Rating Corrections[]
The 4 star rating section is wrong. I have 4 stars rn, but only 9 villagers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BigBigLizard (talk • contribs)
The 3 star rating is not correct. I never placed a fence and have 3 stars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tropiusflyer (talk • contribs)
- Thank you both for your input. I've adjusted the wording of the "requirements" section to show that we are not yet certain exactly what is required. Consider the things on those lists to be tips and suggestions more than anything. --Souleaterevans626 (talk) 19:31, April 8, 2020 (UTC)
I think two star might be incrorect. I currently have a two star Island with 7 other villagers (8 residents total including me). I have already planted plenty of flowers and trees in hopes of unlocking the Island Designer app as soon as possible; maybe that's why I have two stars despite having only 7 residents. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nintendogamer199 (talk • contribs)
The 4 star rating is incorrect. I have 4 stars, but only 8 villagers. It seems like villagers play a role in your total "island score" or something, and the amount of furniture, trees, fencing, ect. all contribute to your score. I believe once you reach a certain threshold, you move up a rating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganvyr (talk • contribs)
There is a cap at how much points flowers give to Island Scenery. I don't have enough scenery for 5 stars but got 190 trees and 680 flowers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tropiusflyer (talk • contribs)
- Scenery also accounts for the size of the flowers and trees (fully grown & healthy is the most points), as well as furniture. It's likely a lack of furniture, or perhaps a negative condition interfering, as the plants you have are more than enough. --Souleaterevans626 (talk) 23:01, May 17, 2020 (UTC)
There is an error in the rating formula. I have an island that is borderline five stars in the Development category. I picked up eight pieces of fence (-1.6 points Development) and dropped to four stars. (Thankfully Isabelle's ratings are updated instantly.) Experiments setting up items in the town reveal that setting up either a Destinations signpost or a popcorn machine, with no other differences in each case, return the island to five stars. The problem is, the signpost is DIY and the popcorn machine is purchased. One or the other should make the island five stars, but not either-or. Rodneylives (talk) 07:53, June 11, 2020 (UTC)
An addendum to the above--an islander left my island. I went to see Isabelle some time after, and was shocked that my formerly-borderline island had again dropped to four stars. Isabelle's message didn't say anything about being low on residents though, and what's more I thought having nine residents was okay. I tried placing about four or five pieces of furniture around (a video camera, a surfboard, a sand castle, maybe one or two other things I don't remember) and brought the island back up to five stars. Having my suspecions, I waited until the new islander moved in, checked with Isabelle to make sure I was still at five (I was) then removed the surfboard, sand castle and video camera. Sure enough, I was still at five stars. This makes me think that, in addition to the other buildings listed as providing Development points, resident houses also provide them, maybe at the same rate as the others (15 points each). More research in this area is likely called for. Rodneylives (talk) 10:32, June 16, 2020 (UTC)
Example calculations / Nook Miles[]
Example calculations with some images (both from the game and as a grid of ASCII art) should be added. The furniture calculations are confusing.
Also how does Nook Miles furniture factor in? Does it count as purchased? What price does it fall under? Merlinpatt (talk) 01:17, April 30, 2020 (UTC)
- My guess is that Nook Miles furniture is rated based on its price as if it were sold, that is, take the price Nook's Cranny offers for it if you try to sell it to them and multiply by four. An issue with offering an example is, there appear to be some errors with the calculation as given (see my comments under ratings corrections). Doing experiments today to try to figure out how many points different pieces of furniture are worth in Development points, a Streetlamp is worth 3.6 points (nicely efficient since it only takes one space), a Cushion 1.0 , a Life ring 1.6, a Mr. Flamingo 2.4 and a Fountain (which is DIY) 6.6. Rodneylives (talk) 04:10, June 18, 2020 (UTC)
Evaluation unlock[]
I have completed the Campsite project and invited my first villager from it (not yet moved in) and Isabelle won't evaluate my island yet, so I doubt that's what unlocks it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lofren (talk • contribs)
Vague Categories[]
Some items in the post are very vague, and I can't find sources to clarfify them myself.
- Each unique piece of furniture that is 3x1, 3x2, or 3x3 tile size is 1 point.
- It's unclear if this is in addition to or in place of the "furniture placed x 0.25" bonus. I suspect it's in place of, but I can't get any kind of confirmation.
- If the placed furniture is recommended for the outdoors: Number of outdoor furniture x 0.5 additional points
- What the heck does "recommended for the outdoors" mean? Is there a list of these things? Does it have to have certain descriptors in the name (e.g. "garden")? Is it anything that comes up on google as outdoor furniture?
- Decorating the island with purchased furniture
- It's unclear if this includes furniture purchased with Nook Miles. If not, what does Nook Miles furniture contribute to, and how many points? From trial and error, it looks like the springy ride-on is worth ~3.5 development points, and the same as the lighthouse. Confirmation on this would be great.
- Having more than a certain number of trees on the island (including hardwood trees, cedar trees, fruit trees, palm trees, and bamboo) will trigger this flag
- I've found a few numbers for this, which appears to be somewhere between 190 and 200. Does anyone have another solid source besides this reddit guide?
Flamingchemist (talk) 23:35, June 12, 2020 (UTC)
- On "recommended for the outdoors," every item has a flag that indicates if it's outdoor-suitable. You can look up what the outdoor suitability is for placed objects at the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing. The numbers I've seen for trees are 190 for maximum benefit and penalties beginning at 210. It's late tonight, I'll work on confirming the springy ride-on and lighthouse tomorrow. Rodneylives (talk) 04:19, June 18, 2020 (UTC)
- The information in this article seems to come largely from the guide, which I'm going to guess has some incorrect information on how the rating is determined. The scenery category is definitely not the same as what Isabelle means when she says the island is lacking appealing scenery, as I had to place a combination of DIY and purchased furniture to reach 5 stars after hearing that my island lacked scenery. Additionally, removing more than 100 flowers since then has had no impact on my island rating, so either there is a cap to the number of points flowers can give, or they are in a separate category from DIY furniture altogether. LordMoorden (talk) 20:47, June 29, 2020 (UTC)
4 Stars[]
I had 228 flowers filled all in one area. Does that count as clutter? if not then I have enough scenery points, with over a hundred trees, about 50 bushes, and some other flowers in other places. Isabelle only mentions scenery and I can’t go over 3 stars. Any tips? I’m not sure if development points is too little but isabelle never mentions it. I have 10 villagers, nooks cranny upgraded, 10 bridges and inclines (combined) able sisters, and museum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AAJJ1223 (talk • contribs)