For most players ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, spending time with villagers is part of the fun. While there’s nothing keeping players from avoiding villagers outright, usually, players will form a town full of interesting andquirky animalsand foster friendships with them.
With rare exceptions, villagers inAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsare usually quite amicable to the player talking to them. Some may even wave the player down to have a conversation, like when teaching anemote inNew Horizons. However, it’s not always the easiest thing to hold a conversation with the generally friendly island inhabitants, as one player found.
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Redditor simpilyjustkaleb shared an amusing clip of them attempting to make a regular visit to a villager’s house in their town. Typically, if a villager is at home and awake, the player can simply knock on the door and drop in for a visit. So when simpilyjustkaleb approachedMolly the duck’s home, they took notice of her window blinds being open. This is one potential way to test if a villager is home before knocking on their door. Eager to say hello to the duck villager, the player runs up to the door to knock. However, just as they click to do so, the blinds hastily shut and the player is instead greeted with the message that Molly isn’t home.
After clearing the message, the door opens and Molly abruptly steps out, pushing theAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsplayer out of the way. At this point it would be possible to have a chat with her, but simpilyjustkaleb and those in the comments seemed amused at her efforts to keep the player out of her house. A few joked that she’s hiding something devious in her home and doesn’t want the player to see. Others were more practical, noting that since she immediately begins sweeping upon her exit, perhaps she’s cleaning up her home and doesn’t want anyone to come in until it’s done.
It takes a lot toupset a villager inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, especially those with a normal personality type, like Molly. Ultimately, Molly was just following her own routine, and the timing worked out just right to turn into this funny encounter. Especially afterAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsadded the ability for villagers to visit the player while they’re at home, it probably struck the player as funny, but also a little irritating to be shut out just as they arrived.
Animal Crossing: New Horizonsis available on Nintendo Switch.
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