Animal Crossing New Horizons: MOVE ROCKS (How To Arrange Island Rocks & Make a Rock Garden in ACNH)

[@MayorMori]

Some people have suggested that you can only have 3 rocks per acre (on the map), but this example has the left 4 rocks in one acre and the right 2 in another. So to potentially avoid wasting any time, I recommend not placing more than 4 rocks in a single acre, just in case 🙂

[@annamirosh2085]

Wait. What's an acre in the game?

[@annamirosh2085]

Also great tutorial :)

[@shadowX50]

Sounds like its just a "square" on your map

[@joselucas4145]

I did that and i put all the six rocks in the same acre, so it doesn't matter the acre

[@PortgasDAce-wt2qu]

So the 3 rocks only per grid isn't valid then?

[@jerenasmr1592]

In conclusion: fill your island with headless/limbless bodies to scare off the rocks and place themselves to a designated area

[@sansibit4706]

Same

[@maddiedoesntkno]

HERD THEM

[@criseastman6503]

This comment made my day, thanks.💙

[@marlletzzyne8758]

Lol 😂🤣

[@S0fizzy]

The way it says scare them off as if there animals 😭😂

[@lesgerrit2987]

me: *putting a lot of effort into my island design and having only 3 stars* also me: *putting mannequins everywhere and getting 5 stars*

[@justarandomgirl7153]

i have 3 stars and ive been grinding all day to get atleast 4 stars. guess i just need to place random mannequins everywhere lol

[@vixlemix]

Seriously that’s all I have to do

[@beanibones]

I just looked at ur profile pic 😂

[@cd_zr]

Thomas Wilson k They probably already had almost everything else, but they only needed more things

[@justaweebwithinternetacess4253]

@Thomas Wilson Its called a joke actually lol

[@senorpizza]

The mannequins gave me 5 stars. Which makes me wonder. Do Tom nook and Isabelle EVER look outside? THERE ARE THE SAME MANNEQUIN LITERALLY EVERYWHERE

[@evelabelle2949]

senor pizza LOL

[@stela1241]

Lol well, ya got that golden watering can DIY o.o

[@StarrieMoonlight]

Isabelle did in new leaf when events happened but I think now they only look out the window

[@IFFYx3]

Maybe i will do this then lol

[@undeadkennedy]

thank u for commenting this! I'm gonna try

[@xflip94]

Nintendo: you can rip a tree out of the ground with an orange and a shovel Also Nintendo: mOvE A rOcK?! ARe yOu InSaNe??!!?!

[@scout_princess]

@Ana Pie I think this would work a lot better

[@soggycereal1649]

omg yes

[@daayne]

FR i ate a fucking orange and became super man wtf is this game 🤣

[@scout_princess]

@Sophie Bruce I agree with you

[@hollie2107]

@Sophie Bruce Yeah

[@tamarimitchell3838]

I watched this thinking, “Cool, but I’m never gonna take the time to do that.” Fast forward to my island becoming a mannequin infested nightmare...

[@archerestarcher]

Same.

[@scummoth]

Same

[@joeys5552]

Agreed

[@tedizursa1277]

Ditto

[@spinelisbestgem1353]

same

[@oivatank]

The villagers must be terrified whenever players do weird stuff like this

[@hafsahshadow2933]

A villager just wakes up to the resident representative running around with a shovel while the island has been overrun by mannequins

[@rainako6793]

I mean, It’s not like they do anything on the island anyway They make us do all the work

[@mistressraevyn3820]

My villagers constantly ask me why I'm burying money in the ground 😂

[@oivatank]

Mistress Raevyn oof, yeah, it’s definitely annoying XD

[@arcanine_enjoyer]

My Marina thought I was insane and thought about leaving before I even placed the mannequins down

[@hannahbananno2679]

PRO TIP: Make sure to place the mannequins around in the dead of night, so that the villagers wake up for a morning walk to find some friendly company.

[@drummerwave]

Lmao 🤣

[@PartyAnimal14]

Thank you that was very helpful

[@astridposey]

this is oddly wholesome

[@discoshark7767]

@@astridposey I find it rather ominous and spooky 😂

[@nitroglycerific9295]

>gulliver washes ashore >nothing but mannequins >nope.jpg >just floats away to another island

[@hawk4358]

Didn't think I'd actually do this. I was thinking "eh that's a lot of effort and time, and I don't even know if the garden location is even in a good spot. Nah, I probably won't do this." Fast forward to casually chopping down my trees to create a designated orchard, and then experimentally dropping a few mannequins. Fast forward even more to me, 6 hours later, with a sore thumb, burning eyes, and every tree chopped down (except 17 regular trees and a whole lot of fruit trees), with mannequins in every 3rd square of my entire island... But hey, woke up this morning and a rock had spawned in the garden area I made! So it's working so far!

[@Venerdi9813]

that's probably how I'm going to end up... now thinking it's too much of an hassle and then I'll catch myself tomorrow trying to see how many mannequins I can place in under an hour.

