Moving Out

If you do not talk to someone for 30 days then they can move out for a season. Any Main Villager that moves out will visit you in the morning to announce their departure, but the Sub-Villagers will simply not appear where you would normally see them. You can see which villagers have temporarily moved out by going into your Residents page and looking for the big ABSENT marker to the right of their heart markers.

Besides being ignored for a season, often there is an additional moving-out requirement that must be satified before they really leave for a while. Even if you had not talked to the person for 30 days but you still haven't met the second condition, the villager won't leave.

To convince the villagers to move back to the island you'll need to wait 30 days and then fulfill requirements that may have caused them to appear in the first place. Sometimes you don't even need to do anything extra at all.

Main Villagers
Name Moves out: Moves back after 30 days:
Alisa Ignore for 30 days
Do not offer a gift to the Goddess for 1 season
Give a least 1 gift to the Goddess
Chelsea Ignore for 30 days Ship 100 items of any kind
Denny Ignore for 30 days
Do not ship any fish for 1 season
Ship least 50 fish of any size
Regis Leaves with Sabrina Returns with Sabrina
Lanna Ignore for 30 days
Do not ship any fish for 1 season
Ship least 50 fish of any size
Mark Ignore for 30 days Ship 100 items of any kind
Pierre Ignore for 30 days
Do not cook any recipes for 1 season
Cook at least 1 recipe
Nathan Leaves with Alisa Returns with Alisa
Sabrina Ignore for 30 days
Do not ship any mine items for 1 season
Ship at least 10 items from the mine

For example, if Mark moved out of your game on Fall 2 then he must stay away for 30 days. Starting on Winter 2, the items you ship that season will count toward his return requirement. Once you have shipped 100 items he will appear the next morning and announce his return to the island.

The characters from Mineral Town will always move out when their season vacation is over. Cliff, Doctor, Popuri, and Karen will automatically return when it is time for them to visit for the season.

Sub-Villagers
Boy Farmers
KippIgnore for 30 days
Have 0 Chicken Feed
Have at least 1 piece of Chicken Feed
BuckIgnore for 30 days
Have 0 Fodder
Have at least 1 Fodder
WayneIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 Mayonnaise
Ship at least 5 Mayonnaise
ElisonIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 Cheese
Ship at least 5 Cheese
FredIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 Yogurt
Ship at least 5 Yogurt
KevinIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 Butter
Ship at least 5 Butter
GrahamIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 Yarn
Ship at least 5 Yarn
Girl Farmers
MeganIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 of any crop
Ship at least 5 of any crop
TinaIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 25 of any crop
Ship at least 25 of any crop
RaquelIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 50 of any crop
Ship at least 50 of any crop
SachiIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 of any tree fruit
Ship at least 5 of any tree fruit
AmyIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 10 of any tree fruit
Ship at least 10 of any tree fruit
TessIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 15 of any tree fruit
Ship at least 15 of any tree fruit
RebeccaIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 50 of any grain in 1 year
Ship at least 50 grain
Anglers
KalebIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 fish
Ship at least 5 fish of any size
ShaneIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 10 fish
Ship at least 10 fish of any size
TylerIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 15 fish
Ship at least 15 fish of any size
YoshiIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 20 fish
Ship at least 20 fish of any size
IkuIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 25 fish
Ship at least 25 fish of any size
KentIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 30 fish
Ship at least 30 fish of any size
HarveyIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 35 fish
Ship at least 35 fish of any size
Miners
BrentIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 5 ore and jewels
Ship at least 5 ore and jewels
GailIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 10 ore and jewels
Ship at least 10 ore and jewels
NimaIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 15 ore and jewels
Ship at least 15 ore and jewels
JoshuaIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 20 ore and jewels
Ship at least 20 ore and jewels
DominicIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 25 ore and jewels
Ship at least 25 ore and jewels
RobIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 30 ore and jewels
Ship at least 30 ore and jewels
JamesIgnore for 30 days
Ship less than 35 ore and jewels
Ship at least 35 ore and jewels
Young Girls
MarisaIgnore for 30 days
Give less than 5 gifts to anyone
Give 5 or more gifts in 1 season
RobinIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
HazelLeaves with PierreReturns with Pierre
TonyaIgnore for 30 days
Participate in 2 or less festivals in 1 year
Participate in 3 or more festivals in 1 year
TeresaIgnore for 30 days
Cook less than 5 recipes in 30 days
Cook 20 or more recipes
AiyleeIgnore for 30 days
Cook less than 20 recipes in 30 days
Cook 50 or more recipes
Young Boys
LloydLeaves with LannaReturns with Lanna
DanielIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
LoganIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
JakeIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
HiroIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
Old Men
LanceIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
GeraldIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
JonIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
KnoxIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
PhillipIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
BlairIgnore for 30 days
Participate in 4 or less festivals in 1 year
Participate in 6 or more festivals in 1 year
Old Women
NicoleIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
MoiraIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
AnabelleIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
WinonaIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
ThelmaIgnore for 30 daysAuto returns
BeaIgnore for 30 days
Participate in 3 or fewer fetivals in 1 year
Participate in 5 or more festivals in 1 year
Children
RitaLeaves with ThelmaReturns with Thelma
BrookLeaves with RobinReturns with Robin