FAQ

Relocating Houses

• Villager not popping up as a choice to relocate?
• Cost of moving Villager house?

Moving Villagers

• When can you ask villagers to move in?
• No villagers on your mystery islands?
• Can you ask villagers from friends islands to move to your island?

Looking for specific villagers?

Facebook Groups

[MEGA THREAD] Villagers Moving Out

These sources are full of people giving away villagers, or people who are willing to trade! The FB group is 100% free villagers.

Getting Rid of Villagers

Helpful Twitter Thread

Twitter user Ninji has posted a thread about the coding behind moving out villagers. It might be a lil hard to understand but it's really helpful and detailed.

<aside> ❗ The two columns below are gathered from this tweet, but if you're interested in even greater details check the thread.

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https://twitter.com/_Ninji/status/1265341727310860290

✅ Requirements

• You must have at least six villagers living on your island before one will ask to move out.
• 15 days must have passed since the last villager moved out and freed up a plot.
• Five days must have passed since a villager has asked about moving.

❗️ Villager can't ask if..

• Their house is in the process of being moved.
• Their birthday was in the last week.
• They were the most recent villager who talked about moving out and you told them to stay.

IGN Article

This article from is great. It's embedded below as I prefer to have it all in one-place (no switching between apps), but if the embed ever stops working here's the link:

How to Remove Villagers From Your Town - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Wiki Guide - IGN

https://www.ign.com/wikis/animal-crossing-new-horizons/How_to_Remove_Villagers_From_Your_Town#How_to_Get_Villagers_to_Leave_From_Neglect