ACNH - Best Custom Paths & How to Manage Your Slots

[@J_Mirae]

I hope they extend it up to 100 slots with future updates. Same for pocket storage, if they could cough out another 'Essential' pack in the nook miles terminal for another 10 slots would be fantastic. Also, for materials stored at home to be accessible via de DIY workbench.

[@iwillcry]

iiMusa my home storage is full all the time i have too many clothing items i hope that gets upgraded from 1600 to 2000

[@belac5707]

us old new leaf player had to suffer with like 15 slots.... u think u got it hard? respect the 40 slots 😤 ✊

[@_silience]

{ Bela } True but different players have their own separate slots in acnl so you can make a dummy player to get more slots. Acnh doesn’t do that.

[@amandaslough125]

@@belac5707 Us new leaf players also were able to store non-essentials in our envelopes to save extra space and still keep stuff with us.

[@voidbluefox2376]

@@iwillcry I have heard that if you build a new players home, you can use that storage too. And also change that house into something that you like(Cafe, shop, libary)

[@demxndxll721]

nintendo should add a feature where u can buy more slots with nook miles!

[@simi-fk7xd]

yEEEEES

[@piplupmaster3703]

DemxnDxll indeed

[@rowlet342]

Yes great idea!

[@grayovercast]

Crosses fingers for it in the August update.

[@amis.b.2158]

wait yess!

[@porkbucket8301]

I wish there was a feature to rotate custom designs, but they could at least make it for the nook mile version on the terraforming app.

[@charredtoast]

PokiBiscuit E this! Fine Nintendo don’t give us more custom slots but being able to rotate them would free up space with the paths

[@hummus_exual]

Lenny Faced Lily It's quite disappointing that we were able to do it in Happy Home Designer, which is basically a spin-off game, but not in ACNH. Same for the custom path slots, ACHHD had NEARLY 180! What the hell Nintendo?

[@Kaluthes]

You know how many slots we can free up if we could I don’t know maybe... if we could ROTATE THEM

[@YouWontGuesslt]

Fr!!!

[@spoonsrattling4]

Wait I never thought about that that’s genius

I laughed so hard but it's so true, same goes for rotating the camera outside your own house...

[@Firepaw20011]

Like if you stood at a certain angle then itd rotate to how you're facing.

[@dominicgunderson]

@ It's technically impossible to rotate the camera due to the fact that the game is a rolling world.

[@ephraimhewitt8096]

Your island is honestly incredible. I’m struggling decorating mine atm but watching your videos inspires me. If you have any tips please tell me

[@manzoh2248]

No tips?

[@porkbucket8301]

It kinda depends on the theme you’re going for, I don’t really have a theme though, and my islands just a Mish mash of a bunch of stuff. My advice, look on KZbin for an idea you like and incorporate it into your own island in a slightly different way so you’re not exactly copying it.

[@johnthebomb06]

My advice is just grab things from your storage that you could use and work around them. Say, like, you have a basketball hoop sitting there... OK, make a basketball court.

[@bribri8042]

John G that’s also what I’m doing.

[@bribri8042]

I’ve been overwhelmed too. But what’s helped me, Is focusing on section by section, rather than the entire the entire finished image of the island. I’ve been noticing, me focusing on piece by piece is naturally letting me find my own esthetic. So, try working on a building, and the surrounding landscape and so on. Then you’ll have left over space to make your pathways, and such.

[@jjsquidbeard4831]

Fun fact, you can actually erase your flag design and the flag will still keep the design you posted!

[@4r1kk16]

John Lindberg will it erase your phone case design?

[@bloominglotuses]

bruh moment Nope

[@Liamhttp]

cordless kept his though because he also used the design on magazines to act as a brochure for his island

[@jjsquidbeard4831]

@@Liamhttp yeah, I've seen that. But given that this video is about managing the limited design slots, I thought it was worth mentioning :)

[@Liamhttp]

John Lindberg oh i know, i thought your comment was kinda aimed at him for not erasing the flag design. my bad 🤦‍♀️

[@MattFrost224]

I like how you use your reactions to match your commentary. It really puts your voice into your avatar.

[@gruvi2401]

Your way of commenting your videos is the funniest thing! Keep on the grind.

