!
You were able to get more done with your island in 20 minutes than what I was able to get done in 2 days.
I honestly never thought I’d see the day where Ryan doesn’t have 50,000 nook miles and 1800000 bells and he actually needs to save up
Quite shocking
It’s looking great! Must be so hard to do it this way but so refreshing to see. Would be great to see the old school inspo part of an island too 🥰
I wonder if Ryan is gonna notice it’s not symmetrical around res. Services ... path on the left is one tile wider than on the right..
I noticed that too😂😂
SHHHHH.....😉
Grrrr bark bark ew
Yeah I found that the less I terraformed, the more I enjoyed the game. Gave my island some character.
My resident services is located near the water similar to you- I ended up making a hyacinths field behind w/ windmills. It helps me think that Mr. Nook is providing electric to the residents 😂
I love that path design! Thanks for putting it in the description!
Ran into Lyman on my villager hunt on Saturday and thought of you! Didn't take him but I kinda thought about it. Good thing I didn't I ran into my boy Pietro!
Don’t forget you can do different size trees. That could be cute behind the shops 🥰🥰☺️☺️
you can make a transparent design to put behind the able sisters so fossils and stuff don't spawn there
Hi
Wait they dont spawn on desi-
wait that makes sense
Vending machines are worth it though. Watching the villagers use them is just so cute!
I love that hes doing a little dancy dance at the end. Was too cute 😊
It’s always weird when people say “oh it’s 2000 this is so many nook miles I can’t afford that why is it so expensive!”
And I’m there with my over 300.000 nookmiles like 😬
On my first island I didn’t really terraform I kept it’s natural shape I would only terraform to make room for inclines or bridges. The only part of my island where I actually terraformed was the area for the campsite, I just cleared out the cliff for the campsite.
I think this is the perfect path for me, used the normal bricks so you get the sound effects still and it also includes custom designs for the extra flair...
I hope to see this island develop more so I can put my own twist on it!
I have not terraformed Island since I first unlocked it. It was very challenging having to plan out where everything should go.
Also, I got Marshall on 1 ticket. Yep 1 ticket. Wasn’t looking for him but still found him in 1 ticket.
I got audie on the very first island I travelled to. I’d say we’ve got some luck.
@@a.martinez6604 if only we had bought lottery tickets!
I got sherb on my 3rd ticket
I got fauna in one ticket, judy in four, and stiches at my campsite. I’ve never even villager hunted
@@a.martinez6604 omg SAME!!
I reset for the third time and after obsessing with terraforming the second time, i decided my third reset i wouldnt flatten or change the original map. soo much happier with this! more time spent on decorating and making the areas work for me. also the original map had places to lay diagonal bridges which i had such a hard time with when i had to do it from scratch lol
What about putting a picnic table behind the store for them to "use", it is decorative and useful for your villagers.
Your island looks great !! I think you have to plant a certain number of bushes to get the hedge diy like 5 -10 I think bc on my island I rennet i planted like ten and then he gave me the diy but it could’ve been a coincidence lol
Ryan, that looks goooood! Can't wait to see it completed 😄
Love watching your videos when I'm at work! Hope to see more!
Ugh this is too beautiful 00:00
I need that path! It is gorgeous
You could put a bench or two in that little section at 1 minute in and you might also be able to get a diagonal bridge in near the museum
Just got the hedge diy after I bought a ton from Lief 🥴You’ve inspired me to give this a try and I’m already frustrated 😵😆
You can also get the hedge DIY from Tom Nook on nature day
The hedges DIY comes from Nook after you've completed the May Day maze!!
I love ur custom path so much!
Your voice just just sooths my soul
A town tree and any other nostalgia themes from past games would be cool.
I watch a RUclips video on how to make the path. So had a try and I was surprised how much it looked ok to me. It did take a while but it’s not impossible.
I just got animal crossing because it looked fun
It's coming out so nice! I know you'll make it look amazing without terraforming.
If you are tired of waiting for Leif to randomly give you the DIY, you can time travel back to Nature Day and do it that way if you wish to.
I don’t think he likes time travel
@@yostinator81 I know he's time travelled a bit on this island, and even mentions it in this video. But I wasn't sure if he was okay with going back that far as the farthest he has gone was ahead for snow that one time, hence the "if you wish to".