[@radicalrandy7223]

The mannequins gave my town a five star rating after I placed them all.

[@rekirpg]

sad life

[@poycicle1953]

Yeah apparently the mannequins count as “appealing scenery”

[@Itsislagrace]

Me too!

[@pangatown8877]

Johnny griffin

[@MarineBand]

LMAO

[@richal318]

One thing I'll add is that you don't need to break all the rocks on the first day trying this, you can break a rock each day and one rock will spawn the next day. Repeat each day until all rocks are in place.

[@foofur6647]

richal318 I had this thought too and I’m going to try it. 🤞🏻

[@richal318]

@@foofur6647 I have been doing my method for a couple days now and it's working so far.

[@foofur6647]

richal318 Good to know! Thanks for replying.

[@707romo707]

Yeah it makes sense and is better since you’ll always have 6 rocks.

[@vanillune]

Rocks spawn? That’s dope

[@smilemarcelo]

At first I thought the mannequins were a waste of time. “Couldn’t he just terraform a bunch of cliffs like I did?” But at the end when you change the design, which would delete all the existing mannequins... my brain was officially blown.

[@Kaluthes]

Marcel Cung me too, big brain energy

[@RogueCheepSheep]

Future patch note: when you redesign a pattern, they don't automatically remove mannequins anymore >:0

[@maruraba1478]

It’s like watching till the end before judging is a good idea.

[@denkdirwasaus4578]

@@jtixtlan i guess it was a joke

[@ScottJoC]

yeah but you gotta constantly bring up the menu, put the thing down and move the damn thing in place. where-as with digging water you can eyeball it.

[@vixx1182]

Ok here’s a tip for everyone who has rocks that went missing (like my last one did), try removing one of your mannequins and seeing if the rock spawns in that spot the next day. If it does, you might want to readjust the space you want your last/missing rock to spawn into because that means it was unable to spawn anywhere on your island, including the space you set aside for it. Hope this helped so you don’t waste hours trying to figure out where a rock went like I did!!

[@irene6586]

Omg thank you so much I was desperate, I even ripped out some trees thinking the rocks could be hidden behind one HAHAHA

[@kittensgalore6945]

thank you :)

[@MineKing-uh8um]

“it doesn’t take too long to fill your island.” yeah so it took me 3 hours

[@mei-qo8hq]

Bruh three hours is not bad,i'm doing this from yesteday and i still miss one rock

[@marsmellow330]

It took him 4 hours I- :/

[@redscorpion9325]

🤣

[@tecky5296]

Took me about the same.

[@scarredtarius9214]

Oof

[@AmyPondFangirl]

Imagine doing this, removing all the mannequins, and then accidentally breaking a rock

[@elli_senfsaat]

Resetti sends his regards!

[@CanadianAmbassadors]

Imagine showing this off to a friend and then THEY accidentally break it

[@dalmationgamer1234]

@@CanadianAmbassadors "Accidentally"

[@funnykai1]

imagine “accidentally” killing ur friend afterwards

[@blushpinkbunny]

@Flunked Punk that is VIOLENTLY smart..... ur mind is incredibly powerful

[@jkmdemon]

I visited a friend with his entire island covered in mannequins, I thought he was just playing creepy but now I get it 😂

[@chloeeqqqq]

me decorating my island head to toe Isabella: not good enough me places millions of mannequins Isabellle: perfect

[@jojogamegame]

I'm going through the torture of moving my rocks, and at the same time I'm thinking "What if the next update allows us to move rocks?"

[@SavviiTuesday]

I was thinking that 😭

[@MrKYYLEE]

I can put 40 gundam in to my pocket. Pretty sure I can put 6 rocks as well....

[@seasonsarecool]

I'll even be happy if the update only allows us to move rocks after 5 stars.

[@DiegoMartinez-ko6qi]

Nah bro it didn't

[@Setthacio]

Did not happen this update.

[@chatboulon743]

The worse part about this idea... is finding out where I want my rock garden. Lol

[@heather4518]

chatboulon that’s what I was just thinking... and then what if I change my mind...

[@chatboulon743]

@@heather4518 I actually did this today. It was tediously addictive. The spot I had in mind original didn't work out, acre-wise, so I moved it to a vacant spot in my "museum area", where it straddles two acres. I'm hoping I spread out the mannequins correctly. I'll find out tomorrow. 😅

[@BrianneVillano]

That's the worst part of this whole game.....organizing an entire island! lol

[@leachristine5264]

me: this is cool but i dont wanna pick up all those mannequins "it takes seconds to remove them* ok i guess im doing it

[@linkslayer15]

Lets be friends

[@Kuisis]

@@linkslayer15 yikes

[@0_clover740]

@@linkslayer15 heres a tip: discord is a lot easier to make friends online than youtube comments of all things, go to a nice decently sized discord server and just chat with peeps.

[@lightwavz]

Yep. Doing it!

[@linkslayer15]

@@0_clover740 ive made alot of friends like this.

[@jmoneykilla2558]

Honestly, I don’t want to update my dream island. If somebody comes, the mannequins are simply a symbol of welcoming.