[@umarmotala323]

You’ve seen tiko’s new video

[@voicecrackattack5222]

riftyfish

[@umarmotala323]

Voice Crack Attack oh sorry

[@Alex-xi2bn]

Hi

[@raisacneagnitchi1034]

@@umarmotala323 lpl9

[@Night-Shade.]

You know what would be nice? If nintendo removed the feature when u accidentally press y and erase your paths that are displayed. It should only be erasable only when u have island designer app active. It's a path for ffs

[@2008MrsKim]

Yasss! I'm so hesitant to pick up a present or not being close enough to pick something up...ugh. Unless I certainly see a thought bubble saying " Present", I'm not moving. Lol

[@CaitlinKoi]

I didn't skip the intro. Glitch effects are heckin BOMB

[@dekuslostdad7451]

He’s right the intro WAS badass

[@Noursonne002]

I made one of these! I had no idea how popular they have become. I think you are doing an amazing job with the limited space you have ! thank you for sharing my work !

[@itsryface]

I just started watching your videos the other day, and i'm so inspired.... Last night, i made a second account on my switch at your suggestion, and i expected i'd get an additional 50 design slots to pile all of my road patterns onto. I was wrong and i'm never going to stop being mad about it.

[@lucygoosie7726]

I have 5 people on my island (3 kids under 10) and have to share my slots with kids who want to do funny doodles. You don’t know mad till you realize that you’re only going to have a few spots left to do your own thing. If we could each have our own island, that would be even better. Each person does their own thing and it’s like a train wreck.

[@gypsywoman9140]

After seeing your 5-star island redemption video, I was inspired to re-do my own 5-star island and HAD to get Melissa's codes and the oni dirt/stones codes. They are awesome! Thank you Melissa, and the person who created the oni-dirt, and thank you blue-haired dude that YT reccommended!

[@flarklar2371]

I came for fallout but stayed for animal crossing.

[@fallout76campbuilds19]

Traitor

[@Genaeve]

flar klar I’m glad I‘m not the only one who plays both!

[@snausages43]

It’s always great when I find new custom designs I want and it’s after the clothing store is closed. The design portal should be in the town hall.

[@Firepaw20011]

Well if you find the QR code and use the Nook Link, you can still download designs after hours. I know that won't work for everything, but there's a lot of cute clothing QR codes.

[@UnknownUnknown-ne6jn]

You can change the time in animal crossing so the stores are always open

[@Joanna-rq6du]

Don’t worry I didn’t realize you could swap spots of custom designs so my menu was a nightmare until recently😅 Edit: The “Y” button should say swap spots

[@zae656]

You can do that 😮

[@eclipse17_]

How do you do that?

[@nat4017]

Wait how?

[@PangePlays]

Oh my goodness, thank you for mentioning this, my menu is a mess and I didn't know this was a thing! :D

[@Joanna-rq6du]

Zephaniah Archer thanks! For some reason I wasn’t notified people replied to this comment until now😭 and I feel bad for not replying

[@5_Feathers]

I like the look of edges for the path but I hate how nothing makes noise when you walk on it

[@pericelsus]

Actually custom designs on their own make noise (just not as loud as the island designer paths), and custom paths laid on top of the island designer paths make the sane noise as the island designer paths.

[@5_Feathers]

Peri Artaku I know that but it just sounds weird that you can rarely hear it so it is dead silent (at the volume I play at since I am not allowed to go any higher) the whole time you walk around.

[@reiverdaemon]

@@pericelsus Custom paths layered on top of stock paths DO NOT make the normal noise! People need to stop spreading this lie. Custom paths all make the same muted, dull, almost non-existent sound.

[@Bydnelg]

As someone who also uses Melissa's patterns I need more brick. There is such a heavy emphasis on terracotta.

[@necrobyte7451]

Bydnelg me too

[@miscellaneouscell]

I’m on the same boat but with stone.

[@miscellaneouscell]

I did some searching on Reddit. Her user name is melissenpai and she added more path designs. MA-3021-9048-9078

[@olimichele]

Do you have the base layer for brick? bc all I can find are edges

[@wienerdogzzz]

I hope Melisa will watch this lmao 😂

[@obeyjessx3]

I’ve been trying to find your videos for a while just for these paths! Thank you so muchhhh

[@alisa1727]

I saw your vid the other day showing off that beautiful lil area with fountains and stuff (it's hilarious because I also watched the first vid of your island and was still jealous, now i'm even more envious!). You've really outdone yourself with the redemption vid. I just had to recreate it on my island. I used dirt instead, put the swinging bench and made it bigger. Thank you so much for the inspo, I will def share and let people know!

