@@user-qk1iz9qe3x still, the planting, digging up, replanting, crafting, placing things, dropping things, picking stuff up, replacing it, filling her pockets then emptying them again, etc, etc. must've taken a lot of time, patience and effort even with the time travelling.
I got 5 stars randomly while trying to complete my rock garden. I had so many mannequins scattered all over my island that I could barely walk around, and when I got done I had some weird looking white flowers on my island (which I later found out were Lily of the Valleys).
i'm still a bit unhappy with the tree hard cap that flat-out prevents you from getting five stars. i designed my island to have a long, winding pathway up the mountain that gets more rugged as you go, but the game didn't like all the untamed, overgrown wilderness. i even added cute furniture and paving and fencing to make it feel at least a bit traveled. but, no, isabelle just had to get lost in the woods on the way to dobie's house, and she just had to tank our rating because she missed her favorite talk show. smh
Same for me. I went for a "cabin in the woods" theme, so my island is filled to the brim with trees to give off the effect that you're in a forest. For some reason Nintendo decided that alot of trees is a bad thing and the excuse? Villagers will get lost... Even though i have made a clear path that is fenced out and LIT UP BY GARDEN LANTERNS. Anyways, I don't really care for 5 stars, as long as the island looks fine to me then i really dont care. But i find this questionable on the developer's part. This design choice regarding the amount of trees limits what kinds of themes you want to do for your island and for people who DO care about a 5 star rating, that kind of sucks. Boo, nintendo..
Isabelle: we need more furniture, fences, and diy items! Me: *swears, placing more of all three everywhere when I literally have filled up my entire island Isabelle: *WE NEED MORE*
I was stuck at 3 stars for the longest time wondering why, then I looked it up and I needed one more villager. I got him and it boosted my island rating to 5 stars
But I’m over here struggling to get a three star island. Edit:I finally did it I got 3 stars. all I did was buy everything Leif was selling and went sicko mode planting flowers
Me: hey, wanna see my 5 STAR Animal Crossing Island? My Friend: sure, wait..... why is there just a bunch of flowers and trees and crap everywhere? Me: It's called 5 stars, and it's only for professionals.
Mr. Fancypants It is based on a point system that is detailed in the official companion guide. My island fits my personality and doesn’t look like most “TH-cam” islands. ☺️
(6:22) Fortunately, this is actually incorrect! Clutter only counts items dropped on the ground, not on furniture. I have 30+ “dropped” diys in stalls and on furniture throughout my island, and Isabelle still gives it a 5-star rating! Also, as you may have noticed from her video, buried items also have no effect on your island rating. If you wanna avoid having dropped items, you can bury em instead! I have a little field of buried turnips and I think it’s cute bc it makes it look like I’m harvesting them when I dig em up. :)
@@Luxenya Yes. If you put it on a zen cushion or table it doesn't. Although, I suggest making a fruit stand? Either way, you're okay with having SOME dropped items.
I wasn't trying to get a 5 star island straight away, but I made a flower breeding garden, a small outdoor cafe and restaurant and boom. 5 stars. I was so surprised!
I have been stuck at four stars forever and all the brat keeps telling me is plant more fruit trees and saplings I do that and then she says water your flowers and make them bloom everywhere's, I plant more flowers and I will see how this goes LOL.
How is she telling you to do the furniture though? If she's telling you to take the island resources and make furniture and she wants you to actually do DIY recipe furniture not just buy some with your nook miles or from Knox cranny
@@bumblebellz yeah I finally got a five star rating last Wednesday. She just kept telling me more flowers more flowers so my sister went and dug up a whole bunch of her extra flowers but we're growing crazy and she didn't want them where they had grown and she brought them to my island and planted them on my cliffs but we had already done some placing of a whole bunch of musical instruments and a microphone stand and a microphone and chairs and all that to have like a concert area and she had told me when she did that that she might've overcrowded them. Well then she finally told me Isabel finally told me that everything looked good that my island had such a high rating that there really wasn't anything else I could do and that there was just this one little itsy-bitsy concern LOL and then she said that there was too much clutter around so my sister went and fixed the musical instruments and spaced them out A little bit and then we went and checked my rating again and it was a five star. I wasn't going to do any more flowers because my sister said I had more flowers than her and she didn't understand why Isabell was complaining about flowers. But when she went and got a bunch of hers that were already grown and put them on my cliffs Bam I shot up to a five.
The first time I was able to get onto the cliff I found out I had a whole ton of pink lilies surrounding the heart-shaped pond purely because of my luck with rain. I was amazed at how many of them there were. I named the area the Lily-Heart Pond. I hate how you have to place a shit ton of furniture and trees just for the terraforming to even begin.
(EDIT: I got 5 stars, I just added one thiny then it just boosted up) Isabelle: You have 4 Stars! The scenery looks nice! Me: ight, *makes a full arcade, plants trees, makes a mini camp* Isabelle: You have 4 stars! there's a lack of appealing scenery...
Marija just work on your island and don’t care, that’s what I did, keep building and try to use hidden spots for furniture if you just put it everywhere you will regret it and if you put it everywhere it’ll go down if you take it down automatically
First off, Thank you for having the patience to model the dos & don’t’s in getting a 5 star island. Looking forward to more videos: I had a 3 star island but I got bored & restarted a new game. Currently I’m at 2 stars but I’m thriving & enjoying the game like I did before.