[@jigglypuff452]

*HERE IS A TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT ACCIDENTALLY BREAKING THEM* Some people came up with the idea of completely fencing in the rock area, and the only way to get in is with a toilet rotated sideways so it removes all the fruit when you come in. This also prevents any friends or guests from breaking them. :)

[@noobstalker1]

Smart

[@itonokogiri]

the profile pic lol

[@samuelclapp8471]

But what if they have fruit in their pockets, not yet eaten? Is there something else to prevent that

[@ALLSORTSOFVIDS]

Samuel Clapp Okay so here’s what you do: Step 1: Get better friends

[@noobstalker1]

Samuel Clapp I suppose not

[@hapadance2463]

At first I thought he was joking about placing all the mannequins but then I realized he was serious 🤭😑

[@marianalopez3132]

🤣

[@ollieollie420]

Same I really wanted to move my rocks but...dunno no more

[@RabbitConfirmed]

@@ollieollie420 Me Im like „yeah.. but actually no“

[@Caddiken]

Like dead ass serious 😂🤣😂

[@aimeesorce6507]

i was expecting that you could pick up the rocks or something but nope. i'm still doing this though bc rocks

[@elli_senfsaat]

Honestly, I tried to plant a small rock in hopes it would be a big one the next day lol

[@emmatownsend3319]

@@elli_senfsaat I tried that too...it didn't work lol

[@8bitty192]

Elli Senfsaat I mean you can plant bells lmao

[@elli_senfsaat]

@@8bitty192 right! You can never know which tricks developers put in the code! So it was definetely worth a try

[@EndyTheArtist]

I see whatcha did there

[@astro-animation]

Sees thumbnail: That sounds cool! Finished video: Eh… too much work

[@bensenbakker8233]

Like wayyy too much work 🤣

[@leeleeb7413]

I haven’t even watched the video! I just read the comments and I’m out ✌️

[@lino2.019]

Same

[@simonbolivArrr]

Was worth it

[@lil.shorty4302]

Omg same

[@Benjamillion]

Wish I could simply put the rocks in my inventory, this is too much for me lol.

[@mookie1314]

Same lol. I'm just glad to know how it can be done at this point.

[@kimberlysolis9203]

Same lol

[@lyn3262]

Lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol.. sorry I had to

[@Benjamillion]

@@lyn3262 As a noob I had it coming :P

[@reethelemon]

If we can carry and inventory full of trees I'm pretty sure carrying 6 rocks isn't a big deal for our character.

[@MadWeegee]

Me: puts mannequins Isabelle: *p e r f e c t*

[@bangtanluver]

That’s one way of decorating ur island

[@cxsar7413]

Wait. W u t

[@findingmyplanner-self5216]

@@cxsar7413 placed items add stars to your island rating lol

[@Melzzz_]

Disclaimer for the replies: this only works if ur lacking scenery, not natural stuff if u are lacking nature then ur screwed. go plant flowers on ur beach

[@alexjae1901]

😂

[@Mountain_Drew]

"Psh, putting down mannequins takes way longer than putting down paths." *edits the pattern and all of the mannequins vanish * Glad I watched until the end... rocks

[@rebeccamunson9316]

what if you put down custom path and change the design?? Will the paths disappear or just change?!?!?

[@Mountain_Drew]

@@rebeccamunson9316 That's a damn good question o.o EDIT: They don't disappear if you edit the pattern :(

[@orlainafrancis2911]

Mountain Drew How do you get these solid colors for the mannequins. (Sorry, I’m new)

[@BananaColoredApe]

I didnt watch to the end oops now i have to fill in every single water hole i made ;-;

[@S-CCCC]

Orlaina Francis hopefully you’ve found an answer after all this time!

[@DevinMadaMada]

Me: Omg I’ve tried for so long! How do I make my island 5 stars?! The random battalion of mannequins: We got you covered.

[@squeakyplastic]

RANDOM TRASH GO!

[@razrv3lc]

wait do the mannequins give an increase to your island evals? because i've been stuck on 4 stars since the month the game came out lmao

[@mtteo99]

Nah there are too many trees just because I want to make 200.000 bells every 3 days, folks get lost in a perfectly organized fruit orchard and they miss their fave TV show :(( the 5th star is an unreachable dream in my "too rural" island Edit: I finished paying the loan, cleaned up a bit of DIYs and got 5 stars 🤩

[@mariafranco8976]

@@razrv3lc I think they do, I had 4 stars and after putting a lot of mannequins now the island is 5 stars

[@finishynpii7196]

@@mtteo99 Don't use trees for bells use pumpkins!

[@Ylurple]

watched this a month ago when it aired being like "ok im just gonna leave my rocks where they are, i dont feel like doing that" one month later: obsessing over a cute way to arrange the rocks in a circle and starting to place mannequins

[@111zoe]

I recommend putting a fenced off area and a toilet to the entrance of your rock garden. That way, people visiting won’t break any of the rocks.