[@Bellaaaaa_0]

Cord, on F76, your camp spot north of Site Bravo isn’t usable anymore as there is a tent in the way. You’ll need to move your camp, just thought I’d let you know. Love the vids, keep it up 👍

[@MIGHTYM4RS]

i just dont get the logic of 50 slots only, just who at nintendo thought 'yep thats more than enough' ~_~

[@chanelharvey89]

Because they didn't think people would go so hard in the paint with their island.

[@Noe-ev8ng]

Ikr... They should add more or atleast bot remove the custom designs on the items even if you remove the design on ur nook phone

[@futrzak7826]

Think about the new leaf players, only ten slots was so painful, along with having to make sure that you could find a clear enough image of the qr code

[@washingmachine4993]

@@futrzak7826 yeah but you could at least create another account for designs

[@Firepaw20011]

If I could swap pro design slots for my normal use slots, I'd be happy.

[@aimeeoneil7029]

I could listen to your voice all day. Commentary is great.

[@Sakinocchi]

If yall wanna save slots dont ever make a japanese urban city-style island theme... 😂😂

[@raya2273]

omg that’s what i did- big regrets

[@SharpMaxwell]

I attempted to and it used like 30 of my slots and then I just deleted it because that’s insane

[@zakpizza999]

Well I guess my Cotswold style island will be good still

[@mikee2219]

i know how you feel :(

[@jadesgay444]

haha oof

[@swagswig]

I love how you always do little emotes while talking, its the little details that make a video for me

[@maggotblood.]

it's also less than you would have in new leaf. you'd have 10 for each of 4 characters, and in this one it's 50 for all characters - and you can have 8. it's ridiculous when you put it in perspective.

[@phoenix0828]

Wait so I don't have more designs options if I start a 2nd character?!

[@jamdamonium]

@@phoenix0828 nope! I thought I was being sneaky and added hubby into my island for extra slots.... Go into his menu all excited just to find he had all of mine 🙃🙃🙃

[@WickedNPC]

It's awful. I share my island with my daughter and she loves to draw pictures with the design tool. So now half of my slots are filled with doodles of stars and hearts in garish colours. And she would be sad if I replaced them with something useful.

[@lucygoosie7726]

MissEmiNeko I’m on an island with 5 people and my youngest son practically plays the game just to doodle on custom designs (I delete them every now and then so I can use them again). But I really wish each person got their own. That also goes for pro designs too. I thought those would at least be different from player to player, but we also all share those too.

[@noahnice9456]

I didn’t skip the intro 😂

[@MontiMan89]

One of the most usefull videos I've seen about this game.

[@naneith5118]

I love watching your AC videos! So fun and useful 😊

[@BirdSniff]

These are some darn good tips and I like how you demonstrate! My dirt path takes up so much space and I'm trying to find a way to compromise lol. I may just have to go simpler with my pathing. Awesome video!

[@MrNathantran]

This is good content, super informative, better then most AC content creators. Your island looks awesome!

[@Purple_Usagi281]

Thank you for this video. I’m new to AC. I’ve been searching for a stone and a dirt path. These are the first ones I’ve actually liked. I also don’t care for the flat edges on the pathway. I never thought of finding a stone edge to put around it. 👍🏻

[@FiestaPotato]

damn that terracotta border is awesome

[@Bagigio657]

Thank you! With your video now I can finally decorate my island!

[@BlancoToldYou]

This is the video ive been looking for .. I needed some pointers about the customization slots.. Thx 😊

[@DionellGames]

I didn't skip the intro. It was indeed badass.

[@CordlessVII]

True friend ^

[@kaileyolinger3263]

Just since you commented on your intro, I watched it. It’s pretty cool, gg

[@CaporegimeMarcus]

I've never played an Animal Crossing game but I still enjoyed watching LOL

[@ashleyj0]

Wow, i'm very impressed. You are an absolute boss at this. Mad respect.

