Who Are the RAREST Villagers in Animal Crossing?

Which villagers are truly the rarest in Animal Crossing: New Horizons? There are quite a few dream villagers ranked highly across online tier lists, but you can actually determine the probability of getting the exact villager you want on your next villager hunt.
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Animal Crossing New Horizons continues to dominate the sales charts for the Nintendo Switch. Although the gameplay is diverse, many players enjoy curating their island's villagers to try and get the exact make-up they desire.
Raymond, Marshal, Zucker, Sherb, and Judy are frequently rated highly on various online tier lists.
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[@RetroRaconteur]

Alright let's hear it...which dream villagers are you still searching for?!

[@mittyceo]

Judy I have a Fairycore island and Judy is like perfect I have my first favorite villager Apple my third Merry and my second JUDY

[@reyag7206]

I somehow just CANNOT find Apollo and I really really reaaaaallly want apollo :')

[@RetroRaconteur]

@@reyag7206 Hmm. I wonder if he could be in your move-in queue? Do you always do villager hunts when you have an open plot or do you sometimes let the game move someone in?

[@RetroRaconteur]

@@mittyceo Oh my! Good luck finding her!

[@reyag7206]

@@RetroRaconteur i have tried both! but no luck so far :')

[@grandpow]

Back when this game came out, i resetted the island about 100 times until i had the perfect airport color/ fruit, and layout of beaches and natural formations. The first villager to move in was Raymond

[@arctic-rn1sq]

i accidentally deleted my entire game after 7years of work, i havent played since

[@YuzukiFPS]

@@arctic-rn1sq which one then cause nh just came out last year lol

[@arctic-rn1sq]

@@YuzukiFPS it was new leaf

[@shinobuily]

@@arctic-rn1sq New leaf?

[@arctic-rn1sq]

@@shinobuily yep it was new leaf, obviously coz the new horizons was just released last year

[@_ykarcaneedits_]

I remember I only know raymond as “rare” villager then he was my next campsite villager

[@-Starlights-]

Well that’s called being lucky and he is still rare so you just got lucky I also got him in the camptsite same with dom

[@nicolemccormac3690]

Same

[@oldchannelignorevideos1589]

Same i got him as a first tho IoI

[@Nathande1998]

He was my first campsite villager and I still got him on my island.

[@user-bn2ed6qk6e]

I want zucker 🙁☹️😣😢😭

[@thefieryknight4039]

The "Rarest" is pretty much the specific villager you want in ur town

[@emilyannsarah]

i have never cared to have a dreamy villager because villager hunting it way too much, all i try to do is get villagers that are remotely not ugly because my island always seems to autofill the ugliest villagers 😭

[@-Izzy_XD-]

same 😭😭

[@r.8902]

SAME! lol i got stuck with knox for so long and while hes not the ugliest, i hated him so much that i put barbed wire around his home so he couldnt leave and built a sign that said get out. but then cherry replaced him so it was fine in the end

[@PEACHiiMio]

FELT THIS. This happens to me too.

[@pinkypromise_]

I got Elise autofill :)

[@MrAwesome2023]

I remember not too long ago, I was trying to get some cool villagers, so I used something called “The Campsite Method” which includes time traveling, I did it and once I got a villager at the campsite, I was really hoping I’d get a cool villager, and when I walked in… there he was, the legend himself, Raymond.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

that is lucky, my campsite isn't working, i actually moved it today so i'm hoping someone shows up tomorrow

[@shadywoodlands]

Raymond was my first villager but I traded him for Marina [octipus]

[@cry1ng-0ni0n_]

@@shadywoodlands whyyyyyyy!!!!!?????

[@louslousss]

@@shadywoodlands How ? You start of with a jock or sisterly, Hes a smug.

[@itsnotfunnehh]

raymond randomly appeared on my island, house is there and all, and I don't even remember talking or meeting him??

[@firstcanonkill1767]

This makes me proud to have Raymond, Ankha, Tangy, Punchy, Mitzi, Merry and Tom, all cats. I’ve been playing since the beginning!

[@hayliecj7401]

Im trying to get all cats! I have kiki and bob which is perfect because they are my FAVES

[@JasPugliese]

@@hayliecj7401 I love kiki and bob!