[@Xenobat]

@@geometryguy8873 Yes, because the toilet makes the eaten fruit disappear, so it's harder for you or the friend to accidentally destroy a rock.

[@ElliLavender]

OH that's clever

[@Rennzdinoz]

@@Xenobat oooo

[@tycho25]

I suppose they could carry fruits into the area and then eat them if they were dedicated enough. But that's a good tip

[@jakebrady7426]

This is a dope idea. Won't do it though. Too much work.

[@FifaMessi010]

Jake Brady you have all the time in the world right now! I assume.. and it’ll be worth it in the end

[@Summer-dz7ng]

FifaMessi010 Some people still have to work

[@tahdahloo4884]

Summer Hanson Yup, and others have school!

[@jakebrady7426]

@@FifaMessi010 I still choose not to.

[@FifaMessi010]

Summer Hanson I know that’s why I said “I assume” and if someone is watching an 8 min video on animal crossing tutorial then they could possibly spare the time to make this which took me like an hour or split it into parts each time they play progress on it more

[@comfyte4]

after the mannequin step i asked myself "do i really want it now?"

[@amor2874]

😆 I don’t know why I find this so funny

[@matthewthesylveon5821]

Me: *Get’s 5/6 in garden* Me: *Gets every part of island cover EXCEPT where I want it.* Rock 6: ok imma head out

[@starstudio8402]

SAme

[@leslielonglegs9179]

SAME After hours of searching for the sixth rock, I gave up, and now I’m triggered with only five rocks.

[@user-fh9mf2hk6j]

The rock probably just didn't spawn at all because there's not enough space or something...

[@safabekr]

Same?? You guys what’s going on

[@rachelnichol2857]

@@safabekr have you spawned a 6th rock yet?? this just happened to me right now! lol

[@hippotripo6145]

When you’ve placed hundreds of mannequins and still can’t tell if you’ve covered everything: *Level 99 Paranoia achieved*

[@chant448]

Goodness I did that yesterday, like every free space with mannequins so bad my game lags, and a rock still spawned somewhere on my island and I need to delete a bunch of mannequins to find it! 😭

[@ianizaa]

10/10 that’s how I’m feeling rn

[@LendriMujina]

*[Friend:]* "Oh wow. There's so many mannequins around. Trying to make a rock garden?" *[Me, assembling my army of artificial warriors:]* "Uhh... yeah. That's... exactly what I'm doing. Rocks. Yup."

[@senorpizza]

Baffle Blend lol

[@Gabi-vt4ex]

Let me guess, your own terracotta army?😂 I like it

[@royastro2513]

One million comedy points 👏🏻

[@shaneharris1951]

Why are Animal Crossing Comment Sections so gosh darn better than regular ones. Almost every comment is funny.

[@KimCher007]

When I was trying to get my first blue rose, my island was filled up with so many roses and then I thought I could also place my rocks to a designated area since my island was already almost filled with roses everywhere. That was satisfying when I got my first blue rose and all 6 rocks in the perfect order at the same time. ✨

[@Foervraengd]

God I did this last weekend, but instead I just covered everything with weeds and patterns and paths, this seems much smarter. Only time I decided to do time traveling. I surrounded my rocks with the stone fence and made it all look like an archaeological dig site! Took me an hour to clean up my whole island of weeds and custom patterns ;__;

[@ebonymachelle4086]

Sounds nice. Would like to see a picture of it. I'm looking for ideas to do with my rocks

[@aduckinlingerie]

The things we do for animal crossing…

[@Iay99]

Oof I felt that

[@pawkitcat7117]

i went and looked thru ur twitter just to see what you did HKJHGKJD but I LOVE IT!! i wouldn't have thought of doing something that cool!!!

[@Mintysaur]

Foervraengd Wait, paths work? I think it'd be much quicker to just put down a square of path with the terraforming tool instead of a mannequin so I'll do that :>

[@JessavGamer]

Hey guys! I just did this (finished the whole process today) and I want to share my experience and thank Mayor Mori for the video. 1) It worked in my island. I have now 6 rocks arranged together. 2) By total accident I placed 4 of my rocks in one square on the map and 2 on another square. Near the middle of the island. I was lucky because I didn’t read the comment section of this video until much later. I think the 4-rock limit per map square (quadrant) depends on the position of the quadrant, the ones in the edges may have a lower rock limit. 3) The placing of mannequins took me between 2 and 3 hours. It was the most time-consuming part. Not fun at all. 4) It took me 7 days, because after rock number 1 and 2 appeared, the third one appeared in another part of the island, near a tree, were I missed placing a mannequin at the right distance. Be careful with the trees, because sometimes the “mannequin space space mannequin” works differently for trees. I recommend putting additional mannequins near trees and flowers. 5) Having the mannequins all over the island for 6 days (or 7 days in my case) was the most annoying part of the entire process. You kind of get used to them but I recommend not doing anything more than the usual daily tasks during the process, because moving around is a pain. 6) As some others have mentioned, having that many things (mannequins) placed on your island gives you a 5-star rating, that happens the day after you finish placing the mannequins. 7) It’s not an easy process, but it works. I recommend doing this before you start “pimping” your island. Mine was almost all natural with not many constructions or paths. You can forget about doing anything else until the process is done. I hope this is useful to some of you!

