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The delightful world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives players a chance to have the most adorable neighbors. Every villager in the game is a different animal with a different personality. These animals will give players different ideas for how to improve the island, share items, and maintain a positive attitude that keeps players intrigued by the game. However, much like any other neighborhood, there are some neighbors that make players frown.
Veterans to the game will be able to tell you who is their favorite neighbor. Although each addition to the series has introduced new neighbors, there are a few staple neighbors in the game that players know and love. However, that also means there are villagers that some players just despise. Whether it be because the animal is not as cute as players wanted or because the villagers’ attitude is frustrating, players have the option to remove villagers from their island.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Frustrating Villagers
Animal Crossing: New Horizons actually makes removing these tedious neighbors difficult. Unlike previous games, there is no foolproof way to kick a villager out off of the island. Removing villagers actually takes time and dedication on the part of the player. Animal Crossing: New Horizons makes the statement that, if you want to remove a villager, then the player has to really want to get rid of them. There are a few ways that can help influence the neighbor to leave.
One important thing to remember is that everyone’s tastes are different. A villager that one player hates may be the love of another player. It’s important to keep that in mind when players talk about which neighbors they hate.
Stop Interacting with Them
One of the sure-fire ways to remove a villager is to just completely ignore their existence. Although this can prove to be tricky, it’s one of the few ways to guarantee a neighbor moves out. By not speaking with the villager, the villager starts to feel as if they have no friends on the island. Even if the scorned villager chases the player down, just keep running and ignore them.
While not speaking with the villager, make sure to keep an eye on them. Eventually, the villager will be seen walking around with a cloud above their head. This is the moment a player should interact with the neighbor. This cloud represents the villager contemplating something, oftentimes it will be whether or not the villager should leave the island. This is the players’ opportunity to encourage the neighbor to find new prospects on another island.
However, not every cloud represents a villager thinking about leaving. Sometimes, the villager will give the player an item in an attempt to garner friendship. If this is the case, players should follow up on the conversation by hitting the villager with the bug net. This will discourage and enrage the villager, which will help encourage the poor animal to leave the island.
This approach also requires that players constantly interact with the other villagers on the island. Really drive home to that villager that they are unwelcome by speaking with all the neighbors’ players love while simultaneously ignoring the villager that needs to move out.
Complain to Isabelle
Another way to encourage the removal of a villager is by complaining to Isabelle. Simply enter the Residential Services building, then sit down and speak with Isabelle. Select the option to Discuss a Resident, and pick any reason to complain about the resident. By complaining about a villagers’ clothing or way they speak, players are able to change what the ostracized neighbor wears or their catchphrases.
This approach takes a fair amount of dedication to pull off. In order to have Isabelle remove the villagers, players will need to discuss this resident with Isabelle multiple times. This approach could take days before the villager gets the hint. However, it is worth a shot to get rid of that unwanted neighbor.
Sending and Ignoring Letters
One method that is popular with players is using letters to explain to villagers why they need to move out. The first step would be to send mean letters to villagers. By sending mean letters, the villager gets the hint constantly from the island representative that they need to move away.
In addition to sending mean letters, players need to ignore letters coming in from that villager. This can prove to be tricky because sometimes the unwanted villager will send the player gifts. It can be hard to ignore these notes from heathen villagers, but the payoff will be well worth it in the long run.
Amiibo Neighbors
For players that collect the Amiibo figures, removing dispised neighbors is a little easier. Once Tom Nook unlocks Amiibo scanning in the Nook Stop. The machine in Resident Services that helps players pay off loans also helps in scanning Amiibo figures. These figures have helped players keep the villagers on their island that they love. The Amiibo figures can also help in removing resented villagers from the island.
In order to accomplish this, players will need to have the campsite on their island. Players generally have the option of creating the campsite after upgrading the Residential Services once. After initially building the campsite, a villager will appear and players are allowed to invite the villager to live on the island. This should also trigger Tom Nook telling the player that Nook wants to invite more villagers. After Nooks’ spiel about inviting villagers, visit the Nook Stop machine. Players will be presented with the option to invite neighbors with Amiibo figures.
This plan only really works if the players’ island is full. Once full, players can use the Amiibo figures to invite their favorite villagers to live on the island. Use the figure on the Nook Stop machine, then wait for the next day. The wanted villager will show up on the Island campsite. From there, players will be able to invite these characters to live on the island.
But wait! Isn’t the island full?
It absolutely is. This will prompt the villager to ask the player which villager should be convinced to leave the island. Select the scorned villager to give them the boot from your lovely paradise.
It is also worth noting that some players have mentioned a glitch with this process. The scorned villager that has been forced out of another player’s island leaves a plot of land on the island that is meant to be a new home. These plots can be bugged and will simply read “ ’s New Home” with the building supplies simply waiting. The player will not be able to place more plots for new villagers and the booted villager never really moves out.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available on Nintendo Switch.