[@alexacado]

Mitzi is my favorite and die for Bob too

[@catsdogswoof3968]

Blud got Tom rook the fourth and still isn't popular

[@cheeseandcrackers.]

ooo lucky! i (will) have 5 cats on my island :) tangy and ankha are still yet to be found lol. i have currently habe lolly, bob and rudy :)

[@angelxxy]

I remember getting Raymond as my first ever villager at my campsite. I told who I got to my aunt and she was so surprised. She told me that Raymond is pretty rare so I got so excited 😄

[@Game_Erica]

Ever since my sister and I bought ACNH we tried to get Tangy on our island. She's absolutely my favourite villager so I searched for her every chance I got. But as months went on, our island filled up by villagers we didn't even want, so I couldn't really search for her. I eventually caved in and bought Amiibo coins from Etsy (I could choose the villagers I wanted and it would be easier to carry them around). Three days after the Amiibo coins arrived, Tangy agreed to move in. Wish I could've found her myself, but I'm just glad she's on our island now lol

[@SilentDecepticon]

Congrats. She’s my top favourite too.

[@ItzXuzie]

Congratulations I did that with Molly I brought the amiibl coin for her to

[@mayradiaz8329]

So a few months ago I got Rosie at my campsite and I was super sad because she was one of my top villagers to get and my island was full. It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I found out she actually could've replaced one of my current villagers if I hackled and played games with her long enough. It still haunts me to this day and I can only hope Rosie comes back to me.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

wow that sucks, best of luck on that, i keep hoping my villagers will want to leave at some point but every time they have a thought bubble its cause they want to visit my house or they bought two of the same island

[@hayliecj7401]

Rosie is my fave too! I love all the cats but Rosie is my overall fave. I have kiki and bob. Might just cave and buy her amiibo card.

[@catsdogswoof3968]

Why wouldn't the other cats suffice

[@Cyn_EditzOffical]

The first villager I found was Coco, now I'm shocked that she's in one of the rarest Edit: I forgot about this comment after 1 year, so I've not been able to say thanks for the likes so I'll say it now TYSM FOR 999 LIKES!

[@bella..8433]

Sameeee

[@lizlisadolly]

i swapped her out for olive..

[@Cyn_EditzOffical]

@@lizlisadolly ...

[@blueroses4767]

i have coco in my old wild world town, i wish i could transfer her>·

[@Johnnnnnnnnnny]

The rarest villager are the octopus but to get the octopus you want isn’t rsre

[@crowisgaming4595]

I got confused about Marshall being rare because I've had him in 3/4 of my islands! He was once the first villager you get on the campsite and twice one of the first few villagers that I found from the mystery islands! I really thought he was just very common one to find at the beginning!

[@sabaducia]

The first campsite villager you get is always smug, which ups their chances

[@Nevae_696]

Same he was so quick to move in to

[@internetdingus]

If we count New Leaf, the rarest villagers are Holden and Filly since they were only obtainable in Japan for a limited time, and weren't able to be brought to your town. So technically the only way you can get them now, even in Japan, is through save editing.

[@pinkestpeaches6302]

I’ve got Marshal, Chrissy, Judy and Lucky. It makes me feel pretty good about my island.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Awesome!

[@ChristSavez]

😮WOW😮

[@yt_eriaizawa9938]

Cool!! I get lucky and stitches showed up on one of my villager hunts

[@smilesfordays]

I’m messed up about my favorite… Mitzi is not the worst, but I had her in my first OG island back on GC and love her because back in the day villagers were default kind of assholes and she was the first one to be nice to me. I have the cat odds against me and I’ve never even seen her at the 400+ nook tickets islands much less campsite. I know people are skipping her on islands all the time and the thought drives me crazy. 😔

[@iimuffinsaur]

I have judy on my island too. I think shes the only really popular villager I have rn, but I had Coco and Kiki for a time.

[@cannybeans]

The first-ever island I went to on ACNH is where I found Zucker, one of the octopuses. When I found out he was the rarest species, I promised myself that I would never let him move out.

[@NotPoisonVR]

I had Octavian and Zucker, but i already let them move out before i watched this video. 😭

[@thetwilightpug8778]

I was searching for Marina but I found Zucker instead And I love him so much He’s become my favourite villager

[@Quieneskoa]

he is???