[@ConcordeTH]

i have a problem here so i have my area set out for spawning rocks and it has one rock in it already to get started so I needed to move the other 5. I place Mannequins all over my island and waited till today. out fo the 5 rocks i broke only one spawned menaing 4 are missing, and it didnt even spawn in the area I wanted it to either it actually spawned in an area full of flowers which i thought couldnt happen. But the other 4 never spawned at all. Does only one rock spawn per day?

[@real_hanji]

I had quite the opposite feeling about your remark 7, my island was already an almost done 5-star island with paths basically everywhere, resulting in only needing a small amount of (in my case fences) to block off the remaining few open spots

[@andrewbravo6152]

But if you pimp a lot of your island, with a bunch of furniture and paths and stuff, won’t they get in the way of rocks spawning, and make the placing mannequins easier? Assuming the spot the rocks would be was already planned, of course.

[@Shademastermcc]

@@ConcordeTH yes

[@IvanisIvan]

@@ConcordeTH yes, only one per day

[@alexanderwilliams799]

I couldn't get a single rock where i wanted them, and i put mannequins on every single tile. Obviously leaving clearance for the rock garden. They would straight up spawn right next to a mannequin. My rocks don't give a fuuuuck.

[@maddiedoesntkno]

Pave your whole ass island

[@SuperDZ555]

Move all the mannequins over 1 tile?

[@guineapig5858]

Yay! I managed to do it, but as an extra note to anyone else (incase you missed it) rocks can spawn on dirt paths and sand but not beaches. *Rocks will spawn next to stone paths but not on them so if you can't find a rock, most likely it's right next to one of your paths* rocks will not spawn where things are dropped or where flowers are so if during tt or waiting leave weeds where they are until after the process. It took me about 30 mins to find that one rock which decided to spawn next to my path, Also random note, they won't spawn where a snowboy has been built (as it's snow rn)

[@VinWeasel113]

Can you spawn rocks right up against the plaza? I want them displayed like those concrete balls out in front of Target stores.

[@KyleCBurke]

I love that you thought of this. I imagine you'd be able to get them right up next to it since you can place other decoration items there.

[@ambeer6]

That won't work if they're flush against the plaza, since loot can't drop on there. Just one space away from it should work, but keep in mind no more than 4 rocks can be on one acre grid.

[@Xeyyakkenn]

@@ambeer6 there are people with 6 rocks in 1 acre 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@bondiggity4392]

ambeer6 How do you figure out where one acre ends and another begins?

[@lexiekaexo]

@@bondiggity4392 check out your island map in your phone. There are faint dotted lines. One square equals one acre.

[@acosmistmoa]

I'm literally crying 😭 after 14 hours i finally got them in a place. It took me the whole day and i was so close to give up but now I'm so glad i didn't. ✊🏽🥺

[@caitlinshreiber3607]

This is absolute insanity and I’m gonna do it.

[@Crim_Zen]

Bonus tip. Rocks can spawn on sand and dirt path blocks, so be sure to change the grass path to w/e you want to fill the space after the rocks are moved. That way the zen garden wont look off.

[@umbrequil]

Wow that mannequin tip is super smart! I've seen people use fences, but you have to go back and pick them all up after. Mannequins save so much time!

[@rebeca3694]

Please Like, so people having problem respawning rocks see this! Make sure there is nothing blocking your sight to the rocks. For me it was a tree! Removed the tree and the next day the rock appeared. Make sure you have at least 4 tiles in front of the rock where there is nothing blocking the stone this also includes buildings and layers! Hope it helps!

[@rebeca3694]

SebHighDef glad I could help 😊

[@osirislugo1525]

this is probably a bit late but does water count with that 4 tiles thing?

[@rebeca3694]

Someone Else water should be fine. Its more about trees/objects and buildings

[@osirislugo1525]

@@rebeca3694 ah well I don't know what I've been doing wrong i'm having trouble getting rocks to spawn at all even with time traveling unless the fences are a problem

[@thegingerkid4543]

This seems really time consuming my rocks can be wherever the hell they want

[@charliekelly735]

I raise free range rocks

[@caseywilson6205]

It took mme abour 2 hours with time trave

[@jhoannefrancisco490]

Give rocks freedom

[@hajidle]

Yeah it takes a pretty long time. Worth it though.

[@tacosallthetime3934]

I did it because I’m a neat freak and have no life

[@That_Isabelle]

It took me forever to make my rock garden. When I finally did it I was so happy

[@keefstafro]

Never have I ever wanted to waste three hours of my life so badly Also rocks

[@JamJamSamantha]

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[@tacosallthetime3934]

Jamie Hudson WHAT!?

[@JamJamSamantha]

my 7 year old, somehow manages to post voice replies that make no sense. 🤦🏻‍♀️ all the time.