No part of my island is terraformed I just used the layout the game gave me coz I liked it and it fits my style and my taste.
Your island is amazing :0
Should put stalls in that empty spot by the plaza
That area by the plaza should be bushes and flowers
hey so i just flattened my island and i was wondering where should i start redecorating?
Hey Ryan! Love your vids! 😁😊
I’m glad I share an Island with m friend 💀 he did ALL the terraforming
You did 6 instead of 7! I also dislike the odd and throws off the balance
Shipping box / trash zone behind nooks would be cool
Next time, should do a completely flat island.
Did you get those turnips yesterday
I’m trying to make an old town like city vibe like yours
Hello Ryan! I have a question, what is the song called that you have in the background of all of your videos?
It's the 5am song in the game, I believe!
@@d.roelofsen2588 Thank you!
Does anyone know the code for the path being used? Its beautiful!
Brick pattern code should be in the description!
i believe you can get the hegde fence for nook miles thats how i got it
You get the hedge diy from Rover
I was wondering why I wasn’t subscribed, don’t worry I am now!
Does anyone know why the RS have flickering lights?
Because there will be a festival on the 15 th an update
How do you close up on animal crossing screen
Beautiful
Thank u for getting me into acnh :D
Oh I so very miss the 5am music!
The hedge diy comes from the nook stop I think
No it doesnt
No it comes from Leif or Tom Nook on Nature Day
@@Mxrissa_Editz I got it from Leif but not on Nature Day (got the game after Nature Day), it was just on a random day.
@@verodg7833 I meant Tom Nook on Nature Day Leif will give on a random day
@@Mxrissa_Editz oh ok :)
I believe you get the hedge diy from Tom Nook
I got mine from Leif
I don’t know whether to flatten or restart any tips
If you look back through Ryan's videos he actually made one on weather to restart or flatten your island.
Personally I recomed flattening unless you are going to time travel to get your DIYs back.
@@moonlighttiger5278 thank you so much
I've been redoing my island in sections which is much more manageable and I don't feel the need to do everything at once. Unless you plan on doing a specific theme for your entire island, I recommend it!
What time zone are you in? It’s afternoon for me
hes in EST
He's in Arizona timezone, not EST lol
You didn't lose the pear, it is behind the tree
im struggling to do my island :(
the tile math made me dizzy
Keep Marshal! He’s so adorable even though you have Raymond.
Speaking of which, how in the world did you get Raymond? He doesn’t have an Amiibo card.
the campsite lol
Sell weeds to Lief to get the hedge DIY.
Im too excited for Festivale
I redesigning my island rn
Is the nintendo online a monthly subscription? I purchased something that was around £18 but i think that was for the year. Can anyone help me out?!
It can be a year or a month. If yours was that much it was a year subscription
when ur early and dont know what to say 😂 pretend i said something funny
😂 hahhahhajjahhahah
I don't even have teraforming
Can we take a moment to weep for my wallet? I just bought next day delivery NFC reader for my 3DS since I have Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo. That's not all, I also bought a 24 pack of Amiibo cards including my dreamies: Fang, Rolf, Lucky and MARSHAL! I love my Marshmallow too much. I'm also going to restart my town and hunt for a town that has both Genji and Bruce (also dreamies) in it so I can have a dreamy filled time. Now I need town ideas, can someone suggest a few? Much appreciated!!
-Seth
Rip wallet
I must be the only person thinking that custom designs are overrated AF and they make any island look cheap and unimpressive because they just downloaded someone's else's work and use it as their own to collect compliments and literally nobody cares because everybody does that and it's completely okay for some reason. It's so obnoxiously common that it make all islands look very boring at this point and it's definitely nothing original.
I mean, to each their own, but that's just how I feel. I'm just getting sick of the style already. 🙄
Kinda same with Terraforming, which is usually taken way too far. Again, nothing bad with that, it's just done so much that it's very annoying. Almost like saying that if you don't do neither of these things, you are scum.
I am playing Animal corring new Horizons the game
first
No one cares
Top comment please
Pretend I said something funny
You just did 😂