Lee Bravo Probably, my friends time travels ALOT I MEAN ALOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT And she told me she just got it one day...... I’ve been working so freaking hardddd
No one really "needs" a 5 star rating to build a beautiful island. Still, getting that rating is pretty straightfoward. Just fill up your island with flowers, decorations and trees, and don't leave objects around. I got my 5 star ranking much faster than I thought.
The wiki updated to include new items like bushes :) animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Island_evaluation Peeps in comments are telling me that you don't need an upgraded Nook's Cranny. You just need all 4 buildings built (: Happy building!
I hate having flowers EVERYWHERE and dropped to 4 stars whenever I took away the ones I hadn't designated in beds. To combat the need for flowers and my hatred of seeing them clutter my island, I planted them all along the back of cliffs and stopped them from spreading with Lily of the Valley plants. Flowers exist for the 5 star and I don't have to look at them. Win-win.
I finally hit 5 stars after weeks of making a tropical island paradise! I went for a fairly natural structure, but decorated a lot and planted almost obscene amounts of flowers. Now I get depressed whenever I play ac because I wanna live there so badly...
I found that in fact, putting loose items on a table or somewhere that isn't the ground doesn't effect your score. My island still spawning lily of the valley while I had a free DIY table and put my crafting resources on wood stools. Even when I ask Isabelle, she makes no comments about "clutter" or "trash" on the island.
Thank you for your work :) Had a 3-star, flattened my island and it went down to 2. I've placed tons of flowers like Isabelle said and still stuck at 2. This helps a lot!!!
I’m glad because my island actually looks good and has paths and bridges and inclines and I can walk around easily and I’m pretty sure I have a 5 star island. I have 4 lily of the valleys (might be more because my orchard is on the second elevation and it is hard to see what grows there) and it’s nice to have golden roses to decorate with and lily of the valleys to put in villager’s properties
I got to a five star island without even trying and that’s not me bragging I didn’t even check in with Isabelle after I got 3 stars, I only went and checked after I saw a lily of the valley. I only have 1 bridge and no inclines. I assume it’s because of all the random crap I have placed everywhere because my storage is full of clothes.
i have a ton of ugly pansies all over my island and its a pain trying to remove them not to mention you have to clear out your inventory and spend tons of bells on new shovels. man i wish that the clean up service took care of flowers.
I've been drifting between 2 stars and 3 stars. I think it's because I've mainly been terraforming instead of placing furniture and scenery, but I'm really happy with what I have so far and I'm working on placing more trees and creating micro areas!
I’ve been stuck on 4 stars for what feels like ages now 😔✌️ I’m trying to add a booknook and music area to my island so maybe that’ll get it up! I also just added a cute lil’ beach hangout area so hopefully that added points!
My brother went on got on animal crossing, AND SOLD EVERYTHING I HAD And he wasn’t just there one day, 3...... 3 DAYS Luckily I got all his bells and bought back all my furniture
Thank you for demystifying this. I actually have been getting the clutter message constantly and it was making me absolutely mental trying to figure out what the exact limits on things are. I ... I decor a lot.
You somehow mastered the art of making content that can appeal to both new and experienced players. I found your channel looking for info on friendship levels and ended up binging a ton of your vids. Having logged around 400 hours in the game, I'd say I'm pretty experienced and I still managed to learn a few things. In the endless sea of ac youtube content, you've got an exceptional channel 👍
Man, for some reason, Im super into watching Animal Crossing New Horizons videos, and I don't even have the Game! Its probably because Im hyped, but this enjoyment I get when watching *your* videos IS beyond any hype levels I've ever experienced. *And I've never owned any Animal Crossing games* !
Lol same I freaking have a main area with a fountain a spring walk a sun bathing area a garden area a fishing area AND STILL HAVE 3 STARS also this little fish keeps on telling me to decorate it still. Edit:I have 4 stars now
My advice: Maybe try and get more Bridges / Inclines for a start, customise any items you have 2 or more of on your Island, and make sure to make "Themed" Areas.
Oh my goodness! This has been such an insightful guide! I've been wondering relentlessly about how the points system works for the island. Thank you for making this and sharing with the rest of the world! Thank you! 💜💜💜
my island is a one star lol :')) (oh and a quick note: not many people can be funny and educational at the same time but you really pulled it off. I learnt a ton of things from this vid and laughed a lot. Good job and keep it up!)
Omg! Thank you so much for the guide. I don't even play ACNH. My friend send this video to me. I just love seeing cute stuff and ACNH stuff are cutest of the cutest. This guide will come in handy when I decided to play this game one day. Your character is super adorable! Great content, koramora! :)
I had 3 stars Then I planted 200 white cosmos and got to 4 stars Edit: So I got tired of 4 stars so I made operation lazy 5 stars. I would take all my furniture and fencing, then just lay it down. (I have a large empty field in a part of my island so I put all the furniture there) then I got 5 stars. It feels so cheap, yet good
i had 5 stars for some time, and my island is absolute garbage. Only things on there: - about 60 gyroids placed directly next to each other in a big square (I was grinding) - my entire beaches being full of 10 of each flower variant - 10 trees of each kind arranged in an orchard, with maybe about 30 other trees being around - about 9 of each bush - a gigantic storage for bugs and fish I want to get models of (so 3x 30), divided on two places - only the 30 pieces of fencing placed that Tom Nook gives you - around 30 vegetables planted - no heavy decoration, only five or six lightly decorated areas with barely 10-15 items each - only two bridges, no inclines So technically, it's not too hard to get 5 stars. It's just hard if you also want it to look good
You need more villagers. When u have 8 you’ll get another star. Bury 99k bells in the golden spots, and buy everything from able and books cranny. After I upgraded those two and have 8 peeps you should be at or close to 3 stars
I filled my island with identical manaquins to try to move my rocks, I time skipped and fond a lilly of the valley and asked Isabelle suddenly boom, 5 stars! (Plus I only just got 4 stars like 2 days ago!!!
