#AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch So I wanted to make this thread to document some research I'm trying to do in Animal Crossing, and by making it public I hope I can find others who want to contribute!

A couple of nights ago, I was island hunting for a new villager w/ about+

150 Nook tickets used. I've never done a hunt that huge, but it was for my birthday and I was really trying to find Stitches or Dom (to no avail). Somewhere during the process I started to notice patterns in the villagers I'd come across.

I know that there are theories going+

around about how you can find different villagers at different times, but after looking into this I have yet to find anyone that has gone in-depth of what that means.

I hunted with these 150 tickets at around 3 different times. Starting around 7AM, I found several squirrels.+

At this point I wasn't keeping track, but I remember coming across at least 6 of them (one of which being Marshall for those looking for him). My roommate can also verify that she found Marshall around this time when she was looking for him.

Since I wasn't finding the villagers+

I was looking for, I skipped ahead to 12AM (11:59 on the same day so the clock rolls naturally and doesn't mess up). At that time, I was finding many repeats and later realized it was because they were mostly cows, bulls, and lions- all species with small villager pools.+

Then again a bit after 3AM, I started to realize the patterns and began to record what I was coming across. I ended my hunt around 4:30AM (I ended up finding Ankha around this time and moved her in!). Between that time I came across the following+

-4 monkeys
-3 cats
-3 sheep
-2 elephants
-1 goat
-2 gorilla
-1 koala

Based on that alone, it seems as though depending on what time of day you're island hopping, there may be a percented chance that you will come across a certain species of villager more frequently.

With 27 species in the game (hoping I counted that correctly) and 16 island findings recorded, 1/4 of those were monkeys. So it would appear that monkeys may be more common to find around 3AM.

This could all be coincidence, but it's hard to tell based on my experience alone.

I'm going to record all of my experiences here as I continue to search for the villagers I want. I'll likely try to hunt around 3AM again since sheep were common for me at that time and I'm looking for Dom! But moving forward I'd like to hunt at all times of day.

Because I'm one person I can only do some much hunting thanks to NMT's being such a hot commodity. That said, I'd really like to see others participate in this experiment! Document the time frame you hunted in and what species you came across!

Or if anyone has any further+

information on this theory that I just never found please share it here! I'm really hopeful to discover some real results!

Please share this thread as much as you can to get people involved! I'd love to see this project help people find their favorite villagers!