[@alyshajohnson7010]

i have marina and octavian, im never letting them out

[@SkzStaymaniac]

@@NotPoisonVR same I had zucker but I didn't let him move in 😭

[@n0t_gh0stlypanda24]

the fact that i knew nothing about these rarities and got 2 0.29 percent ones blows my mind because i had no clue about anything

[@bambiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

Same im here with multiple frogs and mice on my island, and Marshall whos my fave 🥺

[@jacklikesfries3836]

I went villager hunting yesterday bc one of them moved out and i had like 400 tickets. I was mainly searching for tangy or marshall because i already had my favorite villager (bob). On the 6th freaking ticket i got raymond and i was so happy. Idk why i wanted to share that but i did

[@harpetta]

i want ankha, it’s not because of yk.. it would just be so cool to have a egyptian cat as a villager!

[@smilesfordays]

I had her in my first village on GC in the first game the year it came out (I still have that GC memory card I visit every once and a while) but haven’t seen her in any game since, now I never hunted for villagers so it’s not saying much, but it’s kinda crazy looking back when I was a teenager playing AC/wind waker and had one of the most famous characters ever.

[@deadchanel1298]

I love anka, she's cute and cool

[@musicoelmartin]

@@smilesfordays she was in my wild world game and I've always wanted her since

[@sm0llqueen289]

Mmmmhummmm

[@lalelymin684]

I GOT HER TODAY

[@yutazenrenchin9701]

I have a list of villagers that I like aesthetically but my absolute dreamy villager is Diana! She just looks and feels so royal and regal, I can’t wait to access terraform and more custom options to change my island for her!!

[@lillyvarela5201]

I have her and I've been debating on giving her up for a while now

[@zootiroot]

I have Diana and the inside of her house is literally fabulous

[@youriallan1131]

She is good for fairy core

[@alienfromjupiter9235]

I just got Ankha and I didn’t find her on a villager hunt, she was in the “move in queue” she came from my brother’s friends island! She mentioned it as Soon as she moved in!

[@Sencilia]

I spent 3 hours and 20 minutes resetting my game to get Reneigh as my starting villager. She came with Biff. Whitney has always been one of my favourite villagers, and I literally squealed when she showed up as a camper. I got Marshal while hunting, and Raymond and Sasha via amiibo card.

[@jang14344]

I guess I got really lucky. Marshal was my very first camper , and I had to take him! No regrets! He’s Amazingly sweet and funny and such a choir boy!🥰

[@RetroRaconteur]

That’s awesome!

[@pillowmoment]

Same! He was my first campsite villager on my second/current island, but he was like my 4th on my first.

[@jaquaviousquanwatchesprn]

same

[@Doggo7337]

Same

[@abby_marroquin]

I recently found him, and I actually screamed, because he was my first "rare" villager

[@luizajohnstone8183]

The only cat villager I wanted for my island was Ankha. Went on a villager hunt with no expectations, found her on my third ticket. Guess luck was on my side, ngl I almost cried

[@rynbliss]

i didnt notice that you always start with a sisterly and a jock, thats really interesting! also explains how i managed to get my favorite as one of my starters this time around, since shes sisterly type lol

[@alfhdishxifhbvk8663]

I just got Wendy like 2 months ago and I was hunting her ever since the game came out, so many nook miles were used. You can imagine after 3 years how hype I was to see her.

[@Marie-wg2oh]

I watched this video yesterday and today Raymond appeared as my first campsite visitor, I couldn't believe my eyes😲

[@Gabriel-yk8qw]

He was My first campsite visitor too

[@kermitskettle6269]

Same

[@demonpotato6582]

Same

[@omedetow]

im not sure if judy is even considered rare but alot of people want her. i sold her to nookazon for a 100 nmts and LITERALLY on my first ticket i got judy again. i like her but she doesnt match my theme. i actually took her again for purely invesment and got another 70 nmts. so in total from judy i got 169 tickets (excluded from taking her)

[@Jydodo44]

I use treasure islands

[@MEGASTEP_ARRASDIEP]

@@Jydodo44 same i use nooktreasureislands (before known as OmegaNook)

[@bibis8186]

I remember in my first ACNH island the first villager I had to get to move to my island was Sherb. Later I found out that he is one of the new favorites and I was so happy bc he is so cute😭 every time I made a new island I got him very early when going hunting. But I guess the only “rare” one I have on my island is Marshal and I had him on every island of mine every time I started new.