[@-willow-980]

@@JamJamSamantha You had me at the first half, ngl.

[@JamJamSamantha]

@@-willow-980 😅😅😅

[@Nefari0usV0id96]

After much frustration, I have completed this on my island, I told the other players if any rock gets destroyed I'm evicting them lol

[@jenjen2239]

I imagine this would be easier to do once your island is more decorated?

[@BlackHayateTheThird]

Or still covered in trees like mine?

[@sophialape146]

it’s a hell of a lot harder lol

[@KirstenC546]

Yes it’s easier

[@OverlordJojoo]

@@sophialape146 no its easier

[@moog_lifts]

Its 1000000 times harder

[@spadgefafner]

Great video, thanks for this! An easier way of blocking spaces and cleaning up would be to just plant weeds everywhere and then pay Leif to clean them away once you're finished moving rocks. You would need the most up to date version and would have to wait a day for the clean up, but it would save you like 2 hours of placing mannequins.

[@madisonnicole1375]

i'm seeing everyone say it took them 2hrs to place mannequins... meanwhile it took me pretty much the entire day???

[@madisonnicole1375]

i just called it quits cause it took forever to place them...unless theres a simpler way to add the mannequins

[@KrazyLoveless]

It's faster to just put down a stone path on every patch of grass except where you want the rocks to go but that's just me lol

[@madisonnicole1375]

@@KrazyLoveless thats brilliant!!!

[@KrazyLoveless]

@Squeezie Army Clean up took me less than 15 minutes! Most of my island was already decorated anyway lol

[@KrazyLoveless]

Did it work? 😎

[@Deliciousbeech]

The mannequin thing is brilliant. I wish I didn’t already fill my island with pavement lol

[@Sam-sn8oy]

Lauren Thorne Pathways stop rocks spawning on that space, but not the spaces around it. Unless you have paths on every single open space on your island, it won’t work.

[@Yami-Roo]

currently have around 400,000+ worth of bells lying around my entire island :(

[@Deliciousbeech]

Sam I have pathways on every open space that isn’t directly next to a cliff, item, or building. It still is working, but is gonna be a pain in the ass to remove .

[@volfgang1393]

That works too lol

[@KC-bg1th]

Roo That’s not that many turnips; just put your turnips around the mannequins.

[@JanPrescott]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! It took me eight days (because the first two days rocks found the spots I had missed), but I now have a rock garden! Removal of the mannequins was so easy, too. Great idea.

[@PixelaGames2000]

They should add an update we’re you can move the rocks the same way you move your trees

[@acchikocchi6533]

nah that'd be boring tbh

[@myapapaya2317]

WoolEagle Yeah, that’s a good idea. That way you can still break rocks but also move them

[@Marshtard]

@@acchikocchi6533 not more boring than waiting 6 days to spawn them all in a new location

[@winterwolf512]

Or, maybe an update when you 'plant" (dig a hole a place a rock in it) a rock, it will 'grow' has a full rock the next day or so if you have less than 6 rock on the island... Just an idea like that. :-)

[@KanalDerGutenSache]

@@Wooly4 The problem is that you could just take rocks from Mile islands and fill your island with rocks then.

[@mockingjay478]

"Wait until the next--" *goes into settings*

[@Sepia_formal]

snowywinter *CLICKING INTENSIFIES*

[@caronationelm8443]

*GOES TO DATE AND TIME SETTING.* *NEXT STEP...* *BECOME GOD*

[@kr1sistired161]

living in sin huh, snowy, i must say you've definitely done it this time.

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

@@kr1sistired161 it's to late for him now power will consume him, i've seen it too many times...

[@sir_ladykiller1803]

I want to like this comment but it's at 666 likes lol

[@lateoclock4281]

Watched til the end because this tutorial Rocks. Seriously though, that's such a clever method. Thanks for sharing! I love your work and editing style - the title cards and narration are so polished! Watching your animal crossing videos lately has been both fun and informative :)

[@mayangn]

he took this method from a guy on reddit...

[@bakedgoldfish45]

lateoclock R O C K S

[@bunnycakec7132]

maya nguyen he didn’t claim this was his own idea

[@alursu88]

Me if I was a villager; *looks outside sees horde of mannequins* “it’s doctor who all over again!” 😐

[@garrypannell8164]

Weeping Angels?

[@xxrandompersonxx7175]

@@garrypannell8164 nah there was one that was killer mannequins.

[@just.jetski]

@@xxrandompersonxx7175 omg i remember that

[@elliotts7383]

THIS WAS MY EXACT THOUGHT. thank god i'm not alone

[@criseastman6503]

To really make it realistic you need innocent plastic bins out there😁

[@blackhart101]

Thank you for this tutorial! I have an island with a "4 Elements" theme and I'll be using this method to get all my rocks into the "Earth" area! Side Note: I feel like nintendo should patch in a way to easily move rocks, similar to trees. Maybe eat a piece of fruit and press Y on a boulder to be able to put it in your pockets

[@lenamm1]

Your theme sounds so cool, I really want to see your Island

[@natti.]

blackhart101 I want to visit youu

[@blackhart101]

Aww thank you guys! Im super excited to finish my island lol. Tbh if you visited now though there wouldnt be much to see besides some paths and minor decor in the fire district since i just got the game last week 😅

[@natti.]