[@DiodeMom]

My gosh this is so helpful. You da man. Also, your island looks FAB

[@nelsonmanuelrr]

These are the best ACNH videos out there!!

[@marcobueno7877]

Your island is amazing i got lots of insparation from it thanks!

[@Iron-lady-mel]

Tysm! Inward searching for that whole time 🤣😅

[@alejandroroblox573]

I love all your tips and tricks, this is why I'm subscribed:)

[@nyuchu]

Worth noting! Once you put a custom design on furniture, that furniture is permanent etc like on a lamp or pillow. So you don't have to keep those designs after you make all the customized furniture you want.

[@ItzMiKeKirbY]

Unless you’re talking about flag/phone case you’re completely wrong. I just tried it out.

[@jasminedubois6711]

I got the brick edges from Daybreak since I used the brick path. Really makes the path look so much better.

[@r2dk594]

Another thing I recommend/ find useful is using overlays for the paths. While it may not bring as much detail as say, borders. It really helps cut down space and makes you’re paths a bit more unique.

[@ToniMam42]

Thank you, this was enjoyable to watch.

[@tanyap5761]

I’m a new subscriber! I love your videos so much:) and your humor. and your island!!! Please upload more!😁

[@berned285]

i want to thank melissa here in this comment section for her amazing borders they're making my island so much better

[@WLbutterfly29]

You just saved my life

[@clarethecat5199]

Hey man, this video was really enjoyable.

[@bdmdbeka7826]

Hand on my heart, I did not skip the intro.

[@CordlessVII]

True friend

[@FrancyKanae93]

Gosh, I needed this video. Tysm!

[@flip4v]

All of your expressions were so perfect wtf

[@Jasmijn.F]

I never skip your badass intros. Never.

[@sweettcarrot]

Omg you helped my island so much thank you!

[@x.MaverickHunter.x]

I would use the custom paths if able to place them without wiping them off. I mean what the point of that custom path setting in construction mode if you’re able to wipe them off?

[@CordlessVII]

Yeah that is extremely annoying too

[@kpopislife716]

It's good to see you play other games keeps the content fresh you know love it...variety is good

[@simplyapox.1701]

FINALLY SOME GOOD CUSTOM PATHS FOR AN ISLAND, FINALLY.

[@voicecrackattack5222]

thabk you so much for these nice designs it really helps

[@cloudanimal5209]

I went and got the stone path from around your villager houses after I saw it in another video of yours, thanks for listing that stuff in your description :)

[@amandaday313]

You can delete your island flag slot. It won't disappear. And you can rearrange the slots. Use the 'swap' option. It won't mess anything up.

[@PoojieMR]

He also used it for customizing the stack of magazines at the entrance stall. :)

[@amandaday313]

@@PoojieMR Forgot about that.

[@ennairacm]

You can replace your flag design & it will still stay. Applies to the customizable phone case as well. :)

[@Enzo43572]

Hi Cordless VII, I really liked your creations on Fallout 4 and now I'm a big fan of what you're doing on ACNH. I watch a LOT of Island Tours and I'm very often disappointed by what I see : many island are just randomly crowded with stuff and it feels disorganized. Yours is a very good inspiration!! Btw is it open to the piblic sometimes? Keep making good content man

[@CordlessVII]

Thank you! And yeah, hit me up on discord and we can sync up sometime

[@Shape07-0]

Even though i don't have animal crossing but i still love to watch these kind of videos

[@Winter-yj2rv]

Question I can't find the Terracotta floor piece I don't know how to put it down

[@RuhNezMay1010]

Hey man, awesome video! I just started downloading custom designs and I'm so stumped not knowing what I want and what I don't! I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. BTW, is the discord link broken? It's not working 😭

[@averyslice]

Hey Cordless! I've been watching a lot of your ACNH videos, and your town looks great! But ever since I got some other games, I stopped playing, and can't seem to get back into the game! I wanna make a cool town like yours, but whenever I start playing, I'll get confused, and eventually get bored and exit the game. How do I get back into Animal Crossing without getting bored instantly? I don't know what to do!

[@ngndnd]

dont stress about it, animal crossing isnt suppose to be a competitive game or anything. You can take however long you want finishing your island. If you finish your entire island in like one month then you’ll just be bored.

