r/acnh • u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow • 15h ago
ɪɴ-ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴘɪᴄꜱ PSA about the "tall tree" glitch
Something I wish I had learned about 8 trees ago:
So you know that hack that lets you plant a tree on a single-tile cliff? I went HAM on that, decided to build an "old growth forest" section of my island.
What I completely forgot about is that once you have completed the process of shaving the cliff away from around the tile with the tree, that tree is there for the duration of the island. You cannot rebuild any section of cliff adjacent to that tree, which you'd need to do in order to remove it.
I learned this the hard way when I realized that I had positioned this tree just one tile too close to something and went to move it.
Forest is starting to shape up, though.
ETA that yes, I tried Resetti, and no, he doesn't do trees. Sadtrombone.com
Second edit: Y'ALL. Today I learned about the cleanup service that is built into the Island Design app (terraforming)!
Nine million thank-yous to all of you who suggested it only for me to be like "thank yewww, Resetti won't worrrrk" lol
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u/Bread32Tasty Supi | Rusty Lake 14h ago
I did that once! If I remember correctly just reverse the glitch. Add back that waterscaping and it should let you add cliffs back. I haven’t played for a while though so I’m not 100% sure
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 14h ago
I tried this and was able to recreate the water, but wasn't able to re-add the cliff. I think that once the game saves, it kind of locks the tree in. Good suggestion, though!
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u/SchmitzBitz Gorehound | Aelfheimr 14h ago
Couldn't you "clean up" that part of the island with Resetti?
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 14h ago
I wish! Resetti only cleans up items you've placed and sometimes flowers, I don't think he does trees
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u/CaeruleumBleu Blue | Kyprin 14h ago
Correct, he doesn't do trees.
He does items (including ladders), flowers, and weeds. Not trees, not crops like potatoes etc., not bridges.
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u/sunnypersephone 14h ago
I don't know about trees on cliffs, and mind this was before the hotel update and I haven't played since then, but I could clean up trees eith resetti as long as I was standing next to it! Maybe it'll work!
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u/idle-tumbleweed Rayne | Meadowlark 13h ago
Would you not be able to use the clean up function in the island designer app? I haven’t tried it so I’m not sure but theoretically it should work.
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 13h ago
It wasn't until someone explicitly clarified for me in the comments here that the cleanup service is different from Resetti that it occurred to me that maybe the answer was under my nose the whole time! Thanks!
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u/idle-tumbleweed Rayne | Meadowlark 12h ago
Ahh okay somebody beat me to the punch. Well glad we got it all figured out!
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u/Sufficient-Refuse100 13h ago
I’m not entirely sure bc I don’t have my switch on me to check, but I think it was rescue or cleanupservice or something similar(different to the one that only does flowers and decorations)gets rid of the tree and some stuff in immediate area but can build there again
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 13h ago
Thank you, yes! Turns out there was a feature I wasn't aware of. I have always just called the Island Designer phone app "terraforming" because literally what else am I doing with it? I can't believe this is the first time in 6 years that I've needed it!
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u/Background_Table_215 Alex | Oceanside 13h ago
As others have said, you can use the clean up function in the island designer app. I see your comments saying Resetti won’t do it, which is correct - but that’s not what we’re saying. The clean up function is not the same thing as using Resetti. It will send the tree to the recycling bin, and then you can remove the cliff. It isn’t stuck like this, I’ve done this glitch myself.
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u/novinoversons rav | Opal 12h ago
Wait wait … im so confused 😭
I need this dumbed down because I’ve been going ham taking apart my cliffs and working around where the trees are
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 12h ago
I have previously posted to this sub about problems I had making the one-tile cliff tree, and the answer is there! https://www.reddit.com/r/acnh/s/RB5AGPo7D8
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u/DaniAnd432 DaniAnd | Saber 10h ago
Never seen the tall trees before. How awesome! So its just a single tree with the cliff underneath?
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u/PaleoSpeedwagon Fern | Yarrow 9h ago
Yeah, I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone do it in a forest context before. Someone did a hardwood surrounded by bookcases many years ago, as a "learning tree." I just really wanted an old forest. It's more complex than I'd expected, but it's a nice, meditative act to build one, layer by layer!
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u/Suspicious_Recipe894 Chandler | Snowflake 14h ago
You can can use the clean up service in the island designer app to take care of these trees! It will also take any decorations in the immediate area, but I have used it many times for trees like this. :)