@@blackhart101 okay keep us updated :)

[@quackquack7537]

people would get all the rocks in the nook ticket island. which is bad. and good thinking for ur island

[@spaghetie]

This looks a similar idea to something I saw for New Leaf. It was for how to make villagers move in to your ideal place in your town. You could just place random custom paths everywhere.

[@ivanamendez478]

Yes, I immediately thought.."this is like plot resetting from new leaf, but with rocks"

[@daelynelise1939]

Exactly! I did that all the time haha

[@Snugglebit]

I could never get villagers to place their houses where I wanted even with the paths... they ended up screwing up my paths and decorations so many times. 😭

[@reese60678]

And then a friend accidentally breaks one

[@Nesisorator]

press the standby button on your switch, it will throw your friend out and reset everything that happened in the online session

[@anova4219]

'Accidentally'

[@myapapaya2317]

Nesis90 where is the standby button?

[@thu-had5249]

@@myapapaya2317 it's the power button

[@ojaya15966]

Block your entrance to the rocks so that only you can get it!

[@christiansledd9924]

Thank you this was super helpful and time traveling really speeds this up. I had everything setup. One rock spawned in a place by one of my villagers houses. Broke the rock jumped 3 days saved and came back to real time and all my rocks were arranged!

[@OwlsAtGlacierCoast]

Doing this was the ONLY time I've ever time-travelled on New Horizons 😭

[@DarthRaichu]

Misha not neccesarially a bad thing. It’s not cheating

[@bridgetcox7535]

Doing my best NOT to time travel. Only have had this game for a couple weeks now, but I’m starting to get impatient lol

[@endlesslove19th]

I had the same thoughts at you. Then I TT after one month playing because Im getting impatient.

[@garzapequenoisraelalfonso5058]

My island is so tree saturated that I actually only needed to put like 20 mannequins lol

[@fern4966]

Mine is full of paths so I won't have to place alot aswell :D

[@gabbycastellon6295]

ima just like make my dream island then do this because I imagine it’d be easier-

[@KiraMermaid]

Here I was thinking there was a simple way to move the Rocks that I was unaware of. Definitely not something you want to really mess up on or repeat often

[@dodoodododdo6747]

I only got three rocks on the spot I wanted it to be on, for some reason I couldn’t find the other 3 rocks :(

[@xogiaxo08]

me: *watches this video after covering my entire island in weeds* well damn

[@hajidle]

Why

[@0Moh]

Breaking stuff it can still work Then for the getting rid of weeds just pay someone a nook mile ticket to get all the weeds out

[@applepieclub5012]

@@0Moh Wait, you can pay someone to get rid of your weeds??! How do you do this?

[@eepyeep2497]

@@applepieclub5012 Nookazon 👌

[@rizz1088]

@@0Moh you can do that?

[@Belgar]

Just started, I didn't know you could keep banging at the rocks to drop things, I thought you had to break them... so I broke them all. hehe gotta wait for them to spawn again. Will be doing this in the future thanks!

[@IMD13]

I was gonna do this but watching this made me realize how tedious it is lol

[@HueTheFew]

Well.. it's years later now and this is still one of the most helpful ACMH videos I'll regularly refer back to or suggest to newbies. Thank you Mori 🐟

[@KamisKisses]

yes, I want my rocks in 1 space, I do not have this type of patience wow. this is awesome. I couldn't get this video out of my head...I am going to do it. I had to come back and say it didn't work for me. idk what I did wrong. got stressed so I leave them where they are. Only 1 spawned in the garden, I changed nothing and then the others just showed up in places where they shouldn't :(

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

Haha we've all been through those fases!

[@juanitacanon3120]

KamisKisses kmm

[@patricklynn3909]

Something I discovered is you also can't have a tree blocking the "view" of where the rock will go. So basically you can't have a tree 1 2 or 3 spaces south of where you want your rock to spawn

[@KathysArtKreations]

Yes a tree or any other item. i moved all my items away from where I wanted the rocks and boom!! The rocks came. My question is once all rocks are together where you want can you move those items back to where they were?

[@rapperslashactor]

Rocks won’t spawn behind trees. I learned this the hard way. Chopped the tree down after days of nothing spawning, and bam.

[@KathleenLWright]

It worked!! Took me 3.5 hours for place t and about 3 hours 45 minutes for check in with time travel. Totally worth it!!!!

[@bencollins4343]

Update: it’s been two days with mannequins, rocks still aren’t in the right position, about to break something.

[@sequincook6046]

I'm on day six, still not in the right spot. be patient. oh my gussy, be so very patient.

[@GreekGirl102]

I'm struggling too. I got 3 down but still not working so I've been troubleshooting

[@raimo8957]

I’m on my second week and I’ve only got two rocks where I want them...

