Ever Wondered Why A Villager Left Your Island In Animal Crossing? This Latest Datamine Reveals All

Moving out
by Liam Doolan 4 hours agoNintendo LifeThere’s so much to discover in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but there are some things in the game you’ll probably never work out or be able to make sense of unless you have a little extra information. This is where datamining comes into play.
Just days after the reliable Animal Crossing dataminer Ninji revealed how certain villagers will only send you fake paintings in the mail, they’ve now explained the process behind villagers moving out – and don’t worry, it’s not really your fault when they do leave, it’s much more random than that.
Although this information was collected in version 1.2.0, Ninji believes the behaviours are still the same in version 1.2.1. Here’s the full rundown:
you must have at least 6 villagers living on your island before any will consider moving out
on a given day, the % chance of somebody asking to move is given by (v * 5) + c, where v is the amount of villagers you have, and c is the ‘MoveOutTalkCount’, the amount of days since you last told a villager to leave or stay (maxing at 30)
there’s a couple of conditions on that
there is a 5-day cooldown after telling a villager to leave or stay – so nobody will ask to move if MoveOutTalkCount
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