Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Accidentally Gets A 5 Star Island Rating, Shows The Rating System "Just Feel Random"

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Many players spend months or even years working to get a five-star rating for their island, and one player accidentally managed it in 30 days in the most ridiculous way. The star-rating system in Nintendo's beloved cozy island game is something many players strive for, partially for the rewards (a DIY recipe and a weekly special flower spawn) and partially for the bragging rights.

Players can speak to Isabelle, the island's resident secretary and Jane of all trades, to check their star rating and get insight into what their island is missing. Many players put in hard work to get that coveted five-star rating, but Reddit user Dismal-Item-2103 managed to get it completely by accident in the most ridiculous way possible on their ""

The player shares two images, with the first showing the dialogue line from Isabelle granting them the five-star rating, and the second revealing how they managed to get the rating. The second screenshot shows an island sparsely decorated with a handful of flowers and some statues. Among these decor pieces, spaced out at exact grid intervals and covering practically the entire island, are mannequins with custom image neon green shirts that read «brat.»

To anyone unfamiliar with the tricks and methods of the island designs, the image of Dismal-Item-2103's island may look completely nonsensical. The simple explanation is that they were working on building a rock garden on their island. The method was popularized by YouTuber Mayor Mori and consists of placing mannequins at predetermined intervals across the entire island. This method prevents rocks from spawning anywhere except in the player's desired location, forcing the rocks to show up at a specific spot and creating the rock garden.

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The fact that this method led to a five-star island rating, though, makes players feel the system is