I understand how FREAKING HARD IT IS TO GET 3 STARS, so here’s my guide: Flowers rly are a big deal, so I planted some on each villagers house (I always have 10 villagers btw) I only needed two bridges and 1 incline Make little spots for furniture and crap She’s KEPT saying I had too much stuff laying around, so I picked everything up, yes EVERYTHING. Don’t leave anything out on the ground. Just keep doing what Isabel says, there’s no easy way, which is annoying, YOU CAN DO THIS!!
ah… the days of early acnh, quarantine, and page 2 google. i’m glad i can look back at these years fondly :) i do miss it: popping into kora streams at my desk and doing the little things that gave me joy
According to data mines, there's an equation somewhat based on your friendship level with them, but it's essentially completely random. Star rating shouldn't have anything to do with it, that I know of
On my current island, I was like "Alright, let's see what Isabelle has to say. This is only my second time checking so I can't already have three sta-" "Right now, Lemon Drop has a 3 star rating!" "HUH?????" So me placing a log dining table and moving in one new villager boosted me to three stars in 2 days? But on my last island it took me almost 2 weeks? Really?
I got my island up to 5 stars listening to Isabel, then flattened it. I am getting close to done with my island, so will be trying for 5 stars again. Thank you for linking the article, it will be very helpful!
Mine got 5 Stars quickly because of so many Flowers everywhere trying to breed a lot of Hybrid Flowers. 😅 I already rearranged my flowers and now my Island is now very cute with still 5 Stars. 😅
This.... saved my entire ass! I've had acnh for a year and a half now and could only ever get it to 4 stars while still being manageable. You're awesome!
Even though the datamine information was out there, your video is still useful because it was an actual experiment to confirm said information. It also provided a little more practical information than the raw datamine. Thank you for doing this experiment!
ok so this is really late, but thank you so much! my sister wanted to redo her island to look like her island in New Leaf,then droped to 2 star... but i found what you did and sent her the link . now we could finally get the five star!!
Ive been watching u on my brothers computer since i started playing and ive loved all ur advice. I finaly got my phone to find your channel so i now can comment!
Having 5 stars is cool and all....but remember that this game was also created to make an island at your expense, just do what makes you happy, the star rating is just another feature that doesn’t have to be there, make your island that puts five stars on your heart :) (Shhhh I know it’s cheesy just go with it)
5 stars and we got raymond and my whole family plays / natalie: sister/ xander:brother / Lacey: mom/ posey:step dad. Edit: and we have 18 lily of the valley flowers
This is so good because it is a reminder that it is all a numbers thing. Your own creativity can create a 5-star island, not a specific creativity. If you get creativity envy from looking at youtube or reddit this is a huge relief.
Ok, 1. My island is a botanist's paradise 2. I have furniture in several places, especially in front of everyone's houses 3. I have trees everywhere ISABELLE STILL GRADES MY ISLAND AT THREE STARS! I WISH I COULD USE MY AX INDOORS!
'Me with 2 stars after unlocking terraforming, I don't care about my rating! My island my rules Isabelle! By the way, love your content, and the effort you put into these videos...its just WOW! Keep it up :)
Nobody’s talking about how much she went through to do that like damn, you must be very patient
Astxrism Midnight Aries?
time travelling
as stated in the video, she time travelled. or at least that's what i got from certain things she said. either way that's still tons of effort.
It's called time travelling which I also did 😬
@@user-qk1iz9qe3x still, the planting, digging up, replanting, crafting, placing things, dropping things, picking stuff up, replacing it, filling her pockets then emptying them again, etc, etc. must've taken a lot of time, patience and effort even with the time travelling.
“weeds don’t affect your island score”
me who spent hours pulling weeds: “y tho”
Leif: allow me to introduce myself
Why do I see you everywhere
@@theemeraldswitch4485 no u
Why are we here? Just to suffer?
@@artoo9400 no U
This shows that your island doesn't need to be "perfect" to get those 5 stars.
I got 5 stars randomly while trying to complete my rock garden. I had so many mannequins scattered all over my island that I could barely walk around, and when I got done I had some weird looking white flowers on my island (which I later found out were Lily of the Valleys).
No it does not, I have seen a couple of five star island tours which I felt the island wasn’t that great. I have been blown away by a few though.
Mines 5 stars but definitely isn’t insane 😂
Pfft you should see MY island dude.
I found out I was 5 star when I saw a lily of the valley on the cliff above the area I was working on for roald
im glad that weeds dont affect island scores, i personally like having them, cause it makes the island look more alive
@@tosiac7495 lol 342 weeds!
Omg yeah I want my island to be full with nature since real life powerful people can’t do that!
I only pick up weeds for the nook miles
@@frostii34 lmao same
SAME
“the second page of google”
*the forbidden information*
The Restricted Section XD
The results scream like that book in Harry Potter
For now i don't even care about stars.. I JUST WANT A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND!!
Me too! I got to the K.K. concert (4stars) purely bc he gives you a free song every week, now it’s hybrid flower time !