[@arwen08]

im so happy, today i had a villager move out and on my first try i found merry. i love all the cats and having her and tabby on my island is a dream

[@foodood8895]

Technically all of them are rare, but more villagers of a specific personality you don’t have on the island will show up more often then ones you already have

[@MrUproot]

This only applies for the Campsite and autofilling, not Nook Miles Tickets

[@camliona]

I'm currently looking for a villager to bring to my island, and I apparently will have a 0.18% chance of getting Maple (She is my favorite) I wonder who I'll leave with... I had also gotten Raymond in my campsite recently Edit: OH MY GOSH MY FIRST TICKET WAS MAPLE

[@indiessvmp3617]

i saw maple yesterday and i turned her down....

[@alainachampion4763]

I am also looking for herrrr

[@saphiradzioba4544]

i have mapel she's so cute!!

[@kitridge9264]

Maple is one of my Favorites too! Hope I'm able to find her on my next villager hunt.

[@camliona]

@@kitridge9264 I wish you best of luck!

[@ShadamyLover15]

I spent an entire year looking for Raymond, on 2 different switches. One of my islands I wanted solely pink villagers and the other one was villagers I wanted. Needless to say he appeared on my pink island hunt and I think it's funny how he's basically the only guy (besides Dom since I started with him) that lives in a town full of female pink villagers 🤣 this was before his amiibo card was released so I couldn't just buy his card. He was the only reason I kept coming back to NH and didn't drop off of it after awhile

[@justinwilliams1127]

My newest island is wildly dope. I brought over Marshall from an old island, he was a mystery island find, and the randoms were Ione, Dom, and Merengue. Blew my mind.

[@kelpio]

I ended up getting 4 of my dream villlagers naturally through random move-ins, campsites, and a couple nook mile tickets (Papi, Ankha, Blaire). Recently got Fauna from another person's island, and just moved in Shino, Maple, and Beau. All I'm looking for now is Sherb, Lolly, and Olivia :)

[@youriallan1131]

I used to have sherb but I lost my data .I have marshal now

[@GachaMallow]

Your looking For Lolly too ! I have Rosie on my island and I think lolly and her would be a great pair!

[@hayliecj7401]

Shino and Beau were my first villagers! My lucky move ins were bob and kiki! Thankfully I still have them all ♡

[@user-pc8sv2vl5f]

I have Sherb and Papi

[@goslingbro]

Ankha s teir

[@flamingosbiggestfan8791]

raymond is THAT rare?! I got him on my campsite a few months ago, hes my number one favorite. LOL

[@AmyJackson-_-85]

I got Julian as my first camper. I want Raymond too. I just can’t find him.

[@Jenskieez]

the first compulsory campsite villager is always smug so the villager pool for getting Raymond then is a lot smaller

[@heatherwright4709]

Also to add, if a villager leaves a friends island completely, even if you didn't visit to ask them to join, they'll move into an empty plot of yours. I know this because I was absolutely gob smacked when MARSHALL moved into my island and said he was from my friend's island. She lost him I gained him and I adore him so much.

[@skwidgril8171]

WOW the timing of this video, Lopez moved out recently and Judy moved in outta nowhere to replace him, I was so happy and I didn't even know she was popular/kinda rare (just loved how dang cute she is)

[@ArabellaGrethey]

I tried doing an island hunt for Merengue a while back, but I never found her, and I came across Fauna while looking for her, and was pretty happy to bring her back to my island :)

[@lourvecantspell19]

dude i got merengue

[@ArabellaGrethey]

@@lourvecantspell19 Nice! Hope you didn't have to look too long (I eventually found her too, but my island was already full)

[@lourvecantspell19]

@@ArabellaGrethey bro heres the thing i didnt look i just waite dfor the house plot to fill

[@ArabellaGrethey]

@@lourvecantspell19 Wow, that's pretty lucky!

[@damans1217]

My mom and brother's island have Merengue. Very nice villager, and was happy to tell them that she's wanted a lot. Also happy to know that they had Audie.