[@harpot7887]

I’m a week in, have the right set up... they were spawning in a few spots I missed Day 1 and Day 2... and now I haven’t had any rocks since? I have almost the same setup, but without the hedges around. So frustrated.

[@Lon1an]

I only got the glowing money hole to spawn in the area I want Stones to spawn. What the fu**!?

[@lapislarka]

I had seen someone had done this on Reddit already. Everyone was suggesting a "toilet turnstile" to protect the accomplishment from travelers.

[@cloudie1464]

What ?

[@enderesting]

@@cloudie1464 basically, put toilets in front of the entrance of your garden so people have to shit out their fruits before entering your rock garden, preventing them from breaking the rocks!

[@Khonic23]

enderesting wow that’s genius

[@antsu3400]

@@enderesting you can just eat the fruit after you sit on the toilet yanno

[@axelericson7439]

showed this to my gf, her reaction was "thanks, I hate it"

[@jammiejams4941]

i tried doing this and placing all the mannequins slowly but surely drained my will to live. by the time i had finished placing them my hand had cramped several times. i time travelled to the next day to discover that i had left a huge patch mannequin-less. i was heart broken. i fixed it and eventually i managed to make the rock garden. it’s beautiful and i love it 10/10 this tutorial is very good :)

[@masterpotato9889]

It only took me 11 days to do it xD because rocks sometimes spawned on spots i missed, and yes you can have them on the same acree i have all six of them I also got 5 stars and unlocked the golden shower

[@is0l4ti0n]

The WHAT

[@CarmellasMommy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kayedawg3242]

This was so helpful! I was considering using only fences, but this way is so much better!!

[@Kthxbye988]

Thank you for this! I did this last week. Placing all mannequins for me took a little longer than three hours, I kinda over did it because I didn't want to waste a day where one spawned where I didn't want it to. I split my rocks up by four by two, with two on the cliff below the four in case all six were going to not spawn together (some ppl reported that). But each day I had no issue, clean up was fast and easy and I'm so glad I did it! Also now I appreciate moving around my island more since there aren't a thousand mannequins on there, thank you so much!!

[@sonjadanni4786]

It took me two days to fast travel and get my garden done and I’m super proud and forever thankful for this tip!👍🏼❤️🎉🎈

[@beatrixxmoon5764]

This is perfect! Thanks so much! I'll definitely have to try this with my own special spin! I'm going for a Japanese/Fairy type theme for my island so I think I can really have fun with it!

[@beatrixxmoon5764]

Also, rocks! Lol

[@LiveOnShadow]

I did not know about this mannequin trick, that is so cool! I'm probably going to move my rocks closer to my house for easy access. Also ROCKS.

[@jennifer75468]

Gee so much work but I guess its worth it... lol Imagine ur friend visits you when your waiting..."Alien invasion?)

[@MayorMori]

👽🤣

[@Mac_Omegaly]

Then arrange the rocks in a circle with the UFO in the middle. Lol

[@sierratree93]

Idk how y'all have the patience for this sort of thing. It's really impressive.

[@biancka.x]

Thank you for this...I know have my rock garden and love that they are all in one place :) Getting all 6 in my rock garden area was a pain but now that I'm done....so happy

[@slinky6415]

3:00 Omg antonio looks so cute in his little raincoat 😍

[@stephaniejoobern1001]

Who has the time- oh wait we're all stuck inside

[@BirbsBeLikeOvO]

Lmou

[@1015SaturdayNight]

I did this and it took me a week because there is so much crap on my island and I don't time travel. But now it's AMAZING and I'm so glad!!!

[@m0nk3frmto]

How to get a 5 Star island STEP 1 AND STEP ONE ONLY: place mannequins everywhere 😂

[@hihi1131]

Everywhere in every area or spaced out?

[@xxMiraclesMay]

Coincidentally, three of my rocks spawned in a 1x1 of each other naturally after breaking them all. Then with luck, breaking the others managed to land them next to my row of three. They're not symmetrical, but all six rocks are in one area. Lol

[@keeferssi]

5 days later I've left five gaps in my mannequin defense.

[@clairekirkhorn]

Can’t wait to try this! I have wanted a rock garden for a while and this seems pretty easy!

[@PanRokador]

Her: What we gonna do tonight? Him: 2:09

[@russ_t_blade]

Ayyyyyyye

[@ShinyKyu]

Also him: “Where’s your Switch?”

[@GanjjaCat]

“The next step is painful”

[@purpleebchan]

I DID THIS AND IT WORKED!! Thank you! Omg. I’m so happy. I was so worried I would miss a mannequin placement. But I got it first try!!

[@13_cmi]

👍

[@Fwaire]

'Thanks to my patreons, you guys rock' Heheheh

[@bakedgoldfish45]

Penguin Adventures R O C K

[@bakedgoldfish45]

Penguin Adventures R O C K

[@quackquack7537]

no

[@vibrantlivingcoaching7852]

It works! A lot of effort and a couple of failed days but so worth it. Thanks for the utter joy of a rock garden!!