Sierra Johnson I got the concert at three stars
Just yesterday actually
@@littlefox_100 same
same, i hit 5 stars for the watering can but then just stopped trying www
She’s always telling me there’s items laying around, and I’m like: “what? The shells??”
Same but to be fair I have a whole beach full of items
Shells, sticks, and dropped weeds don't seem to qualify. Are there dropped items around houses, rocks, or trees?
Maybe lost items....??
I was always told to put more scenery
Yeah! Isabell always says that to me too
i'm still a bit unhappy with the tree hard cap that flat-out prevents you from getting five stars. i designed my island to have a long, winding pathway up the mountain that gets more rugged as you go, but the game didn't like all the untamed, overgrown wilderness. i even added cute furniture and paving and fencing to make it feel at least a bit traveled. but, no, isabelle just had to get lost in the woods on the way to dobie's house, and she just had to tank our rating because she missed her favorite talk show. smh
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Bro-
The way I laughed-
Bruh I’m dead 😂😂
Im just sad that i can only give you 1 like 🤣🤣🤣
Same for me. I went for a "cabin in the woods" theme, so my island is filled to the brim with trees to give off the effect that you're in a forest. For some reason Nintendo decided that alot of trees is a bad thing and the excuse? Villagers will get lost...
Even though i have made a clear path that is fenced out and LIT UP BY GARDEN LANTERNS.
Anyways, I don't really care for 5 stars, as long as the island looks fine to me then i really dont care. But i find this questionable on the developer's part. This design choice regarding the amount of trees limits what kinds of themes you want to do for your island and for people who DO care about a 5 star rating, that kind of sucks. Boo, nintendo..
Isabelle: Too many trees
Me: *cuts down basically all trees on my island
Isabelle: ... *Too many trees*
ye i know that happened to me!
true
THE TREES HAVE FEELINGS TOO ISABELL!! xD REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO SARUMAN!??
Isabelle: we need more furniture, fences, and diy items!
Me: *swears, placing more of all three everywhere when I literally have filled up my entire island
Isabelle: *WE NEED MORE*
She always wants flowers on mine
I was stuck at 3 stars for the longest time wondering why, then I looked it up and I needed one more villager. I got him and it boosted my island rating to 5 stars
omg same 💀💀💀
Time for me to get another villager
Wow lmao
I have 3 stars but 10 villagers
I have ALL my villagers (and I am not allowed any more), I decorated my island VIGOROUSLY (and am still not content with it) yet I am ONLY AT 3 STARS
Page 2 of Google holds secrets mortals aren't meant to see
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Is anyone going to point out the fact that her island name is EYELAND.
Well my island name is ISLAND so who is the true winner here
Heh True
@@BenShrader mine is named the island Step up to game
Eye didn't see that one coming
Mine is called Tiddies..
i love how she doesn’t care if her island is beautiful or not, she just wants to get 5 star island.
Im always worrying that my islamd is messy-
"sience"
@@pink_tree898 Same 😭
But I’m over here struggling to get a three star island. Edit:I finally did it I got 3 stars. all I did was buy everything Leif was selling and went sicko mode planting flowers
I’m the same way!!! I’m new to the game, and I don’t care as long as I get 3 and unlock terraforming.
I added an amusement park after 15 times of Isabelle saying “decorate the entire island, head to toe, or stream to sea” AND I STILL HAVE 3 STARS
Just threaten Isabelle!
Then you'll get what you want.
I was stuck at 3 stars for the longest time. It was really annoying.
Try to get more people maybe?
@@evan-yp8kr *stares in flowers*
Try fencing and making a music or gaming area. Also try to make bridges and inclines
Exactly what I did! (Except I did an arcade)
“Weeds don’t affect you’re island score” me who spent like 400 hours picking my weeds: 👁 💧 👄 💧 👁
i just do that cause ocd
dude did you time travel like 30 years?
JUst sell them to Leif, you can get Nook Miles for selling a thousand of those
Same
u proably know this by know but they do, more than 15 weeds will impact your score negatively i believe lol
Me: hey, wanna see my 5 STAR Animal Crossing Island?
My Friend: sure, wait..... why is there just a bunch of flowers and trees and crap everywhere?
Me: It's called 5 stars, and it's only for professionals.
LOL
I do not have 5 star I have 4 stars on mi island mi name of mi island is party 🥳
@@joannejoanne9439 me* me* MEEEEEEEE*
But mines called hanabira (translate it in Japanese to English.)
clicks page 2 of google
my parents: so glad to have a tech genius in the house
You doctor yet?
One time i scrolled down on the page in google and my grandma went :0
One time i took a screenshot and my grandma praised me
@@ditto6414 one time i made a text box in powerpoint and my grandma called me a tech genius-
i think that 5 stars are achieved by no actual beauty of your island but just a point score for the amount of stuff you have
Well yeah that much is obvious
How can a game judge if your island is 5 stars worth? Everyone's taste differes!
Corrrect!
Mr. Fancypants It is based on a point system that is detailed in the official companion guide. My island fits my personality and doesn’t look like most “TH-cam” islands. ☺️
@@Mr_Fancypants Its an algorithm.
Isabelle: You have great scenery!
Me: Adds more scenery
Isabelle : you are lacking scenery.
(6:22) Fortunately, this is actually incorrect!
Clutter only counts items dropped on the ground, not on furniture. I have 30+ “dropped” diys in stalls and on furniture throughout my island, and Isabelle still gives it a 5-star rating!