[@Catttails.-.]

Off topic, but one of my all time faves is katt, I started out with her and sprocket, and didn’t really like her at first. But soon, she really started to grow on me. She was always in such a good mood, and so nice to me! She is a forever villager in my town, no matter what.

[@pen_is]

I miss sprocket 😭 he just moved out

[@Catttails.-.]

@@Estroniaid nice, I have her amiibo in my collection

[@ariessa7382]

I got Katt from my sister's island, and she is alos a forever villager for me.

[@Vanilla1346]

bro same I love her so much

[@Caty0Caty]

My first villager in island travel was Ketchup, and my third one was Zucker. I love them.

[@violetrodriguez1055]

I just started playing 2 weeks ago, with my only experience being Muffy from Happy Home Designer on my 3DS. I was so excited when Muffy was my first villager. Now that I see the odds, I'm even more thankful luck was on my side.

[@enderee_]

I remember a few months ago, I was villager hunting on my birthday and I got marshal! Still have him to this day as my special no.1 villager :D

[@youriallan1131]

Birthday luck

[@lildaisyheart]

i just started playing ac a week ago and i got marina, apple and filbert as a random villagers!

[@annamace7544]

Agnes is my all time favourite villager, thank you for giving me a tip on how to get her again when i eventually make a new island! 😁

[@robin_silas]

I actually got two of my dreamies through random move-ins. Stitches was my first move-in and I got Genji after someone move out after looking for him on mystery islands.

[@aliciareyes2444]

Wow, just crazy! I went villager hunting just for fun because I had opened a plot and I found Raymond on my second nook flight. 🤩 I also found a penguin (Aurora) and a frog ( Prince) the first week of playing the game. I feel so lucky.🥰

[@celina6656]

i had aurora on my last island i didn’t know she was rare bc i kicked her out not too long after😭😭

[@Enejeh_2]

I have aurora.

[@nivig626]

I’ve got Audie, Zucker, Lolly, Marina, Fauna, and Tia :) Got audie and zucker as my first few villagers and didn’t even know how precious they are! lol

[@hayley6701]

I also have Audie and zucker they are so precious!!

[@cryspbacon]

the luck you have…. wow. i’m trying to get audie soon!

[@Maooooo422]

1:15 a couple days ago, robin moved into my island I was so confused! Luckily, this part told me why.

[@JluvsL11]

When i first started I got Hazel as my sisterly, and sprocket as my jock. Then I got puddles ( my favorite) now I have Nan, Naomi, hamphrey, and beardo aswell.

[@FatDudeStudios]

Fun fact: raymond decided to randomly join my island after julian moved and the fact is that I was actually looking for raymond and I already have tangy and bob

[@themadhatters707]

I got Judy as my second camper and at that time I didn't know she was so popular/rare in the community, I just thought "oh she's very cute I'm going to keep her!" Guess I was very very lucky! She's one of my favorite villagers now

[@sunnydayzz0]

I got Reneé and then Cody as my starter villagers and then the first 3 times I went to visit mystery islands, I met Zucker, Marina, and Pinky and immediately invited them to my island. I later learned that both Zucker and Marina were some of the most sought-after villagers, haha. I guess i lucked out

[@releasedfate923]

I remember when everyone was going crazy for Marshall and Raymond and I just happened to get Marshall as a villager while still putting down villager houses a few days into having the game.

[@tessuttaja]

I found Marina on the second island I tried, and I had one space more for a villager and the next one I got next day was Rosie

[@cass8167]

The day before I restarted my island my empty plot said raymond was going to move in. a week ago on my villager hunting for cookie i found raymond twice. ( I ended up with bones ) too bad he doesn't match my themes 🤷

[@Dragonraiser11]

I actually feel pretty greatful hearing my 2 bunny villagers are pretty rare. I also just got Marina to move in too! The villager im searching for is Anabelle the anteater. I know its odd, but Anabelle was my favourite villager in ACNL, so it would be nice to see her again.

[@Skipatronic]

I remember how crazy people went to get Raymond during the early days of New Horizons. I saw several FB Marketplace listings selling him anywhere between $5-$200 but FB removed them as they weren't physical items. Now his Amiibo card is out and is easy to get him.