[@PoojieMR]

I had the same issue! I was addicted to AC but then | got bored and just stopped playing. After watching his previous video on re-designing your island, I was truly inspired. I watched a few other relaxing, speed build videos and was excited to work on mine. I guess it's best to plan in advance or at least have an idea of what you want to build before you start, so you don't feel overwhelmed or bored. Hope this helps. xx

[@Becksnnc]

Plan your island first. There is a website called Happy Island Designer. Do a rough plan of where you want everything to be and where you want your cliffs, inclines etc and then take a picture of it and try and build it. I’d start at the entrance and then make your way around. Once you’ve got the structure of everything and got all the buildings you want in place you can then focus on what paving you want and start decorating it with furniture, diys, flowers and trees.

[@PuffyWuzHere]

I would make a basic design plan and then slowly start to add things that you've seen in other people islands (terraforming cliffs, small details for cafes/farms/paths) it'll be more fun and relaxing that way

[@GoroAkechi_Real]

To give my paths more life, I sacrifice the borders (the curved stone doesn’t seem very popular and it’s my main path) but I made little “sidewalk chalk” drawings which are pastel drawings of simple characters, and I’ll put them near the “neighborhood” on my island.

[@yellowcourgette]

this was so helpful :,) thank you

[@Divin3Smit3]

The fact that you have to pay for Nintendo Online before you can download custom designs, means you should get to have a lot more slots. I've saved a few slots by making sure to use paths that have are transparent. It takes longer to lay down a path and put the custom one on top, but it works for me. Plus, If I end up wanting to change it, I can just overwrite the custom path swuare and all of the ones I placed will change.

[@Bummelz-ns1fk]

@cordless: Can you please post the code for the rock designs, under your bench? :)

[@rebekkabattaglino1341]

Melissa is honestly the mvp!

[@sunnyquartz]

I really hope they add more slots, it’s killing me trying to manage full path sets and spaces to make my village look how I want

[@hansiie.]

pro tip you can delete the island flag and it will still stay the same on the town hall :sunglasses:

[@Cat-dt1ld]

Ur island is sooooo awesome!

[@MsAFunk]

omg. I was looking all over Reddit and instagram the other day for that dirt path, and gave up. Wasn't expecting to see it in a video that popped up on my recommended list!

[@noobmaster-bk5tg]

They haven’t made stone single paths borders :(

[@jasminedubois6711]

Looks great.

[@hyperstarkage3618]

Awesome inkling shirt

[@mochann1133]

MAN you have Wolfgang and Groucho?! Two of my dreamies and a beautiful island, so jealous 😭

[@woofdes1414]

Hope that the next update will alow you more room! Hopefully...

[@marshmarlow4197]

It would be so cool if in the next update you could use Nook Miles to purchase more slots!

[@chris7921]

I would love to download these but I don’t have enough slots, and they would override things on my island if I used them. It’s crazy how Nintendo only gave us a small amount of slots.

[@emmawest2948]

Thankyou thankyou thankyou 😊

[@m_gwb]

I wish I had known about this when I had online subscription.

[@littlebrojay]

i didnt skip the intro ✊🏼

[@elenamullen9714]

What was the custom code for the stone path?

[@lovinparadiki2]

I like how I habitually skipped through the Intro animation that he just said we would.... then went back just to watch it out of respect 🤣

[@matthewb3996]

Badass intro😎

[@AVspectre]

Entertaining presentation of clear useful content. What’s not to like? :)

[@jajenakvadrat9911]

You are my idol🤫

[@lyrul_1699]

Hey I love your island is beautiful! ✨ I have a question: how many bridges and ramps can you make in your island?

[@tuckersins9904]

You can make 8 bridges and 8 ramps. Hope I helped!

[@heyitscarrena1112]

Can you pls make a video about how to plan your island’s layout (buildings, terraforming, etc)? I’m really struggling

[@jimmilton2625]

I really want a switch to play animal crossing my sister has one but she won't let me play. It looks so fun. But great vid man when are you gonna do fallout again? I like the animal crossing vids though.

[@imruka530]

How do I find the cafe sign design?

[@umaeruu3]

Do you think they will bring out an update some day where they give us more slots?