Also, as you may have noticed from her video, buried items also have no effect on your island rating. If you wanna avoid having dropped items, you can bury em instead! I have a little field of buried turnips and I think it’s cute bc it makes it look like I’m harvesting them when I dig em up. :)
Does dropped fruit count as clutter? I like leaving some on the floor in my orchard
@@Luxenya Yes. If you put it on a zen cushion or table it doesn't. Although, I suggest making a fruit stand? Either way, you're okay with having SOME dropped items.
6:44 "how's your island looking?"
Me: *starts crying
Mine looks like a tornado went through it :)
I'm basically starting from scratch and it sucks.
I think I already know how your island is looking 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@evan-yp8krmine has too much flowers
I wasn't trying to get a 5 star island straight away, but I made a flower breeding garden, a small outdoor cafe and restaurant and boom. 5 stars. I was so surprised!
If you don't have a cafe in your island then your not a true 5 star
-Confucius
"a small outdoor cafe " My point has been proven
Notsha MiL cafe??? HOW? ITS SO EXPENSIVE LIKE IM A BROKE 110 HOUR ANIMAL CROSSING GIRL
I have a cafe, a park, a bunch of flower gardens, 2 tiny parks and almost all of my villagers have yards w h a t
@@brennakeene3988 You may not be a 5 star, but you are a 5 star at heart
Notsha MiL I got five stars after making a market and library area no cafe yet
my island currently looks like c r a p coz I’m moving houses and buildings, demolishing bridges and inclines, and terraforming to get that ⁿⁱᶜᵉ ⁱˢˡᵃⁿᵈ
same and i’m tired of moving and demolishing everything
My island looks like crap too except it will forever be crap
I would have liked this comment but its at 69 lol
I’m broke. I can’t put the houses where I want 😔
It’s SO much money, I hate doing turnips but it’s literally the only good way I’ve found to be able to do anything ever.
mine’s on 4 stars and isabelle will NOT stop telling me to add more furniture
I have been stuck at four stars forever and all the brat keeps telling me is plant more fruit trees and saplings I do that and then she says water your flowers and make them bloom everywhere's, I plant more flowers and I will see how this goes LOL.
How is she telling you to do the furniture though? If she's telling you to take the island resources and make furniture and she wants you to actually do DIY recipe furniture not just buy some with your nook miles or from Knox cranny
@@jellybear35 i finally got 5 stars two days ago!! i basically just made a lot of furniture and bought a ton
@@bumblebellz yeah I finally got a five star rating last Wednesday. She just kept telling me more flowers more flowers so my sister went and dug up a whole bunch of her extra flowers but we're growing crazy and she didn't want them where they had grown and she brought them to my island and planted them on my cliffs but we had already done some placing of a whole bunch of musical instruments and a microphone stand and a microphone and chairs and all that to have like a concert area and she had told me when she did that that she might've overcrowded them. Well then she finally told me Isabel finally told me that everything looked good that my island had such a high rating that there really wasn't anything else I could do and that there was just this one little itsy-bitsy concern LOL and then she said that there was too much clutter around so my sister went and fixed the musical instruments and spaced them out A little bit and then we went and checked my rating again and it was a five star. I wasn't going to do any more flowers because my sister said I had more flowers than her and she didn't understand why Isabell was complaining about flowers. But when she went and got a bunch of hers that were already grown and put them on my cliffs Bam I shot up to a five.
@@bumblebellz moral to the story, do what Isabel tells you to do LOL
The first time I was able to get onto the cliff I found out I had a whole ton of pink lilies surrounding the heart-shaped pond purely because of my luck with rain. I was amazed at how many of them there were. I named the area the Lily-Heart Pond.
I hate how you have to place a shit ton of furniture and trees just for the terraforming to even begin.
(EDIT: I got 5 stars, I just added one thiny then it just boosted up)
Isabelle: You have 4 Stars! The scenery looks nice!
Me: ight, *makes a full arcade, plants trees, makes a mini camp*
Isabelle: You have 4 stars! there's a lack of appealing scenery...
I've got a music area, an outdoor cafe, a graveyard, a playground and a park, and I'm _still_ stuck at four stars....
@@etps4444 A few weeks ago I got to 5 stars, Sprawl out items everywhere
I still have a 4 star island, she always tells me, "Oh, there's too much stuff everywhere" even when it's for scenery it's tiring to hear
I have just ton of random items everywhere and she still tells me “tOo LiTtLE sCeNerY”
Add more bridges and inclines and plant more flowers.
Flowers. The answers flowers. That’s it. F l o w e r s.
Gabbage 2027 but I have so much flowers ;-; and my island is 4 and still looks crappy
Marija make sure u have all the villagers filled up to
Marija just work on your island and don’t care, that’s what I did, keep building and try to use hidden spots for furniture if you just put it everywhere you will regret it and if you put it everywhere it’ll go down if you take it down automatically
I despise your profile picture
waking up and watching koramora content feels like im reading the morning paper
Lying in my recliner with animal crossing and sipping on tea.
Me who hasn't slept: MoRnInG? wHaT's ThAt?
You're so patient. Honestly most people wouldn't survive if animal crossing was real life but you probably could lol.
First off, Thank you for having the patience to model the dos & don’t’s in getting a 5 star island. Looking forward to more videos: I had a 3 star island but I got bored & restarted a new game. Currently I’m at 2 stars but I’m thriving & enjoying the game like I did before.