[@txygrxff6738]

I've been super lucky on my hunts and have Marshal ,Raymond, Coco, Stitches, Lucky, Merengue, and Beau with Cephalabot and Shino as my new additions!

[@redgreen1237]

I want so many of those!

[@JunaidWolf3]

I have lucky

[@filmatheartmemories]

I have marshal, cherry, Reymond, stitches, June, coco, eric, I forgot the rest lol

[@Swiftie83]

I have beau and shino, they are so sweet and currently I'm moving their houses beside mine if they allow me!

[@boredom5295]

I remember making a list of villagers I wanted and I put raymond at the bottom of the list because I thought there was no chance of me getting him. A few days later he was visiting my campsite.

[@youriallan1131]

🤣

[@jasond.b-w]

Ankha turned up in my campsite the other day but I didn’t invite her because I find her creepy. I had no idea she was rare or popular 😬 The visitor queue thing is also really interesting to me because I’m a new player, I have no online play or friends, but I keep getting told I’ve been extremely lucky with my move in and campsite villagers so far. My starters were Pashmina and Hamlet (not what I would have chosen but they grew on me.) then my three who moved in automatically were Audie, Midge, and Lucha (who is one of my favorites!) My first campsite animal was Bob, followed by Sylvana, then Marlo, Tank (another one of my top 10), and lastly Ankha. I’m really crossing my fingers for Antonio or Eugene next but I don’t know many animals so I’m happy to explore 😊 Sorry if my English is bad

[@Fxxya]

i got dom as my starter viliger, I LOVE HIM SMM i also got audie in my first house with coco in my second both auto fill AHH THEY ARE SO CUTEE

[@jaidenshortt2882]

i didnt go into acnh wanting certain villagers but ended up seeing filbert (squirrel) and rosie (cat) who happen to be some of my favorites from both species, lolly (cat) was also just randomly in my move in que and i feel very happy with the villagers who moved in, my starting 2 where louie (gorilla) and sylvia (kangaroo) they weren't my super favorite but louie definately grew on me

[@quirkykidsph]

I usually let the autofill do it's thing and it gave me 2 more penguins even though I already have Aurora. On the 6th time I relied on autofill, it gave me Cookie the pink dog! Then when Vic (the Viking Bull) left, I started villager hunter on my 3rd island I found Marina the pink Octopus! I had Merengue as a camper once but I didn't know any better then so I let her slip away. :(

[@cesarallanalonde2421]

Admiral just suddenly popped up on the mystery island you were on. He is my favourite villager that I have.

[@TheLovelyPinkAxolotl]

There’s actually one piece of information about the move-in queue, If you have friends/other players friended on animal crossing and they move a villager out, that villager they moved out went onto the top or near the top on YOUR queue. So you could use that to your advantage or a disadvantage depending on whether they moved out a good or bad villager in your opinion!

[@laurenturner6376]

I got Raymond on my first nook island today 😊😊 insane luck!!

[@RetroRaconteur]

Nice!!!

[@toxicgossiptrainnnn]

I got him in my 2nd! I thought I was lucky.

[@cathrinetiemann4557]

I didn't even know how rare he is when I moved him to my island from a nook island.

[@knowledgeseeker4116]

Raymond made himself at home in my last villager spot and I got extremely lucky! I just celebrated his birthday today on my island.

[@kingwolfton]

I used to play Animal Crossing New Leaf. I don't remember all of the villagers I had, but I do remember these: Rowan (tiger), Clay (hamster), Hopper (penguin), Cherry (dog), Ankha (cat), Chrissy (rabbit) and Canberra (koala). Canberra actually kinda moved out, but hung out in the upper part of the map where Timmy+Tommy's store was.

[@Pastel0.]

I really wanted Zucker first starting out bc he was literally the only person I knew abt because I had a plushie of him, and whenever I used my first Nook Miles Ticket I got him

[@thuringian1127]

I found Lolly so adorable when I was playing NL didn't knew she could be counted as "rare", I just wished that she'd move to my island so I can have her back. I ended up with some grey office cat.

