this is how i plan out my islands and actually complete them!! // animal crossing new horizons

I hope that this serves as a helpful guide for planning out your island!! Obviously everyone plays the game in their own way, but this is the best way I've found for me that allows me to carry an island to completion and enjoy the whole process. It also minimizes bells spent 😎 Thanks for watching and I hope you have a beautiful day :)

Timestamps for The Lex Method™
2:51 - Step 0 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
3:18 - Step 1
3:53 - Step 2
5:18 - Step 3
6:17 - Step 4
7:07 - Step 5

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[LexPlayy]

Hi besties what’s your native flower on your current island?

[godybee]

For me it’s

1. Plan
2.Terraform
3. Get rid of everything you just terraformed
4. Cry

[CrossingChannel]

Completing an island is honestly rly impressive to me I am forever changing mine

[mckenzieclemmons]

"This game is meant to be fun, not a stressful chore." SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[sofieherzen]

"So make sure you have a plan in your haed before starting"
*Me who just started putting random things on my island*

[erikaantonsson]

My mom started playing seriously a few weeks ago and I try to sort of "learn" from her, even if I'm the experienced player. She's having so much fun with it, while I've sort of fallen into the "I'm not happy with anything, I better flatten everything again"-mood. She made a cute little park and let me tell you, it's far from Instagram worthy, but it makes her happy! She changed it up a little, still not Instagram worthy in any way, but she's happy with it! She was so proud when she showed me and I just couldn't help but to love it. So, I'd say it really is super important to have fun with it and just not care about the finished product as long as it makes you happy. If your builds end up like something you want to put on social media, that's great! But don't feel as though your island is worth less because it doesn't look like that one perfect picture you found months ago. As Leif says: you have to do what makes you happy. <33

[wowjennawow]

this is a no planning household, we wing it and see what happens for better and definitely for worse 😔🤘

[soupy]

I can never understand how people do this honestly props to them I despise planning so much personally it destroys all of my creativity. Which means I spend like 10million constantly moving things around but ykno
It just be like that sometimes :")

[jadadabbadoo]

Something I do, which I think everyone should do is looking at a deciding a style not a theme. Like how I'm going to terraform, what codes/flowers I want to use, villagers I want, etc, and then seeing what theme most closely represents that style

[lagwagonneverstops]

I wish I had researched the game before I started playing. I want to reset mine for a different layout but don’t want to lose all my recipes

[succubunnie]

I can’t tell you how much I need videos like this. I’m so late to be part of the animal crossing community that I feel like my beginner island feels so mediocre compared to everyone else. And I’m so clueless on nice looking island layouts. Like I genuinely feel like I’m playing the game wrong.

[fallenaster]

I’ve personally had issues any times I have tried to draw out a map. It does help me stay inspired but the issue for me is that when I have everything drawn out in a whole map, I usually have a hard time getting a good flow on my island and the scale can also be an issue.

[raewn]

I just flattened my island, and hadn't considered terraforming everything all at once. That's a good idea to get the full landscape figured out before you start placing houses or decorating. Thanks for the tip!

[marissaclay]

Okay, so I never thought about terraforming first and THEN moving buildings. That's seriously a game-changer for me! I'm excited to see what you do with Zinnia because I'm pretty sure I have the exact same map as you do right now, and I'm struggling big time!

[kokomidew]

Something I’m really struggling with is terraforming 😓 I’ve flattened my island and now I’m kind of regretting my choice. I should’ve terraformed the existing cliffs and rivers.

[kirstiebreneman]

I completely flattened my island as soon as I got terraforming unlocked, with zero idea on what exactly I was going to do to rebuild, and now I’m STUCK. I don’t want to reset, but holy cow, I underestimated the process 😅

[geist]

perfect timing for a vid like this! i recently reset my island and ive been struggling to figure out how to plan things (esp. since i get distracted easily LOL) 🥺💚

[smilemedarling]

New to the game and new to this channel- the self care check at the beginning is BEAUTIFUL. Immediate sub!!

[yellowpandaboots]

Your self care check at the beginning was actually so nice, this is why I come back to animal crossing content on YouTube. Because overall its so wholesome and healthy and there are supportive creators like yourself that advocate for self care

[Deepfriedmummy]

I genuinely thought that I was strange, but it turns out we island plan on a similar way 🤣 I've always planned and executed my layout/terraforming before moving and decorating areas! It's good to know I'm not alone in this methodology 😉👌🏼