Isabelle keeps telling me to get more stores
I HAVE EVERY STORE
Maybe the nook cranny updated
I'm pretty sure it means stalls. You can buy the DIY in the Nook Stop with Nook Miles. Hope I helped!
there's more than two stores??😭😭
Rachel Bratcher
I have 3 stalls... I’m big sad
Lee Bravo
Probably, my friends time travels ALOT I MEAN ALOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
And she told me she just got it one day...... I’ve been working so freaking hardddd
No one really "needs" a 5 star rating to build a beautiful island. Still, getting that rating is pretty straightfoward. Just fill up your island with flowers, decorations and trees, and don't leave objects around. I got my 5 star ranking much faster than I thought.
Rogerio Andrade my island is 4 star and it looks like crap
You “need” it to get the gold watering can recipe though.
Lol same
My island hit 5 stars at halfway done and I was shook
I have a 4 star and it's naturey, homey and beautiful. :3 still in a work in progress with the flowers lining pathways though lol.
Player: *"How can I get a 3 star island?"*
Isabelle: *"You see that shop over there? Buy a crap ton of flowers, go on, b u y it"*
Oh epic, 1k likes
St6nned LOL
*When your island is full of flowers and decoration and your still on a 2 star island.*
St6nned shes a bitch
Then, when you buy them and place them and talk to her, shes like: DoNt Be ShY, PuT SoMe MoRE!
@@JasperRhythm If you get hybrid flowers, it will improve your score! Also make sure it is spread out!
These poor, poor villagers that live on Kora's experimental island.
glad I wasn't the only one thinking that lol
**hows your island?**
I started over and haven’t even gotten Isabelle 😂
I did that, too
The wiki updated to include new items like bushes :) animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Island_evaluation
Peeps in comments are telling me that you don't need an upgraded Nook's Cranny. You just need all 4 buildings built (: Happy building!
ight i'll keep that in mind when i get a switch
I love your narration style. keep making vids please :)
for me i got 3 stars the day when the nooks cranny updated xD
What four buildings
The fact that you pinned yourself lol 😂
I hate having flowers EVERYWHERE and dropped to 4 stars whenever I took away the ones I hadn't designated in beds. To combat the need for flowers and my hatred of seeing them clutter my island, I planted them all along the back of cliffs and stopped them from spreading with Lily of the Valley plants. Flowers exist for the 5 star and I don't have to look at them. Win-win.
I finally hit 5 stars after weeks of making a tropical island paradise! I went for a fairly natural structure, but decorated a lot and planted almost obscene amounts of flowers.
Now I get depressed whenever I play ac because I wanna live there so badly...
I felt that :(
depression is a mental illness, not an emotion 🥱
@@kitruno it can be used as a synonym for sadness sweetie ✌️
@@iheartheartssss it really shouldn’t be, but okay.
@@kitruno depression is a feeling. clinical depression is defined by feeling depressed too intensely or for too long periods of time...
I found that in fact, putting loose items on a table or somewhere that isn't the ground doesn't effect your score. My island still spawning lily of the valley while I had a free DIY table and put my crafting resources on wood stools. Even when I ask Isabelle, she makes no comments about "clutter" or "trash" on the island.
Thank you for your work :) Had a 3-star, flattened my island and it went down to 2. I've placed tons of flowers like Isabelle said and still stuck at 2. This helps a lot!!!
I’m glad because my island actually looks good and has paths and bridges and inclines and I can walk around easily and I’m pretty sure I have a 5 star island. I have 4 lily of the valleys (might be more because my orchard is on the second elevation and it is hard to see what grows there) and it’s nice to have golden roses to decorate with and lily of the valleys to put in villager’s properties
Your.. pretty sure? You can check you know
Ok
Do you have a dream id? I’d love to see it because my island is garbage
I got to a five star island without even trying and that’s not me bragging I didn’t even check in with Isabelle after I got 3 stars, I only went and checked after I saw a lily of the valley. I only have 1 bridge and no inclines. I assume it’s because of all the random crap I have placed everywhere because my storage is full of clothes.
Lol same
Oof
Same lol
LOL same
Wait when i said that, i didn’t read the whole comment so I agree with the first part but not the second
lmao i have a flower infestation throughout my whole island so it’s impossible to design it
I had the same problem. It took 2 hours with the help of a friend to remove all of them
OMG I TOOK 3 HOURS GETTING RID OF MY FLOWERS I HAD LIKE 200 BLUE ROSES
i have a ton of ugly pansies all over my island and its a pain trying to remove them not to mention you have to clear out your inventory and spend tons of bells on new shovels. man i wish that the clean up service took care of flowers.
Get a friend to help you remove them!! I removed them all myself and it took HOURS. You got this
Everytime it snows, it's horrible!!! I don't know where to put them. I don't know why but it breaks my heart to throw them in the bin!
Hazel: Just to save some bells and time!
Also her bells: 900k
I've been drifting between 2 stars and 3 stars. I think it's because I've mainly been terraforming instead of placing furniture and scenery, but I'm really happy with what I have so far and I'm working on placing more trees and creating micro areas!
I’ve been stuck on 4 stars for what feels like ages now 😔✌️ I’m trying to add a booknook and music area to my island so maybe that’ll get it up! I also just added a cute lil’ beach hangout area so hopefully that added points!