[@nishaminyinair6222]

The fact that the first villager I found was Marshal shocks me to no end

[@aria_thedragonx8870]

Ok now I feel bad... I got Raymond on an autofill plot and I didn't even know he was popular! TwT I was just like "Oh! He's cute, I'll keep him" I feel so bad now T^T

[@kittyjeany]

I remember not knowing anything about animal crossing but it was a nice quarantine game. I got marshall very early as a campsite villager and my friend freaked out about it. I just kept him because i thought he was cute and i didnt have a squirrel yet. I didnt know, he was popular lol

[@lukisonlin3]

I really love Mitzi, and when I was starting with my island, I used Nook Mile tickets and got her on my second ticket! First was Twiggy, which I also love, think I really got lucky with them

[@jakeoliver9167]

Literally got marshal in my first campsite a week back when I made a new islsnd. And I wanted him for my final 10... still amazed

[@imamajesticseahorse2548]

Marshal was my first visitor at the campsite and he moved in pretty quickly. I know he’s supposed to be smug, but damn do I love him. He is never allowed to leave, lol

[@iamcIancy]

I got Audie, Boots and Muffy. the ones I got through either amibos or campsite/autofill were Marshall, Molly, Poppy, Twiggy, Nate, Lolly, and Ankha

[@spyrocrashthecats9678]

I got so lucky. My first villager was Muffy, the one I wanted, without me having to reset. And both Marina and Zucker moved in on their own before I knew about the mystery island trick.

[@princessmarlena1359]

I got Muffy and Sterling as my first neighbors.

[@22jgirl]

I was currently searching for Sherb but on my 100th ticket I came across Raymond and took him

[@crystaldang9369]

I got sherb after a couple tries & I have his picture!

[@definitelyluigi]

I got too lucky with sherb. I left my third house alone just to see who would move in and it was him.

[@22jgirl]

@@definitelyluigi Nice! A week ago, Hippeux wanted to move out and I was okay with that. I bought 2 nook miles tickets and when I went to the first island I finally came across him after like months of trying to find him

[@RetroRaconteur]

Awesome!

[@twentyx2wo]

Coming from years of full odds shiny hunting in pokemon, I'm loving these odds!!

[@Smallges]

I recently restarted my island. I’ve never had good villager hunting luck until now. I got Shino on my 18th ticket, Molly on my 2nd, Sasha on my 3rd, Rosie on like my 15th, and i’ve gotten villagers like Fauna as auto fills.

[@TsuJV]

We can talk about Lucky... I've got him with the first island i've visited. I called my girlfriend to be sure she was not cheating on me

[@caseyhansen7910]

I got Raymond in my campsite sold him, got lolly from a mystery island and Purrl. I didn't sell Lolly or Purrl, I have Flip and Fuchsia, I've also got Murphy, Poppy, Cookie, and Chrissy. Also Marina and Sherb, I used to have.. Nana, Pekoe, Pietro, Shari, Cranston, Glady, and last but not least Stitches ! I will tell you what they all where now, Raymond: Cat Lolly: Cat Purrl: Cat Flip: Monkey Fuchsia: Deer Murphy: Cub Poppy: Squirrel / Red Squirrel Chrissy: Rabbit (Idrk like if bunnies in here are a thing-) Marina: Octopus Sherb: Goat / Mr I love flowers Nana: Monkey Pekoe: Cub Pietro: Sheep Shari: Monkey Cranston: Ostrich Glady: Ostrich Stitches: Cub (He is so -kid core-) Edit: Oh yeah I wanted to mention .. But didn't, is that Fuchsia and Flip were my first villagers and I was like " YESSS I DON'T HAVE TO RESTARTT!" xD Also I wanted to answer the pinned question so my top 5 dream villagers are -1. Sherb 2. Lolly 3. Apollo 4. Pheobe 5. Murphy!- So basically I'm still looking for Apollo and Pheobe TwT I fOrGoT KiKi-

[@zipherdias420]

I like that you not only told us what the rare villagers are, but you went into the "why" and "how" too.

[@flightlessbiird01]

I remember on my last island (i restart a lot) i was desperately trying to find Marcel through islsnd hunting. I saved up like 50 tickets and searched for an hour or two, to no avail. Marcel is my favorite, and after all that work, i relented and bought some of those etsy amiibo cards to get him. Not even 10 minutes after ordering, guess who decided to go camping on my island? I guess at least now i have a way to get him easily on my new island, though i probably will still do a villager hunt first, just cause they're fun.