Add more villigers i think they wull add +1 star, time travell then boom 5 stars
My brother went on got on animal crossing, AND SOLD EVERYTHING I HAD
And he wasn’t just there one day, 3...... 3 DAYS
Luckily I got all his bells and bought back all my furniture
This is exactly why we need a feature which allows multiple islands
Jesus Christ
So he wend on your account? Or do you have all your stuff littered around the island?
Way to sabotage relationship
One stolen lamp, and all hell breaks loose with my sisters and me💅🍵
Thank you for demystifying this. I actually have been getting the clutter message constantly and it was making me absolutely mental trying to figure out what the exact limits on things are. I ... I decor a lot.
You somehow mastered the art of making content that can appeal to both new and experienced players. I found your channel looking for info on friendship levels and ended up binging a ton of your vids. Having logged around 400 hours in the game, I'd say I'm pretty experienced and I still managed to learn a few things. In the endless sea of ac youtube content, you've got an exceptional channel 👍
Man, for some reason, Im super into watching Animal Crossing New Horizons videos, and I don't even have the Game! Its probably because Im hyped, but this enjoyment I get when watching *your* videos IS beyond any hype levels I've ever experienced. *And I've never owned any Animal Crossing games* !
That's funny:)
AhHhHhH isabel just keeps saying
"DeCORaTe ThE eNtIrE iSlAnD"
Like what am I supposed to doo0o
Lol same I freaking have a main area with a fountain a spring walk a sun bathing area a garden area a fishing area AND STILL HAVE 3 STARS also this little fish keeps on telling me to decorate it still.
Edit:I have 4 stars now
My advice: Maybe try and get more Bridges / Inclines for a start, customise any items you have 2 or more of on your Island, and make sure to make "Themed" Areas.
Like jack sed ^ add themed areas such as
Cafe
Play area
Resturant
Little fountain area w benches
Idk why but a selling area
Tell me ur dodo codes *-*
@@unusedface442 I've been renovating my entire island! It's not very appealing at the moment/I'm trying to get more bells.
@@coffeephoenixx6890 sell turnips
Oh my goodness! This has been such an insightful guide! I've been wondering relentlessly about how the points system works for the island. Thank you for making this and sharing with the rest of the world! Thank you! 💜💜💜
my island is a one star lol :'))
(oh and a quick note: not many people can be funny and educational at the same time but you really pulled it off. I learnt a ton of things from this vid and laughed a lot. Good job and keep it up!)
Omg! Thank you so much for the guide. I don't even play ACNH. My friend send this video to me. I just love seeing cute stuff and ACNH stuff are cutest of the cutest. This guide will come in handy when I decided to play this game one day. Your character is super adorable! Great content, koramora! :)
Realizing even though her islands a mess it still looks better than mine
Tip when you make a hole, you can click Y and it will fill it in without using your shovel more
covering up holes with your shovel doesn’t lessen its durability
fallosophy does it not?? oh
@@FallBear lol i always pressed y because i was scared of my shovel breaking but i think the y animation takes longer than the normal one?
your shovel will only break when you dig stuff up. holes don't count
The problem with clicking Y is if you are close to flowers you will pick them instead of filling the hole.
I had 3 stars
Then I planted 200 white cosmos and got to 4 stars
Edit: So I got tired of 4 stars so I made operation lazy 5 stars. I would take all my furniture and fencing, then just lay it down. (I have a large empty field in a part of my island so I put all the furniture there) then I got 5 stars. It feels so cheap, yet good
I just got a five start island today the coincidence of this video being uploaded lol
If you don't have a cafe in your island then your not a true 5 star
-Confucius
@@NATONIOZ Arcades count
-Me
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
i had 5 stars for some time, and my island is absolute garbage. Only things on there:
- about 60 gyroids placed directly next to each other in a big square (I was grinding)
- my entire beaches being full of 10 of each flower variant
- 10 trees of each kind arranged in an orchard, with maybe about 30 other trees being around
- about 9 of each bush
- a gigantic storage for bugs and fish I want to get models of (so 3x 30), divided on two places
- only the 30 pieces of fencing placed that Tom Nook gives you
- around 30 vegetables planted
- no heavy decoration, only five or six lightly decorated areas with barely 10-15 items each
- only two bridges, no inclines
So technically, it's not too hard to get 5 stars. It's just hard if you also want it to look good
I’m needing this still stuck on 1 star :(
Hey a bit of advice... go to Nooks Cranny and buy about 20 of every flower lol
I got three by putting down flowers and placing TONS of stone tables that I crafted
also pick up any trash/weeds you have lying around!
I got to 3 stars by going on a villager hunting 🤪
You need more villagers. When u have 8 you’ll get another star. Bury 99k bells in the golden spots, and buy everything from able and books cranny. After I upgraded those two and have 8 peeps you should be at or close to 3 stars
That moment when you have a 5 stars Island but your Island is a m e s s
I’m just trying to get project K done and then I’ll decorate however I want 😭🤚
same 😭😭 I need more villagers 😭😭
A proud owner of a 3 stars island. Never been more happy 😃
so is mine! but i don’t care because i love my island
Isabelle always tells me there are “items laying around” meanwhile she also says to “add outdoor furniture”
Laying around references to dropped items
I filled my island with identical manaquins to try to move my rocks, I time skipped and fond a lilly of the valley and asked Isabelle suddenly boom, 5 stars! (Plus I only just got 4 stars like 2 days ago!!!