[@paiblin]

In New Leaf my first villagers were Melba, Eugene, Eric, Poncho and Bianca. And also Frita who was the first villager to move in after I opened the town. I was hoping that when I moved on to New Horizons I might get to start with some of them on my island again but I think the chance of that is very slim now lol Update: I bought New Horizons on Christmas Eve, my first two villagers were Coach and Hazel, sure didn’t expect those two to be the first 😅

[@lillyvarela5201]

I have Frita on New Horizons and I really want to get rid of her lol

[@ClaritaDiamond]

I just got Bianca from a island she’s so precious!

[@Swiftie83]

I have Eugene I kinda wanna get rid of him tho.

[@notpixar.studi0623]

"0.12 percent of getting a cat" Everyone with the Raymond Amiibos:

[@Butterism]

I just completed my last villager hunt yesterday for Shino. And you know what, I only ever saw Raymond once. And I've been playing since 2020. I did find a pick him up once, but ending up selling him a Nookazon when i realized I was settling.

[@raispy]

The first nook mile island I visited, I found Rosie. Fell in love since

[@GallifreyF4lls]

I can’t believe I actually got Raymond as my first ever campsite villager

[@katherynedarrah4245]

Fun fact: If you don't have any open sites on your island and still go to a mystery island, you can still invite villagers, they just won't move in right away

[@GachaMallow]

Really ? Are you sure beacause I went villager hunting no sites were available and no one was on my mystery island. how far are you into the game , you might be farrer than me , so that's why (Probably).

[@katherynedarrah4245]

@@GachaMallow Not every mystery island is going to have a villager

[@GachaMallow]

@@katherynedarrah4245 i used 6 tickets no villagers

[@Bread_LM]

I got my dreamy naturally, and had no idea my odds were the worst in the game. I love you Lolly!!!

[@purplexkat6303]

My first campsite villiger was marshall, I was very happy and actually didnt know that he was very popular and cosidered "rare" until after i accidentally kicked him off my island

[@pillowmoment]

If we’re talking from a standpoint where amiibo cards don’t come into play, any specific villager from a species with the most characters. So.. cats. But.. if amiibo cards do come into play, then any newest added villagers, though.. we already know who. Example, there are a lot of cats. Without amiibo cards, if you are looking for a specific one, it’s incredibly hard. This is counting any villager, without counting personalities or species. I was lucky. I found Zucker on my first mystery island, he’s pretty rare, but like you said, there are higher chances of getting a specific octopus. With amiibo cards, Raymond is the hardest cat to get. The other cats have amiibos, he doesn’t, so getting him is entirely luck based.. if you aren’t gonna buy your way out. I only have Lolly’s amiibo card. If I wanted any other cat (I want 3 more, Purrl, Kiki, and Raymond, they all look like cats i’ve had) It would be entirely luck based. I would have to rely on autofills, campsite, and mystery islands. I don’t use Nookazon to often, and I’m broke, so I can’t buy any. It’s not a super hard concept once you get a little bit experienced. But I’m still dumb so I don’t go on hunts..

[@Yanwenmiao]

I got Raymond as the first villager that camp on my island... can't believe my eyes when I open the camp😳 Luckiest moment of my life.

[@RetroRaconteur]

Wow! That's great.

[@luciferis]

thats bc hes not rare

[@Undollii]

I had 3 villagers move in as soon as I got those houses… I got a cat and a goat. The goat was sherb and the cat was… I forgot their name but they were white and had a pink sweater and I loved them

[@leanneland]

I got Raymond as my very first campsite visitor early in the game, I couldn’t believe it. I initially thought it must be easy to get him because he was new and showed up so easily. 🙃

[@archiesteffel8063]

What's the chance of getting raymond as your first villager in the campsite?? Because that happened to me

[@dannytent8776]

I spent 24 hours hunting for Raymond. I,m lucky i got him then

[@RetroRaconteur]

Wow, that's some serious dedication!

[@momolove47]

I found Marshall on an island. I already loved him but now he feels even more special.

[@iheartcavetown]

i didnt realize how lucky i was to get both zucker and marina while dreamy hunting😭 they are both now on my island and marshal was my first campsite villager and also my most wanted dreamy :D