I understand how FREAKING HARD IT IS TO GET 3 STARS, so here’s my guide:
Flowers rly are a big deal, so I planted some on each villagers house (I always have 10 villagers btw)
I only needed two bridges and 1 incline
Make little spots for furniture and crap
She’s KEPT saying I had too much stuff laying around, so I picked everything up, yes EVERYTHING. Don’t leave anything out on the ground.
Just keep doing what Isabel says, there’s no easy way, which is annoying, YOU CAN DO THIS!!
i just planted a crapton of flowers on my beach without knowing it wouldnt grow. i was dumb..-
@@treehomes_95 bruh ive done that so many times lol
She ACCEPTED MY FRIEND REQUEST IM LEGIT SHAKING
Sebastian Cosio what’s her code?
Lucky !!!! What’s her code ?
WHATS HER CODE DONT LET US DOWN!
Whats all yall dodo codes ive never had someone in my island ;-;
@@unusedface442 I make one so u can cone
It was a struggle to get 5 stars for me, and i finally figured out why. The dropped items! I have mushrooms everywhere!
ah… the days of early acnh, quarantine, and page 2 google. i’m glad i can look back at these years fondly :) i do miss it: popping into kora streams at my desk and doing the little things that gave me joy
i finnaly found ONE VIDEO that actually told me how to get 5 stars thanks!
2:38 does your star rating effect if a villager wants to move out?
it seems true for me cause when i had a 2 star all my villagers were moving out
According to data mines, there's an equation somewhat based on your friendship level with them, but it's essentially completely random. Star rating shouldn't have anything to do with it, that I know of
@@koramora ok
it's due to the fact that your # of villagers went down. you needed to have all 10 for the k k slider event
Basically, Ninji is the master of animal crossing and we’d be so confused without him.
On my current island, I was like "Alright, let's see what Isabelle has to say. This is only my second time checking so I can't already have three sta-" "Right now, Lemon Drop has a 3 star rating!" "HUH?????" So me placing a log dining table and moving in one new villager boosted me to three stars in 2 days? But on my last island it took me almost 2 weeks? Really?
3:05 i used cheapest inclines and bridges myself on my island because I genuinely liked the look and price. Still got 5 stars eventually.
I have 4 stars and every time I ask, Isabelle says the same thing: “mOrE FlOwErS!”
I can see you rocking that blue hair 🥏🎽🎣🔵🔷🔹🟦
Kora, I salut you for all the effort you put into this video. This must have teken ages!! 😅
I got my island up to 5 stars listening to Isabel, then flattened it. I am getting close to done with my island, so will be trying for 5 stars again. Thank you for linking the article, it will be very helpful!
I just got 5 stars, even though I haven’t really finished my island i’m so happy
Mine got 5 Stars quickly because of so many Flowers everywhere trying to breed a lot of Hybrid Flowers. 😅 I already rearranged my flowers and now my Island is now very cute with still 5 Stars. 😅
can anyone explain the importance of 0:58 ? im so confused by it lol
Wow, congratulations on 1M views, kora!!!
This.... saved my entire ass! I've had acnh for a year and a half now and could only ever get it to 4 stars while still being manageable. You're awesome!
Even though the datamine information was out there, your video is still useful because it was an actual experiment to confirm said information. It also provided a little more practical information than the raw datamine. Thank you for doing this experiment!
My next island idea is based on dreamyard from pokemon black and white. Took me about 2 weeks to get a blue airport and apples tho 😔
Yayyy Finaly I’m stuck on 2 stars
i was stuck on two stars for a while until i built an incline and automatically got three stars once construction was complete
I am stuck on 4
“FURNITURE MORE”
She wants my island to be ugly ;-;
me too in begin but i follow ecte tip and he placed random item around so he got a 5 star
Me who still has a 3 star island: 👁👄👁
ok so this is really late, but thank you so much! my sister wanted to redo her island to look like her island in New Leaf,then droped to 2 star... but i found what you did and sent her the link . now we could finally get the five star!!
Ive been watching u on my brothers computer since i started playing and ive loved all ur advice. I finaly got my phone to find your channel so i now can comment!
Having 5 stars is cool and all....but remember that this game was also created to make an island at your expense, just do what makes you happy, the star rating is just another feature that doesn’t have to be there, make your island that puts five stars on your heart :)
(Shhhh I know it’s cheesy just go with it)
That’s why her island looks like a bunch of crap laying around.
I always said you could hide a body on page 2 of Google and it'd never be found.
5 stars and we got raymond and my whole family plays / natalie: sister/ xander:brother / Lacey: mom/ posey:step dad.
Edit: and we have 18 lily of the valley flowers
This is so good because it is a reminder that it is all a numbers thing. Your own creativity can create a 5-star island, not a specific creativity. If you get creativity envy from looking at youtube or reddit this is a huge relief.
Wow. You have a lot of patience to put so much work into this. Great video!
my best friend has 4 stars while im still stuck at 3 i feel so betrayed
I'm on four stars, working towards 5. I most likely need DIY furniture
“665 developmet points”
Me: *1 more*
Ok,
1. My island is a botanist's paradise
2. I have furniture in several places, especially in front of everyone's houses
3. I have trees everywhere
ISABELLE STILL GRADES MY ISLAND AT THREE STARS! I WISH I COULD USE MY AX INDOORS!
'Me with 2 stars after unlocking terraforming, I don't care about my rating! My island my rules Isabelle! By the way, love your content, and the effort you put into these videos...its just WOW! Keep it up :)